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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22

spoken and suffered for years. The repression Of trusts. the cleanliness of official life. the indictment and con- viction of official thieves, tho investj- gation of corporation rascaiity, the condemnation of the use of money in elections. especially from corporations and those handling trust funds. and regulation Of railroad rates. and. in fact, every progressive reform idea that has been advocated bv Thaodoro Roosevelt recently bears the bloody stains of Bryans faithful feet.
 "Bryane opposition to socialism. his earnest and clear advocacy of tho com petitive principle which is the very heart of Democracy. together with thA passing of of the money question. Is drawing to Bryan's support every day. thousands of men who heretofore op- posed him. It is perfectly clear to me that the signs of the times. point with certainty to Bryan's nomination by exclamation in 1908, and to his pos sible. yea, probable, election. fondiy hope that both may happen and that great President worthy of the tra~ ditions of our country. and the prin~ ciples of our republic may aid the reps resentatives of the people in making this once more a government of tha people. for the people and by the peo- pie"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
TWO DEAD IN DUEL
TALLADEGA MEN KILL EACH oTH
 FER WITH PISTOLS.
Fight Takes Place in Crowded Skating Rink, and Young Woman Re- ceIves Stray Bullet in
 Knee,

TaIIadega, June 21.-(SpeciaL)-In a pistol duel oyer the dissolution of their business Henry Knight and Dudley Brown killed each other here this evening at the skating rink where a large crowd was on the floor. Miss Bessie Hurt. who was among the skat- CTS was wounded in the knee by a stary bullet.
 Knight and Brown who are both young men have for several years been partners in the saloon business. Recently they had a disagreement and decided to dissolve their partnership. They could reach no decision on a basis for the dissolution and bad blood re- suited.
 Tonight when they met at the rink their quarrel was renewed and as a climax to a clash of words each drew his pistol and fired upon the other. Both men died almost instantly.
 The shooting created 2 panic among the crowd at the rink and efforts of those on the floor to get out of the range of the bullets created a stam- pede. In their confusion many of the skaters fell and were run over and trampled on by the others Several sustained slight bruises in this way, but Miss Hurt was the only one be- sides the combatants td be injured bv the bullets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
SELECTS OFFICERS
DIRECTORS OF EXCHANGE BANK
 HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING.
Joseph NOrwOOd, Vice-President, and SyIVain BauDt, Cashier, of the New InstltutiOn--BeGins
 Operations July 1.
Tbe Exchange National Bank of Mont.

The Exchange National Bank of Mont gomery will open it's doors on July 1.
 At meeting of the Board of Direc- tors of the new bank held in the rooms of the Union Bank and Trust Company last night, it was decided that barring unexpected delay on the part of off, cials at Washington In returning the papers of the institution 10 this city, the banking house recently formed Will begin operations on the hrst or the com ing month.
 Among the other features of business transacted last night was the election of a Vice President for the institution, and A Cashiser. For the former posi- ton Joseph Norwood was chosen by the dire7tor and SNlVain Baum was selected to All the latter office. Both these gentlemen have held positions with the Union Bank and Trust Com pany corresponding to those which they will occupy in the projected bank.
 The meeting was called by President Michael Cody, with almost the entire were Frank Stollenwerck. J c. Haas, J. c Tyson. M Bell, Fred :. Beu, simon Gasscnheimer, Louis steiner, Dr. J [. Gaston, Isadore Well, Joseph Nor wood, Nicer l.. GfelI ana Samuel ter
 At the meeting 1t was stated that the papers of the bank have been sent to Washington for official confirmation, ana their return Is expected in time for inc Exchange Bank to begin oper- ations by July IL was decided that the institution will begin with cap ital of $30O, poo. and surplus of S75,000. iFba issue of currency will be $500, ,0OO 'rhS directors declared themselves gcat- iaed with the amount of capital stock which inc committee reported alreldy had been paid in
 sanb Ncrwocd and Cashier Syivain Baum will probably leave the Union Rank and Trust Company with two va- cancies in it's organization. These, 1t is understood. may be nIled with ap- pointses In the near future.
 The Exchange Bank, 1t was decided, will take over the entire commercial business of the Union Bank and Trust business' and will temporarily occupy that part of the latter bank which was formerly used for the commercial de- partmsat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
GETTING TOGETHER
RATE BILL CONFEREEs WILL
 REACH AGREEMENT.
Three Points VIII be Discussed This Morning, But 1t Is Believed That They Will Be
 Settled.

