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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
NO STOCK WATERING
NEW RULE WILL PROHIBIT SUCH
 PRACTICE.
Corporations in Order to Increase Their Capitalization in Future WlH Have to Throw
 Open Books.

New York. Aug. 2e.-stock watering and over-capitalization by utilities corporations in this city. will practi- caily be an impossihiiity hereafter. as the result of a new rule adopted by Sys public service e2anamisaipn. The rule Serves notice on such concerns that hereafter, to make any increase in the capitalization, they will have to throw open their books, and that the most minute details will be required to be given before new bond or share Issues will be even considered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
Roosevelt Will Fight
 Trusts 10 Very End.
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SOME ROOSEVELT rHouGr

[ SOME ROOSEVELT THoUGF { . President Roosevelt in . speech at Provincetown vest Ay { . says his latest proposal on- { q nection with the railway 6 the { . United States is a nat A i in { . corporation law for corpS fations { . engaged in interstate business. { . He deprecates the tendency of { c corporations to oppress the people. { . He declares that the Federal { . Government will prosecute under { . criminal statutes. trust magnates { . convicted of violating national { . laws. but points out the difficulty { . of securing convictions which { . mean jail sentences. c In reference to State rights, he { c contends that national sovereign { . ty is to be upheld in so far as it { . people used for the real and ulti- { . mate good of the people; and State {
 q rights are to be upheld in so far 1. ( as they mean the peoples rights" ( . He is favorable to the exten- ( . sion of the employers liability {
 ( law, national warfare against !, [ tuberculosis. the suppression of so- {
 Q cialism and the encouragement of 1,
 q high ideals of American citizen- ,
 q ship.
 ( He recognizes the fact that
 . there is a financial disturbance {
 . all over the world at the present
 ( time. but says that it is due to 1.
 . influences outside of this country. (
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
.2,OOO WERE SLAIN
ARABS DELIVER ANOTHER AT.
 TACK ON FRENCH.
Another Uprising is Expected and Eu- rOpean Residents of Fez and Morocco City are
 Leaving.

Casa Blanca, Aug. 2O.--The Arabs have delivered another attack upon the French forces under General Drude. encamped outside of the town. but were routed with heavy losses,
 A general uprising of the natives is expected. Tie European residents of the coast towns as well as those who live at Fez. Morocco City and other places in the interior, are leaving their homes and seeking safety in flight.
 The Moors' losses yesterday are es- timated by Jewish couriers at 2.000 dead.
 They again advanced today in a great semi-circle with the evident in ten ntion of enveloping the city. The guns of the warships immediately be- gan bombarding the advancing tribes men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
The State Fired Shells
 From Masked Batteries
WOULD INDIcr RAILROAD.

' Decatur. Aug. 20th.-(SpeciaD- ( . Hon. Thomas W. Vert. judge of ( | the Morgan County Law and Equi- ~ ty Court, when asked this morn C ing as to what action he would . q take in the prosecution of the vio- ( C lations of the state railroad laws c H by the Louisville & Nashville Rail- ( % road Company In this county, said ( q Tt is not my duty now to pass c
 ' upon the innocence or guilt of ( ( those who are charged with vio- q lating the laws. I shall charge C ( the grand jury to indict every vio- ( q later of the state laws and shall c
 c use every means in my power c q to see that those indicted by the ( . grand jury are brought into court
 ( and there have their innocence C
 ( or guilt determined" C ( Judge werts court convenes ( q September End. This will be the C ~ first grand jury to convene in this ( q portion of the state that is located ~ in county through which the q Louisville & Nashville Railroad ( C passes and which would have au- C thority to inquire Into the alleg- ( ed violations of the state railroad ( q laws. q ( These views of Judge Vert in- ( q dicate that the injunction of Judge ( ( Jones will be disregarded. [
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
MAIL SACKS FILLED
 WITH MONEY DISAPPEAR
Detectives and Inspectors Are Now | Working On The Case.

