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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20

Ruthenians are also slav race, in- habiting the Bukovina province, but between Ruthenian and Pole there has sprung up an enmity which is difficult to understand. but which Is neverthe- less a powerful factor in Australian politics. Between Cracow, the capital of Australian Poland. and Posen and Warsaw there is constant communi- cation and 1t Is generally believed that the provincial wire pullers are in Cra- COW.
 Poland's Outlook Gloomy.
 What prospect have the Poles of realizing the grand dreams of nation altty So long as Germany, Austria and Russia remain strong enough to crush them their prospects are of the gloomiest. It Is quite likely that any one of these three powers would will lingly co-operNte with the others, were 1t needful. in crushing a Polish insur- rection. The Polish leaders. besides. with all their brilliant gifts, are not statesmen. They are enthusiastic pat riots, if you like, but they are too easily swept by waves of sentiment, and while eagerly engaged in attend ing to the minor questions of the pres ent are neglecting the consideration of the vast problems which their nation will have to solve in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
A FALSE ALARM.

A few days ago Representative Hull, of Iowa, and chairman of the Military Committee of the House was reported as giving forth some doleful views as to Japan's possible hostility to the United States over the possession of the Philippine Islands
 This announcement is met with a prompt and emphatic denial by the Japanese minister at Washington. It lis doubtful if Congressman Hull really believes that there is the slight est danger of any complications arising with Japan concerning the Philippines. It is to the last degree improbable that the Japanese. after their terribly costly conflict with Russia, will seek embroiI- ment with any power. least of all with the people of the United States, from whom they are now buying millions of dollars worth of machinery and of supplies of every kind. The real ex- planation of the Iowa's mans manifes- to is plausibly set forth in a Wash ington dispatch to The NewYork Even ing Post, which runs as follows: 
 It has been for some time evident that Japan is soon to take the place which Germany has held ever since the which the United States should prepare to meet. Leaders of army and navy committees need some such apprehen- sion of danger in store to make the necessary appropriations for the in- crease of the enginery of warfare. Ger many has been a disappointment; its failure to show a disposition to fight; its apparent inability to come over menace here less serious than proves necessary. Japan, by its proximity to the end of Americas exposed line, would obviously be much more trouble some, should difficulties develop. The assertion has been made that an Asiatic Monroe doctrine would follow Japan's complete success, by which further grabbing of Chinese territory by the European powers would be re- garded by Japan as an unfriendly act. But our Monroe doctrine did not inter- fere with European colonies already In existence, and 1t Is absurd to sup pose that Japan would challenge our established possession of the Philip pines.
 We are glad to see. says The Hartford Times, that Mir. Hulrs anti-Japan alarm call is to be treated as 1t deserves by the leading news papers of the country. The absurdity of his contentious is pointed out by The Brooklyn Eagle. The New York Globe and other papers. which have no difficulty in showing the falsity of the reasoning which Mir. Hull used in his effort to stir up prejudice in this country against the gallant and patriotic nation which has punished as ought to be punished the efforts of the Russian autocracy to crowd 1t off the earth. We shall never have any trouble with the Japanese about the Philippines, and nobody knows this fact any better than the Iowa Congressman, who happens to be chairman of the House Military Committed"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20

