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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
FERTILIZER TRUST CASES.
Supreme Court Decides Against the
 Government.

Supreme Court Decides Against the
 Government.
 washington, March 4.-The fertilizer trust cases. involving the right of the limited States to compel the removal of the indicted officials of the fertilizer companies constituting the alleged com bination, from Virginia to Tennessee, were decided today by the Supreme Court of the United States adversely to the governments contention.
 The opinion was delivered by Chief Justice Fuller, who held that the Uni- ted states Circuit Court had erred fin holding that the indictment was sufn- cJent to secure the removal of the case without regard to the evidence. The yesult was the reversal of the decision bv the United States Circuit Court for the District of Tennessee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
LOST BOY RETURNED.
"BI; :" Hand Releases Kidnapped Child
 On Brooklyn Fridge.

On Brooklyn Fridge.
 New York, March 4.-Failing to ob- tain $3,O0O from the father of boy they had kidnapped. members of the so- called tBlack Hand after keeping him forty days from his parents tonight turned him loose on the Brooklyn bridge
 The boy, later was restored to his parents by the police. The kidnapped boy was Marion Palermo. the sky ear old son of James Palermo. a banker iD Brooklyn.
 On the afternoon of January 22. Ma ricn was allowed to go into the street to play and disappeared. The follow ing day the father received a letter signed The Black Hand" in which S3.- 900, was demanded for the restora- tion of the boy, In quick succession came similar letters The family was unable to comply and had almost de- spaired of ever finding the boy when he was discovered tonight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
Annenls for RussIans.

New York, March 4.-1Political con ditions in Russia were described and appeals to American sympathy for those struggling for a constitutional Government were made before an au- dience that filled Carnegie Music Hall tonight The meeting was arranged by the Society of the Friends of Rus sian Freedom.
 Addresses were made by Dr. Lyman Abbott, who presided; Alexis Alladin, the Liberal leader of the first Douma; {; Nicholas Tcnaykovsky, George Kernan and others.
 Mir. Alladin said his mission in com ing here was to induce the American people to make no loans to the Russian Government. which, he declared, would use the money to crush the movement for popular representation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
Rritlsh Rule ln south Africa.

Springheld (Mass.) Republican.
 That there is no reason to be alarmed by the Boer triumph in the Transvaal elections and the formation of a min istry by General Botha was sufficiently Transvaai gold mines. quoted on the London Stock Exchange, remained firm after the political news became known In the investment markets. If there is no uneasiness over the political situ- ation among the mine owners, the fact becomes a striking tribute to the sue cess. thus far, of the present British Governments reconstruction policy in the conquered Boer Republic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
HARTMAN GETS ANOTHER.
J. ]. HiH Let's Railroad Slagnate in on
 Great Northern.


 New York. March 4.--The Times to- morrow will say: The agreement be- tween Names B. Hill and E. H. Harri- man regarding the development Of plans which they have worked out Tor their railroad lines in the Portland region, to which Mir. Hartman referred last week while on the stand before the Interstate Commerce Commission. has already resulted in the sale to MT. Hartman by Mir. Hill of a portion of the Great Northern's terminal property at Seattle.
 MT Hill himself confirmed the state ment that he had let Mir. Hartman into the Great Northern's stronghold. Asked if an agreement had been reached with Mir. Hartman in the Seattle Port land situation. MT. Hill said:
 Mfr Hartman wanted a portion of the terminal property in Seattle. put the price on it and MT. Hartman accepted it."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
Prince Henry Making a Record.

From being the most unpopular nrince in Europe, Queen Wilhelmina's eonsort has in one day achieved great decord for heroism: It will be unIoI- gettable of Prince Henry that ne LOOK 6{s own fur coat to wrap about one of the women survivors of the Berlin wreck and to another gave his gloves, ordering that more should instantly oe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
FIRE IN PIrrsBURG.

Early Morning Conf1sEration in Down Town District Pittsburg March 5-An alarm was sounded at 3:I5 o'clock this morning for fire in a building at fourth ave- nue and Chancery Lane in the heart of the down town district. When the firemen arrived. the place was burning fierceiy. An explosion occurred at s:2o a m. and adjacent property is threat ened
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
Mnre Pnx for TeleEranhcr..

