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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
WRECK IN YARDS
WILD ENGINE CRAsHEs INTO
 FRE1GHT TRAIN.
Locomotive Left The Mobile Round house And Sped Forty Miles An Hour Through Heart
 or City.

Mobile, Dec. Special 1.-TWO flat cars and one box car were smashed and a caboose completely demolished as the result of collision this morning at the corner of Dauphin and Commerce streets, when a runaway engine from ing forty miles an hour crashe ed into the rear end of an outgoing freight train of the same road.
 The engine that caused the damage was No. 159, one of the largest in the service of the company, and had just been backed into the roundhouse at the foot of Charleston street after uncoup- ling it from the southbound early morning train from Montgomery.
 The engine was turned over to hostler after arriving at the depot and he proceeded to the roundhouse about one mile distant. Backing the engine in and making everything safe. as he thought. he left. Suddenly the engine began moving out of the roundhouse gathering speed as 1t went. Past the depot the runaway swept and continu- ing went past Cont street about forty miles an hour. One block ahea of the runaway was a freight train that had just pulled out from the yards. The men on the caboose of this train see- ing the engine coming at such speed thought something was wrong and jumped. A few seconds later the en- zine crashed into the caboose sending 1t straight into the air. The engine came to standstill underneath the wreck ed caboose.
 Two coal cars near the rear end of the train were badly damaged as was one box car and the main line of the road was blocked until about noon to- day before the wreckage could be cleared.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
SCARED OF THE LAW
STANDARD SENDS ITS STEAMERS
 TO SEA.
oil Company Fears That vessels VIII Be Seized by the State of Texas
 --Orders by Wireless

Pensacola, Fla. Dec. i0.-(SpeciaL) Fearing that the vessels might pc seized upon the judgment secured against the company by the State or Texas. the Standard Oil Company to- day ordered the steamer Captain A. F. Lucas and Bark No. s5 to proceed from this port to sea, and not to come within three miles of shore until fur ther orders were received.
 The vessels, both of which are among the largest of the oil carrying fleet Of the company, had just returned from London, where they carried an im- mense quantity of oil from Port Ar another c&rgo from that port but the proceeding against the company and the judgment caused 8 change of plans.
 The vessels were ordered upon their arrival from London to stand or Key West and receive orders by wireless, with which both are equipped. The first orders were to proceed to New York, but they were at sea only about twelve hours, when another wireless was received. ordering them to come to Pensacola, get coal and await or. ders. These were received today and the ships proceeded out immediately into the Gulf. They will anchor and there await further instructions from the big corporation.
 Senator Mallory Very Sick.
 The condition of United States Sena- tor s. R. Mallory, who was unable to attend the opening session of Con- gress, continues to be serious. although he is not critically i'll. He suffered general breakdown on November 20. and for a week or more one side was partially paralyzed. He has recovered the use of that side, and also his leg and arm.
 He is very sick, but is attendineeto his correspondence while in bed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
CASES ARE DECIDED.
Interstate Commerce C0mmiasIe pm Makes Orders.

Makes Orders.
 Washington, Dec. 10.-The Inter- state Commerce Commission today an- nounced decisions in the cases of the Oklahoma and Arkansas Coal Traffic Bureau against the Midland Valley Railroad Company; E. W. Presley, against the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company and others; the Farmers Warehouse Company against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, and Schargger and Nettle- ton against the Great Northern Rail- road Company.
 The complaint in the case of the Ok lahoma and Arkansas Traffic Bureau against the Midland Valley Railroad Company involved the question wheth- CT the defendant carrier could estab- fish a through route and fix a joint rate and then decline to furnish equipment in which to move such traf- fc. The opinion of the Commission, rendered by Commissioner Lane. held that as 1t appeared that there was specific agreement between defendant carrier and another carrier, that the latter should furnish cars, and that the complainant had agreed that under the circumstances. 1t would be in the interest of all parties that the present proceedings be dismissed.
 The opinion in the case of E. W. Presley against the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company and the St. Louis. Southwestern Railway Company of Texas, rendered also by Commissioner Lane. decided that the rates of the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe Railway of 27 and 2s cents per 100 pounds on cottonseed in car loads from Marietta and Beerwyn, Okla, respec- lively. to Cleburne, Tex, are unrea- sonabIe. and should not exceed 16 and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
Appendicitis
How To Avoid It and Escape a Surgl- cal Operation, Told By One
 Who Knows.

