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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-07
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c. G. Abercrombie & Co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-07

NEW YORK STOCK LIST.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05

the immense corruption fund which. to judge from The Chronicles reasoning. elected Mckinley and Roosevelt. In short. it Is carrying the adage thar "the end justifies the means" to the extent that the most extensive ras- cality in the use of money was jus tihahle # ii secured the triumph of the Republican ticket That is plat ing sin with gold with vengeance.
 And The Chronicle also tells us tha. "the worst sin in the whole gamut Of wickedness is ingratitude." Of course it is. In the eyes of those who benefited by the slush fund. The entire party. beginning with the Pres ident and going down to the humblest employe who holds a position under the administration. Is bound to feel grateful to those who did so much to corrupt the electorate. and must show that gratitude in substantial manner. Tnis may be good politics. and doubt less is so from Republican view, but it lacks something of being honest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
Alabama Water Power.

Mobile Item.
 The passage by the Senate of the Mussei Shoals improvement bill renews public interest In this great water ment of the water power of the streams of Alabama has been the theme of po- litieal and industrial addresses; orators have glowingly dwelt upon the vast riches in industries and population that the harnessing of this power would bring to the State. Since the intro duction of electric power and it's trans mission through the use of the turbine wheel. has becQme a leading factor in industrial activity. ina gination has run high, viewing the possibilities of the Coosa. the Warrior, the Cahaba and the Tennessee. With the wasted en- ergy of 10000 to 200,00O, horsepower in by tho turbine, sent along wires as electric currents and applied to turning the busy wheels of industries the bright future of that rart of Alabama can but be assured, The distance covering these shoals of the Tenn nessee is. forty falls of the Coosa from Marble Valley to Wetumpka have fall of 235 feet within a distance of forty-five miles, The power at Wetumpka, it has been said by an expert. is fully equal to that of St. Anthony Falls. the centre of other great undeveloped water powers In the State which await the coming of capital and~lnodes of transportation. The Cahaba, above Centerville, has fall of 120 feet in twenty one miles, and the Black Warrior, above Tusca- IoGsa has fall of 100 os,;sS feet in thirty horsepower busy in the factory. the in- dustrial development of Alabama would be great.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05

legislative departments. excluding the Judiciary from all participation or
 right of review. save only upon the constitusional ground above mention
 We. are practically shut up. to the conclusion that the motive here att work Is the fear that the courts will ovcrset the decisions of the connlis- sions, as they have In innurherable instances already overset them: The effect, of course. would be to deprive the owners of railroad property or that projection of the courts which the owners of other classes of prop erty enjoy. Any freight charge which the conamissiun "in its Judgment" de, termined to De just, reasonable. and fairly. remunerative. and any. regula- tion It might impose would haye, the force of a. statute. Under the bill as It passed the House a complaint on the part or the carrier that the rate was unreasonaply low. or that 1t had not been fixed in accordance with law would not be entertained by the courts. They would tell him that Congress had made the commission the exclusive judge of Teasonableness. and that its acts and decis,ons must be accepted as law unless the rate was so low as to be eonhscatory, when 1t would be subject to review Tho au- thors and supporters of the bill piaiE ly' intend to withhold from the courts the power to give relief
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
MONDAY, MARCH ,, 1906.
ANOTHER GREAT PROJECT.

In this day of great engineering schemes and accomplishments we need not be surprised at anything that Is proposed or discussed. We have here- tofore had something to say about the proposition to build d continuous line of railway from America to Europe by way of tunnel under Boring Strait. and il would not be safe to say that 1t will not De done II is not impossi- ble and whatever is possible may be accomplished.
 Another great project Is favorite with Andrew Carnegie. who hopes to live long enough to see 1t finished, and that is a continuous line of railway from North to South America. One branch of the road, as outlined. would begin at Hallifax. Nova Scotia. fol- lowing the general line of the Eastern and Southeastern coast of the United States into Mexico and then down the length of the Isthmus and on to Val paraise. Chilli Another great line would leave this one somewhere in Mexico, and run up the west coast
 
