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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
A MAN FEELS NO FEAR, NO HORROR
 WHEN HE TAKES FALL OF NINETY FEET

was going down. down, down. my mind ceased to have sensations and I felt nothing l. felt nothing horrible and l felt nothing pleasant.
 Tn the published reports of the &C., cident. 1t was said that the plank and we came down together. I have some very feeling recollections, that the body which struck the cornice and broke 1t was my body. Practically all the hurts received in the fall were received when I struck the cornfce. had it on my left side as I went down. It was there that l got the wound in my side and the cuts in my head.
 Felt No Shock or Jar.
 The force of the fall against the cor nice threw me around and fell on the scaffold on my right side. I got the wound on my right leg when I hit the scaffold
 "The strangest part of this business is that never knew when struck the cornice, and l never knew when fell on the scaffold. did not experience the slightest degree of pain. did not feel the slightest sort of a shock at either place."
 T suppose I was unconscious a few seconds after I struck the scaffolding, but 1t could only have been for a few seconds, because I knew what was go- from the scaffold.
 Well, I'm none the worst for the trip through the air. It won't be many more days before I will be back at work"
 Downer is only 22 years of age. His home is in Princeton, Ind. He came to Montgomery about month ago and got work with Webber & Johnson, who had the contract for the cornice work on the New Exchange Hotel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
NO FEVER IN EUFAULA
SUSPICIOUS CASE WAS DIAGNOSED AS MALARIA.
Dr. wiIkerson went to Barbour Coun- fy Town to See MT. Miller-Dr. Sanders Returns From
 lt-.i Trip.

A suspicious case of fever in Eufauia was diagnosed yesterday as malaria.
 State Health Officer w. H. Sanders returned yesterday from an inspection trip through the northern part of the State and says that he Is fairly well satisfied With the quarantine as carried on in the Birmingham and Decatur cir cults. On the trip Dr. Sanders. besides comforting with the quarantine super visors in the service of the State saw a number of county health officers whom he prayed to help the State of hcors in excluding refugees.
 A few minutes after his arrival yes- terday at noon from Birmingham, Dr. Sanders found waiting for him a tele- gram from Dr. W. M. Wilkerson. of Montgomery, who went to Eufaula to investigate a suspicious case of fever there. The message stated that the case which had caused somewhat of a scare In Eufaula and southeastern Alabama was one of simple malarial fever. The patient. Mir. Miller, travelling sales man, 1t is said, had not been in an in- Kected region in the last seven days, and the history from the start was as- surfing.
 To quiet the alarm over the suspi- cion. however, Dr. Wilkerson went to Eufaula from Montgomery and made a careful diagnosis. No symptom of vel low. fever was detected. The patient was taken sick soon after his arrival at a hoteli in Eufaula from a trip which Included Prattvllle and Ozark.
 Dr. Sanders said yesterday that he felt greatly relieved to know that the case of yellow fever thought to have been discovered just inside the Ala bama line at town named Escatawpa was located at a town of the same name in Mississippi and pretty good dist Rnce from the Alabama line. The Mis- sissippi town of that name Is near Moss Point, while the Alabama town is on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in Wash ington County For some time there was some doubt in the minds of Dr. Sanders and the Mississippi authorities as to what place was really infected. So far, therefore, the Alabama Board of Health may boast that not since the first proclamation of Governor Jelks went into effect has a single case of fever been allowed to enter Alabama. The one case in Montgomery, that of Minhinnett, was imported and although he was discovered after the issuance of the proclamation against New Or leans, he came across the Alabama line before the quarantine went into effect.
 On his visit to Decatur Dr. Sanders made an effort to get some concessions from the City Board of Health there on the strict quarantine 1t Is enforcing against outside territory. The quaran- tine is against, all of Louisiana and Mississippi and health certificates are required of everybody who enters the city excepting the adjoining counties.
 Dr. Sanders says the authorities with whom he conferred in the city are dis posed to continue the quarantine as strict as ever. He himself Is not dis posed to criticjse the doctors of Deca- tur because of the dreadful epidemic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
CLEMENCY OF GOVERNOR
SENTENCE OF DAVE GOODWIN IS
 COMMITTED.
He Killed . Negro Prisoner Who Was Attempting to Escape-Citixen- ship of J. '. N. Boyd
 Restored,

