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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
NEW ELECTRIC LINE
PROPOSED ROUTE FROM HUNTS
 WILLIE TO BIRMINGHAM.
Corporation Organized in North Ale. bama With o0oo,oeo Capital File. Ats Certificate at State
 CaDftoI.


 Corporation papers forecastinr the ambitious undertaking of an electric railway line from Huntsville to Bir- minsham were filed for record yester- day in the office of the Secretary of State. The company reserves the right to operate the road as a steam road.
 The company was organised in Mad ison County and is capitalized at $500. 900. Its purpose as set forth in the incorporation papers is the ''construc. tion and operation of a steam or elec- tric railway company as a common carrier"
 The route of the projected line is through one of the rich sections of North Alabama. Its projected line, as recorded in the papers is "Beginnine at Huntsville and extending south
 ison. Marshall, Cullman. Blount and Jefferson to Birmingham" -e- The company is to be known as the Huntsville and Birmingham Electric
 Raiiway Company. The 1ncorporatorl
 de, W. Edward Gill. John T. Wingun, Lunfa J. Hammers, James R. H. Thompson. J. B. Sherrill. F. Turner Petty. Montgomery L. Hines and Jamea The incorporation papers of the Cot. tondale Land Company were filed 10,
 record yesterday. The company is
 Jefferson County enterprise, capital.
 ized at $S.00o. It proposes to do general business in applying building material The incorporators are James F. Gallagher. Fred Clarke and J. D. Ogara-
 The Glen Oak Realty Company or Etowah County was incorporated yos- terday. The company will do a gem eral realty business on a capital stock of S5.000. Its incorporators are David P. Thompson. A. J. Record and Cyrus K. Hartxelk
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
eivins encouragement from every

ceivins encouragement from every quarter:
 Leading jusists and lawyers have as- sured me of their support. and educa- tors and 'clergymen are in hearty ac- cord. I regret very much that the bill did not get into the hands of the Con- mittee on Legislation of the State Bar Association, for had 1t been acted upon by that committee favorably, 1t would have passed to the Committee on Leg isIative Enactment, whose province 1t Is to look after the enactment of such bills as are handed it by the Commit tee on Legislation. The failure of the bill to reach this committee was an inadvertence, as the Association had previously declared in favor of it. Al all events, have the personal co-op- eration of the President, Mr. Bromberx, and of the leading lawyers throughout the~State, and though do not wish to be too sanguine. I believe that the chances for the passage of the bill are excellent"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
l1o YEARS OLD.

Among the many interesting feat. ures at the Fair you wil. find a blow which should attract most people. es- pecially farmers. The -hitit of the Loeb Carriage and Supply Company contains thiA blow which is over one hundred and twenty years old and was used In tho Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. It Is relic of the Pioneer Days and shows what a disad- vantage farmers were under by be- ing compelled to use p-ows 50 crude in construction.
 Notice also in the same exhibit of Loeb Carriage and Supply Company the Oliver chilled and steel blows manufactured by the Oliver Chilled Flow Works. of South Bend, Ind. These celebrated blows have made a great revolution in farming all over the world. adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23

of the proposed crime. was in waiting
 for them. and fired upon them. the shot
 striking the woman.
 AS the officers ran into the front end
 of the store. being attracted by tho
 frinx of the shot. the two negroes rushed out of the back door. and es- caped. They were picked up by the police later, however. Hannon being arrested shortly before o'clock and Watson about 5:30 o'clock. The Austin woman was removed from Page's store, where she was shot, to St. Margaret's Hospital, where she died during the forenoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
PURCHAsE ROAD BONDS. First National Bank of Troy Will Bay

Troy. Oct. 22.--(SpeoiaL I-The Com missioner's Court sof Pike County to- day closed a trade with ;. 8. Carroll by which he purchases the second in- stallment of Pike County good roads bonds for the First National Bank.
 The County has the option of sell ing either $25.000 or S5V.o06 of the bonds which bear 1-2 per cent. IT S50,000 are sold the premium is to be $s25 and if $25.000 are sold the pre- mium Is to he half that amount.
 Many miles of good roads have been built in Pike County the past year and by the time all of the money voted to good roads Is used very rew coAntiAS in Alabama will have as many miles Of good roads as will Pike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
MONTGOMERY THEATRE, Wednesday Night,
 STrfRmeean,a Rnll.s

