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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
A MODERN SPARTAN.
Maryland Statesman, Eighty-Two Years Old, Never Tnsted robacco or
 Liquor.

Old, Never Tnstesl Tobacco or Baltimore Special Despatch to New
 Maryland's picturesque grand old man." United States Senator William eighty-second milestone of life this week, is probably the most remarkable man in Maryland today.
 He has never tasted drop of liquor nor smoked and has never been inside of saloon. He Is not member Of any club.
 He defended sixty alleged murderers and all were acquitted
 He always rides in an ordinary day car on passenger train and on the street cars In a city.
 He framed the instrument on which of Columbia is founded He lives out- pear at trial In Baltimore in the morning and be In Washington in time Senate
 Twice chosen United States Senator. ne has also been Governor. Mayor. state senator, state Representative, City Controller
 He was defeated for the United states Senate by the late Arthur P German ter's death. He was member Of the Maryland Legislature when German was lad in Howard county.
 ne began the study of law while a boy, sitting on bags of burlap in a commercial house. where he worked from seven o'clock in the morning un- til ten o'clock at night. He has argued cases before courts in Annapolis, Md: {: New York and Boston. within a period of two days
 He declines to use typewriter. maintaining that a gentleman should not use machine" in corresponding with friends He Is one of the few Senators still alive who voted in 1889 vote.
 He has but two older associates in the United States Senate--hoth from
 He will never talk politics on Sun
 He Is unduestionabiy a gentleman of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
JEROME MAY RUN.
District Attorney Prominently spoken
 of for Governor.

Ol9lftCt AthDtHtY FEVAAhuEMtaF DE'H"
 of for Governor.
 New York, Aug. 1s.--John A. Henne- berry. chief clerk in District Attorney Jeromes office and the manager. of Mir. Jerome's campaign. gave out as his be- lief yesterday. that Mir. Jerome would accept the nomination for governor on the Democratic ticket if there was strong demand for his nomination. Mir. Henneberry shortly after he. arrived in town from Saratoga. where he had been spending his vacation. said:
 Tn the last few days there has ap- peared in various parts of the state a strong sentiment in favor of Mir. Je- rome as candidate for the Democrats State Convention.
 Several men. prominent in the Denn- ocratic party, have communicated with MT. Jerome recently and urged him to consider the nomination. have not seen Mir. Jerome in several days, but l am satisfied that if there is q demand for him. he will make the run for gov ernor on the Democratic ticket. He will look upon 1t as a duty. which as . Democrat. he cannot disregard"
 MT. Henneberry added that he had come to town In response to tefephon- ic communication from four Democrat ic leaders with whom he would have a cnference tonight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
HAVE NEVER KNOWN DErs,AT.
The Democratic Leaders of Mobile
 County for Cunningham.

The Democratic Leaders of Mobile
 County for Cunningham.
 Mobile, August 13.-There was a rousing Cunningham meeting last night attended by tine leaders in the county who have never known defeat. The chairman. Hon. James H. Webb, made a stirring address showing the incon- sistenties of Conner and laudlng the manly course and statesmanship of Cunningham He was loudly applauded.
 Other warm supporters of the genial doctor added to the prevailing en- thusiasm. An organization was then formed for each ward and precinct and names thereon enrolled guarantee an overwhelmingly majority for Gun ningh@m August 27
 Ire chairman reported enthusiastic returns from all over the county. and the meeting was adjourned amid gen. eral good feeling with pledge from each one to work without ceasing for Cunningham and good government until the polls close August 27.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
TRIAL oF MRs. BIRDsoNe.
Wife of PhyaIcian Accused of Aturde
 of Dentist.

Brookhaven, Miss. Aug. 13-The trial on a charge of murder of Mrs. Agnes Birdsong, a niece of former Governor I.ongino of Mississippi. was begun here today. Mrs Birdsong is charged with having shot and killed Dr. Thomas H. Butler of Monticello. Miss. last No vember. The causes of the shooting have thus far remained secret.
 Mrs. Birdsong, who Is young wo- man, and the mother of two small chill dren, Is the wife of dentist of Mon ticello According to the charges against her. She entered Dr. Buffers office with a revolver concealed in a satchel It is alleged that she shot and wounded the physician while in his once. and then pursued him out on a yerandah, where he fell to the floor, and that she fired two more bullets into his body.
 When Mrs. Birdsong was arrested. her husband was taken into custody also, 1t being charged that immediate ly after the shooting. when his wife met him, he was carrying shot gun, Dr. Birdsong was set free after the preliminary examination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
sCAncITY Ol LABOR.
The Problem Is Bec0ming Acute
 West Georgia.

