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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
G0NTOBANKRUPTCY
BUSINESS TROUBLES OF TWO AGER-
 CHANTS IN COURT.
Creditors of James l. Payne of x.sta. batehie sad ,. 1T. Penten of Flo- Eala Take Steps to collect
 nHOney.

A number of Montgomery firms are creditors in a voluntary petition filed in the United States Court yesterday by James l. Payne. a merchant of Leto- hatohie. and a local firm Is among ths petitioning creditors who yesterday filed papers forcing ]. T. Peuton. the proprietor of Florala saloon, into bankruptcy.
 C. Jones a railroad engineer of Mont gomery also flied a voluntary petition in the Federal Court.
 According to the schedule of James L Payne, his unsecured liabilities aggre- gate s5.s44.74. He places a value of s5,956.27 on his assets of which he claims S2,4ss.05 as exempt.
 The unsecured Montgomery creditors of Mfr. Payne are; schloss and Kahn. SELLS; W. RI. Hudson and Company, s307.0s; Virden and Company, $376; Abe We'll Sl63.22; Hobbia and Teague, ss3,31; Snow-Tullia Hardware Com pany, s11057; c. w. Barnett Hard- ware Company, sTl.?9; Mercantile Pa- per Company. s33.44; Loeb Carriage Company, s47.s4; Frank Tennille Fur nIture Company. slS2.35; W. A.. Brown. ls20.47; e. F. Moritz and Com pany, S25; Knowles Dry Goods Com" pany, SIT; George P. Haardt, s25; Fourth National Bank, Sel0.
 The largest single unsecured credi- tor is Johnnie Payne of Letohatehie which the schedule places at, t2.0oo as money advanced aAd used in the busi- ness during 1905 and 1906. Eliasberg and Brothers of Selma. are also unse- cured creditors in the sum of s2s7.
 In his schedule Mr. Payne indicates one secured creditor, The Roman Cot ton Company of Montgomery. The amount of the claim is Ss50 advanced during the fall of 1906. It is secured by twenty-three bales of cotton which the petitioner values at els00O.
 Among the assets of Mir. Payne are his homestead, valued at $1,500 and a horse and buggy. valued at S1sO. both of which he claims as exempt.
 q Mir. Payne values his stock at S2,S0O. Mortgages and notes owned and held by him he places at S1,660.S6, and oth- CT accounts at $l15.41.
 The involuntary petition against J. T. Penton of Florala was filed by firms alleging claims as follows: Loeb, Bloom and Company of Paducah, Ky. S2se65: J. W. Kelly and Company of Tennessee, S51S; Kemk0r- Woolwine Candy and Cracker Company of Ten
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
 q fSDsoE~ CoS

nassse. si6s.sB; orell Brothers Com pany of Montgomery s2a2lS.
 On petition. Meyer L. GFeil of Mont momery. was appointed receiver by the referee under a bond of Sf,00o. Tn the petition against the Fiorala liquor dealer. it 10 alleged that he 6 in- solvent and four acts of bankruptcy are alleged to have been committed by him during the past four months. 10 is represented that he conveyed cousid- erable real estate in Opp and Anda- iusla to T. c. Penton. Also that he conveyed or attempted to convey his stock of goods to A. T. Penton and Company. It is alleged that he traus- ferred a portion of bis property to creditor, the covington County Bank, and also that, on October l, 1905. he paid 9100 to l. Briekman and Company of Montgomery, one of his creditors.
 Mfr Penton was cited to appear De- cember 10 and show cause, if any, why he should not be adjudged bankrupt.
 c. Jones. the railroad engineer who filed a voluntary petition. schedules his liabilities at $ssB.2b. His only assets are S49.60 which he sets down as debts due him by the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
BOARD CASTS
 UP RETURNS Results of the State
 Election.
 e--- LESS THAN 10000 POLLED Justice Tyson 5s,S7I; PIeasants
 lO,OA. All of the Dsmoeratle Candidates For Congress and state Senate Were uceesufuI--Governor
 Issues Proclamation. 
LESS THAN 10000 POLLED