The everlasting comedy success ''F1nnegan's Ball." comes 70 the Mont gomery Theatre. Wednesday night with a good cast of singers. dancsrA and comedians
 With the company are seen Barrett and Gale. Frank Gibbons, Francis Trumbell. Ruth Polo. Daisy Kerneil. Thomas, T. Shea, Harry Edwards and the Misses Jerome and Morrison, to- (gether with a singing and dancing chorus of rare excellence.
 Specialties alternate ith the mr- sic and incidents carefully designed and organized into an ..Talanche of comedy and a perfect whirlwind of laughter.
 Seat sale opes this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
WOMAN KILLED
BLACK sTOREKEEPER FIRES ON
 PARTY OF ROBBERS.
win Page Laid in Wait for Two Men and . Woman and Fired Upon
 Them.

At an early hour yesterday morning Will Page, a negro. who conducts store at the corner of South and Deca- tur Streets, fatally wounded negro woman. Belle Austin, at his store. The wonihn died at St. Margaret's Hospital several hours later.
 Page was arrested immediately by Mounted Policemen Swearingen and Tucker, who were close by with an = other prisoner, and was taken to police headquarters.l During the day, war rant charging murder was sworn to before Magistrate F c. Young. and Page was removed to the county jail.
 The negro storekeeper claims that the woman and two negro men, Jim. alias Bud Hannon, and Ben Watson, had attempted to break into his store, and that he. having received information
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23

horse to another, running tandem; Wm. DeMott. and many others
 These acts. 1t Is said. are in addi- tion to all the usual afenic, hippo- dromic and biological features of the big show, which also serves to intro duce a new Spectacle entitled, Peace" and founded upon the Russo-Japanese war, and three entirely new sensations of such an unusual character as to excite comment and wonder wherever they are seen. In one of these. an au- tomobile. guided by a handsome young American girl, shoots forty feet through the air, upside down, and the others are described as almost equally sensational.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
NEGRO RECAPTURED./

John Williams Escaped From Convic'
 Camp Two Years Ago.
 The State Convict Department yes terday received word of the recapture of John Williams. long term con vict, who made his escape in 1904 from the plant of the Durham Lumber Com pany. He was sent up for fourteen years and had just entered upon his term of service when he succeeded in getting away from the lumber camp guards Williams was captured in Mis- sissippi. He Is a negro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
JUVENILE COURT LAW.
Interest In Work b Manifested and Efforts are Made to Secure
 UewfslatiOu

NmOft1 0ke m80e- SO c@CWEC
 LegislatiOn.
 During the present week, the juvenile court law, as drafted by De Jalma 5. Hausman of the Montgomery bar, will be. put into the hands of the printer. and when printed, copy will be mailed to each member of the Legislature. A letter, emphasizing the importance ot tho measure, is being prepared ana will accompany each copy. Copies will also be sent to tts leading news papers and an effort will be made to foster a strong sentiment in behalf of the legislation.
 MT. Hausman says he Is gratifed at the progress of the work.
 'The movement" he said, lis stead fly growing. and from the little ripple. 1t has passed into the wave stage. gathering force as 1t goes. When we consider that 1t required eleven years to secure the passage of such meas ure in Illinois. and that. too. with the concentrated efforts of the leading charities of the State, we can be proud of the progress here. For. though only a short time has been devoted to tho movement. and though no organized efforts have been made. I am daily re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
WARRANTS SERVED,

Sworn Out For IL. H. Whitfield and Wan.
 diver Brothers on Complaint
 q. '. Williams.
 Warrants sworn out before Justice B. c. Young by T. J. Williams were served yesterday on l.. B. Whitfield Merritt Vandiver and Henry Vandivsr of Montgomery.
 L. B. Whitfield and Henry Vandiver are charged with assault and battery and Merritt Vandiver is charged with presenting fire arms and carrying . concealed pistol. They made bonds for but the cases have not been set for c hearing.
 The warrants grew out of an en. counter on Sunday between Messrs Whitfield and Williams at Vandiver Park.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
HIGHLAND PARK SEWERS.
Work for City Government is Nearing
 Completion.