latter. When Germany is in need she can expect no assistance or sympathy from the Polish population.
 In Russian Poland matters are worse still. In Germany the Poles affect constitutional methods of agitation; in Russia they are avowed friends of sub- terranean methods. They do not for get the insurrection of 1863 and the terrible revenge taken by the Russian General Muravieff, the hansman of Wilma. In Warsaw the Russians have succeeded in Russianizing a few Pol ish families, but if there are two peo- pie in the world who hate one another with an undying hatred they are the Poles and the Russians in Russian Pc. land. That Is why the Polish recruits drawn by Russia are never permitted to garrison Polish towns, but are drafted away to outlying districts of the empire. every Polish town being garrisoned by Russians.
 An especially dangerous hotbed of revolution Is the University of War saw. The students here, both male and female, are permeated either with socialist views or with the dream of bringing about the independence of Poland.
 Poles Hate the Germans.
 Since the war with Japan began edu- cated Poles have made no secret of their wish for disaster to the Russian armies and fleets. and not a week pass es that Poles who have given open ex- pression to their wish are not drafted up to the big citadel which commands Warsaw. One has only to scrutinize the names of these revolutionaries who have recently been figuring in Russian history to see how many of them are Polish crin fo
 but slightly acquainted with under ground Russia 1t is no secret that the best and most intelligent recruits to the revolutionary idea are either Polish Catholics or Polish Jews, both of whom have borne the stress of a persecution without parallel in modern Europe.
 In Austria the Poles are friendly to the government in measure. but hopelessly at variance with the Ger man and Ruthenian clements in the population of the dual monarchy. The Germans they hate with a bitter hat red as the kindred of those who op- press their brethren in Prussia. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
Advertisement for Bids for "Re . newal Bonds of The State
 of Alabama"

Bonds to be renewed: Glasses A and B aggregating s7437.600, maturing July Ist, 1sSs; Glass ,oSs assresatinE 'sss.O0o. maturing
 Character of Bond: Fifty year. gold bonds in denominations of either sioo. $500 tered. at option of bidder, interest payable semi annually in Montgomery. Alabama, or
 fok S staas as osrt o New than for s1oo. are invited upon following terms.
 2. Upon bonds bearing sh per cent per A certified check, payable to the order of the Governor of Alabama, for five per cent of the amount bid for must accompany each bid. For the bids that are accepted, other security. approved by the Governor, may be substituted for the certified check The cer- tified check accompanying rejected ods vii. yer cent of each accepted bid will. on fail- ure of bidder to comply with terms of his bid, be forfeited to the State.
 The entire amount of each accepted bid. or so much as may remain unpaid. must be paid in u lawful Ha, money money of the United of Alabama bonds which are being refund- ed, sixty days before the maturity of the Se designated by the Governor. or in lieu of the above designated payment such suaranty as the Governor may approve.
 bidders. at any. time after acceptance of bid. new for old bonds, credit being given the bidder TOT OlfIerence m interest, 10 uat6 of maturity of old bonds No bid offering less than par will be considered The State reserves the right to retire prsseat bonds to an amount not exceeding seoo,ooo. Bids will be received at the Governors Office at Montgomery until 12 o'clock M, April {. 1e05 and will be opened imnQediately. No flee of acceptance rejection will be given each bidder by letter mailed n Montgomery later than April bs lsGS Gnyei0nes t ,ss Governor of Alabama, and have conspicu- ously written thereon Bids for Renewal Bonds State of Alabama" The State re- serves the right to reject any and all bids. For further information, apply to the Gov ernor of Alabama " R. M. CUNNINGHAM. Lieutenant and Acting Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1905.
BETTER NOT TRY TT.

We noticed a statement recently to the effect that a movement, claiming to be backed by 6o,00o American resi- dents of Alaska. who are denied rep resentation of any sort in Congress" has for its object the secession of that Territory from the United States and union with Canada. We do not know, of course, that so many are dissatisfied or that they propose to initiate certain Southern States which tried secession and fell down. It may be that the number is overrated, but that is the statement sent out. and 1t may be true.
 There was time, and not very re- mote, when Alaska seemed like a lost sheep, or something of the kind. An immense block of country, whose nearest point was hundreds of miles from any portion of the United States proper. it was a sort of orphan Then, too. it lies broadside to Canada, and 1t really looked as if 1t ought to be part of that Dominion. It would then be contiguous portion of the govern ment instead of looking as if 1t had been sent off for bad behavior and left to itself.
 But that was when these United States formed a reasonably solid and unbroken country. All that is chang ed now, and Alaska is no longer lonely in its distance. Since we have got ten into the way of reaching across oceans to add to our territory, annex ing islands and buying stray bits of earth, the condition of Alaska Is not so illogical. We have holdings many times further off than that Territory, and some that are much more inaccesi- bfe; consequently. our off-shoot up towards the Pole ought not to feel so badly. And, speaking from experi- ence. we counsel the Alaskans not to esy secession. It doesn't work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
AN oBypcr LESSON.

