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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-15
OPENS
IMPRESSIVE AND SOLEMN RELIGI-
 oUs SERVICES ARE HELD.
M. Khonyakoff. an Octeberisf, Was Elected President of This, The Third Russian Parliamens--
 Emperor Was Cheered.

st. Petersburg. Nov. 14-The Third Russian Parliament was opened in the Laurdie Palace at Il o'clock this morn ing. in the presence of Premier stoly- pin and the baninet. by M. Golubeff. vice president of the Council of Empire.
 The religious service preceding the opening was conducted by the Metro poIitan Antonists and number or bishops and other ecIesiastics. and was made the occasion for great display of Palace enthusiasm on the part or the conservative and moderate mem bers. The Emperor was vigorousiy cheered. The. city is perfectly quiet 7
 A few hundred students gathered in the vicinity of the palace but they did not attempt to make demonstra- tion' A score of mounted patrols on inc ouays and in the principal thoroughfares were more than sur ficient to preserve order. Tne onIy discordant note was struck by the sociaIists. who remained in the com n,ittee room during the reading Of the Emperor's ;. greeting and entered the main hall only when 1t was necessary
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NEWS OF MoNTEvALLo.

Montevallo, Nov. 14.-(Special. b. Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Wheeler are in Mooresville for weeks stay.
 During Mir. Wheeler's absence the pulpit of the Methodist Church will be occupied by Rev., Paul Lee sAber- nathy. . ~ -'
 The improvements on the church, which were begun some time ago are being completed.
 Nat Nabers has left for Mayline. where he has accepted a position with the Maylene Mining Company.
 Mrs. J. NJ. Reynolds. whose serious illness was a source of much appre- hension to her friends. continues to im- prove rapidly. e.
 Miss Anne Kennedy and Miss Eliza beth NJ. Haley were weekend visitors to Birmingham.
 Miss Francilla Galley of Jasper is ex- pected the latter part of the week for brief visit to her sister. Miss Eliza beth Haley. <, t v
 Rev Joseph Dunglinsoh has return ed from Florence, where he has been attending synod, and will occupy his pulpit as. usual on Sunday.
 The Ora.ory Club of the Alabama Girls Industrial School is working on Goldsmitt's She Stoops to Conquer" and will present it at an early date.
 Mrs. Mary Young spent few days in Selma the past week.
 Mrs. Jones Williams has gone to Bir- mingham for q stay of several weeks.
 The Montevallo Improvement Asso- ciation is very active in it's steps for beautifying the town.
 A park has been planned just in front of Mrs. F. D. Nabers and on Thanksgiving Day all the prominent citizens will unite in cleaning up and oth herwfse improving the cemetery.
 Nf TuSnaI0nao iu th c guest of Mrs. Thomas Waverly Palm
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to sign the oath. The constitutional democrats showed no marked ten- thusiasm in singing the national hymn. in the cheering. but otherwise they participated drowsily in the proceed ings
 Promptly at Il o'clock. the Metro. politan Antonious Pope of the Rus sian church, attended by an imposing suite of eccleasiastics, Rowned In cloth of gold, among them being the arcn bishop of St. Petersburg and eight Mil tered Bishops. filed into Catherine hall. and the metropolitan and the choir be- gan a deep toned Chant of Praise. The Metropolitan, afterwards intoned the Litany and Prayers for Parliament in which the great mass of deputies reverently joined. At the close Of the prayer. in response to a genera! call. the national hymn was repeatedly sung amid cheers.
 W While the deputies were entering the Hall, Premier Stolypin, approached the Metropolitan and received his blessing and the pentifical kiss on both cheeks. The ceremony of the opening .parlia- ment was simple. M. Gouff. accom- Baron von Uxeull de Guildenabdn. mounted the tribune: invited the mem. bers to rise and read the 1mperiai Ukase Convoking the Parliament ana brief greeting from the Emperor.
 name, P. A Krupeusky, a marshal Of the nobility and member of the house, interrupted M. Golubeff with a cry for cheers for the Emperor, which were given with a will and were repeated at the end of Golubeffs speech. The latter then read the oath of allegiance, distinctly emphasizing the words Elm
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pefor' and "Autocrat." A recess of an hour was taken while the deputies signed the oath. E
 M. Khonyakoff. octoberist, was elect- ed president of the house. receiving a71 votes on the first ballot. President Khonyak off, in a brief speech, exhdted the deputies to drop party differetces and work for the great indivisable Hus- sia. He then announced the adjotfn- ment of the house until after his aAtf- ence with the Emperor
 The presidents address Contained bo reference to the constitution, thoukh the constitutional democrats madela formal request that he should do q, to which he replied that he saw hD use for employing the term whi$
 would only create dissension. The rekr lower house is entirely bereft of tit picturesque aspect of its predecessork Except for score of peasants in dingt kaftans and few labor representativa in their working clothes, the memberl are all conventially garbed. Premieb Stolypin sh owed especial favor to th4 peasants. During the recess he sum moned them to his presence and tbey| conversed freely on their local needs and desires.
 The audience in the gallery was care fully selected. the secret police fur nishing a report on every ticket holder and excluding several Russian journal ists having suspicious connections. aide de camp general of the Emperor. occupied the imperial box. Later in the afternoon, the council of the empire, or the upper house of Parliament, was onen by President Smimoff. with the usual ceremonies. E
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time the court adjourned at noon. In the afternoon Attorney Edward T. Rit- sher outlined the case which the de- fense will present. He asserted that it will be shown during the trial that the Chicago National Bank never dis counted any unsecured note, that neith- CT the banws nor MT. Walsh, ever bought bond t1at was worthless, and that the payments made by Mir. Walsh, or by the bank, were perfectly proper and in the due course of business.
 MT Ritsher declared that the defense will show that Mir Walsh made no unjustified loans and declared that the question to be decided by the jury will narrow down to one of good faith and honest intent. instead of crime. It will be shown.hhe said, that instead of Mir. Walsh owing money to the bank. he was actually It's creditor.
 At the conclusion of MT. Ritsher's statements T. J.. Jackson. formerly cashier of the Chicago National Bank, wac called to the witness stand t2
 The charter of the Chicago National Bank was identified by MT. Jackson and was offered by the prosecution of the banks authority to commence bus mess. Through Jackson and L. A. Walton. vice-president of the Equitable TeIst Company who was the next wit ness called, the Government began Identification of books of the threc banks which will be used in evidence. This process will occupy the opening hours of tornorrow's session.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-15
CAR RATE ON COTTON
RAILROAD COMMISSION GOES INTO
 THE MATTER.
Petition of Farmers Association Taken Up and Eyidcuce Heard From - Commissioner Nesbitt, Who
 Occupies stand All