 Strait and the proposed tunnel stin another main line would be construct ed from Halifax to Sltka. through British North America
 , But even this doesn't show the full scope of the ambition of those who are only satisfied with great undertak- ings. They faresee the time when a man can board train at Cape Horn, the extreme southern point of South America, and make a continuous rail- way trip to the Cape of Good Hope. at the southern extremity of Africa. The estimated shortest distance is twenty thousand miles, and 1t would require good many days to accom- plish it. but that is mere matter of detail for the enthusiasts. Somebody in the future may find even such trip as that not impossible
 After all, it. is largely a matter of comparison and progression. The be- ginning of railroading in America was about 1890. when short lines were be- ing constructed and rude steam en- zines were drawing ruder trains of cars over still ruder tracks If any one at that time had predicted that in three-quarters of century or less, trains would be running from New York to San Francisco. he would have been looked on as a fit subject for the asylum. The wiseacres then could have given plenty of reasons why if would be an utter impossibility to construct railway across the conti- ! nent, but now we know that their | reasoning was not sound and the other projects may come about in the natural course of events. just as we are now building roads throughout the length and breadth of the United States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
Were the Irish the First settIers.

Macon Telegraph.
 MT. Daniel J.; Dwyer. in The Irish
 World. makes the statement that the first white settlers in this continent
 were Irish and he undertakes to es-
 ths faGt that been found In Iceland. He says that these manuscripts were written. long before the birth of Columbus and that southeastern part of what Is now known as the United States and which was then called Great Ireland or White Mans Land" the latter being the In- dian appellation. Mir. Dwyer goes an to say that modern research unequiv- ocally affirms that the first recorded white colonists of this contin ent wer" hsre nearly igvV & years net9re SGsnn ha fore the Eorsemen, and that they came from Ireland.
 Mir. Dwyer maintains that there are many records to show that there were numerous sea voyages by the Irish in the sixth century and that ancient Ire- land was a sailor nation and that the harbors of Ireland In the time of Taci- tus were better known to merchants than those of Britain. He says that the Irish nionarchs dispatched power ful fleets to fight the Romans in Eng land and that in one of the documents discovered in Iceland is description of Labrador Nova Scotia. New Found land, New England and farther south.
 All the foregoing is especially inter v the Irish organizations do annual hon. or to the patriots Of their country and to St. Patrick. We all know that there has always been on the At- lantic coast all the way from New Orleans to Boston strong Irish cle- ment of the population. In comment ing upon MT. Dwyers revelation, The Charleston News and Courier very apt " ''In view of the near approach of St. Patrick's Day. and for the proper of that great event. 1t !s important that these facts should be given to whom honor Is due. not that we would detraet In the slishtest sl1as Colombo. but that we would even at this late day correct some Of the misapprehensions of ill- informed historians, whether they bc Of the Ericsson or the Columbus schools as to the first of our progen- ltors, and from the earliest times down 10 the present 1t must be admitted that Inc Irish have always taken a proni- nent part in the development of thls country"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
CongregatiOn Made Unconscious.

The congregation of the United Tabernacle church in Columbus, O., had startling ex- perience on Sunday As they left at inc close of the services, men and women began to drop unconscious in the street until about a score had fallen. and were hastily carried to the nearby residences. where physicians were obliged to work over them from one to three hours before they were revived. Ii appeared that the congregation had been inhaltng the fumes of natural gas, which escaped from the basement into the body of tho church, The ianitor had lighted two gas stoves Saturday afternoon, in order to have the church warm for Sunday service Sometime during the night the fire in one of these stoves went out. causing the aas to escape in great quantities This was dis covered when the building was opened Sun day morning and windows were thrown open to give through airing There was failure. however. to open the doors or win dows in the basement of the church, where the gas had collected. and whence it leaka1 through the ventilator in the church floor during the service. No odor was observable CT trouble experienced until the people reach ed the open air and great consternation was caused as one member of the congre- gation after another either became hysterj- cal or sank unconscious to the pavement All the victims had practically recovered bv Monday. and that church will at once install a hot air furnace
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
Farms Awaiting the Farmers.

kansas City Journal.
 All over the country there are farms crying for tilling and there are few responses. The lure of the city has absorbed thousands of the best young people of the agricultural district. If no plan Is found for keeping young men and women on the farms then large scheme of emptying the cities of their poor and helpless should be evolved. It is one of the incomprehenr sible phases of the situation that. no matter how poor and suffering the average family of the city slums may be, 1t prefers to suffer the miseries Of the tenements rather than go out into the country where healthful employ ment awaits all and where the pure air will revive debilitated bodies and the sunshine win back the feeble tides of life
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
Marking the oId Trails.

