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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

sicial as we'll as diplomatic support was certain, had the sword been un- sheathed.
 At that time military and naval au- thorities of the two countries were in and after the crisis had passed they were proceeded to work out ''in a purely technical fashion plans of cooperation by land and sea to meet certain evsntualities.
 So intimate had been the relations between the military departments of the two countries become last summer that General French. the chief of the English mission. detailed to attend the French maneuveTs, was admitted to the conferences of the, French general staff during the maneuv ITS and lis tened, If he did uot participate, in the discussions.'
 A proposition to reduce the size of the cavalry arm of the French army Is attracting much attention In the army. in parliament and Fl the press The discu7sion revolves about the necessity of strengthening the artil- lery, upon which the fate of modern battle deperds As Parliament will not listen to an increase or military expenses. :ae only possibility of strengthening the artillery is at the expense of another arm of the service. and all arc agreed that cavalry can be sacrificed with least danger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
MAGoON sIeNs nEoREE.
Communication Appointed 60 Frame New
 Wor-w Ra~ rsRhn

tOmmIAsIon Appointed Go Frame New
 Laws GOr Cuba.
 Havana. Cuba. Dee. 2L-Gover7or MaF6oD today signed the long awaited decree appointing 6 commission 70 revise the laws nf Cuba.
 This commission will submit to the provisional governor the draft of new provincial and m Inicipal la.se, a law defining the organization and functions oH judiciary. a civil service law. and also will deal with such otler sub ects of great interest as may be referred 70 1t hy the provisional govvrnment.
 The commission consists of colonel F.. H. Crawder. Of the Judge Adv~'ate Generals Department of the Amert- can army. P. esident; Jose Nj guel tio- meg. Secretary, and Erasmo c. Boudrt. Francisco C. Justiz, Manuel M. Cora nado. Mario c Eoh ey. Felipe c Sar rain. Otto Schoemr:ch, MI uel F, ViOH di. Alfredo ZIyas and MaJJr BlanIon c. Winship, United States, rmyI
 !, The salaries 5f the members of tn~ commission, excepting those in the employ of the United States gove. n- rnent, are fixed at $400 a mon h I hc arst meeting will be hell on January B. ThIs Is regarded as Ghe first step toward holding new elections.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
PAROLE IS ORDERED
HENRY COOPER RECEIVES WEE-
 COME CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
Tn ordex To Save JIfe of FatheR~tEa@ Law, Governor Jelks Granta nes lease To Man Serving Sentemes
 For MnnHla ghteE.

To save. or at least to prolong. fAA life of a devoted and unselfish father~ in-law, Governor Jelks yesterday or dered that & parole be extended to Hei4 " Cooper. of MoBile County. who A6 serving a years sentence In the state prison for the crime Of manslaughter. Today instead of spending the dny within the four walls, and farlnw 6M prison food, Cooper will sit down n hls family table with his wife ana child.
 More than nine mouths ago. Cooper was convicted of the crime of us-&AN slaughter in the Mobils City Court. anil sentenced to one year of imprlaonntast& He has, therefore, about three uentN@ to serve A short time ago. Solicl6 James H Webb. Of Mobile CtsanEws wrote a letter Co Governor Selks. ask ing that Cooper be phrOied.
 There were several reasons set foFtN in the communication, chief of whkeM was that the father-tn-law Of the frtNi oner Is a consumptiye. whom tho pnyai. clans have ordered GO go % ana1Ak climate. This. howe CT, the old maN refused to do until Cooper is releasa from prison, being unwilling to leave his daughter and little grandchlld with out protection. On the presentation ~ this fact. the Governor ordered the pas role.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
TO SETTLE DISPUTE
COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS STREET
 CAR DIFFERENCES.
Peaeeable solusGon May Be EGeaeAea at Meeting of Aldermen Over nial- ealay Between Council and
 Tkaetaoa Companys