At yesterdays session of the Railroad Commission the petition of the Farm CTS Educational ahd Cooperative As sociation of America against the rail- roads of Alabama was called and the entire day was consumed in taking evil dence, which laid the foundation for a car load rate on cotton.
 Behind this there is a story which at present does not appear, but is gen. eraliy understood by the railroads to mean that the association contempIates the establishment of gins all over the cotton belt where the cotton Is ginned and compressed before being taken from the fields. In this manner the farmers would get the benefits 1t Is urged, of the compress chargesa
 The association seeks to have the railroads make this rate for the req son, 1t is contended. that it costs them no more to hauf a car of compressed cotton, or car weighing 24,0oo pounds. than 1t does to haul a car containing 10000 pounds.
 An example was cited yesterday on the basis of a rate from Montgomery to Savannah. For instance. the rate is forty five cents per bale. Twenty bales of uncompressed cotton are put into a cary carried to the compress of the raif- road company and fifty are placed in the same car. A charge of eight cents per bale is made for compressing this cotton, and 1t Is this eight cents that the association is aiming at.
 Railroad Commissioner Nesbitt asked to be relieved from serving on this case, and was immediately sworn as a witness. He was on the stand yester- day morning from 10 o'clock until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The burden of his testimony was of the manner of ginning, pressing and handling cot Iton. and also of the manner in which railroads received uncompressed cotton and handled it through presses. J. M. Thornton, agent of the Cotton Association, was on the stand for a few moments, before adjournment He l said that the farmers are being dis criminated against.
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W. To. unshaM Here.
VERDICT IS SECURED

