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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14

those worthy of his aid. These were the people who needed the cottage in the country. Mir. McMillin told the Kings Daughters Society to select working girls in relays for two weeks vacations at Marion Cottage, as he called the little house after his son, Captain Marion McMiIiin. Every few days a little band of girls from the heart of the hot city, tired and pale. go out to Marion Cottage. and others return, brown and well, from their out ing. Some of these girls had been told that the gentleman who did this for them was d grandfather. After that they never saw an old, white-haired man without saying: Perhaps that IS our friend" Mir. McMillin often goes up to the cottage for over Sunday, and there, on such visit, he met two of these girls. The head worker. who was introducing them, said:
 And this is Mary"
 "Then," said MT. McMillin, this must be Annie." He had known the small est troubles of these two girls for over two years. There are few things he enjoys more than to tramp the nelds with his guests and answer their ques- tions and tell them stories.
 He has been the principal support of the District Nursing Association at Co., lumbus and is reputed to have fur- nfshed this year, to the Fresh Air Fund of Columbus, money to send 1000 chii- dren into the country. Many other so- cieties have had his aid, put most characteristic of the man are the little individual donations whose number no one but the giver will ever know. It is all done quietly in an everyday, bus iness-like way, as becomes the man. There was a talented young fellow In olumbus-considered a musical prou- jgv as A boy-who studied his music hard and faithfully. He had dream of going to Germany, but 1t seemed i'm possible of realization. one day the boys pastor came to his father ana said that he had been commissioned by some one who preferred to remain un- known. to say that the young musi- clans expenses to and from Germany, with three years of study, would be maid. The boy went and worked hard. On his way home a trip through the Continent and England was added. The bov is a well-known musician now.
 MT. McMillin is an example of the hest type of manhood which our indus trial progress has made, and which has made our progression eacn acts upon the other. His lire calls 10 Inlno inc story of the two men on Journey who came to a river which had become flooded. and had carried away the bridve. One without a word flung him self against the current and fought hls way through 1t, while the other argued on the bank that there shouldn't have been a flood, and that the bridge should not have been carried away.
 (Mr. McMllin is President Of the Montgomery Light and Water Power Company. He was the promoter of the great water power plant at Tallassee'- Ed. The Advertiser.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14
A GREAT GIFT
ENGINEERS TO HAVE A SPLENDID
 CLUB HOUSE.
New York Home of the National so- cieties Now Going Up Will Be Monument of the Architects
 nnd Huilder,s Art.

New York, Jan. 13-(Special.) )--Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, a few days ago, laid the foundation stone of the United En- gineers' Club for the erection of which Andrew Carnegie gave s1.50o,000. When finished it will be an imposing struc- ture, thirteen stories high, with iron tage of 100 feet. overlooking Bryant Park and New York Public Library.
 The idea which led to it's erection was to bring together the various engineer ing societies of the United States. where they would have a common ground for annual meetings and conventions, scientific lectures and demonstrations, and to provide quarters for the nation al Societies of Mechanical, Electrical and Mining Engineers, as we'll as for such associate societies as might require headquarters in New York. While each is to maintain it's individual character, all are to unite to advance the engf- neering arts and sciences.
 The location of the building is near the Grand Central Railroad station, in the heart of the hotel district and Of everything characteristic of the varied life of the metropolis.
 The building itself will contain a large auditorium, capable of seating i, ,000 persons Provisions has been made for assembly rooms and lecture halls suitable for ordinary meetings and demonstrations. Space has also been provided for receptions and conversa- zivnes.
 It was seen that the club would be- come a storehouse of most valuable scientific records and materials and that if these were to be adequately pro tected from fire it would be necessary to construct a building that, above all else, would not burn. The architects made an exhaustive investigation into the merits of terra cotta and concrete fireproofing and finally fixed upon hol- low tile construction as being the best. The building, accordingly, will be or standard hollow terra cotta construc- tion, the floors of segmental arches, and the girdero. columns and structural iron covered with porous terra cot ta.
 The crowning feature will be the free public library on the top floor. Heretofore owning to the headquarters of the various societies being scatter ed. there had been great deal of dupli- cation in their libraries. Under the new arrangements all the libaries will be brought together. This concentra- tton will give the Engineers Club the finest and most complete library of it's kind in the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14

