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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
Roller skating Craze.

Montgomery seems to have become enthusiastic over roller skating" said a man on the street yesterday "and the young people appear to enjoy the fun great deal. Every afternoon and night. you may go to either of the skating rinks> in Montgomery and see a large floor packed with whirling mass of pleasure seekers. skating around and around the room until by sheer exhaustion, they have to sit down and rest.
 T am little too old for such sports and admit that 1t looks a. bit danger ous to me. but as there has been com paratively few accidents and as those are of trival nature I suppose 1t is about as healthy and safe a sport as any other.
 Tn my boyhood lived in the North west and have skated many a mile on ice. That is the greatest fun in the world to me and they say that the roller skating is the nearest approach to ice-skating. As we have no ice down here in the winter and no ice rinks in Montgomery. think the rol- Ter skating is the best substitute for the real thing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
That Far Wrong.

bITHlIflR nam LtuBtT.
 Golfers Weekly thinks there never was any vitality in the Crumpacker scheme of punishing the States that voted the Democratic ticket. Golfers is just that far wrong. The Republi- can Party deliberately put the scheme in its national platform and only the frown of MT. Roosevelt killed It.. There are lot of wicked men who even now want to renew that attack.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
HRS Enough.
Selma Journal.


 And now they say that maybe the United States will assimilate San Do- mingo. What we will gain by such proceeding has not been pointed out. It strikes us that the United States has enough ignorant negroes to look after in the South, in the Philippines and to protect in Cuba without assim- Hating any more. In fact this coun- try has never been able to "asslmilate" the hordes who were made citizens some forty years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
Didn't Know It,
Anniston St


 It looks as though the Japs will run themselves to death trying to catch the Russians. It Is to be presumed that the Russian boss didn't know just exactly what he was doing when he punched the Japs under the short ribs. He simply didn't know 1t was loaded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
PALMER's FUNERAL.
Distinguished Actors Honor Memory
 of Veteran Manager.


 of Veteran Manager. New York. March 10.-A representa- tive gathering of members of the the- atrical profession assembled in the Little Church Around the Corner" to- day to attend the funeral of the vete- ran theatrical manager. A. M. Palmer The funeral arrangements were under the auspices of the Actors Fund of America, the ushers were the managers of the New York theatres, and among those present were many of the most prominent actors and managers in the country.
 Among the honarary pall-bearers were William Gillette, Francis Wilson, Forbes Robertson, Daniel Frohman and Daniel Howard. The simple service was conducted by Rev. George c. Houghton, rector of the church. and the eulogy was by Rev Dr. Nathan A. Sea- gle. rector Of St. stenhan,a Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11

The Muskogee Democrat thinks that when the Senate again resorts to the application of whitewash of the Swayne variety 1t ought to mix a disinfectant with it." Yes, and 1t would do we'll to put on a coat of varnish afterwards.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11

He who prophecies and predicts is liable to miss the bulls eye about forty rods. So. if one should say that the Japanese will be completely victorious tomorrow or next day he might miss, but we can see no danger in predicting their success in the end. That seems certain,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
Waiting to Hear.
Anniston

Anniston Hot Blast.
 Governor Pennypacker says that he is proud of Pennsylvania. An anxious public is waiting to hear if Pennsyl- vanfa reciprocates the pleasant senti- ment,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11

It is estimated that at least two mill lion dollars worth of gold Is used in the United States each year for filling teeth. That is one way of laying up treasure where the thieves can't get it..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
A Dark Prospect.

AshViIIe Aegis.
 It only needs a few more such in augural ceremonies of royal display, such as occurred in Washington on the 4th to turn the devil loose in this coun- try as in Russia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
Perhaps He Would.

Dothan Siftings.
 Judge Swayne. 1t Is said, is wanting Congress to pay his expenses of this impeachment trial. Wonder if he would ask for the regular ten dollars a day?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
Wbat State Papers
 lire Saying
A POpular Word.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 The word "germane" seems to be popular with the attorneys conducting the Chadwick trial. They must be try- ing to spring something on the public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
The Fort Gaines Recorder r,

The Fort Gaines Recorder reasons that with the fine reputation enjoyed by South Georgia syrup there is no ex- cuse for the farmers not raising a crop which will always bring money, as well as cotton does. That is true. and it is equally true of South Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11

When we read the statement that men were paid as high as one thousand dol lars for a vote in Colorado we wonder how Philadelphia can hold so many voters
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11

The Advertiser alluded some days ago to the Phipps plan of providing good and decent tenement houses for the colored residents in New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11

A New London editor mournfully asks if the pumpkin is losing its pop ularity In Connecticut. That must be a fearfuliy disturbing thought The decadence of that vegetable would be a worse blow to New England than would the destruction of the cod-fish crop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
LOOK AT TIT

E. s. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vertisers daily circulation for the month Of January, 1905, is true and correct. ana compiled after all returns from news boys news agents and leftover copies have been deducted. E. S. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager,
 The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1lth day of February, 1905.
 F. W. JACKSON.
 N. P. Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
A CAPITAL IDEA.