The Problem Is Becoming Acute fin
 West Georgia.
 Columbus, Ga, Aug 13.-(SpeciaL)--- The scarcity of labor Is growing to be an acute problem in West Georgia. The farmers have been complaining all the year that it was exceedingly difficult to get enough hands 70 do the planta- tion work and in Columbus, the larg- est city in this section of the State, the lack -s help is also felt. A good deal of street paving and other work of a public character is in progress here and the contractors arc experiencing great trouble in securing the neces- sary labor. One contractor stated that he would give any person $50 per week who would guarantee him the services of twenty-five laborers. He would be willing to pay this $50 indefinitely, as long as the person would furnish him that many workmen weekly.
 Solumbus is one of the oldest cotton mill eenters in the South. The work ing population here is educated to mill work and factory employees naturally even in Columbus the cotton mills need more help. Considerable machin- cry Is standing idle on account of an ineufdcient number of operatives, al- though the situation is ideal compared with that said to exist in some of the other mill center5 of the State. All in all, however, it is probable that sew eral hundred more people could be given employment in Columbus's vari- ous shops and factories, and that with out adding dollars worth of ma chinery to the equipment of those plants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
BRYAN HOME COMING.
Elaborate Reception ia Planned by
 People of Lincoln.

People of Lincoln
 Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 13.-Details for the homecoming of ". J. Bryan were arranged this afternoon so far as pos siblo at a meeting of the different committees.
 The welcome home will be on We'd nesday, September 5. MT. Bryan. ac- cording to the present itinerarys will not arrive until late in the afternoon crate parade as was intended.
 The exercises will take place at the State Capitol grounds and will De Tn fine open. Governor Mickey will de- liever the address of welcome to which Mir Bryan will respond.
 There will be other speeches, put present plans do not contemplate any sneakers outside the State The re- ception will occur in the evening. at the Capitol building. followed by night fire works The business ana resl- dence parts of the city will be elabo- rately decorated and a great crowd Is is expected from this and other StateS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14

rose SO rapidly that several frame houses were washed from their founda- lions and others were flooded.
 In the city 500 telephones were put out of commission by the lightning street car service was interrupted. and other inconveniences were caused The Postal Telegraph Company had several of its main cables burned. and the Western Union also suffered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
IINroN,s CASE POSTPONED.
h.euee of an AttOrnsys Causes nm Ad-
 so,,run.ent of Hearing.

Absence of an AttOrnsyl Causes an Ad-
 tournament of Hearing.
 Pensacola, Fla, Aug. l3.-(SpeciaL)-- The trial of William Linton. the slayer of Sim Mason at Bluff Springs. Sunday night a week ago, was today indeti- nitely postponed on account of the ab- sence from the city of an attorney whom the defendant expects to repre- sent him. Linton claims self-defense, but he Is held by the coroner's jury verdict for murder and without bond. The case is one in which the entire section is interested and many had s,ona to Century, where the trial was fo have occurred. to hear the testimony.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
1vhIte BacII In Home.

Rome. Aug. 1S.-Ambassador White. who had been a week with King Victor Emmanuel shooting ibex and chamois in the royal preserves in the Alps, the only spot in Europe where ibex stll exists, returned to Rome today, where American Senate's ratification of the treaty creating the international lnsti- t,,te of agriculture. MT White will go to tha United States in October next.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
srLrr AMoNs nErunLIoAxs.
Faction Knoyva as Reorennisea to Hold
 Convention.

Houston. Tex, Aug. 13.--The faction of Texas Republicans known as the ..Reorganized." will hold state con- vention here tomorrow.
 About one hundred delegates have already arrived. A full State ticket is to be nominated and resolutions will be adopted denunciatory of the regular Republican convention at Ell Paso.
 The principal matter will be the or- ganization Of Staae Executive Com mittee and the election of 8 State Chairman. Dr. Acheson of nenison will probably be chosen as the head of the comuittee. Dr. Acheson today stated that the reorganized movement would receive the indorsement of Sec- retary Taft. which he regarded as of the highest ffnportance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
0mcer of shennndnnh.

