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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
BLOODY CITY RECORD
es MEN HANGED IN FIT. SMITH IN
 TWENTY YEARS.
Que Judge Sentenced All of Them Snt on the Trial of 354 Men
 Charged With Murder. f

The b.oodiest record of legal exe- cutlons ever known was that of Fit.
 smith, Ark, up to September; 1906. In Just 20 years 99 men were hanged in garded us the worst characters the west ever had One judge sentenced IT oI them. says the Washington Star. bcsldes these yhe sentenced 53 others Wno escaped the death penalty for va rious reasons He sat in the trial of
 linen charged with murder. He was so stern in the handling of the desper- ate i, men who overran the Indian Ter- ritory from 1875 to 1S96 that he be- came known everywhe~e as the man without heart"
 This man. whose record Is preserved in the Department of Justice in thfs city. was Judge Isaac C. Parker. of the Western District of Arkansas. He went to .Ft. Smith in 1875 to sit in the cases arising in the Indian Territory. toughest men, aud the worst women the West ever knew. Nothing but the sternest law, rigidly enforced by the Government of the United states, had the least effect upon them. Congress had provided that all cases from the territory be tried at Ft. Smith.s. This arrangement continued until Septeu- per l. lSs6, when Congress gave jar to. various judicial districts created within the Territory.
 Judga Parker was sensitive to the general belfet that he was so strict Ss to be inhuman in his lack of sym pathy. and there was no doubt that he was misrepresented He was a most kindly hearted man. but he knew that 1t was the rigid application of inc law that would ultimately cOn- quer and subdue the lawless element that held sway in that portion of the 
 Speaking of the more than 150 men he had sentenced to the gillows dur ing his judicial life at Ft. Smith. Judge Parker said:
 People have said to me You are the judge who hanged so many men But my answer has been, It is not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
SONG FOR THE PRESIDENT.
Body of Negro students At the White
 HamaR

House.
 Washington, Feb. I4.-Rev. Dr. Ed ward Everett Hale. the venerable chaplain of the Senate, and Booker T. Washington, principal of Tuskegee. Ala, Institute, presented to the Presi- dent in the east room of the White House today, about thirty of the stu dents of the, industrial institution To- cated at Manassas, Va. The students sang two or three songs for the Pres ident. who afterward greeted each one personally. President Roosevelt ad- dressed them saying in part:
 Tt is peculiar pleasure to me to greet you today and no body of your fellow citizens can have a greater claim to be received at the White House than a body like this. which stands for the fundamental duty Of American citizenship. the duty of self education.
 of our citizens of no matter what color can be permanently benefited is by teaching them to pull their own weight to do their own duty, their duty to themselves. their duty to their neigh bors. their duty to the state at large"
 After listening to the songs the President made the following remarks:
 The other day great French liter ary man who was pecularily interest ed in popular songs, in the music de- veloped by the different people of the old world. came here and happened to to me that as far as he could see there was but two chances for the of schools of American music. of American singing, and these would come. one from the colored peo- pie and one from the vanishing Indian folk, especially of the Southwest. I want all of you to realize the impor- tance and dignity of your musical work. feel that there is very strong chance that gradually out of the capa- city for melody that your race has, we shall develop some school of Ameri- ean music"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15