In the famous Black Forest. in Ger many, there is little city of 1000 in- habitants called Freudenstadt, of which an exchange says:
 Small as 1t Is, Freudenstadt Is a full nedged city. with a mayor, aldermen, half dozen policemen and ire en- sne The sass is Ss tosa expenses do not exceed twenty-four thousand dollars in a year. Freuden- stadt has the distinction of being the only city in Germany. and perhaps in citizens a shilling for municipal ex- penses. The yearly net revenue from the public property covers all the ex- penditure. This property consists of about six thousand acres of fine forest, forestry methods. is permanent source of income. One or more trees are planted for every one that Is cut down. No tree is cut till 1t can yield the expense of the industry the annual profit to the acre is about $5.
 Now, the force of this article depends on its application, and the first point is the statement that the total expenses of carrying on the government is but *I4,VVV U year. NOL many cltleS or that size, we venture to observe. can show such small expense account as that. But the main point of interest Is found in their preservation and utilization of their forest. It is not to be expected, of course, that there are many towns or cities which own reve- nue producing forests sufficient to carry on the city government. but there are individuals, corporations and States which own forests, and the plan adopted by Freudenstadt is one that might we'll be followed. for it Is thoroughly logical and profitable plan.
 NO tree is cut tnl it can yield the maximum profit we are told, and, what is equally important. "one or more trees are planted for every one that Is cut down." In those two sen- tences lies the secret of success The man who owns a few or many acres of forest, who cuts down the trees as he comes to them. and never plants one as a provision for the future, might well take a lesson from these provident Germans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
CURBOW- W-CLRP MARBLE CO.,, 1O9-2I1 Dexter Ave, Montgomery, Ala.
 'Phow 146.
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
 Company. Notice to Stockholders.

Louisville, Kentucky, February 20. 1903. To the Stockholders of the Louisville a
 Nashville Railroad Company:
 Pursuant to a resolution adopted by thu Board of Directors of the Louisville Ss Nashville Railroad on the 16th day of Feb ruary 1905 a meeting of the stockholders of said Company is hereby called to be held at the Company's office, Main and Second Streets in the City of Louisville. State of March. 1905, at 10 o'clock a m. on that day, to consider and. if approved to assent to the Execution by said Company of a mortgage on c-rrnfn railroads, trackage rights, terminal nronertfes and bridges of said Company, wbtch form a continuous line of railroad ex- tendinF from Cincinnati Ohio, by way of knoxville Tennessee. to Atlanta, Georgia, and now known as the Atlanta, Knoxville E Cincinnati Division of said Railroad Com Danv 10 secure an issue of bonds not to ex. Feed in the aggregate Fifty Million Dollars; and also to consider and. if approved, 10 assent to the purchase by the Louisville Ss Nashville Railroad Company of all the raiI- Ioads properties. rights, privileges and franchises of the South & North Alabama Railroad Company, In accordance with tho terms and conditions of a proposition sub4 mitted by the Board of Directors of that Company to the Louisville & Nashville Rail- the transaction of such other business as may be brought before said meeting
 The stock transfer books of the Company will be closed on Thursday, the 18th day of March, 1905, at three o'clock D. m and reopened Wednesday, the 29th day of March 1905. at 10 o'clock a. m.
 By order of the Board of Directors,
 J. H. ELLIS Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20

The Democrats have good cause to rue the day Colorado was admitted as a State into the Union. It was only upon the persistent appeals of present sena- tor Thomas M. Patterson to his Demo- cratic friends in Congress in 1876 that they voted for admission and a few months afterwards its three electoral votes were given to Hayes. Without of the voters of Colorado has been President in spite of the frauds prac- ticed by the Republicans to rob him of the 0fflce Now nearly thirty years afterwards the Democrats are robbed of their well earned victory and the Governor fairly chosen by a majority of the voters of Colorado has been voted out by a corrupt Legislature and a man who never received a vote for Governor has been installed. The shame of it all Is that knowing the illegality of attempting to continue Peabody as Governor, the Republicans only agreed to vote in his favor in the contest upon condition that he would resign and allow the Lieutenant Gov ernor to succeed him. Hayes could mot outlive the cloud that rested upon his title to the Presidency. He was a better man than Peabody or any of the infamous men who have been in- strumental in practicing this great fraud on the people of Colorado.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20

