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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
SYNOPSIS OF SENATE BILL
 FAVORED BY ADMINISTRATION
Measure Divides All Railroads in State Into Four Classes and Establishes Maximum
 Freight Rates for Each.

road Commission of Alabama may deem proper to place in such class.
 Section 2, of the bill. provides that if any railroad of the first class owns or operates road of the second class, 1t shall be considered and treated the same as the railroad owning or con- trolling the smaller road
 Section of the bill classifies the hundred articles In common use for the fixing of the maximum rate. The classification of the articles of mer- chandise run from one to five and from A to K. Apended ito this section Is the bill's long table of schedules.
 Section 4 of the act fixes these rates as tn" maximum rates of the State and forbids any railroad from charR- Ing a higher rate. It is provided in this section that where the shipment shall pass over the whole or part of two or more independent roads or roads not under the same management or control. the maximum rate to be charged on such shipment shall not be greater than the sum of the local rate of each road. less 20 per cent
 Tn Section the Alabama Railroad Commission Is authorized to change the classification from time to ttGne as conditions demand, by taking it from one class to put it into another, The Commission may also determine the class of any railroad which may be later built in Alabama.
 In section '. the Railroad Commis- sion is given the authority to change the classification of the articles in the freight schedule
 In Section s, the Railroad commls- sion is charged with the enforcement of the provisions of the act. and the concluding section makes the act go into effect thirty days after being signed by the GovernoT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
DEMURRERs SUSTAINED.
Court Holds With Former Omeer Ot
 MutuaI Life,

New York. Jan. 30.--Supreme Court Justice Bischoff. in an opinion handed down today sustained in part the de- murrer entered by counsel for pr. Wall ter Gillette, former vice-president of the Mutual Life Insurance Compainy, in the action against him to enforce an accounting for money alleged to have been expended with his sanction from fund which was kept by him for the Mutual Company in d Norris town, N. Q. trust, company.
 In his decision the Justice says that the complaint sets forth a cause for ac- tion for accounting of the moneys of the Mutual Life Insurance Company which came Into Gillette's hands and also alleges certain losses occasioned through Gillette's neglect of his du- ties as the life Insurance companys officer and agent in approving and per- hitting payments from it's funds.
 Justice Bischoff decides that "in ab- sence of any averments of conspiracy or of fraud in the matter of these pay ments the cause of action is not of equitable cognizance. the rule being we'll settled that or losses occasioned by tho agents negligence an action at law against the corporation for dam- ages-not an action for accounting-is the only remedy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
Government May Aban-
 don Contract Plan.
ALL DEPENDS ON OLIVER
|Whether He Can Secure the Proper
 Backing.
If Knoxville Man Fails the work VIII Probably Be Placed in Hands of Chief Engineer
 stevens.

Washington. Jan. 3o.--ItAs still pos- sdble that the administration may de- termine to dig the Panama Canal. plac- ing the work in the hands of Chief En- gineer Stevens instead of having it done under contract.
 The final decision will rest with the President and the Secretary of War, and will depend on their opinion as to whether the administration is justified in accepting the bid to do 1t by con- tract.
 It was pointed out today on high au- thority that the government has not promised to accept the bid of W. J. Oliver who has been given an oppor- tunity to associate himself with two other contractors to do the work at his bid of 6.3-4 per ceht.
 The President and Secretary Taft feel that the question of the cost Is not the one alone to be considered and that they would be justified in declining to enter Into a contract to dig the canal if they felt that the government inter ests would be best subserved by not doing so.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31

