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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11

artist is famous for her pictures of childhood. Mrs. Forbes is also reg ular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, and has, given various exhibitions Of her own work. besides being an active member of several art societies. But then, Mrs. Forbes can devote her life to her beautiful art, not having to live up to the reputation of being one Of the %best dressed women"
 Where Is the American Mrs. stan hope Forbes?
 There Is only one American woman who holds a place in the front rank of artists, except In the line of DOT traits, and that woman Is Matilda Lotzi painter of camels and dromedaries in Egypt. But Matilda Lotz was starved | out when some years ago she attempt erd to establish her studio in America, and is forced to live fl. Europe. where she is appreciated.
 i On our theatrical stage, where, among i these wonderful. fiattered American ' women, Is our Sarah Bernhardt or El- len Terry? Leslie Carter comes near est of any of our actresses to giving forth real and powerful dramatic ex- pressIon but we are told tEat the way Belasco made her work to get that l expression was something fearsome. | lust so The reason other American women are not more eminent is that they are smatterers. not intensely in i earnest in anything they dndertakeex- cept wearing clothes. We have not a
 uyoman novelist who can compare even with Marie Corelli.
 With all her opportunities was
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prorre.a ef Krupp worha.

According to Consul General Gaen- ther, the great works of Krupp at Es- sen, Magdeburg, KieI, Amen, and at their ore and coal mines had, on April i, 1906, in their employ e2.553 persons. of whom 5,os5 were officials and clerks, against a total of 55.S16 employees in the year before. The company's plant and accessories at Essen consumed as much water in 1906 as did the entire city of Dresden, which hasAa popula- tion of over 400.0 900 inhabitants. The gas made and consumed by the single cast steel plant at Essen exceeds the gas consumption of the city of Fiber field Besides this, the electric plant of the cast steel works supplies 1851 arc lamps. 15.034 Kncandescent lamps and s763 electric motors. The aver age daily wage paid in 1905 to the workers in the cast steel plant was sf.22 per person, which is about five and one-half cents more than was paid in the preceding year.
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LONDON POLICE
CLAIM TO BE THE BEST FORGE IN
 THE WORLD.
Seek to Avoid Arrestg--WiIliam E Curtis Writes That When Pris- oners Are Held They Are
 Convicted.