The Montgomery Advertiser. the capital newspaper of Aiabama's capital ciIy' pv- p,v cents its sworn detailed statement Of Janu- ary circulation And judging from the cuiates mostly among those who have cap 1tal to spend. progressive newspaper, and i5 delivered In more Alabama homes eYery day than any other paper in the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11
Students to Write Essays.

pr Thomas M. owen, Director of the State Department of Archives and His tory, yesterday issued a circular giving all the conditions of the contest for the best historical essay on The Gulf and Tributary Waters During the Revolu- tion' and The Southwestern Frontier During the Revolution.
 The Society of the Sons of the Revo- lution in the State of Alabama is of- fering medals for the best essays on these subjects.
 The circular states that the contest Is open to students of the State Uni versity, the Alabama Polytechnic 1n- stitute. the Southern University, How ard College. St. Joseph's College, St. Bernard's College and the North Ala bama Conference College.
 One of the Dead Issues.
 Did you ever notice how very dead that issue of a circular office build- ing on Court Square is,' asked an old time citizen of Montgomery yesterday.
 Sentiment has triumphed. It has triumphed before but there was never a greater victory to its credit than in the fight against commercialism.
 You find a foating population in Montgomery who are advocates of the proposed building. You can find some of our oldest citizens who are also advocates. but there seems to be ma jority of the venerable men and women in opposition to the building.
 At the last public meeting which argued for and against the building the line was distinctively drawn and the issue defined as sentiment against com mercialism.
 Since that night what little talk for the building there has been seems to have been classed as piffle. The official status of the question, however, Is that 1t is in the hands of a committee of the Council. Probably this is the Cemetery Committee as the matter seems to have been well buried"
 Mayor Thomas H. Carr. after an ab- sence of several weeks in Chicago, is expected home today. He will be ac- companied by his daughter, Miss Agnes Carr, who went with him when he left Montgomery to consult a famous specialist of the Western city in regard to his failing health. After an opera ton which was successful, the Mayor has improved daily and 1t is now thought by his family and friends that 1t is only a question of time before he regains his former robust health.
 MT. John R. Greggs, of Chicago, author of the Gregg system of short hand, and one of the best known busi- ness educators in the country, stopped over a few hours in Montgomery yes terday. MT Gregg expressed himself as being well pleased with Montgom- cry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-11

City subscriptions should be paid to the following authorized collectors only: J. T. Napoat City irculator: E. W. Mccain, A- A. Mccain. J. B Cogburn. E. C. Robinson
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07
REDUCED SUGAR
CARRYING RATES

The keen rivalry of the railroads
which run out of New Orleans has
caused the Southern Pacific and the
Santa Fe roads to make the largest
reduction on its rates for sugar from
San Francisco to the Missouri river
that has yet been put into operation.
1t was formally announced yester-
day that the railroads from this city
Will henceforth charged a rate of %
cents per hundred on refined sugar to
all points on the Missouri river as well
as in Kansas and Nebraska. The rate
has hitherto been so cents per hundred
pounds. But the competition was so
keen, because of the cut made by the
roads out of New Orleans, that, in Or
der to offset the lines in the South,
the reduction was forced. There is a
bitter war being waged now On sugar
rates between the Illinois Central, the
San Francisco and the Hartman
branches of the Southern Pacific road
from New Orleans East. While the
rates hitherto prevailing for sugar was
81 cents, a cut was made to 10 cents.
By the reduction of the rate here it,
to great degree, offsets the competi-
ton in the South and somewhat equal
ICES things.-San Francisco Examiner.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07
TAUGHT HAWAIIAN SCHOOL
ElGHTY.TWO YEARS AGO

