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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-17
Rain i'm the South.

The throat of each magnolia In the tree Drank in the widest joy the cooling drought A tiny brook rushed on and madly
 laughed. Then a mocking- bird burst into mel
 ody.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-17
Hin Wiah.

Bo:-Speak of angels and you will hear the rustic of their wings.
 Sambo:-I wish 1t was so wid chick ems
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-17
There Are Otherv
Her Status.


 Yes--er--the 'Mayflower Annex"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-17
The Governor Turned on the Light.

Mir. J. J. Holmes has gone to Brew ton on a business trip.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-17

Have Come to Stay. Birmingham Ledger. Alabama has already felt the impetus
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-17
Wbat State Papers
 lire Saying
Would Be . Hard Job

Would Be . Hard Job. Eufaula Times.
 The laps don't seem at all anxious for compromise unless they can get funny if two or three of the powers get vexed aud wipe the little rascals of the earth.
 Clean Up Cry. - Union Springs Herald.
 If half of the advice that Is being printed in the papers should be fol- ed up Clean up" editorials are ap- bearing regularly now In all the pa- pere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-17

Captain s. H. Roberts has returned home from a trip to the West.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-17
To Edit Farm Paper.

Dr. W. H. Sanders. State Health Off, ficer passed through Montgomery yes- terday en route from Mobile to Tusca- loosa. -@ :.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-18
kinderoarteners Meet.

TORONTO, Ont, April 1S.-There
was large attendance at the opening
today of the twelfth annual convention
of the international kindergarten
union. The convention met at the nor
NAL school building, with Miss Annie
Laws, the president, in the chair. At
the opening session Miss Laura Fisher
of Boston, and Miss Patty Hill of
Louisville presented papers dealing
with the materials and methods of
kindergarten instruction. This even
ing Miss Allison of Pittsburg will lead
discussion of general problems of SUI
pervision, Miss Alice Grady of Chica-
go will present the subject of kinder
garten examinations and Ada Van
Stone Harris of Rochester that of sal
aries. The convention will remain in
session until the end of the week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-18
CASE OF c. l.. WINGARD FOR
OVERLAPPING DISMISSED
BY JUDGE HUFFMAN.
Sufficient Evidence to Warrant Con
viction Offered but There Was
Extenuating Circumstances.

the charge of tapping the wires
of the Northwestern Gas AMI Electric
company in the Office saloon, at 115
Main street, preferred against G. l..
Wingard by Manager r. E. Allen, was
dismissed by Judge Huffman last
evening after a trial lasting over two
hours. The court held that sufficient
evidence had been introduced to war
rant a conviction but Mr.. Wingard tes-
tilted that he thought he had right
to tap any and all wires of the COM
pany without first securing PERMISSION,
inasmuch as all work was passed on
by the city electrical inspector, am
the court took this into consideration
and discharged the defendant. Mr..
Wingard was warned however, to Sc
cure permits from the company here
after whenever he desired to make
connections.
Brooks & Bartlett, who appeared for
Mr.. Wingard attempted to show that
the Northwestern company was trying
to stifie competition by forcing Mr..
Wingard to first secure permission to
make connections. Mr.. Wingard tes-
titled that on several occasions GUS
toners of his had been forced to wait
for weeks before being supplied with
Juice" whereas patrons whose houses
had been wired or connected up by
company electricians, had been given
service Immediately. Considerable
controversy arose between Attorney
RAIDER, counsel for the company, and
the opposing counsel as to what con-
stituted wire tapping. In the case of
the Office saloon, the wires that Mr..
Wingard made connections to were the
property of the proprietor and not the
company.
Manager Allen of the company de-
MED that his company was endeavor-
ing to put Mr.. Wingard out of bust
ness. The company simply wanted to
know where it's Juice" was going to
and in order to keep an accurate re-
cord it was necessary that every con-
nection to be made, be first submitted
to the company. Many residents and
business houses were not supplied
through meters and it was a simple
matter to install extra lights without
the company being any the wiser.
Mr.. Wingard, he said, had been notified
repeatedly to report any and all con-
nections but that he had ignored the
request.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-18
STATE BANKERS COMMITTEE OF
NINE MEN ARE WORKING
IN SECRET.
Combined Effort Being Made by Finan
ciaI Institutions in State to
Prosecute Criminals.