For Chief Justice of the Supreme Couxe--John R. Tyson, Be,7s1, s. s. RIeasanfs, 1Oy06z.
 For Associate Justices of the sa- preme Court-JOhn R. DOvvden, 50,311 Thomas o. Mcclellan, S0,344y Warren 6. Reese, 10y01S, Arthur Styles, 0,s11
 For Associate Railroad Comuaissaom- ers-ChnrIes Henderson, 5oy32O, John q. Hmrriss 50,1eSy Charles P. Lane, 10y012B Stephen A.. Leonard, aso1O; F. 6. waId- horst, A0S.
 The foregoing are the total results of ths ballots cast in the election held in Alabama on November as can- vassed yesterday by the State Election Board. The figures show the full poll Hing strength of the Democratic and Republican parties at that election.
 When the Election Board. which con- sists of the Governor. the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, met yesterday to open the returns, it was found that a mistake had been made in sending the returns from Talladega County, and the work of the Beard could not be completed until the mis- take had been corrected. The election oertifcatN from TalladeEa had been written acorrectly.
 Late in the evening the mistake was corrected, the returns were tabulated, and Governor Jelks issued proclama- tion announcing the results. This pros clafnation is published elsewhere in The Advertiser.
 The returns from the election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other executive officers, are sent to the Speaker of the House and are open ed by him on the first day of the ses- sion of the Legislature, when the re- suits are announced. The returns from elections for county officers, including Representatives, are opened and the re- suit is announced by the Probate Judges of the respective counties.
 The vote cast for Congressmen, State Senators and others according to the returns canvassed yesterday, were as follows, the first having been elect ed:
 For members of the sixtieth Con- Rress from Alabama:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
wANTED IN AIIssIssIPPI.
NegrO Captured Here Believed to he
 Murderer.

NegRO Captured Here Believed to be a
 Murderer.
 will Holmes, negro, who Is believ- ed to be wanted in Greenville, Miss, for the murder of his wife and his was arrested early Sunday morning in Montgomery by Bicycle Patrolmen Hammond and Curtis.
 The negro, who was arrested in Drivers Row answers to description of the man wanted. and while he de- uies that he committed any such crime, he acknowledges that he lived in that section until about year ago. about the time of the crime.
 The description of the negro is said to At very closely the man. who Is wanted at another point in Mississippi for the murder of a white man, the sheriff of his county. There is a, re- ward for the capture of this negro of S1 ,OOO. The reward for his capture for the murder of his wife and stepfather IS very small
 The negro is very black, and standg about six feet, two or three inches tall making him a very conspicuous figure. He weighs about 1so pounds. The ne- gro admits being well acquainted about Greenville. Miss, leaving there about a year ago for New Orleans, He later drifted along the coast as far as Pensacola, and came to Montgomery about five or six months ago. He was single at the time or coming here, but has been posing as a married man since. The woman with whom he has been living in Montgomery is said to be wanted at Burkville for breaking a contract to work for a man named Robinson.
 No response has been received to inquiries at Mississippi points as to pending charges against the negro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

First District--GeOrge ". Taylor. B. Second District--A. A. wiley. e.o0i; !. c. FonviIle. 75l.
 Third District-Henry D. Clayton, G. Fourth District--winiam B. crais. B,Ts2.
 Fifth District--J. Thomas Henin. S. $40. Sixth District--R. P. Hobson. s,sos. s,2e5; c. B. Kennamer. 4,si4; MT. Ken-
 Eight District---wiilian Richardson. S,s7S; T. T. Masterson, s17.
 Ninth District-oscar Underwood, 1.-
 For Senators from various Senator iai Districts of the State:
 First District--W. N. Hayes, l,el1,
 Second District--W. T. Lowe, l.bes. M. M, Davidson. 2,247.
 Fourth District--Robert E. spraggtns' i.2si. R. Gayle, 2e2.
 Sixth District--E. D. Hammer. 1884; D. H. Cross, 1,41s-
 Seventh District-F. L.. Blackmon. 1.2ss; D. M. Lewis, 1e4.
 Eighth District-J. w. Heacock, SSI. Ninth District--J. W. Qverton. 1,fss. Tenth District--Ja ". strothsr, Eleventh Distriot--Frank s. Moody 1, SIT.
 Twelfth District--M. l.. Leath, s.aoT; S. R. Crumpton. I,e42.
 Thirteenth District--NathanL L. Miller 7 Fourteenth Distriet---G. B. winber- ly, 1.21s.
 Fifteenth District--H. S. Dostsr. 2- Ss7: ". w. Wadsworth, 2.O4e.
 Sixteenth District. Evans Hinson. e0S- Seventeenth Distriet~-C. E Rsid' B. 16a.
 Eighteenth pistrict--H. E. Reynolds Nineteenth Distrfct--Norman Gunn' Twentieth District--J. '. King, 72t. Twenty-Ftrst Distrtct-0. Q. Bayies, Twenty-secOnd District--w. c, Jones Twenty-Third District--P. B. Davis, 1889; Thomas Gully, S26.
 TwentyFourth Dfstrict--H P, Thom- Tiwsnty-Fifh pistrict--Lueisn Gard Twsnty-sixth DistriO.--H. P. Msr- ritt, 734.
 Twenty-seventn District P. H. Glenn, 1,o0G~.
 Twenty Eighth District-charles-- B. :. Teasley, 1,3A5.
 Twenty-Ninth District-w. W. Bar bour, 2,211; A. l.. Lee, 34.
 Thirtieth District-Henrx. F. Reese. T3a.
 Thtrty-First District--George T. Mo- Whorter, 2,094.
 Thirty-sseond District--Amos H. Hor- ton, S96g
 Thirty-Third District-Max Ham burger, Jr., SIS; J. A. Wittner, 106. Thirty Fourth District--D. M. White. 3,010.
 Thirty-Fifth District--B. A. Forres- ter, 1,204.
 For Judge of the Eleventh Circuit C. P. Almon. 2.916.
 For Chancellor of the Northwestern Diviison-A. II. Benners. I0,3s4.
 All of the Congressman. Senators, Judge Almon and Chancellor Renners elected by the people are Democrats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
NEW CITY CHARTER
MONTGOMERY ALDERMEN ARE
 WORKING ON IT.
C0uneifs Special Comznittee VIII Meet
 Thfs Bvening-C -Commissiene
 System of GevsFnment Has Some Friends.