Roanoke, aV.. March 4.-The Norfolk and Western Railroad Company today granted its telegraph operators an in- crease in wages of II per cent and an eight hour day at eighty eight addi- tional offices. The increase in pay ap- niles to the entire system. The raise and shorter hours came as the result of conferences between the railroad off oials and representatives of the order of Railway Photographers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05

provided for other poor frost bitten
 hands. Not only this, but he was first to go out in the lifeboat to succor the survivors, working hard pulling at the oars and hosting the half-frozen wo- men aboard. The world will think bet ter of Prince Henry for the rest of his life for this bravery and unselflshness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
rrnnafer nf Pinchbaclt.

Trenton. N l.. March fudge Lem ming, in the United States Court today, made an order for the transfer to Brooklyn of Eugene P. Pinchback. who is charged with forging a postal money order Pinchback claims he is the son of former Governor Pinchback of Louis jana, but denies that he is the Pinch back wanted for forgery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
Firnern Innurnrated.

City of Mexico, March 4,-Dr Balti gar Estupinian, Minister to Mexico from Salvador and Honduras received d cablegram from the former country saving that Gen. Ferdinando Figuera was inaugurated President of Salvador on March l. There were no disturb ances. The new President is elected to serve four years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
KILLING IN NASHVILLE.
Jess White, onIOoker, victim Of Melee
 fu Saloon.

Nashville, Tenn. March 4-Jess White was killed and George Edwards mortally wounded by Cory Weakly late tonight as the result of brawl at the saloon of John Bradley.
 White, 1t Is said. was an outsider and accidentally got in line of bullet in- tended for Walter oliver, one of the combatants Weakley. who was ar rested is the son of prominent busl- ness man. His wife, Mollie Weakley, who was on the scene soon after the tragedy was arrested. charged with dsordcrly conduct
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
JURY IS SECURED.
Chicago Prosecution of Standard oil
 Case Begins.

Case Begins.
 Chicago. March 4.--The selection of a iury to pass on evidence against the standard oil Company of Indiana, on trial before Judge Landis in the United states District Court here, on charge of having received concessions from the Chicago and Alton Railway Company was completed late this afternoon.
 Less than five hours was consumed in securing the jury. Assistant Dis trict Attorney J. H. Wilkerson probably will make the opening address for the government tomorrow morning and II is exnected that the taking of testi- mony will begin during the day. One
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
A Rriher Sentenced.

Pittsburg, March 4.--W. A. Martin, common councilman of this city. con victed of soliciting a bribe in connec- ton with the proposed granting of franchise to the Tube City Railroad Company, was today sentenced to pay fine of $500 and undergo three years Imprisonment in the western peniten- tfary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
nIn.ic.nn nlen nn Train.

EI Paso. Tex, March 4.--As the Mexi- can Central passenger train was cross ing the Rio Grande tonight coming fin from Mexico. Senor Manuel Mariu' A musician and composer. famous in Mexico, died. He was en route to Cali fornia to visit son and was i'll when he left his home at San Luis Potosoi.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
Complete Change of Climate.

Washington Herald.
 That Englishman doesn't like our climate"
 And our air Is like wine, too"
 Well, we must remember that he comes from London, where the atmos- phere is more like mixed ale"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
rnforcing Law In the west.

What are they moving the church for?'' Well, stranger. I'm Mayor of these diggins. an I'm fer law enforce. ment. We've got an ordinance tnat says no saloon shall be nearer than gao feet from a church. I gave 'em three days to move the church"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
ATTEND INQUIRY.
officers of 20th to Appear Before Senate
 Committee.

San Antonio, Tex, March 4.-Officers and men of the 26th infantry. who have been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Committee to testify in the Brownville inquiry will leave for Washington Wednesday. They are:
 Captains Dan A. Kilburn. Benjamin F. Edgar. Jr., Second Lieutenant Edwin P. Thompson, Post Quartermaster Ser geant Rowland Osborn, First Sergeant Nelson Huron, Corporal John E. Runne, Privates Fisher. w. J. Rappe and Otis C. West.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
nritinh stenmer FIoated.