New Orleans. August 13-John Hutchinson. one of the two surviving officers of the Confederate prlvateer and blockade runner Shenandoah died today. aged 6s. The officers of the Shenandoah. which was in North Pa cifc waters at the time of Lees sur render, did not learn that the war had ended until several months afterward. Hutchinson was first assistant en- oinaeH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
NEGRoEs ARE TRIED.
Gang Who Raised Disturbance on Pen-
 aacOIa Street Car.


 Pensacola. Fla, Aug. lS.--(Special.)--- Tn the Recorders Court today. Recorder I,aney heard the cases against the gang of negroes who raised the disturbance on a street car Saturday night and one of whom seriously stabbed Motor man McNair There were eight defend- ants and it was. shown that the negra women were as disorderly as the men and urged the latter on as they were fighting the whites
 Ed Johnson. who is charged with having bitten Motorman McNair upon tha hreast and also having stabbed him three times, was held to higher court for trial and the other seven were fined from $2 to $1O and costs. with an ad- monition never to appear in the court again upon such charge.
 The wounded motorman was unable +o annear in the case. though he has re- covered sufficiently to be moved from the hospital to his home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
The Llmlt q w..e cr,tlel.m.


 It Is a safe proposition that criti- cism or a party should never include condemnation of the American people or or the capacity of the people and the Bailey. who is one of the strong men or the Democratic party a man who has grown in public respect and con ndence by the display of high-class publican party. despite all of It's short comings, has been preferred over the Democracy so persistently that only one Democrat has been President since James Buchanan retired in 1881, and that for only two years since 1858 has the Democracy been in position to change letter in the statute books, It might be well for the gifted Texan and many other Democrats to ponder on the fact that when, after long ab- sence, the Democratic party returned to full power In the government. it showed no capacity to govern itself. and was retired at the end of single Congress. It might be profitable for Senator Bailey and other brairy men of his party to recall the six successive victories achieved by the Republicans since they were hurled out by the Democratic tidal wave of 1892. There must be reason for all this, and the Democratic statesmen ought to find those reasons without losing their temper or inferentially condemning the American electorate. Perhaps they would conclude, after a careful con sideration of the whole subject, that the fault. dear Brutus. Is not in our stars, but in ourselves that we are un- derlinRs"
 Golfers Weekly quotes Senator Bal ley as having said in a recent speech at Celeste, in the Lone Star State: T do believe 1t would take miracle from heaven to convince me that a Repub- lican thing could be right" And again; There ought to be a Repub- iican however in every communifv as horrible example of total political dcpravity" And further, 'No man can be a good patriot unless he Is a Democratic partisan" This country's greatest political need Is a viriIe oppo- not possessed since the Democrats, in 1894. abdicated on the heels of a sig nal victory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
Nrn.l stone's Captor After Prince.

London, Aug. 1S.--A dispatch to a news agency from Vienna today says that it Is reported that Yanna Can dausky, the Macedonian leader. who was a member of the brigand band which. in 1901, captured Miss Helen M. Stone, the American missionary. and held her until ransomed, has hidden himself in the Bistrilza forests sur rounding Prince Ferdinand's villa, with the object of killing the prince. The villa is strongly guarded and the prince seldom leaves it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
A nRYAN DEMONSTRATIONS.
Georsia Legislators Cheer the Name of
 fhe Nebraskan.


 Atlanta. Ga, Aug. 13.-An fmpromptu Bryan demonstration occurred in the han of the House of Representatives tonight when former Federal Judge Blount, recently returned from the fbe members of the Legislature on the subject of self government for the Philippines. During his address. he quoted Senator Bailey of Texas as say Ing that there was not money enough in the country to prevent Bryan from becoming the next President ana ao- dino 'sI nrav to God the Senator's pre- dicticn will be fulfilled
 An outburst of applause and hand clapping ensued. in which all legisla- tors and the entire audience joined and continued for several minutes. Iarafion that Filipinos are fully as ca- pable of self government as. the cu- hans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
IIrhter Promoted.

