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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30

A record breaking long distance clock setting device has recently been discovered in the daily noon time blasts of trap rock quarry on Hook Noun tain, some thirty miles up the Hud- son River from this city. A dentist living at Darien,S Connecticut, twenty two niles from Hook Mountain will testify in a suit before the Supreme Court at White Plains next month that he sets his clock daily by the 12 o'clock blast at Hook Mountain. the detonation being not alone audible at his house. but is plainly perceptible in the shaking of the house whenever blast is set offy The Interstate Palis. edes Park Commission and number ol individuals in Ossining have been trying for some time to stop the blast mig at Hook Mountain In order to pre- serve that landmark as part of the PalisadessPark A suit has been brought by property owners of Ossining to stop tine blasting becanie the blasts shake down ceilings and cause the founda- tions of houses to settle. Witnesses from practically eN cry town of im- portance in Westche ;'er county will testify that the blasts are perceptible as much as thirty m-les away, and the physicians of Ossiling willtestify that the blasts are ,rejudicial to the well being of patients in the ossining Hos pItal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
NEW YEAR EVE A ROMAN FESTIVAL
BROADWAY A RIVER OF CHAM
 PAGNE.
The Bottom of New York--A Lon@- Distance CIock-setting Device---An Italian Sherlock Holmes--Ena-
 proved Waterways.

New York, Dec. 2s.--New Years in New York will be Roman festival such as the ancient city by the Fiber never saw in all Its centuries of mag nifieence. This year the Great White Way iS making preparations for cele- bratIon that will be a wonder even to itself. For two weeks every table in every popular resort in the lobster belt has been reserved for the ineyitable supper at prices ranging from s2 to $5 a seat, and that takes no account of the many dollars that will be spent in other ways after the game is on. It is estimated that 60.000 people VIII partake of the feast in that gilded mile of Broadway, beside which all the rest of the world seems tame and uninter- esting on New Years Eve. Enough food win be eaten or wasted to feed an army for week, and the cham pagne consumed would float a battle- ship. The section in which the cele- bation will be most strenuous extends from Twenty-third Street to Forty eighth Street and reaches It's climax at Longacre Square, into which, after the theatres are out Broadway, Sew enth Avenue, Forty-second Street and Forty-fourth Street pour an army Of reve1ers and sight-seers. Around the square are ranged the famous restau- rants and hotels. where the fun will be most uproarious. By birtue of its size, the Hotel Astor will accommodate the largest number--between 1.500 and 2,O0o. So great has been the demand for places that the capacity of the reg uiar dining rooms and cafes was ex- ceeded long ago, and all sorts of make shift preparations have been made to accommodate the overflow in ball rooms and parlors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30

Frequently during the season, at either one of New York's opera houses, there may be seen behind the rail which marks the boundary line of standing room only" particularly if the piece be his favorite Lucia" or "Rigoletto," or even Aida" thick set, middle-aged man of medium height, with close-cropped hair and short, black mustache, who occupies, in a somewhat more restricted sphere, a position as full of danger and dra- matic possibility as that of Russia's celebrated chief of police. It is De- tective Sergeant Petrosino. man who has solved many a mystery Gs deep and thrilling cs ever engaged 'Le attention of Sherlock Holmes, Like the famous hero of Bak IT street, he is fine mu- sician and an excellent paiformer on the violin; but his methods contain so little of the spectacular that 1t has taken fame twenty-five years to find him out. For thirteen years of that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
nIre~torv Almhanan Diviaion.

President, Mrs. J. N. Thompson.
 First Vice-President Mrs. Charles G. Brown, Birmingham.
 Second Vice-President. Mrs. LeWts Cobbs, Montgomery. .., Cory Birmingham. .
 Corresponding Secretary. MISS Maj tie McDavid. Florence. NIJniversity Postoffice. Ala.
 Registrar. Mrs. J. c. Lawrence. Union Springs. Spring Hill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30

