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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11

The general debate In the House on the naval bill win give place on Tues day to speeches under the i've minute rule and 1t Is not expected that the measure will consume much more time. Tn the House the postofice appropria- tons bill will be the next to receive attention while In the Senate the Dis trict of Columbia bill will follow the army budget
 York city of Harry K. Thaw will be resumed. District Attorney Jerome will probably begin his cross examina- tion of Mrs. Thaw on Tuesday.
 Lincoln's birthday. February IF, will be observed throughout the country. . number of notable dinners having been arranged. Vice President Fairbanks will speak at the Lincoln day banquet in Baltimore.
 The British parliament reassembles February 12. in the presence of King Edward and Queen Alexandra with full state ceremonial. The reopening has aroused intense interest in London as the government intends to immediately inaugurate measures to check the pow CTS of the House of Lords.
 The governments aetermination to make the fight now is due to the defeat of the education bill by the upper House last year and the prospective defeat of all other features of the min- isteriai program. King Edward has insisted that the speech from the throne be kept strictly secret. and while the address will doubtless refer in the long list of pending parliamentary measures. 1t is probable that some reference to the House of Peers may be included. The Irish question also is likely to oc- cupy the attention of the session. the government being about ready to sub- nit the proposed reform measures. y The modus yivendi arranged lass year between Great Britain and the United States will be discussed at length in the New Foundland Legis- 1ature February 12, when Premier Bond will move an address on the subject to the British secretary for the colonies The motion will permit of full dis- cussion of the entire issue which fn- cludes the differences between the government and the American fisher men.
 On Thursday the National American woman's suffrage Association will meet in convention in Chicago. On the same day the Nationa Reform con- vention will meet in Harrisburg. Penn sylvania.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
THE CARNIVAL IS ON
NEW ORLEANS CROWDED T(
 WATER FRONT.
New York Party Arriving On Steamer PrOteuu VIII Live On Board During The Season Of
 Festivities.

New Orleans. Feb. 10.-Visitors from all parts of the country arrived in New Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras cele- bration. the principal features of which occur tomorrow and Tuesday.
 So crowded Is the city that many of a party of visitors due to arrive to- morrow on the steamer Proteus from New York will live on board the ves- sel during their stay here.
 Two special train1oads of visitors, one from New York city and the other Baltimore and Washington arrived to- day. Among those expected tomorrow are Truman H. Newberry, assistant t secretary of the navy, and a party In- cluding Mrs. Newberry and Mrs. Victor II. Me:calf, wife of the secretary of the navy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
DrsonDEl, NOT REPEALED.
Only One Person Arrested In Frencr
 Apostolic Church.

Only One Person Arrested In French
 Apostolic Church.
 Paris, Feb. 1U.--The Church of the Holy Apostles, where the French apostolic church was inaugurated last Sunday was again packed to the doors today. but there was no repetition of Sundays disgraceful scenes.
 Police In plain clothes were stationed at the doors and only once was the service Interrupted. This was when a young man shouted. "sacrilege." He and eighteen companions belong ing to the Society Of Young Royalists" were elected and arrested on a charge of impeding liberty and worship.
 Archbishop vilatte. head Of the in- dependent Catholic movement in Ameri- ca announced that priest hereafter would be ready to offlciate at baptisns, marriages and deaths and that mass would be celebrated daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
FORECAST OF NEWS.
Congress WIn still Work on ApprO-
 priatIOn Bills.


 The close of last week In Congress the naval appropriation bill was under consideration in the House and the army bill in the Senate and both will be proceeded with at the earliest op- portunity by the two Houses respec- lively. The Senate will continue It's work on the army oill Monday, but the House will devote Monday to leg isIation for the District of Columbia and will not resume work on the ap- propriations until Tuesday.
 When the army bill Is again taken LID in the Senate the first subject of consideration will be the amendment authorizing army officers and the gov ernment to accept reduced or free transportation and it Is expected that the bill on that point will continue.
 With that matter disposed of. the bill will be speedily passed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
GuAGn AT NATCHnz.

