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Arizona republican., 1906-11-14

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Arizona republican., 1906-11-14
SOCIETY DINNERS
 ABOVE 1HF CLOUDS
Balloons Can Now be Rented m New York and Society May Find m Them Novel Means of Entertainment.

New York, Nov. 7.-(Special COZ respondence to The Republican).- Dinner parties a mile above the city | restaurants and hotels is the very new est thing in this city. which is always looking for something new. Seeing Chinatown at night Is likely to pail as a tame adventure. for the visitor 10 New York who really wants to do things up in style will doubtless char fer a balloon for trip which will give him birds eye view of the city. TIC Aero Club of America apparently hav- ine- decided that ballooning should no longer be the sport of millionalres eN- clusivelv. but that the "peepul' should also have a chance to enjoy the plea- surable sensation of falling mile O: two. has decided to allow the Senlai public to charter two balloons at the modest cost of $50 for the larger a. | S35 for the smaller. The real cost ot the trip. however. will be about SD
 more in each case and chartering part i ies will be given a feeling closely akin | to ownership and complete independ- ence bv being made responsible for the balloons while using them, as well os being allowed to pay all expenses IT, cured in getting the bag and car back to it's starting point Passengers. more over. will be allowed to provide para chutes calculated to set off any cos tune. With these opportunities Tor
 aerial sport brought within the reach of the masses. it is rumored that par ties above the clouds will become even
 more popular than dog or monkey din lners There will be no noise. no cap
 tons critics and convenient cloud
 will serve capitally to cool the wine If is not believed however, that in the near future at least pedestrians in tho
 citv streets will be seriously annoyed
 bv debris thrown over by these aer.a
 diners
 New York is soon to have the larges
 school bell in the world, bronZ'
 throated monster weighir0 1000 pounds I, will be five feet high and six fee across at the bottom, which makes ! i a triae larger than the bell in the Cit. Hall at Minneapolis, and three an' r one-half times as large as the famou old Liberty Bell Its brazen changing f. is said. will on a clear day be audibl ' for twenty-three miles. This new dis l turber of the quiet will be too large | . be swung and consequently will b
 sounded by triker operate Q bv push button. lt is being m ? stalled in the college of the city of Ne' |, York. Incidentally. mention of the De 3 in connection with the number Of seho 3 ars to whom it will sound summons Ina
 brought out the fact that New TOT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
WHAT IS IT coon TORI

One of the reasons given by Com mander Peary as to why 1t is desirable to discover the North Pole Is in these words: "It will open up three million square miles of absolutely unknown regions that have been separated from the rest of the world for countless ages"
 Perhaps Peary is correct, or near enough so, as to the area that will be laid open. provided. of course, that conditions should be such that the en- tire territory can be explored, but if the accepted idea of that region is correct, of what value would 5000. 000 square miles of ice be to the world? If any one expects that this large stock of coldnessi could be used 10 fight the ice trust, it might be replied that there is plenty of ice much nearer to civili- zation than that, even if polar Ice is good for juleps and things. of which we have some doubt.
 It is barely possible, of course, that the region immediately surrounding the Pole is not entirely ice. More than one scientist has argued that if that point is ever reached, there will be found temperate and inhabited re- zion; a region inhabited by people who have had no communication with the outside world for ages, even if they have ever been in touch with others Of their kind. This is a fantastic theory, of course but whether it is absolutely | impossible Is another thing. Think what an addition it would be to the stock of human knowledge If some for tunate explorer should reach the i'm mediate polar region and there find an unhesrd of and unthought of civili- zation. and a new and strange animal Kingdom! It would be far ahead Of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
WEARING THE TAG.

