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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
PROHIBITION 5
 BILL SCARES Measure is Prepared
 Ready for Use. ANTS PROMISE TO BE GOOD Temperance and Whiskey People
 Agree Not to Fight. svaIoOn Men Were Threatening to Raise Closing Hours to Ii or 12 o'clock,
 But Were Called Early In the Game.
ANTS PROMISE TO BE GOOD

v false alarm prohibition scare dis turbed the legislative crowds yester- day. The crowds heard that general prohibition bill. forbidding the sale or manufacture of liquor in any part Of tho State would be introduced today a4d pushed through by the temperance people as quickly as possible.
 No general prohibition bill will be Introduced by the men who have been behind the temperance work of the present Legislature. A bill of that sort may be introduced but 1t will be Independent capacity. The bill will not be passed, for the temperance peo- pie are not yet ready to establish gen eral prohibition in Alabama for fear the sentiment in some counties IS not ripe for 1t.
 In the meanwhile the anti-prohibi- tion people will keep quiet on the early closing bill. which has passed the Sen ate. NO fight will be made on the measure. in the shape it passed the Senate. The bill will be passed call ing for the closing of all saloons ip the three big cities of the State at g o'clock.
 And right here is where the scare came from. The report was circulated that the anti-prohibition people would light the early closing bill in the House and move up the closing hour to II o'clock or to midnight This caused the prohibition people to sit up and take notice. They went to their friend. the enemy. and said: ! If fight is made on the early clos
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
IT APPROVES REFORM
NEW YORK POST ENDORSES WORK
 OF ALABAMA BAR.
comultmentary Editorial on It's Agita- tion For Reform of The Abuses Of The Appeal of Criminal
 Cases.

The New York Evening Post, unuef date of July II, published a highly complimentary editorial on the Sooo work now being done by the Alabama Bar Association, in its agitation for reform of the abuses of criminal ap- peal.
 The question was taken up by the last session of the Bar Association, which was held in Montgomery about two weeks ago. The Committee on Correspondence of the Association, or which Julius Sternfeld is Chairman had issued circular letters dealing with the question. Copies were sent to the pres idents of bar associations of every State in the Union. asking for a con- certed action on their part. relative to this legal question of such national inn portance.
 Chairman Sternfeld has already re- ceived many replies from the different States, and in each instance. compli- ments were paid the 1-labama Bar As sociation for the initiatory in this ques- tion. Associations all over the coun- try will take up this question at their next sessions.
 The following is the editorial that appeared in The New York Evening Post
 The Alabama State Bar Association is doing a good work in agitatfng a re- form of the abuses of criminal appeal. Its Committee on Correspondence has been addressing the bar associations of other States. The circular letter which has been sent out recites the growing scandal in this country of re- versals on appeal for error in the trial courts which was not really material.
 Tn too many jurisdictions in this country the doctrine has gained stand ing that an error of ruling. created per to enable the excepting and defeat ed party to obtain a nwe trial, must prevail with the higher court. The re- suit is something like 50 per cent. Of reversals. or new trials. in this coun- try. as compared with about per cent in English practice.
 This evil has been vigorously brought to the notice of the Alabama Legislature by the Bar Association, and we understand that a bill to correct the extrava gances of appeal on techni- cal and immaterial grounds is in a fail way of being enacted. Other States should take the matter up. Doubtless an amendment to the Federal Judiciary Act would also be useful. That the abuse of setting aside Yer. diets for error not going to the merits is great and growing. Judge Brewer has strongly testified"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
"The Blood is The Life.o

