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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-28
General Lees Order.


As The following telegram from New
Orleans. Incorporating General Lees
order, will show. the order is not appli-
cable TO the Richmond reunion. but the
question OF dispensing with this feature
Is to be discussed and determined here:
Expenses of maids and matrons o!
honor and other fair sponsors here
after appointed for the United Con-
federate Veterans must be provided
for by some means outside OF the
treasury, of that organization. accord
ing 10 orders issued by General Ste
phen u. Lee tonight. General Lee
said:
at cannot be denied that what VAS
Intended as an honor 10 the descend
ants OF the glorious women OF the
Gonfe6eracy has grown TO such a de-
gree that Confederate soldiers have
been in a manner forced into second
place.
He announces that this matter will
10 brought to the attention Of the
Richmond reunion this year and that
pending action by tho veterans he will
abstain from appointing chief Spon-
scr and maid Of honor for the reunion.
1t is absolutely necessary. he cor
tinued, that tbe expenses OF the re-
union cities be reduced" and he
wishes it distinctly understood that
the OUTLAY for entertainment o. all
sponsors and maids of honor must
be borne by those who make the APP
pointments.''
\ second order announces tho date
OF the seventeenth annual reunion for
June LIST. I'd and Sd
When a Times-Dispatch representa-
tive showed the telegram to Colonel
iohn w Gordon, chairman of the gen
erai reunion committee, he construed
the order Of General Lee as appIicable
TO reunions after this. but not to the
Richmond reunion. He expressed the
belief that General Lees order wasf AT
tributable to the action OF the United
Daughters of the Confederacy. who. In
their recent convention at Gultport. Miss.
Declared against the custom of sending
sponsors and maids. Colonel Gordon
stated that General Lees adjutant had
written to veterans in this city Will
relrence to the matter. but that loca
veterans had opposed the Idea of any
PRONUNCIATION Of such an order in ad.
vance. of the Richmond reunion feel
ing that as hosts it would be- inhos.
pitable and ill-timed to bring the mat.
ter UP until afterLthe 1897 reunion.
lie expressed .the .slope that the spons.
ors and maids would be here this ve,r.
whatever course may be determined unon
for future reunions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
MORTGAGE SALE

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained In the mortgage ex- ecuted to Lucy M. Cobb by W. J. Harris on the 31st day of October, 1906. the same being of record in Mortgage Book No. 196, page AIS, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Montgomery County, Alabama, I will proceed to sell on the 17th day of January, 1908, in front of the Court House door of said county within the legal hours of sale, the following described property, to- wit:
 Lot number forty-seven (47) situat- ed on the southeast corner of Day and Oak streets. Said lot fronts forty seven (47) feet on Day street and runs back ninety (90) feet, being a part of Moses Bros subdivision of lots l, $ and and half of lot of Block 4 of Peacock Tract and the same being the lot of land conveyed by George O. Jan ney and J. c. Cheney as trustees of Moses Bros: to Edna Williams on the 18th day of May. 1893, deed to which is recorded in book 42 of deeds, page 63, Montgomery County, Alabama. Said lot number forty-seven (47) being the same conveyed by Tennessee Wood to said W. J. Harris and recorded in Book 62 of Deeds, page 5S3, Montgomery Alabama.
 Watts & Letcher. Lucy M. Cobb.
 Attorneys Mortgagee. Monday St
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
MOBILES BLUE DAY
RAfx POURED AND GULF CITY
oher1a Casalas Investigating the Ai- leged Murder of . Negro By
 White Man af Chastang.