Senate Bill IS, which was passed py the upper House yesterday, IS resaroeu hY tI,a stcte administration forces as on. of inc measures of prime import ance before the Legislature The oiii cIassi6es all railroads in Alabama ana flxes a. schedule of rates Tor eaeh. me l biIl further establishes these scneoules as the maximum rates to DC cnarseo by each class .N as.ah-
 The various classes are t"us
 lished by the bill:
 c,Iass One shall include the Alabama Great Southern Railroad. the Louisville ana Nashville Railroad. the western Raj1road of Alabama, the St. Louis ana San Francisco Railroad and the Atlan- tic Coast Line Railroad
 Glass Two shall include the southern Railway, the Central of Georgia Rail- road. the Seaboard Ale Line Railway. the Nashville. Chsttatooga ana st. {. Louis Railway and the Atlanta ana Birmingham Air Line Railway
 Class Three shall include the Mobile and ohi Railroad, the Mobile. Jack son and Kansas City Railroad, the Chattanooga Southern Railroad. the Illinois Central Railroad and the Al lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Ralt- road
 Glass Four shall include the Chatta- hoochee Valley Railroad, the Carroll ton Short Line Railroad. the Birming- ham and Atlantic Railroad. the Union Springs and Northern Railroad, the Tuskegee RaIIroad. the Tombigbee Val ley Railroad, the Tallassee and Mont gomery Railroad. the Birmingham southern Railroad and the Mobile and pax, Shnra Railroad
 Either of the above mentioned classes shall also Include such other railroads, which may hereafter be constructed or operated in whole or in part as com mon carriers in the States as the Rall-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
TAFT WANTS MORE MONEY
 FOR DEFENSES AT HAWAII
Secretary Declares There is Reason Why Pearl Harbor Should Be Made Gibraltar
 of Pacific Ocean.

for the construction of H-inch guns. a type now unknown in the service. i'm stead of the present. 12-inch gun. for the fortification of these points. in view of the wide channels to be protected . However the defense scheme for Pearl Harbor and Honolulu as finally submit of ordnance.
 The Defense Board says:
 Pearl Harbor. Is of such straeetic and Honolulu of such commercial ini- portance that the National Coast De- fense Board recommends Tor such q first class defense. stating that these places cannot be held unless fortified before the outbreak of war. Today not
 gun is mounted to defend either. They are related in such way that the fall of one involves the loss Of the other. Defenses should be immediately in stalled at both places.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
BOARD TO CONFER
 WITH PRESIDENT
snh Francisco School Trustees Asked To Come To Washington To
 Settle Controversy.

Washington. Jan. SO-zAfter two hours conference at the White House tonight reearding the Japanese question on the Pacific coast. the California delegation in Congress authorized the following statement:
 The California delegation had very I,Ii and harmonious discussion with the President. the Secretary of State, and inc Secretary of the Navy on the se- rious questions relating to the Japan Ase on the Pacific coast. The charac- ter of the discussion leads us to feel satIsfactory to all concerned.
 '~rhe result of the meeting is that the delegation has tonight telegraphed to the President of the San Francisco Board of Education and the Superin- tendent of Schools to come to Wash ington at once for conference with the President and the Secretary of State !"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31

Washington, Jan. so.--'There Is every reason why the Notifications at Ha- waii should be made ready.
 Secretary Taft thus expressed him- self today in an urgent letter to Sena- tor Allison, chairman of the Commit tee on Appropriations renewing his request for an additional appropriation of ss5o.ooo for the purpose of .e tort,iy- yss. terday the Senate appropriation bill for fortifications. which contained an ai- Iowance of but $1o0.o0o. which Is $25o.- mo Iesa than the Secretary sskeu For. There is now s3so.ooO available under last years appropriations, ana U B the Secretary's desire to expend at least ss0o.0co for fortifcations m Ha- waii. But the Secretary refrafns from s,at,ne z n his letter any reason why he asems if necessary to immediately for tify the Hawaiian Islands.
 The text of Secretary Tafts letter to Senator Allison Is as follows:
 s.T write to urge on you that the ap- ,,ror,iation for Pearl Harbor be made sasn n1o instead of sl00,o00 We can certainly expend this In the next year and there Is every reason why the for tifications of Hawaii should be ready. will you not bring this matter 70 the attention of your committee and the senateY The enclosed statement from the national coast defense board. re- gently appoint, shows the fact. ! send 1t to you at the suggestion of Senator Perkins"
 The report of the National Coast De- ,ense Board, referred to by the Secre- fary. was made to the President. and bv him transmitted to Congerss a year ago. In sending it to the President himself. strongly endorsed. the Boards recommendations, which include a sweeping revision of the plans of the old Endicott Board, designed to conn pletely modernize the coast defense plans.
 The Board makes strong argument
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
EXTERMINATE {
 CROP PESTS Additional Appropriation
 is Secured. AGRICULTURAL BILL PASSES To Fight the White Fly of Florida
 Groves. Provision Also Made For study of Thrips of California and Insects of Kentucky Dark Tosacco
 Country.
AGRICULTURAL BILL PASSES