Birmingham, Aug, lS.--It was ah- nouneed here today that A. D. Lighter, general agent of the Frisco system m fbis citv. has been promoted to be superintendent of the Southern divt- sion of the Frisco with headquarters in Memphis. The Southern division embraces that part of the lines from sprinsheld, Mo, to S.sSs: ssS:ss=ssss. sss Ras
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
MusT HAvn PAssPoRrs.
All Foreigners to Be Identified on En-
 ferfnE Spain.

teFInN spHfU.
 Washington. Aug. 13.--Since the re- cent attack on the life of King Alfon- so of Spain. strict measures have been instituted to establish the nationality of foreigners visiting that country and the American vice consul at Madrid, Maddin Summers. has written a letter to the state department calling atten- tion to the fact that Americans intend ing, to travel in Spain should provide themselves with passports.
 Formerly 1t was held that all oreig- ners should have passports. but thls was thereoetical. and the regulation was not generally applied to persons residing in one place for period of less than week, Now, however. the regulation will be strictly. adhered to and travellers must be prepared to meet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
smaIIest Infmnt bond.

Pensacola, Fla. Aug. lS.-(Special) )- Tba smallest infant born in the South died here today after surviving for a naonth and showing every prospect of hsing a strong and hearty child. The trfant was the daughter of MT. and Mrs, carmelow. Italians, of South Pala-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
Great Wante ln c,ole.

It is calculated that in making the common beehive ovens used fin the United States. between 350,000 and
 400, 900 tons of ammonium sulphate, every pound of it valuable for ferti- llzing purposes, Is wasted yearly In Germany most of the coke Is made in Improved ovens which Save this by- nroduct
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
Ceptsln,a carriane AttacIed.

-Voznesensk, Aug, 18.-A crowd of youths from a neighboring village attacked the equlpase of Captain of Police vIshnakoff today. More than fifty shots were fired, the carriage was riddled and a lady ac- companying the captain was wounded. The captain escaped without injury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
Killed by His Wife.

Toronto. Kas.. Aug. l3.--John Dona- hue. a wealthy farmer, was shot and killed at his home near Coryville last lacked witha butcher knife. Donahua was 70 years of age. Mrs. Donahue has not yet been arrested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14

fox Street. when 1t was born 1t weighed eighteen ounces and measured less than twelve inches. A common finger ring could be slipped over it's arm to the shoulder. It was steadily growing and thriving until 1t was taken i'll Sunday with srasms, dying today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
PoIIcemen Nenrch Trainn.

Warsaw. Aug, 13.-Trains on the Vistula railroad crowded with pas sengers returning from excursions sun day night were stopped and surrounded by troops near Warsaw while police men minuteiy searched the cars and passengers, arresting fifty persons. The chief of the workshop of the railroad here was shot and killed this morning. The assassin escaped.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
RnrnI PoIice Chief KnIcd.

Tcheringov. Aug. iS.--While a num- Der of revolutionary agitators who had been arrested at a meeting were undergoing examination at the perfec- ture of the town of Borsenoa, one of the accused drew a revolver killing the chief of the rural police, wounding an aide and committed suicide.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
pA,NsToRM IN BIRMINGHAM.
A,.rm Caused By the Lightning and
 Thunder.

Birmingham. Ala. Aug. lS.-Ihe Bir- min harnT district was visited by a rainstorm of large volume this after noon and a continuous crash of thun- aer and lightning for almost an hour caused considerable alarm. The rain fall during the afternoon up to 5 o'clock amounted to PAS inches. Down town streets were flooded for time, and be- tween 1ezssaS- and FaIrView tue water
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
county Treasurer Suicides.

Goshen, Ind. Aug. l3-E. 10. Drake' Treasurer of Elkhart County commit ted suicide today. III health followed ths Ioss of S5. 900 of the County funds hv the failure of the Indiana National flank, which he had to replace. was the cause.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
Innched Mith Kni.er.

Berlin, Aug. 13-Professor Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University. New York. and Professor John Will liam Burgess. Dean of the University. lunched yesterday with Emperor Will Ham at CasaeI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14

Church of this city. to accept the pas torate of the Lucas Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian Church In St. Louis. He will enter upon his new work octo- Der 1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
Stereoty,,er. Convention.