Mobile. Oec. zz-topcCioht--DAoo was visited today by almost an ince:- sark rain. which, while not very nara, poured in torrents for some hours. There are no reports from the lower hay. no vessels having arrived.
 sheriff Cazalas today received in- formation that Price Smith, white man. shot a negro Saturday night at Chastang, a station on the southern Railroad thirty-five miles above Mo- nile. smith claims self-defense NO narticulars have been learned. c. Il. Flournoy, acting coroner. left tonight fo view the remains and investigate the case.
 M. 2. Jones, a native of Mississippi, died today at local infirrnary. Rela- ftves arrived tonight from his home on inc line of the Mobile. Jackson and Karisas City Railroad. and will take the remains back tomorrow for interment N.v. reached Mobile this afternoon 4 rf ths death of A. R. Seabrook, which occurred today in Milton, Fla. He was fn the sixty-eight year of his age and was d native of Demopolis, Ala. and came to Mobile when a boy. He later vent to Pensacola and afterwards moved to Milton. He was identified wun printing and newsp aper work all or his life. He leaves his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Oliver Kyle and Mrs, Dayid Dide one son, Stanley Seabrook. me sister in Mobile, Mrs. J. M. Black and two nieces, Mrs. William B. Del champs. and Mrs. c. L. Bromberg, IT, of Mobile, and other relatives in Mis- sissippi.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
PLANS FOR THE FLEET.
Matter Has Been Discussed But NOth-
 ing Decided Yet.

Matter Has Heen Discussed But NOtM-
 ing Decided Yet.
 Washington, Dec. 22.-The program for the return of the battleship fleet is a matter that has been discussed among the officials of the Navy Department but as yet no decision has been reach ed and will not be for some time to come," said Secretary of the Navy Met calfe today. The Secretary's remark was called out by wireless message from the flagship Connecticut stating that Admiral Evans had authorized the Associated Press to say it Is his person. al belief that the Navy Departments in- tention is to have the battleship fleet return by way of the Suez Canal next summer or fall. As the President through Secretary Loeb previously had spoken to the same effect, it seems clear that Admiral Evans's statement was not suggested by any definite move so far determined upon by those supreme authority.
 In naval circles the opinion prevails that at most only a squadron com posed of such vessels as the voyage to the Pacific shall have demonstrated to be '"The pick of the fleet" will be sent home through the Suez Canal, while the remainder will take the short CT route around the horn. It is not likely, however, that all sixteen bat tleships will make the return voyage as the desira bility of stronger fleet in the Pacific, may be met by the re- tention of perhaps several of Admiral Evans's ships in those waters. But like Admiral Evans's belief as to the returning via the Suez Canal, the ques- tion of permanently reinforcing the Pa cific squadron had not progressed be- yond the discussion stage and its final determination hinges upon develop ments of the next six months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
S0RRELL GOES UP
COMMENCES LIFE SENTENCE AT
 SPEIGNER'S.
Birmingham Officers Raid Crap Games. Still Chasing Mrs. Mallard's As- saiIant-Gray To Make
 RRUOrf.

Birmingham, Dec. 22.-(Special.)-- A. j.. Sorrell, white, who shot and killed--a conductor several months ago at Blossburg and was sentenced to life in the penitentiary after a trial in the criminal court, was today ken to Speigner's to begin on his sentence. Sorrell took an appeal to the Supreme Court after his conviction but decided later to call off the appeal and accept the sentence of the lower court. Sor- rell is we'll known in Jefferson county. He was drinking at the time of the murder.
 Deputy Sherins Busy.
 The deputy sheriffs of Jefferson county have been busy since midnight Saturday night and a large number of Sunday gamesters, all colored, have been taken in while considerable evil dence has been gathered looking to violations of the revenue laws. One game taken in at an early hour of the morning contained five negro walters at one of the popular clubs of the city. The deputies succeeded in getting enough rare flowers from these ne- groes to each wear a bouquet for a week, the negroes having taken the flowers from off the cafe tables used during last evening.
 Didn't Catch Negro.
 Chief Deputy Lucien c. Brown was
 
