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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21

grafting and corruption In the muni- eipal government of San Francisco; It's amazing ramifications. involving mil- honaires and the better class of cit- izens will appeal not only to the city, but to the entire country. when 1t is fully laid bare"
 This is only the beginning" de- clared Secret Service Agent Burns.
 The evidence in the indictments filed today and others that have been re- turned. but for the present will re- main secret. is absolutely conclusive. and as perfect as the evidence in any case with which I have been connect ed.
 "Ruef acted as broker and agent" he continued, between the corpora- ttons and the Board of Supervisors, in all matters pertaining to the obtaIn- ing of privileges from the city fathers"
 Burns denied that he had been order ed back to Washington as reported. and declared that 1t might take an en- tire year yet to complete the work he and Heney had undertaken here. He asserts that every department In the city will be thoroughly investigated.
 Consternation seemed ko reign in Ruef's camp today. Following a long conference. Ruef decided that he de- sired to remain in the custody of Elisor Biggy at the St. Francis Hotel, and his attorneys appeared before the Su- preme Court asking that the appllca- ton for a writ making Sheriff O'NeilI custodian of the political boss. be dis missed. This was granted. Half an hour later his attorney again appeared in the Supreme Court and sought to have their action quashed and the ap- plication for the writ reinstated
 The court took the matter under cons aideratiou
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
MAY cLosn mn PLANr.
Common LabOrers To Go On Strike Ii
 E1nsf Chieam0.

Common LabOFers T0 GO On stFAke ID
 Easf Chicago.
 Hammond, Ind, March 20.--Unless a compromise is reached before tomorrow night, the East Chicago. Indiana plant of the Republic Iron and Steel Com pany and the Interstate Iron and Steel Company, may be closed down for an indefinite period.
 This afternoon a conference between the representatives of the 2.000 work CTS and the officials of the company in an effort to bring about an adjustment of the difficulty was unsuccessful. The strikers, who are common laborers quit work yesterday to enforce a demand for an increase of 25 cents a day in wages.
 Previous to the strike they had been receiving $1.75 a day. Tonight the strikers are parading the streets of East Chicago. wher the plant is locat- ed The men are in an angry mood and a number of special policemen havo been sworn In to assist In maintaining o pder
 ' Thirty-five hundred men employed by the Inland Steel Company. are re- ID orted tonight to be on the point of joining the strikers. Should these men quit work 1t would bring the number of idle men employed in the iron and steel industry in East Chicago to over 5000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
KILLS TWO WOMEN
NEGREssEs PAY PENALTY FOR
 THEIR CRIME.
Used Razor With Probable Fatal Ef- feet On Mrs. Ella RhetOn and
 Her Daughter at
 McKa annie, Ark.

Memphis. Tenn. March 2o.-The Commercial Appeal this morning pub fishes the following special from Stamps, Ark.
 Charged with having used a razor with probable fatal effect on Mrs. Ella Rheton, a white woman, and her daugh- ter, and kicking her son, a small child, about the road, two colored women were shot to death at McKamie, near here last night by mob.
 According to the statement of Mrs. Rheton, she and her two children were attacked by the negro women. while walking along the public road yester- day. she and her daughter receiving knife wounds which, it is feared, will prove fatal.
 The women were arrested and placed under guard at the school house at the town of McKamie, that place being without a jail, from which they were removed by the mob at late hour last night and shot to death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
Terrible Accident at Woodward Plant. ENTIRE NIGHT CREW
 MEETS INSTANT DEATH One White Man and Five Negroes
 Are Victims. Lining of Furnace Falls in Durimm Early Morning Hours, Carrying Men to Denth--Onicials Un-
 able to Fix the
 Blame.