The Louisville Evening Post says: The Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House is travelling in a United States transport in Porto Rican and Cuban waters. As the committee ex- pired with the death of Congress on March 4, and as the United States can- not have any interest in appropriations for rivers and harbors in Cuba. this expedition seems to be an odd one. but the members of the committee proba-
 bly fear the March winds in the United States. and they have become used to handling the peoples money in a reck- less manner while distributing appro- priations where they would do the most good" It is due to Congress man Bankhead ot this State who has
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
MURDER IS CHARGED.
Julius Baker Succumbs to Wounds In-
 hicted by O'NeaI.

Milton O'Neal, the negro who was ar rested Saturday on a warrant charging intent to murder was transferred to the county jail yesterday morning on pre- sentation of a warrant charging mur- der subsequent to the death Saturday night of Julius Baker, the wounded negro.
 Baker was shot in the chin by a pistol and 1t was thought from the first that he would not survive the ef- feet of his wound The shooting took place near the Western Railway shops in North Montgomery and is said to have come about from the alleged in- timacy existing between Baker and O'NeaPs wife. The preliminary hear ing of the case will be before Justice J. N Browder but the date has not been set. Both negroes were we'll known in the neighborhood where they lived.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20

The registration Of voters for the city election will begin this morning and will continue twelve days. There should be no misunderstanding about this matter, and it Is well enough to remind voters that State registration is not all that is required. No man can vote in the municipal election unless he is a qualified voter at State cleo tions. but in addition to this to vote in the city primary and election he must secure a registration certificate from the city registrars. The city of Montgomery has within its limits not less than $500 white men who could be voters if they would take the trouble to qualify themselves. A number of these have not registered as State voters and consequently can vote at no election. primary. municipal or State. Others who have registered. but who are subject to poll tax, have failed to pay this tax and consequently they have disfranchised themselves. We do not know the exact number who have deliberately disfrahchised them selves, but there are enough of them to very greatly reduce the number of votes cast, below what the city could vote with full compliance with the law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
ENGINE ANNIHILATEs SPACE.
Locomotive to Run 5000 Miles at Rat
 of 100 Miles Per HOur

Chicago Dispatch.
 Three thousand miles without a stop and at the rate of 100 miles or more an hour is the capacity of a new type of locomotive which has been ordered by the Southern Pacific Railroad
 The locomotive, or really power house on wheels. is entirely different from anything now in use
 The machine Is what is known as the four stroke cycle. There Is A com pressed air reservoir. from which the power is obtained for starting. This gives the piston it's first stroke, when 1t takes in the air alone at atmospheric pressure and temperature. The second stroke congresses this air and raises it to a temperature of about 1000 de- grees Fahrenheit. The third stroke is what Is known as the working stroke.
 The oil is sprayed into the hot air, the amount being regulated by gover- nors During the first part of this stroke the combustion of this oil Is car ried on at constant pressure for a period that Is regulated by the amount of oil sprayed. The second part of the stroke is practically an expansion. with transference of heat, and the fourth stroke eXhausts the gases
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20

MT. W. F. Curtis the celebrated cor respondent of The Chicago Record Herald is usually very accurate in his statements, but he starts out with a mistake in his letter from Tuscaloosa He speaks of ''rhe University of Ala bama," as 'the only institution for higher education in that State" There are a number of denominational insti- tutions in this State devoted to higher education and the Alabama Polytech- mic Institute at Auburn, ranks high as an institution where higher educa- tion" is imparted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
The New vice-President.

