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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
MONDAY, MAY '. isos.
LOCKING UP A BILL.


 It was announced some days ago that the President was seriously thinking of sending a special message to Con- gress urging the prompt passage of the bill relieving denatured alcohol from taxation. While his special messages have not been very effective In the past, 1t is to be hoped that if he does send one on this subject 1t will accomplish something. The bill is apparently locked up in committee of the Sem ate of which Aldrich is chairman. with Rockefeller and Standard oil behind him.
 The situation, as a contemporary puts it '1s not surprising. in view of every thing that has happened in recent years. but it is discouraging. Here is a measure in which the country Is deep ly interested, and which Is favored by all classes and all citizens. with the single exception of the little coterie of high financiers comprising the Standard oil Company. It's passage means cheap CT light and cheaper heat for the poor. and cheaper power for all kinds of in- dustries. Denaturized alcohol, which can easily be produced for from 10 to IS cents a gallon. is now under a pro- hibitive excise of s1.10 a gallon. And so. with alcohol shut out of the field. MT. Rockefeller's monopoly is permitted to hold up the American people for two prices for Its petroleum products. earn ing thereby 40 per cent and better in the way of annual dividends"
 While the situation may not be sur prising. it Is certainly disgraceful. if 1t Is really true that Rockefellers Standard oil trust is preventing action on the bill. That corporation has been bleeding the people of the entire coun- try in the most unmerciful and shame full way by reason of its monopoly and It's control of railroads. ana both gov ernment and people seem powerless If the tax is removed from alcohol there will soon be wonderful increase in its manufacture. and unless some trust gets possession of the business Its de- velopment means much for the people, and especially the poor folks who will thus get light, heat and power at much lewer rates than at present. 1t will also mean millions out of the pockets of the oil magnates, and that is the ground of their opposition. Their po- sition is natural. perhaps. but none the less objectionable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
TODAY IN HISTORY.
Nan: :.:. psy; psmis,lIa- Sun rises ;.

s.i: E..s :::. psy;; q ps"'s,lI. Sun rises .s a1ss;TTss rs..i ss xmsric:S army under ss ons ocioekY Sce YR asr tss ns o saa s:sSssa ros ts., < s.S s o teau to cross the army over with. and were nrec ucca during the whole time a5ssrlI.A 'oeE Dss:ss:ss.en ,.s Of organize the territory Of Indiana.
 In the summer Of this year tts seat ans the ts was organized into Terriforisi Gov Y. Isso..sTIesty between . the M r; United ? t ssse tinoeie. ASe Securing to tss ualtsd stssss the free navigation of the Black Seal and the trade of the Turkish empire.
 isss-rhomss Bradrords. srsc the S,. oldest Phiisdslpsis. axed q. He va, the successor of Dr. Franklin as edffor and sntered upon the business w win 7ss; was Commissary General to the Penn sylvania Division. and printer to Con- eress. He was long known as dis tinguished printer. editor and publish
 .ls4o.--A tremendous tornado pass. ed over the city of Natchez. Almost every building in the city was more ssmoii:hsa' di: a'atfss fse mnny amount of destroyed was estimated at $l,60o,00o and BIT persons klled;
 is4s.-Ths island of Ha.ti dsstroyea ten escaped without some casualty. Cape Haytien was entirely leveled with the ground. and of 12.ooo inhabitSnts. one, Of of those who escaped. q great part which followed. Bands of armed ne ana srs psea % tss na ss se dfy s S wherever they found them for the jew els end clothing they wore.
 asasH5saring sae Pdsns ssna' rssans, snnn Gsn tS. day with a little over 1000 men to the Mexican army 5000 strong. under A krs Ao es and Yp give. 'ai tssm b a ars'9n are unasis sSs to nx stand the dsstruetivs ess esrSs ana Gf and fs back. Arista falls to maintain the battle and at dark the enemy Eivss way and nee; the Amsriean ,issd ss LOSS th,r Tour ty-seven wounded, and the Mexicans. 200 killed. with 400 wounded.
 1s4s.--The Indians, who were in a against ssa.s th. % spsnisS popuiaaon entered the town of Marie, and butchered 200 of its inhabitants. besides committing other outrages.
 1s54.-News reached New York of the evacuation of Lower California by Colonel Walker.
 Ises.-General Franklin and sedge- wick. with a force of 10000 men at tackled by General Lee. Confederates defeated; Union loss about 300 killed and wounded.
 1se4.--Lee retreated this day from the battle-ground of the Wilderness for Spottsylvania court house, the Union erai fights occur on the way.
 General Grant made his flank move. ment from the Wilderness battleneld to Spottsylvania in the effort to get between Lees army and Richmond.
 1s74--The House of Representatives refused to appropriate $s.000,000 for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition:
 fsS4.-The first news was received that the steamship Florida had been sunk in collision on Bird Rocks: 1S3 lives being lost
 Iso5.-Federation of Labor called on unionists to boycott banks which sub scribed to fund to crush the Chicago teamsters strike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
Public Ownership.