1t is expected that by tonight the entire sanitary sewer system in High. land Park will have been finished, and will require only the completion of the connecting link to provide the outlet to the Hull Street line to be placed in actual commission.
 This connecting link, according 10 officials of the City Engineers office, will require the laying of about 5000 feet of twelve and fifteen-inch pipe. Work has already been begon upon this line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23

Voluntary petitions in bankruptcy were filed In the United States Court yesterday by Lewis Redd and Jim Cor don of Montgomery.
 A coffee roaster in the establish nnent of the Thomas H. Carr Cracker Com pany on Bibb Street, caught fire at 9:45 o'clock yesterday morning. filling the house with smoke. The fire de- partment was called to the scene. but its services were not required. Executive appointments were an- nounced yesterday as follows: Jus tices of the Peace. W. L. Clark, Dixon's Mill. Marengo County; Miss Kate Ball. lard. Birmingham. Jefferson County. Notary Public. J. P. Benson, Forest Home, Butler County.
 Claude Dickerson. who was arrested Saturday night for drunkenness, and whs was found to have a pair of knuckles in his pocket when searched. was fined $50 and costs for his of- fense yesterday by the Recorder. The case of drunkenness was dismissed. owing to the heavier penalay in tho concealed weapon case.
 The City Engineer and his force are engaged in making survey to straighten out the Gennetta ditch be- tween McDonough and Perry Streets. near Julia Street. The new route. be- sides being more direct and shorter. will permit the construction of a sanf- tary sewer outlet for Cramer Avenue. which has long been desired by the residents, there.
 Robert Bryant. a negro. was com- mitted to jail yesterday by Justice B. C.. Young. charged with having injured Sallie Murrell. a 7year-old negro girl. The crime is reported to have been committed late Sunday afternoon eleven and a half miles from the city on the Mobile road. Bryant was brought to Montgomery eaNy yesterday morning. He has been denied bond by Justice Young.
 Joe Harris, the negro who raised a disturbakce In police headquarters Sat- urday evening because he was refused permission to see his son. Robert liar ris. was fined $5 and costs for disor- der1y conduct and $5 and costs for re- sisting the officers who sought to get him to leave the police station. The fines were reduced because the negro's character was said to bo good, and his behavior for many years past was above reproach Robert Harris. tho son, was fined $10 and costs for dis orderly conduct. He threatened a couple of white men with a knife while intoxicated,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23

If you want good Jersey COW get one from F. H. Bates at Fair Grounds. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
POLICE ON ALERT
WATCH TRAINS TO PROTECT VISI-
 TORS TO FAIR
Chief Taylor Active In Arrest of Men With Bad Regulations Who Come To Montgomery For Exhl-
 bftiOn.

The alertness of the Montgomery Po- lice Department to protect the visitors to the State Agricultural Fair from pick-pockets and robbery, was again exemplified yesterday morning, Spec tal Officer J. P. Avant welcomed one Fred Graham, whom the police say is a pickpocket, at the union railway sta- tion with the familiar phraseology. come go with me"
 Graham had just reached the city on an incoming passenger train but h0 was spotted long before he arrived. He had comfortable ride to the police station, where he was recorded as pick privilege at the. city prison, consist ept with his keeping. but he will be kept within the prison walls until the Fair Is over.
 A similar character. also docketed as a ptckpocket, was taken o6 . New Orleans train at g o'clock Sunday night by special police officers. His name Is Ben McIarn. alias Bennie McRea and he also will be detained at the police station during Fair week to promote the safety of citizens and visitors. Chief Taylor has determined to take into custody every crook found in or coming into Montgomery, and his men are continually on the watch for sucA Objectionable characters.
 Police Kept Busy.
 A number of suspicious characters have bean picked up oy the police al- ready since the opening O. tho Fair. Patrolmen Smith and Jackson yester- day morning arrested L. V. OBrien and H. W. Jeter. whom they placed in the city jail, 'on suspicion" If no charge against them develops, they. will be re- leased at the close of the Fair week.
 John White. the negro who refused to- submit to arrest by Patrolman Watson. Saturday afternoon, holding up the officer at the point of gun while making his escape, and who was caught in the railroad cut by Constable Clements of West End. after . long and hard chase. was fined $50 and costs in Recorders Court yesterday afternoon for carrying a concealed weapon. and $50 and costs for resisting the officer. He was released on the charge of dis orderly conduct. which grew out of a controversy with Robert Briggs. an- other negro.
 F. A. McMurray, the negro merchant who was arrested Sunday for keeping his establishment open in violation of the Sunday closing law. was lined $1o and costs by Recorder Baber. The sentence was suspended, as the viola tion semed to be the result of mis- understanding by McMurray of shis rights.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
p n. white su.ucnd..