wno have hanged them. It is the jaw
 never hanged man People whs say l am cruel do not Understand how
 renraso,tas e-i s,t.nsteo. I am the most nlis. | proud of the record | have made.
 pedleve it has checked food of crime | .i tnink the. courts of the country
 are somewhat to blame for the thous. | ahds or murders yesrly committed. Tn .ne past nve years the was talking in iss6l 43.99o persons have been mur- condition does not exist. because our laws are defective We have the mos,
 magntficent legal system in the world the shadow in the shape of technical. | lties, instead of to the substance, in
 the. form of crime There Is too much | tcehnicaIity.
 Yes. they say am cruel, but they
 forgot that for years have had to | contend with the crimes of the worst podv Of ruffians the United States ever human form. The crimes were de- liberateiy. planned and ferdishly exc cuted They were men of the most
 hardened character, oblivious to de-
 isdiction alone slxty-fve United States l marshais have been murdered while attending to tbeir duties Wilson. who was connected with the Star gang. q
 man who boosted thar he had killed twenty-nine people, was one of the men l sentenced to hang It was no
 cruelty to do this. in view of his rec.
 Judge Parkcr's court held scssionc lasting from o'clock in the morning i, until dark. There was so much crim-
 inal business the court had to work
 overtime The jailor and hangmen
 were naturally busy men. The jailer
 was J. D. Berry, brother of United
 States Senaor Berry,of Arkansas The
 hangman was Geo. Lawson. a deputy marshal Between the two they had hnIfOhf hundreds nf af executions and knew the kind that would do the grewsome work without breaking,
 We buy ropes that are ropes." said
 Jafler Berry. Those officers who try to hang men and let the ropes break as the trap falls ought 10 pc indicted. It is their business te see that the
 way they can do 1t is by testing them with dummies. as we do. We don't run any risks. The ropes are softened d man In addition to the tests they get from the dummies. People write me from all over the United States for pieces of the gallows on which they these people and we don't lon try. becanss no man Is made any better by hand ling such objects
 George Lawson. the Ft. smith hang man, had pulled the iron pin that dropped nearly 100 men to death. He was known far and wide as the cool est man who ever pulled trigger from under a criminal. He said that the first time he did it he dreamed about the dying man for weeks after ward, but he soon got over that and cared nothing for assisting in putting l away the hardened characters sen tenced at Ft. Smith He had hanged 1 five :ner al one time and never | anehed as they shot through the trap | and struggled few minutes until re- Iieved by unconsciousness.
 It was Lawson who pulled the trig- i ger on the Buck gang, the toughest l set of men in the Southwest. Five of | them were strung up at one time. | They were part. Indian and their lead | CT was Rufa Buck Nobody knows now many people. they did kill or how many robberies they committed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
Df. Pierce's Hayorite Prescriptinn

Is powerful, invigorating tonic, impart- ing health and strength in particular to the organs distinctly feminine. The local, womanly health is SO intimately related to the general health that when diseases of the delicate womanly organs are cured the whole body gains in health and strength. For weak and siclxly women who are Tworn-out," "run-down" or debilitated, especially for women who work in store. office or schoolroom, who sit at the typewriter or sewing machine, or bear heavy household burdens, and for nursing mothers, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrlpuon has proven & priceless benefit because of it's health restoring and strength giving powers.
 AS soothing and strengthening nerv- inc. "Favorite Prescription" IS un- eQualed and Is invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous excitability, frritabil- ity, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostra. tion, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea, or St. Vitus's dance, and other distressing nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and organic disease of the womanly organs. It induces refresh Ing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency.
 Cures obstinate cases. "Favorite Pre- scription Is positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of cfe- male weakness" painful periods, lrregu- larties, prolapsus or falling of the pelvic organs, weak back, bearing-down sensa- tions, chronic congestion, Inflammation and alteration.
 Dr.. Pierce's medicines are made from harmless but efficient medical roots found growing in our American forests. The Indians knew of the marvellous cura- tive value of some of these roots and im- parted that knowledge to some of the friendlier whites, and gradually some of the more progressive physicians came to test and use them, and ever since they have grown in favor by reason of their superior curative virtues and their safe and harmless qualities.
 Your druggists sell the UFAvoRrTE PRE- sCRIPTIoN and also that famous altera- tive, blood purifier and stomach tonic. the GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY" Write to Dr. Pierce about your case. He is an experienced physician and will treat your case as confidential and without charge for correspondence. Address him at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. r., of which he is chief con. sulting physician.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
some curIor cnd odaIt,es.