When the sayants of a future age unearth from the debris of some gigan- tic cataclysm of nature what is now going on at the bottom of New York, and survey the tremendous engineering feats to which the inhabitants were driven to secure refuge from the fero-3 cious trolley -dactyl. the hippotomobiie. the autohornosaurus, and other savage mechanical beasts which infested the Island of Manhattan in the early part of the twentieth century, the specula- tions occasioned thereby will make in- teresting eavesdropping for such ghosts as have found their way back to earth. An under river passage to Brooklyn, as well as one to New Jersey is now an accomplished fact. Under Ninth Avenue there is in process Of construction for the Pennsylvania tun- mel, 25 feet beneath the curb line, massive steel bridge designed to sup port not only the street above 1t, but the elevated railroad structure as well. While the. work of building this bridge is going on, the rush of traffic at and above the surface goes on undisturbed. If has been found necessary to support the street for a distance of 400 feet between Thirty-first and Thirty-third Streets, and for this purpose, hfty-four enormous steel girders, each 6l feet long and weighing ten tons, were bought for temporary use on this part of the work. Tha latest remarkable scheme Is a double decked subway un- der Lexington Avenue. the express tracks beneath and the local tracks above. where the street is too narrow to accommodate four tracks on the same level. There is a project afoot to install in this tunnel the new Behr monorail, which affords possible speed of more than 100 miles san hour. In some places the lower tracks will be nearly 100 feet below the surface of the street. Altogether the bottom of New York is getting to be a good ways from the top,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
Our Fallen Heroes.

Our Fallen Heroes.
 .-rhe manner of their death was tae kcrowning glory of their lives eness Agon Davis. A...ta
 sBut there are deeds which snouio not pass away, lAnd names that must not wither. Editor-in- Chief, Mrs. J. N Tnomp- i aon. President, sTuscumbia, Ala Assistant Editor. Miss P. 2 Analsws' I1s
 Historical Editor. Mrs Harvey Jones. Spring Hill, Ala. ts4 General Omeers U. D. O. President. Mrs. Lizzie George Hen derson. Greenwood. Miss. First Vice President: Msss. @ss A. =
 Second Vice-President. Mrs. D. A. l G. VauRht. New Orleans, La Recording Secretary. Mrs. A. L. ! Dowdell. Opelixa, Ala.
 | Corresponding. Secretary. Mrs. A. w Rapley St Louis, Mo. Treasurer Mrs. Eaustice Williams
 Custodian Cross of Honor. Mrs. L. jH. Raines, Savannah. Ga
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
Most respectfuHy, Mrs. J. h Rrawnlee,


 Egeeordin& Secretary.
 Sumter Chapter. '. D. c. Accom- nrany5ng this report, came the touching verses. which we subJoin: Lines suggssted on hearing the song. '"rhe Boys in Grey Are Growing Old" at the U. D. C. Convention in Union Springs, Ala, last May: The Boys in Grey are growing old, And their locks are siIvered now. But, the courage born In patriots
 heart
 Still Eliminates their brow; Their battle flags are battered and torn And each their story tell Of the yaaiant braves who fought to The sstorin -crsdIed nation that fell" fne Doys fm Grey are growing old, But their hearts are just as true To the stars and BaEs and the Na- ka isaa geII life'e simmer dew. Their step is slower as the days go by And they revel iTE the past, When Lee and Jackson led the march , To sounds of drum and bugle's blast. The Boys in Grey are growing old: Life's sun is in the vest No more the forming front of war Will shake their loyal breast. As the shadows lengthen out,
 And their frame wastes by disease, May they find sweet peace in Heaven And rest meath the shade of the Mrs. 'ueeI: '. [: Brownlee. Livingston. Ala. Recording Secretary .. D. C., Liv-
 inRston, Ala; wife of Rev. J. L..
 Brownlee, pastor PEesbyterian #aElurCu. st+a-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
CHAPTER REPORTS.
Report of sumser Chapter.

Livingston. Dec. 18th. The Sumter Chapter of the U.s D. C.. ever abounding in good works, remem- bered four needy veterans at Thanks giving. also four others of this county at the Christmastide. We have Con- federate shelf in our public library and valuable historical works are contrib uted from time to time. We meet once a month and the programs are most in teresting With best wishes for the success of your column. ann,
 Mostwesp ectfully,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
At RfIoxI.

OnlO.
 December 2Oth, 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30

much for the future development of the country. I shall vote for the appro. priation of every cent recommended by the Rivers and Harbors Committees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
aE0NEY-To-LOAN.