Macon Telegraph.
 stsates sGms1odx xxith aas rsssrd ths public ownership of public utilities in Great Britain. and the data are highly in- terestne. When the telegraphs were Swasa %ss nsg sy proRt oa 9ear s5s o the average: When the property was taven over by. the government the amounted in 1905 to s4,s1O,o ,ooo. Mean ton in the service and no Improvements whatever undertaken. It has been h the people of Great Britain know nothing Of the high efieiency of the American system and so harrassing is bureau.- cratic control that the hs,e1ss ci, he science or telephoning Is yet in the experimental stage.
 A writer in The London Times de- sarss that shSss h Ss seno9i 5 peaeS of tRe telephone administration as business, have not learned it's capabilities and have not developed it actively and scientifically, themselves: while they willing to do the work. He says that as a recent result the public. of Eu-- ropean countries have not had the op. and highly developed service really means and have come to look upon the telephone from the wrong point or view. that of prices alone. ...n. upon the article of The Times writer says the same inefiiciency will be wit messed whenever the government takes shsgs of the ssSs of pr tba the street railways. It remarks that every thing will be fine. at the start. but timely progress will not exist in these enterprises any mare more than # t, does s,rsni m i'm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07

Shaking your finger and trembling with rage is no argument and that is now the principal stock in trade of MT. Conner. On great public questions now before the people he deludes him self by thinking that he profoundly i'm presses the people when he says that those who oppose him know nothing about railroad rates and child labor. The public can foum its own estimates and draw its own conclusions and when they hear MT. Conner they will come to the just conclusion that he is running away from an office which he sought under the plea of desire to ben eft the people. and is using it to boost himself into another which he consid- CTS more in keeping with his dignity and character The origin of his anti railroad clamor was selfishness and now it is but the means toward grati- lying his political ambitions and pur- poses
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07

fork fPa1 Dispatch, Rep.
 eral William T. sherman, whose march through Georgia" has been the sub ject of song and story. conceived the curious en nsre PrHsst of .csps sshsr hs she man purposed to cover the route GOV cred by his. iilustrious sire Tn the SIX ties; aside from such personal satisfac- over the historic fields whereon the father camped. does not appear. This being the only apparent object. It Ssve diepsteS privats 5ourney nnac cornpanied by any flourish Of trum-
 This seems to be the view of Pres ident Roosevelt. who has wisely cur tailed the program so far as it re- lates to the participation of troops. The President has ordered that the mil itary accompany Father sherman no farther than Resaca, near the side of Fort Ogiethorpe. Had the president taken cognizarlce of the matter from the first, probably the concession ob- vail, w,.o detailed a detachment, never would have been made. It was one of those inexpIicable accessions of pow CTS usually surrounded by impen- CT explanation. may be offered than a sufficient pull on the part of Father
 The purpose of sherman's march to the sea is well defined by the historians and well understood to those who practice the arts of war. But at best It was cruel procedure. and one whose reproduction in times of peace could inspire only feelings of resent ment among the descendants of those whose homes were devastated. South erners naturally and properly pro- tested against the unheard of project. and the president of a reunited coun- try listened. The march of the junior sherman will pass as one of the nine day wonders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07