A Simple Method That Is Always Em-
 It has only been a few years since 1t was discovered that a surgical op- eration would cure appendicitis; in fact. 1t has been but a short timo since the disease was discovered and named.
 Whenever there is an unframed con- dition of the appendix, caused by i'm pacted faeces in the small cavity open ing into the intestine, you then have appendicitis.
 The older doctors used to call this Inflammation of the bowels. and were puzzled to know the cause.
 Even now. with all the knowledge we have of the disease, no medical man can tell you why we should have an appendix, why we find it, where 1t is, or what are its functions. if 1t has any
 The disease for which the operation Is a cure is usually caused by indi- gestion, and in many cases follows a large and indigestible meal.
 Physicians have until recently rec commended an operation, but now, as it is known that 1t Is caused by indi- gestion, or dyspepsia. a cure without an operation is assured
 Where the patient is treated with Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets, the un-
  disappear. the stomach and intestines are placed back in their normal con- dition. every organ of the body oper- ates as 1t should, and the inflammation Is reduced and the operation Is avoid ed.
 Conscientious physicians. who are looking after the best interests of their patients. will always keep a sup ply of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets handy in their office. where in cases Of sudden attacks of indigestion they can relieve the patient at once.
 There is no record of a case of ap- pendicitis where the stomach and bowels were In a healthy condition and properly dgested the food from meal to meal.
 No better advice can be given to any one who has attacks of indigestion, or who has been threatened with ap- pendicitis, than to tell him to go to the drug store. pay 50 cents. and take home a package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
 Whenever heartburn, gas in stom- ach or bowels, heart disease or stom- ach troubles sour eructions. acidity or fermentation are present. act at once. Take a dose of the Tablets and get re- lief as soon as possible.
 At all druggists-50 cents.
 Send us your name and address to- day and we will at once send you by mail a sample package free. Address, F. A. Stuart Co.,. 150 Stuart Bldg, Mar shall. Mich.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
HOWARD ROE KILLS
 SELF IN CHEROKEE

Centre, Dec. 10.-(Special.) )-News has reached here of the tragic death of Howard Roe while 'possum hunting with a party of negroes, near Lawrence, In this county.
 It is stated that the hunters had made a fire and were gathered around it when one of the negroes objected to the careless way In which Roe han died his pistol.
 With the remark I'm not afraid to snap this thing at myself" Roe pointed the pistol at his own head and pulled the trigger and fell back with bull let in his brain.
 The verdict of the coroner's jury ex- onerated the negroes from responsibil- ity. ,.-
 Mrs. Thomas Bradford Is rapidly re- covering from a long and painful ill., ness with fever.
 Hugh H. White has returned from a trip to Arkansas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
EXTRAPOSTAL CLERK
MANY TO BE PUT ON A FEW DAYS
 BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
Postmaster Dimmick Receives. Final Instructions Regarding Handling The Heavy Holiday Businssa.
 

Instructions Aegar0ing Han0nnG
 The Heavy Holiday Business.
 Will Have Good Service.
 Final preparations are now being made by, Postmaster Dimmick to handle the Christmas business at the post office peter than 1t has ever been handled before. Yesterday he received his last instructions from Washington regard ing putting on extra help and finds that the departmentk Is willing to do everything possible to give Montgom- erians first class service. The depart ment has allowed this office a certain number of extra hours. which leaves the number of clerks to be put on to MT. Dimmick.
 T think that we will handle the bus mess all right with about five extra clerks in the registry division and per- haps one at the stamp window" said MT. Dimmick yesterday. Tt seems that everyone wants to have their mail reg istered during the holidays and 1t takes a great deal of work in this de- partment. It is right that they should do this, especially at this time as the mails are all heavy and liable to be- congested. Tn cases of this sort, pack ages might be lost but if they are reg istered they are sure to be delivered safely and promptly. It will he a great help to the postal clerks and the of- flee in general and also a safeguard to the senders If they will see that all packages are properly tied."'
 The prospects are that this will be about the average Christmas and that the amount of mail handled from Mont gomery will be practically the same that 1t has been in years past. With the aid of a few clerks the business has been handled satisfactorily before and Postmaster Dimmick will employ the same methods again. The postal au- that whaFa ff fq possible that people send the packages as early as they can, as the last few days will find the mails all over the United States very heavy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
LITTLE BOY HURT.
George Lee Scott Played With Tor
 Red0.