Backed by millions of wealth and
great influence, nine prominent banking
men of this state are working earnestly
and relentlessly to reduce to a mini
mum the defrauding of banks and
banking patrons by swindlers, chiefly
check forgers. That these nine men
are making progress in their efforts
was made known at Seattle last Satur-
day, when report from this special
committee was made to the executive
committee of the state bankers asso-
citation.
While it is not generally known, the
state bankers association has a special
committee of nine members, whose
names are kept secret SO as not to ham,
per them in their work, who are trying
earnestly to prevent the swindling of
bankers and others by forged checks,
raised checks and other means.
The work is along somewhat similar
association. At the meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee at Seattle the report
of the committee was informally sub
mitted.
That there is much of this crime was
shown by the report that during 1904
there were IS convictions secured in
this state Of such cases alone, and this
year there may be as many more.
AS the committee is becoming more
familiar with the work. it reports, it is
securing a greater proportion of con-
victions in the cases brought.
1.-The committee does not appear pub
licly in the matter at ALL it is stated.
I'm every case where it is learned that
a bank or any bank patron mas been
swindled by forged or raised checks or
drafts the committee makes every eff
through the proper officials, and then
gathers the evidence together, ire
spective of the expense, and places it
in the hands of the prosecution. Every
assistance is given the officers of the
law in the apprehension and trial of the
criminal.
1.-The policy of the association is to
make check raising and forging almost
certainly punished, to the end that that
branch of criminal industry shall be
wiped out in this state.
when such criminals learn that all
the bankers of the state are banded to-
gether to prevent such crimes, or to
run down and punish the guilty ones
when such forgeries occur we expect
there will be less attempts to thus de-
fraud the banks and their patrons.
"The association has as yet made no
regular appropriation for the purpose,
but all the banks have voluntarily con-
tributed to a fund which is expended
for the purposes intended by the special
committee of nine"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-18
HE FAVORs DANCE AND DRAMA.
Carnegie Declares Approval Of Home
Culture Clubs Work for Public.

NORTHHAMPTON, Mass, April IS.
Carnegie house was dedicated yes
terday by Andrew Carnegie, who gave
$4,000 for it's erection to the work of
the Home Culture club, and to purposes
which would have shocked Puritan
New England. Mr.. Carnegie said:
Il look forward to the time when a
community like this will have no fun
damental differences; that some day,
instead of having different denomina-
tons, you will all come to see that the
theologies are many, religion in its es-
sence is one ana agreed to come to-
gether as one united body striving to-
gether for the general good.
This beautiful tneater in which we
now assemble is perhaps the only thea
ter owned by city and managed for
the people by the city. l am glad to
notice that it is not strictly reserved
for theatrical purposes, but serves as
the meeting place for everything that
is good.
L notice another progressive feature
which would cause some apprehension
among the old puritans of the past
In the Home Culture club you have
a dance every Saturday night. Well
done. Our aim should be to make this
life as happy as we can. Very prop
erly We teach our children how tc
dance. 1t adds much to their happi-
ness and to their Improvement in man.
ners and in bearing. On with the
dance, therefore, you of the Home Cul.
ture clubs, let joy be unconfined."
Mr.. Carnegie said that the considera.
ton of birth and wealth are being dis
placed by judgment of man by what
he knows. And he added:
In the future, the question is neither
10 be how man was born, how great
his wealth, nor even what he knows
but now he serves his fellowmen
Here is the true, the final aristocracy
which never can be displaced.
Not even under what form he has
worshipped God, which troubled the
early puritans too much, but how he
has served man. is to be the test in the
days to come. Man will dwell les.
upon Heaven our home and more
upon the duty of making home {
heaven here on earth"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-18
FIGHT FOR DEAD MANS MONEY
Seventy Year-Old Laundress Makes a
Attempt to Get VaIuables.