of P. T. White. q heavy trader was announceds on the Consolidated stock exchange today. Under the rules Mir White will have tSeEty-four hours 10 fulfill his contracts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23

Executive appointments were an. nounced yesterday as follows: Jus tices of the Peace. W. L. Clark, Dixon's Mill, Marengo County; Miss Kate Ball. lard. Birmingham, Jefferson County. Notary Public. J. P. Benson, Forest Home, Butler County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
NEWS w BRIEF

Voluntary petitions in bankruptcy were filed In the United States Court yesterday by Lewis Redd and Jim Cor don of Montgomery.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-12-20

mittee OF prominent bankers have pro-
vided a plan which would undoubtedly
afford the relief desired, but there is
little hope of its adoption in its entire
ty because of the political prejudice
and the bucolic bgotry of the great
majority of the national lawmakers.
The idea of the central bank is accept
ed as the best solution of this per-
picked question. 1t is doubtful, howev-
er, If even the suggestion will be made
in congress that such bank be created
under the national law. The fate of the
old United States bank is too well re-
membered In Wall street for financiers
to hope that there is any likelihood of
congress permitting the establishment
of any similar institution. New York
Cor. Philadelphia Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-12-20
AMERICAN PAUPERlSM.
General Prosperity Reducing Ratio
OF INDECENT.

General Prosperity Reducing Ratio
OF INDECENT.
\ gratifying showing on pauperism
in the United States is made in the spe-
cill bulletin about umshouses from the
bureau Of the census While the num-
Der Of paupers is increasing, the in
crease does not keep pace with the
growth of the population, the ratio hav-
ing fallen from 132 in 100000 for 1880
10 Il small fraction over 101 in 1908 As
might have been expected, the report
shows that the big cities, the makers
Of miilionaires are at the same time
the great makers of paupers. Were it
not for the yearly grist of paupers
ground out by the remorseless wheels
OF the cities the percentage of paupers
would be heavily reduced.
One thing which has cut down pau
perism in recent years is the more en-
lishtencd method of treating the poor
Instead Of sending the children of pau.
rera along with their parents to the
aIInShOuse homes are found for them
Whore they are brought up to be self
supporting and often valuable members
OF The community. Also all over the
country various charitable societies are
constantly at work providing suitable
work for the poor who would otherwise
lie public charges and thus enabling
them to be, in part at least, self sup
porting.
The report shows that pauperism
might lie almost totally eliminated were
it not for two factors old age, which
is inevitable and the great cities, which
are Inevitable too An INDECENT old age
is something which no human fore
thought can guard against with abso
Lutte certainty, but the pauperism pro
ducel by the cities is being fought in
tel,igcptly and when the bureau of
census issues another report of the sort
JUST given out it is reasonable to ex
pact considerable falling off in the
number of paupers which can be as
crihed to the great urban populations
New York Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-12-20
Claim Everything.

Democrats who term President
Roosevelt the best Democrat that ever
sat in the White House are like the
devil when he offered Christ all the
kingdoms of the earth if the Saviour
would do his bidding" said Joseph G
Cannon speaker of the national house
Of representatives in an interview.
"The devil claimed all the earth
but he did not own foot If it,
added Cannon. = Kingwood (E. Va
Journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-12-20
Dry Goods Department

An elegant showing Of New Dress
Goods Fine Silks and ~ aistings. Neck
wear, Gloves, Hosiery, Umbrellas Tn
derwear, Aprons, Table Linens, Towels,
Ribbons, Robe Blankets, Comfortables,
Bath Blankets Dressing Sacques, Leg
gins, Ladies and Children Linen Lunch
Cloths, Napkins, Furs, Coats, Fine Black
and colored Skirts, Millinery, Silk scarfs,
Ruhs for the neck, Tamoshanters and
Toboggan Caps, Infants Long and Short
Coats, Knit Goods. Bonnets, Sacques,
Bootes, Dresses, Skirts. Hosiery and
Shoes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-12-20
Chinese and the Canal.

