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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-07-14
Freak OF Lightning.

Lightning struck the house OF ]. A.
OF little holes. and a candle on a shelf
IN closet was lighted. No one was
injured At East Garfield. Lewis Ham.
mond was standing In a barn which
was struck and was rendered uncon-
scious
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-07-14

Henley, England.-The Argonauts
tCanadaD beat First Trinity. Cam
bridge. Monday In the first heat for
the grand challenge cup. Argonauts
won after a magnificent race by bare
length. Time. minutes 20 seconds.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-07-14
oreater Az for MllItia.

Among the acts affecting the mill
tary establishment were those In
creasing the efficiency OF the ordnance
department OF the army and increas-
Ing the appropriation for the militia
from 81 .O0O.O 900 to 100000 annually.
Congress took new tack In the
naval appropriation bill. Instead of
authorizing the construction Of the
biggest battleship anoat. as first pro-
vided by the house the bin as finally
passed authorizes the preparation OF
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-07-14
Canal Type Is Fixed.

With the adjournment OF congress
Il Is possible 20 make survey OF the
entire field OF important legislation
enacted during the session. The three
most prominent measures already
have been referred TO. and their gem
eral provisions are we'll known to the
country. Next In point Of interest
perhaps comes the Panama canal act.
The house first declared In favor Of
the lock canal. by providing that no
portion OF the money appropriated In
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Mfr. Thach Is R "GoIast..

When R. H. Thach of Birmingham is not dabblipg in Alabama politics and is not practicing law, he is playing gclf Of course he takes time to eat and sleep, but he really thinks as much about golf as the State officials do about baseball He Is able in politics. He Is capable in law but he Is a shine on the links. He is known to have cried out fore" louder than any man in Jefferson County. It is said that some one heard him articulate the term, mistcok it for the number and an- swered in louder voice, "23." but this report has never been confirmed. He speaks of "brassies." tees" "niblicks, ]" hazards" puts, "drives and "mashies" in a way that few Alabamians have mastered. His passion for golf Is so great that 1t has actually been said that he consumed a villalnous looking fluid in a glass half filled with spark
 ling water and an island of lemon peel floating therein. just because the bot tie was marked Scotch" But MT. Thach is able and his passion for golf has not robbed him of his sense of humor and he is always welcome person in any gathering.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14

man. In his few years on earth he has done many things. He has been admitted to the bar. He has been a quarantine officer. He knows when to yell gee" He IS likewise familiar with the significance of "haw." He is private secretary to the Justices of tho Supreme Court and he has just been married.
 One is not to overlook the fact that McCord is a member of the State Dem ocratic Executive Committee. But 1t Is not for these things that Leon McCord Is distinguished. They may be all right in a way but McCord can point to a prouder distinction. Listen and let your eyes open wide:
 Leon McCord is the only public man in the State who has been arrested in High Note, Ala. In all probability he Is the only man ever arrested In High Note. Few people go to High Note. He was charged and pleaded guilty to the allegation that the said McCord did discharge firearms at birds with in the corporate limits of the munich pality of High Note. Alabama. g" In- asmuch as the corporate limits of High
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Frnrer nefendn HnteIn.

State Senator Thomas S. Frazer who came up from his home in Union Springs took occasion to say a good word for the hotels of Montgomery while some of his friends were lament ing the fact that the New Exchange Hotel was not open to the public.
 Tt seems to be the fashion to pie ture Montgomery as a poor hotel town and to knock her hotels. I have never seen the justice of these complaints. My experience has been quite different from those who make the compaints. The hotels that are open now in Mont gomery are small. 1t Is true for city of this size But I have found that the best hotel service in the State is given right here in Montgomery. I have no hesitancy in saying that in these hotels d man gets cleaner, bright CT and better services than In the hotels or any city in Alabama. That has certainly been my experience"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14


 upon his friends from West Alabama; Tyler Goodwin and his law partner. Pat Mcintyre, the clever young Irish man who advises the Mayor on legal problems, were there because the two of them can't do much work when the political pot is boiling; doughty Cap tain Phil Stern, counsel for Tom Hall, the would-be Congressman, moved about the hall with his accustomed iitheness and Lee Well, a talented young lawyrr, viewed the meeting witb mobile face; Solicitor Dent, who has won more than one political vic- tory, was on the scene early and late and Joel Barnett stood out in the TO- tunda and passed many a merry quip to his friends; wearing the weight of his s1 years lightly. General Sanford listened for some time to the debate and manifested full interest in the proceedings as he Is always interested in the affairs of his party; Nick Jones came up from the waterworks office long enough to ascertain if everything was being done in due and regular form as 1t used to be pulled off by him down at Barachias and Captain D. W.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14