haina is correct as above. the school
would have ante-dated Lahainaluna
Seminary by eight years The Ha-
-waiian Spectator of October, 1888, gives
the history of the Mission Seminary
at Lahainaluna in an article by E w.
Clark. one of the instructors.
The article incidentally mentions the
fact that, in the times of the first mis-
sionaries arriving in 1920, Schools were
established throughout the islands. and
supplied with such teachers as could
be obtained Then a condition is
described of the schools languishing
for the want of suitable teachers, with
this informa ton following:
In this state of things it was unani-
mously resolved, at a general meeting
of the Mission in June. 1881. to form
high school for raising up school teach
ers and other helpers in the missionary
work The design of the high school,
now called Mission Seminary, is thus
set forth in the printed laws of the
school,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07
PORTSMOUTH DECORATED
FOR PEACE CONFERENCE
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., August THE navy yard and the
city eaboraey decorated Representatives
American and foreign journalists ENJOYS
will arrive today

PORTSMOUTH, July Is. Acting
Secretary of State Peirce and Edward
n. Pearson, secretary of state of New
Hampshire, today visited the Ports
mouth navy yard and held a conference
with Rear Admiral w. W. Mead. COM
mandant, regarding details of the COM
ing peace conference between the Rus
sian and Japanese plenipotentiaries
1t was decided that the sessions of
the conference should be held in rooms
on the second floor of the general
store building. The patrol of marines
at the yard will be increased, particu-
larly in the vicinity of the building,
and no one not directly connected with
the negotiations will be permitted to
enter the structure.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07
'LYNCH|NG CASE
IN CITY OF LONDON

LONDON, July 23-"Lynching in
America is always an attractive
headline in the newspapers. and many
sermons have been preached in the
editorial columns warning America to
mend her ways in this respect. Yet
two days ago man was lynched and
carried off dead in a London street
in broad daylight, practically under
the eyes of the police, without any
more notice taken than an ordinary.
little street row.
John Jacobs, an elderly dock la
borer. was sitting in Victoria Park on
Thursday afternoon. A little girl was
sitting close by. Another working
man passed. and, looking through the
bushes separating him and Jacobs. sus-
pected an impropriety. He rushed
through the bushes a nd shouted. What
are YOU up to?r When he understood
the charge Jacobs Indignantly repu-
dated it. and accompanied his ac-
cuser to a police box in the park.
There he established his innocence
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07

! and was let Co. but he was taken out
of the park by constable, who later,
at the inquest, said: 1T is usual to
turn a man out after such an accu-
sation.''
A large crowd of some hundreds Of
people assembled, and they forced
Jacobs to walk in the middle of the
road Then they closed around him
and he was struck by several men,
Jacobs fell to the ground, and he was
carried to a nearby horse trough
amid cries of Lynch him, Put him
in the horse trough" But when the
horse trough was reached Jacobs was
found to be dead.
No arrests were made at the time,
and no attempt has since been made
to make any arrests in connection
with the flair.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07

The Maui News gives the following
copy of a proposed inscription in the
Wilmington Street church, Princeton
N Y:
..BETSEY STORKTON.
through her desire to serve the cause
of Christ, accompanied the first Amer
lean missionaries to Hawaii and found
ed school for the commonalty at La
haina, Maui in 1928.
After her return to the United
States she was for many years valu-
able member of this congregation, a
teacher OF its youth. and powerful
influence for good in the community.
This memorial is got up in recogni-
ton of her faithful Christian character
and most useful life by friends who
honored and loved her.
She was born in Princeton In 1'Ss,
and died here October "a, 1860 Her
body lies at Cooperstown, n. Y
Preeuming that the date of the
founding of rhe mission school at La
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07
CITIZEN LABOR
ACT DECLARED
NULL AND VOID
District Attorney Breckons Says It
Violates Constitution, Statute
and Treaty.

