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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
TUSCALOOSA FEDERAL BUILDING
Some Interesting Figures are Fur
 nished the Treasury Department.

Some Interesting Figures are Fur
 nished the Treasury Department.
 Tuscaloosa, July 1G.-(Special )-The S15O, ,oOO Federal Building. which Is to be erected on the old Washington Ho- tel site is a source of much interess to Tuscaloosians just now. The entire lower floor will be used by the postof- flee. The following interesting figureS have been furnished the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department in order that he may be given an idea of the size of the building needed TOT future as well as present needs. Pos tai receipts for the year ending June 30 1893. $6,133.7S. Postal receipts for the year ending June 30, 1903. $l2.4oo. hence, S22, ,00O. Population of Tusca- loosa. 1893, 4,2I6 Population of Tus- caloosa 1903. 5000. Estimated popula' tiop of Tuscaloosa ten years henes, l9,. 900. Estimated number of square feet for use in lobby and floor. lO,66O. Es- tfmated number of square feet needed ten years hence 15.00O
 Tuscaloosa ranks as the seventh of- fee in the State according to the last report of the Auditor of the Postof1ce Department On account of the Fed eral Court and the offices to pc oceu pied by the engineer and his assistants who have the Black Warrior river im- movements in hand the building will be larger and will cost much more than florence. At the time Miss Margaret Miller was appointed postmaster iE Iss7 the Departmept made an allow ancc for one clerk. The Department now consists of Ave clerks, three city carriers. one R. F. D. carrier and two substitute carriers. The total sales fol the year ending June So' 1906, were
 William Hood died Saturday evening at the home of his parents. MT. and Mrs. Israel Hood. MT Hood had been i'll for several weeks but It was not general known that his sickness was of so serious a nature. He was born in Tuscaloosa. aJnuary B., 1859. and was widely known and had host or friends. He attended the State univer- : sity fn 1878 He is survived by his parents. a sister. Mrs. J. O. Hood Of south Carolina. and one brother II. A Hood of this city. s A.
 News has been received here or the marriage of Miss Inda Walker or Alex andcr City to Mckinney Thomas MISS Walker graduated with the class or '0e at the Central Female College,
 l.. Nj Ward, who recently stood tne United States railway .postonee exam ination, has received his papers statlne that he passed a successrul examina- tion and at the same time requestlne him to report at ChattanooEa ininne- diately where he will be placed ln tne service. Mir Ward is one or Iusca- ] ioosa's hriEhtest young men'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
lor eosslasration ct the meeting today

for consideration at the meeting today are as follows;
 The. election of two members of the Executive Committed, made vacant by the resignation of J. J. Cotter. Super intendent of the Birmingham Division of the Southern Railway. and A.. Griges. Superintendent Alabama Great southern Railroad to engage in other business
 Car service and storage rules on cotton in car loads and less than car Iloads. The manager will present the iopinions of the various attorneys in regard to the enforcement of car ser- |vice and storage rules on cotton. The advisability of adopting a uni form rate to be applied where cars are misused by industries for handling car plant to another. This subject listed lat the redhest of a member.
 The advisabtlity of placing in pub- |lic or bonded warehouses all car load |or less than car load freight detained In railroad warehouses over seven days
 A report by the manager calling at- tention to the car service due by vari- ous furnaces. rolling mills. etc, which
 shows that the agreement reached at the conference of representatives of this Association and the furnaces. roll- ling mills. etc, has not up to this time been complied with
 The question of the punching of cars consigned to firms situated on the Belt
 Railroad. this subject being listed at the request of a member. Relations with the Birmingham Southern Railroad, this being necessa- Try by reason of the fact that the Bir-
 mingbam Southern has been bought by
 the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company. atd will be operated by that
 company in future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
FUMES sroPrnp nusINnss.
Leak In Ammonia Tank at Asarke
 Cnuaen Anmaynnre

Leak In Asamonia Tank at Market
 Causes Annoyance.
 A leak in the ammonia pipes of the refrigerating apparatus of the Palace Market at No. Court Square caused a temporary suspension of business in the immediate vicinity of the market about o'clock yesterday morHing.
 The Palace Market is owned by R. H Yelverton. Tn the rear of the store Is a large refrigerator in which ammonia is used as the cooling agent. From some unknown cause one of the large pipes of, ammonia sprang leak and the pungent fumes drove the clerks to the street.
 The fumes spread from the market to the stores on either side and the clerks of Duncan May and the Lnsseter Gro cery store were compelled to shut their doors.
 No one was able to enter the front door of .he market to repair the leak and by the time an entrance was made through the rear of the store the am Inonia had covered the floor and side walk.
 The break was .epaired aud the ann monia washed into the gutters, but 1t was some time before the stores in the vicinity of the market resumed pusi- ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
semi-AnnuaI Meeting VIII Be Held Tnnalaclaf.