Science has never gone beyond the hbOve simple statement of scripture. But It has illuminated that statement and given it meaning ever broadening with kh0 increasing breadth of knowledge.
 When the blood is "bad or impure it ls not alone the body which suffers Through disease. The brain is also Elcuded, <he mind and judgement are khected, and many an evil deed or impure fhoSght NpjH>be directly traced to the tmp0sRy of the 6fcaO Foul, impure blood Ican he made pure by tue use-ol pr. lPierce's Golden Medical Discovery. II EnEiches and nnritieS the blood thereby lcuring. pimples, blotches, eruptions and other cutaneous affections, as eczema, letter, or salt,rheum. hives and other manifestations of impure blood.
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 In the cure of scrofulous swellings, en. larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old sores, the rGolden Medical Discovery "has performed the most marvellous cures. In eases of old sores, or open eating ulcers, 1t is well to apply to the open sores Dr. Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos- sesses wonderful healing potency when used as an application to the sores in con- Junction with the use of "Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleansing consti- tutional treatment. If your druggist don't happen to have the rAll-Healing Salve" in stock, you can easily procure it by. inclosing fifty-four cents in postage stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y., and it will come to you by return post. Most druggists keep it as well as the ~Golden Medical Discovery q o @ @ e e e
 You can't afford to accept any medicine pf aI,lknO,on composition as substitute Tor ~Golden Medical Discovery" which is . medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION, having complete list of ingredients in plain English on it's bottle-wrapper the 0ame being attested as correct under oath.
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16

 His efforts will not conflict at all with the supply" fuund that is being amply provided by our active and most eff cient agent, Rev. T. H. Jones of Mont gomery.
 The plant that the Executive Con- mittee has undertaken was imperative and necessary to put in at the home at once. It was, in their judgment, water for the building or death to the children. The plant will run the lights. pump the water over the building. steam heat the house. run the laundry and small wood saw, and is now as absolutely essential to health as the in stitute itself is to the life of Method ism.
 ask consideration of the Metho- dists of the State for Brother Mathi- son and a liberal response to his ap- peals for this work.
 H. H. Stewart, Secretary and Treasurer of the Sum-
 merfield Orphanage. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
FOR THE SANITARIUM
INSTITUTE FOR TUBERCULOSIS
 SEEMS CERTAINTY.
Senate Committee Acts FavOrably on Measure to Provide for Seprega- tiOn of People Suffering from
 Consumption.

A State Institute for Tubercular pa- tients appears to be legislative cer tainty. The Senate Committee on Fi- nance and Taxation yesterday favor ably reported the bill establishing such an institution.
 The State under the terms of the bill which yesterday met the approval of the Committee provided an appropria- ton of $40.c00 for the construction of the institution. There is also provided a sliding scale of annual appropria- tions to put the Institution on it's feet.
 The proposed institution will be op erated in a way similar to that in which the State Hospital for Insane Is operated. Patients who are able to pay their board bill will be expected to do so. Those who are unable to pay their board and who it is thought should be segregated from other peo- ple to prevent the spread of corsump- tion will be taken as charity patients by the State.
 The bill has the endorsement of the State Medical Association of Alabama It has been urged particularly in the Senate by Senator Henry Reese of Daf- las.
 The need of such an institution is thought to be pressing in view of the acton of the State or Texas. which has adopted a quarantine law against tu bercular patients. Under this law no patient suffering from consumption will be permitted to come into the State. It is feared that other States of the West will take this action as a precedent and the West. which has been the haven of refuge for consumptive patients, will be closed to them in the future.
 If the bill passes both Houses. as it probably will, the institution will be built at some healthy place in Alabama and tubercular patients will be given the best of modern treatment. The in stitution is designed to be not only a place of treatment for patients already suffering from tuberculosis. but as a preventive of the spread of the dis ease among the people of the State.
 The Finance and Taxation Commit tee. which reported the bill favorably. also reported favorably the Strother fee bill. The Strother bill rearranges the official fee system of the State in reference to County officers The bill readjusts the system of taxing costs for officers in criminal cases. Under existing law only a part of the cost can be taxed at the time of conviction. The bill provides for an earlier collec- tion of costs by officials of the courts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
SUPERVISE SCHOOLS
BILL LIKELY TO BE TAKEN UP
 BY HOUSE. TO-DAY.
Measure IntrOduced by Lee of EtOwah Provides for Election of County Boards of Education and
 Superintendents.