Governor Guild. of Massachusetts has created something of flutter in portions of that ancient commonwealth by saying that ne will veto the bill allowing saloons to remain open till midnight, unless it Is so amended as to apply only to Boston. That city is in high feather over the prospect, not only because 1t will thus be ahead of all other towns and cities in the State, but because its people will have another hour in which to accumulate a jag. Bostonians are a rather slow and conservative folk and many of them find it imp ,ssibls or inconvenient to fill up by eleven o'clock, as the old law forced them to do. They want to take on the final drink while the cocks are growing for midnight.
 But If Boston Is tickled some of the other places are disgusted. to put it mildly They argue that 1t Is showing favoritism towards the metropolis. and they don't like 1t. They insist that they can take on as big thirsts as the Bostonese can. and that in com mon fairness they should be allowed as much time in which to tank up as anybody else and why not? Why should classic Boston have a. whole hour more than any other town in which to get full? It isn't'fair. that's the truth about it. and they should say things 10 their Governor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
Hanxing on Suspicion.

Buffalo Commercial.
 Muenter, the instructor in German at Cambridge, under newspaper suspicion of having poisoned his wife, Is entitled to the benefit of his reputation, wnicn has been excellent. There is no evil dence warranting even his arrest, Judge Alnly says. and his relations with his wife were such that her parents refuse to give any heed to the suggestion Of Al! that the police have discovered to his discredit is that for a long time past Muenter had been engaged in an effort ito create a universal language by a union of the German and Scotch. Failing to arouse public enthusiasm in his efforts, he Is said to have become morose. One can conceive that the task of creating Q universal language out of German and Scotch" would be enough to make any philologist iii- natured. Even to describe the Scotch The unhappy man has disappeared, and his friends think he is out of his wits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
THEY ARE AT IT.

When a few weeks ago we hAn something to say about old war songs and correctly quoted verse that we had heard sung by the soldiers nun dreds of times, we didn't know what . hornets nest we were disturbing We naturaiiy expected some of the Virginia brethren to butt in, Your genuine Virginia editor is not going to admit that anybody can pcssipiy know more about anything than he does. especially about poetry. We have more than once made 1t plain that we know more about real poe try than they do, but nothing will make them admit the fact. stiff- neeked generation are the Virginia newspaper men.
 And we also thought it likely that some caroiinian. from the head waters of Tar River. Little Pee Dee or Big saikehatchie, might take hand in the game and try to ring in some of their alleged poetry on us. for Caroli- nians. both North and South, are somewhat given to bumptiousness and imagine that they are literary fellows. But what we did not expect was that our innocent and uplifting little vsn- tu-e into the pleasant fields of poesy and song would set North and South Carolina and Virginia by the ears. but it did. The knowledgeable papers of those three States have been at 1t, hammer and -tongs. ever since we gave them the cue. These neighbors are jealous of each other and rather de- light in throwing bricks. They enjoy it. Meanwhile we will quote another stanza from still another old war song which some of them may possibly have heard. It ran this way:
 A cup of good old whiskey, a glass of
 good old wine,
 You may drink to your true lover and
 I will drink to mine;
 You may drink to your true lover, and
 I for mine will mourn
 am rebel soldier long way from
 home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07

or Issiah. For his mood and temper of mind Is essentially that of the gropnets He Is, indeed, Roosevelt the Cnrfstian prophet. The essential foun- dation of the prophets was not. as Is too often supposed. that of prediction: put of the fearless proclamation of rfghteousness, especially in relation to public affairs and the administrations of the nation.
 If this had been found in thick and-thin Republican organ there would be nothing very strange about 1t. but coming from an organ of a great reli- gious denomination we look on 1t as about tic limit. We have seen much sickenins. belly-crawling admiration of Roosevelt. but for a religious paper to place him on level with the holy prophets of God goes little beyond the ordinary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
Learning the White Mans Maxs.