W. E. Curtis in The Chicago Record
 Herald.
 The police scandals which have filled the newspapers of chieago re- gently, and the frequent discios- ures concerning the ineficiency and corruption of the police in other cit ies of the United States emphasize the significance of table of statistics which was published the other day concerning the delinquencies of the metropolitan police of London during the last three years. The figures are official and were compiled at the re- quest of Sir Howard Vincent. M. P, to show the efficiency and the good juds- ment of the London constable.
 The following table shows the total number of persons arrested by the po- lice of London during each of the three years nameds the number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken against the members of the force who made those arrests for un- lawful interference with the rights of citizens, and the number of cases in which the police commissioners, after investigation, decided that the arrests were not warranted or justified by the circumstances;
 Individual Unwar'd
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harbors than this; no progressive gov- ernment among civilized nations has done less to improve It's rivers and har- bors than ours.
 "It is to change these conditions and impress on the law makers of the na- tional government the united demand coming from all sections and interests CTS and harbors should De improved, to make them equH1 70 the present and constantly growing demands of our State interstate and international commerce., that the Natianal Rivers and Harbors Congress IS working through it's executive committee to bring together in Washington, on the dates indicated. the greatest conven- tion ever assembled, having for its purpose the advocacy of these internal improvements
 ''You, your section, and those you represent are interestedl
 3Tt is to bring about the placing of the rivers and harbors bill upon a plane with other annual government appropriations, making 1t regular and in sibe commensurate with its great importance to the commercial and economic welfare of the nation. that the National Rivers and Harbors Con- gress through it's executive commit tee, cordially invites and urgently re- quests that delegates in such number as you in view of the great impor- tance of this convention, may consider proper, be appointed.
 Assuring you, and through you all interests in your particular section of the country, whether or not they have received this invitation, that their del- egates, as will all others, no matter from what section or whate interest they may be sent to represent, shall receive all the privileges and courte- sies of the convention. we are, very sincerely yours,
 National Rivers and Harbors Con-
 gross,
 Per Joseph F. Ransdell.
 Chairman Executive Committee. Attest:
 J. F. Ellison, Secretary"
 The Chamber of Commerce will probably take some action in the mat ter soon, and no doubt will send a delegates to the convention. It is a movement that effects every section with a waterway, and by being prop erly represented at the meeting, it is likely that splendid results will be ac- complished in the matter of co-opera- ton in the movement at home to have the Ocmulgee properly channelled and the river made navigable by an ap- propriation from Congress.
 President Roosevelt said, to the del egates of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, White House, Wash I ington, D. C., January 1s, 1906: "A congress like this is always welcome because 1t has at hearts the affairs IT which the whole nation is deeply con cerned, flor 1t is unnecessary to say
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and is now travelling in he" own land under 6 manager who has directed the American tours of the chief singers of Europe
 Miss Clemens has ,A fine striking face. There is something in 1t sug- gestive of her father. She gives us music, where he gives us humor and wisdom. If her music prove, as it her fathers humor, then will Clara Clemens be the greatest singer of he' time. Good speed to her. Her tour b""n this autumn in Connecticut anu will extend throughout The country Her voice is contralto, vibrant, rieh and sweet
 It is surprising how many of our famous American women singers nall from Maine-Annie Louise Cary, then Nordica, Geraldine Farrar end otherS' There is something in the Maine ai', 1t is said, that sweetens and tones, me voice. If that be so. then pity ahe V hole American nation could not L" sent to Maine three months out 2t every year.
 Oh, yes, there is one respect in whi' h American women are truly superl"r to those of other civilized nations That Is in the possession or snreWd' clear, hard headed commercial aollty No country but ours has its HettY Green. Thousands of our women nave laccumulated large fortunes solely through their own grit and money making talent.
 Eliza Archard Conner.
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PIaat Memory.

Plant memory is problem for the inquistiye botanist. In 1901 a plant allied to the squash and pumlxin was taken to New York from the desert of Sonora, in Mexico, and since then it has been kept-without watering-in a strange climate 5000 miles from home During the six weeks of rain in the desert the plant grows it's leaves and flowers and perfects its seed. Then 1t dries up, and leaves only a water filled gourd, which a thick, hard shell seals against animals and evaporation. The transplanted specimen still remembers the rainy season of six weeks. It wakes, sends out rootlets, stems and leaves, and then dries up again until the following year.
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NATIONAL RIVERS AND HARBORs CONGRESS.
 Will Assemble At Washington On De-