The bill seeking to provide efficient supervision of public schools is one of the subjects that will he considered by the House today, if the bill introduced by MT. Lee of Etowah for this pur- pose can be reached before adjourn ment. The bill in subskance is as fol- lows
 That when the successors to the members of the County Board of Edu- cation now in office shall be elected on the second Saturday in August, 1908, five members shall he elected who shall constitute the County Board of Education, two to serve two years and three to serve five years. and that no member of the board shall engage in teaching in a public school nor be district trustee during his term of of- fee
 The second section of the bill pro- vides that no one shall be eligible to the position of County Superintendent, or shall hold such office who is not a teacher holding a first grade or life certificate. It provides that in the event of no such person being procur- able, the State Superintendent of Ed ucation. with the approval of the Gov ernor shall appoint from the qualified electorate of the county
 These supervisors will have to de- vote their entire time to the work of supervising the county schools, accord ing to the terms of the bill, and will receive a salary of not less than $500 nor more than $1. 800 a year for this service Provision is also made that in counties where there are more than 25.0OO children of legal school age. the County Board of Education may employ teacher holding a certificate as an assistant county superintendent.
 This bill is offered as a substitute to House bill 5s2 which provided that County Superintendcnts should be ap pointed by the State Board of Educa- tion. instead of elected at present and as MT. Lees bill provides they shall continue tc ibe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16

ing bill--if you try to tear the bill up, we will Introduce a prohibition bill and fght,it through the Legislature"
 And later in the day 1t was talked around the hotel lobby that there wouldn't be any sort of a fight. The nti-prohibition people would not con test the early closing bill and the pro- hibition people would not make a fight for general prohibition bill at this time.
 The incident called out the fact that there had been an agreement. a com promise, between the two forces on tn early closing bill. The anti-prohibi- ton forces proposed to let the early closing bill go through without oppo- sition if the prohibition people would let them make the closing hour in the big cities 9 o'clock instead of 6 o'clock This compromise was reached.
 The scare yesterday resulted from the belief of the production forces that the antis were endeavoring to get something better than 3 o'clock out of the House. A prohibition bill was drawn up. It is being kept for all emergency. The result of the scare yesterday and the drawn up prohibit tion bill was that there will be no fig ht on the early closing bill.
 The drawn up bill will be kept. The anti i-shipping bill is yet to be acted upon. It is more than probable that the prohibition people will tell the antis to hands off'' the shipping bill. The prohibition people. with a bill ready for introduction. will await de- velopments.
 One of the representatives on that side of the question said last night
 Tt was not our intention to try to have a general prohibition law passed. We have got a fine local option act that will give us prohibition where the people are ready for it. If We were to pass a general prohibition act. we would force prohibition on some counties which arc not ready for 1t. As a result the law might ue violated without general public condemnation and the cause of temperance made to suffer.
 We are simply awaiting develop ments. While we are not demanding general prohibition, there are some temperance measures in which we are interested. and we hope they will be passed without strife and discord."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
Earth shocks in Texas !.

Paris, Nx., July 15.-Perceptible earth shocks was felt here at midnight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
WATER IN NEW CHANNEL.
Genetta Ditch Opened Up Fly City En-
 Gineering Department.

Genetta Ditch Opened Up Fly City En-
 gineering Department.
 Water is now running in the new channel of the Genetta Ditch. which has been opened up by the engineering de- partment of the city on South Court street. That part of the street which was formerly used for ditch purposes has been filled up, and will very short ly be in good condition, and of re- spectable width.
 Work on the bridge over the new ditch will begin today. Should the City Counsel decide to erect concrete structure over the street, the temporary wooden structure will be removed.
 The engineering department has also begun work of grading South Lawrence street. between Jefferson Davis Avenue and Clayton street. It is expected that the City Fathers will very shortly order bids for the paving.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
POWER COMPANIES SUED.
New York Appellate Court Makes De-
 ci%iOn About Defective Wiring.