Birmingham, March 2o.--(Speciai.)-~i By the falling in of the lining of ths new furnace at Woodward of the Woodward Iron Company. one white man and five negroes were almost in- stantly killed early this morning, and a seventh negro was fatally hurt.
 The furnace blew out last week on account of slip in the lining The big Iron maker was cooled down in the ordinary manner and officials went in-s side Saturday to look the thing over and see exactly to the needed repairs. The contractors secured laborers and put on a night and day force in order to make the repairs as quickly as poa- sible
 List of the Dead.
 The night crew consisted of foreman, Dempsey Hayes, white, and six negroes. These men were on a scaffold In the furnace when a big flame burst out from behind the lining, which began slipping. Six of the men, including the foreman, jumped from the scaffold to the bottom of the furnace and were immediately covered with the falling brick and other debris, extremely heated. The seventh man. Earl Stoke. a negro, remained on the scaffoid and he was so badly burned that his death will be only matter of a short time. He was removed to a hospital.
 The dead are: Dempsey Hayes Of Sheffield, Ala. leaves widow and one child; Fred Lafayette. Henry Goodwin, WiIl Robinson and Ed Jenkins: an un~ identified negro.
 The bodies of the six men were in terrible condition when they were dug out from under the several hundred era1 hours after the accident. which occurred shortly after o'clock thls morning
 report was circulated shortly after the accident that one hundred men or more had been killed. but investigation showed only seven men interested and all their lives were sacrificed.
 First Accident in Mamy Years.
 This is the first accident of serious nature at this furnace settlement m twenty-seven years. One and two and even three men have met death in ace cidents around the furnaces or mines of the Woodward Company, but but never before in the time mentioned has so many men been sent to their death at one time.
 An oflciaI statement, issued today. was to the effect that there was no knowledge that fire was on behind the lining, and that the officials of the company were in the furnace Saturday and everything was in condition for the repairing.
 Hayes. the foreman of the crew which met death inside of the furnace. was well-known fin this district. He had relatives at Bessemer and else- where.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
HOUSTON ON TRIAL
 FOR KILLING GEORGE BELL
Several Witnesses Examined at Flu fauIa and Hearing Is
 Continued.

Eufaula. March 2O.--( Special )-The trial of w. E. Houston, night marshal at Clayton, for the killing of George Bell at Clayton, March 9, was called this morning before Judge L. J. Clay ton. The trial was not concluded when court adjourned this evening.
 The prosecution was represented by Colonel A. H. Merrill of Eufaula, S. H. Dent, Jr.. of Montgomery, and T. M. Patterson of Louisville. The de- fense was represented by Peach and Thomas, G. W. Andrews of Clayton, J. S. williams of Clayton and G. L. Co., mer of Eufaula.
 The following witnesses were exam ined today: Tom Bell, John Hurst. Dr. p. A. Green, Colin Hurst. Monroe Floyd, pr. W. H. Robertson and Pag Watkins. The hearing was postponed until tomorrow morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
JUDGE FITZGERALD
 STOPS TF1AW TRIAL
 TOLOOK INTO SANITY.
FALLEN WATER TANK
l.. & N. EMPL0YE NARROWLY Es- CAFES DEATH BY DROWNING
Accident Happened at Nightfali and Darkness was So Intense That
 Ladder Could Not Be
 Located. A

Clanton. March o.-(special)--Jo Rutherford, who has charge of the pump house of the l. and N. Railroad at this place, came very near losing his life by drowning while at work making some repairs on the water tank about $ o'clock this afternoon.
 The plank across the top of the tank on which Mir. Rutherford was standing gave way and he fell into the water which was about ten feet deep.
 Owing to the lateness of the hour, it was intensely dark on the inside of this tank and it was impossible for him to find the escape ladder. Several railroad men who were near by were attracted by his cries for help and se- curing rope finally rescued him from what seemed certain death
 He was given immediate attention by a physician.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
SIX LIVES SNUFFED OUTAT A FURNACE
 NEAR BIRMINGHAM.
TRAGEDY NEUFAULA
DAN POOLE SHOOTS AND KILLS
 TURNER PARISH.
Dead Man Was On Bond for Murder Charge and Raised Row At Chewai1a Cotton
 Mills,

Eufaula March 20.--(special. )--Dan Poole shot and killed Turner Parish here st 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.
 Turner Parish is the man who shot and killed Courtney Harrison here some time ago. He was out on bond and was working at the Chewalla Mills where Poole was superintendent.
 Parish 1t Is said. went to the mill while drunk, and started row with the superintendent Harsh words fol- lowed and Parish cut Poole in the neck with knife making an ugly wound. Poole pulled a pistol and shot five times at Parish, killing him al- most instantly.
 Poole is now in jail at Eufaula peno- ing a hearing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
FINAL COTTON REPORT.
Census Bureau Figures NuMbex of
 Bales GInned at 1S,200yS75.