San Francisco, Calf, Nov. IA yer dict against a fire insurance company affecting nearliy all the suits in which earthquake ises in policies have con- stituted the main defense, was rendered in the United States Court yesterday Judge van Fleet ordered the jury to re- turn the verdict in favor of the plain tiff
 The case was E that of Leon Willard Fire Insurance Company. The amount awarded, was s2.500. the full amount sued for, with interest at per cent from the date of the earthquake April IS, 1906.
 The ruling of the court followed closely in line with that.of Judge Whit son in the Borgin case some time ago.
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but as "a whole--attendance. Interest, accomplishments-the present reached high-water mark.
 The meetings of the Veterans were altogether harmonious and nothing marred the good fellowship. I have seen many conventions, or groups Of men; but I have never looked upon a stronger body, one of more strength and character. The personnel of the convention could not be excelled.
 "The Sons Convention was equal to our hopes. The addresses were of a high order. the reports encouraging, and while our numbers were not large, our attendance was representative.
 Not one unpleasant feature marred the occasion, and as member of the local committee, am delighted"
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Amnnduen refa NTednl.

Chicago. Nov. tl4-~CaptaJnt RonaId Amundsen, the Norwegian Arctic ex- plorer and discoverer of the Northwest Passage, received formal notification last night that the Helen Culver Gold Medal for notable achievement in sci- ence and '-coverv had been awarded to him. The announcement was made at a meeting of the Geographical So- eiety of Chicago. The 'Hs laii sE .fe first award by the Society. Prof. Henry J. Cox. chief of the local Weather Bureau, made the notification sp9ech.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-15
Payments suspended.

Danzig. Prussia, Nov. 1.-The two lumber firms. Albrecht and Company and L. Soldharder, suspended pay ments today. The liabilities of the for mer are about S00,000 marks, and of the latter over 1,000. 900 marks. Both firms are trying to make arrange ments which will enable them to con- tinue business
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WALSH TRIAL CONTINUES.

Chicago, H., Nov. 1.-The opening statements of the attorneys in the trial of John R. Walsh. former president of the Chicago National Bank. indicted for alleged misuse of the. funds of that in- stitutton, was cepcluded today, ana taking of testimony was commenced.
 Assistant District Attorney Dobyns finished his opening statement by the
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schooner is De.troyed.

Gaviota. Cal.,- Nov. 14.-The steam schooner Berkely. in ballast from San Pedrosfor San Francisco. was destroyed by fire today about fifteen miles off this port. officials and crew. nineteen in number, were saved. s.
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All wool Dress Goods, solid colors, brown, blue, grey, red, green and black, special for Friday, the yard. ..SSc
 Plaid Suitings in lovely Scotch effects; bright colors for children, would be bargain at 25c, special Friday. .f. ..1Sc
 Novelty Plaid Dress Goods for waist and school dresses, specially priced at.. .29c
 Black Batiste, MelrOse Serge, Armoure and Henriettas- all best jet black, extra good values, Friday. :. ...... .5Oc
 Black Panama, 54 inch wide, batiste 45 inch, brilliantine, etc, special at.. .. ..... 'oSc
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MOBILE SONS IGNORED.
Camp George E. Dixon, No. 40e, tl
 Hammer CamD of the Division.

Camp George E. Dixon, No. 40e, the
 Banner Camp of the Division.
 The proud distinction of being the banner camp of the Alabama Division belongs to Camp George E. Dixon, No 4OS, of Mobile: of which Colonel John L. MouIton is commandant. Th.s Camp is numerically the largest in the Di- vision. having on its rolls 200 mem bers in good standing. Fa
 It Is also foremost in good works yaking an active part in the relief, monument and history work of the Confederation. On many occasions they have contributed literally to the aid of needy Confederates.
 At. the present reunion the proposi- tion, which was unanimously adopted, that each Camp in the Confederation g.ve a Christmas box to the Faikner Soldiers Home. came from Camp George E. Dixon. | In the parade the Camp carried a large and handsome banner. It had twenty delegates to the present re- union.
 The women in the official party of the Camp are: Miss Mamie Beckett, Spon- sor. Misses Vera Williams and Kath- Teen V. Harrison, maids of honor; Mrs. Wellington M. Johnson, chaperon, and Mrs Price Williams. matren of honor. They occupied handsome decorated
 
 auto in the parade. E
 w. ID. Upshaw Here.
 One of the striking visitors to the reunion was W. D. Upshaw of Atlanta editor of The Golden Age, published ir that city. MT. Upshaw is one of. the brilliant young literary men of the South. His lecture work is notable. For many years he has been active in prohibition work. and will probably be in the campaign in Montgomery l County later.
 MT. Upshaw is Assistant Chaplain oi the Department of the Army of Ten. uessee on the stan of Dr. Clarence J l owens. He participated in the parade Fresh snappers and spanisl mnckereI.
 | Just received.
 R. H. YelvertOn.
 Court Square, Phone 24s
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Fridays Sale Dress Goods & Silks