Perpiganan. France, March 4.-The British steamer Bolton Hall, from Gal weston for Genoa, which stranded rep mary north of Port Vendres, has been refloated after discharging part of her cargo of cotton, and is now an chored in Canet Bay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
Behind the eur..,v.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 They all say your literary success Is phenomenal"
 q guess they don't know that I spent two years and bulldozed thirteen mag azine editors before I got my story Into print. '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
Adont Referendum Plan.

Guthrie, Ok, March 4.-The consti- tutionaI convention today by to ,, adopted the proposition providing Tor the initiative and referendum Thero were twenty seven absentees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05

of the jurors selected. c. A. Frederick. of Joliet, was the subject of much com ment in the court room today. owing to his striking resemblance to John D. Rockefeller.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
HIa the Eaax TanIr.

Detroit Free Press
 He--I don't see why you make such hard work of shopping.
 She-Of course you don't! All you have to do Is to O. K. the billsl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
OLIVER ACCEPTS.
Says He is Net Through With Canal
 RuafnAaa.

Business.
 New Orleans, La. March 4-W. J. Oi- iver, whose bid for the Panama canal was rejected. today in accepting an in- vitation to attend a meeting of South ern Governors and Congressman here March 25 to discuss the canal situa- tion wired:
 Am not through with this thing and am with you"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
Rest Years of Life.

Philadelphia Record.
 Sillicus-What do you consider the best years of mans life?
 Cynicus-The years that come after his best years have been wasted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
DAVIS ON TRIAL.
Manager of IrOquOis Theatre to Answer
 For Fire.

Danville. H.. March 4-The trial of VIII J. Davis of Chicago on the charge of manslaughter on account of the IT, oquois Theatre fire in Chicago began in the circuit court today, Judge Kim brough presiding Considerable trou- ble was experienced in getting jurors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
STATION IS DESTROYED.
Robbers Use Dynamite On Safe In Rail-
 road Depot.

Wilburton, l. T. March 4-The Mis- souri. Kansas and Texas Railroad sta ton was blown to pieces tonight when robbers dyhamited the safe. They se- cured only seven cents. the agent hav- ing taken large sum of money home with him for safe keeping.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-05
ARRESTED IN BOSTON.

Fitzpatrick Held On Lottery Complaint
 From Mobile.
 Boston, March 4.-Frank x. Fitzpat- rick, prominent resident of Cam bridge. was arrested by government detectives today on complaint from Mobile, Ala, that he had conspired to violate the interstate commerce regu- lations by sending lottery matter from one state to another.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-08-30

During the year 1905 there was
shipped out of Rails county lime
and cement to the value ofS3, ,645,-
254.
1t is said by a Hannibal paper
that man proposes, woman dis
poses and the divorce court ex.
poses.
Franklin county exported 23,-
862,0S8 cob pipes last year and
Gasconade sent into the channels
of trade 2s6,5O0 gallons of wine
during that time.
During the last twenty years
there have been 900 divorces
granted in Macon county. This
was nearly four times as many as
were granted in Monroe county,
Missouri has a peculiar auto
mobile law. A machine from an
other state can be run in this state
for twenty days without paying a
license. After that its owner
must put up a si5 dollar state
license.
A st. Louis carpenter WHO fell
TO the ground from the ninth story
of a building upon which he was
working recently,on a Friday re-
ported for his pay the following
Saturday and resumed work the
next Monday morning.
In the State of Missouri there
are less than fourteen acre OF land
to each human being within the
borders Of the state. This fact
accounts for the rapid increase in
the. vaiae efland throughout the
state, wherever the Lard may be
located.
Judge Gray Of Joplin announ.
ces that in future he will not an
nounce his decision in divorce
cases until the close of his term
of court. He does not intend to
grant divorces in future and
have the parties remarry before
his court is adjourned.
W. II. Hollon, whose neglect oi
his children resulted in one boy
killing his brother, has beer
forced to leave Monegaw by the
resentment of his neighbors. HI
was whitecapped, but made hi
escape as they were preparing t
tie him TO a treefor whipping.
Two farmers, James Long ant
William Mitts, were killed b.
lightning near Harwood recently
Il
They were at work in the harves
Geld and we're close to a binding
machinewhen the fatal clap came
the metal of the machine beinl
supposed to have attracted tn
electric fluid.
Franklin county in 1905 shippe
23,s82,088 corncob pipes, NOR
familiarly known as "MissouI
meerschaums.". These pipes, to
gether with extra stems. extr
bowls, extra cleaners and lik
products Of the enterprise whic
produced them, brought to th
county 1890, ,4se.
While cutting wheat on b
farm northeast Of Norbprne, q
long ago, A. r. Fielder, and b
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-08-30