 Mobile, Dec. l0-(Special.)- )-Struck in the head by flying piece of rail- road torpedo. which he had burst with a hammer to examine its contents on a hearth in his home, 5-year-old George Lee Scott, son of W. H. Scott, lies to- day at shis home on Savannah and Con ception Streets, suffering from a wound in the left temple.
 The little fellow let his home this morning early to go out and play. About 9:l5 o'clock he returned home. and securing a hammer he seated him self on the hearth in his mothers sit- ting room. Thinking that the child was preparing to crack some nuts his mother and father paid no attention to him. Suddenly a loud report reached the mothers ears in the rear of the house and rushing into the room she found her son lying on the floor. with blood streaming from wound in his forehead, while the room was covered with smoke. The mother thought the boy had secured a pistol and It had been accidentally discharged. but an examination proved that he had burst a railroad torpedo.
 Where the child got the torpedo Is not known.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
MORE BODIES FOUND
HuSCUUN0 PARTIES WORKING BOTH
 NIGHT AND DAY.
xorge Fmnaps Have Arrived at The 01nes And The Excess water
 VIII Be Removed at


 Once.
 Nonongah. ". Va, Dec. 1o--The scene Of Americas greatest mine catastrophe has lost it's fascination fer the tdiers who have surrounded the pit entrances of Mines and 6. of the Fafrnont Coal Company, since the awful explosion or last Friday morning. This crowd hao been dwindling ever since rain started last night, until tonight there only re- main the forces employed in rescue work, the newspaper workers and the inoonsolable near relatives of victims.
 when darkness fell, Al bodies had been brought to the surface while many more were located. with every prospect of the rapid work of recovery Of the past twenty-four hours continu- ing through the night.
 The bringing out of the bodies, q distance of mile or more through the Underground workings. tedious on ac- count of meagre facilities. The rescue party In Mine No. 8, today began ex- ploring the right side of the Mine No. '. In rooms along this side of the mine. majority of the dead, 1t Is said. will be found.
 The dead so far recovered have all been buried. Thirteen were inferred unidentified. A score or more of fun sralsl were held today. Owing to the indictment weather, 1t was impossible to bury bodies in the regular potters field and when this became known, the Fairmont Coal Company turned over an acre of ground just behind the Polish church of Monongah. and this Is being used as another .potters field.
 A foreigners body. recovered today. had . money belt strapped about the waist. There was si50 in the belt and 1t is said that thousands of dollars will be found on the bodies of others of the dead.
 Examinations up to this time are not sufficient to locate the immediate cause Of the accident. according 10 statement issued by President Watson tonight. The relief work Is progress. raised is close to $40,e00. One Of the contributors today was the Grand Lodge of Elks which gave $1.000.
 Iarge pumps arrived at the mines today from Pttsburg and were installed to remove water. that had gotten into tho mine from the river. The tires which at first threatened and for time did stop the work of rescue. have beer controlled by cutting off the sup DIV of air in the burning portions or the mines. However. all danger Of further explosions is not past and no atternpt will be made to reopen these secffons of the mine until it is definite iy ascertained that the fire has been extinguished.
 Few visitors were at the scene of the disaster today but relatives and friends of the dead still surround the pit en- frances, many standing shoe deep in mud, having been there all night wait- ine for the bodies of their loved ones to De brought out of the mine depths.
 It was said today by Lee Malone, the General Manager of the Fairmonf Coal Company. that as soon as all bodies are out the mines will be clos ed for at least two days to give the of- ficials and workers an opportunity to get much needed rest.
 Many of the officials and miners have slept so little since tne explosioH fhst they are in danger of collapse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
POLICEMAN FATALLY SHOT.
VIII Wlnfree, . sWell-known Lawye
 h Held For the Crime.