LONDON, April ia strange
story of a struggle for a dead mans
will was told at the Edgware petty SEES
sions yesterday, when Martha Knight,
who was described as a laundress, 20
years of age, and living at Pedderswick
Road, Hammersmith was charged with
stealing property belonging to Fred
erick Mitchell.
Mrs. Knight, counsel explained, was
the sister of Richard Brown of Baw-
don Terrace, Marrow, a master por-
ter at Convent Garden, who died on
January 81, leaving his property to
Frederick Mitchell, a foreman porter
A few weeks before Browns death
Mrs. Knight, whose previous address
was a workhouse, went to live with
him, very much against his wish.
Mitchell called on Christmas day,
and found Brown locked in his bed
room. He forced the door, and saw
Brown lying on the floor in a state of
collapse, and with a quantity of jewelry
by mis- side. This, it is alleged, was
promptly seized by Mrs. knight.
After Browns death his will was
read by a lawyers clerk, and when
Mrs. knight heard that the property
was left to Mitchell she tried to get
possession of the document.
A sum of 6 Ass in gold was discover
ed in a drawer and Mrs. Knight made
such strenuous efforts to get it that she
upset bottle of ink and nearly over
turned her brothers coffin.
Counsel added that Mrs. Knight was
now living in fiat in luxury, and mad
begun a probate action to upset the
will. She was not, however, the next
of kin as Brown had a wife and three
children living.
For the defense it was urged that
Mrs. Knight was the next Of kin and
that she was acting under power Of
attorney.
The case was adjourned. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
COMMANDERS ANNOUNCED.
Designations for the Military Exercises
in June

General Wade, commanding the Atlantic
division. has announced the following des-
ignations and assignments of battle, fire
and mine commanders for the exercises
to be held in the artillery districts of the
Potomac Baltimore and the Chesapeake,
June IL to June II next:
Artillery district of the Potomac.-Battle
commander, Col. b. X. Roberts, A. c.; as
sistant battle commander, Lieut.. Col. j.
NJ Califf A. c.; fire commander, first fire
command, Maj. H. L. Harris, A. c.; assist
ant fire commander. first fire command.
Mai c. d. Parkhurst, A. c.; fire command
err second fire command. Maj. w. B..
Homer, A. c.; assistant fire commander
second fire command, Maj d. Price, A. c.;
mine commander, Capt S. A. Kephart, A.
c.
Artillery district of Baltimore.-Battle
commander, Col Frank Thorp, A. c.; as
sistant battle commander, Lieut.. Col. j.
D. c. Hoskins. A. c.; fire commander, first
fire command, Maj F. Marsh, A c.; as
sistant fire commander. first fire command,
Capt. E. w. Hubbard, A. c.; fire command
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
GOING TO MEXICO.
And the Expressions of Regret at the
Journey

Mr. Spencer Blackburn who IS Col Myron
M Parker's son-in-law, and Col. J. T. Har-
ris OF AsheVille, formerly a member of the
INDUSTRIAL commission. were in town this
week. They were getting ready TO join a
party OF well-known people who were going
IN a private car to Old Mexico to look over
some mining properties. Both Mr.. Black
pufn and Col. Harris were a little blue over
the prospects of leaving the land of Scotch
hShballs and George Williamson's mint
juleps.
suppose we are al going to get rich
sald MI blackburn, but il seems to me
that the old United States is a pretty good
ldhd nave Just come up from North
tafoLna ana tins town looks good to me.
l can imagine why people want to leave
Goa country and so romancin' around in
strange places, but l reckon wen have to
Yes. put in Col. Harris, land I don't
see why sane business men want any bet
Ter place Tor investment than the Industrial
region of the new south. Dividends are
sood, and. more than that. YOU are only
twelve hours away from Washington That
ought to be counted in as a pretty large
asset. Then. if worst comes to the worst.
you are only seventeen hours away from
New York. Just think where we will be
in Mexico" .-.l.
Yes, just think" said George William
SON as he set up the juleps Whereupon
there was doleful outfit for a few min.
uteS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
COL. COLTON'S PLAN.
How the Customs Receipts of Santo
Domingo Will Be Collected.