Census Bureau Figures Number oE
 Bales Glnned at 13,200y677.
 Washington, March 20 The final census report on cotton for the year issued today shows that 13.290,67T baiea of cotton, counting round bales as halG bales. including linters have been ginned. The number of active gins neries this year Is 2s.702.
 The 1906 crop is compared with l0,@ 725.s02 for 1905 and 13.697.3i0 for 1eOa. The average gross weight of the baia for 1906 is 51O.7 pounds and the crop. expressed In 500 pound bales, Is IS, 576.226. The items entering the totals of the crop of 1906 are I3,09s,s2 square bales. 266.795 round bales, s7,- 352 sea island bales and S21.1s0 lint- CTS.
 The quantity of cotton estimated by ginners and delinters, as remaining tn be Rinned and included in the report of 1906, is 155,704 bales.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
TELLER IS MISSING
CHARLOTTE NATIONAL BANK IS
 HIT HARD.
Frank Jenes. Onlefal of North Caro- lima Tnsfifutson, DisappeaRs, Leaving a Shortage of Six ty-eaRht Thousand
 D0llars.

Atlanta, Ga. March 20.--A special to The Journal from Charlotte. N. C., says Frank Jones, teller in the Char 1otte National Bank. has been missing since last Saturday. when he left say ing he was going to Richmond. Va
 An examination of his accounts shows a shortage of about S6s,00o. The bank has offered & reward of S1.o0O for his apprehension. The Charlotte National Bank, 1t is said, will not suf- fer from the alleged dedication. as it's assets are more than $1,oo0.OOo. Prompt aid was offered 1t from other banks. which was refused.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
WOMEN NOT MoBBED .
One Person Shot Two Negresses Who
 AssaiIed Mrs Rhoten.

Little Rock, Ark, March 20.-Accord- ing to a special to The Arkansas Ga zette. from McKamie. Ark. the killing of one negro woman and the fatal wounding of another at Myers Hill was not the work of mob as has been reported, but the shooting was done by one person whose identity Is unknown.
 The shooting was the sequel of an attack upon Mrs. Jack Rhoten and her daughter, Mrs Nora Oglesby Saturday by the two women, sisters. named Fay Tor, one aged 20 years and the other 15. The two were arrested and no jail being available they were held under the guard of a constable in a school house Sunday night two shots were fired through the window of the build ing. one of which caused the instant death of the elder woman and the other fatallS wounding the younger negress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
sTocKToN's BAD FLOOD.
Water fin Streets From One to Six Feei
 FDeeD

Deep.
 Stockton. Cal, March 20.--Stockton ia suffering from the most disastrous flood In its history.
 The water in the streets is from one to six feet deep. Telephone. gas. elec~ tric power. street car and railroad sys- tems are demoralized. So far no lives have been reported lost.
 Communication with the surrounding country is cut of.
 The surrounding country as far as the eye can reach is covered by water. The damage will be immense.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
 EXPLOSION KILLED SIX.

Workmen At Dubois, Penn, Were Busy
 Making Dynamite.
 Dubose. Penn, March 20--An explo- sion occurred late today in the Elm porium Powder Mill. located two miles west of Emporium, Pa, which caused the death of six men. three Americans Charles. Eckels, James Thomas and William Moran, all of Emporium, and three unknown Italian 1aborers. The cause of the explosion has not been ascertained.
 Not a scrap of the building nor a thread of clothing or particle of the bodies has been found,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
GOT AMERICAN MAIL BAG.
Thieves Make s4OO,0OO Haul Fr,
 French Steamer

Thieves Make e4OO,0OO Haul From
 French Steamer.
 Paris, March 20.-An American mai bag. the contents of which are valued at approximately $4oo,oOO. has been stolen.
 The theft occurred either on board a steamer between New York and Havre or between Havre and Paris.
 The postal authorities have just placed the affair in the hands of detec- lives, although the theft occurred a fortnight ago. A cable inquiry to the New York postoffice received in confir- nation of the fact that the mall bag had been embarked at New York.
 The name of the steamer by which the bag was shipped has not yet been disclosed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
FLOOD BULLETIN.
Ohio River Reached 24 4 Feet Stage at
 PfttaburE.