Dave Goodwin. a negro convict, who was sent up to the penitentiary from Houston County for dueling fatally with an escaped prisoner, yesterday had his sentence cut in two by Governor Jelks
 The. date on which Goodwin will gain his liberty under this order will be December F. 1905, as then he will His sentence was for two years on conviction of manslaughter in the first degree.
 J. N. Bond, white man of Henry County, who was once convicted of as- sault with intent to murder, were yes terday restored to the ex-convict: He thereof fully met by the applicant and the Governor issued an order giving him back his citizenship.
 ble of Houston County that Goodwin about year ago attempted to arrest another negro who had escaped from two two negroes followed with pistols and the escaped man fell dead.
 The Governors endorsement in the case is as follows:
 slaughter in the first degree and sen fenced to the penitetniary for two years. He was asked by a constable Dothan Jail. He spotted the escape and undertook by himself to arrest him. A pistol duel took place between the two negroes, the escape meeting death.
 Goodwin is described as a man of good character and hRs been of great use and assistance to the peace officers of the County and 1t is set up that in this case he. was only. technically guilty conceived to be his plain duty. Tho judge writes strong letter recom- mending clemency for him, expressing the belief that the punishment already suffered has been sufficient The Board of Pardons recommend that grant the prayer of the petition.
 Tt is ordered that his term be com muted from the two years set by the court to one year and that he be dis that time, which date will be Decem-
 The State Board of Pardons recom- mended the restoration of Bonds po- litical and civil rights, the Governor's s statement in this case being as fol-
 This man was convicted of assault with intent to murder. He was parol- ed under certain conditions. which con ditions have been met. He now asks that his citizenship be restorted to CT a petition from more than fifty good citizens of the County, as the law re-
 "The Board of Pardons recommend that his civil and political rights be restorted It Is so ordered"
 Governor Jelks still has quite mum Der of applications for executive elem ency on file in his office and on some of them early action Is anticipated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
Washlngton specIal to New York Her

Washington Special to New York Her 1 aid.
 Scandal continues to succeed scandal in the Agricultural Department, and
 hardly a day passes that some new di- l vision or bureau does not furnish an example of ineficiency, extravagance
 or favoritism which suggests corruption | and over the whole institution Is the
 shadow of ''graft"
 The use of public property for per | sonal pleasure Is not only admitted, put defended on the ground that in Wash l ington that sort of thing Is part or the creed and a portion of the emolument | or public office. To sum up. the charges against the department which call Tor stringent investigation and immediate reform are: First, extravaganza. even wastefulness; second, total lack of busi- ness method: third, irresponsibility;
 fourth, disregard of laws designed 10 guard disbursement of public funds; fifth, evasion or total disregard of clVll
 service laws and regulations; sixth, use of public property for private purposes; seventh, assignment of government em- ployes to personal service of bureau chiefs.
 Outside of all this are the scandals connected with the purchase of sup
 plies from high and favored bidders. with the experiments conducted at Gov ernment expense and the utilization or discoveries or inventions for conner clal purposes, with the mysteries Of the seed contracts and distribution, ana
 with the sale of advance information to speculators This last matter is now under criminal investigation, and the only real question at issue apparently IS how high the corrution reached. The investigation already made into the bu-
 reaus of the Agricultural Department demonstrates that no single division Is exempt from the taint of some or all of the above abuses and convinces the in-
 yestiaators that the authorities, gene rally speaking. consider their places personal property and their administra- ton of trust circumscribed only by their own pleasure This spirit rules eve
 rywhere from the big chiefs down through the grades to the merest fore man on an unimportant job.
 It must be remembered that the Agri- cultural Department was originally in tended as a sop to the disgruntled far mer The agricultural interests assert ed that they had no representation in the cabinet, and pressure of political exIeency induced the party In power to lia together a department built up of the odds and ends, fads and fanctes, or inc several departments and independ- ent divisions. Anything which could by any stretch of the imagination have the slightest reference to things bucollc
 was roped and rounded up into gro tesque department. placed under the control Cf Uncle Jerry" Rusk, who
 needed a job about that time. In the early days the Agricultural Department was comparatiVely an inexpensive luXu- rv. costing only about $253,SOO the first year The current fiscal year sees an appropriation of SC, ,692, ,690 set aside for the salaries and expenses of the Depart ment When Secretary Wilson succeed ed Secretary Morton in 1897 he found
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
PICKETT SPRINGS CASINO.
Audience Packed Theatre Again to S'
 s"rhe Telephone Girl"