VIII Assemble At Washington On De-
 cember c and ..
 The National Rivers and Harbors Congress will assemble in convention at Washington. D. C., Thursday and Friday. December 6-7, for the purpose of inaugurating plans for the purpose of impressing on the law makers of the National Government the great de- mand that exists, that the rivers and harbors be improved and made equal to the constantly growing demands. It is also for the purpose of bringing abotu the placing of the rivers and harbors bill upon plane with other annual government appropriations.
 Following is a communication sent out by Hon. Joseph E. Ransdell, chair man of the executive committee of the Congress, to the various commer- cial organizations of the country:
 Circular to Commercial Bodies.
 'aThe National Rivers and Harbors Congress calls its members, supporters and all friends of waterway improve ments throughout the United States, to assemble in conve1tion at Washing ton, D. C., Thursday and Friday, De- cember 6-7, 1906.
 This call is issued by the execu- tive committee under authority given | by the last convention, and is the l third convention of the organization 'The National Rivers and 7arbors Congress was formed and has Iabored for the single purpose of arousing the commercial, agricultural, manufac- turing, consuming and producing ele- ments of all sections of the country l to demand from the Congress of the United States that more just propor- ton of the revenues of the general government be devoted to the im- provement of the rivers and harbors of the nation.
 You who receive this, in whatever section of the country you reside whatever personal or public business you are enga ged in, whatever commer- cial or municipal organization or waterway association you represent are interested in the question to be discussed by this convention. River and harbor improvements from a na- tional standpoint will be the sole question, and that means added facil- ities for and the cheapening of trans portation.
 Transportation is today the most | important question before the people of the United States,l as 1t is before all the States and countries of the | world, and to the country which solves it first, and best, will come commercial supremacy.
 Freight charges do not add to the value of any commodity, but are 6 tax alike upon the producer and the consuNer. Reduce transportation and l charges and the man who produces and he who consumes is benefited. Il 1t is admitted that all forms of trans. ! portation known to man, that borne by i water is the cheapest.
 1 'No country on the globe has more or better natural water courses anC
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there ever, will there ever be, an American woman to stand beside the great Mme. Curie, disco7erer Of raoi- umT
 Look at Mime. Breschkovsky the Russian lady whose back IS scarro o9 . with .Cossack knouts and who served fifteen years in Siberian mines pe- cause she sought to liberate her peo- pie. Do you think any or the pest dressed would undergo Ten an or deal2
 We had Susan B. Anthony but su- san B. Anthony Is dead
 There, too, is Baroness Bertha Von Suttner, who in her beautiful noble youth consecrated her life to laboring for peace among nations, last year re- ceiving the Nobel prize Tor her world service. Does 1t SC am likely that any of the best dressed" will very soon get the Nobel prize for world servlce7
 Tn one field of achievement, indeed, if ia a. satisfaction to note that Amer ican women can at least hold their own with their European st ters. That is vocal music. Many of the leading singers of the professional stage to- day are Americans, and more young women are coming. There Is Gerald | inc Farrar, heralded as the real Patti of tomorrow
 Americans fondly welcome to the | concert stage the sweet voiced daugh- | ter of our beloved Mark Twain, yoNna Miss Clara Clemens. She has already sung with success in European cities
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Total .a7s.40I