 mation as to the result of the search for the negro who Saturday afternoon late assaulted Mrs. Mallard, a well known woman of Pinckney City, a min ing town in the western part of Jef- ferson county. Dogs were taken out last night but the citizens who were on the look out for the negro were so ruined all tracks The citizens, how ever, did not give up the search and where left off late last night took it up again today. Chief Deputy Sheriff Brown, who is receiving reports from the scene, expresses the belief that if the citizens get the negro before the officers arrive that summary punish ment will be inflicted.
 Make Report This Week.
 State Mine Inspector J. M. Gray ex- poets to forward a report to Governor Conner this week in regard to the eX- plosion in the Yolande coal mine in Tuscaloosa county, wherein fifty-six men lost tn cir lives last Monday. Water in one of the entries is being pumped out rapidly and it is expected that the inspectors can get down in the mine again tomorrow. Just another day or two's work Is necessary to complete the investigation. Dust is still intima- ted as the cause of the accident. Tes- timony given by two men who were in the mine at the time of the explo- sion and are still alive and the super intendent of the mine who was in the place within twenty minutes before the accident was to the effect that Assis- tant Superintendent or Bank Boss, Rob- CT Arnold, was sprinkling the dust While this might be taken to mean that even that official had found dust, 1t was stated to show that everything possible was being done to allay the dust.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

Rio. where they are scheduIed to ar- rive on Jnauary II. for a stay of ten days. After the first day or two out from Triminad. probably no~word will De had from the fleet until 'it is re- ported at Rio as the ships will have passed from the zone of the wireless telegraph. The torpedo boat ffotilla being less fortunate than the big ships Will spend Christmas at sea. being scheduled to reach Para, Brazil, on Thursday next.
 Among the few meetings of national importance scheduled are the National Convention of the American Economic Assoclatlon to be held at Madison, Wis, on Friday and Saturday and the Inter collegiate Athletic Association in New York on Saturday. A number of we'll known men are expected to make ad dresses at the meeting of the Econom- ic Association and 1t is probable that the currency question will receive lively discussion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
NEWS FROM EVERGREEN.

Evergreen, Dec, 22-tSpecial)--ow- ing to the indictment weather there were no services at any of the churches in Evergreen today Rain began fall ing early this morning and 1t has con tinued all day. The roads of the coun- ty are in a bad condition at present on account of the continued rains.
 George M. Bruner and Mrs. w. F. Mel of Montgomery. have been in the city several days, having been called here by the illness of their mother Mrs. F. M. Bruner, who has been quite SICK at her home on Bruner avenue She is reported to be better today.
 Mfr. and Mrs. M. P. Powell. of San ford, are here to spend the holidays with the latter's parents, MT. and Mrs L. R. Kendall.
 pr. and Mrs. P M. Bruner left today on a visit to Mrs. Burners parents Mir. and Mrs. F. E. Bruner in Milton Fla.
 Miss Kate Kendall. who has been teaching in Covington County, Is al home to spend the holidays.
 The gloomy weather for the past few days is interfering with the Christmas trade But for that fact. Evergreen would hardly know that there was a panic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
JAMMING THE LID ON
KANSAS CITY JUD0D ISSUES \
 STATEMENT.
Tells of Law Which 1,101 Were In- dicted for violating-Says Will Contlnue Investi-
 gatiOns.

Kansas City, Dec. 22.-Judge wm. H. Wallace of the Jackson County Criminal Court, who has been cred- ited with starting the Sunday observ- sance movement in Kansas City that now has become widespread, today fs- sued . statement on his interpreta- tion of the Missouri law that he Is seeking to enforce.
 As result of Judge wallace's cam paign the county grand jury has since September 20 returned 1,1o1 indict- ments against violators of the Sunday la wand forced hundreds of shopk keep- CTS to close their places of business on that day. The grand jury is still in session and the judge says he will not cease his efforts until the law is respected to the letter. Judge Wal lace in his statement says:
 Tt is mistake to suppose that the Sabbath fs purely a religious institution and that its enforced observance is for the benefit of the church. Justice Field, so long a member of our United States Supreme Court, was right when as one of the Supreme Court judges of California he declared that Sunday laws are enacted primarily for the protection of labor. We cannot .won- der. therefore, that men who work for wages in all the departments of human industry are sending in the unanimous
 