tionat garb.. There is also sugges- .tion of the orient in the joss mouse and opium den of the Chinese in the steerage. ana
 In crossing the one hundred ana eightieth meridian we lost day. ana as we are going all the way around we cannot recover it, as those can who recross the Pacific We rose on sat urday morning, october z, and at Q o'clock were notified that sunday had began and the remainder Of the day was observed as the Sappatn October S.)
 According to the chart or map re- ferred to above there are three centers of ocean traffic in the Pacific. Homo lulu. the most important of all, the Midway islands, 1,160 miles northwest of Honolulu. and the Samoan islands some 2,2d0 miles to the south. The So- ciety islands about the same distance to the southeast of Honolulu, and Guam, some 1,500 miles rom the main land of Asia. are centers of less inn portance.
 Our ship reached Honolulu early on the morning of the sixth day out, and we had breakfast on the island. The Hawaiian islands Gnhabited) number eight and extend from the southeast to the northwest, covering about six de- gress of longitude and nearly four or latitude Of these eight islands Ha- waii, the southernmost one, Is the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14
DY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.J

UT WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. <Copyright, 1906, by Joseph E. Bowies)
 There Is rest in an ocean voyage. The receding shores shut out the hum of the busy world the expanse of water soothes the eyes by it's very vastness; the breaking of the waves Is music to the ear, and there Is med fcine for the nerves in the salt sea breezes that invite to sleep. At first one is disturbed-sometimes quite so
 by the motion of the vessel, but this passes away so completely that before many day the dipping of the ship is really enjoyable and one finds pleas ure in ascending the hills and descend ing the valleys into which the deck sometimes seems to be converted.
 If one has regarded the Pacific as an unknown or untraversed sea, the Impression will be removed by glance at map recently published by the United States government--a map with which every ocean traveller should equip himself. On this map the Pa cific is covered with the blue lines Indicating the shortest routes of travel between different points, with the num- bev of miles. The first thing that strikes one is that the curved line in- dicating the northern route between San Francisco and Yokohama is only 4,536 miles long, while the apparently straight line between the two points is 4,791 miles long-the difference be- Ing explained by the curvature of the earth. although 1t is hard to believe that in following the direct line ship would have to climb over such mountain range of water, so to speak, as to make 1t shorter to go ten de- Erees north. The time between the United States and the Japanese coast has recently been reducd to less than eleven days, but the northern route is not sso pleasant at this season of the year. and we sailed on the Man churia (September 2D. going some twenty degrees farther south via Hon oIu1u. This route covers 5,545 miles and is made in about sixteen days when the weather is good.
 The Manchuria is one of the levia- thans of the Pacific and Is owned by NIT. Hartman, president of the Union ans Southern Pacific Railways. The ships crew suggests the orient, more than three fourts being Chinese, all wearing the cue and clad in the na-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14
DEATHS AND BIRTHS.
Weeks Record of Vital Statistics in
 MOutgOmery.