Audience Packed Theatre Again to Ses | '"The Telephone Girl" It seemed that everybody in Mont era Company play "The Telephone Girl at the Pickett Springs Casino last night Long before the curtain went UP on the first act the house was full and the peo. pie swarmed about the little playnoust i clamoring for admission tickets. II was said that several hundred persons were turned away from the doors
 At least one hundred persons stood Ss.a amply rewarded. for 1t was a really good entertainment.
 "The Telephone Girl" more perhaps than any of the later day musical com edies. depends for its success on the accomplishments of the players. This being true 1t is more to the credit Of the Olympians that they had the largest audience of the season on the second night of it's presentation here.
 Louis Mann and Clara Lippman hoist ed The Telephone Giri to the pin nacle of success. but in all of their ca or sympathetic audience than Ed. Fla gleton and Lottie Kendall played be- fore last night. Long after they nave left Montgomery Hans Nix and Estelle Coo-Coo will be remembered.
 The simple fact is that the conviction is growing on the Montgomery public that a number of these musical persons in the Olympia Company are aStistic actors ana BlILeu SlREefs' CIc uooss not often hear such voices as those of Miss Kendall. Miss De Wall. MT. Pitkin, Mir. Eagleton and MT. Adde in repertoire companies.
 The solos last night of Miss Kendall and Miss DeVall were especially good and the big audience demanded more and more of it.
 It was announced that owing to the fact that so many persons had been disappointed in not being able to get in the theatre to see The Telephone Girl" a special matinee would be given Thursday with that play as the bill. The company will present The Chimes of Normandie" tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
LittIe ROCK Team to Chanre.

Little Rock. Ark.. Aug. 29-At a meeting today of the Little Rock Base Ball Association, resolution was adopted calling on the directors to is- sue mortgage for $2.O00. ,pledging the franchise and players as security and further that a meeting of the stockhold- esr be held to devise ways and means to pay the indebtedness of the associa- tion or provide for the disposition of the franchise and players.
 The step is a preliminary one to the transfer of the franchise to a newly or ganized local company. The entire stock will be transferred to the new company which will assume all obliga- lions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
ROYALTY AT OUTS.
King Edward Sent Kaiser Curt Letter
 RegardinR Political TheatricaIs.


 Regarding Political TheatricaIs. Berlin Special to New York World
 Apropos of the strained relations be- tween the Kaiser and his uncle, King Edward. report has 1t that after the Emperor's visit to Morocco while cruis- ing somewhere in the Mediterranean. he received a curt. almost unfriendly let ter from the King, to the effect that If he wished to remain on good terms with his uncle and the people the latter ruled he should refrain in the future from indulging in political theatricals. which could only estrange Britain and Germany to a degree dangerous to the maintenance of the peace of Europe.
 Rumor goes on to say that the Kaiser sent a hot reply. saying he knew no law or tradition obliging the German Emperor to seek the appreciation of the King of England. and that he declined to be put under tutelage by his uncle;
 This letter was personally delivered to the King by an official formerly in the service of the late Emperor Frede- rick. When the King read the letter he uttered contemptuous interJection. it Is said which was faithfully convey ed to the Kaiser. who boiled over when he heard 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

He was the slxtaen-year-oId son of good Florida people and the lives of the fa- ther and mother were wrapped up in the boy, He secured a position but had only been at work few days, go to a hospital
 His father and mothers MT. and Mrs. L. D. Sanders were present yesterday at
 3:30 o'clock when he passed away. The remains were shipped to Brooksville
 for interment in the family burying
 ground. No services were held tn Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
COL. wAsHBURN ENTERTAINs.
Members of Montgomery Blues at Resi- denee of President of Survivors.

