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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
GOOD ROADS WANTED
PROPOSES FOR FLORIDA TO ISSUE
 $1O.OOO,OOO BONDS.
Meeting in Pensacola Endorses a Gi- gantic Undertaking MOntgom- cry Horses will TrOt in
 Florida Today.

Pensacola. Fla, June 20.-(SpeciaL)- Just before adjournment of the Coun- ty Commissioners and Good Roads As sociation of Florida, In annual ses- sion here. a resolution was passed fav- bring bonding the state in the sum of $10,000.000 to be used not more than S2.000,000 each year for the construc- ton of a comprehensive system of good roads in the various counties of the state.
 This amount, it is believed. coupled with the amounts now derived annual ly from taxation, will be sufficient to give the state the best roads in the South within a period of five years, inasmuch as all of the counties are showing a disposition to increase the tax levy for roads and bridge purpo- Ses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21

The prettiest race that has ever been seen in the Southern Leagune is on now. Only fifty points separate Lit tie Rock in the fourth place and Birm- tngham in last while Shreveport, Nash vile. Little Rock and Montgomery are almost tied for fourth place.
 By beating Nashville yesterday the Pirates jump from seventh to fifth place, Little Rock increasing her per- centage from the fact of the Birming- ham team being there.
 The coming games between Mont gomery and Shreveport will be doubly interesting. Malarky's team is sched-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
PAVING BIDS

Selma, Ala. June 14th, 1907. Sealed bids will be received at City En- sSsnser's once until l2 o'clock noon Tues Bay June 26th, 1907 for paving water Street from the east margin of Sylvan to the west margin of Church and Broad Streets from the north margin of Water to the south margin of Philip, with brick, bituli- thie and asphalt on a six inch concrete foundation.
 The right to reject any and all bids re- served. Plans and specifications file at the office of City Engineer. Julien Smith.
 B. ATKINS. Mayor W. L. QUINN Chairman St. Committee
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
sorber Putn Fichtner Down,

Decatur, June 20.-(Special)-A wrestling match took place at the Ly- Fichtner. of Baltimore. Md, champion lightweight of the South, and "Sox' Sorber, of New Decatur. The match was a catch a S. ach- can. the best two falls out of three. Only two falls were had and the match was declared a draw. The first fall was won by Sor- Der and in the second Sorber put Fitch ner to the floor. but failed to put one of his shoulders down. The third fall was not had and the match was de- Clared a draw
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
Montgomery Horse owners.

A. Wlkie, and H. S. Webber, owners of Katie Wilkes and Billie s. respect lively, arrived here tonight from Mont gomery and will tomorrow witness the races in which their horses are entered
 Katie Wilkes is entered in class B. and in a trial heat this afternoon made the half mile in 1.09, while Billie s. entered class A., and made the same distance in a fraction less time.
 The horses will be returned to Montgomery tomorrow night for Sat- urday's races. and on July 3 six or sev- en of the fastest of the local horses will be shipped to Montgomery for the races there July f.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the partn ership heretofore existing between J. O. Lee and E. c. Adams under the firm. name of the L. & A. Laundry is hereby dissolved, the said E. c. Adams having sold his interest to J 4. Chambliss. and the said J. o. Lee and J. A. Chambless having assumed all of the in Laundry are entitled to collect all accounts due the came and will continue the business under the name of the L. & Laundry Go.
 J. O. LEE.
 E. c. ADAMS,
 Tune IA, 1907. A '- '' -'''''-'' 4t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
1Iahama City Won Game.

Anniston, June 20.-(Special. )-Ala- bama City shut out Anniston today by @ score of three to nothing. Reynolds error opened the way for the first run, and an opportune hit made it. The local pebbles were very costly through out the game.
 Score by innings: Anniston. 1000 900 OOO-O $ Alabama City. ..O00 010 002-3 6 1
 Batteries-Reynolds and Sibley. Mo- Faddin and Riddle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21

county court house at noon tomorrow.
 Capt. sFalkner was for years one of the leading attorneys of Montgom- cry and his loss was keenly felt by the local bar.
 The meeting of the lawyers was call ed by Gen. John W. A. Sanford, presi- dent, and Capt Phillip H. Stern. sec- retarY of the local bar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21