 The proceedings taken by private in- dfviduals against members of the po- lice force for arrests which were al- legged to be unjustified were, as you have seen in the second column, twelve in number, and the results. after trial in court. were as follows: 3. Charge dismissed, officer fully &C., quilted
 2, Charge dismissed with officer fully acquitted and complainant re- uuired to pay all of tAe costs. 1. Complainant asks that proceed ings be discontinued, the officer hav- ing apologized.
 1. Plaintiff withdrew suit, paying costs.
 1. Court stopped the proceedings as absurd and ordered plaintiff to pay costs.
 i. Plaintiff awarded damages to the amount of one farthing, each side to pay its own costs.
 i. Policeman convicted and ordered i to pay costs
 1. Policeman convicted and fined I $100 for using more force than was necessary under the circumstances. l. Policeman fined $S and sentenced to one months Imprisonment. Thus it will be seen that the officers accused were vindicated in more than half of the twelve eases in which complaints were brought against them by individuals.
 Of the seventy eight cases in which officers were disciplined for unwar- ranted arrests, five appear also in the second column covering proceedings brought by private individuals. Of the seventy- eight officers convicted by court martial before their superiors, ! seventeen were dismissed from the service, fifty-two were suspended snd the remainder were reprimanded.
 That Is a remarkable record and seems to justify the assertion that London has the best police force in the world. At the same time 1t de- monstrates the respect in which the police are held by the people. Very seldom is there case of resisting an | officer but the officers are instructed and trained never to use force except in an emergency. Their orders are to give offenders every reasonable op- portunity to square themselves; never | to bring an offender to the station or before the court unless they have complete proof of his guilt, The po- licemen with the best repord is the one who makes the fewest arrests; who
 has the tact and the ability to adjust difficulties between citizens without
 bringing them before the magistrate or filling the cells of the stations. The best officers never arrest a man if they can help it. If he is drunk
 they get him home as quietly as pos
 sibIe; if he is quarreling or fighting
 they cool him off. talk to him in a
 friendly way, and persuade him to
 behave himself. Thus the ambition of
 every member of the metropolitan po- lice is to have the smallest number
 of arrests placed to his credit that is
 consistent with good order on his beat
 The London public understands this
 policy and recognizes the constable as
 the embodiment of the omniscient and
 omnipotent power that rests in the un- written British constitution. No people have such a respect for law and order as the Britons, and the constable in the street Is the tangible and always present representative oi
 law and order.
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lice under the secretary of home af- fairs Sir Robert Peel, during the reign of George " took up the scheme and secured it's adoption by parlia- ment. Hence the London patrolmans IS called a Bobby or a "Peeler" in his honor. Both names have ciung to them during more than a century.
 The force has doubled during the last twenty years and many innova. tions have been adopted, although ths methods of today are very far behind those which are considered absolutely necessary in the United States. Th' London police have used the telephone only e few years. As late as the dia- mond jubilee of Queen Victoria they used to pass news and instructions be- tween the stations and the patrolmen on duty by word of mouth along from beat to beat.
 Compared with American cities there is very little crime in London, but 1t must be taken into consideration that the customs are very different Over here our policemen make as many arr rests as possible: over there they make as few as possible. and the only basis of comparison concerning crime is she number of arrests and convio- tions.
 Tn 19UD, dB you nave dATcduJ 0CCAhs there were 127.317 arrests in London. Of these 1S,s05 were persons accused of felonies and nearly every one of them was convicted; 60,s99 arrests were for drunkenness. 17,51S for vio- Iati0n of police regulations, 7,5SS for assault, S,496 for vagrancy, S,625 for prostitution, 2,4S7 for cruelty to ani- malls, 112 for cruelty to children, 372 for gambling and corresponding number of other ,offenses. There were only twenty homicides in London last year, which fs an astonishing record compared with Washington and other smaller cities of the United States, without reference to Chicago. There were 4T4 burglaries and 1,671 unsuc- cessful attempts at burglary.
 comparison of the crimes and mis- demeanors in 1905 with those of pre- vious years in London shows:
 1. Crimes of violence have dimin- ished.
 2. SurgIaries have diminished.
 B. Larceny, particularly petty lar ceny, has increased.
 f. Forgeries, embexzlements and other breaches of trust have increased.
 B. Assaults have decreased
 6. Drunkenness is stationary.
 '. Vagrancy Is increasing very rap idly.
 8. The statistics of arrests show that the number of habitual criminals is decreasing.
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that those that live remote from any navigabie river, from any deep sea harbor, yet have almost as great, though an indirect concern in their proper care and development as those who live right on the borders. for the development of our commerce depends in large part upon the intelligent treat ment of the rivers and harbors of the IJnfted States"
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Breaking Grand Ducal Record.

The Grand Duke of Baden will re- ceive the Garter from the Duke of Connaught at what may prove rec ord age. He has been grand duke since he was 30, and has just cele- brated his jubilee. He was regent at 26. Son-in-law of the old Emperor William as he was, he sided with Aus tria in 1866. But his Badeners were with Prussia in 1870, and, after Se- dan, he was beforehand with them all in his suggestion to Bismarck of a German emperor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11
Salt RheuM

Htches, oozes, dries and scales over and over again; local applications do not cure it because they cannot remove its cause, which is an impure condition of the blood. The most obstinate cases have been perfectly and permanently cured by q course of
 Hoods sSarsaparina the best medicine for salt, rheum in all the world.
 For testimonials of remarkable cures send for Book on Salt Rheum, No. 2. I C. l. Hood Co., Lowell, MGSss
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In 1905 there were 11,915 power looms working on silk goods in Switzerland. Swiss like manufacturers had in the same year 11,253 power looms employed in foreign countries in this industrial line The exports of Swiss silk goods in 1905 aggregated $22,40O, 900 in value.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11

Of course, the personality of the men has a great deal to do with it. and they are entirely worthy of respect. Nearly all of them are discharged sol diers. They have learned a valuable lesson in their military experience, and the dignity, the discipline and the sense
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IndIviduaI Unwar arrAaAs- T9rnfeafa. Arrnaf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-04-07
Holy Week in st. Peters
Church, COvIngton.