Governor Magoon's criticism OF
worthlessness of cody labor ON the
Panama canal leads the Springfield
Republican to express the opinion that
as his Judgment cannot be based on
personal observation, 1t isn't worth
very much "If he is correct, how.
ever" the Republican adds, and il
hose are correct also who pronounce
the negro lGborers incompetent, the
question arises who is to dig the ditci
anyway"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-12-20
DEeunler and Doer.

In a recent speech at Lincoln, Neb.,
William ]. Bryan's home. Senator
Beveridge of Indiana lauded Mr.. Bry-
an rs an honest idealist in politics,
righteous, but not right" He said
such men as Mr. Bryan were needed
by humanity as protestants in govern
mental affairs, but they were never
able to accomplish any positive work.
President Roosevelt Senator Beveridge
praised as both an idealist and man
of practical accomplishment. Mr..
Bryan. lie said, was a dreamer presi-
dent Roosevelt an achieyer.-Pcrt Hu-
ron (Mich) Times.
Masss ehusetts NIugwumps who Are
NIiscaucd Republicans.
Congressman Mccall, who is Demo
cratic on the tariff question, manages
sets by the aid Of a Republican tag,
lie is a chronic disturber of Republic
an peace in Massachusetts and else.
where, and his attitude on the tariff
= now warmly applauueu Dy Demo
cratic newspapers. Mr. Mccall Mr..
i'oss and others, not to overlook Gov
ernor Guild, are chiefly responsible for
the dislodgment of the Republican par
~ in Massachusetts from two frlnda-
mental Republican positions. The
consequence, is that Massachusetts,
which under really Republican i'm
pulses would go uniformly for the
Roosevelt article, is alternately eclips-
"a by mugWumpery or by Ben But
ler radicalism. The violation of the
platform is responsible for all the
perils which threaten the Republican
party. Thanks to Roosevelt, the chief
OF these perils has been obvlated.-
Lewiston (Me) Journal
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-12-20
Currency Rcrorn.

The urgency Of some radical reform
in the currency system OF the country
is apparent. not only to the financiers
Of Wall street, but to bankers and mer-
chants throughout the entire country
There is little doubt that pressure from
cvery section of the United States will
he brought to bear upon the coming
congress to make certain absolutely
monetary system, the inelasticity OF
which is becoming more and more a
source of embarrassment and danger
The chamber of commerce and a com.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-12-20
SOPHlSTRY ANSWERED.
Free Traders Undcrcstimated Farm
ers' Intelligence.


ers' Intelligence.
Two years ago the Democrats sent a
few of their spelbinders into Aroos-
,33k to assure the farmers there that
tie - cents a bushe protection which
the DMalcy tariff afforded them on
their potatoes didn't amount to shucks
and that the protection which it af-
fordcl them ON their live stock. their
oats. their hay, their butter, their ap-
pies. their eggs and various other
flrm products was really burden to
tlem If they could only brng them
selves 70 look ut the matter from a
Democratic standpoint. And did the
fnrmcrs of Aroostook answer these
speclous arguments? They did most
emphatical'y on election day, when
they came to the Pcnohscot line with
Il Republican majority of 1852.
That was the answ Of the farmers
Of Aroastook and in q similar degree
the answer Of the farmers of Maine to
the Democratic attempt to convince
them that they were receiving no ben
eGts under the Dlngley thrift law. Tho
Democratic newspapers ana spclibind
crs presented the soHhistr'es they en-
p!aved in their most plausible way
but they learned TO tho'r soeroW on
election day that they had erievously
un1erestimaled the intelligence of the
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-05-24
Too Truthful,

Norman Hapgood, the distinguished
journalist n ~essayist, was discussing
American newspapers.
1T is not enough that our papers
shall tell the TRUTH" he said. Truth
telling in itself is not particularly wise
nor praiseworthy. Indeed, it is some
thing the reverse. .
Thus a young man called on a young
lady one spring morning very early. He
had his automobile along. He wanted
to give the young lady a morning spin
through the country.
"a little girl. the young lady's niece,
answered the bell.
us your auntie in?' said the young
man.
"'Yes, sir said the little girl.
That's good. Where is she?' he went
on.
shes upstairs said the little girl,
In her mighty, looking over the balus-
trade"