Washington, Jan. 3o.-Representative Lacey, of Iowa, who has been a persis- tent champion of wild birds. led a win ming fight today in restoring to the agricultural appropriation bill g sec ton relating to biological investiga- tions and appropriattng sf442o Tor the purpose of making a scientific stuoy of the food habits of North America birds and animals in relation to agric- ulture. horticulture and forestry.
 The white fly of Florida, the thrtps of California, the root worm In the grape vineyards of Pennsyq yqvania and the middle west and the gypsy moth or Massachusetts, the tobacco worm ana insects in the dark tobacco districts or Kentucky and Tennessee, were also the subject of consideration by the House in connection with the agricultural ap- propriation bill. s
 By united action<the delegations from the sections named were enabled to poll seventysfive votes against thirty-six Tn favor of increasing the amount set aside in the bill for chronological in- vestigations to the extent of $25,6uosssAi
 Representative Hays, of California. who offered the amendment increasing the amount said that as this is a big country. the s75,ooo recommended by the agricultural committee for entouao- logical investigations would not go very far. California he said had never had any work done along the lines proposed, but there was demand for 1t. The white hy of Florida has de- stroyed from three to four hundred thousand dollars worth of oranges and nursery stock in the last three years. according to Mir. Clark of that State, and the necessity of scientific tnvesti- gations looking to the extermination of this pest was used by him.
 MT. James of Kentucky spoke for protection against the tobacco worm and incidentally touched upon other subjects. He said:
 "The tobacco trusts have now low cred the price of tobacco and the ne ceseitv for some concerted action on the part of the, Government is appar- 1 ent. This Is equivalent to placing q tax on the tobacco and to keen tht farmers from selling at q reasonabie price and allows the trusts and nonop- olies to fix the price for their tobacco | and insist that as long as the Gov ernme1t will not give them any relief from these combinations that 1t ought 70 at least give them the same chance in order that the worms and insects may be killed without the farmers hav- ing to labor their lives away in catch ing the pests.
 The appropriation of $I0,ooo imme- diately available for cotton boil weeviJ investigation was on point of order made by Representative Fitzgerald stricken out of the bill on the ground, as MT. Fitzgerald said. that 1t was an urgent deficiency itep and should be Included in q deficiency appropriation bill. Although the necessity for the money was pointed out, the chair sus- tained the point of order.
 The agricultural bill was then passed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
CATHOLICS MUST
 ATTEND SERVICES
Nut,ny By Non PrOteataRt Soldiers
 CoI. Glenn at COIumbus.

columbus, O.. Jan. So--rhere Is much a,citement at thes' barracks here be- cause of an order issued by Col F. F. Glenn, commandant at the barracss, hasore he left for Texas today to de- sand Major Penrose in the Brownsville co,,rt martial, ordering the Catholic. soldiers to attend services.
 Some of the men declare they will r,,,tInv and it is probable that the matt lar win be taken up by the War De= sartment The order says that the Catholic non-commissioned otncsTs viii ,aarch inc men 10 and from church and ace that order is preserved during the services."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
CABLE TO PANAMA.
Conference Held With View to Laying
 one from Sandy Hook.

Washington, Jan sO.-Attorney- General Bonaparte. Secretary Taft and General Allen, chief signal officer of the army. had q conference today at the Department of Justice. with the attorneys of the Central and South American Telegraph Company. In re- gard to the laying of cable from Sandy Hook. N. J., to Guantanamo and thence to Colon and across the isthmus to Panama. conecting with the Pacific cable line.
 The purpose of the Government is to secure a cable. the terminus of which shall be under the control If the United States. The necessity for such control in time of war is apparent.
 It is said that an agreement was reached with the cable company. which will be immediately put in the form of a contract. It is oalso understood that the conditions are substantially the same as that with the Pacific Cable CompanyS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
Investigate Sanford Wreck.

Terre Haute. Ind. Jan. s0.--The In- diana Railroad Commission tonight con- cluded its investigation of the cause of the disaster at Sanford. Ind. on Jan uary 19. when Big Four passenger train Number 3. was destroyed. The com mission will render no decision at pres ant. The members left for Fowler, Ina, to investigate the wreck at that place on the same date In which a number of lives were lost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
nnI.AgIvns UNDER noND.