FhlIadeIphla RecOrd.
 10. the poor Indian, whose untu- tored mind makes him the easy prey of the white shaper. but whose mind tu- eb by tbe int9 atmosnber ~ SETH eof {hs nationaI eana ital is capable of attaining contingent fees of unprecedented dimensions! Rob- ert S. Owen, 8 Cherokee, has won a the United States. being the cost of the tribes removal from Georgia to the Indian territory sixty-eight years ago. Of this he is to receive fifteen per cent. For winning another case this same copper hued attorney got $265 900 from the Chickasaws and Choctaws. The members of the Washington bar must be kicking themselves that they never procured, law requiring Indian tribes to employ only white lawyers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
on With the Tari6.

Large quantities of cement are be- Construction of irrigation dams. As the domestic price has been greatly advanced lately and public sentiment is opposed to importation of the gov eminent. which opposes Importation by citizens. the public oficiais have gone to making cement. They are now turning out hundreds of barrels daiiy But the men who are to rebuild San Francisco cannot make cement; not one of them will use enough 10 make If worth while Will Congress refuse fo euspend the duty on cement and compel the victims of earthquake and fire to pay domestic prices which the Government itself refuses to payy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
WHY NoTf

It is a wonder that no one has yet come forward with a plan to utilize all
 that enormous heat tkat vesuvius is not only waisting but Is putting to such bad use. We do not expect the Italian or other people on the spot to do 1t. but some Yankee inventor might tackle the job successfully and make 1t pay. It is perhaps not possible to measure the heat given of and retain ed by that one volcano but 1t must be wonderful in its volume and poten- tiality. If some plan could be devised by which the mountain could be pre- vented from slopping over. and then provide means for piping off the heat and conveying it where 1t could be utilised, it would not only prevent dis sster. but would bs the neans of saw ins immense quantities of fuel, and would furnish light. heat and power without limit. There's millions in it, and somebody should undertake the tob.
 Kansas paper intimates that if veslvius were in that State it wouldn't be month before the thing would be done and the cooks would be using the volcanic heat to cook gingerbread. That is putting the limit too short, but there is no telling what Yankee in genuity and pluck is capable of Nat uraily we can not offer any suggestions as to the plans or details of such an undertaking. and make the elsuggestion in order that those who like. big un- dertakings may have an opportunity to get busy with the problem. To control and harness that vrambuncti6us old mountain would be a greater ac- coinplishment than building the Pana- ma canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07

The request from San Francisco that the government loan her s1o0,00O,O0O or
 more, or endorse her credit for the money. is regarded very differently by different Republican newspapers, The Buffalo News says the request ought to be granted with the least possible delay" and The Chicago Tribune de- clares that such a proposition Ifs both indefensibia and impudent." Each brings up arguments to sustain its po- sition. but 1t Is evident that both cam not be right. Which is wrong?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
Take Time
 To Eat,
Hurry at Meals Will Send You to 10 !. O. Fowler for Mi-o-na Stomach
 Tablets.

Tablets.
 "Eat in haste and repent at leisure~ is an old saying brought up to date.
 Hurry at breakfast means a bad start for the day. and if you hurry suffer with loss of appetite, sleepless- ness. nervousness. furred tongue, specks before the eyes. headacheA backaches, weakness and debility, iAs digestion, or other ills that are caused by an abused stomach.
 Here in Montgomery, as in thous- ands of other places over the country, hurry at meals increases the drug gists business. Not day passes that B. O. Fowler does not sell several packages of Mi-o-na stomach tablets to those who have ruined their diges- tton by not taking time to eat.
 Of course indigestion has many oth- CT causes. but whatever the cause. the remedy Is the same, Mi-o-na. It cureo any acidity there may be. increases the flow of the gastric juices, and actually gives strength and tone to the whole digestive system, 50 that you can eat anything at any time without fear Of indigestion. E. c. Fowler has seen he sells i. under an absolute guarantee that 1t will be successful in every case where 1t Is used in accordance with directions, that Is, one tablet before each meal. and will refund the money to anyone whom It does not help. 4 large box of Mi-o-na tablets costs but 50 cents if it cures; nothing If 1t fails.
 If not convenient to obtain Mi-o-na of MT. Fowler or some other retailer
 The R. T. Booth Co.,. Ithaca. N. Y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
ExcusabIe in a Gothamite.