Shreveport.... 3...o.,.,111 101 01|-6 Nashville. .. .. 900 900 o00-O
 Summary-Three base hits, Benson
 Lewee. Home run, Fisher. Sacrifice hits, Daley, Fisher. Stolen bases, War reder, Carr. Base on balls, off Gra- ham, l. off Nelson2 Struck out by Graham. [; Nelson, 3. Hit by pitcher, by Graham, 2. Base on erros, Shreve- port 5. Left on bases. Shreveport, 6; Nashville, 5. 5e Passed balls, Massing. Double plays, Lewee to Clark; Mo FL veen to Lister; Mccormick to Wells &o Lister. Time, 1:40. Umpire Zimmer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21

summary-Two base hits. Douglass Meek. Home run, Page. Sacrifice hits Lattimer, Gilbert. Stolen bases. GIL or Clark, off Keith. 3. Struck out, by Clark, 8: by Keith, G.; Hit by pitcher, Hess. Gardner. Wild pitch. Keith, i: Clark l. Double play, AL cock to Meek; Walters to Meek. Time 1:45. Empires Hackett and Rinn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
Humane society ,u PensucoIa.

Mayor Chas. H. Bliss. today issued a call for a mass meeting of citizens to be held in the council chamber Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock to or ganize humane society. There is such a demand for protection of chill dren as well as beasts that the Mayor has decided to respond and call the citizens together for this purpose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
ANOTHER BODY FOUND.

Hampton. Va. June 2O.-The body of Midshipman Henry Clay Murfin, Jr., of Jackson, Ohio. the last of the missing midshipmen, of the battleship Mime sotas launch accident. was recovered In Hampton Roads today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
BARONS WERE EASY
FIVE RUNS SCORED IN FIRST rN-
 MING.
Page Knocked Home Run When Bases Were Full-Keith Was Not
 Effective As Usual.

Little Rock Ark, June 20.--The To- calls won from Birmingham today by. score of to 2. Pages home run in the first inning scored four of the runs. Keithe was not effective as usual all lowing six hits but they were scat tered. Score:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
SOUTH ATLANTIC,

Charleston. June 19.-Charleston won from Columbia today. Score:
 RH.E. Charleston .. 200 100 1O"-4 10 ] Columbia 1000 100 1eO-2 2 3atteries-vienbahn, Foster and Ev- C. 2; White and Smith
 Jacksonville. June 20.--Two doubles and single rave the locals two runs in the first inning and at no time did the visitors look dangerous.
 R. H. E. Jacksonville ... 200 OO2 o2"-6 o Macon . 900 900 000-0 3 Batteries-Stultz and Roth: Quinn and Harnish.
 Augusta. June 20.-Savannah won q very poorly niayed game from the To- calls today. Score:
 Savannah. .. .. ooI ooo 20o-S : Augusta. r.. coo Olo lOO-z Ratteries-Ford. Denver and Kahl- koff Holmes and Fox.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
WILL PLAY GREENvILLE.

Montgomery Juniors To Have Double
 Header On Fourth.
 The Montgomery Juniors Baseball Club has accepted a challenge from the Greenville Club to play a double header on July 4 on the Capitol Heights grounds.
 The line up of the. Montgomery team is as follows:
 Garret, 3b Minpis. ss; Sayre, 2b; Ray, 1b; Atkinson, of; Hagenwald, If; Parker. If; T. Lee. c; R. Lee and Battle pitchers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
DOBBERS LOSE AGAIN
NASHVILLE BUNCH PLAYED A LIsT- LESS GAME.
Pirates Have Made it Four straights on the Yisitors-Graham
 Showed up in Good Form.
A--H---z..-'--

Shreveport, June 2o.-The Nashville team, played a listless game today and the locals made 1t four straight victo- ries Nelson worked hard, but his sup port was miserable. Graham was in excellent shape and three hits were all the visitors scored. Score:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
ToDAY's SCHEDULE.

Southern League Montgomery at Shreveport Birmingham at Little Rock atlanta at Memphis,
 Nashville at New Orleans American League Washington. 2; Cleveland f. Philadelphia. f; Detroit, 0. New York, 6; St Louis. g.
 Boston, 0; Chicago, 2. National LeaEue- St Louis at Chicago. estern trip of Eastern clubs end ed yesterday) Cotton States League Vicksburg at Mobile.
 Jackson at Gulfport.
 Columbus at Meridian. South Atlantic League. Savannah at Augusta.
 Macon at Jacksonville.
 Columbia at Charleston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
BAR WILL MEET.