The National Government has made new departure regarding the officers and privates of the army. That is to tag or label each man by requiring him to wear an aluminium badge stamped with his name, company and regiment. The plan Is a good one, and 1t leads The New Berf2rd standard to thus com
 ment:
 And this action of the Government
 out of the army that tt would not be
 aIniss to label themselyes--if not with
 aluminium badges at least with such means of Identification as would reveal
 to a stranger in case of accident who
 they are and where they belong. The number of railroad and railway mis- haps of late witn the almost inevitable
 sG2,s.s.qnsnt ..., .. list o9 persons nnidena4 wisdom of Iourneying into strange place without a label to show who one
 is 1t might saitIee that one should
 have in his pocket an address card or letter bearing his name; but as wo- men do not carry letters in their pock-
 cts, and usueliy have no pockets even fer their card cases, and as hand bags
 and other baggage, even to overcoats,
 have a way of getting away in the com
 fusion of a railroad wreck Or other
 disaster, the custom might well be 4uOAatA4 -u4 L6&&Au& OAcEelAs luSl0e the
 clothes. While there may seem to be
 no especial need of this while men and women go about their aceustome d
 routine of living, sthe continually and perpetuafly being labelled would not be an1iss. It would give a sense of
 security that, as they say about some special features perhaps of the vaude- vilIe. would be worth the price of the ticket. If one knew he was adequately l labelled one would venture forth with out a question as to his mind becoming a blank and his forgetting his name and his place of abode, He would
 never think twice about the possibility | ot eneountering something, from within ] O. without, that might knock him into | insensibility, in his surety of being | properly delivered to his familiar sur roundings. It ought to become as 1 natural In case of an accident that in- ! eapacitated a person from speaking for | himself for his rescuer to pull out from | about his neck, or over his heart. oY | tied to an inner buttonhole, from | wherever custom should decree the l wearing of the badge, his. name and address and whom to notify, as 1t was | for the man himself, .n his normal con- | dition. to pull out his watch 10 sec what the time might be. The precau- l tion of labelling oneself need not be l looked upon as partaking of nervous ness nor as tempting the gods to make | the label necessary. It is simply a bii
 of foresight that may save embarrass-
 ment or worse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
FOR roUm YnAns.

Alabama has elected al full list of State officers for foar years. For that period of time. at least. we are to be free from the excitement ana turmoil engendered by state primaries. The Democrats will continue In control of the destinies of our State. and under their management the state has so prospered that the man would be poor ly informed who would desire to see 1t placed in other hands We have mat ters of difference. but they are not of such character as to endanser the peace and prosperity of the State.
 The Advertiser sincerely hopes that the incoming administration may meet the expectations of the pubic, and If we have in any way misJudged. no one will more gladly give credit where credit is due. We love Alabama above all other public interests and in all we do and~say are aetuated by sincere de- sire to promote the public good Just because we opposed the new Governor for the nomination, we do not propose to be continually hunting for flaws. On the contrary. we hope there will be no flaws. We would infinitely prefer to praise than ts censuve.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
DRIFTWOOD
 BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG

Story of the Savage Who Thlrsted for
 Style. Oh, once on a far away canuibaI isle In the South Pacific Sea, Lived a savage maid whowore smile And leaf from a big palm tree. Of the waves upon the beach. Murmuring o1er and OCT and o'er She would set up a savage screeeh- For they came from a land sor. far Where people dressed in stgie. And this savage maid cried svtry day For a dress of the latest style But one fair morn as she sat IiRe th'a, Scanning the ocean wide. Her c:annibal heart was filled with For something came in on the tide. with her duslxy paw she raked 1t in And her. face kinled up in devilish As she danced round on one band l'Twas nothing more nor less than anet That you haul the fishes itL Some poor fishermen fell in tue wst And would never come up again Now this savage maiden. 1t seems had Of that thing called pesk-a-s0o So she just said. Really upon my Now ri show 'em that have saste' For would you believe it, this savage Here or this lonesome Isle. Thought some one had sent sner from ,cross the world
 A waist of the latest style
 So wearing, her pale-green palm-leaf With her her 'fish-net shirt to match, With the sleepy turtles she gan to And thought. .Tn be the catch" As she came in sight of the BoOlOo King.
 His majesty made the heavens ring With series of yciis and groans. with series of yells and sroans I And mean just what said. Then he stopped and tainted dead While the maiden hung hsr head. aGo ties chain around her neck. He shrieked, when he came too. Get some stones-ab0ut peek, So she'l sink in the Oaesn blue. Such costume as that is indecent, Said the king, wish . sickiy smile ' I
 'TWont -go in a cannlbal isle" | g % Ss | Broken ReheetiOuMs Sometimes the judges 1ives a man a straight talk for being crooked. l A man who has two wives Is a bigamsit; a woman who has one >hus- band is a monoologist,..she wins An, There. I see Roosevelt hunted for two days and killed one little turkey wouldn't.
 / What would you toll it?
 Simplihed hunting. | 34 g @ | Natural Inference.
 Did you read about that girl who l kicked a policeman? | No; but I'll bet she was servant girl.
 ! Why2
 Beeause many a policeman has sur- lrendered to 8 servant girl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08