Weeks Record of Vital Statistics in
 Montgomery.
 The following deaths were reported to the office of the Montgomery Sam itary Department during the week ending yesterday
 January 2. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Monk
 January 8, Henry Lucas Williams, age forty-five years. cerebral abcess: body shipped to Wetumpka.
 January g. Mrs. Adeline Baker Van- Court. aged fifty-eight years. locomo- tor ataxia; body shipped to Natchez. Miss.
 January 10. Mrs. Mary W. Motion. age seventy-th three years. lagrippe.
 January 10, w. H. Daniels, age thir- ty-seven years, general paresis; body shipped from Tuscaloosa. for inter- ment.
 January 10. Miss Mary Toole. age thirty-seven years, cerebral conges- tion: body shipped from Louisville, January II, infant of MT. and Mrs. John D. Sheppard.
 Negroes.
 January T, Tom Thomas. age sixty five years. apoplexy. body shipped to Eufaula.
 January [. George w. Anderson. age fifty-five years, apoplexy.
 January s. Francis Washington, age thirty-five years, tuberculosis.
 January 2. child of Nathan Lamb, age five months, pneumonia.
 January. s. child of George B. Strong age six days, tetanus neonatorum. January S. Alexander McMillan, age seventy-five years. BrIghts diseasei body inferred in Old Elam cemetery. January 10. child of Lou Lewis, age four years, burned to death.
 January Il. Nose Weaver, age sixty years, Bright's disease. January 12. child of Frank Jame@s age three years. burned to death.
 Record of Births. The following births were recorded during the past week:
 To MT. and Mrs. J. B. Sistrunk,
 To MT. and Mrs. Mike Davis.
 To MT. and Mrs. S. H. Yarbrough. boy.
 To Mir. and Mrs. A. P. Mcdonald, Q girl. To MT. and Mrs. Lee Holmes, boy To Mir and Mrs. Crosby, boy. Negroes. To. G. W. Chandler and wife. q girl. girl.
 To Buster and Annie Taylor. a boy. To James and Lizzie Parnell. boy. To Rebecca Smith. boy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14
Three "Catskin" Earls.

Lord Derby Is one of the so-called "cat- skin earls." There are three of them in the English peerage-namely, Lords Derby, shrewsbury and Huntington-and they owe this designation to the fact that their earl doms were in existence prior to tEe stump tuary order issued at the beginning of the seventeenth century to the effect that CT ,nina should be used instead of the catskins that had been employed until then for the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14

the Paciflc--strnight Lin Route from san Francisco to No- kohama Longer Than Northern Curved Route---Lost Day, Never to Be Recovered--The Hawaiian IsIands--Decornted by Reception Committee at Honolulu With Gar lands of F1owers-The City Modern ---I3ewitching Scenery at Historic .pult Pnss--A Great Sugar Piantn- OO0,eo0 Gallons Capacity Per Day ---Extraordinary Rainfall Condi- tions--The Labor Probicm-tisn to Native schoois--A Hawaiian Luneheon--An Aquarium Of he- markable Interest "To EnJoy ths Dudes. Clowns and Crfmsnhis " TbeIr Native watersv-Delighffni sport of surf-Riding--Goyer Dredging Pearl HarbOr--its Great Improvement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14

bars of fur on tho robes of peers which designate their grade in the nobility. The designation of "catskin eari is therefore title of honor. since 1t indicates the ex- treme antiquity of the peerage in question. The present Lord Derby spent several years in Canada as governor general os the Do- minion
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14
nanlr tn 0Iiver Cromwell.

Nathan Wesley Hale. a Republican con- pressman from Tennessee, can claim de- scendance from Oliver Cromwell. and one of his ancestors. General Nathan Towson, was a uuartermaster general under George Washton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14
Mukden Not Badly Damagef.

Captain Bertin. d French army officer. who was attached to the Russian army during the late war. arrived in San Francisco last week on his way home. He said the damage done to the city of Mukden had been exaggerated and that there had been no serious destruction of property there.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
Not without Spice.

1t would require more than ordinary
keenness to discover much romance in the
business Of house moving Those who fol-
low it are attracted largely by the fact 1t
is a profitable business when conducted
properly. Exciting incidents are not rare.
however, and the employees are always in
more or less danger from the breaking OF
the apparatus or the careessness of a fell
low employe. An incident is reported in
which house on stills dropped down upon
a man who was working under II and
doubled him up in very painful manner.
Owing to the fact most of the apparatus
was under the house II was found quicker
to dig him out than to raise the house
again. The breaking of the taut hawser
used In connection with windlass may
also result seriously to whoever happens
to be in the way.
One night last week one gang worked
all night moving building off the proposed
right-of-way Of the Union Pacific cutoff.
The haste was caused by the fact an in
junction to prevent the work being done
was feared and the men worked all night
with one eye out for an irate woman with
a shotgun.
Like all other crafts in which great skill
and nicely of judgment is necessary, men
who engage in the business show consld-
cradle pride in their ability to do a skillful
job. This feeling shows plainly when they
talk about their work and they explain the
makeup of timber work under a building
much as an artist might talk of a skillful
piece Of sculpture from his hand.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11