Washington. June 21.-An under standing was reached by the conferees on the railroad rate bill tonight wnlch' it is predicted will result in com plete agreement being reported tomor5 row. The conferees will meet at lO o'clock in the morning to draw up the agreement It is the present purpose to have it presented to the House to- morrow that 1t may be printed in the Record, as required by the rules, that It may be called up for action saturday.
 There are yet three points which Will receive discussion in the morning put even on these the conferees know the position of their number so wellthat the result may be predicted with req sonable certainty Of the three points the first Is the sleeping car amendment, the prediction Is that sleeping cars will be included as common carriers In the bill The second is the much de- bated pipe line amendment. This Is to be settled by changing the words com mon carriers to railroads in that DOT ton of the bill relating to the own ership of commodities. The effect .t this change will be to exclude pipe lines from the operation of the law for bidding railroads from owning indus trial properties. The Senate anenc- .ment which included lumber in the lis' of commodities forbidden to be owned by common carriers will. 1t is sa' | be retained in the bill. There has been unceasing efforts to have this amendment eliminated but solar with out avail.
 The third point for further discus sion Is the question of the five days notice required to be given before tn, isuance of an injunction or interlocu tory order making effective the de- crces of the commission.
 The pass provision as tentatively agreed on will prohibit the issuance oi acceptance of passes to officers Of tho national government. officers of Stat, governments. of municipalities. coun ties and townships. This Is the entir, proposition, the railroads being left C use their discretion as to the issuance ot passes to persons. not incidded fl the above. Members of Congress ar, included as officers of the national gov ernment.
 Express cUmpanie are to be regulate, as common carriers The much dis cussed word lin its judgment" anS Fairly remunerative" are left out o the bil
 It is said that little if any discus sion is expected on the conference iI the House as all of the Senate amend ments to which mention was directe, ir the House as being desirable ada. tions to the measure have been accept ed by the confereeS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
Little Rain Has Fallen In Section
 Around Centrevtife,

Little Rain Has Fallen In Section Around Centrevfife. Centreville, June .--(Special.) )~---- Very little rain has fell in this im- mediate sections in some time. and the crops are beginning to suffer. For the last two days a brisk wind has been blowing from the northwest which has dissipated all appearance of moisture. s. D. Hall who has been very sick for some time Is slowly improving. wifi iA convene here on the first Monlay in July The docket is quite heavy and no doubt will engage the atten- tion of the court for several days: c. Brooks Smith. canaidate for State Auditor. was here on yesterday meet
 f in spite of the fact that there are six announced candidates in this coun- ty for the leEislature the people re- fuse to get excited oyer the contest and 1t now promises to be rather
 Prof. Virgil Mckinley one of the members of the State Normal College ffeado ft paSy He s %a fop % many ss years eit izen or centreville and the people here are justly proud of his brilliant ca reer
 The efnciais Of the Mobile and Ohio much needed work done at the depot at this place.
 During the last week sheriff craw- ford has placed several defendants in jail.
 Eulas Duff who was at the last term of the circuit court convicted of man. . slaughter in the first degree and eiv- en a sentence or Ave. years has with since taken to the penitentiary to be- gin his sentence
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
Bank Building and Moses Building. EXCHANGE OF PROPERTIES Mi. vandiyer and MT. Baldwin
 Consummate Trade. Twelve story steel once BmiIdine May
 Rsise its Head on Court
 square to Re Occupied by Bnnk.