Peaceabie plans for q settlement of the differences between the City Coun- ell and the Montgomery Traction Com pany will probably be decided upon at a meeting of the joint Committee on Franchises and Privileges and Electric Control, which has been called for [ o'clock tomorrow evening, by Alder man |. Strauss, chairman of the com mittee The meeting will be held In the Council chamber.
 1t Is very likely the street car mat ter will be settled" said Alderman strauss yesterday. 'eThe meeting is called especially for that purpose. The Traction Company recently addressed a letter to the Council. desiring an atlli- cable settlement. Several plans have been spoken of. but none of them are as yet definite"
 The immediate cause of difference between the Traction Company and the Council, lt will be recalled, grew out of an ordinance passed by the Alder men, requiring separate cars for whites and negroes. It was undertaken by the city to enforce this ordinance No- .vertabef 2s, when the city was enjoined after a number of arrests of street car men had been made and street car traf- fic tied up for two hours
 City Attorney C F. Mcintyre last Saturday filed a motion to dismiss the bill of cornp1aInt In the equity court. on which the injunction was granted. It is believed no answer to the bill was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
SEEK TO PRESERVE BURIAL
 GROUNDS OF CONFEDERATES

hss not done, a wandrous work thus far7 ( (..naral George P. harrison. commander of the Veterans of Ala hama. who ia a member Of this On . Memorial Commission, Is Geepy inter estea n thJa canae and VIII end most active aid to the passage of this meas ure Into his hands you can trust the funds so appropriated which will bs spent on the cemeteries. Camp hass and Johnson's Island. Tdere are sSme twenty-sIx Alabama sold CTS buried that old island graveyard and over 2AI Iu Camp Chase. Columbus, o. These martyred braves died Of hunger, cola. disease and home-slckness far from home. camp and frlends-aye. EladIy died rather than to subscribe to the Federal oath and win dishonofaplA freedom. They have left a Ie=acy to the history of Alabama Of immortal her oism and devotion to duty. To honor they gave ali--theIr 0rikht' young lives. IL Is at least the most. we now can do to honor their memory. and preserve their names from obliv ion.
 Below you will find the list of the dead of your State. =
 For the sake of That Drummer Boy from Mobile this mother jU1 and pride. whose name Is lost to us, give us the hep we ask that Alabama name will be recorded in granite on that monument. as loyal to her sons who sleep under Northern skies iu those nexlected graves.
 "Gentlsmen of the South. where knlg hthood is always In tiower, we leave thIs matter in your hands. as- sured that Alabama could not, If IL would. fOrRet it's own, for, where the ashes of even one AiabamIan lies. there Is a part of Alabama--and hls memory an eternal trust. AIabanla's desiu on JJnnson's Island;
 Captain or Lieutenant [. E. Starns. Alabama; Captain D. B. Webo, lst Alabama Cavairy; captain. ]. B. flag gard tor Hasgard), 24tn Alabama tn- fantrS; Captain John R. Jackson. Soth Alabama Infantry; Capta n s. P. Gu lins, lst Alabama Infant. y; Captain W. J. Porter 61st Alabama L,fAntry; Lieutenant D. H. Mckay, 46th A4a- Dama Infantry; Lieutenant W. I. SAidmore, 4th Alabama Ga airy; Lieu tenant 1. w. Moore, Both AlaOama ln- fantry; LieuteAant s. T. Moore. Kings Alabama Artil cry; LieutenAnt w. A. stephens, 46th Alabama Infantry; Li>u- tenant 1. I. tor J. IT. Alexander, 4tn Alabama Battery; &. J. Lete.s tor l.et- terD. 31st Alabama Infantry; '. Nor rison, Sth Alabama lniantry; R. Ii. Lusk, 5th Alabama Infantry; L.ie 4te.- ant C. B. Morrison, 9th A abama tn- fantry; Lieutenant Robert Ga.nb 6, gth Alabama Infantry; Unknown, A aDamA private solder, Alabama; Unknown Alabama; A Confederate. AlabamH; A Drummer Boy from Mobile, Ala A private soldier. Alabama; Unknown, Alabama -Fraternally yours,
 ''The Robert Patton CnaI ter, U. D. C."
 Ply Mary Patton Hudson, President of the Board of Trustees of the Ceme- 'tery."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
WILL GIVE VAcA TON.
Cotton SEIn Operatives Co Have Rea
 WIKh Pay.