VIII Wlnfree, . Well-known Lawyer,
 is Held For the Crime.
 Nashville. Tenn, Dec.,l i0--A Hop kinsville. Ky, dispatch to The Banner says:
 "Will Winfree shot and fatally wounded Policeman Charles Herd here at noon today. Early this morning Herd arrested Winfree and com panion for drunkenness and persisted in taking them to the lookup in pat rol wagon instead of allowing them to walk
 Winfree was afterwards released. and just after noon met Herd near the L. and N. station. He walked up to the officer and with the words: Charlie. you liar" fired three times One shot entered the leg and another went under the shoulder.
 Herds wounds are fatal. Winfree is the son of Judge W. H. Winfree. of this place, and Is a lawyer by profession.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
A MONTGOMERY RUNAWAY.
Young Williams EIudes the Police oi
 Mobile.


 Mobile. Dec. 10-(Special.) )---Chief of Police Rondeau has received a letter from Mrs. Minnie Williams, of SIS Grove Street. Montgomery, in which she asks that her young son. Louis Williams. who is held here, shall be sent to the Brothers Industrial School, If possible, as the boy is completely beyond her control.
 Mrs. Williams states that she noticed in The Montgomery Advertiser that her young son. whose name was given as Percy Williams. had been arrested here on a vagrancy charge. She corrected the name of the boy. stating it is Louis. She recognized that he was her son by the address he gave.
 Mir. Lynch, residing on the corner of Bloodgood and Jackson Streets, called at the police station and got the boy. saying he was his grandfather and would care for him. The chief turned Williams over to Mir. Lynch.
 When the letter was received by the chief this morning, he went to MT. Lynch's home to get the boy and com ply with his mothers wishes. He was surprised when he was informed that the boy had run away again. The police are looking for him and if found he will be taken up and his mothers wish complied with.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
Random at Jones Mills.

Jones Mills, Dec. 10.-(Special.)- The people of Jones Mills were visited yesterday by Gen. w. W. Brandon of Tuscaloosa.
 He travelled over part of Southern Monroe County, and expressed him. self as pleased with the productive- ness of the country and the great pos abilities that are in the future for the people of Jones Mills.
 At the district school house he spoke to an audience of people of this and adjoining districts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
GRAY IS FOR BRYAN.
Yseutenant Governor Gives An fnter-
 view on Politics.

Birmingham. Dec. 10.-(Special.)- lieutenant Governor Henry B. Gray to- day gave out an interview in which he stated that with Bryan as the nominee for President and prohibition plank in the national platform. the Democrats can sweep the country next year."
 "By declaring for national prohibit tion," he said the Democrats would not only e8fFy the entire Southern states, together with several dry States of the West and East, but would land over 9two-thirds of the other country into the Democratic column.
 MT. Bryan is not only the logical candidate of his party but he is the one Democrat that can be elected. The honest business man knows that he has nothing to fear in MT. Bryan. His views on public questions are known by all men. He has expressed himself clearly and freely upon all public is- sues and it is this frankness and rugged honesty that have won for him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11

IS cents per 500 pounds, respectively. and the joint rate of the Gulf. Colora do and Santa Fe and the St. Louis souths western Railway of Texas of Al cents per 100 pounds on cottonseed In car loads from Marietta. Oklahoma, to Plano. Tex. 10 unreasonable and should not exceed 25 cents per 100 pounds.
 The Commission also held that the complainant Is entitled to recover $40s reparation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
CREDITORS FILE PETITION.
Action Against SpOtswoOd LumDei
 Company.