Detectives and Inspectors Are Now
 Working On The Case.
 Lincoln, Neb., August 30 Three registered mail sacks containing about a quarter of million dollars. disap- peared from the Burlington train be- tween Denver and oxford. Nebraska, last Sunday night and the post office officials have just made the theft pub lie. The train left Denver with seven sacks and but four remained when 1t was discovered. Detectives and post office officials are at work on the case.
 According to reports made tonight to railway postal officials in Lincoln, the amount of money stolen from the postal car on the Burlington last Thursday night was not $250.000 as at first rumored. or anything like that sum, but the authorities refuse to say just what the amount 1t.
 That some money is missing, and that 1t disappeared at or near Oxford. Neb,, Is not denied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
conflictins statements !.

New York, August z0-OfticiaIs or the Western Union and Postal Tele- granh Companies stated today that they were handling business without congestion and that so far as the com panies are concerned the strike Is over |.
 Daniel Russell. who has charge of headouarters of the telegraphers union digputed the statements made by the telegraph officials and declared that II the strikers stand firm, they are bound to win. MT. Russell said the com panies will be forced to meet the de- fnands of the men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
PROPOSITION ACCEPTED.
Newfoundland Fisheries Dispute Lef
 to Arbitration at Hague.

London, Aug. 20.-Great Britain has accepted the proposition of the United States to sumbit the Newfoundland fisheries dispute to arbitration at The Hague While the matter is in pro- cess of arbitration. the fisheries will be conducted under the same nodus vivendi as last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
BIG COLD SHIPMENT.
New York Bankers Announce q ship
 ment to Germany.

ment to Germany.
 New York, Aug. 2u.-MuIler, Schall and Company, of this city. today an- nounced the engAgement of $500, 900 In gold for shipment. to-. Germany -s~son Thursday. They added that their Lon don agents have an option on the gold and may claim 1t on reaching Plym- outh, otherwise it will go to Bremen. The shipment is in the nature of 8 spe- cial transaction, but nevertheless is made possible by the advanced rate of foreign exchange.
 This brings the total cs geld experts since May 27. when the first gold en- gagement for Europe on this movement was announced, to $30. $50. .00e, of which S26, ss0, ,0o0 has gone to Paris. $2.750,0OO to London, s1.500 to Amsterdam, and S1, ,0Oo.000 engaged yesterday and today to Bremen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
TAFT FEARS OHIO
 MAY GO DEMOCRATIC
Discussed With Managers Danger Of
 Losing Buckeye state.

Columbus, Ohio. August 2O.-(Spe-
 cial. )-Though for obvious reasons. nothing was given out about it. Is be- lieved that Secretary Taft. while in this city, discussed with his managers the danger" of ohio going Democratic be- cause of the bitterness which has been aroused in the Republican ranks by the Taft Foraker controversy. That Re publican success in the State is endan- gered by the fight has become well re- coGnized and this phase of the sttua-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
POSTAL STATEMENT.
sheppard says All Business Is Being
 Handled.

W. A. Sheppard, manager of the Montgomery office of the Postal Tele- graph Company. reported last evening that the conditions with his company are again becoming normal.
 "Three of our best men at Birming- ham who went on strike. said he. re turned to work today. That gives us A force of fifteen men at work at Bir- rningham. which Is our relay station for this section of the country. Un- der our new arrangement of cutting through the wires from one city to another, past the usual relay points, we are now handling the business all right.
 our business has now resumed all most normal conditions, and it Is bein g handled just about as before the strike. Everything is getting along very nice ly, and we are entirely satisfied with conditions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
MOB ATTACKS POSTAL OFFICE Striking Photographers Grow Riotous. MANY LIVES ENDANGERED Governor Kilbey Will Order Out
 the Troops. First Trouble of the Key Mems Strike is Begun at Ashforlk, Arisona
 -Ruiidins is Dam-
 aged.