Detesflves sgnwin@ Net Around smps
 r,<sked s5 .yer of pr, T6wrsend.
 New York Jan. S0.--Th examination by the police Of staten Island Of per- sons supposed to have Knowledge foueh- ing on the murder of pr. C. W. Town send Sunday morning was continued throughout last night and until s o'clock this morning.
 As a result two sisters. a brother and a brother-in-law of John Bell. the suspect, who Is now under arrest were put under s1.OoO bonds to appear as witnesses.
 What they revealed Is said to have strengthened the belief of the police that Bell shot pr. Townsend. The coroner's inquest probably will be held today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
THE WEATHER. Washtngton, Jan. 30--For Alabamas Ha1n Thuxsdny and probably Friday, liwlzt to fresh east to south winds.

reported today from other sections of that part of the city. 314 new cases be- Ing reported.
 Health Commissioner whaien today Issued proclamation. in which he said:
 sThe Commissioner believes that great aid can be rendered to the health department if people througn- out the city will for the time being call off and cancel all social engage nents as far as possible. Especially would he ask that all balls and public gatherings of social nature be aban- doned for the next few weeks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
Inveatlwate Claims Of Greek.

Washington, Jan. so.--A report con- corning aa alleged peonage case in the vicinity of Arcadia. Fla. involving six Greeks, who charge that they had been ing on railroad construction. has been received at the Department of Juatics and will be investigated by the special agents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
Wafer CommIttee Meetn

The Water Committee of the City Council met last night and considered routine matters. It had been intended the committee should consider the es- tablishmcnt of duplicate boilers at the pumping station of the Montgomery Water Works, but this matter was not determined. The members of the com mittee are J. C. Tyson. c. l.. Ruth and T. Gardner Foster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
prsrESsARY DowsED.

se.fh CaroIina House Passes mn Abol-
 ishing State Liquor shops.
 Columbia, s. C., Jan. So.--The House of Representatives by c vote of "A to ls today passed a bill aboiishing the State dispensary , Tha senate is committed to the same 7,s,-- ~. but 5y . majority Of three voter, so that the dispensary seems to be s3med.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
RIVER FORECAST.

No Changes in Stages of Water Are
 Noted.
 washington. Jan. 3o.---The Weather Bureau flood bulletin. Issued tonight, says:
 No changes are indicated in river forecasts. Stages in feet Wednesday morning, were as follows: Cairo, III. 49.6, fall of A: Madrid. 34.2, a fan of i; Memphis. ss.3. rise of one foot: Helena. 4s.9. a rise of .: Arkansas City 49.e, rise of z: Greenville. Miss, AZ feet. rise of q; vicksburg. i6.6. a rise of .:; Matches. 4s.4. a rise of s; Baton Rouge. 3s.d, a rise of s; New Orleans. 1s.I, c rise of | foot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
coLUMBIA GETS ORDERS.
uul Go To Kew orleans For NarSa
 Gtma FestiYttica.

Washington. Jan. sO-The Secretary of inc Navy has ordered the cruiser Columbia, now at Havana, to proceed to New orleans in time to take part iu the celebration of Mardi Gras, Feb ruary 12.
 The gunboat pes Moines. which hr- rIved at New Orleans yesterday has. haep ordered up the Mississippf to. Natchez to asssst in a corresponding there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
EPIDEMIc GAINS GROUND.

Health Authorities Ask Chicago People
 tO Cancel Social Engagements.
 Chicago. Jan. 80.--The epidemic of contagious diseases was today declared by the health department to be on the increase and spreading to the portions In the west side of the city.
 The epidemic of scarlet fever has heretofore been confined to the north west side of the city, but cases were
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
Thanyxn of Wu.neror.

Paris. Jan s0-President Falieres has received from Emperor William d cordial telegram of thanks for the for mer's expression of sympathy with Ger many in. the matter of the Rsden mine disaster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
nOo@OeO OH @0OO0@
ru.LMORE'S SECRETARY
 DROPS DEAD IN BOSTON

DROPS DEAD IN BOSTON.
 Boston, Jan. 30.-In the midst of the festivities fin Masonic Temple during Ladies Night" of the DeMolay Commandery, KniEhts Templar. Major Austin Cushman, organizer and first department commander of the e. A. R., and private secretary to Milard Fillmore. president of the United States, was strick- en with heart disease and died shortly before midnight. Mir. Cushman was eighty years old.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31