Mile of Track of ssuthern RaiIrama "a
 In Danger.
 NatcheE. Miss. Feb. i0.--The local gauge at 4 o'clock this afternoon read IS.5 feet. which Is 4.5 feet above th@ danger line The Ievees in this vtcini~ ty are still intact. A close watch Is being kept at all points considered as weak. especially the Sycamore levee. in Concordie pars ish. Louisiana. About mile from the Natchez and Southern Railroad 3usE below this city. 1t is feared may ba washed away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
,n,..,..inni nirer rorecnnt.

WAshington. Feb. l0.--The weathes bureau tonight Issued a report ans nouncing the Mississippi river contin- ues to rise below Greenville It shows S rise of one fifth of a foot during tha mast twenty-four hours at VicksburRt Natchez and Baton Rouge. At New orleans the stage Sunday morning wa& 1s.4. a rise of 01 foot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
WASHINGTON TEMPERANCE.

People want To Drive Lasvnnnker9
 Away From Drink.
 washington, Feb. 10.--A mass uaets ing in the interests of temperance ana moral reform. held ln the Belasco Theatre today adopted resolution en- IIouor trafrc in the District of Cos lumbia-
 Representative webber. of cnio. au. thor. of the measure, and q number o4 local ministers made addresses. Abou4 2. 900 attended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
REPREsENTATIvE RTx-
 EY's FUNERAL.
Services Were Held aS Home of Broth
 nr Gurnenn Ganeral

Services Were Held at Home of Broth
 CT Surgeon General
 Washington, Feb. 10.--The funeral services over the body of Representa- tive John R. Rixey. of Virginia. who died of consumption yesterday, were conducted this afternoon by the Rev. Dr. Page of Brandy. Va, at the resi- dence of the Representatives brother, Rear Admiral Rixey, Surgeon General of che navy
 large number of Senators and Con- gressmen attended the service. Ac- companIed by a delegation from the Senate and. House of Representatives. the body will be taken to Culpepper. Va. tomorrow on special train aud burial will take place in the afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
IRON AND STEEL EXPORTS.
Highest Record Is Reached During ths
 Past Year.

Washington. Feb. 1O.-The exporta- ton of, iron and steel manufactures reached their highest record during the past year. according to figures com piled by the Bureau of Statistics of inc Department of Commerce and La bor.
 The total of these products exported in the calendar year 1906 aggregated SIP, ,5OO. .OoO. an increase of S3O 900, 900 over the preceding year. There has been an increase of 75 per cent in the exportation of these articles in the last three years.
 Practically every one of the import ant articles, or groups of articles. share in thIs gain. Pig iron shows an increase of $1,000.000. bar Iron an in- crease of one and one-t third millions: steel rails. S1.5O0,O00; steel plates and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11

sheets. s1.750,00o; builders hardware. nearly s2.00o.o0o: locomotives, nearly s2, ,0O0. 900: sewing machines, nearly ST. 300. 1000; metal working machinery. more than $2.o00. 900; mining machinery, more than s2.00o.o0; typewriters, $500, 900: printing presses. over s5o0.0o0 and bar iorn an increase of s1.0O0.o00.
 Tn plate has passed the S1,000, ,000 mark In the value of it's expectations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
Halle Ia Promoted.

St. Louis. Feb. 1o.-Announcement was made here tonight that c. Halle. traffic manager of the Missouri. Kansas ana Texas Railroad has been appoint ed a vice president of the company. in general charge of the traffic depart ment His Headquarters will continue tO be in st. Louis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
RAID ON SALOON.
Fire Ladders Had to Bc Used in
 SpPimRsseld. O.

Springfield, O.. Feb. 10.-With 5000 persons looking on the police. with the aid of the fire department, this after noon raiCed a saloon In East Main Street and with ladders scaled the walls of a flve-story building and rounded up thirty-one men who had escaped from the place and taken refuge on the roof.
 The police attempted to go up to the roof through the building but found themselves barred by steel trar door. The men on the roof refused to surrender but when the fire department arrived with ladders the officers as- cended with drawn revolvers and no further resistance was encountered. The men were charged with lettering.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
Cnnrennlah fnr Rnna

Fl Paso, Tex. Feb. 10--A concession has been granted by the Mexican gove ernment for the construction of a rail> in the state of Guanajuato. The enter prise is backed by Governor Cosio ana Ehsr leading state officials.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
NO LIVES LOST.
Hotel Fire Results in only FinaneiaI nan,uR0

Syracuse. N. Y, Feb. 1O--A careful investigation has failed to reveal any one missing as a result of the fire which destroyed the Mowry Hotel in this city this morning.
 Although the hotel register was con- sulned and there Is no list of the guests to refer to. It is now thought that all have been accounted for! The proper tY loss will aggregate $250.OOO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
Murderer Kills Himself.