Mobile. Dec 10.-(Special.)-Th T.. E. spotswood Lumber Company, of Mo- bile, has gone into bankruptcy.
 The Drago Grain Company ct al vs. T. E. Spotswood Lumber Company, was the title of an involuntary bankruptcy case filed In the United States court to- day. Attached to the petition was a letter from the defendant company ad- hitting its inability to pay its debts and expressing it's willingness to be ad- judged a bankrupt.
 Bloch and Neuburger are also com plainants. No schedules have been fled in the case.
 The Bank of Mobile, National Bank ing Association, has been officially noti- fled by the Secretary of the Treasury that an allotment of $75,000 of new Panama canal bonds have been made to that bank at its bid of 1O2 1-2. The new bonds will be delivered here in about ten days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11

today the first place in the hearts of his countrymen."
 Mr. Gray favors the ncmination of . Southern man for the yics Presidency. He also believes that In the next two years. fully one-half of the United States will outlaw the sale of iiquors.
 He thinks that before prohibition can be fully effected the national govern ment must take hold of the problem and by national legislation prohibit its manufacture. sale and importation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
officer Comes For Woman.

Birmingham. Dec, I0-(SpeciaD-Hi Bumbil. an officer from Miami County, Ohio, arrived in Birmingham today after Mrs. Herman von Bernewitz, who was arrested here last week on war rant sent here from Ohio. charging her with bigamy. Tn officer was not able to get the prisoner as writ of habeas corpus was filed last Saturday and VIII not be heard until the end of this week. The officer decided to walt until the writ was hearS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
WALTER sHIPr ON TRIAL.
Young Man Accused of Killing
 Clarence Gray.

Birmingham, Dec, io--(Speciai)-- Walter Shipp, we'll known young man in the Northern part of the county. is on trial in the Criminal Court on a charge of murder. 1t being alleged that he stabbed Clarence Gray and that the latter died from the injury inflicted.
 The stab wound is said to have been inflicted in the leg. Both the accused and the deceased had many friends In the Warrior district and the result Of the trial is being watched closely. A number of witnesses have been sum monsd.
 The stabbing occurred while the young men were on their way to church and a dispute came up. 1t Is alleged. about . ietter written to a sister Of Shipp,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
REVERSED THIRD TIME.
The Supreme Court Helds That speye
 Was Insane.

Was lnsane.
 Jefferson City. Mo. Dec. 1o-For the third time. the Missouri Supreme court today reversed and remanded the case H John M Speyer of Kansas City. con- yicted of the murder of his four year old son some years ago. The Supreme Court holds that the defendant was in- sane when the act was committed. He will not probably so free.
 The child was killed by speyer. by cutting it's throat following Speyers arrest on a charge of assaultfng Q Ut. tie girl. and had 1t not been Tor prompt Interference of officers Speyer would have taken his own life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
THIRD TERM PROBLEM.
Attorney General B0napafte VIII Speak
 For MT. Roosevelt.


 Chicago, Dec. 10-The Record Herald today says:
 The question about President Roose- velt's desire about being nominated for third term will be settled once for all one way or another December 21. when Attorney General Bonaparte ad dresses a banquet of the new Illinois Athletic Club in Chicago. The Pres ident's special views and his third term ideas will be told fully by Mir. Bonaparte. who Is regarded as being the Presidents ofiicial spokesman for the occasion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
FIGHT IS ARRANGED.
Moran And AtteH to Contest For
 EeafherWeiEht Champi0nahip.

San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 10--Owen Moran. of England and Abe Attell, of this country will fight twenty-five rounds for the worlds featherweight championship in San Francisco on New Years Day next. The contest will take place in the Colma Arena and will com mence promptly at 2:15 p. m. J. !. Jeffries will be chosen referee.
 The men have agreed to weigh in at 120 two hours and a half before en- tering the ring. They will box for sixty per cent of the gross receipts, of which sixty per cent will go to the winner and forty per cent to the loser. Each fighter has deposited $1.5o0 as guarantee to make the required weight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11

Mniarta Causes Loss of Appetite.
 The Old Standard GROVES TAS,- ES6 CHILL TONIC. drives out malaria and builds up the system. For grown people and Children. soc. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11

Benefit School Improvement Fund.
 Theato Tickets for Matinee per formances only. week of December End sold throughout city. adv-8t.