any discovery thnt has ever been made. to say ti1s 1eass of it
 But setting all this aside as an idle dream, it is at least possible that if the Pole is reached. something new In the animal and vegetable Kingdom may be found that would be interesting as well as instructive Then, again, supposing there is no life of any kind thefe. it must be remembered that there have been scholars and thinkers of no mean repute who have contended that human life began there; that there. in fact, was the location of the Garden of Eden. If that is true. 1t might be that something will be found to show that people existed on thatsspot thousands or was it really millioRs!--of years before Eric discovered Plymouth Rock. or wherever 1t was that he hit our continent.
 But disregarding all these fancifui or fantastic theories. and admitting that nothing will be feund there put a large assortment of useles ice, that will not stop the search. If there were nothing else to incite effort nero curiosity will be sufficient. The world is curious to know what is there and will never be satisfied until 1t finds out. When to this we add the incentive of ambition and emulation, 1t is easy to see that the search will never stop un@ tfs all creation is satisfied that search is useless.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
INSIDE VIEWS.

The struggle of Tammany Hall in New York City was not so ,mueh fer Hearst as to preserve it's position in future elections. When Murphy agreed to allow the nomination for Governor to go to Hearst, the Independence League had already nominated him and was preparing to put out candidates over~ the State. 1t was not known to Murphy what strength the League might develop. and he thought to be rid of 1t by nominating it's candidate and retiring it from buSness. He eva- dentiy thought and no doubt 1t was agreed between those who made the ldisreputable deal that the League would have no candidates in Greater New York in opposition to Tammany. Treaehery played a leading partfoF the League had Hearst and the state ticket under it's emblem and that forced Tammauy. for seIf-preservatlon. to give a big vote to Hearst The reason is plain. Under the law of New York the election officers who register and count the votes must be equally divid- ed between the two parties casting the largest number of votes at the preced- ing election. If the Republicans and the League had, cast more votes last Tuesday in New York City than were cast by Tammany, at, next election Tammany would have had no election officers. But for this it is believed thousands of Tammanyites who voted for Hearst would have voted against him,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
A annAr TRApn YEAR.

A summary of the worlds commerce prepared by the British Board of Trade shows exports of the United States in d9o6 of Ss5s, ,s14.20s and imports. $s46.-
 s29,59s The United Kingdom did d larger business, it's exports being. $s7s.- ssO,701; imports, s1,24s,57S.441. Ger. many had $695. .116,260 of exports and S9s0, 76o,344 of imports. France comes next, with S471,75S,64S of exports and ieB1S.s71,57O of imports British India
 did an export business of $27S. 90S. .9S1 and an import business of $172,176, ITO. sA1I the countries mentioned did a larger business than last year, and last year did a larger business than an 1904-proof that prosperity. or busi- fness activity is at present widely ex- ftended. Belgium, Japan, Canada, Rus fsia, Italy, Austria, Mexico. Switzerland, Egypt-al show increased exports and most of them increased imports.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
TODAY IN HISTORY