KTein's Montgomery Loan Go.
 Money to loan on Watchess Dia- monds, Jeweiry, Guns and Pistols. Business strictly confidential.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

OMAHA. March 81. 1So6-As my reputa-
ton has been assailed in circular letter
by the Good Government league and also
in public press, I. therefore. publish the
following letter:
To Whom 1t May Concern-Mr. James
Woleshensky has been IN the employ OF
the Smelling works for over twenty-five
years, most OF that time he has had charge
OF the silver furnace, through which passes
the entire silver production OF the works
amounting to about 100000 per annum
We have learned through years OF expert
ence that he has no superior for honesty
and faithfulness.
The writer is proud TO count him as
friend upon whose perfect loyalty and
stSong common sense he could always rely
II Mr.. Woleshensky leaves the employ
ment OF the Smelling company. It will be
OF his own motion. and TO the deep regret
OF his employers. Yours truly,
GUY c. BARTON.
This letter was not obtained for the pur-
pose OF publishing It. but has been In the
possession OF the undersigned for six years.
JAMES Cw) wOLESHENsKY,
Candidate for City Council
First Ward.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01
CONDITIONOF OMAHA'S TRADE
Warm Weather Stimulates Retail Business
in Country.
BUILDERS HARDWARE SCORES ADVANCE
Bulls Have Best of II I'm Cotton and
JObbers Compelled TO Advance
some Lines other
Price Changes.
BUILDERS HARDWARE SCORES ADyANC

Advices from the country are 10 the ef-
feet that the warm weather OF the last
few days has stimulated trade, and the job
beers say Il will be but matter of a few
days until they will feel the beneficial ef-
fects OF the activity. Spring clothing, shoes
and hardware are moving well at retail,
and OF course IL is the height OF the season
for the implement dealers. The markets
are very nrm. Window glass has scored
another advance, with prospects that there
will be still another soon, some lines of
hardware are higher, and hrmer figures are
prevailing on dry goods in some Instances.
Trade Is reported as good Some COM
plant has been made OF collections, but
on the average they have been fair.
Another week has gone by without any
changes in the price OF shoes, which leads
some 1obbers 70 reiterate their prediction
that the price has almost reached the top
notch. Some dealers have carried over
stocks and are not buying freely. Their
advance business for fall is satisfactory,
and the fall styles are meeting with gem
eTal popularity. Leather Is firm at present
prices. and the general opinion Is Il will
not be lower, II any change Is made for
some time. During the recent wet weather,
local Jobbers did a large trade in rubber
goods.
Locks and builders hardware have been
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

ket on raisins. The Mercantile company.
which took over the holdings of the Cali
iornia haisln Growers association, has
finally closed out its holdings Jobbcrs
cannot recall a season when the raisin
supply seemed to be in as perfect control
as II Is at this time. With a scarcity OF
other lines OF dried fruit on the Pacific
coast II would not be at all surprising 10
see an advance in raisins as soon as
spirited demand develops.
The price has been marked up again 1c
per pound on dried raisins during the last
week supplies are exceedingly limited and
all go out at fun prices.
An active demand for rice is renorted
with an, advance of from nc to nc on
many OF the cheaper grades OF Japans
The supply in sight is very much less
1c per pound could be made i'm Japaps
without materially affecting the consump-
uon. Low grades are very largely cleaned
large part Of the low grade and broken
rices 20.
California Canned Goods Firm.
Since adverse reports received concerning
growing crops. some Of the California pack
find in standard and extra standard april
cots at satisfactory prices In fact, some
very heavy sales have been made to Gamers
and two days ago some OF the California
packers advanced prices from 10 to rs cents
per dozen, according to grade. Gallon goods
have been in unusually good demand and
prices are very firm. with a higher tend
ency. From all over the eastern country
there is continuous demand for gallon
berries and small fruits, OF which the
supply Is quite limited Gallon apples are
very firmly held with good demand.
II Is learned on good authority that
some OF the Alaska packers have named
prices on red Alaska fish for the pack OF
l@o Ihese prices are from l21z TO IS cents
per dozen higher than the prices named by
the Alaska Packers association last fall
IL is also asserted that the entire stock
OF red Alaska available I'm irst hands will
not exceed 5000 cases which Is q mere
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