MSmD&E@ or montgomery Btue@ at NeSA~
 denee of President of Survivors.
 Col. Benjamin M Washburn, Presi- dent of the Survivors Association of the Montgomery True Blues. entertain ed the members of his old command at his Madison Avenue residence last night.
 Colonel washburn was a member of the historic company when 1t left Montgomery to fight for the Confed eracy, and was a member of the com pany after it's reorganization. He has always maintained a deep interest in the welfare of the organization. asd & nlgnt ehe Tgar suas Gr,i arnbe nngnI ed o from It's armory to Captain Washburn's s residence under command of Captain EUgenius F. Baber Jr. There. the members were received by Colonel Washburn and light refreshments were served. The men and their sHost then enjoyed an hour of social pleasure.
 On the return to the armory, the company drilled for some time, evolu- tions being executed in both quick and double time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

New Haven. Conn, Aug. 2s.-(Spec. fai John Wallace Leavenworth, of Wafdingford, Conn.,, Ge Yale varsity half back. today sign contract to act as head coach of the University of Aisbama football team this fall.
 T,eayenworth is a graduate this year og the shefield Scientific School and has a brilliant football record
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
WAS MALARIAL FEVER.
The EufauIa End of the sharp Fever

Eufaula, Aug. 29.-(Special. )-Dr. Wilkerson of Montgomery reached the city at II o'clock this morning. pr. Wilkerson's visit was in response to a nose a suspicious case of fever which was under the care of local physicians. The case was that of a travelling man who is stopping at the Bluff City Inn was learned that Miller had been in Mississippi and the news of his illness spread rapidly and created no little ex- citement during yesterday afternoon. This morning his condition was re- ported improved and less anxiety was felt Dr. Wilkerson diagnosed the case as malarial fever of a malignant type and quietude and a sign of relief pervades the citizens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
sANroRD-RRTNsFIELD.

The following invitation received yesterday will be interesting to many friends:
 honor of your presence at the marriage of her daughter, Pearl, to Mir. Eddie Floyd Sanford. Wednesday evening, September 6. 1905, at o'clock, Adams Street Baptist Church, Montgomery,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
Father Eaton ImprovinE

Father Thomas J. Eaton. Assistant Rector of St. Peters Catholic Church, who was painfully hurt by falling off a Traction Company car Monday night. is rapidly recovering at St. Margaret's Hospital. It is expected that he will be out on the streets in few days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
nlrmlnrhnm Plarer. pourht.

Chicago, Aug. 29.-President Comis- base ball team. announced the purchase of Pitcher Ragan and Second Baseman Niles of the Birmingham Club of the Snnthern League.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
A GoOd-sixed CrOu.

Dothan Journal.
 Very few people know or even imag- inc how much lint cotton there Is taken evidence that Dothan's oil mill is doing an immense business 1t has stored in the warehouse here 7a6 bales of cotton that were taken from the seed used there last season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
sam A. Mclean, Jr., Dead.

Chicago. Aug. 29.-Samuel A. Mclean, Jr.. President of the National Packing Company. died suddenly here today. He was stricken during the night with acute indigestion, coupled with heart trouble.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
PERSONAL ITEM S

MT. and Mrs. John Nelson Hughes have returned from their bridal tour to Atlanta and other points in Georgia. They are at home to their friends at the home of their mother, Mrs. Alice Hughes, 507 Columbus Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
YOUNG MAN DEAD.