J r. Browder, Chief of the Fire De partment, is very much interested in a recent ruling of the Appellate Division of the New York Courts, which con- cerns the responsibility of electric power companies in case of fires from defective wiring The court claimed that improper insulation on the part of such companies renders them liable for the damages and not the insurance companies. While the insurance com panies run the risk. they have the privilege of making suit against the power companies which is looked upon as a just defense.
 The decision will mean" Chief Browder said yesterday. in discussing the measure, "a turning point in fire suits. Every city in the union has gone up against the same difficulties, and I know of number of cases where the suits of the insurance companies
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
A Small Blaze.

small fire at No 15 Holcombe street. owned by Mrs. $. F. Stakeley and occupied by J. w.. Gardner, was discovered yesterday morning about 5:1O o'clock The damage was slignt' the conflag grafton being causeds by sparks from the chimney which were soon extinguished.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
Teague & Sons

against the power companies were highly meritorious.
 Tt will also mean that more atten- ton will be paid to electric wiring In the future, than has been done in the past. and when this end is accomplish ed the fire departments of the various cities will have less work to do and fewer losses when the total Is aggre- gated ct the end of the year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-16
TO THE METHoDIsTs OF ALABAMA.

An Appeal on Account of the Orphans'
 Home.
 Rev. J w. Mathison of Greensboro Ala, has agreed to raise special fund for the completion of our steam heat ing plant at the Summerfield Orphan age and will canvass the Methodists Of Alabama for this special purpose
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
MAY FIGHT GUATEMALA.
Mexico Determined TO Capture Gen.

Mexico Determined to Capture Gen.
eraI Limon.
Washington, May 2.-Mexico and
Guatemala are on the verge of war,
10000 Mexican troops being ordered
to the Guatemalan border to-demand
General Unions surrender. Ambassa-
dor Creel had conference with See
rotary Root regarding the situation
and there will be no interference with
the plans Of Mexico.
If Guatemala does not surrender
General Limon more troops will be
sent and he will be captured, carried
to Mexico, tried for murder and prob
ably shot. General Barilla, formerly
president Of Guatemala, residing in
Mexico, was killed, it is asserted, by
an ASSASSIN procured by General Ii
mon. The assassin was arrested in
Mexico aud confessed and the Mex
lean government is determined to pro-
cure the person Of General Limon and
have him tried for murder. General
Reyes, formerly minister of war for
Mexico, is in command of the troops.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
SNUBBED BY THE KAISER.
German Official Resigns After Receiv-
ina Affront.

Berlin. May St is unofficially an
aounced that Professor Curtius, who
edited the memoirs of the late Prince
Chlodwig Won misunderstanding
furst, eX-chancellor of Germany, had
resigned the presidency of the Protes-
tant consistory Of Alsace because En-
peror William snubbed him during his
recent visit to Strasburg. Prince Her.
man Won c. Hohenlohe-Lange
the lieutenant of the emperor in the
two imperial provinces of Alsace and
Lorraine, has answered the protest Of
the local Protestant clergy against the
aTront the emperor offered to Profess
sor Curtius in refusing to invite him
to banquet by writing letter admit
ting that his majesty struck the pro-
fessor's name f<m the list of guests
because of the publication of the I1o-
henlOhe memoirs, with indiscretions
which necessarily wounded the en-
peror's feelings"
The letter contained pointed init
nation that it was time for Curtius to
resign.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03

one day Most Of the steamers an
chored in the harbor and will probably
not be able to land their steerage pas
sengers for several days. The fog
which shrouded the coast early this
week kept several of the ships outside
Sandy Hook for from thirty-six to for
ty-eight hours Health Officer Doty
and his assistants were worked to
their utmost for thirty-six hours and
succeeded in passing all the vessels.
Ellis island accommodations are al!
ready swamped with immigrants and
other immigrants are yet on steamers
at different piers. The capacity of
the immigration station is 5000 daily.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
A Great Outside Remedy.