" Vandiver owns the First Na- tionaI Bank building and the First Ma :. tiorlaI Bank of Montgomery owns the
 Moses Building
 between MT. vandjver and A. M Rald--
 win, President of the First National
 Bank. the. ownership of these two handr
 some ;kyscrapersaapf Montgomery was
 transferred The transaction involved
 an exchange of properties, Mir. Vandi-
 yer receiving a substantial sum ol
 money for transferring the ownership
 of the Moses Building, which IS one of the most valuable properties In Mont
 The exchanxe of buildings means that
 the First National Bank will occupy
 the ground floor of the Moses Buiioihg
 and the probability that that building
 will be tern down and replaced hy a
 twelye-stor steel structure. In fact
 if is known that unless the present
 building can be increased Tn height
 and remodeIled to meet the derrands or
 a modern office building 1t will De razed. Architects have already been com annissioned by the First National Bank to examine the building with us Iimproyemeut in view. When they SUD init a report 1t will then be decided hat disposition Is 10 be made of the twelve story Structure.
 When Mir. Vandiver purchased the
 Moses Building fourteen months ago I. !. M A from a six-stery building to an elgnt or ten story building. Architects who examfued the building at that time re- norted ta Mr. Vandiver that not more than one story could be added, ana n v line expense would not warrant the I'm rrovenYent Thus it is quIte prqpapie that the First National Bank VIII naSe | the old building taken down tnat i' may be replaced by one of the hnest or Ace buildings in the entire State.
 Neither Mr Vandiver nor MT. Bald win were disposed yesterday to dls- cuss the transaction. One thing is ceI- | tain. however. the First National Bank wifi about october 1. 1907. occupy the ] ground floor Of building at the corner Of Commerce Street and Court square fhe sIte of the Moses Building, and will | have one of the finest and most mod ern baukfng houses in the south,
 The First National Bank, # will be remembered. absorbed the Mercnant;s and Planters Farley National Bank ahoi,t a month ago when the capital stock of the consolidated bank was ln- creased to SI,U00, ,000, thereby making If next to the strongest bank in Ala bama. This announcement of yester day, tkis progressive move IS an inoi : cation of the material value 70 Moht- aomery n having a S1000.000 bank. The First National Bank building ii the most modern ofice building in Montgomery It has a frontage Of apou' thfrty1 feet on Commerce street and IS
 six stories above ground. having a large and commodious basement, There art fifty-three offices In the bu;ioinS: whlcI is equipped with elevators and othei modern eonveniences.
 Three years ago the building was completed for the First National BanF at cost of approximately $150.0DO
 The banking house on the ground flooi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
BRYAN AND CONS sERvATIsM.
'nyA Terms Meanlna is Different


 ~lAce AaVesus slatiOa.
 Trondehjem, June 21-Mr. w. I. Bryan, who is here to tttend the coro- nation, gave out an Interview today, l..KIns for hIs text the statement thar he was being describSd as conserva- tive. He said;
 T am not responsible for the phrases used in regard to me, tut am respou- stble for my position Pn public ques- tions. That position ohght U be well known. Take the trust question for instance IS it seems Iuppermost just now. .uV position la Glat prIVe mon opoly Is tndefensible and intolerabl bla That was the Democratic platform in 1900 and the plank was incorporated in 1904 and 1t is the onF tenable posi- ton.
 IAere is some talk of controlling the trusts-you might hs well talk of controlling burUlary. iTe do not say you shall only steal little bit or in some particular way, but that they shall net steal at all. It is so of pri- vate monopolies. It Is not sufficient tn control or regulate tlem--the ymust absolutely and totally be destroyed Corporations should bt controlled and regulated, but private monopolies must he exterminated, root and branch Now you can call that a radical doctrine. I pj Is lt more conservative to apply this remedy now than to wait unttI predatory wealth has by its laWless- ness brought odium on legitimate accu- mvlatiOnF
 What used 10 be called radical is now called conservative. because people have been Investigating. The doctrine has not changed but public sentiment Is making propress."
 MT and Mrs. Bryan wil spend a week in Norway and will then go to Eng land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
VETS TO HAVE CUE
CAMP LoMAx DISCUSSES OUTING
 ON JULY {.
Matter of Property Qualification An Confederate Pension Act Receives
 Attention of old Soldiers.

Camp Lomax, United Confederate Veterans, is making arrangements to give a big barbecue in the near future.
 At the monthly meeting of the camp last night Gen. J. W. A. Sanford pro posed that July be celebrated in this manner. The proposition took well with the camp and a committed com Capt J. c. Crommelin. George Halls and Col. Paul Sanguinetti will con slider the matter. If there is time the glorious Fourth will be celebrated by proper arrangements cannot be made by that date or it is thought expedient to make change the feast will De held as soon afterwards as possible. communication from Camp Oracle of Luverne looking to the elimination of the property qualification of the Alabama pension law was read Dur Ing the discussion General Sanford money would not apply for pension If he was a true Confederate soldier. He said that man had no right to pension unless he was disabled by service in the Confederate army.
 The law provides that if veteran owns as much as $400 worth of prop erty he is not entitled to aid from the State. Several members thought that if this qualification was repealed. IL would cause abuses.
 Judge J. T. Cook said that already there were many names on tho pen sion rolls which did not belong there, for scores of persons who were receiv- ing pensions were able to care for themselves He said that only forty per cent of the pension list was com posed of veterans and that the other sixty per cent were widows of vet erans.
 communication was received from Mrs Mary Patton Hudson, a Southern woman living in Ohio. who Is making AFf NA .N ENa~. federate soldiers buried on Johnson's s Island marked.
 J M. Mccain read an eloquent tri- bute to those participating in the last Confederate memorial exercises at Oakwood cemetery and the camp ad- tourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
GOBETWEEN WINNER
TAKES THE SUBURBAN HANDICAP
 AFTER HARD FIGHT.
When the Bunch is straiRtened Out for the Wire, shaw, by Masterly Riding Brings His Mount to
 the Front.