For the purpose of taking appro- priate action on the death of the late Capt, J. M, Falkner. a meeting of the Montgomery Bar will be held at the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21

summary-Stolen bases, Thornton, Boyd. Redmond. ?; Paulig. Bases on balls ooan Pnia1ips innnEs i Tayl0ri pitched "S bS Taylor, '; Goodwin, 1. Hits off Taylor 8; Goodwyn. 2. Two base hits. Hoff- man. Double plays, Ashton and Red Vicksbnrg, 4. Time 5e Umpire Daw- kinS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston, June eo.-Chicago defeated Boston today. Chicago's runs were due to Fruits retirement in the eighth for the purpose of enabling Grimshaw. A strong batter to enter the game. Score:
 Chicago .000 900 002-2-6-1
 Batteries-SuIlivan and Smith; Pruitt and Glaze and Criger. Time $1;43. Empires Hurst and Connolly.
 Washington. June 2o.-cleveland punched a single, a double and a triple on Falkenburg today and scored enough runs to beat Washington. Score: Cleveland . .O30 900 10O-4-7-1
 Batteries-Falkenber and Heydon; Liebhardt and Bemis. Time 1:30. Um- pire Sheridan.
 Philadelphia, Pa, June 2o.-Phila- delphia shut out detroit today through the effective pitching of Plank. Score: Detroit .. ... 900 900 000-o-4--5 Philadelphia .. ..010 030 00x-4-T-1
 Batteries--Eubank and schmidt and Archer Plank and Schreck. Time 14O Umpires Stafford and Evans.
 New York. June 2O.-st Louis won again today with Powell pitching against his old club mates. The To- calls made hits enough to win out but they failed to get them opportunely Score
 St. Louis .. e. 100 33O 002-9-S-l New York .. ..Oo1 12O 11O-6-14-5
 Batteries-Powell and Buelow; Crockett, Chesbro, Doyle and Kleinow. Time 2:O5 Umpire OLoughlin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS GAMES.

Southern League- Little Rock, 6; Birmingham, 2. Shreveport. 6: Nashville. o No others scheduled. American League. Washington. 2; Cleveland, f. Philadelphia 4 Detroit, 0. New York, 6: St Louis. 0.
 Boston, O; Chicago, 2. National League Pittsburg, 4; Philadelphia ?. Cincinnati. 6; New York. 5.
 St. Louis. 1; Brooklyn, 3. Chicago, 4; Boston, 0. Cotton States League Mobile. 5: Vicksburg, 8.
 Meridian. 3; Columbus, ?.
 Gulfport. 4; Jackson, f. (11 in
 nings) darkness. south Atlantic League.
 Jacksonville. 5; Macon. 4. Charleston, O; Columbia, 2.
 Augusta, l; Savannah. 5.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
NOTICE

The People's Cafe have placed all their Affairs In the hands of W. NJ. Browder, 71S Washington St for liquidation. The public are notified to send him any claims they may hold against the said firm
 St PEOPLES CAFE.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION
Three Trainmen Killed and Me.
tuchen, N. J., Shaken.
Sleepers Rush From Their Homes as
Windows Crash, Believing an
Earthquake Had Come.

Metuchen, N. 1.-THE bodies Of
two men-an engineer and a brake
man of slow Pennsylvania freight
train-were blown 800 feet when
the boiler of the locomotive, which
was hauling thirty heavy cars, ex-
ploded here. A young woman, tel
ephone operator, was badly bruised
when she was knocked from her seat,
and one of gang of track cleaners
had his leg broken.
The dead are William j. Fisher, of
Philadelphia, the engineer; c. S.
Smith, of Trenton, the fireman, and
George Frecch, of Trenton, the
brakeman.
The train had Just reached the sta
ton when the boiler exploded. Pieces
of 1t shot through the postoffice and
Hahn's and MeCutcheon's drug stores
near by; Miss Daisy Martin, the OPP
orator, was Knocked unconscious, and
She flames which spread from the fire.
box of the locomotive were rapidly
burning the telephone office, which
was over the postoffice, when fire.
men rescued her When the firemen
arrived they found that the burning
Goals from the engine had been
thrown on top of the postoffice.
Every window in buildings near
the station was broken Many of the
sleeping residents of the town
thought that an earthquake had
come. They rushed from their homes
in the snow, and it was some time
before they were sufficiently Gained
to return.
Frecch, the head brakeman, was
picked up near by badly injured, and
was taken to the Office of Dr. Ellis,
where he died.
The freight cars piled up one on
top of the other and about the
wrecked locomotive till all the tracks
of the road were blocked. After the
flremen had saved the postofice
building and the railroad station they
directed their efforts to extinguish-
ing the fire in the wreck. The rail-
road company sent a wrecking train
from Jersey City in charge of a divis-
ion superintendent, and the crew of
this train, with the aid of the fire.
men, gathered up the remains of the
mangied bodies of the engineer and
brakeman. The road was blocked
for several hours, and it was nearly
noon before all the wreck had been
removed from the track.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19
MESSAGE FOLLOWED NIGHT
CONFERENCE WITH ROOT

