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The Washington times., 1907-07-30
SWEEPING
NEW YORK TOWN

AUBURN, N Y. July 30.-It Is re-
ported that the entire business section
Of Moravia- N. Y, is being destroyed
by flames which started this morning.
Moravia is situated at the head of
owssco Lake, and is eleven miles from
Auburn
The Washington times., 1907-07-30
BIG REGATTA
FOR LABOR DAY
IN ALEXANDRIA
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU
ETnDrA VA Tfr1y n


Plans are under way for the holding Of
the largest regatta which has ever been
seen in this city on Labor Day, the
first Monday in September. The regatta
Will be held under the auspices OF the
Old Dominion Boat Club. and will. 1t is
expected. be participated in by the
boat clubs of this State and OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia J. S. Douglas. jr..
has returned from Richmond where he
went TO extend an invitation 10 the Vir-
ginia Boat Club. Of that city, to take
part.
While no definite action was taken on
the invitation by the Virginia Boat Club,
It was manifest that the association
would accept 1t and come 70 this city
In September.
The engagement OF Miss Mildred
Thornton Fieklin, youngest daughter Of
Col. and Mrs. Theodore II. Ficklin. of
this city. to Thomas Jefferson Echols. of
Atlanta, Ga, has been announced. The
wedding viii take place at the home OF
the brides parents. in Duke ,treet, in
October next.
The remains of the late William NJ
@AdAR were AO0dy sent 10 ENdpi4dn lot
burial by Undertaken Demaine.
The Alexandra Light Infantry Is en-
guged In weekly target practice at
their Armory In South Royal street
The two members OF the company who
make the best record Will be sent 20
Williamsburg next month to compete
In the State target contest.
The funeral Of Miss Louisa Snowden
will be held from her home In South
Lee street tomorrow morning al $50
o'clock. The Rev ~. J. Norton rector
Of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Will oficiate and the burial will be
made in Christ Church Cemetery. Miss
Snowden was the daughter Of the late
Edgar and Louisa Grimes Snowden and
sister OF Hubert Snowden, editor OF
the Alexandria Gazette. She had been
IN falling health for some time
A final decree Of divorce was entered
in the corporation court in the case
OF Joseph Harrison. against Mary Har-
rison' on the grounds Of desertion.
Carle Conway Brawner has returned
from a visit TO Broad Run.
Miss Edith Crump. of this city. ana
Miss Laws, Of Front Royal. have gone
10 jamestown on A visit 70 her sister,
MIS-. W after Sullivan, IN Richmond
Budd Mason. charged with abusive
language toward clara Williams was
nned 3 in the police court by Justice
eaton. George Chichester and EDpa
Padgett, charged with disorderly con-
Duct were fined SO each, and John
Henry. colOred, charged with assaultlnK
and beating his wife. Was fined IS
The Washington times., 1907-07-30

Within a Few days the second floor
| Of the postcffice building. in this citv.
VII! be occupied as a branch Office OF
the Civil Service Commission
The Washington times., 1907-07-30

Representative OF the Atchison- To-
peka and Santa Fe Railway COMPANY
stated, IN relation TO the unsold pOrtio1
OF per cent convertible bonds tbat tbs
situation was unchanged from two
weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1907-07-30

The excursion OF the Ramblers' Club.
which was 10 have been given in the
hear future, has heeR postponed. The
date will be announced later.
The Washington times., 1907-07-30

kissel- Kinnicutt & Co, have engaged
$1,000 gold to be shipped to Paris on
the Kaiser Wilhelm today.
The Washington times., 1907-07-30
STOCKS, BONDS, AND MONEY
new YORK STOCKS

Iouotations furnished hv A. o. Brown q
Co.. Aunsey Building: Members New York
stock Exchanral
The Washington times., 1907-07-30

Sales OF stocks for the day. 45a 2oo
shares, against 10000 Saturday. Al. 400
a week ago, and SO3. $50 a year ago.
The Washington times., 1907-07-30

Word has been received by The Alex
andria police OF the robbery OF Hibb &
Giddings' store. at Manassas. last Sun
day Dight.
The Washington times., 1907-07-30