Secretary Taft yesterday received In a
cablegram from Col. Cotton, chief customs
collector in Santo Domingo an outline of
his plan of organization of the customs
service of the Dominican republic, which
has been agreed to by the Dominican gov
eminent, and the acceptance of which Col.
Cotton, with the Endorsement of Mr.. Hol-
lander and Minister Dawson, whom he has
consulted strongly recommends. The plan
provides that Col. Cotton shall be in control
and in general charge, ]. H. Edwards, jr.,
deputy collector and travelling inspector and
auditor; H. w. Smith, cashier, auditor and
disbursing officer; H. F. Morley, additional
deputy collector in charge of the Haitian
frontier; NJ. D. Carrel, chief statistician;
Joseph Schwartz, special agent, and Mr..
Leon, translator and interpreter. All the
present Dominican collectors of customs
will continue to serve as deputies under
personal bonds and under Col. Colton's su-
pervsion. They are to receive extra COM
pensation.
The plan provides that beginning April
| last 45 per cent of the customs receipts
are to be paid to the Dominican govern
ment the remainder after the expenses
of administering the customs have been de-
tracted. is to be deposited in general fund.
The controller is to take charge of all the
offices and the representatives of the for
eign powers to be duly notified.
The execution of the program awaits the
approval of Secretary Taft. Action upon
it will be deferred until early next week,
the Secretary expecting in the meantime
a letter giving more details about the plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
ALLEGED LACK OF DILIGENCE.
Col. Godfrey Criticises the Course of
Lieut. Early, Recently Tried.

Second Lieut. Orson L. Early, Sth Cav
airy, was recently tried by court-martial
at Fort Riley, Neb., the charge of con-
duct to the prejudice of good order and
military discipline with eight specifications
alleging Misrepresentation and failure to
account for post exchange funds. The
court found him not guilty of the charges
and specifications and acquitted him.
In passing upon the case Col. E. S. God
frey, 9th Cavalry, commanding the Depart
ment of the Missouri. took occasion to criti-
else the conduct of the young officer
Eliminating from this case" says Col
Godfrey, the question of criminal intent
on the part of the accused, the fact re-
mains that in less than a years operation
of the post exchange a shortage has occur
red of 81 ,262S2. OF this amount $5G0.S0 is
accounted for through errors in bookkeep
ing and the balance, $lO2G2, is cash short
age attributed in theory TO wrongful use
and appropriation of the funds by certain
of the employees and partly to errors aris-
Ing from inattentiOn to details of his office
by the exchange officer through pressure
of other duties. The tardy discovery of
such shortage renders inveStiga ton al this
time practically fruitless, but ii is not I'M
derstood why a thorough inspection of the
affairs of the exchange by the respective
councils by the accused a any stage
of his incumbency should have failed to
uncover such discrepancies. lack of dill
gence is made further noticeable by the
fact that an officer temporarily detailed in
charge of the exchange during accused's
absence, promptly discovered a deficiency
or leakage in funds and reported the same
within ten days of his assignment, that
discovery finally leading to an investigation
and charges in this case.
Following such investigation the accused
has turned IN the amount necessary to
cover his shortage, and upon trial has been
acquitted of the charges. While concurring
in the acquittal as to the non-existence of
criminal intent on the part of the accused,
the department commander is strongly of
the opinion that the exercise of proper dill
gence in conducting the affairs of the ex-
change should have disclosed the errors
and probable peculations long before the
shortage reached its present proportion.
The loss resulting has already proved a Sc
we're lesson to the accused and the acquit-
tal subject TO the above remarks, is ap-
proved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
AFTERMATH OF FAIR.
No Disaster in the City of St.
Louis