From the CnlcaBO CnrOnlcie.
 "On a Connecticut dam" said a law yer. "a person was skating one day alone. Suddenly the ice broke and the man plunged into the cold deep water.
 He could not swim. but he man. aged to keep up by holding to the edges of ice about the hole he had made If he tried to climb up on the ice, though. 1t broke under him. So, without moving, he shouted for help.
 No help came. The place was lone ly. The parson realized before loug that he was in a bad way and with his knife he scratched on the ice his last words-a brief farewell and be- quest 10 his wife of all he possessed
 The next day his frozen corpse was found, along with the will written on ice. No one disputed this will, The wife was. in fact the mans sole heir And thus was duly recorded the strang- est will of which there is any record 2 will written on Ice.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
APRIL B, DATE SET
PRIMARY WILL BE HELD IN THE
 SIXTH DISTRICT.
Hcbson's Flea That the Election Take Place at Time state Candidate WuI be Nominated is Turn
 ed Down.

Tuscaloosa. Feb. Especial. l--The Democratic District Comittee met here at noon today and decided to hold its man April 23rd. A resolution embrac- ing this and other incidental measures was adopted and the meeting adjourned to meet on May 3rd for the purpose of canvassing the returns of the cleo tion.
 A representative of Captain Hobson, one of the candidates for congress. urged before the vote on setting the. time of the primary. the arguments of Captain Hobson for a primary on the date of the State primary. The chair man also read the open letter to him from Captain Hobson urging the same matter.
 After tho vote deciding on the April primary the representative of Mr. Fob- son requested that his protest be enter ed against the action of the committee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
Joke on Senator piles.

Among the closest friends of Senator Crane of Massachusetts, is Senator Piles member. A day or two ago Crane heard that Piles intended to make set speech He gumsnoed to Piless desk. lican side. and said: Piles, I heard Senator Flint Is going to make a speech Now, you and Flint are from the Pa cific Coast. the same part of the coun- tell him 1t will be folly for him to begin talking so soon. Tell him he wants to observe the unwritten law and sit Of course. I know he will make good speech, but you'll agree with me that 1t is better for him to refrain for a time, and you can tell him with the uts most propriety. Piles got red and bit his lips, but he didn't make speech.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
CORTELYOU TO REMAIN.
Won't Yield National Committee ReIns
 Under Fire.

WashlngtOn SpeclaI.
 Refusing to retire under fire, Post master General Cortelyou is to remain chairman of the Republican National Committee for an indefinite time. Hen " c. New, of Indianapolis. who is to succeed Mir, Cortelyou, has been in con ference with the President and MT Cortelyou in the last few days and an arrangement satisfactory to all parties has been reached.
 As long as there is any possibility Of demand being made for a return of the money contributed by the life in- suTance companies to the National Com mittee MT. Cortelyou will not retire. Such a demand would be a source of embarrassment to MT. New and he can afford to remain vice chairman, as at present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15

again adjourned until tomorrow after noon after a process server testified that he had made an effort to serve John D. Rockefeller and had not sue ceeded. After the adjournment MT. wollman said
 Attorney General Hadley will be here almost immediately after the Mis- souri Supreme Court has passed on the questions which Judge Giidersleeve has found should primarily be decided by that tribunal before he win order the witnesses here to answer line of questions which Mir. Rogers refused to answer. and then the examination here will proceed steadily and we hope without further interruption.@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15

Cures Coughs. Colds, Consumption used in over two thousand leading hos ulant known to medicine. It stimu gestion, builds up the nerve tissue, tones up tn" heart and fortifies the system az disease germs, Duffys Pure Malt key prolongs life. keeps the old yoL, .. and the young strong It contains no fused oil and is tho only whfskey recognized by the Gov ernment as medicine. This is q guarantee.
 CAUTION-There is but one Duffys Pure Malt Whiskey. Sold by druggists bottles only, never in bulk. Insist on having the genuine, and see that the strap over the cork is unbroken. Re fuse all cheap substitutes. as they are put up only for profit and are positive " injurious to the health. Look for the trade mark, the old Chemist. on the label.- Medical booklet and doc tors advice free. Duffy Malt Whiskey Company, Rochester, New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
GIrrs OF THE NrIKADo.
Handsome Presents Received For Miss
 Alice R0nMeEeIt.