Washington. March 20.--The Weather Bureau tonight issued a special flood bulletin, announcing that the Ohio River at Pittsburg reached a stage of PA feet at 5 o'clock this afternoon and that at g o'clock tonight the river was probably falling.
 ""There has been no change in the situation along the lower Ohio and lower Mississippi, except that the for ville."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
COURT MARTIAL CAPTAIN.

Swift Charged With Rupning Connecti-
 cut on ROclks.
 Washington, March 20.--The Navy Department today issued the order for a court martial to try Captain William Swift. commander of the battleship Connecticut on the charges through negligence, suffering a vessel to run upon a rock and neglect of duty in the above.'
 The court will meet on board the Connecticut at Hampton Roads on Tuesday. March 2s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21

Railroad were introduced in the Stand oil Company trial today for the bur pose of proving that the tank cars named in the indictments were actual ly handled by the Chicago and Alton between chappeii. Ill, and East St. Louis. Ill. The greater part of the day was taken up with this testimony.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
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SECRETARY TO ALEXANDER
 STEPHENS PASSES AWAY

( Louisville, Ky. March 2o.-The ( . Rev. Henry Whitney Cleveland
 C died today. He was II years of ( . age. MT. Cleveland was a native ( . of Georgia, and before the war, ( ( acted as private secretary to Alex ( . ander H. Stephens. He was the C . biographer of the Georgia States ( c man. q ( When the war broke out he be- ( z came chaplain of the 54th Georgia q . regiment and also served in Presi- q q dent Davis secret service, rem q . dering valuable assistance to the q . confederacy.
 . Mir. Cleveland was related to ( . former President Grover Cleve- z . land.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
VAN HoosE STARTS MovEMrNr.
Wants Southern Cities to Unite on Lima
 fo Panama.

to Panama.
 New Orleans, March 20.--J. A. Van Hoose of Birmingham, Ala. President of the Southern Wholesale Grocer's Ass sociation. today took up with New Orr leans merchants a movement to secure united effort among Southern States for a direct line of steamers from New Or leans to the Isthmus of Panama
 The object is to the more readily enable Southern dealers to bid against New York in supplies for the Canal Zone If the New Orleans line becomes a success Mfr. Van Hoose proposes that 1t be extended to other Gulf ports.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
OFFER TO sEABOARD.
Southern Tenders Use of TraekaRe
 From Macon to Atlanta.

EVWN INWEtM EU hNIHUNNs
 Atlanta. Ga. March 20--President w W. Finley of the Southern Railway. in an interview today, stated that the Southern had offered the Seaboard Air Line a traffic or trackage arrangement between Macon and Atlanta, so that the Seaboard. by tho use of the South ern's lines between Macon and At lanta, may be enabled to couple up It's lines south of Macon and north of Att lanta.
 President Finley further said that the Seaboard officials now htu'e the matter under consideration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
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Los Angeles March 20. The coast line of the Southern Pacific has been completely blocked by a landslide that has closed the Santa MarEarita tunnaL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
OFFER BIC REWARD.
People Determined to Capture

UtOFkIh Fe0pIe DetefmIned Co Canture
 Murderer Of Babe.
 Fairmont. Ga. March 20.-The cit- izens of Fsirmont have offered a re- ward of $500 for the apprehension of the negro who assaulted Mrs. Tolbert last Monday evening and murdered her young child.
 The most intense excitement prevails and work and business have been prac- tically suspended within a large sec tion on account of the interest in the affair
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
NEGRo LEApER IEILLrp
President of Bank Shot from Behil
 in AIIssiss1ppi.

in NIississippi.
 Hattiesburg, Miss, March 20.--Ed- ward Howell. ono of the most infiueu- tial negroes in Southern Mississippi. and President of the Peoples Bank. a negro institution of this place, wan shot in the back and killed while on his way home late last night
 The shooting is a mystery, but Is thought to have been the outcome Of financial deals with negroes. Howell stOoA well with the white people hera.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
KIDNAPPER FOUND GUILTY.