Cotton BHIll Operatives Co Have Rems
 With Pay.
 Fall River. Mass, Dec. 24 .--Tn letter to the employees O. the Bouf44a Mills of this city, annoui .ag the reg ular profit sharing dividend, Treasuref George A. Chase today Informed Che operatives that a ten days vacaki0A would be given them in the summer 6k 1907 and that a fifty per eent extra dividend would be paid in connectioA herewith. The announcement says.
 'The board of directors has unanls mously authorized me to announces 70 you the experiment of a vacation wee4 In August, 1907. The mills will eiost Saturday noon, August 24. and reopea Tuesday morning. September 8. thus allowing you ten days of rest and reGA reation. In lieu of regular pay kha directors have also unanimously maA thorized me to offer you an extra d.Vfs dend on your wages. payable just beS fore the vacation to the amount Of e4fM per cent. Of the weekly wages earned by each of you computed from tht record of your wages during the preee ent pront sharing term closing Aext June. Like all other dividends upon wages, the August vacation dividend will be paid to you upon the singlA condition of continuous, faithful. sstls cient sRrVica.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
PROBATE OFFCIE MAKES NEW
 RECORD: ISSUES 36 LICEhSES

chief clerk in the otace. This number Is one Of the largest in the history of the office tor single day. said Mr. 0aston. sMy recoIlec- ton is not perfect regarding figures but don't think these figures have ever been exceeded but once. and 1 eaTl't just now recall the exact time. ft Is sufficient to say this Is one of the largest days the Probate 3fficC ever had In the Issuance of marriage licenses"
 Three of the negro couples were uni ted with q ceremony performed by the chief clerk.
 The remunerative side of the days business made c round sum of $i9.5O For each license 6 fee of fifty cents was charged, and for marrying the three couples, the off1ce was paid fee of fifty cents each.
 The marriage Iicenses to white people were issued to W. ". Cox and Mary A. Wheeler, Sam Phsrr and Gussie V. Wadsworth. and Robert B. Scott and Annie Yergan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

TAe Legislature of Alabama will De asked to make an appropriation for the purchase of hlstoFic Johnson's Island at sanlusl1y. ohibA
 The bill will be introduced by State Senator Max Hamburger. of Mobile. on petition of the Robert Patton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confeoeracy, of Cincinnati The Chapter calls to the attention of the Legislature that on Johnson's Island. the bodies Of many Alabama asldiers. who rel in the stiuggle for States rights. lie. A Northern manufacturing firm has made an offer for the purchase of the island. hut the Chapter, bS almost superhu- man efforts. has ra.sed an amount to foreEtall the sale.
 The Legislature of Alabama ie cailed on to make an appropriation towaFd buying the Is, s,and. The letter Sto the members of the Legislature Is as tol- lows;
 "cincinnatl. O.. Dee. a. 1908
 TO the Honorable Senators and Mam- bers ot the House of De.egates oi Alabama. Greet ngs from the Roh- Art Patton ChaL ter, United Jaugh- ters of the Confectionery of Cincin- natl
 "A bill will he offered before your |, Legislature ih January. by Senator Max Hamburaer, asking for State An. Ipropriation of not more than Si.001 oi less than ,-.sa0 to be dispensed in Coz federate memorial work in Ono. For thls blu we ask your generous sup- port
 "SomA twn years ago a syndIcatA oF Northern manufacturers had arranRec to purchase q part of Iohnson's Island near Sandusky. 0. This property In. cluded the cemetery where lie lsa ofia' 1ers ot the Southern army, twentv-tiva privates and twenty-five unknowu fSouthern) dead. The government whose lease upon the graveyard had expired, refused esGher to buy or re- lease and inc owners offered 1t for sRfe
 'rhia little Chapter! with only a nominal amount of mohev at oommand. undertook it's salvation. By aimost superhuman efforts 1t has been enabled to complets the purchase Ot that sa- cred spot by the payment of Si.S00. Resides this. It has paid some S5Uu uD- on bronze monument saat Sir Moses Ezekiel the sculptor, is mak ng for lis in Rome. Italy. He was a soldier m the army of Northern Virginia and t ia tn him a lahor Of love. He is asking of the Chapter oniY the cost Of tAe material. having furnished the model trea and RivinG his valuable tiliis tn supervising the casting of the statue. TTpon this work another payment Wal be dua In January. 1907, honce we aj- neal to you. Veterans 0f tho Confaa- eraey comrades of ...at gallant dead an Johnson's Island--and Sons Of Vet erans. for aid to accomplish our pur- nose
 we feel ttAa the time has come when the Southern States should hHar their share of this memorial burden. for who shall say that this small hody of Southern women in a Northern S.ate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
Kaz Mk New York V
BRITISH ALLIANCE.
England Ready to UnSheath Sword for
 Ernnce.