Boston Herald.
 A movement Is spreading through the west which has for its object the permanent marking of the old trails along which the country was pene- trated and crossed by adventurers and emigrants in the period before the con- struction of railroads. This is highly praisewoTthy undertaking and to the degree that the object Is faithfully ac- complished will be a more noteworthy constribution to history than many of the books that are so classed. out in Kansas they have a trial day" which is observed in the Kansas public schools. This year the day was observed last month. The nurnose of 1t is to instruct the child ren in the history of the old Santa Fe trail, with It's significance in the growth of the west and through the interest thus aroused in the com munity to raise money for marking the course of the trail which stretched for 400 miles across what is now the state of Kansas when it was a wilder ness
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
Execufor,s Soie

Under and by virtue of f.an order Of. sale made by the Honorable A D. Sayre. Judge of the City Court 5f asg Sf Febraarg h s sss R o oass tas Bs ssh ing in said City Court Of Monegoni- cry, in equity, wherein Bessie K. Mas al i are H defendants. the the Sndersignsds @ ass as ss highest bidder for Vcsfh cash, at @ aastien. 'i st the srtesian basin in ths City MqSt. day of March. 1906, during the legal hours of sale all the right. title and m sss ta which e9 b Patrick NSsse had ing described real estate. in the County of Montgomery, and State of Alabama
 Lots I. and 3, in Block One. of original lot lz: and lots S.e. lo and c9Grding to a subdiyision 9f Van Dorn.s each of said lots having a frontage of 46 feet and 3 depth of I2e feet:
 of the City. of Montgomery known as
 Also. lot 2s of that part of the city ef foD on kpsTn sr as dWe add feet.
 Also. an undivided one half interest in lot is of that part of the City of Montgomery known as the Sayre pla.. said lot having frontage of 50 feet on the West side of Amanda street and
 Also. lot 52 according to the subdl- vision of block Four of the Peacock tract. said lot having a frontage of 47 feet on Jefferson Davis Avenue and < Also. lot 12 in Block l. in that part of the City Of Montgomery, known as of 50 feet and depth of 14s feet:
 Also. a certain tract or parcel of land st the corner of Inse. and Eussns Montgomery. known as the Watts plat and more particularly described, ss follows: beginning at the Northeast running thence East along Eugene street. 14s feet; thence South 99.7 feet: thence East again s6.5 feet: thence feet to lnge street; thence North, :. along the East side of Inge street 149.7 feet to the point of beginning. having
 Aiso s the foiioWing odesc described Iots or parcels of land in that part of the City of Montgomery known as North Mont Block Seven; iots and an 4 in fn1 Block lots : and 8 in Block Seventeen; lots teen lots O and q }l s in ld e'GGk YG E Eiss sa 16 in Block Nineteen; lots and 6 In !. block Twenty-onei lots IS and fl In 5 in Block Twentv.four; lots 3, 4. Q, and 10 in Block Twenty-seyen; lot 10 In Block }Twenty-nine; lots and 8 ;n Block Thirty; lot in Block Thirty one; lots l. ?. 3. G.. z. 10 and 16 in Block Thirty-fve; lots 5. 6, ? and in {, Block Thirty-six: lots 3 and f in Block and lot in Block Forty; all of which lots are vacant except lot 4 in Block Eight, lot in Block Twen- ty-seven and lot in Block Forty. each of which has q two room house teen: lots 3, 4. 5. g. 10 and II in Bfock ~, Eighteen, and lot 1 in Block Twenty one. each of which has a one room house thereon
 Also. the West half of the N. E. quarter, Section D. and the N. D. quar- ter of the N. W. quarter, of Section 6: the \. ". quarter of the N. F. quar- ter, ter Section $, all in Township. 1s, Rangs
 Also, the s. E. quarter of the $. E. quarter, except 5;2S acres on the East side thereof and 23.72 acres of of the West side of the N E. quarter of the s. F. quarter. all in Section 5, Town-
 Bessie K. Massie.
 Executrix.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
Dlstru.t of Federal Courts.