 What changes are needed in the or- ganic law under which the city of Montgomery Is operstingf Has the present charter of the city proved in- adequate. or improper. in any respects, and if go. how should 1t be chang6d by the coming session of the Legislature to make it more nearly perfectf What shajJ the members of the City Council and other o6actale of the city recom- mend 10 the incoming legislators as the right and proper changes to be-
 Is the present form of government the proper one. or should 1t be changed Tor another regime, entirely different in It's operation, which has proven suc- cessful elsewhere7
 These are some of the questions which are to be wrestled with this evening by the i've members of the special committee named some time ago by the City Council to take up tha matter of proposed changes in the pres-. ent charter, and suggest alterations for the Aldermen to act upon. The Legislative committee of the Council is to meet at the Council Chamber at 7:so o'clock, to take up the. matter of changing, to greater or less extent, the organic law of Montgomery.
 There are live members of the City Council upon this Committee, Aldermen T. Gardner Foster. Chairman; L. Strauss. !. Lee Holloway, A. l.. Tyson and Robert Tait.
 One suggestion. which will In all probability receive considerable atten- ton from tho committee, though 1t is hardly believed that 1t will be acted upon, is to change the entire form of the city government, as it at present exists. and adopt the scheme of having the city ruled by a Board of Public Works, or some such body, to consist, perhaps, of one member. or alderman. from each of the seven wards of the city
 The scheme. which is patterned some- what after the commissioner form of government. which has proven so suc- cessful elsewhere. includes practically the abolition of the Mayor and City Council, as the only Mayor the city would have would be the presiding of- fcsr of the Board of Public Works. who, as such, would of course be the. head of the city government, insofar as 1t would have q head. The Board of Aldermen, as at present constituted. would be discontinued, also, being suc- ceeded as 6 Legislative body by the compact Board of Public Works, each member of which would be especially well qualified to lsgislate for the city, as he would be required to spend his entire time supervising it's affairs. and being paid accordingly.
 It ts argued in favor of this coalition of the legislative and judicial functions of the city chat the laws which the Board thought of sufficient import ance to enact would be enforced, as the same officials would be given the duty of carrying the laws into effect, as well as enacting them. The laws. 1t Is urged, would become more practical and just, because of this nearness of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

Total ..........'s- .Vo,b0@s tV
 The members of the Board present at the meeting were Messrs. Houghton. Brown and Barnes. At 12:15 o'clock an adjournment was taken to next Mon- day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
HARgaIs sURRENDERs.
Negro Who shot and H1illea @Chaata-
 mO0ma HAa.S

Arthur Harris, the negro who shot and Killed chattanooga Kid." anoth- CT negro. Saturday evening, in the pool room connected with Frank VII. sbn's saloon at Pollard and Decatur streets, and who escaped, walked into police headauartars at 12:s6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. and gave himself up to the officers.
 As was stated in The Advertiser, the fatal shooting was the outcome of an affray between the two negroes In the pool room ovar deme, and during which -Chattanooga Kid" assaulted Harris with a big knife. The shot was fIred into the top of the head the course of the bullet ranging down- ward through the brain, aud causing instant death.
 While Harris refuses to talk con- cerning the crime. it, Is understood that seif-dseenGs will Do his claim. and will bs interposed upon the trial of the case as legal defense to the crime charged.
 Both negroes are said to have unsa- voFy. regulations, at Birmingham. amohg oeaec. places.
 A warrant against Harris, formalIy charging him with murder, was sworn out before Justice B. c. Young yes- tsrday afternoon. and that magistrata will likely fix the time of the pre- liminary examination today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
DEATH or MRS. BROwDnR,
Well Known oman Passes Away at
 Prairleville.