 which they belong.
 Nor should we wonder that every one is turning its guns upon the friends ofNa Sunday observance. It can on Sunday glut it's ravenous maw with more of the wages than have been paid the laborers than on any three other days combined. Upon the two doctrines that the constitution of man requires and the word of God com mands one day in seven as day of rest, are grounded the Sunday statutes of the several States of the Union |. With rarest exceptions our judicial de- cisions whose name Is legion, rest on squarely the same finding. Ministers and priests could not have pronounced the Sabbath more sacred than have the judges. Sunday laws have been de- clared constitutional by every State in the Union. Justice Brewer rendering the opinion has decided that we are a religious people and that Christianity is part of our law.
 "As to the progress of Sunday clos ing in Kansas City, when the grand jury was convened here in Septemb CT last over 500 retail grocers were open on Sunday. Now they are closed. Every barber shop in the city is closed. Retail merchants have closed with the exception of a few who observe some other day as Sunday, as permitted by our statutes. The two thousand places where cigars and tobacco were for merly sold are obeying the law except ing now and then a secret sale. Only three pool rooms and theatres defy the law and two of the latter have recent ly closed. The credit for this result is due largely to a grand jury com posed of fearless, magnificent men,.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

New York, Dec. 2l.--In spite of the fact that all the biz stores seem crowded with Christmas shoppers, there has been unquestionably. owing to the financial situation. a decided falling off in the amount of money ta- ken over the counters from the holiday trade this year. While people have probably bought nearly as many pres- ents as in other years, still they have sought out less expensive gifts. Pianos and diamonds will not he in Santa Claus's pack this year in great abund- ance. with the result that the fash ionable shops along Fifth Avenue are as hard hit as those that cater to the less prosperous classes. However. Fifth Avenue has been gay with society folk and the Christmas spirit pervades the air on every hand.
 There have been some people, how ever, who have been determined to have as many presents as in other years with the result that they stole them. The holidays brought a marked increase in the number of arrests for shoplifting. the worst offenders being women. The majority or the big stores put on extra detectives and a great many arrests were made. Some of the guilty ones were dismissed with a warning never again to enter the store, while others were taken to court and tined. One handsome gowned woman who was arrested gave as her defense that friend had told her that every body stole from the shops.
 1t has long been a custom in New York's best restaurants to have the walters neat and we'll shayen, but thu proprietor of Rector's. one of Gotham's fashionable cafes, has gone his com . nGtifnrQ nd rn1 der that his walters shall be mani cured. The rule is to be imperative and infractions will be punished by lines or dismissals, The proprietor is to maintain a well equipped manicure parlor at his own expense, where all of his seventy five walters may have the job done without charge. Once a week the walters will be obliged to pay a visit to the manicure parlor and an Inspection will bo made every ten days.
 If Carrie Nation could drop into any one of the many clubs for men in New York she would find plenty of work for her to do in stamping out the cig- arctic habit, without attempting to put stop to drinking. That the smoking of cigarettes among men is common, is often. overlooked in the frequent agita- tion that Is raised to stamp out the habit among boys. However the state ment the.sother day by a steward of one of the fashionable clubs will give some idea of the number of "cofffn tacks" that are consumed by a single club. The steward of this particular club was able by making a large pur- chase of 35,000 cigarettes to sell them for 15 cents box where formerly the price had been 20 cents. He sent out notices to the members advising them of his purchase and the reduction fin price and asking them to order that brand if 1t gave them the same satis- faction as some other, so that he might not be obliged to keep the stock on hand for so long a time. In ten days. however, the stock was completely ex- hausted and the, steward was obliged to place another big order.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

TO CURE A COLI, IN ONE DAY
 ra1xs LAXATIVE BRO MO Quinine Tablets Drurafsts refund naoney if 1t fails to cure E w GROVES signature is on each box 1sc v mon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

According to the most reliable rec ords there are 3,s79 millionaires in New York, which fact alone must account
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

To Drive Out Malaria
 And Build up The System. Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTE LESS CHTLL%TONIC. You know what you are taking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle. showing 1t Is simply '-tn', nc npd Iron in q tasteless form. and the most effectuai form. For grown people and children. soc. adv,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

The subcommittee of the b House Committee on Banking and Currency currency bill fS. composed of Represen- tatives Fowler of New Jersey. Prince of Illinois, Calderhead of Kansas Lewis, of Georgia and Gillespie of Texas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
JAMES RISER DEAD.
Popular Young Man of Whistler Passes

Mobile, Dec. 22.-(Specia1. .l--James Riser. aged 20 years, son of William and Mrs. Ida Riser. 6ied Saturday night at a late hour at the family home at Whistler. after an illness of several weeks of pneumonia.
 He was employed in the Whistler shops of Mobile and Ohio road and was a native of Whistler. The funeral will take place tomorrow in the Elam Gem etery at Whistler and will be attended by many relatives and friends from Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
TRAGEpY IN GEORGIA.
Weeds Blows HIikeIrs Head on With
 Shot Chm.