Los Angeles. Cal. Aug. 20.-An arm ed mob attacked the office of the Pos tai Telegraph Company at Ashford, Arizona, early today and broke every window in the building with a rain of bullets. The lives of four of the em- ployes were endangered, but So far as known no one was injured. The last dispatch from Ashford stated that ar engagements were being made by the manager of the office at Ashfork to run a special engine to Prescott, the county seat, to bring the sheriff and a sufficient number of deputies to quell the riot. The shooting began at o'clock this morning. but the Postal employees made no response.
 Vice President Nally, of the Postal company, wired from New York that he had taken the matter up with the Federal authorities at Washington and Superintendent Lewis of this district wired the following to Governor Kib- bey:
 Last night an armed mob attacked our of1ce at Ashfork, shooting into the ofice with revoivers and endangering the lives of our employees They threatened to renew the attack tonight I call upon you to protect the lives of our employees and the property of the company at Ashfork. Please act PA0AAQMAJs
 Governor Kibbey replied that he would act immediately. The following is the ofsicial report of Mir. Swan. one of the electrical engineers of che conn pany at Ashfork:
 we were forewarned that there would be trouble, so about o'clock last night we barricaded the front and back doors So they could not rush us At 10 o'clock several parties tried to l. AM the Hurhtr were turned out except one over the sidewalk and another oyer the inside counter. There was not much doing with the exception of kicking on the doors until tO:13 o'clock, when we saw A man come from the direction of the Harvey House He stopped at the front door and fired three shots. One went through glass door. It was not untii 1 o'clock that another veIley wal fred. hraak kirie three Rlaasss At o,clock the crowd caff1e again and firec mora than dozen shots. The hghti left burning were shot out, One of the last shots fired was aimed apparently at a cot on which Sutton, one of ouI men, was sleeping"
 The telegraph office of the Postal Company at Ashfork. Ariz., which was shot up last nightsis now guarded by Sheriff Lowery and two deputies ac- cording to advices received by the Pos tai Company here.
 The sheriff has arrested a man known as ''Speck" Smooth, for alleged com plieity in the shooting. It Is said however, that Smooth is not telegra- phar. s .sss ss.i 4
 Several men were implicated in the shooting which broke every window in the telegraph office, and 1t is under stood that the Postal will offer a lib eral reward for the arrest and convic' ton of any one guilty in the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
A MILLION DOLLARS
 WILL BE REFUNDED
Internal Revenue Department Hands
 Down Important Decision.

Internal Revenue Department Hands
 Down Important Decision.
 Washington. Aug, 2o.-The refund ing of at least $1 100000 in taxes lIIe- gauy collected. will result from a de- cision of the Commission of Internal Revenue today, that under the act of June 27 1902, which repealed the war revenue act, the tax on a bequest or legacy does lie, except where the beneficiary came into actual possession and enjoyment of the property be- queathed prior to the passage of the act of June 27. 1902.
 This reverses the practice of the Internal Revenue Bureau under which the tax was levied and collected re- gardless of whether the benehciaries came into the enjoyment of the prop arty before or after the war revenue act was repealed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
Nh One Ininreh.

st. Louis. Aug. 2O,-An official state ment from the office of the General Manager of the Iron Mountain Rail road system today is to the effect that nobody was hurt in the wreck of the fast passenger train near Alicia, Ark. last night The engine and an empty mail car and an empty passenger car left the track. The engineer and flrs- man eAeAnad ininxxs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
ward In Retnrn.

London, Aug. 2O.-George G. Ward of the Commercial Cable Company. who has spent several weeks in England ana Germany. sails for New York on hoard the White Star Line steamer Baltic tomorrow. He Is returning on account of the telegraph strike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
consuIs wim Leave.

San Sebastian, Spain, Aug. 20.-- Count de AlIende Salazar. the foreign minister, has announced that Great Britain, France, Germany and Spain have instructed their respective con suls at Fez to leave. together with their countrymen. when they judge the situation to be dangerous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
CHICAGO WILL CAPTURE
 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Chairman Taggart Visits Windy City
 on Inspection Tour.

on Inspection Tour.
 Chicago, Aug. 20.-(Special. )-The visit of Chairman Thomas Taggart of the Democratic National Committee. to this city. and following his inspection of the facilities offered for the enter tainment of the next Democratic Con- vention, the claim is made that Chi cago will certainly land the big gath ering. After his conference with Chair man Taggart. National Committeeman Roger c. Sullivan seemed absolutely come here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
NEGRO EDITOR IN JAIL.
Carried to Norfolk Under strong
 Guard and Locked Up.