Vice-President Fairbanks Is bearing himself with great smoothness and pre- cision in the chair of the presiding of- ficer of the Senate. as becomes a can States. The daily news columns of the journal which reports to. the smallest details the open session proceedings of the Senate. the Congressional Record, every day since the beginning of the special session of the Senate. being rarely more than a single sheet, and these containing for the most part only lists of nominations and combinations. The slender showing of the record has been because of the days business hav- ing been conducted In executive ses- sion. Nevertheless, what has been seen of President Fairbanks in the chair has been most creditable.
 If his good behavior lasts through the rest of President Roosevelt's term he will be a formidable candidate for President But there are others. Speak CT Joseph G.. Cannon is said to have roarings of the lion of ambition in his ears, and there are others.
 A Republican politician from Vir- ginia who has recently been in Wash ington has been passing an earnest word in behalf of Elihu Root, recently Secretary of War. He stated that John S. Wise, formerly of Virginia, and now of New York, had been giving out that sort of intimation to prominent Repub- llcanS Tn the south, indicating that ef- forts for the New Yorker would be in- itiated early in the running.
 Confirmation of the ambition of MT. Root is said not to be lacking in other quarters. It is known here that he has expressed a readiness to discuss his as- piration with certain influential Re- publicans in public lifeein Washington. The ex-Secretary was in Washington a few days ago, but, 1t is said, on privat e business. He. expects to accompany Secretary Taft on his departments large ninety-day junket of Congressman and other functionaries to the Philippine es next summer. He is just now regarded as the only Eastern candidate for the Presidency. others having been indi- cated only from the West.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20

A dispatch from Jackson, speaks of sex-Chief Justice Campbell of Missis- sfppi "as the last surviving member of the Confederate Congress" Ex- iEenator James L. Pugh, was one of the Representatives fin that Congress from Alabama during the most of it's life at Richmond, and he is in the enjoyment of excellent health. He is to the great delight of his friends a hale and hearty zaan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
The Only Thing,

GaQSuen journal.
 The only thing that can save Russia is to make up a regiment of grand dukes and send them to the front The nearer all the grand dukes and all the other autocrats can be enlisted the bet ter the future of Russia. Oyama will do the rest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
Saw an Auto.
GuntersVille I

Guntersville Democrat.
 A tourist in an automobile created some sensation in town Monday. It Is fortunate the machine did not ex- plode while standing in front of the hotel or our population would have been decimated and this office would be short a devil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
< By
 R H. W atkins

, to help the Filipinos and Porto Ricans, but I~would have to consult with my colleagues as to the policy of the party
 before committing myself one way or
 Senator Bailey of Texas apparently thinks the Republicans will be com
 pelled to impose . duty on coffee
 whether they wish to do % or not. Tn
 Bailey said: The expenditures, of the
 Government are certain to exceed it's
 revenue during the fiscal year, and Con- gress at its next session will be brought ducing appropriations or increasing col lections. Those who are familiar with the tremendous pressure for even larger appropriations than are now provided
 understand the impossibiiity, of curtail- tain, therefore, that more money must be raised. More money cannot be rais- ed by increasing tarin duties, because
 they are already so high that to raise
 them would reduce importations and
 thus diminish the revenue. No party
 in time of profound peace would dare to impose stamp taxes, because they are vexattous as well as burdensome;
 and the only thing left for Republican Congress Is to impose taxes upon tea and coffee. They claimed much credit
 for the free breakfast table of the
 Mckinley bill: and as the necessities of the Government have already re-
 so the impending deficiency will re- quire them to subject coffee and tea to
 a tax, and thus the free breakfast
 table" of which they boasted will en- tirely disappear.
 In this connectioniit Is interesting to
 note that during the past seven months
 there has been an increase of over S30.-
 000,000 in the imports of articles of food over the corresponding period of the last fiscal year. the greatest in crease being $17,000.000 in coffee, due to the enormous increase in consump- tion of more than 100, ,000. 900 pounds per year. "As sugar bears duty on both
 raw and refined, why not coffee?' say the advocates of the proposition.