Washington, D. Cur friendly
relations with Japan were jeopardized
by the action of the California Legis-
lature in proposing to pass bills dis
eliminating against Japanese. Pres
ident Roosevelt and Secretary Root
were much concerned, being appre-
hensive that efforts to negotiate a
new commercial treaty by which jap
anese laborers would be excluded
from the United States would be rem
dered ineffective by them
In regard to the Presidents Cali
fornia action, Secretary Loeb made
this statement:
President Roosevelt in his tele-
gram requested Governor Gillette to
withhold his approval of the bills re-
lating to the Japanese question
passed by the California Legislature
until the Governor receives the letter
forwarded by the President Sunday
night, in which the President sets
forth at length his reasons why such
legislation will be detrimental at this
time"
Secretary Loeb pointed out that
Secretary Root and the Japanese Am
bassador, Viscount Aoki, are engaged
on new treaty, which has for the
time being been held up pending the
action of Mayor Schmitz and the San
Francisco School Board in carrying
out the agreement reached in the re-
cent White House conferences in
which the San Francisco delegation
participated.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19
By E. r. TOMBSTONE.

When Vesuvius showers hot dust
and ashes or pours out molten lava,
when San Francisco shudders and
writhes into consuming fame, when
Kingston passes out of order into
chaos in the earthquake throes, the
heart of Christendom beats in sym
patty. Thousands of dollars are in
stantly ready to the hands of the af-
flicted and the stricken This is as
1t should be.
For more than three months the
region in Northern China, known as
"Kianpeh" (meaning north of the
river" the river being the Yangtse) j,
has been in the grasp of famine and
famine-bred disease. All the calami-
ties named in the opening paragraph,
IL rolled into one stupendous horror,
could not have caused 1.-THE of the
suffering the forty days rain and the
consequent foods wrought upon the
10000 square miles Gan area nearly
as great as that of New York State)
of affected territory with it's 10000
600 of people. Before new crops can
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19

be raised the death list will be APP
palling-will be greater by hun
dredfold than that chronicled in Ma
pies, San Francisco and Jamaica.
Death and anguish of body and
mind will reign in Kianpeh for
months, despite the most sympathiz-
ing efforts. But Americans can miti-
gate suffering and lower the death
rate by contributing the smallest
1.-THE of their possessions. One dollar
will prevent one death for one week.
That warm-hearted readers may
appreciate, as far as possible at this
distance, conditions that amaze the
onlooker and call forth his deepest
sympathy, append extracts from the
most recent letter of William T. Ellis,
a trustworthy and capable corre-
spondent of the Christian Herald, on
the spot. Mr.. Ellis writes after a
tour through camp Of 10000 starv-
ing refugees, and later will tell of
other greater camps where the con-
ditions are worse than those he por-
trays
Little more than an hour ago I
saw two women, presumably mother
and grandmother, wailing over the
tiny coffin of child that had been
part of grim famine's daily toll
cit is all so horrible, so Overpow-
ing, so haunting, so heaTtrending,
that one cannot write of it in an or
derby fashion. 1t seems as if only
the repeated cry of Help! Help!
Helpr' can be fashioned for the ears
of the prosperous American people,
to whom God has given a year of
plenty, while the poor of China per-
ish from want.
"Out of the awful mass of suffering
a succession of individual pictures
come trooping before my vision.
There was the man, too weak to stand
erect, who bore on his back, as older
brothers carry babies in China, his
blind old mother, the mere skin-and-
bone framework of woman. They
wanted help and pleaded for it in the
thin whine of the utterly miserable
and dared not give them so much
as a copper!
"Or that mother, hardteyed and
rigid. who stood against a wall with
her six children gathered about her
tattered skirts, staring out uncaring
on a company of living refugees who
are more melancholy sight than the
thousands of ancient graves among
which they are encamped! They had
been fed; one portion of thin, watery
rice porridge for them all, and now
they must wait in the cold for an
other twenty-four hours before they
can be fed again-and even then.
some stronger ones may push them
aside and steal their turn at the
meagre relief.
Strange incongruities flash into
ones mind as he walks about among
these 10000 refugees. AS passed
this morning an old, old woman, COW
cred only by few rags, who sat on
the cold bare ground, sharing her
small bowl of rice with babe ,oi
twelve or eighteen months, evidently
her grandchild, who sat on her knees
/ thought of some grandmothers
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of a home abandoned; of toilsome
journeys to this southern district in
the hope of finding pittance of food
to allay that awful gnawing of hun
ger; of the eager hunt for sheltered
nook in doorway; of being driven
from spot to spot until at last a few
feet of bare earth are secured out
among the graves with the other
refugees-a space no bigger than
Chinese grave suff1ces for an entire
family; of the daily and nightly hud-
ding together in one mass for the
sake of human warmth; of the search
for dry grass with which to make
tiny fire; of the morning struggle for
portion of the government rice and
of that indescribable, terrible, primi-
tive duel between life and starvation
which the Chinese SO dauntlessly en-
dure.
In all this, write of the best, and
not of the worst. This is only the
first outpost of the famine district. .
Speaking of the causes of the fam
ine-already comparatively we'll
known in this country-Mr. Ellis
says:
Heavy summer rains, the over
flowing of the banks of all streams
and of the Grand Canal, simply food
ed the country and made of promising
rice and grain fields only desert
waste of water. The crops were ut
terly ruined. 1t is of interest that in
this section of China wheat and maize
as we'll asjrice are grown; that is why
cornmeal and flour, the former even
the more acceptable of the two, is
the popular form of relief The Chi
nese live closer to actual starvation
than it is possible for a Westerner to
comprehend; they are always poor:
So the failure of the crops-not to-
mention the destruction of their
homes by food-at once placed them
in state Of actual restitution which
can only be, relieved when the wheat
crop is harvested in July. Mean
while, owing to lack of seed only half
of the spring wheat crop has been
planted"
There are stories of cannibalism
too grewsome to write. Suffice it
that. horror is piled upon horrors
head in Kianpeh until the call for
outside help is as imperative as it is
! justified.
These, sufferers. under ordinary
conditions, are frugal, clearly, hon
est, hardworking, They can wiring
mere livelihood from their petty fields
in the best of times by the hardest
kind of work and in the mass are
noted for morality and decency of
life; Already the Christian Herald,
of New York, has sent $4,000 in
! cash for the alienation of suffering,
and has pledged itself to the State
Department in Washington to fur
nisf at least $780, eco more 1t can
only do this with the cooperation of
the American people. Hence the plea
for contributions, the transmission
and expenditure of which is guarded
most carefullyA-as was the, case with
the funds provided from the same
source for the famished in Finland,
india, Russia, Japan and Cuba.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19
CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
Mother and Two Children Burned to
Death.