ooofoVV ASA VIZ Aa ftNf NAH~'t
the Missouri river at St. Joseph.
J. Evans of Paris has recently
had a we'll drilled on his farm
which is $40 feet deep and the
water stands within 100 feet of
the top.
The farmers around Chillicothe
are too busy now to attend Cha
taquas. Jndge c. Z. Gates of
Grand River township, while in
Chillieothe the other day stated
that he had helped thresh four
fields of wheat and the lowest
went twenty bushels to the acre.
Some time between the lower
ing of last nights sable mantle
and the lifting of the purple veil
that heralds the approach of rosy
dawn is the way the Joplin Times
describes the burglary of laun-
dry. Why not emblish as we GO
through life anyway, especially
when a laundry burglary can be
made into good reading?
Some fifteen or twenty "mys-
terious horsemen" passed
through Liberty one night re-
Gently and a number of belated
negroes hit only the high places
in reaching their homes. 1t is
thoughl that as deviltry has be-
come SO common hereabouts
these night riders were ''out af-
ter n,sat,p VIII hich they failed to
find.--Liberty Advance.
In a jury trial in st. Louis re-
Gently the attorney for the de-
fendant attempted to read to the
the jury from a certain volume
of the supreme court reports.
He was interrupted by the court,
who said: Mr.. Blank, it is not
admissible, you know, to read
law to the jury" Yes, | UNDER
stands your honor; Lam only
reading to the jury q decision OF
of the supreme court"
The maddest woman lives in
Moberly. She is a Sunday school
worker. She bought S7.5C
money order and in paying for
same produced something ovel
O0pennies. Being about So shy
the lady produced a $40 bill
For change the postmaster gav'
back to her all the pennies sh,
had given him together with al
that could be scraped up from th'
pockets of his employees.
A Chillicothe catcher made
brilliant play few days ago. Il
running after a foul ball he slip
ped in the mud and fell and abou
the time he hit the ground h
looked up and saw the ball cominI
down right over him so he stuc
J his feet up in the air and reache
out and caught the ball, putin
the batter out. The catch h
made was about the fisst of tn
4 kind ever pulled off in game.
A colored southern Missou
preacher was immersing a woma
convert and as he put her unds
: the water the first time he begal
81 baptize you in the name
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-08-30

lAACa AoSd tAtC hoaoAcf hieNh ~
The amusement of the bystanders.
Last seen Of the man he was in a
boxcar leaving the town FOR good.
He said it seemed like everybody
was down on him.
Mrs Harriet Worden, who re-
sides in Barry county, is pro5ab-
ly the Oldest resident of the coun-
ty, and possibly in the entire
section of the state.
She is 102 years old and is in a
remarkable state Of preservation
for one of her advanced age.
She was born in New York and
was reared in the neighborhood
in which the famous Joseph
Smith promulgated his Mormon
doctrine. Each year she has
cultivated a small garden spot,
and even now does some light
work about the house. She has
been a widow since before the
Civil War.-Granby Miner.
The trial of Harlow Humble in
Nevada for numbering F. W.
Whipple, came to sudden end
after the jury was selected anl
before the hearing of evidence
began. 1t was shown that one of
the jury had been seen talking
with Humble's friends. AL
though they swore their conver-
sation was upon other topics, the
prosecuting attorney was allowed
to nolle the case and begin the
prosecution over again.
We like to mention all our SUBJ
scribers, but have never been
able to say anything of Jim Duz-
enberry. He has not left town
in twelve years, has always at
tended to his own business and
never did any harm to any man.
After thinking over his case for
some time we happen to think
thar while ne had been summoned
on several juries at Lawrence he
has never heen allowed TO serve
on one.-Vinland Vine.
AT Sullivan, Franklin county,
recently, there was a picnic at
which beer was dispensed to the
guests. A lot of young fellows
got full, got to fighting with
knives on the railroad track, and
a FRISCO train ran into the erowd
at speed of six miles an hour
One young man, spectator, was
killed outright, and several Of
the fighters were injured. 81
much for beer and bile.
"Bud King the negro who wa
recently hanged in st. Louis
said to the sheriff, two or thre'
days before the day he was to b.
executed: GIVE got but twt
more days to live, and want d
die with the satisfaction that
have at one time in my life ha
, enought fried chicken to eat
, Let my last three meals, be &
chicken" got the the chick
en-.
Recently George A. Willis col
, his farm adjoining Camden Poir
to r. A. Bywaters of that place
{ The farm is well improved, has
, handsome nine-room dwellin
q house and good outbuildings.
= consists Of 148 acres, from whic
: Mr.. Bywaters paid S120 an acr
This is the record breaking pri'
paid for any large body Of Ian
= in Platte county.
Eight prominent citizens of s
!. Louis have been indicted by
is federal grand jury on a char,
: of conspiracy to swindle the go
!, ernment out Of $500, 900 worth
i land. The most prominent
!. the lot is Lewis NJ. Rumse
! president Of the Rumsey Man
n featuring Company.
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-08-30