Demopolis, Nov. 19.-(special. )--- Demopolis and community was sad dened yesterday by the announcement of the death of Mrs. M. L. Browder, who had died the night before at her home at Prairieville, fifteen miles east of this city. The deceased was Identified with the earlier history of this country. having come here in 1888. She leaves many friends and relatives in Demopolis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

Secretary Bonaparte denounces the greedy Trust as the hogs of com merce." Mir. Bonaparte may not be-. lieve it, but they are the hogs of pol. ities also without their eontribu- tions some great men might never have been in the cabtnet-Dallas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

Although Secretary Bonaparte has been called a "cab horse" 1t turns o=s ton Post.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-30
Successful Rabbit Trap.

A new rabbit trap is being used in
Australia with great success, whereby
rabbits may be caught alive in very
large numbers. The trap itself is
eighteen inches long. twelve inches
high and six inches in width. 1t has q
balanced moving floor and a door at
each end. which opens and closes auto
matically. The weight of rabbit on
the inverse end Of floor closes the
door behind him by which he has en-
tered and opens the door in front lead
ing to the trap yard, SO that the rabbit
has no option but to go on, and when
he leaves, the trap goes back to its
former position, thus resetting itself.
The small trap yards are constructed
of double wire netting fences, in the
spaces between which green fodder or
hay is cultivated or provided, and, al
though these foods cannot be reached
by the rabbits, it entices them to enter
through the traps to try and get out
the fodder from the other side. Two.
three or more traps may be used In
connection with each trap yard. A
ranchman says that with two Of the
traps set at a small water hole he
caught $50 rabbits In one night.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-30
Will Revive Athletics.

BOSTON, Mass, July 30.-The
Boston Athletic association will hold a
special meeting this afternoon for the
purpose of considering steps to re-
vive the interest in active athletics
among the members of the association
When the organization was formed
the members were mostly young men,
active and proficient in the various
track and field sports. One by one
the athletes of the club began to re-
tire from active work, however, and
finally, the club was no longer repre-
scented in various athletic contests in
the east. An effort will be made to at
tract young and active members, who
will be able and willing to compete in
athletic contests, for the honor of the
club.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-30
RHEUMATISM GERM.
New York Doctor Discovers Bacillus
of Painful Disease.

New York Doctor Discovers Bacillus
of Painful Disease.
After eighteen years Of unavailing
search by scientists all over the world
the germ that causes rheumatic fever,
or acute articular rheumatism. has
been discovered in the Presbyterian
hospital laboratory in New York by
DR.. Lewis Eek Frissell, attending
physician to the Seton hospital.
DR.. Frissell has described to the
alumni of the Presbyterian hospital
his experiments. He first made an
effort to isolate an organism from the
fluid drawn from the joints Of rheu-
matte patient This was injected into
the veins of rabbits without result.
Next cultures were taken from the
tonsils of persons suffering from both
tonsilitis and articulas rheumatism
Failure again.
Finally the experimenter selected an
alcoholic woman who was found In a
hospital ward suffering from articular
rheumatism Of eleven years standing.
A culture was taken from her tonsils.
Microscopic germs were found linked
together in chains A rabbit into which
the germs were injected became lame,
as with rheumatism. The animal was
killed, and the germs taken from it
were injected into ten other rabbits.
All of these after a time developed
true rheumatic symptoms.
The rheumatic germ thus isolated is
described by DR.. Frissell as looking a
good deal like some other "diplOcOcci'
or "streptococci' germs. 1t possesses,
however, a special affinity for the
joints.
DR.. Frissell concludes that, while
exposure to wet and damp may bring
on rheumatism. the real cause is a
specific germ Rheumatism he classes
as an infectious disease which occurs
In epidemic form. Pleurisy and rheu-
matism Of the heart, he told the alum
nj, were both probably due to the new
ly discovered germ.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-30
Meeting Held In Tacoma to Plan
Comprehensive Campaign
TO ASK LEGISLATURE FOR 100000
COMMITTEE NAMED TO DRAFT
BILL APPRoPRlATING MONEY
WITH WHICH TO ADVERTISE.