Fl Paso, Tex. Feb. 10.--After billing one policeman and woundlng anothef at Mazatlan. Mex. Antonio Benetz tried to escape by running but stumbled and fell and was killed by the accI. dAntaI discharge of hts pistol
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
JUDGE HAssEL DEAD.
Was oldest Member of the nTaaenGe or.
 der in GeDrwfn

WMW VEWb1N MGMHEF UN NUG EkWNUXNE WNla
 der fn Georgiz.
 Thomasvtlle, Ga. Feb. i0.--Judge Aa-' gustin H. Ffanseil died in this city fo- day aged s9 years.
 His death was due to . fall he xe~ ceived several days ago. Judge Hnn- sell was born in RTlliedgeviIie. On. Ha was the oldest niember of the order ok Masons in Georgia.
 He was admitted to the bar In 1888. was elected Solicitor General of kha Southern Circuit in ISt7 and JudgA Of that Court in 1s4s. a position in which he served with the exception of the period from 1858 to 1858 when he tte4 clined ,appointment until 1908.
 He was a veteran of the Indian wars The funeral will take place hero tu@ morrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
YOUNG HOY ARRESTED.
Charged With Murder of COmpanlou
 Near ChnttauOORa.

Near Chattanooga.
 Chattanooga, Tenn. Feb. 10-Fred Mills and Gordon orrells two white hoys fifteen years old. are in the coun- ty jail charged with the murder of walter Ellis at an early hour this morn ing.
 A number of boys and men had built a bonfire in St. Fillmore, a suburb and were drinking considerably. Mills fired the shot. Orrell being held as an accessory It is stated that tho kill ing was done without a word of warn . ing. Both boys fled from the scene of the crime and were captured at a res- taurant in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
NICARAGURA's THANKS.
Diax Receives an Expression From
 President of Republic.

President Of NepubIIc.
 Mexico City, Feb. 10.-Senor Horacio Espinosa, a Nicaraguan capitalist re- siding in Mexico City has issued the fol- lowing note of thanks to his country men on behalf of Prerident Zelays:
 By special commission and autho- rization of his excellency General Sam teIlo ZeIaya president of the republic of Nicaragua have the honor of thank ing most cordially in the name of that magistrate and his government. the citizens Of Central America residing here, for the personal service offered in connection with the present conflict between Nicaragua and Honduras.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
krILINa rx snoRarA.
Insult to Farmerss Wife Es Promptly
 AvenGeA By Him.

Covington. Ga, Feb. l0,--Nsws has reached here from Machen that c P. killed Saturday night by Emmett New- ton. young farmer of Jasper coun~ ty.
 The tragedy is said to be the resuie of Dorsey's having made improper pre- posalS to Newton's wife while Newfoa was absent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
NEGRO IDENTIFIED.
Brute Who Cruelty Raped Girl is safe
 in Prison.

Kansas City. Feb. 10--william Jeff ferson. I9 years of age, was arrested tonight and Identified by Flora May Clark. as the negro who so brutailx assaulted her last night as she was going home from work.
 Jefferson lives within half block of the girls home. There is no exclte- ment over the outrage and tt Is not believed there would be any attempttp lynch the negro. The girls condition is stlll serious.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
MobIIe Pastor Called.