Washington. Feb. 14.-The wedding present of the Emperor of Japan to Miss Roosevelt consists of two silver vases and a valuable piece of Japa- nese embroidery. The embroidery con sists of a piece of silk about eight feet square. Its left corner shows the background of heavy gold thread but the greater part of the piece is em- broidered with Chrysanthemums done in white silk on gold
 Secretary and rMs. Bonoparte have sent as a wedding gift very hand some piece de millieu of repousse silv- CT. In. the center of it several fanciful figures have been wrought and the edge of the piece is open worked
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
PACKERS GIVE TESTIMONY.
Differs Very Little From That PrevI-
 0usIy Heard.

Chicago. Feb. 14.--Representativcs of the Swift Company of this city and of the Cudahy Packing Company of oma- ha. Neb., were nsthe stand in the pack CTS case today When court adjourn ed for the day the testimony for each had been finished, save for q possibil- ity that Edward Cudahy of omaha may be recalled for a few questions in the morning.
 The testimony of all of the witnesses related to the manner in which the government applied for information re- Earding the packing industry. and of how It was furnished to them. It did not differ in any way from what has been said by previous witnesse in the case,
 It Is expected that tomorrow evil dence regarding the investigation in the plants of Armour and Company will be taken,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
THE EVENING GEORGIAN.
John Temple Graves Will Found a New
 NeGspnper.

Atlanta. Ga, Feb. 14.-John Temple Graves, whose resignation as editor of The News was announced yesterday, made preliminary announcement today that he will re-enter the afternoon field with A new daily, to be known as The Evening Georgian,
 The new paper will be started ac- cording to Colonel Graves as soon as the necessary plant can be assembled He will be associated with Frederick l.. Seley and will be backed by ample capital. Colonel Graves says a press service will be had by leased wires from Washington and New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
On CromweII,n TrnII.

-NFW OFleanS StateS
 That astute and energetic old States man. Senator Morgan of Alabama. is hot on the trail of that exceedingly per vasive individual, Col. William Nelson Cromwell, who 1t appears, is a greater influence in the Panama canal enter prise and isthmian affairs generally than the United States Government. The testimony brought out by the in- quiry of the Senate Committee on In teroceanic canals establishes Cromwell as q veritable Pooh Bah of Panama to whom the great Government of the United States has been playing the part of second fiddle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
The creeInlnn cnmnnnr.

New Orleans. Feb. 14.-Annonuce- of the formation of the F. F. Creel-
 man Lumber and Manufacturing Com pany with a capital of $1 900 ,O00, was made in November. Headquarters were established at New. Orleans and 1t was said at the time that the com pany would be the largest hardwood concern in the United States with combined output of 40.000,009 feet year. number of companies were merged into the new corporation. The Florida Lumber Company of Montgom- cry, Ala, with 21,000 acres of timber lands in Alabama. and five mills; the r. E. Creelman Lumber Company, of Cairo. Ills. with yards at Cairo and mills at Baton Rouge; The Krontz Manufacturing Company, at Melville, La, with 30.000 acres of timber lands and modern mills and the Melville Box and Lumber Company at Melville with 10000 acres of land and modern mills. Chicago and New York capitalists make up the list of directors. F. E. Creelman of Chicago is the manager of the company. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
PROSPECTS OF. SUCCESS.
Negotiations At AIEeciras Are P
 gressing Fayorably.

Negotiations At AlGecfras Are PrO-
 gressing Favorably.
 Algeciras, Feb. 14.-Yesterday' op- timism regarding the outcome of the Moroccan conference apears to have been as greatly exaggerated as was Mondays pessimism. Negotiations are progressing with the same good pros poets of success. which always have existed.
 The Associated Press has the best authority for denying the statement emanating from Berlin that NJ. Revolt. the principal French. delegate proposed that France. Spain and one other pow CT shall control the Moroccan police.
 The efforts of disinterested powers, particularly the United States and Italy, have become very active in the last three days towards securing q satisfactory arrangement of the ques- tions of the state bank and the po- lice,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
ACCOMMODATION PAPER.
Remarkable Story Comes to Light
 Nashville C0nrf