semi-AnnuaI Meeting VIII Be Held
 Tonight.
 The Commercial Club will hold its July meeting tonight at 8 o'clock.
 An additional interest attaches to this occasion, because 1t happens to be the semi-anuual meeting of the Cloo as well.
 There will be reports from the vari- ous committees of work accomplished in the past and planned for the future and some interesting and valuable sn- formation will be laid before the mem bers.
 4 valuable gavel. 1t is understood, will be presented to the Club, one around which historic interest VIII cluster.
 Later there will be an election or directors to serve the Club one year. The terms of four directors expire to- night and the members will make selection for another term.
 After the business is over the mem bers will indulge In a semi-social oc- casion in the nature of Dutch lunch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
cAR sERvIcp AssocIATIoN.

superintendent Mckinney to Attend
 Meeting fin Birmingham Today.
 Superintendent J. I. Mckinney of the Mobile and Montgomery Division of the Louisville and Nashville Rail road will leave this morning for Birm- ingham where he will attend the third quarterly meeting of the Alabama car Service Association which will be held at 1 o'clock this afternoon in the As- sociation rooms at the Hillman hotel.
 The membership of the Association is composed of the officials of the railroads of Alabama. The meeting will be in session only this afternoon. the discussion of matters pertaining to the handling of cars, both passenger and freight. and for the devising of ways and plans for bringing about an excellent service not yet reached. The business and subjects coming up
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
wiIIinm pnlnter r,ea.l.

Baltimore. July ie.--wiiliam Painter, whose fame as an inventor Is national, died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital yesterday, following an operation per- formed July ( for an internal disorder. He was Gs years of age. The United states patent once has granted Mfr. Painter more than a hundred patents on his various jnyeUtions. He was . member oe the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. the American in. stitute of mining engineers and numer- ous other organizations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
MIR. LoER BUYS LAND.
List of Real Estate Transfers Record.
 ad i'm Conswf

 List of Real Estate Transfers Record.
 ed in Court.
 .Jacques Loeb has purchased seven acres of the s. J. Robertson property near the poor house in addition to the portions of that tract which he already owns.
 The property. according to deed re- corded yesterday in the office of the Judge of Probate of Montgomery Coun- ty was sold March 21 by S. J. Robert son to Hodgson & Pierce for S4,500 and on April 30 was transferred to Mir. Loeb for $5,001.
 Other deeds registered at the Pro- bate Judges office yesterday were Mrs. Mary L. Wyman to Thomas H Florence, lot on north side of Dixon Avenue, $500; Mrs. Susan E. Finley to Jacob T. Bullen, two lots in Finley Heights on the east side of the Norman Bridge road, $3,S00.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17

Mir. Belt was born in 1888 at Ham burg. He was a life governor or the DeEeers Consolidated Mines, partner in inc firm of Werner, Belt and Com nany and a director of the Rand Mines. Rbodessta Railways. Bechuanaland Railway trust, Consolidated company. Bultfontcin Mine. and British charter- ed south African Company .
 He was reported to have been imph- cated In the Jameson raid Later a snit was brought against Mr. Belt on the ground of complicity in the raid and his prosecution was demand ed by pr Leiyd. the representative or inc Transvaal in Europe, ana hn 1898 his resignation from the board os directors of the British Chartered south African Company was accept ed. .,, A.. ,ooo q. ,,,aa found that Mir. Belt was appointed one of his executors and Mir. Belt there upon returned to the board Of diree- tors of the British Chartered south African Company. Early In 1903 Mr. Reit had an apoplectic stroke and new or fullv regained his health.
 Mr. Beit Is said to have been the richest man in London. He controlled inc output in gold in South Africa He gave large sums of money to the Red Cross and other institutions ana recently donated $50O,0O0 to found Iniversity at Hamburg
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
EXTENSION IN TALLADEGA.
Railroad Tracks wiII Reach Chinnnbee
 Cotton Min