anu DtuuCE dfAN utcuc uuthOct
less repairs. The rabbit got
away.
Mark Twain says that all men
are lazy; some are able to fight it
down while others fail. He knew
a none ombatant of this class
when a boy in Hannibal His
name was Jim Black, and one
summer morning he was lying
under tree beside the river,
listening 10 the birds and watch
ing the steamboats, glide up and
down the great stream. swell,
what are you here for?" Mark
asked him. ''I'm here" said
jim, "for to pile them bales onto
the wharf, sob! And now
you are resting, are you?"
NO." said jim; 81 amt rest
ing, because | amt tired, I'm
just waiting for the sun to sink
down behind that there hill, SOS
/ can knock off work"
A certain young shoe clerk of
Mobsrly drove up in the vicinity
of Cairo last week to see his best
girl. He goes up about three
times in a week and has become
accustomed to hitching his horse
in the barn lot at his girls home.
There happened tobe some calves
in the lot and while the said shoe
clerk was in the parlor making
love to the fair maiden, the call
yes got hold Of the laprobe and
chewed it full of holes. He had
a livery rig and the robe did not
cost much, but he says if he has
to pay for it at the stable he is
going to sue his prospective
father-in- law fpr damage.
! A teacher in one of the public
schools Of the Cape was ques-
tioning a boy pupil about the
word "recuperate." "As an
example ssid1hs tessher, A.wy
take the case ofyour father. He
is of course, . hard working
man?" "Yes'm," assented the
boy. "And when night comes and
he returns home tired and worn
out, doesn't her" "Yes'sm," ir
} further assent from the boy
"Then," continued the teacher
"it being night, his work being
over, and he being tired and worr
out, what does he do?" "That''
what ma wants to know" sait
the boy.
, R. c. Hudnall, who recentl.
3 surrendered the job of carrying
3 the mail between Montgomer,
, City and Williamsburg to tn
rural carrier, Fred Graver, fig
! ured that during the four year
!, and four months be labored 70
Uncle Sam in this capacity b
! travelled 38, ,988 miles, and still di
, not get outside the boundary line
of Galloway and Montgomer
!, counties.
e Phillip Dragoo, OF Burlingto
junction, fell dead from his cha
a in Doctor Gaugh's office recently
q He was in a store and complaine
:; Of feeling bad, and the doctor sait
\ "come across the street to m
n Office When the doctor. 9,
: amined him, he said. "Your hea
+ is in bad condition" when |
,e Immediately fell to the floor dea'
Some excitement was Greats
Il in the Elliot nsighborhood son
!, six miles southwest Of this pla'
a one day recently, caused by tv
] boys running away and comm
2 10 town together. They were 4
y Elliot, t,aged eighty years, and A.
! Gaw, aged eighty-two year
.s These youngsters are becoming
y little too foxy. Grant City Time
ldE PIacards bearing the followii
a. warning were posted over l
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-08-30
Around About the State.

Made hy ths Shears. the Pencil
and the Paste Pot--Seme Orig
inai. Some Credited, Some
stolen, bat Nearly All Coed
Reading.