bly be called Sir Howard Douglass and would be given the title of Keeper of the Royal Shooting Lodge. Howard Douglass happens, however, to be member in fine standing of the great American nation and he is glad of 1t. Howard Douglass cares naught for title. ,,.,
 In addition to performing his politi- cal duties openly and well, the vast farm of Howard Douglass has beon made the gunning ground of Ala bama politicians and his hospitable home is their shooting lodge. One of the few privileges of being an Ala bama politician is to be in a position to know Howard Douglass and to be invited to his farm in the wilds of Washington and there blaze away at the birds or enjoy the. princely hospitality of the farmer politician.
 More distinguished men in Alabama public life have shot guns on the plantation of Howard Douglass than on any one place in the State They always find good sport and their host is always the same open hearted good fellow. He Is also a man of brains, who has done Democracy and Washr ington county signal service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
NEW MANAGER OF PARK.
Mir. GPeenway Talks or Plans F.
 Pleasure Resort.

Mir. GPeenway Talks or Plans For
 Pleasure Resort.
 Fl. Greenway. who has recently been selected by Jake Wells to take charge of the management of Electric Park for the coming season. has arrived in Montgomery. Yesterday he made a visit to the park to oversee the grounds. and to take In the situation at that place,
 "We are going to try a number of improvements this summer, over the old park" said Manager Greenway last evening, which we think will please the people Work on our new theatre will be started not later than the be- ginning of next week, and as soon as lt is completed, it will be opened to the public It will have a capacity for from l,200 to l.6O0 people. Our lum- ber will be here this week. and will be taken to the ground ready for an early start Monday.
 other work in the park will be commenced at once, It is our inten- ton to improve the landscape gar dening features of the place so as to make 1t attractive as a place for re- creation as well as for a recreation park. We are especially anxious to make 1t a place for small picnles, and to this end will cater 10 the women and children of the city. Every eff fort will be made to raise the tone of the place"
 Manager Greenway said that a mum Der of new amusements will be Intro duced, including circlo swing and Hale's Tours, which had such a vogue at the St Louis Fair ia 1904 He said that new street cSr service will be established. with a terminal in the park. and promises a good line of high clasa Attractions for the summer en- tertainments
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Cbe Cbeatres
"A True kentncklnn.e

The Harris Parkinson Company gave two performances of "A True Kentuck- ian," matinee and night at the Bijou Theatre yesterday, both presentations being attended by fair-sized audienc- es.
 The play was fully up to the stan dard set by the company in their oth- CT plays during the two weeks en- gagement that have more than half filled at the local playhouse. and the musical and bioscope specialties vera warmly received.
 Beginning tonight, three performs ances will be given of sandy Bottom" including tomorrow matinee and even ing. Friday and Saturday matinee and night, Northern Lights" will be the attraction
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
PArAgraphc
 of Puissant Politicianc

in both civic and military politics, wore the Baber smile and Archie Ty- son, the new young Alderman, was shaking the political hands of his up- State friends Alex Troy, the popu- lar Secretary of the State Bar Asso- citation, who has his eye on a judg- ship, mixed with the throng and John
 Elmore, the young United States Com
 missioner appeared to be really inter- ested in the proceedings; Bob Ligon,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Mentioned for spenLernhIu.

At one time yesterday there were two prospective candidates for Speaker of the Lower House of the next Legisla- ture in the hall at one time. John H, Wallace of Madison and Captain Tyler Goodwin of Montgomery.
 MT. Wallace says that he will have have no opposition in Madison county and that he will be. q candidate for Speaker.
 Captain Goodwyn is not so positive. To an inquirer, he Said yesterday that he had sufficient light on hand just now to be nominated from Montgomery county and that while ne was confident that he would get the nomination he was not making any future plans. It would be time enough he said to be- come candidate for Speaker after Montgomery county had selected her members of the legislature
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Judge Abercrombie of Macon.

Milo B. Abercrombie, a member of the Committee, knows Macon County better than any one man living. lie has campaigned Macon County a half dozen times and he ought to know 1t. He is now Probate Judge of that coun- ty, and while seeking the office visited Notasulga and discovered Pentecost and Bethlehem. He knows the exact locality of Vaughns Mill, and has at tended camp meeting at Little Texas He likewise knows where the Tuske- gee Industrial Institute should be on the map. But these are not all Juuge Milo R Abercrombie knows. He knows a lot about Alabama politics and al- ways brings a potent influence to bear on one side or another. He IS also known to the politicians, and he mas their respect and good will,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
EolI..s
Montgomery Meu Interested.