Black Voile 45 inch, chiffon, panama, crepe de paris, eoline, etc., Friday the yard .. ..$1.OO
 Fancy Fall Silks, -plaids, checks and stripes, in wanted coIors, fine 75c values, Friday the yard. .. .. .. ...., .09c
 New Plaid Silks including the seasons newest weaves, four grades, 69c., 75c., s5c
 anQ.. .. .. p4sVV
 Black Silk 27 inch wide a good heavy quality of war ranted taffeta, worth $1.00, Fri day the yard. .. .... .S6c
 Black Taffeta, extra heavy with high lustre, wear guaran- teed, worth $1.25, Friday .$1.00
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Long Outing Kimonas

This sale will afford you opportunity to save money and at the same give you garment that will please you Long Outing Kmonas pink blue lavender and grey hgur ed effects These garments we have been selling regular at 25 they damaged but are slightly soed from dust and handling. We want you to see them On 20H
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Best Shoes for Women $500

Our women shoes $500 the remarkable values ever shown m this The variety of styles their nappncss and comfortable shape together with best materials and thor oughy high workmanship Would readily justify in asking than prices These shoes made specially to our order by of the SA best manufacturers of fine sSssSSsse shoes in this country and we show them in all feathers, gx all styles and
 sizes at the pair
 $500 v
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'whe reunion which has just closed" said pr. owen, past commander-in- chiHf of the Sons. in speaking of the reunion, lis perhaps the very best yet held in Alabama. The meetings of both Veterans and Sons were well at- tended, and much business was trans actMd. Other reunions have possibly exccalsd this one in special features,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