Nashville Court.
 Nashville, Tenn. Feb. fs..--The in- voluntary bankruptcy proceedings in- stftuted here, against the John M. smith Lumber Company of Nashville, have served to bring to light an aniaz- ing, story regarding the manner in which something like ss00,o00 of &C., commodation paper has been put out and the proceeds used it is alleged, to float million dollar lumber cor poration known as the F. E. Creelman Lumber and Manufacturing Company of New Orleans
 A fight is to be made in the courts, if necessary, to prevent the John M. Smith Lumber Company being saddled with the payment of these notes. If successfully resisted. 1t is claimed, the company will be in a position to con- tipue business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
STANDARD OIL INQUIRY.
Process Server Fails to Find John D.
 Rockefeller,

New York. Feb l4.-The inquiry in the case of the State of Missouri against the Standard Oil Company. which was resumed this afternoon. was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
ID one week
 Tn writing he says:
 Toat 1uinter contractad q, aev

m WTItlHg nc saNs!
 Last winter I contracted severe case of Grip, and my doctor did not aid me. l was in despair. My drug gist told me there was nothing like the Grip out of ones system, and 1t was just one week after I began to use from this terrible plague I heartily recommend Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey 10 every one who Is suffering from Grip or colds. w. A. RUTH, Brldge' vile, Del.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
GRIP CUR ED

His doctor unable to aid him, Mr. w. A. Ruth, of BridgeVille. Del, after he had given up hope began to use Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. 1t cured him in one week
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15

As they ate strawberries and drank champagne they talked of their daugh- ters, both this seasons debutantes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-15
DuHy's Pure Malt Whiskey

irip. Bronchitis and Pneumonia. It 10 1itals as the most valuable tonic stim-
 ates and enriches the blood. aids de
The Washington times., 1906-03-19
THE PAIN AND THE PERIL

When the kidneys are sick, every sud
den twist or movement sends a sharp
pain ccursing through the back AS the
trouble gains ground, the pain strikes
you first in one place. then in another.
until you never knew when or where it
will come next.
Backache. rheumatic pain. scIatica.
gout and lumbago are brought on in
most cases by an excess in the blood Of
uric acid. dangerous poison that should
be filtered off by the kidneys. and ex-
PEELED with the urine. Uric acid poison
ing is L serious danger. 1t has a weak
ening and debilitating effect on every
organ of the body. II clogs the kidneys
themselves. and the urinary channels,
causing distressing urinary troubles.
jlropsy. diabetes. and Brights disease.
1t also erystallizes into gravel, stones
in the kidneys and sediment in the
urine; IL disturbs the action of the
heart, liver. stomach. and brain, causes
headaches. dizzy spells. dimness Of eye
sight, nervousness, depression languor.
Colds and changes of weather make
these troubles worse
There is only one way to permanent
ly rid the system of uric poison, and
The Washington times., 1906-03-19
Three Born Oper 4 Century Ago
Near the Day of IreLdnd'S Saint
Follows the Ticker Despite
Her One Hundred and
One Years.

PHILADELPHIA March Is--GOoo
health. good friends and good ould ST
2atriek's for her natal day turned Mrs.
Elizabeth Hazleton's 101st birthday party
at her home, 4717 Kingsessing avenue.
into as lively an affair as she was ac-
customed 10 preside over az her home
In County Tyrone. Ireland, In the early
days Of the century.
Her extreme age did not impair her
grace as hostess. and from TO o clock
she received every one OF her 200 guests
with handshake- She was assisted by
her daughter. Mrs. Charles Howell. with
whom she resides, and her granddaugh.
ter. Mrs. J. Harvey Giningham.
Floral tributes filed a big room. ana
II was in such a bower as this that Mrs
Hazleton received her friends
Except an accident twenty years ago.
in which her hip and arm were frac-
tUred. and an attack Of pneumonia A
year ago, Mrs Hazleton has not been
IN. Her eyesight and mental faculties
are unimpaired. though her hearing is
not perfect.
She takes great delight IN keeping in
touch with current events. and after
an early breakfast. her first desire Ia the
morning newspaper and its stock page,
with which she is as familiar as down
town broker. In fact. she is the author
ity about the neighbOrhood as 10 all the
from Atchison TO West Coal.
Many Of her friends follow the market.
and il is this that prompts her intense
interest in the news Of the ticker"