Was Charged with Stealing and Mur-
 derIaE Senator BeRsIey's Boy.
 Elizabeth City. N. c. March 2O--The jury in the case of Joshua Harrison charged with the Kidnapping and mur- der of Kenneth Beasley, the nine-year- old son of former State Senator Beas- ley, tonight rendered verdict of gull
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
Standard OH Hearing.

Chicago. March 20--Additional car record books of the Chicago and Alton
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
BRAKES DIDN'T WORK :.
Eight Passengers Injured tn Wrrech
 at New Orleans.

New Orleans. La. March 20. % Brakes on a rapidly moving street car failed to work and resulted in A collision with an Illinois Central freight train in this city today.
 Eight passengers were injured. but only one seriously. This was A young woman whose injuries are internal. The car was dragged for half block.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21
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WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, March 20--For Alabama, Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday, light to fresh sihds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-21

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-17

A nice Improvement for East State
street between First and Second ave-
nues. was begun today In the eXcava-
lions for a two-story brick building,
40XS0. to be erected by a. Lewis & CO.,
and to be used for d wagon and black
smith shop, general Woodworking re-
pairs, and paint shop. The lower floor
will be used for the wagon and black
smithlng repair shops, and the upper
floor as the painting department. The
new building will cost between $500
and $4,000, and will be completed at
once
Gpon occupying their new and more
commodious quarters Lewis Il Co. VIII
increase their capacity and put them
selves in line for doing more business
than can be accommodated in their
present quarters.
To the rear of the Lewis building
smaller building will also be erected
by Kinnnger & Mcbride, and occupied
by them as a horse shooting shop. This
building will be onestory brick,
24x60 and will be built at once.
The new Lewis building will help
out the appearance of that part of the
city. as its site has contained a tum-
BILE down shack just east of the new
Neiman building. and across the road
from Clemens Bros. fine building.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-17
THE OBJECT IN ADVERTISING

per day. The figures would then
read:
Total daily expense, $40.
Total daily sales, $50.
profit, SIS.
Expense 10 per cent net profit, So.
Suppose that he should invest 81
day, 1912 in a year, for advertising. If
the net increase in his sales for the
year We're only $40 a day, the figures
would look like this:
Fixed daily expense, $40.
Total daily sales, $40.
Profit, s1750.
Expense. $40.
Profit, $3.50.
Advertising, $780,
Net profit, $3.50.
2 Additional expense of 81; brought
additional profit $3.50 per day.
An investment of 1912 which brings
back profits Of $3.50 is not exactly an
expense. The largest fortunes Of mod
ern times have been built up by ju-
dicfous advertising but the fortune
builder learned first that advertising
was an investment rather than an eS-
pense Where is the man who would
not invest at 150 per cent prodts
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-17
SYRIAN SILK scARFs
First Shipment of These Beautiful
Articles Arrive at Parker's Store =
Ideal for Summer Wear-very Fash.
ionabIe and Very Popular - Parker
Store News.

We have just received our first ship
ment Of Syrian silk scarfs and shawis'
articles that we could not get enough
of last season.
Especially are the scarfs popular as
they are an ideal article for summer or
fall headware when one does not want
to wear a heavy hat.
The>scarfs are five feet long, beauti-
fully woven patterns, cream and olack'
prices from CSC to $1.50
You can obtain an idea of their
beauty by glance at our east win
dow.
To ladies and misses who have new
ed found a hose in a comfortable
weight that would give them real serv-
ice we offer a ray of hope in our No.
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mer Isle hose, that We are satisfied
will give you complete satisfaction.
All We ask is a trial and that you
get the correct size. This stocking is
new one, very elastic, perfect fitting,
and we respectfully ask your consider
alton of this wear resister. Remember
the number, 999.
THE QUALITY STORE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-17
Notice to Contractors

The school board of the Independent
school west of State Center, Iowa, will
receive sealed bids to put in toilet
rooms for boys and girls In the base
ment of the school house and connect
same with the sewer. finish q recitation
room in said basement and rebuild the
chimney to said school house in ac-
cordance with the plans and specifica-
lions for said improvements, to be
seen at the secretary's office. Said bids
are to be opened August !. 1907. Con-
tractors are to furnish all material and
complete the work by September |,
1907. The board reserves the right to
reject. any and all bids. by order of
president Of the school board.
T.. w ADAMS, Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-17

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