Former Representative Charles f JOY OF
corridor with his genial presence when a
Star man met up" with him Cas they say
out in Missouri yesterday.
What are they talking about most out in
st. LOUISE was the question
We'll, think subject of pertinent COM
ment there is the difference between the
aftermath Of the Chicago worlds fair and
Der what happened in Chicago. The ebbing
tide Of the fairs prosperity left a dolefuI
wreck upon the beach. DissipateC fortunes
lowered real estate values, labor out of
work, ana the dreadful notSam and ietsam
OF unfortunate humanity comprised the de-
briS.
Not so in St. Louis We haven't the
crooks, dead bro.es and the like in ST.
Louis. Labor is employed, men are at
work. the willfully idle have been dispersed,
and the town is on a boom. 1t is mat
ter of record that the building permits for
the first three months of this year were
S2'Oe1WO in excess of the permits for the
same period last year. That does not lool,
as If there was lack of business or enter
prise. does it?
ITO cite "A case in point: l owned a bit of
real estate which | have been trying TO sell
for three years. Within two months after
the fair closed l sold that property at
price SI,CU0 in excess of the price de-na nded
during the three years. Prosperous? Wei,
| think The crOakers used to say that the
fair would hurt the town, but it hasn't
feazed it,
Mr.. and Mrs JOY will go to the Philip
pines as guests of Secretary Taft's party
next July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
COMING NAVAL MOVEMENTS
The Battleship Squadron Soon to Sail
for Hampton Roads.

Under orders from the Navy Department
the fifth division of the North Atlantic
fleet, commanded by Rear Admiral Brad
ford. will relieve the third division, COM
manded by Rear Admiral Sgsbee of pa
trol service in Dominican and Cuban waters.
That change is made, il IS stated in order
that the crews of the third division may
have a change Of climate and enjoy shore
liberty, which has not been possible In
the West Indies. Accordingly Rear Admiral
Sigsbees command will come north Re
ports from Santo Domingo are to the ef-
feet that tranquility prevails on the is
land
The batteship squadron. consisting of
eight of the big fighting machines at Pen
sacoia. will sail this week for Hampton
Roads, which will be the headquarters for
the first division during the month of May
The second division will Immediately pro-
coed to navy yards. the Illinois to Boston
the Alabama to New York the Niassa chu-
sets to League Island and the Iowa to
Norfolk, for their annual overhauliny
which ii is expected will take about thirty
days. AS soon as the second division has
completed repairs the first division will be
sent to the navy yards for docking. which,
1t is said, Will not consume more than five
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
SMALL ARMS PRACTICE.
Troops Ordered to Go Into Camp at Sea
Grit. New Jersey

Brig. Gen. Grant commanding the De-
partment of the East, has directed the
following troops to proceed to Sea Girt, N
j., for their annual small arms practice
taking with them the necessary ammuni-
ton and target material
Companies e and H, Sth Infantry, from
Fort Jay, and Company A, 9Th Infantry
from Fort Slocum, to proceed SO as to be
in camp by May 10.
Companies and G, 9Th Infantry, from
Fort Jay, and Company b, 9Th Infantry.
from Fort Slocum. SO soon as Companies
A, e and III have finished their practice.
Maj r. H. Wilson. Sth Infantry will
command the camp during the entire pc.
Rod, and is ordered to make all necessary
details of markers, scorers, etc, see that
all requirements of small arms firing regu-
lations are carried out. and that about
equal progress is made by each company
so that all may finish about the same time
and as soon as practicable after reaching
the range consistent with thoroughness,
and completion of all essential details to
the utmost extent practicable. First Lieut.
w. II. Johnson, Sth Infantry, is Designate
as camp adjutant and Second Lieut. A. =.
Bump. Sth Infantry, as camp quartermaS-
ter and commissary for the entire period.