The interested crowd that filled the lobby of the Council Chamber through out the meeting of the State Demo- cratic Committee yesterday and over flowed into the office of the Mayor and the Sanitary Department of the city, was good natured but earnest party of men. They stood, for the most part. and many of them smoked big, black cigars while they gossiped in low voices of the history that twas making in front of them.
 It was noted especially that an un- usual number of Montgomery, politi- clans moved in and out of the throng. Bibb Graves, alert and active, was on the scene for the best part Of the af- tcrnoon big Jim Sullivan was making notes of the game and close by his side was Alderman T. Gardner Eos ter, a novice at politics but not the less intelligent and keen; Recorder Baber, who has shivered pany lance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Cunningham Goes to Mobile.

The rotund figure of Lieutenant Gov erhor K. M. Cunningham was In evidence throughout the day in the large crowd which filled the lobby of the Council Chamber
 Dr. Cunningham attended the meet ing of the State Committee only ip- cidentally. He did not come to Mont gomery to be present au the meeting. He was on his way to Citronelle tc fill an engagement he made a year ago. Dr. Cunningham is scheduled to de- liver one of the principal addresses at the Citronelie Chatauqua and he was on his way to fill that engagement He went to Mobile last night
 Dr. Cunningham is taking the cam paign easy just now. He tntimatel to his friends that he would in a short while begin his fight in earnest and that the campaign he would make would be lively one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Chair Broke, judge Driver Fell.

Judge Al Driver Is "ccustomeI to to sitting in the probate judges chair m Chambers county. The chair of the probate judge of Chambers county is is one of those always delighttul chaiIs which many be titled back at an uh- reasonable angle without danger to the life and limb of the occupant.
 Such chairs are not provided m lhc lhc City Council Chamber but judge Driver was not made congizant of this iaeC He endeavored to practice omcTy cna@ners absir srha chair however. liked Montgomery methods and refused to behave in Chambers county fashion. ,t The char tbr bard aoor of fhe City council cham ber and the contests of his pocket went everywhere He lost everything save his judicial dignity.
 For some minutes the handsome young issuer of marriage licenses was busy picking things off the carpet; He missed the speech Of Leon McCord while engaged in this occupation. Cn- lucky Judge Driver
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Candidates Come In Droves.

The candidates came to Montgomery yesterday T droVes. Practically eV- erybody who wants office was near the Council Chamber. There was Dr. R. M.' Cunningham with his usual bland and genial smile, although Candidate Conner was at that tiIne smelling the woods in some remote part of the State. Ex-Governor Johnston of Birm-
 ingham and W. c. Fitts, the young Mobile lawyer, and Gen. w. c. Oates of Montgomery. all of whom want to be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14

McIyer sat close up to the press table and watched his friends the reporters put all of 1t down on white paper, Other Montgomerians who ebbed and flowed during the afternoon were Paul sanguinetti, J. S. Cowan, Ray Rush. ton, Walter Lodge, Judge J. NJ. Chil- ton, ]. D. Kirkpatrick. Paul Le Grand, Jack Moffatt, John Farley. Kirk Jack son, Captain Charlie Pollard. Captain A. c. Sexton, pr. Shirley Bragg, Dave Crosland and John Farley
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Taft CaIln on WnIlnmn.

Washington, March 13.--Secretary Taft called on Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi at the Capitol today and had a short con- ference concerning a bill which Mir. Williams has introduced granting an electric railway the privilege to cross government property In reaching the National cemetery near Vicksburg. seo- retary Taft favors the bill and will recommend it's passage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14

the handsome hut dignified and grave young Clerk of the Supreme Court. who knows everybody worth knowing, was in and out of the lobby as was Scott Sayre, who was a Judge of one of the Montgomery courts until the Supreme Court said that his'court was not court, was spectator; Bob Tait, another Montgomery Alderman, a can didate for the Lower House and Clerk of the State Convict Board, looked In
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14

alternate United States Senators J . A. Wilkinson of Autauga and Capt. w. NJ. Selden of Marengo were looking af- ter their interests for Commissioner of Agriculture, while Walter Seed of Tus- caloosa was anxiously inquiring If he would have opposition for State Treas urer. D. J Meador, the good Maren- go County farmer, was the only can- didate for Lieutenant-Governor here. but both Brooks Smith of Hale and Horace Hood of Montgomery, candi- dates for Auditor, were on the scene.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
The Above illustration Shows the Remark. able Effects of This Wonderful Obesity FOOd-What It Has Done For Oth-
 CTS It Will Do For XOu.

My new Obesity Fnod. taken at mealtime. compes perfect assiAnil alton of the food and sends the food nutriment where it belongs. IL requires no starvation process. You can eat all you want. IL makes muscle. bone slncw, nerve and brain tissue ont of the excess fat. and quickly reduces your weight to normal. It takes off the big stomach and relieves the compressed condition and enh- bles the heart to act freely and the lungs expand naturally and the kidneys and lVef to perform their functions In natural man ner You will feel better the first daN you try this wonderful home food flil out coupon herewith and mail today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Ioel GoIdsbx wa. Here.