OuHFu uMu LUcAeW Ups
 Norfolk. Va, Aug. 29.-J. D. Uzzell. the negro editor, who is held respon- sible for much of the recent race trouble in the eastern shore of Vir- ginia, was brought here under strong guard today and locked up in the Nor folk jail. Uzell surrendered Monday and asked to be sent to a safe place. There were threats of lynching.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21

Paris. Aug. 2O.-The Figaro this morning declares General Drude has telegraphed the Minister of War ask ing for achievements. The same paper publishes a dispatch from its correspondent at Casa Blanca confirm ing the report that MuIal Ha1g. broth CT of the Sultan of Morocco. was pro claimed Sultan on August 16 in the Mosque at Morocco City.
 This indicates a revolt against the indecislon of the Sultan. The corre- spondent continues that a revival of fanaticism is bound to follow. Mulal Hahg will raise the green banner of the prophet and be followed by half the empire
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21
circuit in Reaamed .

Indianapolis. Indiana, August 2o- The Indiana State circuit of the As- sociated Press resumed the regular leased wire service today both day and night. all the operators reporting back for duty.
 In the interim of one week the papers on this circuit were served with report over the commercial lines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-21

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-07-19
TEN THOUSAND IN LINE.
Parade of Eli<s the Spectacular Fea-
ture OF Convention.

Philadelphia, July 19.-The climax
of the reunion of ths* sslks was reached
during the day When more than 10000
members of the order marched six
miles along Broad street in their an
nual parade and nearly all Philadel-
phia took a holiday to see the spec
tacle. 1t is believed that no such
street ever gathered on that highway.
Needless OF the scorching sun hum
dreds Of thousands OF men, women and
children stood along the route of the
procession for hours and waited pa
tiently until the pageant came swing
ing down the hot asphalted street.
Fifty grandstands lined the route,
which extended from Huntington
street to Reed, a distance of four
miles, with a two-mile counter march
to Vine street. Business for the most
part of the day was practically sus-
pended In honor of the occasion.
About 100 lodges from cities and
towns from the Atlantic to the Pacific
participated in the parade.
The weather was intensely hot and
by 3 D. m 1t was estimated that more
than 1000 persons had been pros
trated by the heat The hospitals
nearest the route Of the parade were
crowded and they abandoned all rou
tine in the rush to take care of the
cases that were coming In every min
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-07-19
ARMY ON THE DECLINE.
Recruiting Officers Unable to Keep
the Ranks Full.

Washington, July 19.-"There Is
something wrong with the army" said
General Bell, chief of staff, in a West
ern speech recently, and that state
ment Is being echoed in various bu-
reaus of the war department. There
are different explanations advanced
for that disquieting criticism, but the
weight of opinion at the war depart
ment is that Secretary Taft summed
up the case when he remarked that
the trouble with the army was that
there was not enough of it. The gen
eral staff has been compiling some
tables that bear out this statement
and these will be made the basis for
a strong presentation of the needs OF
the army to congress at the next ses-
sion.
For instance, there is company OF
coast artillery, by regulations required
to number los men, which, according
to the last returns to the department,
musters just eight enlisted privates
In its ranks OF course company drill
with such skeleton organization Is
impossible. And this Is only one of
number of such organizations, mainly
in the coast artillery, it is true, but
every branch of the service feels the
same decline
According to the statement the men
will not re-enlist at the expiration of
their first terms of service. Wages
outside the army are SO much higher
that they attract the most energetic
soldiers into private life. Never be-
fore have the recruiting officers found
their work so hard and Improbable.
The demands upon likely young men
for the rapidly growing navy have
also developed a new competitor for
the recruiting sergeants.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-07-19
FOR GENERAL ARBITRATION
Joseph H. Choate Makes Plea
at Peace Conference.