ton, there is, in my Judgment another
reason why the Act should be declared
void.
By a treaty between the United
States and Japan, ratified in 1895. it
was provided as follows:
"The citizens and subjects of each
OF the high contracting parties shall
have full liberty to enter, travel or
reside in any part of the territories of
the other contracting party, and shall
enjoy full and perfect protection for
their persons and property.
"In whatever relates to the rights
OF residence and travel; to the posses
sion of goods and effects of any kind;
to the succession to personal estate by
will or otherwise, and the disposal of
property of any sort, and in any man
ner whatsoever, which they may law
fully acquire, the citizens or subjects
of each contracting party shall enjoy
In the territories of the other the same
privileges, liberties and rights, and
shall be subject to no higher imposts,
or charges in these respects than native
citizens or subjects, or citizens or SUBJ
jects of the most favored nation.
They will not be compelled under
any pretext whatsoever to pay any
charges or taxes other or higher than
those that are, or may be paid by ma
tive citizens or Subjects or citizens or
subjects of the most Favored nation.''
The provisions quoted, and others in
the treaty, are in my judgment oppos-
ed to the provisions of the territorial
law
The law of the territory in question,
as | have already said, distinguishes
clearly between subjects of other coun-
tries and those of Japan and China,
and for this reason is void as being in
conflict with the treaty referred to.
Very resrectfully,
R. W. BRECKONS.
Hawaii Shinpo.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07
HONOLULU COUPLE
BECOME ENGAGED

The engagement of Miss Sophie Judd
and George Cooke was anno1nced on
Saturday. The news was not only
somewhat of surprise to their many
friends, but the source Of much pleas
ure, and both Mr.. Cooke and Miss Judd
have been the recipients of many con-
gratulations since the news became
public.
Mr.. Cooke is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. M. Cooke. He recently returned
from Yale, where he completed his
education.
Miss Judd is the younger daughter
of Mrs. A. F. Judd and the late Chief
Justice Judd. She is an island girl and
completed her education at Farming
ton, after which she made tour of
Europe in company with her brother
Charles.
The date for the wedding has not
been set.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07

A visit was made later by Mr.. Peirce
and Mr.. Peterson to Newcastle, where
rooms for both the japanese and the
Russian ENJOYS We're engaged at the
Hotel Wentworth
1t was officially announced at the
navy yard that this place was select
ed for the conference because it afford
ed military protection, because an At
lantic cable lands here and because
there are hotels on the coast which
can easily be reached without travel by
land. 4 ssss1uA n
1t was stated that a launch will be
used for the convenience of the pleni-
potentiaries in going back and forth
between the navy yard and their hotel
quarters.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07
TROUBLES OF KING
GEORGE OF TONGA

After the manner of the Germans in
the Caroline islands, says the Chron-
icle of July q, the English residents
of the Friendly group in the South
Seas are trying to GUST the native
King and secure absolute control of
affairs. The schooner William Olsen,
arriving yesterday from the Friendly
islands, brings a story of an attempt
of the Englishmen to take charge of
the Government and of the resistance
of the native king, George Tabu II.
Some years ago an Englishman
named Baker, who had gained resi-
dence in the Friendly group and be-
come a power among the natives, was
elevated to the position of Premier. He
was a man of uncommon intelligence
and during his incumbency of Office
established a modern code of laws that
is still in force. But Baker died a
few years ago, and since his death the
English merchants and other residents
of the group have yearned for supreme
authority over the islands, 1t is re-
ported by the officers of the William
Olsen that the Englishmen approached
King George Tabu II. with propo-
sition to abdicate and enjoy an annual
pension of $4,000 or take the alterna-
tive of exile to South Africa without
a pension.
The King, who had enjoyed the COM
panionship of Baker, the clever En-
glish Premier, had become too well
educated in modern diplomacy, how
ever. and after brief consideration or
the proposition declined to accept the
offer. He took the next vessel sailing
for Auckland for the purpose of ap-
pealing to King Edward, and he had
not returned to the Friendly group
when the William Olsen sailed for this
port. The Kings petition has been
carefully prepared, and as he was
clearly being euchred out Of his job
as ruler of the islands, and seemed
destined to be relegated by the design
ing merchants of the group to private
citizenship without cause, great
anxiety was felt by the residents of
the islands as to the outcome of the
controversy when the William Olsen
sailed. King George Tabu IL is said
to have been a very good King of the
Friendly islands. He is a native, but
is classed a good fellow, fairly well
educated, and as man who would
pass in good company anywhere in the
world.
Prof Alexanders paper lately read
before the Hawaiian Historical So
ciety. of which a brief synopsis was
given in the Advertiser, furnished a
mora correct view of the TOngap Situ-
alton than the foregoing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-07
MANOA VALLEY FIRE.

A fire at the mouth of Manoa valley
was reported at midnight. II was
supposed TO be either a Chinese shack
or rubbish burning. There was no
word OF the fire received at the central
fire stati ion
Shortly after the inquiry was made
from this Office, however, Chief Thurs
ton and the Makiki engine went out
to the place. They had not returned
when the Advertiser went TO press