Brooklyn, N. Y Trapped in a
cockloft at the top of the tenement
house, No. 253 Bushwick avenue,
four persons were burned so ter
ribly that the two children among
them were dead when discov-
cred by firemen. Mrs. Ida Bingalli,
aged twenty-five, their mother, died
at the foot of the ladder down which
she was carried, and Peter Denatro,
the man, was taken to st. Gather
ines Hospital, his whole body prac-
tically one cruel blister. The sky
light covering the loft was nailed
down--a grave violation of the Ten
ement House act-and the victims
were penned in almost as hopelessly
as ii in a cell. True, either of the
adults might have smashed the panes
In the dome of glass and wood, fire.
men said, had man or woman re-
tanned presence of mind. Both must
have been bewildered on finding the
skylight couldn't be lifted, it was con-
jectured, and were overcome by the
sitting smoke before they could re-
cover their wits. The children had
no chance.
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whom l know in America sweet
faced, comfortable and kindly, whose
evening of life is made pleasant by
the love of children and grandchii-
dren, and who know not the word
want. And l recalled some baby
friends-sweet, rudy little dears,
wrapped in the finest linen, with
wardrobes upon which love has Law
ished it's generosity, and whose food
is a matter of careful consultation
with physicians and friends. OF
course I cannot imagine these deli
cately nurtured babes in dirty tatters
and exposed to the cold of winter
night and day, week after week, yet,
somehow, one picture suggests the
other. Just so, when refugee mother
accosted us this morning and asked us
to accept her child as gift, magma
ton brought instantly to view the
preciousness of the American children
/ know.
Incidents could be piled upon in
cidents; every one of these 10000
refugees incarnates story-a story
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19
MORGAN VISITS PRESIDENT.
Railroad Interests Are Alarmed by
Administrator Attitude.

Washington, D. C.-Laying aside
his resentment toward the Admins
tration, J. Pierpont Morgan, of New
York, called at the White House and
proposed to the President that to
check popular agitation against the
railroads he should confer with sew
eral of the prominent railroad presi-
dents of the country.
Mr.. Morgan's visit was to urge the
President to take some action to "al-
lay the public anxiety now threaten
ing to obstruct railroad investments
and construction" He pointed out
to the President that the financial in
terests of the country are greatly
alarmed at the attitude of the Adj
ministration toward corporations, and
particularly the railroads.