1t is announced that Kuhn. Loeb &
% OF Rev york, are at the head OF a
syndicate which has purchased S4125 OCO
per cent hve-year notes of the Kansas
CITY Railway and Light Company. The
totsl amount of the notes is S550O.OOO.
but the former sum Is an thar wiii ISs
put out for the time being
The Washington times., 1907-07-30
Weekend Trips Steamer ST. Johns
Sightseeing Automobiles

Touring Arlington Cemetery Fort Mver.
and Virginia Suburbs. Leaves daily. 10 an
and and 4 pm.
ROUND TRIP. $50 Seats Reserved
Main once. Howard House 500 ps ave NV
Phone n 1913.
10 and y passenger automobiles sor hire or
charter
The Washington times., 1907-07-30

The Treasury has purchased 10000
ounces OF silver at $3.50 cents per
ounce for New Orleans
The Washington times., 1907-07-30

contributed by the statisticians: In
Saturdays bank statement tvyentv-three
oanks-nine national and fourteen State
were below the safety line as 10 sur
Rius reserves. For the previous week
there were twenty-one and for tbe corH
responding week last year nineteen. II
Is far from being an impregnable po-
The Washington times., 1907-07-30
FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

symposium OF the opinions of a.
large number OF editors of trade Jour
nails shows a general optimistic view
OF business In this country. both as re-
CARDS its present volume and future
prospects. The conclusion is reached
that there is no room for the belief
that the threat Of coming hard times is
visible on the horizon"
Although II is almost certain that the
directors Of the United States Steel Cor
poration will not advance the dividend
rate on that eompany's common stock
at their regular quarterly meeting today,
Few steel specialists continued to cir
culate the report that such move was
sun under consideration.
The Washington times., 1907-07-30
GOVERNMENT THREATENS
TO DISRUPT POWDER TRUST
CONTINUED from First Page.)

a dominant influence over the manage
ment and business OF said company.
and is responsible therefor"
II Is charged that the trust with an
authorized capital Of over $120, ,OOo CO.,
only Sl5,OOO,Oo0 of which stock has not
been issued, controls 50 per cent OF the
powder business Of the United States,
and all the dynamite business
Nowhere in the bill Is there mentioned
the fact that the Powder trust has
Uncle Sam at its mercy
All reference to the Governments
dealings with the concern was elimI-
mated for the express purpose OF reliev-
ing II from a charge that extortions
pracuced upon Il prompted the perse-
cution- An attempt will be made later.
however. 10 prove that the monopoly
has become so strong and great that IL
present conditions were permitted TO
continue, war with a foreign power
would place the national defense in the
control Of the defendants TO this action
II Is a striking tale Of monopolistic
Advancement that the bill recites. II is
charged that the trust. growing rapidly
each year and perfecting fits methods
or operation, would resort to all sorts of
coercion and underselling. In some
cases II was found necessary to erect
so-called independent plants.
The Washington times., 1907-07-30

The remains of the late William NJ
Clark were today sent to Rapidan for
burial by Undertaken Demaine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
"This is My O84th Birthday"
GOIdwin smith.

pr. Goldwin Smith. the celebrated historian and publicist. was born Au- gust IS, 1923. He is an Englishman by birth, but has lived in Canada for near ly forty years His teducation was re- ceived at Eton and Oxford. In 1864 he first visited the United States on lee turing tour Prior to that time he had become noted in England as a writer and educator. He met with an en- thusiastic reception in America, and Brown University conferred upon him the honorary degree of IL. D. On his return home he published works dsal- ing with the relations between Eng land and America and with the Amert- can civil war In 1868, having resign ed his chair at Oxford, he settled in the United States as a professor at Cornell University, This post he occupied till IS71 when he removed to Canada, where he was for a time a member of the Senate Of the University of To- runto. For nearly forty years he has lived at The Grange" near the city of Toronto During that period his life has been devoted to literature. journal ism, philanthropy and all the higher duties of citizenship, He has been and is still prolific writer and his writ ings have covered wde variety Of subjects.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
HAS HE LEARNED soMETHINGs