| England Ready to unHbeath Sword for France. Paris. Dec. 24.-The Associated Press has obtained some intes sesting informa- tion regarding the progress of Anglo French relations which led to the re- cent erroneous reports that the entente of 1901 had Jbeen supplemented by military or naval convention.
 Mutual cooperation on sea and land In the face of an aggressive move against either Is regarded as assured both at the Quai d'Orsay end in Down Ing Street. The machinery of diplomacy has, however, been scrupulously avoid ed in the accomplishment of this re- Tdlt.
 No notes or drafts of conventions have been exchanged. Nothing has passed through the only channels rec oghized by GoYernments as qualified to bind countries which could be chal- lenged by Germany as aimed at her ''isOlation."
 Nevertheless, in a subtle and quite as effective fashion the combination against Germany, so far as France and England are concerned, can be con sidered a "fait accompli." The other ramlfcations of the diplomacy. which is called in England the policy of ''bindlng Germany over to keep the peace," (which includes the Russian English entente, the cementing of closer relations between Spain and England and the weHning away of Italy from the triple -alllance) are also making progress.
 It was regarded as preferable to lay the basis of mutual support primarily in a broad and deep friendship between the two peoples. The entente cordiale adjusting differences had no sooner been signed than the campaign of 1 friendship was inauguratsd. All kinds of visits were exchanged furnishing occasions for celebrating g l the new found friendship, and now a | great Anglo-French exposition in Lon- don has been planned for 1908. Mat i ters had reached such a staRs during
 the Morocco crisis that ERGland's phy-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
ErFEoTs or AnsoRPrIoN.
Steamship ROu1InEs and Other ohann.
 tO be MLda.

~ASAA@81AR hADuNA0&a ana UGheR ChamRRa
 tO be MLda.
 New Orleans Dec. 2A--Announce- or some of the first direct effects upon United States commerce of the absorp- ton by the Mexican government of m Mexican Central railway was nlaa, :, here today. important changes in steam snip routings and a general effort to develop Cuff coast trade are Included in the plans contemplated
 Omcials of the Mexican American Steamship company, whlch Is owned by the Mexican CentrAI Railway and is practically a government property, an . noHnce that after January aE, nex., tnslr steamers will sail weekly instead of semi-mOnthly from New Orleans to Mexican ports. anu that the present weekly sailings from Galveston will be supplanted by a semi-monthly sche duie. Port Arthur Tex. will remain on the semi -monthly sch zlule.
 It was also learned today that the Tehauntepec rallrhad. Mexican gov. ernment property connecting the Pacific and Gulf Of Mexico coasts win begin on January 20 direct competition for New York trade with a shipment of l2,- 900 tons of sugar to that port The railroad connects on the Gulf coast with a line of three steamships and tt is planned to use these vessels in developing an tnter-g gulf port commerce us soon as the New York trade ts es. abolished.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

Montgomery merchants gre not the only ones who can boast that they had one of the biggest Christmas trades this year ln the hIstory If the city. To the distinction of doing iands ofice business on Christmas Eve, ]. B. Gaston, Probate Judge, is entitled to a just share, especially la his ElnaF- riage license department. Tn fact. this is the branch of Judge Gaston's office where he office force yesterday had to busy themselves most. A
 The unusual number of thiffy-six marriage licenses were issued yester ! day from the Probate offics, From the opening hour at o'clock ln the morn ing. to the closing tEmes at : o'clock in the afternoon.
 The marriage license fever seems to have permeated the negro population to a much greater degree than it did the Caucasians for, out Of the totals. there were thirtysthree negro licenses. and three certificates Issued to white couples. The greater number of these snses were issued by Bernard Gaston,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

I am sorry to tell you that the gauab ling craze Is spreading among won en.
 The reason is not far to seek. Your modern woman cannot bear to go with out things.
 Ana the number of things woman thinks she ought to have IS inereas'ne daily. .k4 es t4s 'r. 2,
 Husbands are so unsyrnpathetic too Or,IH tha n&ha- AS.. [ read of Q diVoroe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
KILLED MANY CHILDREN.
PaFlslan Midwife Arrested on azo.
 Horrible Charge.