Body of George He'll Sanders Shipped to
 BrOOksville. Fla.
 MT. George Bell Sanders of Brooks vile, Fla. died yesterday in Montgom- cry after a short illness with typhoid fever.
 The death of Mir Sanders is one pe- culiarly affecting. The young man reached Montgomery a few weeks ago. seeking his start in the business world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
Executive AppoGntmenta.

L. L. Lubervile of Precinct T. Mon roe County. was yesterday appointed Justice of the Peace, and W. c. Pryor of Samson, Geneva County, was named Notary Public by the Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
Social ana Personal
ADAM AND THE APPLE

It's a fact every man would be glad to dispute,
 But there seems no good way to de- feat 1t, Adam hadn't the courage to gather the fruit, But seemed perfectly willing to eat it. Saturday Evening Post.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

Mrs Alice Hughes and her daughter Miss Minnie are in Atlanta, the guests of friends. From there they will spend the renainder of the summer in North Georgia mountains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

During the illness and absence of Mrs. deCottes, this department of The Advertiser Is m charge or MISS Frances all social and personal contributions.
 Telephone until $ o'clock Is 2015. From to ?. m. the phone number ga kT1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

Miss Josie seawright after a month"; s stay at Corley's. Ala, stopped for a few days as guest of Mrs. Sydney Caine of this city en route to her home in Green vile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

the city suffered in 1888 from yellow fever. They are cautious to not allow any infection less the epidemic be re- peateL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

Mrs H. Marcus and son, Clarence, have returned from q months stay in the mountains of North Carolina.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

Mrs. T. B. Connolly has returned af- i ter an extended trip through Virginia and Pennsylvania
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
Groves

The-O Original -Time-Tested Chill Tonic Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic introduced twenty years ago. the first product of its kind and IS the only Chill Tonic sold continuously during that period Drives Out Malaria and Builds Up the System Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price 5Ocents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

Misses Rosa, Stella and Juliette Mar cus are home from a visit of two months to relatives in Nashville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

Miss Josephine Cooper of Cecil. Ala. is visiting Miss Sudie McDade at her home on Pelham Street
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

an annual budget of ss,1s2.sO7. and in seven years boosted 1t to more Ihan dnnhla that amount.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

Mrs Joseph NJ. Davidson leaves today for a visit 10 relatives in Canada.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
STARTLING CONDITIONS
IN AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
 CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION.

From High to Low Positions Everyone Seems to Have the Idea that Graft Is Legftimate--Started as Sop
 to Farmers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30
AIabamn'a New Coach.

Mrs. B. A. Blakey. who has been yer! i'll, is convalescent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

Mrs. T. J. Reynolds and children left yesterday for Tallajega Springs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-30

You have probably had nightmare, in which you were dropping from a high building or out of a balloon. It was a horrible experience in the dream, as you felt yourself sinking. A terri don't get any of that in the real thing. From first to last never had a moment of fear, not a second of anxiety. Au.
 toma tically, 1 tried to save myself and at the very moment I realized that I
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30

this strip OF apple skin thrown over
the shoulder will, in dropping, form
the initial of the future life partner Of
| the possessor of the shoulder over which
1t was thrown. In other words, it is
Cupid's wireless system of telegraphy.
Considerable skill and a sharp knife
are required to perform this pairing op-
Grafton, but there has been recently
placed on the counters of the hardware
and hOuse-furnishing stores a little ap-
paratus which will transform an en-
tire apple into a perfect ribbon Of
fruit
At first glance this implement looks
more like the steel of the carving set
than anything else, for it has Il handle
and a long protruding member like the
steel. This is, however, an tmpaling
pin, which is thrust through the fruit
or vegetable being operated upon.
There is also a spirally rotable knife,
with means of adjusting it to the size
of the article in hand, and upon turn
ing this knife it moves around and
through the fruit, advancing toward
the handle at each turn. so that, as
stated above, the entire thing is trans
formed into a ribbon. There is abso-
lutely no waste with this device except
the care and the skin