It has been more than once re- marked that the Presbdent maintains a strange and unusual silence of late. The fact has caused some uneasiness, because 1t was so unusual and so u1- like Roosevelt. and some have feared that he was merely loading himself dp for an outburst that would break the record. The Brooklyn Eagle. how ever. has discovered- or thinks 1t has, the reason for this close e-mouthed con dition of the man. It says he remains silent because he fears he will bepis- quoted if he expresses himself to his visitors.
 That explanation may well be classed under the head of strange, If true" The Eagle must know that when Roosevelt says anything that he afterwards wants to repudiate he merely declares that he was mis- quoted, calls somebody a liar and lets it go at that. Does The Eagle really think he has reformed and wants to keep his speech within reasonable bounds in future? Does it believe that the leopard can change its spots or that Theodore Roosevelt can change his nature and practice prudence in speech? That is putting too much strain on the average man. If he has really learned by experience. and has discovered that his vehement de- nials of language attributed to him counted for very little with the gen eral public he is to be congratulated, but if one or more reporters are not placed on the Ananias list before he quits oyster Bay we shall be sur prissd
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1s, 1907.
MIXED REASONING.

Under the provisions of law re- gently enacted by the New York Leg lslature all pistols or other concealed weapons captured by the police must be destroyed Under the law as it formerly stood such weapons were sold at public auction. Commenting pn this change in the statute The Richmond Times Dispatch says:
 The same practice prevails in Vir- einia under our statute, a practice that has been criticized and condemned be changed Conhscated weapons should be destroyed; or. if not. they should be shipped out of the State and sold elsewhere. It is an absurdity end a travesty to convict man of carrying a concealed weapon. to conffscate the weapon. and then sell it at public aue- tion either to him or to some other person. and so furnish the purchaser with the means of again violating the law.
 There are two points worthy of mo- tiee here. the first being as to the right of the State or other authorities to either sell or destroy these captured articles unless the law provides for thus disposing of them, which we do not understand to be the case. In oth- CT words, if a man is arrested for car rying concealed weapons. and is pun ished by fine or imprisonment. have the authorities any right to also take his property and dispose of 1t?
 The other point is in the suggestion of The Times Dispatch that deadly weapons thus confscated should be shipped out of the State and sold else where" If these weapons are a dan gerous menace, as our contemporary evidently regards them. and they are sent to a neighboring State and sold wherein does that differ from shipping Virginia law breakers out of the State and turning them loose on other com munities. Is it not about the same in effect and in moralsR, Again, how can the sale of these confscated weap ons within the State be a menace or a danger if like articles can be our- chased in any city or town in Vir- ginia? It occurs to us that the req soning of The Times-D Dispatch Is some what mixed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13

lives, if necessary Q enforce the law. T tts right Enforce the law at every hazard. If crowd of union labor strikers ignore the law, as they have done in fhe past hand them dose: If capitalists are too big to exactly respect the law. use force, Right or wrong the people .re supreme and their laws must be obeyed If the sta- tutes are unfair, compfainants have remedy. as the courts are open.
 We fully agree with all that The News says as to enforcement of law. without fear. favor or affection. Ger tain railroads believing that certain State laws were unjust brought suit. as they had right to do under State and Federal constitution, in the Fed eral court, but the effort is made by State law to take away their right to do business in Alabama. if they go into that court. They are to be pen alized for seeking court into which they have a perfect right to enter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
SOME WILD TALK.

State Health Officer Irion. of LoulsI- ana. says: "A fly walking across a can of milk can do more harm than buzzard tramping over food on a dinner table" That comparison is slightly involved and a little bit in- definite, we should say If ,he milk can is closed what harm can come from a fly walking across it? and if the can is open can a fly walk across the milkg Did pr. Irion ever see fly walking on milk? One might undertake the job and get drowned and thus do some harm, although even then we fail to see how the speaker could measure the damage. Thea, again, did the Doctor ever see or know of buzzard taking a tramp across the dinner layout? If not how does he know that any harm would result from the operation?
 The fact is, we suspect that the Doctor was talking at random, just as great many other scientists do when they get on their favorite hobby. When they get to talking about microbes. germs. bacilli and other small mat ters they know full well that any statements they may make cannot be disproven. so they take off the brakes and let themselves out None of us enjoy flies in the milk, and likewise none of us would care to have a bug gard tramping over our roast beef and potatoes. to say nothing of the pies and custards. but we see no reason for apprehending such a performance among civilized people. If the speak CT was merely trying to breed in his hearers distate for the insect and fowl named he was wasting time, for none of us like them at best In short, we suspect he was talking through his hat.
 And that reminds IS of statement made recently by another alleged scientist. He declared that ten cen+s worth of peanuts contain more than twice the protean and six times the energy contained in a porterhouse steak" Now ten cents worth of pea nuts may be half a pint in one place and quart in another. Then we should like to see him fix the size. weight or quality of that indefinite article called "a porterhouse steak" It may weigh two or three times as much at one timeo or in one place. as in another. And all the energy" contained in some of them may be the amount expended in their mastica- tion, which might in some instances be six times as much as the professor would get out of his measure of pea nuts. He, also, was talking to make noise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
rALLADEaA,s MARBLE FLOOR.
Twelve Foot Vein of the Finest
 Grade of White Marble.