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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-12-13

Although our supplies were very
limited, l concluded to take enough
from such as We had and give each
family the same assortment. 1t was
made up of tin can filed with flour,
eight navy biscuits, one pint Of
rice, one-half pound Of sugar and one
third pound Of tea. There are ten
houses in the village. and about 100
persons all told. The supplies above
enumerated were made up into ten
packages.
IL had the herders harness one of
the deer teams to sled, and at IL
o'clock started with four natives for
the village, half mile west of the
station.
when we reached the first house.
/ took a flashlight view Of the deer
standing by the little skin window
through which a faint CLEAN of light
was thrown from the oil lamp burn
ing below.
1T occurred TO me that perhaps
this was the first time In the history
of civilization that a live Santa Claus
made his midnight visit upon an er-
rand of mercy with a team OF rein
deer, and that the Eskimo were the
first to actually experience what
throughout Christendom Is only q
myth.
1T became necessary to dig away
the frost from one corner of the win
dow in order to get the packages
through, and In nearly every instance
the operation alarmed those below.
when a package was Immediately drop
ped down and they became quiet.
"The night was a glorious one, cold
and crisp, with the stars shining In
mstrous splendor from the pale blue
canopy above. and not q breath OF air
was stirring.
Across the whole northern hori-
zon foods of wavy light surged and
swept from east to west, sending up
further into the heavens streams of
vapory light, dancing up and down
In graceful shadows that easily led
me to imagine that they were caused
by invisible spirits.
For time l forgot the subject of
my visit and lay watching the play
of the aurora az II shot forward and
backward, and when finally came
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-12-13

to myself l looked around and found
the natives lost In deep and silent
awe at the spectacle.
"The hour | spent In this service
was one Of supreme delight to me.
especially so as the little handful Of
food distributed made the bright eyes
OF hundred people glisten with hap
piness and supplied as many stomachs
with feast they enjoyed before they
again closed their eyes In sleep.
1T will take too much space to re-
cord all the times gathered as
peered through their little skin win
dows and saw them dancing around In
great glee. old and young. and ex-
pressing their thankfulness for the
Of which they had never before eaten"
Where Santa Claus Caused Terror.
Mrs. Bertha Slower, the wife OF a
rica, tells an amusing story OF how
Santa Claus terrified the black chill
dren at her mission station, where he
first appeared to them a year or two
ago.
They had celebrated Christmas at
Bailundu before. but they never had
Santa Claus, so Mr.. Stover dressed
himself up as the benevolent saint.
He had been padded and powdered
and packed until his own mother
would not have known him." said
Mrs. Slower. Presently We gave
the signal and the door few open and
in walked Santa Claus. But dear me,
what CONSERVATION!
"He was greeted with shrieks and
groans and cries Of:
LET me out!'
1T Is the evil one!'
"1t Is the day d Judgment
"The small fry, catching the In.
fection of terror from the elder black
people, fed to the bedrooms, fell down
upon their faces, crept under chairs
and tables-anywhere to hide them
selves.
Poor Santa Claus never had such
greeting before. AS soon as he
realized the panic he had caused, ho
tore OF his tall hat and white cotton
beard, and from the bags ON his back
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-12-13
The Eskimos' Real Santa Claus.

The Eskimos' Real Santa Claus.
Sheldon Jackson, an official employ
ed by the United States bureau of ed
ucation to work in the wilds of Alaska.
carried Christmas to the Eskimo chill
rden there in 1894. He gave a deep
ly interesting account of how he did
1t in a report to the bureau.
For several days Immediately pre-
ceding Christmas" he said, II took
occasion to tell the scholars how 1t
was observed by the whites, and ex-
planned some features about the day
as my limited knowledge Of the Ian
guage would admit Of; SO that, by
the close of school the day before,
they pretty well knew why it was OBJ
served.
81 told the children about Santa
Claus, and for them to tie their fur
stockings up near their beds, as he
was coming to visit them for the first
time, and would remember every
child.
made up a lot Of little bags out
of empty flour sacks, and into each
one put eight cubes of white sugar
about a dozen pieces of dried apples
and a dozen raisins-not very ap-
propriate assortment for Christmas
present for a white child, but 1t was
the best we had, and found out aft
erward that the selection was very
much appreciated by the little Es-
kimo,