Name Day Godfrey. Sun rises at 6:5s; sets at 5.2.
 16l9.-The Spanards under Cortez en- tered the City of Mexico.
 1T77-British attack Mud Fort, now Fort Miffiin. 1t was gallantly detend- ed by @ few militia under Colonel Smith, who repulsed the enemy.
 1SO9.-The functions of the British Minister, Francis James Jackson, ceased by order of President Madison, and he was debarred all intercoGrse with the American Government.
 1S13.-Battle of Talladegai the In-
 1Sl4-Brftish ship Leader captured American priVateer schooner General Putnam, eight guns and fifty-seven men; her guns were thrown overheard during this and a former chase.
 1S35.--New York and Erie Railroad
 ise1.-Battle of Belmont. Mo. Great slaughter on both sides.
 1961--Mason and Slldelf. Confederate Commissioners to Europe, taken from the British steamer Trent by the United States ship Jacinto, but on the demand of the English Government they were given up to her
 1Sef.-Five Confederate boats made an attack on Fort Hatteras, but were iss4WAbraham Lincoln reelected President of the United states, and Andrew Johnson. Vice President.
 l8e4.-Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan resigns his commission as Major General In the United States army.
 1sa9-Memorial to Miss Winnie Da- vis the '.)aughter of the Confederacy unveiled at Richmond. Va,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
TAMnfANY,s DANaHR.
Charge will Have to Be Made in Its RsauaaesrKRmf.

eh.rre VIII Haye 10 Be Maae in It's New -Yorw Telegram.
 The truth is that by reason or the enormous increase in imnnigrallon from Russia and eastern and southern Europe the character of the electorate in New York city Is rapidly changing, and the political domination of fam- many is passing away. Eventually the Ia &many society must be super seded unless its membership and lead- ership are so changed as to bring 70 the front men of Hebrew and Italian birth who will represent the hundreds of thousands of people of those races
 who now live in Greater New York.
 For many years the leaders oI ram
 many have invariably been men or Irish descent and of one religious faith. The attempt of Mir. Croker to adjust the organization to new conditions by making Lewis Nixon his successor al the head of the Tammany organization very quickly resulted in failure. But the time is coming when Tammany unless 1t goes out of business alto gether. An upheaval is certain to oe- eur, soon in the organization which will retire Murphy. Perhaps most or the other present leaders also will have to go. Mr. Croker ds coming back from Ireland and will have a hand m whatever Reorganization shall take place. Mayor Mcclellan, whose break with the Tammany leaders was made complete at Buffalo, will be likely to come to an understanding with Mur- phys successor, or rather, 1t may be said that Murphy's successor will prob ably be some man who can re-estab-
 fish relations with the mayors office
 in the city hall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Probate Judge Not Custodian.

Editor The Advertiser:
 found the following in your issue of this morning:
 trouble In delivering their ballot box es to the proper place. They came to the city to find the office of the Pro- bate Judge closed It was found nee essary to leave the boxes at the coun- ty jail over night"
 Section S9 of the act regulating each ballot box after being securely sealed. and labeled so as 10 snow the nature of it's contents, shall De deliV- cred to the returning officer who shall deliver it to the sheriff and Shall be kept by him six months. and then the box without opening on unseal- ing the packages, and destroyed Iha Probate Judge has nothing 10 do with them. The "certihcate If the result of the election" is the only papers re- auired by law to be delivered to the Probate Judge, and the returning or ficers are allowed until l2 o'clock m next Saturday to do that With so much time to deliver them 1t did nos seem to be necessary to keep the office open at night to receive them. So far as I know, it never has been done Nevertheless, when l heard that there were returning officers at the court house desiring 10 deliver these certificates. I at once sent hack to Mir w. R.. MeDavis's residence with the request that he would some up at once, open the Probate Gfnce and remain there until 9,S0 D, m,
 I learned this morning that he severe headache foR which he had taken medicine and could Lot answe' my call. c,.,o
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
what Democracy Aauat Guard Against