Baptist Church has extended a call to Rev. W. J. F., Cox, of Mobile, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
swTrUHMuN srRnxn
Seyy Orleans l.. and N. Enployes Rsa
 mnnA fw Aap

New Orleans L. ana Ne EMRt0Eea HH8 Road in Air. New Orleans, Feb. 10.---A strike waa begun by local Louisville and Nashwfi1& Railroad switchmen today their des mands being for three dollars per day and ten hours work.
 Although but twenty-fouF switchmsn are involved in the strike the situati0n ia aggravated because of the extrm heavy passenger trafic of the Mardk GraS season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
wEATnrR FoRrcAsr.

washingfon, Feb. 10.--For Alabama |, Fair Monday and Tuesdayy light to fresh northwest winds. rs
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The National tribune., 1907-11-14

and drew from Walpole the comment
that Braddock was in no hurry to be
scalped. In reality he was maddened
with impatience and veEation."
1t was Benjamin Franklin, then Post
master of Pennsylvania, who came to
his rescue, and made it possible for
him to obtain the much-needed sup
plies and means of transportations.
Braddock's comment on Franklin in a
private letter is that he was almost the
only instance of ability and honesty
have known in these Provinces"
1t was not until April that Il forward
movement was possible. and the his
tory of the expedition has been care
fully preserved by the diary of Capt.
Robert Orme, who served as an Aid to
Braddock. His record is as follows:
''On the 18th (of ApriD, agreeably to
our orders, we proceeded and arrived
at Rock Creek at o O'Clock. This place
is five miles from the lower falls of
Potomack, and four from the eastern
branch of it. Here our men got quar-
ters, and we pitched our tents; found
here Col. Dunbar, whose orders We put
ourselves under"
Another source of information is the
Orderly Book of Braddock, which was
published thru the inter. st of the late
William II. Lowdermilk, long a resident
of Washington. 1t is in this work, un-
deT date of April %, that the following
orders appear:
ITO Ensign French, at Rock Creek.
The National tribune., 1907-11-14

French followed the courses of the great
streams of the continent, and we find
them ascending the st. Lawrence. AS
the English spread inland, so the
French continued their explorations up
the rivers, until In time they reached
the country of the Great Lakes, and
with the cross of the Holy Church ever
leading made their way to the Missis-
sippi, and thence in 1852 La Sale, our
first great pioneer of the West, with his
flotilla of canoes, descended its mighty
waters to the Gulf of Mexico, and Lou
isiana was added to the possessions of
the King of France.
In order to hold this territory of Lou
isiana, which was ceded to us in 1903
by France, and gave to us the splendid
empire west of the Mississippi" the
French erected a series of forts, of
which the one at the meeting of the
Monongahela and Allegheny rivers,
where the city of Pittsburg now is, was
called Duquesne, in honor of the Gev-
ernor of New France. The growth of
the English Colonies and the encroach-
ment of the French on the domains
claimed by the former, together with the
ldepredations of the Indians, could but
lead to one result. The terrible strug-
gle for supremacy between two great
Nations was about to begin. and the
outcome would determine the possess
sion of continent.
Braddock arrived in Hampton Roads.
Virginia, on Feb. 20, 1855, and ordered
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permit me to remind you that with a
few of his comrades he spent a night at
Clear Water Drinking Manor, not far
from the lake at Chevy Chase, and in
fancy we can readily imagine that on
the following morning he found his
way over this very road to that beauti-
full home on the banks of the Potomac
that lies just beyond the limits of our
vision.
We do well, therefore, ] think, to
remember the name of Washington on
this occasion, especially when we con-
slider that this memorial is placed in
grounds dedicated to the erection of a
cathedral for members of the same
faith of which he was ever loyal ad-
herent, and in the city which by Its
name preserves for all time the mem
ory of him whom we honor as the
Father of his Country.
TennySon has written:
For men may come and men may go
But go on forever"
and, like the everlasting brook, this
memorial will last long into the future
years after you and 1 shall have passed
away, serving always to preserve the
memory of brave men who in the early
history our country gave up their lives
for its preservation.
Thus do we justify the proud boas
that reverence for the church, devotion
to country and pride of ancestry are
the cardinal virtues of the members OF
the Society of Colonial Wars.
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BRADDOCK'S
EXPEDITION.
A Commemorative Stone to Mark
An Important Epoch in Amer.
ican History.