The Hague, July l9.-At commit
tee meeting Joseph III. Choate. one OF
the American plenipotentiaries, made
an important statement Of the reasons
that had induced the American gov
ernment to propose a general treaty
OF arbitration. He said:
"The dangers and mischief threat
en;ng the world from constant prep
aration for war and the accumulation
of arms have been somewhat miti-
gated by the excellent work OF the
first peace conference in recommend
ing arbitration to the nations as a
substitute for war and the establish
ment at The Hague of a permanent
court
"Since this time great events have
occurred and two terrible wars. which
inflicted untold miseries upon many,
have led to international agreements
OF arbitration, separately and In pairs.
There Is no reason why nations that
agree by each other or two by two
should not agree all together to ex,
actly the same thing"
Continuing, Mr.. Choate referred to
the excellent work done In this direc-
tion by the Pan-American conferences
at Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro;
and 1t was under these circumstances,
he said, that the United States pro-
posed general arbitration correspond
ing In form and substance to the
many individual treaties which have
been entered into, including those ne
gotiated by the United States in 1904,
but reserving the right of the senate
to participate in any special agree
ment which might become necessary
for carrying the treaty into effect in
particular cases.
Mr. Choare's remarks were inter-
rupted often by the applause of his
hearers and when he was through he
was warmly congratulated by many of
the delegates.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-07-19
ONE DEAD, TWO DYING.
Collide While Going at
HIuh Rate of Speed.

Automobiles Collide While Going at
High Rate of Speed.
New York, July 19.-While rushing
along at express train speed two auto
mobiles filled with merrymakers re-
turning from Coney Island crashed
headon on the dimly lighted Ocean
parkway and as consequence one
man is dead and two others are ia
tally injured The dead man, Thomas
+. Donovan of New York, was impaled
on the spokes of his own machine.
The injured are Chapman Ropes OF
Morristown, N. j., and an unidentified
man.
Donovan's machine carried no lights.
Running along at sixty miles an hour
Donovan determined to take the other
side OF the road. He did not see
Chapman Ropes, driving powerful
machine, approaching In an opposite
direction and running about forty
miles an hour. The two machines
were upon one another before their
drivers realized what had happened.
The crash reduced the machines to
scrap iron. Donovan was thrown from
his machine and the spokes OF a
broken wheel pierced his breast
Ropes and his companion were found
beneath the wreckage Donovan died
in the hospital and the physicians say
that the two wounded men probably
will die.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-07-19
WAR ON CATALOGUE HOUSES
Organized Attack by Home Trade
League of America.

Chicago, July 19.-War has been de-
clared on the great catalogue houses
Of Chicago and other cities by the
SOC, 900 retail merchants Of the West.
These mammoth Institutions, spend
ing no money in the communities
whence they derive annually millions
of dollars of patronage, are forcing in
creasing numbers OF home merchants
to the wall and. SO their opponents
claim, are making commercial grave
yards of once prosperous towns"
An organized attack on the cata-
logue institutions Is to be made by
the Home Trade League OF America,
which has existed for several months
In Chicago.
The backbone OF the league II
formed of commercial associations.
national, state and local In character,
in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa. Michigan,
Kansas and Minnesota. Alfred G.
Clark II MANAGER OF the league.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-07-19
FLOODS IN THE EAST.
Great Damage in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and West Virginia.
RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS
Railroads Put Out Of Business, Trolley
Systems DemoraIized and Hundreds
Of Families Compelled to Abandon
Their Homes for Higher Ground.


Pittsburg, July 19.-The loss of sew
eral lives and great monetary damage
has resulted from heavy rains through
out Weston Pennsylvania, Eastern
Ohio and West Virginia during the
last twenty-four hours. The river and
mountain streams are out of their
banks, live stock has been drowned
and bridges and buildings washed
away, railroad tracks swept off or un-
dermined, trolley systems demoralized.
electric light plants rut out of COM
mission and hundreds of families COM
PEELED to abandon their homes and
seek refuge on higher ground. About
this city the rivers have risen five
feet in ten hours.
In West Virginia miles of trackage
Of the Western Maryland and the coal
and iron railroads In Tucker and Bar
ber counties have been washed away
The service on these roads Is said to
be at standstill. The Dry Fork and
Baltimore and Ohio railroads are un-
der water for many miles and no
trains can be operated. In the Ty-
CART valley the towns of Grafton,
Rowlesburg and Tunnelton are al
most submerged, the property dam
age amounting to nearly $250,000.
At McCombs, w. Va, the home OF
Mrs. Mary Ballard was wrecked by
the high water and three young chill
dren of Mrs. Ballard were drowned,
The bodies were washed away.
While hundreds Of persons watched
the raging Tygart river a large church
1oated down past Rowlesburg. Fif-
teen bridges passed Grafton.