What Democracy AuAt Guard Against.
 Augusta Chronicle.
 Mir. Arthur Brisbane, who by virtue of brains fs editor of the papers ot which the Hon. William Randolph Hearst is proprietor by right of wealth, has IfIatly stated that his employer is going to again seek the presidential Somination. He puts 1t in this way: ;'There is no doubt that Hearst will be elected president of the United
 Coming from the brains behind the throne this utterance shows plainly one, Of the dangers of the Democratic party has to meet in the campaign f for the presidency two years hence. It means that again NIT, Hearst will open | headauarters In every Democratic
 state, and in others where he can have
 nation given him at the convention. | Now is the time fop- Democracy to l lift up it's head and refuse to be bought
 Now is the time to put quietus on | termined to run for the presidency I let him do as he has done in New
 York, get outside the party he once
 of his own-call it independence league | if he wants to-and make the race | in that waYi but don't let him run | in the disguise of Democrat
 | MF. Brlsbane's utterance does not l add anything to the information of | the people, for 1t has been pretty well understood that the goyernorship of because he looked upon it as a step ping stone to the presidential nomi- | nation, butNthe editorial effatum gives | this aspiration an added force. Hearst wants the Democracy to help him at | tain his ambition, and it is time that
 Democracy was thinking about So se- rioua a thing. Let the people of the South think what nominating Hearst would mean and he will soon be given | to understand that he Is hoping in vain, and that he had better be get | ting up a third party if he wants to make the race. Democracy cannot af- f ford to align itself with a William l Randalnh I4aaEs4s Al
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
THURSDAY NOVEMBER g, 1908.
rAfrrA rN THn cAsE.

The old story of Senator Pettus and ex- Senator Pugh keeps going the grounds. The Washington Herald. in veeent Issue, after paying a tribute to Arr. Pueh, and announcing his good health, which will be learned with pleasure bS ali Alabamians. says:
 The atory of how he was defeated For the Senate By the Hon. Edward winston Pe6tus now eighty-fye years young. is familiar hereapouts. it runs russ of President Cfeveland's last admins aration, General Pettus, who for years had been the Warwick of Alabamas snent to a vacancy then existing on the Federal bench in his State. He made his wants known to his lifelong friend, ssna,sPST rsn,sSr that % he was a too oId G for % ap- pofntnent to the Federal bench, and That he ought not to seek 1t. I'll show you that I'm not too oid & t6 sue piled General Pettus, who hastened down to Montgomery where the Legis- lature. chosen to rs-elect senator Pugn ballot for Senator was taken in joint session it was shown that General Petus had not indulged In idle threat gin Washington.
 I A vacancy occurred on the Supreme kCourt bench In the latter part of 1887. during Mir. cleveland's first term. Hon, IL o. C. Lamar of MississippB who was then member of Mfr. cieveIand's cabi- net, was appointed to flI the vacancy. Afr. Pugh was reelected Senator for another term of six years by the Ala bama Legislature in 1880. This was three years after the alleged occurrence between the two distinguished Alabam- fans. General Pettus was elected sena-
 tor for first time in 1896. or eight years after Mir. Lamar went on the Supreme bench.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
AN oLD HABIT.
Says The New York Mail:

Tine latesk contribution 60 the history of graft cones, appropriately enough. from Pennsylvania archaeulogiss: :: Prof. Albert T[ Clay did not content Capitol where the Pennsylvanians have been paying for the atmosphere under tables and In telephone booths at the cubic foot price for solid mahogany. He chose rather to defve into Babylon lsh ruins, and now brings news of the first reform raid recorded.
 He does not declare that before the day of Hammurabi; Ruler of Cninar not exist But he brings proof that Hammurabi was the Hughes of his day and uncovered graft even as Professor edict commands the return of the Baby lonian loot and the placing of the bribed man in the royal dungeons. But no part of the inscription indicates that the offense was a novelty.
 This Hammurabf. whom The Mail re- fers to as s'the sixth King of Babylon" was really the first King of the greater Babylonian Empire. for he united tho Kingdom and drove out those who had taken possession of portions of ths country. This is not so important, however, as is the fact that he lived about the time of Abraham. so that the Pennsylvania grafters can go back thousands of years to find a precedent for their acts- We suspect that if it were possible to get at the records, 1t would be found that grating was practiced in building the wonderful pyramid of cheops. if that structure was built by contract. Certainly there was grating before our day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-08
omcial figures show a decline in tl

omcial figures show a decline in the of beer and spirits in Great Britain; but the consumption is still large. MT. Lloyd-George, a mem Der of the British Cabinet, says that about 60 per cent of the poverty in the United Kingdom Is traceable to drink, and the poverty is of enormous dimen- sions. The announcement that the Government proposes to introduce { measure to check the drink evil prob ably foreshadows a great struggle in Parliament, as such legislation, how ever worthy of success, always meets with bitter opposition.