is heard. The game is infinitely examined
to see in how many places he is shot and
which one really killed him. They discover
that eight or ten different wolves or coyotes
have been seen during the mornings hunt.
Only one was killed-a young one too, so
experienced hunters declare Two others
were wounded, but got away alive So
did all the rest of them. This goes to prove
the cunning sagacity of the coyote and
prairie wolf. Three hundred and nifty
men and boys walking only a few rods
apart at first, later only a few yards frOm
each other, over mostly smooth prairie
farm lands, carefully beating through the
scanty underbrush and tall grass places.
The coyotes are seen from time to time,
so they know the game is still in the ring.
But when the finish comes most OF the
coyotes and wolves are gone. No one
knows when or where. No wonder he
multiplies and grows fat and no wonder
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muddy places Here is woman over 70
years old, and two small grandchildren,
running and putting. trying to gain the top
of knoll in time to see the finish" over
there is a couple running-the woman clad
in rich furs-the man looks delicate and
is nearly winded. They are evidently from
the city and have left their horse in safety
tied TO a pole in the depths of a straw calf
shed back at the nearest farmhouse. Farm
ers' wives and daughters appear from vari-
Gus directions. A crowd Of rosy-cheeked
girls have come to a slough with water and
ice in it. They have to hunt a place to get
safely over. An old man goes hurriedly
on leaning heavily on a stout stick 10 aid
his tired legs. He started with the other
hunters, but had not the strength TO keep
up, though he is determined 10 be at the
finish" Suddenly a gap is noticed in the
line Of hunters and a wolf is seen sneaking
through IT, Men shout and point and the
nearest ones fire at the Sinking wolf The
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11

In order to bear the weight of the
monster buildings that are moved beams
Of unusual size and of perfect grain are
required. For an ordinary building the
main beams used will be 14x16 inches and
fifty feet long For large buildings the
beams are sixteen inches square and sixty
eight feet long In the rest Of the frame
work on which the building rests smaller
timber is used, but perfection of grain in
order to guard against the breaking Of
an important piece is necessary.
The raising and lowering of buildings
is an interesting proceeding 10 those who
can stand off to one side and look on. In
order that the frame may be kept per-
fectly level the jackscrews must be ope-
rated uniformly. In large jobs as many
as 100 OF these jackscrews are required, but
in ordinary cases the number is much less.
1t is necessary that tho threads of these
screws be absolutely uniform in pitch
The men work by count, the foreman Of
the gang calling a number at each pull
of the levers. With the ordinary jack
screw seven pulls or counts means an
inch in the raising or lowering Of the
building.
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Houses Turned End for End.

Another part Of the work of the house
mover that requires special care is turn
ing buildings around in small spaces. The
twisting motion is likely to inJure the
walls unless great precautions are taken.
One OF the feats of this kind accomplished
was a job in which a frame building with
brick basement was turned so that 1t
faced Seventeenth avenue instead Of Eight
zenith p ~eet and all of this accomplished
within the space OF one lot. At Forty
first and Dewey avenue church measuring
Hx1l5 feet was turned around. though the
length of the building added considerably
to the difficulty of the job.
Distance is no longer a hindrance to
the moving Of buildings. Houses can be
carted for miles without injury, though of
course, in the case of heavy structures the
progress is slow. Buildings are frequently
moved rom the business part of the city
to the suburbs. In one instance a sixteen
room fat was moved seven blocks without
damage.
In line with house moving, but still of
an entirely different nature was a job
recently completed at the electric light
plant in Omaha The roof of the plant,
tiled and trussed with steel beams and
estimated to weigh 300 tons, was raised ten
feet and the walls of the building built
up under It was raised foot by foot. All
continued to run and the men clambered
around among the wires and over the
machinery. This is held to be one of the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11