A copy of a resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Alabama Mineral Railroad Company. authoriz- ing the construction of an extension of 3,350 feet in the city of Talladega, was filed with the Secretary of State yesterday
 The extension is to be built, the ros- olution states, to enable the road to compete with the Southern Railway system for the traffic of the Chinnahee cotton mills at that place.
 President NJ. IT Smith first gave au- |thority for the work in 1901. but the of the Board of Direc2 tors to have the extension built was not received until the meeting of that body last week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
THROUGH SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
 Monfg0mery-savan

The Atlantic Coast Line operates daily through Pullman Buffet Drawing room sleeping cars between Mont gomery and Savannah. Leave Mont gomery f:45 p. n.. arrive Savannah $40 &. nl., making direct connection with steamers for Baltimore, New York, Boston and all Eastern Cities. For information write,
 F. w Kirtland,
 Commercial Agent,
 Montgomery, Ala
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
senator n, PIatt.s RIrthday.

New York. July i6--Sen1tor Platt psssed balny T3rd birthday at he- tel in Coney Island yesterday. It waa on this spot .hat Mir. Platt, in for> mer years, planned with his friends in
 the Republican party of the State, most os his campaigns within the last de- cade. In resporse to letter sent out by Mir. Platt, many of his old friends gathered about him on this occasion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
No FURTHER THAN SELMA.
Congressional Party WfrI Not GO Dosl
 Rfxer fo e4nhfI~

t"nE HDssttnAh VIII t0t w sS~r VI -
 River to Mobile. Hon. Theodore E. Burton of Ohio. chairman of the Rivers and Harbors Committee in the House of Represen- tatives. has definitely announced in la letter to W. F. vaadiver. chairman of the Alabama River improvement Committee, that he will make trip |of inspection down the Alabama River as far as Selma. starting from Mont |gomery September list.
 On account of numerous pressing engagements Mir. Burton who is now on the ocean bound for London. will not be able to go down the river bea |yond Selma.
 A small party will come to Mont gomery with Mir. Burton and make the trip down the river with him. but the names will not be given to the public until he returns from Europe. A party |of Montgomery city officials will ac- company MT. Burton on his trip.
 It will be recalled thot Mir. Burton first fixed the date for inspection of the river on July 20. bat postponed It until September 1st. on account of be- ing called to Eng1anj.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
REGENERATION FOR LANDS.
Large Crowds Rush MndIy to shosaeas
 WyOrsfn@.

shoshone, wyo.. July le.--Today the registration for lands in the Shoshone or Win river, Indian reservation began at Shoshone. Landere. Therfnopoiis, and Worland. Large crowds are arriving and officials of the general land pffice estimate that fully 40.a0o persons will register for ho;ne6. The registration will close at six F. rn., July si. The drawing will begin on August at. and will continue until August IS. when the reservation win be formally open ed.
 There gre about 1,003.80e acres in the tract to be opened from 2ss.000 to s0o.- 900 acres being capable of reclamma- ton by irrigation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
SEXTON TAKES CHARGE.
Fred Wflkerson Takes His Place Ten
 pOFnrfIy.

Captain Albert c. Sexton. the new
 Iappointee to the position of Deputy
 Insurance Commissioner, entered upon Ithe duties of that office yesterday, taking up the work re1inquished by Icoionel Harry R. Shorter, resigned. q month ago.
 To perform the duties the clerkship | In the office of the Secretary of State, left vacant by the promotion of Cap ltain Sexton, Secretary E. R McDa- lvfd yesterday announced. that pending lthe appointment of an officer for the lpositiofs. Fred ". wfikerson. son
 lof pr. w. M. Wilkerson. will tempor-
 Iarily enter the office as assistant.
 The announcement of Captain sey- tons successor. has not yet been made.
 although 1t Is understood the selec-
 ton of the new Chief Clerk has been
 virtually decided upon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
Nnw ALABAMA ENTERPRISES
Corporations of shehleld and Fort De
 posft File Certificate.


 posft File Certificate.
 The Lizzie bowman Company of Sheffield, Colbert county, yesterday flied a certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State.
 Formed for the purpose of carrying on general hardware business. the new concern begins operations with a capitalization of $36,0oo. The incor- porators are E. J. bowman. $. 4 bowman, J. I& Andrews and l.. w. Payne
 Another company to fiie certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State was the Fort Deposit Warehouse Company. capitalized at s5,0eo. of Fort Deposit, Lowndes county
 The list of incorporators includes w " Norman. J. M. Black, c. NJ. Davis. J. NJ. ails. O. G. Beemer. W. B, cuner, J. D. Lamar. J. F. Hatte- mer, W H Golson. Joseph Norwood. A. F. Brooks, I. N. Jordan, J. w. Me- Crary, w. S. Smith, A R. Wild, Mrs. U. D. Lamar. I. P. Buchanan and L.. K. Golson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
SITUATION IMPROVED.
Ywccine Proves . Sure Preventative
 PhiIIipine Cholera.