New York June 2l--Alexander shields's
 hs,ssn hSegsnr-0a esrrYar Eeidng GS
 sso.ooo suburban hsndicap before one of event at the sheepshead Bay course of the coney Island Jockey Club
 of F. R. Hitchcock's four year old Hamburg colt. Dandelion. who was equal favofite in
 iioniai lon Sii Girl backed deWn fl from 20 ' to 1 to IS to l. was third. three lengths behind tho of the nine other starters
 The finish of the race was a terrific the sixteenth pole in the stretch and fight inS # out head and head to the wire. Shaw %e shf er er PSndson aS ros srsrH S of strength out of his mount As the two
 leaders rushed to the 1udses. stand R both
 feet and wildly shouted encouraEement to
 began to creep in from the sea and on the
 diniy. There was a delay of ten minutes at the post due to the bad behavior of
 pirer was raised Proper was turned side ways In getting into bis stride he bumped iatter's chances in the early part of the
 The light weighted cedarstrone and As tronomer rushed away into tho lead with
 Dandelion third. Miller placing the horse
 nicely. Around the paddock turn and into
 
 l three length on the field Dandelion had replaced Astronomer in second place. the | latter falling back to third: coming out of | the back stretch Cedarstrome had begun to l tire and the center field had closed up | lengths covered the distance from the ! leader to the last horse. Sweeping into | the stretch DandeHon was in front leading I by length. The thousands who had play
 ed the favorite were shouting with the
 Su icairnsorm. Dolly spanker and Tokaion, ] the latter the winner of the Brooklyn han, ! dieap were yet to be reekoned with. And | behind these was Go Between. with shaw ! sitting still in the saddle Once the horses | had straiRhtened out for the finish. Shaw l let his mount have his head and great 1 few jumps Go Between had passed every horse in the field. but the flying Dandelior | Then the red and black jacket of Shaw ] showed beside the Hitchcock green on Mil | Ter and the shout "Go Between wins was | taken up from one end of the crowded the two was a furious one. but Go Be tween running straight and truo was going away at the end
 Colonial Girl dropped into third place ! order named, Agile, Tokalon, Proper. Dol l. Cedarstromo and Oxford; Agile was ad- | ded by W. H. Brown and Ruroki by James | R. Keene. Oliver Cromwell was with Q i drawn. The time was 2;05 Is: the record 1 2:05, being made by Hermis in 1904.
 The sheepshead Bay course never looked ddecised grand stand was fined to it's ut most capacity, the crowd overflowinR to the roof and lawn
 The field enclosure was backed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
GAVE PARENTS SCARE.
Telegraph Boy slept While Ofhce w
 Heinz Closed.