Following the meeting Of the Wash
ington State Press association in Ia
coma last week the plan to boost the
state of Washington for the two years
prior to the Alaska-Yukon exposition
and to induce people to come to Wash
ington to live was given an energetic
start.
Among those who took part in the
meeting at Tacoma were: Governor AL
bert E.. Mead, William Jones, S. A.
Perkins, L. w. Pratt Tacoma; former
Governor John M. McGraw, Seattle;
w. H. Cowles and r. B. Paterson,
Spokane; Walter Lingenfelder, editor
of the Statesman, Walla Walla; o. L..
Hanson, Kennewick.
The plan is to ask the next legisla-
ture for an appropriation amounting to
work, advertising the state.
Two resolutions offered by S. A.
Perkins and embodying the immediate
purposes of the movement are as fol-
lows: THAT the persons present at
this conference recommend that their
respective organizations urge the ap-
preparation by the next state legis-
lature of 100000 for advertising the
resources and advantages of the state,
to be expended under the direction of
a commission of seven members to be
appointed by the governor and repre-
senting the various sections and lead
ing commercial organizations of the
state, not more than one member to
be selected from any one county.
THAT a committee of three, con-
sisting Of John H. McGraw of Seattle.
r. B. Paterson of Spokane and l.. w.
Pratt of Tacoma, be appointed to draft
a bill in accordance with the recon-
mendatiOns of the resolution previous
ly adopted, provided the same is rati-
fled and approved by the organizations
here represented, and submit the same
to all the commercial organizations of
the state, requesting their support in
securing it's enactment by the next
legislature"
In case the proposition carries If
will undoubtedly be handled from
Olympia, as the publicity bureau would
want to be in the closest touch with
the state officials This will also pre.
clude any objection on the part of
larger cities.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-30
SOME AUGUSTS ARE HOT
Temperature Of 113 Degrees Was
Recorded on 10Th Ii 1888
OBSERVER ISSUES DATA FOR MONlh
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE Is u
DEGREES AND MONTH is
USUALLY CLEAR.
OBSERVER ISSUES DATA FOR MONTH

August is usually month OF ciear
weather. high temperature and with
little rainfall, according to data for
the month issued by Observer Newman
this morning. The mean or normal
temperature is "A degrees although an
average high temperature of IS de-
grees was recorded during the August
of 1898. which holds the record for
heat for that month. The coolest Au-
gust during the past 10 years was In
1899 when an average temperature OF
Sc degrees was maintained.
113 Degrees in 1898.
The highest temperature recorded
during August was 113 degrees on the
10th in 1898. The lowest was "A de-
grees on the 31st in 1887.
The average precipitation for the
month is .3S of an inch. The greatest
rainfall for the month was 2.16 inches
in 1899 and the least was merely a
trace in 1888. Eighty-nine hundredths
of an inch is the greatest rainfall re-
corded during any "a consecutive hours
recorded on the 31st in 1896.
Twenty four Clear Days.
The average number of clear days is
"a; partly cloudy six and cloudy, one.
the south with an average hourly We
locity of 5. 3 miles. The highest We
on the Sth in 1897.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-30
Teachers Returning from Tour.

NEW YORK, July 30.-The party Of
which started from here on the last
days of June returned today, after
having made a highly interesting and
instructive tour of the United States,
including a number of large cities or
west, the Yellowstone Park, the Grip
pie Creek mining region, the Grand
Canyon, San Francisco, Seattle, Spo-
kane, Portland, ETC.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-30
A Life Saving Net.

Equally important with the saving
from burning buildings. When i'm
prisoned in the upper floors, with the
regular means Of exit cut off, it is Of
ten necessary to resort to extreme
measures. Under the stress of excite
ment persons in such a predicament,
especially women and children. lose
their self control and leap from win
dows, regardless Of the height from
the ground. The apparatus herewith
shown was designed especially for
such emergencies. when there is not
sufficient time to raise the ladders. II
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-30

"This is no time for mirth or laughter,
"Tis the cold grey dawn of the morn
ing after"
There will he no morning AFTER If
you will carry a box of CALIFORNIA
PRUNE WATERS, and take few be-
fore going to bed. They will fix you
breakfast
100 WATERS Is CENTS
Sold by L. L. Tallman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-07-30
Strength of Catgut.

In paper OH catgut strings publish.
ed in the American Journal Of Science
]. r. Benton deals with tests Of the
mechanical properties Of the catgut
strings used on musical instruments,
most Of the experiments being carried
out with violin Estring. The results are
briefly as follows: Elongation at rup-
ture, Is to 10 per cent Of original
length; tensile strength, forty three Kill
ogrammes per square millimeter, or
10000 pounds per square inch as
against wood 10000 pounds per square
inch, leather 5000 and hemp ropes
$4,000.