A Twelve Foot Vein of the Finest
 Grade of White Marble. Talladega Reporter.
 pine boys, on the southern edge. of the city yesterday, Mir. G. H. John son struck twelve foot vein of the finest white marble ever seen In this section.
 forty-two feet, and after going. twelve feet through the vein, fine water was reached at fifty-nine feet.
 This vein is pretty uDtform, as IS less of the same vein. while boring another well at the Dr. Simms place, near the junction of the A., B. & A.. and l.. & N. Railroads on the eastern
 The vein doubtless runs east and west, and at the Sin1ms place 1t was also twelve feet thick. and struck at a depth of fifty-two feet. where water Johnson says the cores brought up shows the vein to be solid, and of the whitest and apparently the finest mar ble he ever saw.
 wells to the other, and the vein of marble doubtless extends under the edge of Talladega and perhaps for miles east and west
 the Tailadega Marble Company, from which Moretti has made Talladega famous, lies some six miles east of the city. and crops out at the surface son shows that this is another distinct ledge of it, and it Is said of equal value and quality, the depth of the vein being the, only practical dlffer- ence. This doubtless comes nearer the surface west of the city. as the diff ference of ten feet is apparent in the dtp from the McAlpine well to the Simms place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13

Missouri, as we all know has long been famous for fine mules, and now the claim is put up for the largest mule in the world. It weighs 1860 pounds, is nearly eight feet high, and is said to be as perfect in form as it is enormous in size. Nothing is said about it's kicking power, but we suppose there's no method of getting at a measurement of that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
A Tennensee Law.

ChattanoOga Times
 The Montgomery Advertiser is of the opinion. Judging from the closing scenes that the Legislature was greatly tickled with itself for not having been compelled to pass a gen eral prohibition law. If some of these legislators would come to Chattanooga ana inspect the workings of the Fouse regulating law here, they would have something that might help them next time to still further avoid more radi- cal measures The Chattanooga law Is regarded as one of the most effective regulatory measures ever tried any where. It has absolutely put the dive out Of business and will in time prac- tically eliminate the vicious. idllng ne- gro, to accomplish which the peop@ of Georgia thought 1t necessary to try total prohibition
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13

We would be delighted to have some we'll informed contemporary tell us what has become of the canal job. But a little while ago the newspapers and magazines were filled with matter concerning that huge white elephant but Of late we rarely see any mention made of it. There has been no new scandal uncovered, no chief engineer has resigned nor has anything start ling occurred to create a sensation in the papers Whats the matter?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
To-day In History
AuEuAt l3.

AukuHt Ao.
 1642-Fort Richelieu in Canada, founded
 l704-English and Allies, command ed by the Duke of Marlborough, de- feated the French and Bavarians at the battle of Blonheim. 1720-Antonius Heinsius. who rnIeu Holland after the withdrawal of Will liam IT of England, died. Born l64i. l7G2-Havana taken by British force under the Earl of Albemarle 1SO6-Baden elected into grand duchy. as member of the Rhenish con federation. pointed Lieutenant Governor or upper Canada. ,,-..,o,, and publicist. born. .,. ,,y,..a 1Sf4-Ellzabeth Stuart Phelps W ara American novelist. born. ~ lS9I-The President ordered the Cherokee strip in Indian Ierrltory' closed to whites. lS96-Dr. Nansen. the Polar explorer, ratnrned to Vardo. after an absence of three years and twenty-three days
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13