Dothan. June 21-(Special) )-Quay Fortner. a bright little fellow who IS Western Union here. gave his relatives and friends quite a little scare last night.
 close for the day Quay bethought hsnn- self that he was sleepy, and retiring to an ante room in the rear of the office sbn h. Slsmoered knP1@inF PESiGeIuS tSat tSe ptfSl fellow was asleep. locked up the office at the usual time and went home. Q1iay meantime continuing uninterrupted in gan making inquiries. which broubhi no information concerning the mtss7 was made. also without avail. About midnight Manager Stephens was cali ed, and. going to the office, Quay was discovered sleeping peacefully. o. regarding a suit which if has been said might be brought to recover yer tain valuable business property in Do than, said that he thought the talk amounted to little. and that in his opin- ion no suit would be brought In the event that legal action is taken in the premises, Judge Leslie does not think that it would prove successful for the claimants Ot seems that several years ago, Judge Leslie held mortgage, or mortgages, Oil certain DothSn property sion of this property. At that time 1t was of no very great value, but since then several bushes houses nave been erected thereo- and today 1t stands in the heart of the bushes ection of Do than Soon after coming into posses sion of the land Judge Leslie disposed of 1t to various purchasers ana the re port was to the effece that the heirs to the property might enter suits of eject men in an effort to recover 1t. The suits, if brought, would entail much lit- Igation, as the amounts involved, un- der the circumstances, would be unus- ually large.
 Following are the newly appointed non n-commissioned officers of the Do- than Guards, just named by the com manding officer; First Sergeant, Dan Baker; Sergeants; Frank Pitcher. Will Pitcher. Arthur Ussery, Will Green Qnartermaster Sergeant, Glen Guilford Corporals: Oscar Clark, Cleveland Hall c, W. Horn, Louis Ussery, w. M. Caap- CT, Louis ,Lasseter. The Guards are now In excellent company condition, and their work is proving highly satisfact- ~ry to the commissioned officers. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
WON CLUBS BADGE
w, T. ROBERTSON SUCCESSFUL. GUN NER AT PICNIC.
Annual Outing of old Montgomery Shooting Club at Jac<son's Lake--Scores Made in
 fhe COutesfa.

At the thirty-fourth annual barbecue and shooting contest of the Montgom- cry Shooting Club, held at Jacksons badge was won by W. T. Robertson. we'll known grocer. MT. RoDertson killed nine out of ten birds. thereby winning the most hotly contested shoot
 About Zoo persons attended the pie nic. They left the city at S:05 a. m: on, the Prattville train and returned at o'clock and consisted of spiendidly prepared mutton, pork, salads, conee' ice cream, cake and cigars An orchestra furnished music engaged in dancing, boating and va rious other forms of amusement.
 The shoot began at g a. m. and was concluded at 2 o'clock. There were nye used.
 The first match of ten birds was for the much coveted diamond badge. To this contest only bona ffde members or the shooting club were admitted ana there was no entrance fee. W. T. Rop- ertson captured the trophy by killing nine out of ten birds. The nearest to ang a@ yose Tsre wn,afT each of whom | scored eight.
 The diamond badge was won by the Montgomery Shooting Club on July 4, State Club. It is handsomely Jeweled and artistically made. Since 1t was won the badge has been contested for annually by the members of the club. All other matches except the first were for money considerations and re- | quired entrance fees.
 | The second match was for seven
 birds and the entrance fee was ss, First money, $21.S3, was divided be. tween c. H. Walker, N. B. Holt and Frank Lockwood. Second money, $1422. was won by Charles Levy and W. T. Robertson.
 s The third match was for seven birds and the entrance fee was $5. First money. $15.30, was won by George H. Walker, and second money $5.60, was diviged between George Simpson and Henry D. Long.
 The fourth match was for five birds i and the entrance fee was $2.50. First money. $10.50. was taken by George T. Walker, while Charles Levy, Frank Lockwood. George Simpson and E. IT. E. Warren split for second money, which was $7.
 In the fifth match of five birds and $2.50 entrance feet. first money, s5.25, went to Charles Levy, while second money was divided between George | H. Walker and George Simpson. | Following is a tabulated score of the shoot:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
CHANGES ON THE SOUTHERN.
Reorganization Of The Transportation
 Department.


 Birmingham. Ala, June 2i.--It was learned here today that important changes are soon to be made in the transportation department of the Southern Railway The system will be divided Into four districts, each of which will be in charge of an assis- tant general superintendent as fol- lows:
 First District--WashinRton DanvilIe. Richmond and Norfolk divisions. E' H Coleman will be assistant general superintendent, the present title he holds on the eastern district
 Second District-Charlotte, Charles ton. Savannah and Jacksonville divis- ions. J. N Steele. superintendent of transportation. to be assistant general superintendent.
 Third Distriot--AtIanta. Knoxville. Nashville and Asheville divisions e R. Loyal. superintendent of the Knoxville division. will be assistant general superintendent
 Fourth District-Birmingham Mem phis and Mobile divisions. W. N Fore acre, assistant general superintendent will hold same oficA
 Assistant Superintendent Harris of the Knoxville division. recently trans ferred from the Birmingham division, will be made superintendent of the former division.