Most pains are of local origin
a @'crick" in the back, a. twinge
of rheumatism, a soreness all
over arising from cold are all
cured by outside applications.
The quickest, safest and. most
certain method is Allcock's
Plaster, known the world over as
a universal remedy for pain.
They never fail, they act prompt.
ly, they are clean and cheap.
You can go right ahead with
your work while the healing pro.
cess goes on. Sixty years use
has given them a great reputa.
ton.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
SOCIETY IS SHOCKED.
Pastor Of Fashionable Church and
Young Heiress Disappear.
INFATuATI0N WAS KNOWN

State of Affairs Said to Have Been
Apparent for Some Time, the Minis
ter's Wife Having Recently Re.
turned to Her Fathers Home.
New York, May 3-MembersAof the
fashionable st. Georges Episcopal
church at Hampstead, L. l., were as
tonished when they learned that their
pastor, Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, had
departed from Hampstead and that
Miss Floretta Whaley also had left her
home and had written letters saying
she would not return. Rev. MI. Cooke
is married to the daughter Of Rienzi
A. Clarke of Hartford, Conn. She left
Hampstead some time ago and is now
at her fathers home.
That no official cognizance is to be
taken of the mysterious departure was
made evident from formal statement
issued by Bishop Burgess of the dio.
cese of Long Island. He says that
immediate action will be taken by the
vestry of st. Georges church to fill the
vacancy caused by the departure OF
Mr.. Cooke.
According to stories which were cir
culated freely in Hampstead the in
fatuation of the minister for Miss
Whaley has been apparent for some
time and was the direct cause of Mrs,
Cooke leaving for her fathers home.
MI. Cooke is thirty-six years old and
has been married for five years. Miss
Whaley is not yet eighteen. Miss
Whaley's father died a year ago, leav.
ing her and her elder sister an ample
fortune. It is said that each will be
worth $125,000. .~~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
RACE WAR IN INDIANA.
Negroes of Bad Character Ordered TO
Leave Town.

Leave Town.
Greensburg, Ind, May 2.-The bitter
feeling against negroes as result of
an assault on Mrs. Burton, an aged
white woman, last Saturday night,
caused a race riot here. Six negroes
were badly beaten, one Of whom may
die.
The mob was formed by three white
men and rapidly increased to 500. All
saloons and other places frequented
by negroes were visited and the furni-
ture and fixtures demolished. Negroes
found in the places were beaten and
warned to leave town. The authori-
ties finally induced the crowd to dis
perse after promising that all negroes
of bad character will be compelled to
leave Many negroes have already de-
parted and others will be notified by
the police to leave. No arrests were
made
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
WASHINGTON LAND FRAUDS
Astounding Discoveries Made by Sc.
cret Service Men.

Seattle, Wash, May 3.-Six secret
service operatives are working in
Western Washington unearthing Sc
ries of land frauds that are declared
to be more astounding in their far.
reaching character than the discover.
les made in Oregon and California. A
secret service operative in the conf
dence Of President Roosevelt has just
been sent to the coast to take charge
Of the work and assemble the evil
dence that has been accumulated for
presentation to special officers of the
department of justice.
It is declared by high government
authority that when all the timber
fraud evidence has been assembled F.
J. Heney will be asked to come here
and duplicate his success in prescott.
ing the land frauds of Oregon.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
Fires on French Troops.

Paris, May 2.-During the afternoon
man who was passing the Place de
la Republiqle On top of an omnibus
fired five shots from a revolver at a
squadron of cuirassiers, wounding two
of the cavalryman. The man, who
was subsequently identified as Rus
sian, was dragged down from the top
of the omnibus by the police and mar
rowly escaped lynching at the hands
of the crowd surrounding the vehicle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-05-03
De MASSEY MURDER TRIAL.
Closing Scenes in Another New Yort
Homicide Case. -.

New York, May 3.-The closing
scenes in the trial of Mrs. Anisia Lou
Use de Massey for the murder Of Gustav
Simon, her former employer, began in
the supreme court during the day.
The taking Of testimony had been
completed and there remained only
the closing arguments, the charge of
the court to the jury and the verdict
Mr.. lie Barber, in the closing argu-
ment for the defense, said that the
prosecution had failed utterly in its
attempt to fix the Staying of Simon
upon the defendant. He criticised sew.
eral of the witnesses for the prosecu.
ton and in two or three specific in.
stances declared that the witnesses
had knowingly committed perjury.