dustrial school in which young girls. mainly
from the poorer families, those who have
scant opportunity for education, are taught
lacemaking,- embroidering and how to read
and write in their mother tongue.
Another reform for which Mrs. Chang is
fighting through her paper is the one to
abolish the barbarous custom of foot-bind-
ing for baby girls. Mrs. Chang knows all
about that for she began life with bound
feet. She has taken the bandages of now.
AS she says: Gould / consistently keep
mine bound when 1 advocate through my
columns natural-sized feet?
In spite of her radical views, Mrs. Chang
is not at all masculine in her appearance
or manner. Her dress is tut after the fash
lon of the dress which has SO long been
the national feminine costume in China.
She always wears black. Her eyes are
bright and alert. the mirror of an active,
restless mind. Her face Is rather set and
determined. not unlike the face of an
American.
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ory has always served me in making each
seasons matter comparatively fresh
The lettering of Autographs and poster
work requires the same concise and catchy
cunning demanded by the features As
poster and Autograph work must appeal
to the casual passing eye rather than to
the connected reasoning powers Il Is neces-
sary that every feature should stand out
boldly, to be seen and comprehended at a
glance.
The largest stand of bills must present
the salient features of show so plainly
that they may be seen and understood
from the passing street car or carriage and
a certain impression be left upon the mind
The late Mr.. Bailey carefully superin-
tended this part of circus publicity work
In person. AS soon as the performers were
engaged and outline Of the entire ex-
hibition decided upon, which was always
early in the winter Mr.. Bailey had his
ideas reduced to paper and forwarded to
the two great printing houses that do the
bulk of all first-class show work-in Cincin-
natl and Buffalo-whence original sketches
In water colors were soon returned.
AS fast as received these were spread out
on the office floor and inspected and criti-
cised by Mr.. Bailey and the entire execu-
lions as occurred to him. The drawing.
the coloring, the lettering-all would come
in for expert criticism-and the show
writer had to stand ready to defend the
faith which is within him. so far as his
own work is concerned.
These sketches. having been corrected
and changed where necessary, were re-
turned to the photographers. Sometimes,
like printing office proofs, they were sent
back for a revised proof, but such is the
skill of these great show printing houses
and the precision Of those who order this
character Of work that it is a rare thing to
demand second sketches.
Most of the poster work is in three colors
and costs about cents a sheet There
are usually for the best circuses 1850, 600
sheets of Autograph paper required for a
season. or this aggregate about 200 sheets
day are allowed for windows and 5000 a
day for the billboards for each Of the three
advertising cars.
AS every color requires a separate iitho-
graphic stone, this means several tons OF
stones, and, of course, besides the sketches
as many separate drawings. Necessarily
1t costs money. Time was when the bin
for circus paper was bigger than the bill
for the performers-when most of the show
was on the dead walls.
OF circus literature tons are printed, the
bills ranging from a quarter-sheet to a
sixty-four-sheet bill, but not more than
two day of the latter can be used, owing
to the difficulty Of getting spaces to post
them.
One artist in. New York has been design
ing show bills for twenty-five years for
one show printing house and receives s10o
for every drawing made.
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oversees the makeup Of the paper. In ad-
dition to this, she looks out for the busi-
ness end of the undertaking. All the ad-
vertisements pass through her hands, and
they bring her in on an average about 500
a month. From the sale of the paper she
realizes In the -neighborhood of $3.50
month. The paper. sells at one copper cent
copy. a copper cent being worth one-half
of the American cent But as the printing
of the sheets and the cost of the paper
on which they are printed are practically
the only expense Mrs. Chang has to meet,
and as both labor and paper are very
cheap she can hardly help making money
even at that low subscription rate.
"A
The columns of the new paper show an
ar,ful mingling of the purely feminine with
broader and more awakening things. Mrs.
Chang gets the news that housekeeping
women are naturally interested in, and
works out from that in a manner to open
their eyes gradually to the fact that there
is a world outside their homes. For sew
eral weeks she ran a series OF articles on
fashions for women, and at another time
a number of recipes for cooking. Items on
the rearing of children appear frequently
in her columns. But, together with all this,
she prints telegra phic news from all over
foreign affairs, religious and educational
and commercial items, the imperial edicts
of China and news of the social world.
But, most of all, Mrs. Changs paper Is
an instrument for uplifting the condition
of women in China. One of the crusades
she has led through its columns is the one
for more schools for girls. That her meth
DDS are effective Is proved by the fact that
since the establishment of this woman 6
paper ten government schools have been
opened for girls. And Mrs Chang prac-
tees what she breaches. At her own ex-
pense she opened and Is maintaining an In
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Rubbish in Country Districts.
Letter in London Spectator

Sir: 1 should be glad If any of your
readers could inform me as to whether
there is anybody responsible for the re-
moval and disposal of rubbish in country
districts I have written to the parish
council, and have been informed that it
does not come within it's province. /
have asked a district councillor, who told
me that 1t was not their work. In urban
districts the streets are cleansed and
measures are taken for scavenging. In
the country refuse and rubbish accumu-
late and one attempts to remove the
disorder. Paper lies on field and down
till blown into bitches and hedges, where
it remains in unsightly accumulations, to-
gether with broken bottles and bits of
straw, while occasional dead birds or rats
are left where they lie. No provision is
made for the collection disposal of
domestic rubbish, and to orderly house
holders 1t becomes a problem where to be-
stow the ever-increasing medley of empty
tins, broken crockery and WORKOUT uten-
sils generally. To the poor this Is no
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the language used was Of the plain, every
day character. But 1t had a certain swing
or rhythm that attracted attention and
rendered 1t effective As matter OF In
ternal fact however, show paper always
has been and is now written In the general
style of the circus announcer, who sings
out In his deep foghorn voice: "Mr. John
Bachelor will now make two somersaults
over the backs of five elephants! Remem-
Der, two somersaults-no more, no less!''
1t Is a generally recognized fact that the
present style Of commercial lad" writing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

1t was exhibiting in st. Louis. When We
were seated he asked me: How do you
like the program replied VERY much,
indeed. especially as 1 wtote It all" He
looked bit confused. but It was a fact
that with but q, few words substituted here
and there every line had been pilfered
from our house program Of the year
previous.
When I was in London in 1898 1t was
impossible not to note the effect of our
American circus style upon all classes of
people and business. The London papers