A Spiritual Retreat, conducted
BY Rt. Rev. Abbot Paul, will b,
preached on Palm Sunday, at I r
NJ; Monday. Tuesday and Wednes.
day, ct 8 p. NJ, sermon and beue.
dlction. Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, at 6:3O A. NJ, holy
mass and . short instruction.
On Holy THURsDAY-Solemn
high mass, 1t Z A. M; holy COM
mnnion given during mass; adora-
ton hours till ! r. NJ; public ado
ration and sermon at P. NJ.
Holy FRIDAY-M Morning service
at s 4. NJ; holy hour at 8 P. NJ,
sermon at 7P. N.
HOLY SAruRDAY-Blesslng of
Easter candle and baptismal water.
Vigil mass at s \. N.
FASTER SUNDAr-HolY mass At
"a. n; high mass and benedic-
zion at 10 4. n.
u Ablts Springs and Bed,co
Chapel, on Easter Day, holy mass
Il 8 A ~; IN jacksonville It 8 and
ESQ a. n.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-04-07
Tresspassl Notice

All persons are hereby warned and
prohibited from cutting, burning, dead
ening, carrying or floating swav, or
otherwise injuring or destroying any
trees, timber or wood growing or lying
upon the lands OF Poitevent & Favre
Lumber Company. Any person 90 do
ing will be prosecuted under the pro-
visions Of Act No. lO3 Of the laws Of
1909. W. g. HUTCHINSON.
Land AsentfoF Poitevent 4 Favre Lum.
Der Company. INCH 24-tf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-04-07
immigration League
Organized.

A meeting Of citizens Of St. Tammany
Parish was held at the Courthouse on
Wednesday, April 1. for the purpose Of
organizing an immigration League.
Senator G. s. e. Babington called the
meeting to order, It 1880, and after
stating the purpose of the proposed or
ganization, nominated Hon. George
koepp. Dr., for President, and he was
elected. Mr.. John b. Kent was elected
Temporary Secretary.
On motion Of Mr.. Clay Riggs. the fol-
lowing Committee on Ways and Nouns
was appointed: c. s. E. Babington,
Geo. f. Bierhorst and G. 4. Millar.
It was moved, seconded and carried,
that the above named committee be en-
powered to elect q Permanent Score.
tary.
The following citizens were present
and registered:
G. S. E. Babington, w. G. Davis, DR..
B. B. Warren, G. E. Millar, G. M. Poole,
Jr., G. T. Bierhorst, F. Salmen. D.
Schumacher, c. S. Galbraith, Clay Riggs,
w. G. Evans. w. G. Kentzel, II. G.
Bougere, NJ. H. White, w. p. RUSSELL,
John B. Kent, Geo. Koepp, ST., Walter
Galatas,
Hon. Clay Riggs. Mayor Galbraith, of
Vaudeville, and Senator Darlington de-
hyered addresses on the purposes Of
the League and the advantages offered
by st. TammanY Parish to the home
seeker.
On motion, the L eague adjourned to
meet Wednesday, April IL, at II O'Clock
A. n. JOHN B. KENT,
-. - TAm n0rar3 20c1u
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Negro Arrested for Crinli-
Inal Assault.

Last Monday 3 colored girl,
Madeline Riggs, was criminally
assaulted by negro, Paul Payne.
The girl, who IL about II years
OF sge, was walking along the
banks Of the Tchefuncta River,
about mile and q half north of
town, when the negro sprang upon
her, holding knife In one hand
and a string of fish in the other.
He threatened to kill the girl un-
less she submitted to him quietly,
and after accomplishing his pur-
pose he ran off. The girl ran back
to Fairyiew Farm and the Sheriff
was notified of the crime. He
was given . full description of the
negro, and within ten minutes Of
ter getting this description Town
Marshal Dulion had the negro In
Several other negroes
were arrested, on suspicion. On
Tuesday the girl was taken to the
jail to identify her assailant. She
was shown the knife which had
been taken from one Of the negroes
and identified 1t az the one with
which her assailant had threatened
,er. Fifteen or more negroes we're
hen lined up, and she Immediately |
picked out Payne. The. proper
charge has been made against him
ind he will be held for the Grand
Jury.