Phillipine Cholera.
 Manila, July 16-The cholera situa- tion has greatly improved.
 Twelve cases and nine deaths were reported during the past twenty-four hours. The health bureau offers frse vaccination to prevent the spread of the disease. 4 test made ~of the vaccine since the outbreak Of the di- aease shows that 1t acts an as absolute preventive.
 Of the many natives In the infected the virus. none developed the disease. All of the health ofhcials were vacci- mated and none have developed the dis ease. The vaccine has been prepared at the government laboratory in this cify
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
MoroRMAN WAS GAME.
pInckIIy Stuck To Car When Death
 seemed Certain.

St Louis, July 16-one person was nrohah Nv fatally injured and fifty athers were more or less bruised and bsdIv shaken up by a rear end collis- ion on a down grade between Broad way and seventh street car last night. the ,aa oH aeciqsHt tbs seventh w street car.
 Owing to his heroism in sticking to his nost In the face of danger, Motor r,sn John c. Downs. of the Broadway car. will probably lose his life. He Ns.as ,u conscious when pried from un- fer inc wreckage. Downs was hur- rIed to St. Johns hospital, where phy-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
HnteI WnIIa FnII.

Butte, Mont. July 16--1'he east wall of the Butte Hotel collapsed yesterday. toppling over on the Southern Hotel. causing It's walls to collapse. The loss Is S60.0o0. The clerk at the Southern noticed the breaks in the walls and warned all the guests. who had hardly left the hotel before the crash came
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
raueuII HaII Threatened.

Boston, July l6-Faneuil Hall was threatened early today by fire that badly damaged the six story brick building occupied as a cafe by Tost and Tibaldi, on the opposite side of Faneuii Hall square. The loss is esti- mated at s50.00o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
NEGROES ROE PosToFFIcE.
Young Boys Got Away With Foul
 Thousand UbElarn.

Thousand ubflarH-
 Nashville. Tenn. July 16.-A Colum- bia, Tenn, dispatch says that Lee Lin del and Henry Wilkes. two negro boys |aged about 14 years, are under arrest there for robblng the Columbia post office of money and checks.
 The robbery took place last Friday. Saturday and Sunday. Will Brown. colored, was arrested for receiving stolen goods Numerous checks were found on Wilkes and he confessed. The amount secured in checks may go to ten thousand dollars. as many checks were lost or destroyed and only about four thousand dollars worth were re- Icovered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17

sicians stated they feared he would not recover.
 When the street car was sighted. Downs cut of the power and applied the breaks. The passengers were not aware of the danger until the cars crashed together. Downs was crush ed between the vesfibuie and the door of the car. The cars were in such a wrecked condition that they could nof be run with their own power
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
suMMER EXCURSION RATES.

On sale Daily to all Summer Resorts. vta Atlantic Coast Line. For rates communicate with
 savannah. Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17

hands of Fred Falkner The body was turned over to the relatives of the dead negro for burial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
ALFRED BEET DEAD.

E.,naaeier Was Co,I7artRer In Many of
 RhOdes' Enterprises.
 London. July 16.-Alfred Belt. the well known South African npancler. died today. He had been in bad health for some time.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-21
RHODE ISLANDS
NALOR HONORED

nize In their fellows that divine touch
which leads them to count nothing loss.
II IL Is gone for country's sake, whether
that sacrifice be made at Thermopylae
or Red Bank, at Salamis or Santiago.
That is why here today we dedicate
this monument TO the memory OF brave
men, while the guns or yonder fleet sound
their honors and the tread OF soldierly
feet keep time TO the music OF patriots. .
AT the conclusion OF Gov. Utter's ad-
dress, Gov. Pennypacker and Gov. Stokes
spoke; and the monument was then
presented 10 the county OF Gloucester and
was unveiled by Miss Virginia Andrews,
David o. Watkins making brief speech
OF acceptance.
Inc monument consists OF solid shaft
or granite, 60 feet high. costing sl5. 600,
ana was erected by the state OF New Jer-
sey 10 commemorate the bravery OF the
nnoue island troops In defeating the
btltlsh ana Hessians. Oct. p, III.
The Rhode Island party Will pass to-
night In Philadelphia and is due TO arrive
nome at o'clock tomorrow evening.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-21
RAILROADS MUST
MAKE'25 PER CENT
GUT IN RATES