calling to his mate. 1t is not their horrible
noise that the people most dread. Many
chickens, turkeys, little pigs and sheep dis
appear every night. Sometimes the big
prairie wolves attack calves and small
children. Hundreds of dollars worth of
small stock have been taken from the farm
ers by these sneaking night thieves.
Two varieties are known here. The coy
ote is about the size OF small shepherd
dog, rusty, grey-brown in color. very sly,
and a coward. The prairie wolf is larger,
a cleaner grey color, with long, bushy tail.
Nose and ears something like fox and
much holder than the coyote. Both are
about the same color as dry grass, there
fore only an experienced eye can detect
them even when running,
The coyotes are usually the more numer-
Gus. They are very difficult to trap, espe-
cially the big wolves, and almost impossi-
BILE to shoot, as one cannot get near enough
with gun. They seem TO be able to smell
danger in the gun. for man with only a
stick can sometimes get within a few yards
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
Brick ana Wood Look Alike.

1t does not matter much to the house
mover whether his building is made Of
brick or Is a frame structure or is .art
brick and part frame A fine brick barn
belonging to W. II. MoCord, which had
been damaged by fire, was hoisted up ten
feet in the air, shunted over to one side
sixty feet and placed on firm founda-
ton. The building was made entirely Of
brick and had a floor of flagstone. In
order to move it 100 jack screws mad to be
used and elaborate timber work placed
under the walls to keep therl from strain
ing. At Seventeenth and Jones street a
three-story house, two of wood and one Of
brick. was lowered twenty-four feet so
carefully that even the brick basement
was not disturbed.
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Planning a wolf Drive.

During the first part of February some of
the leading farmers near st. Libory, Neb.,
planned a big wolf hunt. 1t was to cover
from twenty-five to thirty square miles.
Near the center of the area q level, close
cut meadow land was selected for the meet.
Then every man and boy for miles around
was notified of the time and place selected
for the hunt. About fifteen men were
mounted on tough horses. There were the
captains, whose duty II was TO post the
men at regular intervals Of several rods
and see that they advanced evenly when
the time to start arrived Wagonloads Of
hunters were taken. to each corner OF the
area to be hunted and there given, over to
the orders Of the captains. At a certain
time agreed upon the men on and nearest
the corners start, for they have the far
thest to go. About ten or fifteen minutes
later the men on the sides start. thus
forming a huge circle Of advancing armed
men. Now it's "Hurrah, boys. The hunt
Is on"
The men steadily advance. beating the
brush and tall grassy places the captains
shouting their orders Occasionally some
one shoots a rabbit a bird. Hawks and
owls are driven from their hiding places;
some are shot. others get out Of range only
10 be shot at by the hnuters on the opposite
line. Most OF the game killed at the be-
ginning OF the hunt is left where II falls.
as the men have TO walk from two to six
miles and get tired carrying it. A big
jack-abbit weighs from eight TO ten pounds
and seems to weigh more than twice as
much at the end OF two or three miles of
rough walking. When a wolf is sighted
much excitement and yelling ensues. Es-
pecially II he tries to break through tho
thick grass. II he keeps perfectly still the
men often pass by him, IL takes an extra
sharp eye to distinguish him from the grass
so near his own color.
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samples of Their work.

One of the most interesting exploits In
this line was accomplished several years
ago when what was known as the old Sharp
building at Eighteenth and Douglas on the
site now occupied by the telephone building
was lowered thirty-eight feet The reduce
ton of the adjacent streets to grade left
the building way up out of reach. 1t was
large brick building but 1t was decided
to be feasible to lower it without injury
The building was lacked up and the hill
cut away under 1t, the graders with their
teams working constantly under the crib
bling that supported the house. AS the
earth under 1t was excavated and carried
aw~. house was lowered until at the
end of the job 1t was left thirty-eight feet
below its former position and in as good
condition as it was originally 1t must be
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
Finish Of the HINT.

When the opposite lines OF men come in
sight Of each other excitement runs high.
Men run, yelling and shooting at the fright
ened wolf or coyote whenever any OF them
come near enough. The wagons come rat
Ting behind. Nearby haystacks and knobs
are occupied by sightseers. Belated ones
are running at the top OF their speed. over
soft-plowed ground. through cornhelds,
patches Of sandburs. 'beggars lice" and