New York. Aug. 13-The fifth annual convention of the International Ster- eotypers and Electrotypers Union of North America was begun here today and will continue throughout the week
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14

Brown. present superintendent of the Southern division will be transferred and made superintendent of the western division from Springfield to St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
GAS WE'LL NEAR HUNTSVILLE.
Flow Estimated at MOhs Than n Mll.
 IiOn Feet Daily,

Huntsville. Ala. Aug. 1s.-The New York Alabama oil Company has brought in gas well in West Hunts vile at a depth of about 400 feet The flow is estimated at more than n mil lion feet daily. Drilling experts say 1t is coal gas. The new well was drill- ed as an experiment by the company which has already eight wells a few miles north of the city. Other wells will be drilled at once.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14
Cumherlnnd Pnstor Realgns.

Knoxville, Tenn. Aug. 13-Rev. ". T. Rodgers has resigned as pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14

If time is money why aren't all loaf- CTS millionaires3
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-14

The same lecture will be repeated at Sewanee. for worthy object during the present month.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-16
TOBACCO RAIDERS ACTIVE
Three Warehouses of Snuff Trust
Wrecked With Dynamite.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 13.-The
warehouses of the American Snuif
company at Eddyville, Princeton and
Fredonia, Ky, have been wrecked by
dynamite. Citizens of Eddyville were
awakened by the shock of the explo.
sion, which shattered windows for a
wide radius. ~Bloodhounds were Sc.
cured and followed the trail of the
wreckers for ten miles into Caldwell
county. Several months ago trust
warehouses in the southern part OF
Kentucky were dynamited and grow
ers who sold tobacco to the trust re-
ceived warning messages from the
might Riders"
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-16
SAYS SILVER is TOO HIGH.
Government Won't buy Any More I'm.
til Price Falls.

Washington, Nov. 13.-The treasury
department received offers for the
sale of silver to the government at
" cents per fine ounce. These offers
were rejected and Secretary Shaw
stated subsequently that no more sill.
yer would be bought at present high
prices. The government has on hand,
he said, silver enough to keep the
minis open for some time and he re.
CARDS the present prices as too high to
warrant the government in making
any more purchases at those figures.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-16
Book Dates Back to 1909.

What is believed by a|ntiquarians to
be the Oldest paper book in existence
is the Red Book Of Lynn" an ancient
register belonging to the corporation
OF Kings Lynn, England. This vol
m is known as the Red Book"
from its original binding having been
of that color. The first entry is a
transcript of the will of Peter de
Thorndon, burgess of Lynn, dated
1909; the latest entry is dated in the
18th year of King Richard II, Fifty
years ago the book was repaired and
rebound, and the leaves, which age
had reduced to a loose. ibrous sub
stance, were carefully resized as an
aid to preservation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-16
INcENDiARlSM IN NEW YORK
Five Fires In Two Blocks Arous
People and Woman Dies Of Shock.

ElNC NS w
People and Woman Dies of Shock.
New York, Nov. 10.-One woman Is
dead, a mar in a hospital suffering
from severe burns, 1000 persons ned
from their homes in panic and thou
sands more passed a ~sleepless night
as n result of a series Of incendiary
fires in the two blocks bounded by
Sixtieth and Sixty-frst streets and
Columbus and West End
Scores of persons whose lives were
endangered by the confiagration were
escued by fremen. In all there were
Ave r every one of them ncen-
diary, between midnight n 8 a. m.
The woman who lost her life was
Mrs. Caroline Swain, seventy years
old. whose home adjoins one OF the
buildings which was fired. She died
of heart failure, induced by fright.
Adrian Tompkins, in a hospital with
his hands and feet severely burned as
a result of climbing down a redhot hre
escape, is in a serious condition.
The rapidly succeeding fires. the
crowds of evicted tenants n the Ter
rifying rumors spread through the
neighborhood, with the constant ap'
pearance and temperance of the hre
engines and the big squads OF police
raised the people throughout the Vicin'
ity to a high pitch of excitement
which did not lessen until daylight
brought a measure of assurance ina
the incendiarism was ended for a while