Statesboro. Ga, Dec. 22.--As a result of refusing to open a bottle of whis- key, Wink Mikell, white man. was instantly killed last night near Rocky Ford by Joe Woods.
 Woods and Mikell were riding to- gether and Woods insisted that Mike1l open his whiskey. Mikell refused to open his bottle and a quarrel ensued, Woods blowing the top of Milxell's head of with a shot gun. Woods was later arrested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

Of the eight men elected directly to the White House to fill the twelve Presidential terms since 1860 Lincoln Grant, Garfield, Cleveland, Harrisor and Roosevelt were named in Chicago The two exceptions were Hayes and McEiu1av
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-17
EvERETT cAsE On TRIAL.

The case against ]. Everett charged
with having burglarized the saloon Of
Sculley and Grimes, was resumed be-
fore Judge Robinson and a jury this
morning. There was a conflict of tes-
timony yesterday between Former AS
sistant Sheriff Vida and Detective Lake
relative to an alleged confession that
Everett had made about the robbery.
The court decided that the confession
could not be admitted, especially as
Everett denied having made such con-
fession. W S Fleming of the attor-
ney generals department, urged the
court not to rule adversely on the mat
ter and the issue was suspended for
the time. Lake subsequently corrected
his testimony TO comply with the idea
that Fleming had previously gained Of
it, and this morning the confession was
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-17
KOREA BRINGS
COZ JAPANESE
SAILS AT 5 O'CLOCK FOR SAN
Observation-Disclosures PEO-
PIE ABOARD.

The Pacific Mail steamship Korea,
Captain Sandberg, arrived this morn
ing from China and Japan ports with
several well-known Honolulans, num-
erous through cabin passengers, 6O2
japanese immigrants for these islands
and LOO tons of Oriental freight for
Honolulu. She locked at the Hackfeld
wharf at 9:40 o'clock. Freight win be
discharged by o'clock this afternoon,
at which time the Korea viii leave for
San Francisco.
c. Hedeman, manager of the Homo
lulu Iron Works, returned from Japan.
His mission there is reported elsewhere
in this paper A. G. Halves who ac-
companied Mr.. Hedeman, also returned
A. Hooking Of the Honolulu Brewing
and Mailing Company, accompanied by
his wife, returned from Hongkong Mr..
Hockings trip is referred to more par
tlcularly in another column.
Paul Holpan, the Misses Lander and
Macmillan Of Edinburg and the Misses
Conkey and Thompson of New York,
who have been touring in the Orient,
win stop over at Honolulu for a visit
in the islands, taking In the volcano.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-17
Splendid seven-room house cheRps
Young street, Pawaa. r. Star once

Captain Philip Leblond of the Coast
Guard Service in the Philippines Is en-
route from Manila to Washington.
c. H. Bennett of Detroit, accompanied
byv Mrs. Bennett, and Frank Griffith
of Los Angeles, accompanied by Mrs.
Griffith, are returning home from
tour of China and Japan.
j. G. Coolidge, for the past five years
secretary of the American legation at
Picking is en- route from his former
post to report at Washington.
w. L. Merriman of Yokohama aud G.
j. Penny of Kobe have been identified
with mercantile and shipping interests
in Japan for many years and are go
ing to visit the states.
Pierre Soyer, first secretary Of the
French legation at Peking is en- route
TO Paris
Miss U. Tsuda, accompanied by her
maid will stop here a while and then
proceed to Washington She is a pro-
minent educator in Japan.
The Korea left Yokohama on January
and experieTced moderately fair wea-
Their to the islands.