advanced by the manufacturer IS TO 20 per
cent owing to the enormous demand for
such material all over the country. The
Omaha Jobbers have not made the full ad-
vance because of stock on hand bought at
lower prices, but they promise an advance
before long. Galvanized iron is not very
plentiful and there is bound to be a short
age unless the mills can turn out a larger
supply than ~at present Prices Ia gal
yanized iron are unchanged but very firm.
Jobbers have been very busy filling orders.
The position of sugar is unchanged from
last week. Coffee Is steady and I'M
changed New Orleans and eastern dealers
have recently made large purchases of
rice, advancing the market &c to &c per
pound another advance being predicted for
the near future
There is very little change to report in
the line of tomatoes or corn for imme-
date delivery. Corn for future has been
attracting quite a little attention, but not
many of the Gamers care TO sell on the
basis OF prices recently established BY one
or two OF the larger packers. II would
appear, however, 10 many that the prices
named are going to result in Considerable
good. II will head on many who are in
elined to make pack, there is abso-
been named Indeed for most packers the
price would mean a loss. 1t goes without
saying that the consumption OF corn at the
present time Is enormous.
Interest in Dried Fruit.
Considerable interest has been eentered
IN dried, fruits during the last week III
now seems to be well established that the
coming crop of apricots will be Consider
ably less than last year the crop OF 1906
having been an exceedingly heavy one II
Is an unheard OF thing for one heavy crop
Immediately 10 follow another. The heavy
rains have had considerable influence on
the situation, the blossoms have failed 10
fertilize, and reports have Il that the
present crop Will be perhaps not over
% per cent Of last years crop.
Ielegraphic reports from the coast this
week report a higher market on apricots
as well as on peaches, NC or more advance
on prunes. with an exceedingly firm mar
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01
BARTEE GETS FIFTEEN YEARS
COIOred Man When Sentenced to PenI-
tentiary Says He Has witness
Cup Above"

William Bartee. colored. who was con-
victed Of the murder OF Henry Brown.
colored, February T. was sentenced to ff-
teen years in the penitentiary yesterday
afternoon by Judge Sutton. The jury found
him guilty of murder in the second degree
and recommended leniency.
Before sentence was passed Bartee made
a short statement to- the court, declaring
he had acted only in self-defense. Judge
Sutton reminded him that Ave or six wit
nesses had testified that he had been the
aggressor.
I've got a witness up above" Bartee
answered, that VIII test that question in
days TO come"
Judge sutton said the recommendation of
the jury for leniency had caused him to
shorten the sentence at least hve years.
motion for a new trial was argued and
overruled before Bartee was sentenced.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia, March s1.-(Spe-
cial)-While walking along the street here
one OF the teachers was attacked by four
high school boys who took him into an
alley and shaved on his moustache 1t is
Said that the boys had a grievance against
the teacher because Of the way he treated
them at school and used this method to
get even" with him. The teacher is very
indignant over the affair. He says, how
ever, that he will not prosecute the boys.
but will have the matter taken up by the
school board and attempt to have them ex-
PEELED from school The boys are members
OF some very prominent families and they
will secure attorneys to fight the case and
attempt 10 keep the boys in school.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

LOGAN, Ia. March S1.-(specisl.) DIR. /.
c. Wood, mayor OF Logan has made his
annual report Of municipal finances, which
shows a balance on hand OF Si.OSl.56, APP
portioned among the various funds as fol-
lows: General fund. S27O.55; water fund.
tSss.s5; light fund. na27; sinking fund,
Sl0.S9. The outstanding Indebtedness
amounts TO N,597.T at the present time.
$3.50 having been paid on during the
year just passed. rhirty-eight cement
crossings have been put in during the past
year and have been paid for
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01
Yankton Orators Compete.

YANKToN. S. D.. March si.-(speciai.)-
The annual oratorical contest OF Yankton
college was held last evening to decide who
should represent the institution at the state
oratorical contest in June at Huron. There
were three contestants and the affair drew
a large house. W. B. Butler was awarded
first place with an grafton on Abraham
Lincoln. Miss Laura Kirley took second
with Peace. the Worlds Goal" L. w.
Robinson took third. his Grafton being "A
Higher Journalism"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01
cOe COLLEGE Wins Debate.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, March a.-(Spe-
ciaL)-coe college defeated Monmouth col
lege here last evening In the most hotly
contested debate ever given from the col
lege rostrum- The question was RE
solved. That party candidates for all ofices
within the state be nominated by a direct
vote Of the people" Throughout the de-
bate each man threw himself into the fight
for all he was worth and the debate was
spirited and hard-fought from start to fin
ish. coe upheld the negative side OF the
question.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