One of the best jokes of the season is the announcement that a delegation of Chicago policemen is soon to visit New York for the purpose of study ing the police system of that city" we are told. Chicago must be worse even than we have suspected if it ex- poets to be benefited by study of New York's police system and prac tice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
IAN N The Edwin Clapp Shoe
 For
 Men


 There is nothing in the wofls so pleasing to mans feelings as a comfortable shoe. This is why we insist on recommending the Edwin Clapp shoe. They arc per feet filters and yet retain all the bright snappy style which eharac- terizes a high priced shoe. They are made of the very finest iesth- CTS obtainable and are warranted to give satisfactory wear.
 We have all the latest styles, shapes and feathers, and can fit you perfectly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13

The Advertiser has no desire to get into discussion of the railroad situa- tion The courts will in the end set tie matters, and by their deliverances all interests will have to abide. This much by way of preface to the fol- lowing paragraph from our esteemed contemporary The Coosa River News:
 C.overnor Conner threatens to use the military ~ ~~ainst railroad opera
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
what wiIllams's Election Means.

Dallas NeWs.
 With Winiams nominated by the pri- maries, thessDemocratie Party of Mis- sissippl has declared that 1t IS against hand by placing in it the ownership of the railroads; that it yet adheres to the idea that States rights are best Tor the integrity of the Union and the good of the people; that a representative government according to the ideas of Jefferson shall be preserved; that he qualities in taxation must be correct ed; that the South should avoid as yet, the dangers of a sectional fight which 4nfght result in an effort to set aside an amendment to the Constitution when that fight would inevitably be futile: and finally. that wild horse politics. is distasteful to the Mississippi part Of the Southern peopla-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
Letters tp The Editor
Men Who Can Write the Platform.

Editor The Advertiser:
 Obscure man that am l can name five men who can write platform that the Democratic party can win with next year. They are all known to you; General w. c. Oates, H. D. Clayton, George P. Harrison, Governor smith of Georgia and Governor F B. Conner ed citizens can tnrn to the second plat form on which Cleveland was elected for guide and define the relation Of the States to the general government, and It will be goodbye Teddy and ms G. D. Rodgers
 Tuskegee. Ala. Aug. 12, 1907.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13
vARDAMAN's FUTURE WORK.
He May Go nsss Is.as In Nsw.DaDs

He May Go nack In Newspaper ceived the following answer from Governor James K Vardaman to it's tender of the editorial chair of the paper after the expiration of his term as Governor on January 1;
 August g, 1907 MT. F. R. Birdsall, vice president
 and manager, Hattiesburg, Miss. of the Sth instant saying If you desire to resume Journalistic work at the ex- piration of your term as Governor of Mississippi, The Daily News offers you the position as editor-in-chief at the same salary you would have received as United states Senator" has been the proposi3ion- to to take editorial charge of The Daily News. On the face of the proposition 1t is rather at- tractive to me. Cordially and sincere ly yours.
 I K Vardaman
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13

That thirty million dollar fine doesn't amount to much when you look at 1t in the right way. even if it Is paid-which it will not be. To some of us it would cause right smart bit of worry to get together that amount, but when it is divided among all the consumers of petroleum it will be but a trifle for each. What are they kick ing about anyhow?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13

4f ~ . fish itself as the great and only pro- noter and protector of States rights.
 The tone of Judge Joness remarks in closing Is that of regret that the railroad should have yielded its right. and agreed to submit to Injustice and wrong even though peace was the price. The principle Involved Is one that must be fought out ultimately and now. appears to have been about as good a time as any to have done 1t.
 We gather the very substance Of the whole matter In the concluding re- marks of this remarkable document which is that no State law can under the Constitution abridge much less de- stroy the right of any citizen or cor poration to seek a redress of wrongs in the highest court of the land. and that for that very reason the Alabama statute which seeks to destroy that right is null and void. Governor Co., mer appears to have gotten his desire; j; now it will remain for the enlighten- ed and fair minded public to learn the folly and injustice of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-13

Now we are told that Wellman's proposed expedition is delayed by high winds, but how can he hope to reach the Pole unless the wind helps him? The whole business appears to be principally wind.