New York Times.
 and the House of Representatives ap- pear to distrust the Federal courts They seek by the enactment of tho
 Hepburn bill to confer upon the Inter- state Commerce Commission autoeratic power over railroad rates. limited only hv the constitutional right Of appeal ae-ainst A rate so low as to be con- flscatory. So far as we can see there is no other plausible or sufficient ex- planation of the es,dert's opposi- ton to an amendment providing for "Reminiscences of the House in the Elimination of that provision. which was a part of the Eseh. Townsend bill of rate-making leRislation frankly confess their unwillingness to see the Sill quaIifed by. the appeal provision This means, and the attitude of the President means, that the purpose sought 10 be accomplished is the con troi of rates by the executive ans
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
SPECIAL PLEAnINc

The Chicago Chronicle has wbat may be considered defence or mo- litical corruption funds. It speaks or the danger threatening tho country by reason of the free silver craze. and says:
 Now. what was It that plucked ns from the gulf of dark despair in ybj..b the Tree silver craze had plunged ue and inaugurated this unheard of and lndescribabIe prosperity? It was thr contributions of these corporations t1 the Mckinley campaign fund. Thn proper sentiment was abundant in inc country, Of course, but 1t took monSt- to develop and organize ii and the suDl needed was SO large that it could never have been raised in small amounts even if the small amounts could hay" been ultimately secured. IL was es- sential that large sums should ba given and given without delay, anI that was done and could onIv have been done by the corporations
 This is what we may consider a hit of special pleading in Justification of the use of money To influence elections IL is a plea in defence and Justification 1f the large companies and corpora. lions which took the money of others robbed policy holders and stole from widows and orphans in order to swell
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
MARCH 5 IN WORLDS
 HISTORY
E a A z '; ss E ~ s s s ss % es s
by American Pr

(Service by American Press-News.
 Washington. D. C.)
 Church Day-Frederick, sun rises 6:20, sets $40.
 leso-Monk's parliament ordered the printing. and setting up in churches the solemn league and covenant.
 I6S6-Janles H. forbade the bishops to preach on eontroverted points. q.
 173f--The servants. called footnen" occasioned 8 riot at Drury Lane The atre, London. alleging that they had been shut out of the galley gallery, to
 iS05-THe mouth of the cuyahoga River. where the city of Cleveland now stands, made port Of entry on Lake Erie.
 1S29-Battle near the river Eatonebi. in Asiatic Turkey, between the Turks and Russians, in which the former lost 1000 and the latter 200 men.
 1S2s-President Jackson's inaugural address was received in New York city by express twenty-six hours after it's delivery at Washington.
 1s3O-Abraham Lncoln's father moved with his family from Indiana to
 iS54~Martiale law proclaimed throughout Russia and Poland by spe- cial authority from the Czar.
 1S55-Ratifications of the treaty or alliance between Sardinia ana the transmitted to other goyernments the declaration of war against Russia.
 lS60--Mr. Coode of PennSyiyania throws . firebrand into the House at Washington by introducing two reso- lutions for the appointment of a com mittee to investigate whether the Pres ident or any other officer of the Gov ernment has, by money, patronage or other improper means. sought to in- fuence the action of Congress or any committee thereof for or against the passage of any law appertaining to the rights of any territory,s and also to investigate the charges Of improper use of money to carry elections and the reported posteftlce and navy yard abuses; the resolutions after consid- erable opposition, were adopted, when the President protests against them as violating his constitutional rights and the committee makes an elaborate report in June.
 1S61--General Beauregard took com mand of the troops at Charleston:
 1S63--Five regiments of infantry, two of cavalry, and one battery, under the command of Colonel Coburn, at tackled by a superio~ force of Confed- crates Under Van Doren, at Thompson's Station, near Franklin, Tenn The forces gained the day; Fed eral loss f20 killed and 1906 prisoners.
 1S75-The German Government is- sued a decree prohibiting the importa" Ljon of American potatoes.
 1SS5-President Cleveland sent to the senate his Cabinet nominations. Ob- lection made to Bayard for Secretary of State and the confirmation vote went over.
 1S95-Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt in New York secured an absolute divorce and the custody of their three children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05