Sunday. Nov 10, the Society of the
Colonial Wars unvailed a memorial tab
let on a great boulder to mark the
route over which Gen. Braddock
marched in 1855 on his ill-fated eXpe-
dition against Fort Duquesne. Hon.
James Bryce, British ambassador, un-
vailed the tablet, and DR.. Marcus Ben
janin made the following address:
The Society of Colonial Wars in the
District of Columbia is fortunate to-day
in dedicating the first memorial ever
erected in this vicinity in commemora-
ton of a historical event during the
Colonial period. In this act 1t follows
the splendid example of the GeEs-sl
Society of Colonial Wars, which, on
June Il, 1895, erected at Louisbourg,
on Cape Breton Island, a noble shaft
in comm einoration of the capture of
Louisbourg in 1745 by the Colonial
forces under Lieut.-Gen. William Pep
perelI. OF this event it is said: ''The
New England forces, raw troops, conf
manded by unframed officers, aston
ished the world by capturing the sup
posed impregnable fortress. Again, In
September, 1903, our General Society
erected at Lake George a monument in
commemoration of the great victory of
the Colonial soldiers under Col William
and Indians commanded by Baron de
Dieskau. And from time to time the
various State societies of our organ
iZation have raised memorials in honor
of the heroic deeds performed by our
ancestors of English blood who fought
on this continent with the same mag
nificent vaior that has ever been char
acteristic of the Anglo-SaXon race.
Over yonder highway, known in his
tory as Braddock's road, little more
than 15e years ago, following the flag
of our mother country, brave band
of soldiers, in order to better protect
the homes of our ancestors, passed in
front of this spot on their way to cruel
disaster.
To-day, under the green canopy of
these splendid trees, silent witnesses of
that scene, within the precincts of this
sacred ground, recently consecrated by
the presence of the holy prelates of
both the English and our own Church,
we, the descendants of worthy ances-
tors, are gathered to place a perma-
nent marker in enduring stone and
bronze in memory of that event.
OF the ilI-fdted Braddock a brief
word may be said:
Gea. Edward BraddOcI<.
Edward Braddock was the son Of
Maj.-Gen. Edward Braddock, of the
Coldstream Guards, and was born in
Perthshire, Scotland, in 1895. Choosing
the profession of arms, he entered his
fathers regiment as an Ensign in 1110.
Promotions came with time, and in
1746, while in command of a battalion
of the Coldstreams, he saw war ser
vice in Holland under the Prince OF
Orange. In 1853 he was given regi-
ment, and year later was made Major
General. He is said to have been
fayorite with William, Duke of Cumber-
land, thru whose influence he received
in 1854 the appointment of General
and Comma of all our
troops and forces vt are in North Amer
lea OF Vt shall be sent or raisd there
TO indicate our just rights and posses
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Widows, Pensions.

Mrs. Emma A. Porsi,, Pleasant Mount.
o., wants to call attention to the facts:
1. There never has been any discrim-
inatiOn against second wives in our pre-
vious pension laws. 1t makes no differ
ence how many times soldier was
married, If his last marriage was before
June 81, 1890. She might have been his
third or fourth, but if married prior to
1890 she was entitled to a pension. This
is unjust
2. If a soldiers death was due to his
military service his widow would be en-
titled to pension, no difference when
they We're married.
These determinations seem to be
without reason as we'll as without JUS
tice. Marriages and deaths all being
legal, should all be put upon the same
plane.
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his transports to proceed at once UP
the Potomac TO Alexandria, where a
camp was to be formed. He himself
followed more !eisurely, and did not
reach the camp till the end of March.
Of the events that followed before the
order was given to start on the ex-
pedition that was to terminate so un-
fortunately, for himself, we need not
concern ourselves. but it is of more
than passing interest to mention the
cruel apathy of the people whose homes
this British soldier had come to pro-
tect. Says Parkman on this point: Con-
tracts broken or disavowed, want of
horses. want of wagons, want of forage,
want of wholesome food, or sufficient
food of any kind caused such delay
that the report of it reached England,
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sions" A copy oIthis warrant is still
preserved among the archives in Phil
adelphia. Braddock was a-loyal and
faithful soldier, good tactician. but Il
very martinez. proud, prejudiced and
concefed. Horace Walpole refers to
him as "a very Iroquois in disposition"
In the settlement of the New World
the adventurous explorers of many Ma
tons took part, but of those. certainly
in the eastern part of North America,
which has become our country, the rep
resentatives of the French and Eng
lish were most conspicuous. 1t is in
teresting to note that for the most part
the English settled along the shores of
the Atlantic, and of this fact James
town and Plymouth are conspicuous il
Illustrations. On the other hand, the