Hon. Joel w. Goldsby, State Senator from Mobile, and one Of Alabama's most prominent young men. was in Montgomery yesterday looking in on the meeting of the Executive Commit tee.
 Mir. Goldsby has served two terms in the Senate and was elected presi- dent pro tenn of that body during his last term. He will not again seek election, but is devoting his time to his law practice in the Gulf City. New ertheless, when the call sounds for the politician Mir. Goldsby likes to be around and he is always heartily well comed by his old friends
 The young Senator went to his Gulf City home on a night train.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14

Note are not as distinct as they per haps should be and the municipality is mostly pine forest, commissary a Mayor and a saw mill, Leon McCord was not classed as d felon.
 This Is one story that McCord failed to tell his associates yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Cnnrht .shootinr Crnn... :,

Joe Moore, Jerome Derice and Pomp Lover. negroes. were caught shooting craps" at o'clock yesterday after noon near Payne's saloon, corner of Clay and Dickerson streets, by Special Officers Russell and Murrell. At the police station they were charged with gambling and held tO await a trial be- fore tho recorder this aftarnoon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
TomIinson Mny Ram.

Hon. John w. Tomlinson was an in- terested onlooker in the Council Cham Der yesterday It is no secret that MT. Tomllnson is contemplating entering the race for the Senatorial succession. If he should enter. it would be on the platform of closer governmental regu- latiOns of railroads and of reform in freight rates. His position would be similar to that of MT. Conner should he center.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
nIccnrd nidn,t Tcm rhI. n..

Leon McCord of Marshall County is a young man that the politicians of the State may well afford to watch. Leon McCord is 8 rather remarkable young
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14

: Shooting Lodge of Mir. Douglass.
 Were Howard Douglass of Mcintosh Washington Coanty. a snbJeet or Ills MatAaAss Edward VII H~ s5"'''~ ''''@-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14

Whatever you purchase here you know your heart that is wholly reliable Our 2S years of successful dealing at the same the Square, has given reputation of which we are certainly proud
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-14
Our Spring Clothes

without doubt the handsoms patterns and finest fitting and tailored garments that have shown This w to be eight gray with both and fashion has not only bowed the decree but welcomed Blue serges black worsted and of all descriptions can be found here in the laid aside for later delivery
 Range $I25O to $35.OO.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-16
THE SPENDERS A TALE OF THE THIRD GENERATION
 By HARRY LEON WILSON
Copyright. by Lo,hrop Publishing Company.
By HARRY LEON WILSON

too, were apt to be of a sameness in them all. rather heavy and tasteless, but serving the ends that such things should be meant to serve, and never famboyant. Of these relics of a sim pier day not many survive to us, save in the shameful degenerscy of board ing houses. But in such as are left, we may confidently expect to find the traditions of that more dignifed time kept unsullied;-to find, indeed, as we find in the house of Milbrey, a settled air of gloom that suggests insolvent but stubbornly determined exclusive ness.
 ! Something of this air, too, may be noticed in the surviving tenants of these austere relics. Yet 1t would 1 hardly be observed in this house on this night, for not only do arriving guests bring the aroma of a later prosperity. but the hearts of our host and hostess beat high with a new hope. For the fair and sometimes un- certain daughter of the house of Mil brey, after many ominous mutterings, delays. and frank rebellions. has de- clared at last her readiness to be a credit to her training by conferring her family prestige. distinction of manner and charms of person upon one equipped for their suitable mainiea- anee.
 Already her imaginative father is rayishing in fancy the moHldiest wine cellars of continental Europe. Already the fond mother has idealized a house in "Millionaire's Rov" east of the Park. where there shall be twenty ser wants instead of three. and there shall cease that gnauing worry lest the treacherous north setting current sweep them vest of the Park into one of those hideousIy new apartment houses. where the halls are done in marble that seems to have been sliced from a huge ROquefoTt cheese. and where enc must vie. perhaps. with a shop-keeper for the fayors of an ir- rsysrent and naferialistic janitoT.
 The young uOman herself eniertains privately a state of mind which sas has 10 intention of makIng public IL is enough. she reasons. that her action should outEardly accord vita the best trzdiiio7s Of her class. and. indssL her family uOald never dream of dsnzn1- ing zoreL
 Her gown tonight Is os Orchsrd grssR trimmed with apple blossoms. a single pink spray of then czzg1t ia her hair The r0u11inE satin grace of her slezszr zrzs- slops-g to the orzl-