We knew all along that there was something lacking in the Washington birthday business. but for the life of us couldn't think what it was till a contemporary casually mentioned that not one of hs body-servants was present to take part in any of the celebrations That is just what was lacking and we feel humiliated at not having thought of it, An observance of Washington's birthday without hav- ing at least one of his body-servants in attendance is like leaving Hamlet out Of the play It is true that the great man has been dead something more than a century, but that little obstacle should not have prevented some old darkcy from claiming that he at least shined de gin'ral's' shoes, even if none could be found who drove
 his carriage The matter should be
 seen To before another anniversary ar
 riyes and nave the deficiency supplied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
Empress Embarrassod

TheGerman empress recently had some what dlsconcerting experience While stay ing at the imperial hunting castles in Alsace she paid visit to a village school a few miles from Strasburg. Before leav- ing she gave the pupils the customary per- mission to ask any request they pleased with the promise that she would grant it. if in her power to do SO Fully expecting tbe favor would take the form of a whole holi- day or a supply of cakes. she was not a Iit- tie embarrassed when one of the older girls stood uD and in A somewhat trembling voice asked that the French language be taught In that school Her majesty looked thoughtfully. but realizing the necessity of keeping her word. she gave the permission. to the great delight of the pupils.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
BnsIaes. Method. in Farmias.

Thousands of farmers in the more opuient agricultural regions of the country still conduct their farms in 8 hapazard way. but everywhere the advantage and necessity of the bust- ness spirit are being recognized. The west has been warned. for example. that the fertilizer problem of the east and south will have to be met before many decades unless the soils are put under better rotations and economy or land Is being preache. It is now generally accepted as a truism that the better the business man the agricul- turist. of today becomes, the more profitable will be found that occupa- tion which once was described by knee, though not wholly wise farmer, in the statement that "farmin" ain't all keepin' books, by long shot,"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
All Gone.
Hampers Weekly.

Harper'S Weekly.
 The editor of a paper in Richmond tells of the assignment given to a young woman in the employ or that journal to cover the wedding of the daughter of a wellknown citizen.
 The society editor" was prevented by sickness from attending the cere- mony. and so was obliged to make the best she could of a secondhand account of the festivities.
 Early in. the morning after the we'd ding the young woman repaired to the home of the brides parents. To the
 T have called to get some Of the de- tails of the wedding
 An expression of intense regret came to the dusky countenance of the ser want.
 'Ise awful sorry, miss!" she exclaino- ed, but dey is all gone You oughtor come last night. De company eat up every scrapw
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
Stick to Alabama.
Florence Times.

Florence Times,
 We note that the heavy emigr,- tion to Texas and the southwest tha. prevailed few years ago has fallen to small proportions. The people o( they possess a land that is more gen crafty blessed than the windy, treeless plains. where drought and flood hold;
 The Times has frequently advised young men to buy Alabama land, and if they give 1t the same attention re- quired in other lines of business only be independent of real hard times. in fact panics may come and go and they will be able to have and enjoy three square meals a day three hqIndred and sixty five days in a year without giv- ing a waive note.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-05
 Some Georgia Philosophy.

Atlanta Constitution.
 We lose more time in growing at the weather than we do in chinking the cracks in the shutters to keep 1t out.
 There's no use in living in the sor~ rowfui country while the hills of hal leluia beckon us on.
 The folks that live the plainest live the happiest and yet it's only human nature to keep reaching after riches.
 Some of us think life is holiday, when the fact is, we hardly have time enough to shout "Hoorayi and be happy,