Louisville. KY. June 2l.-The state rail-
road commission. sitting in Frankfort,
dealt a heavy blow TO the Louisville and
Nashville and Illinois railroads yesterday.
others being affected. when decision
was handed down ordering a sweeping re-
duction in rates TO all local points, effect
ing a saving 10 shippers OF an amount es-
timated at sl,sOO.Ooo
The Louisville and Nashville is hardest
hit OF all the roads. the commission
ordering that It's present rate be reduced
25 per cent. The Illinois Central is also
singled out for censure and is forbidden
to charge I'm excess of the rate fixed for
the Louisville and Nashville
The freight rate charged on the main
stem OF the Louisville and Nashville
running down toward Nashville is taken
as the basis for all freight rates in
Kentucky
The Cincinnati. New Orleans and Texas
Pacific and Southern are also held 10 be
charging unfair rates, but these roads
are not censured as are the first two
named. The Chesapeake and Ohio is
practically exonerated
IL is practically certain that the Louis
VILE and Nashville and the Illinois Cen
trail will make a vigorous fight against
the enforcement OF the new ruling II
was shown in the report that Cincinnati
was greatly favored over Louisville
Tho effect OF the decision is summed
UP In the terse statement OF n promi-
nent railroad man: "The decision is as
founding and revolutionary"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-21
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
DISCUSSED PUBLIC PARKS

At the regular monthly meeting OF the
Rhode Island Horticultural society last
evening In the reference room OF the puD-
lie library, Amasa NJ. Eaton, a member
of the board of metropolitan park com
missoners, described the. metropolitan
park system. and told OF the benefit IL
would be, not only TO Providence, but to
all the surrounding towns.
lie said that Boston had adopted the
system about u years ago, and that II
was about time for Providence to do Sc,
and added that this city was about ~
years behind Boston i'm nearly everything,
especially I'm legislation.
Joseph Il. G. Farnham told briefly Of
his travels in the United States and
Canada, and spoke particularly of the
beautiful parks he had seen.
The meeting was called TO order at 8
o'clock by President NJ NJ Burdick A
communication from the Rhode Island
League of Rural Progress. inviting the
society TO join the league was read: and
the matter was referred to a committee
consisting Of President Burdick and three
members whom he will appoint
committee consisting OF Mr. Burdick
G., w. Smith and Or. Whitaker was an
pointed 10 arrange for visit OF the So
ciety TO Samuel w Lewis farm In East
greenwich some time after July g.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-21
FOUR KILLED WHEN
C0Nv|CTS TRY TO
MAKE ESCAPE

Natchez. Miss, June 2i.-Four men were
killed and a NTH was fatally injured dur
ing an attempt by three life convicts 70
escape from Angloa, La, state convict
farm today. The dead are:
Capt. j. W. Block. foreman OF Stats
convict saw mill; Jim Singletonh convict;
- BIRD, convict. --- Dutch, convict.
j. w. Gibson. guard. shot through the
body and fatally wounded.
Yesterday morning, while Capt. Block
was reading paper. Singleton secured
Blocks revolver and I'm company with
Dutch and Bird was making off, when the
attention OF the guard, Gibson, was at
tracted
Gibson fired on the party and Singleton
returned the shot, shooting Gibson
through tho body and, as Gibson fell.
Bird took the revolver Compelling Fore
man Block 10 accompany them, the con-
victs started toward the river. and had
placed their captive I'm a skin when they
were fired on by a trusty -iamed Deleth.
Singleton then shot and killed Block.
Guard j. L. ogden joined Deeth and In
the fusillade OF shots that ensued the
three convcts were killed.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-21
PROF. BROWN TO LECTURE
ON INCUBATION TONIGHT

The state board OF agriculture has ar
ranged a lecture on poultry at Swarts
lodge hall on Weybosset street this even
ing
The speaker will be Prof. Edward
Brown of University college, Reading,
Eng. one Of the greatest living authori-
ties or poultry raising and particularly on
lncuba ton.
II is upon the latter phase Of the sub
ject that he will speak and the public is
invited.