bagatelle. Those who are closely watching
me situation say considerably higher prices
are IN view within the. next few weeks
window Glass Goes Higher.
window glass has advanced another 10
PEI cent and as the demand is heavy It Is
made in tho near future. Plate glass Is
steady but unchanged Sales of both. lines
are large, Turpentine is quoted at nc.
Lead at the old prices. and lnseed oil al
Ssc for raw and Ale for boiled Trade has
been very good In these lines
., me drug business has been fairly salts
factory during the week. There have been
a few fluctuations, but none of very great
Importance. Manufacturers OF codeine re-
fish bone has advanced and is now held AZ
from &c to PC. to quality OuInina
Is In moderate demand. No change IN
price. Opium is quiet, awaiting deVeIop-
ments OF the new crop. American "a ffran
Is very hrm at from $50 10 N76 Lover
prices are named for forward delivery. as
next month. Powdered white arsenic co.,
tinues firm In price owing 20 scarcity 10
Is quoted in kegs at 71haSc. Needle anti
mcny Is higher and is quoted at from l6o
to lsc. Flax seed is a trihe easier. TheTe
Is an exceptionally large den,a ma -
E Ehis on cake lot stock feeding purposes.
10 per ton. Crude rubber is In A ve,S
strong position and prices are turned up
paIS All manufactured rubber goods win
portance In essential oils. OH OF clo,, IN
cenphor, bergamot, pennyroyal and pen,
permint are very firm I'm price OH sasss
fras is also a tribe higher.
Bulls winning In Cotton.
Raw cotton advanced about Ic per mound
from the low point during the last len
days. A number OF operators In the mar
ket who have been on the bear side during
the entire crop season are now buyinR
for an advance: The result has been that
certain lines OF well known staple goods
bleaehed and brown goods Is hrmer than
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia, March s1.-(spe.
ciaL)-The food which came down the
Cedar river Thursday night began to rocede
yesterday without having done any great
damage. for the citizens had been so thor
oughly warf8 that most Of the merehan-
disc had been removed from the Easements
along the riverfront Every basement on
both sides OF the river had considerable
water in It and many OF them were flooded
to depth or many feet The water was
higher than II has been since 1884
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01
Pioneer SHOOT. Hin.sIs

LEAD, S. D.. March u.-(Speeisl Tele-
gram.)-At Silver City. In Pennington
county, Charles Seip. one OF the pioneers
Of the Black Hills and one OF the best
known men TO old-time residents com
mitted suicide by shooting himself through
the head with a revolver. Dependency
due to illness Is supposed to have been the
cause
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

osAGE Ia. March a.-(speclaL) Mrs.
Anton Williamson died at the dental once
OF DR.. Genung yesterday while under the
influence Of ehioroform. One tooth had
been extracted and she partially revived.
then suddenly fell back dead.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

II was sixty days ago. Ctirrent h,,stn...
NH NH local Jobbers IS only fair, but the
eS IcSce business on fall lines is largely in
h1,Si.,Sssoi last season up to this time. Big
s .htiiS, snlrts and duck line goods for fan
IT'D InIphhent Business on blankets and out
inss Is also good, and the market for these
so ,Sl Is strong. Collections are reported
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

The State Board of Health of Massa-
chusetts has recently secured from the
state legislature an appropriation of 5000
for an investigation of conditions prevail
ing in dangerous trades
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

All members OF Ak-sar-Ben lodge, No ia
ID. OF H.. are requested TO attend special
meeting at their hall at nth ana Vinton
Sunday afternoon at o'clock TO make
arrangements for the funeral Of our de-
parted sister, Mrs. oliver
MRS. MINNIE ELI.INGHUsEN.
Chief Of Honor.
MISS ANNIE KARscH.
Recorder
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

Miss Berolzheimer will be at the Pax
ton hotel Thursday, Friday and Saturday
with the latest millinery for Easter.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

The meeting of the Omaha Circle of
Mothers has been postponed from April
TO April IS.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

The current topics department will hold
its annual business meeting and election
OF officers for next year Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. W. II. Wilbur will be in charge of
the program and Mrs. C.. w. Hayes, Mrs
Henry Mcdonald and Mrs. Meyer will be
the speakers.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01

seamatreases Wanted
For cloak alteration room. Apply Cloak
Dept. Brandeis & Sons
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-01
To the Publtc

Get a pretty bunch OF violets free
Wednesday at Kern's millinery opening.