BuHaIo Courier.
 William Winter, the ancient and hon. orable dramatic critic and author. is discouraged Tn long lamentation over the cynical levity," the unsc~up- ulous commerce." the "erratic dellriusn" and the sentimental rubbish" of the times he comes to the conclusion that the public is maddened with haste and strife and there Is no peace any where" This is the talk of a man whose vision has been distorted and whose nature has been dwarfed by the provincialism of New York city. the most provincial spot In this broad and blessed conntrv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
Conner and Cunningham

Conner and Cunningham meet in joint debate at Gadsden today. Wonder if MT Conner will declare there as he did at Luverne Union Springs, Talla- dega. Tuscaloosa and other points, that all the Governors, Legislatures and State administrations from Hous- ton to date were derelict in duty and subservient of the railroads. Wonder if he will launch out as he did in Gadsden four years ago in terrific de- nunciation of State laws to protect the innocent children of the State from the avarice of grinding mill owners who were working them when they should be at school or in bed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
The s,as.lnx of the Range.

Seattle Post-InteIllgence.
 The range animal has passed its stage of usefulness. In former days, when farms were unknown. the horses. cattle and sheep roamed about at ease in every native grazing district. They did not disturb any one except wander ing Indians, who only mildly protected grounds. But tillers of the soil arrived on the scene and be~an carving homes from the broad acres of governme ent lands. They divided the ranges and scattered the herds and flocks. Then range grazing became expensive and unprofitable. Gradually the industry has given way to modern methods of agriculture Now the grazing lands are scenes of orcharding, gardening and general farming. A new era in agriculture has been recorded on the pages of the history of progression.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07

The Mobile Register of Saturday made note of copy of a publication. The Bachelors Button," which a citi- zen of Mobile had recently found and made some enquiries about it. We have mislaid the clipping or would print 1t in full. "The Bachelors Button" was the first attempt at a literary magazine in Alabama It was started in Mobile in 1S36 or 37 by the late William R. Smith who afterwards be- came famous in the literary and polit- ical history of Alabama. 1t lived through five issues and gave up the fight Judge Smith lived in Tuscaloosa and represented that district in Con gress for several terms. He was also the author of a translation of Homer. After the close of the war of 61-65 he settled in Washington and died there several years ago. His widow and several children live in that city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
GREETING TO NORTH ALABAMA.

uREEANNd TO NOhTH AbAnAns
 With this issue of The Advertiser we form more extensive acquaintance with our North Alabama friends than ever before. They live in section of the State in which we are interested. We have never failed to manifest this interest. We have ever given North Alabama our sympathy and our sup port.
 Circumstances have been such that The Advertiser was not able to teach the growing cities and towns Of North Alabama until late in the day. These circumstances have to a degree robbed us of the patronage and the live i'm terest of the people. We. have over come the obstacles which have been in our way and henceforth The Ad- vertiser will 50 to the doorsteps of North Alabama homes as early each morning as any Alabama newspaper.
 We fcel just pride in OUT news service. Every day in the year we are printing all of the news of Alabama that is Tt to print. We have the fa- ciiities for getting this news and we want our North Alabama friends to shars tt with cur Middle Alabama friends and our South Alabama friends our East AlabAma friends and cur West Alabama friends.
 On this first Advertiser Special train we send greetings to North Alabama. We like you. We want you to like us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-07
One of the Common Nuisances.

The man "who knows it alr' and deems himself all sufficient for all oc- casions. and especially for emergencies. is familiar figure in all employments, nuhlic and private. More men achieve failure by Knowing too much and try ing to do too many things to which they are not called than by the oppo- site course The overdoer. more fre- ouently than the man who keeps below s high standard, fails to realize his aims. Dominated by a deer. and abid- ing sense of his capacity for useful ness and by an equally robust doubt of other mems qualifications, this in- Hated parsonage Is nuisance at all times and in any avocation.