PaFislan Midwife Arrested on azeNl
 Horrible Charge.
 Paris, Dec, "i.-A midwife living fH the Vivienna quarter has been arresi cd on the charge of systematic murdes of new born infants
 The attention of the police was ata tracted by the fact that no deaths v children were reporteV rom the esta lishment and an investigation rGsuitA In the discovery that the midwife, wifa the comp,icity of a servant, had eul up and burned the bodies of the chIlds ren in a big stove in the dining rooM of the midwifes residence. The eyf' dence obtained indicates that one hun dred and twenty children were mu dered by the two wumen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

have tn create a demand TOT them, hut the' are pretty pie' tifui in all ina large r ci itieS 2 now
 A tropical prod net Is the sa q pear. larger than the domestic fruit 1t resen- bles. and It should never. never, never be eaten as a dsS- sert
 1 saw 1t done by some me vly rich" at a res taurannt once, and the waiter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

'ase in wn'ch the lady's griev- lnce seemed to oe that her hus- 1and inve ted all If his surplus money In his 1usiness.
 Now, you can eadlly see that rhere Q hus. and hobby Is
 c c Il m u l a t ing loney and a tffe's is spend ig 1t there Is
 ping to be eric-
 on.
 How are you oIng to get aro und at sta4a of thingS2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

ilsd In view of the probably. ssttle- naent. aas
 One plan for the separation of the races on street ears, which seems to bo meeting with favor, ia to require pare titions ln every car to divide the blacks from the whites, which would, in all probability. compel long double truck cars to beSoperated on all lines patron- izsd to apy great extent by negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
ORIGINATED 0N TRAIN.
Conductor Had Trouble With An Un-
 rulY Negro.

Conductor Had Trouble With An Un-
 ruly Negro.
 Meridian. Miss. Dec. 2i--1'he trouble of yesterday morning originated while the train was between Wahalak and Scooba, in & fight between two negroes. Conductor Cooper. who was in charge ofN.the train. attempted to separate the combatants when he was attacked by a negro known as Spencer. After TO- ceiving several dangerous knife wounds, Cooper fired on his Fssallant, seriously wounding him and killing an unknowP person.
 When Wahalak was reached. Spsn. cer, though badly wounded, left the train and when Constable oBrien Of that place attempted to effect his capt ure, the negro shot md killed the of ficer Spencer then escaped to the woods with a well organized posse in pursuit. At last reports the negro had succeeded In evading his pursuers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

My friends, there is no parental feel ing in matrimony un ess It refers 10 the fact that you can educate your h ls- band up to your standards tf you nave sufficient energy and patience to go h for that sort of stunt But if there were any such fec Ing am strongly in favor of GU tivatihg a
 "fatherly" one, don't you know@one
 that would make your husband loo
 out for your little comforts and all that sort of thing. Really, tt Is more be- coming to see a man skipping around land making himself useful than wo- man performing the same stunt around
 a man.
 That trit old "motherly'' axiom--ah let it be decently Inferred. 1t hds worked enough harmi Let me whisper a secret in your ear
 Some up to date women, otherwise alert along dressmaking lines' are learning how to sew fur. Why not, when a pirate of fur dealer charges you $50 to put thy bit of flllness h the top of last years
 Eh, mon. 'tis a great thing to be Independent ,,
 Do you know one thins--if we ! all llearned how to be clever shopkeepers they wouldn't have the nerve to charge such prices.
 TheS, would have to offer us induce
 ments to come In and buy. Am I talking of the millennium. Well. perhaps.
 Tn the meantime we continue to pay
 $500 for tiny fur boleros and S40 for Ihats decorated with single feather. | Tn other words. we pay the rent and Ithe electric light bill of the tradespeo- nIe and cannot meet our own. Well, it's a great wor!di To take a big conversational jump have you ever tried alligator pear
 salad7 "A
 Perhaps you have no alligator pears | in vour town. In wh'ch case you VIII
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

good. By Divorce? Possibly. but that involves, according to modern ideas getting another provider immediately and he may be as ''close" as the first
 No, the remedy is making a little private money of one's own on the s'da.
 Now. that's all very well for tn 1se women who have business ability or some special talent. There are plenty of shops run by society women that ID
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
Col. AbumntIn E,ected.

City of Mexico Dec. 2i.-Word from Guada 'aiara sari5 that Go onel M Vuel Ahumada has been elected as GJvrInor of the Stat6 of Jaliscn Colonel Ahd- mada is the present Governor and is re-sle"ted for term of three years from March 1. :..' ...:: :..@ =.@*:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

tlptoed around with his napkin stuned in his mouth!
 The reason Is that the pear In It's prime Is very squashy and fun of oil. You serve it cut up in small p'eces with lettuce and a sharp French dress
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

Montgomery. Ala. Dec 25. Ieo6 Dear Big and Little FOlIs|: We wish you one and all A very Merry Christ maH. Sincerely
 Capitol Clothing Store.