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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
Gatun Structure VIII Rest On Soft But
 Stable Rock.

Stable Rock.
 Washington. Jan. i7.-Chairman Mill lard of the Senate comitee on inter- oceanic canals today made public the report of the inter-oceanic canal com mittee on the boring at the Gatun dam site which was furnished in response to request from the committee.
 The report includes cabled state ment from Chief Engineer Stevens. tin which he says that 12T holes have been bored at the Gatun site and all show that the lock walls will rest on firm and suitable soft rock. He says that sixty three borings, all extending to rock have been across the valley of the Cahgres covering the dam site and that previous material was found in only four holes and below 200 feet. At the Peiro Miguel lock walls there have been ten borings, all showing rock suitable for foundation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
savannah Car PIant Burns.

Savannah. Ga. Jan. 17--The savan- nah plant of the South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Company, three miles southwest of the city. was destroyed by fire that started early today. The loss Is about $3OO.OOO. partly covered by insurance. A million and a half feet of lumber also was destroyed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
OVER ONE THOUSAND DEAD.
The List at Kingston Grows With Each H0uP

hOuk.
 London, Jan. 17.--According to fur ther dispatches received here from Ja- maica dated Thursday the total list of dead at Kingston is expected to ap- proach 1000.
 Many bodies in a state of decompo- sition, or charred beyond recognition had to be burned. Fortunately the water supply Is holding out.
 The American battleships Missouri and Indiana have arrived In the har- bor
 Thirty-five out of a total of fifty y-five employees In a tourist bureau were killed.
 The Plum Point and Port Royal light houses are both at the bottom of the harbor The navigation channel has materially changed and in some places the depth of the harbor has been all tered by some forty to sixty feet. IL Is reported that the Hamburg Ameri- can steamer Prinz Waldefnar which reached Kingston from New York Jan- uary is ashore at Plum Point.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
RAILROADS ARE FINED.
Florida Communication After Coast Line
 And seaboard &ynfems.

And seaboard Sxnsems.
 Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. 17.-The Flor ida Railroad Commission today assess Line in two case amounting to s5,0O0 and against the Eeaboard Air Line for $2,e00.
 Complaint against the Saaboard was brought by the Southern Pine Com pany of Savannah: that against the Coast Line by Paul and Weymor, of Jacksonville and Mercer Muller Conl- pany of Brooksvilfe Judgment was reserved in three cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
Promlnent Farmer Suicides.

Cartersville. Ga, Jan. IT.-I. or. McDaniel, a prominent farmer, 63 years old, committed suicide today at his home near Altoona in Barrow coun- ty by shooting himself. He is thought 10 have been demented, as no other cause is known for his self destruc- ton. He was brother of former Gov ernor Henry D. McDaniel of Georgia. was highly educated and well thought of in his community He IS survived by one son. Ralph McDaniei, of Bir- mingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
Pnclflc CnaI Trnnt.

San Francisco, Jan. 17-Assistant United States Attorney A. P. Black Is preparing a report for Attorney Gen. eral Ronaparte on the Local coal trust. Information has reached the United States Attorneys office that there Is an agreement between coal companies which Is in effect, a violation of the Sherman antitrust law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
.hoI,.h Tur,0 ou product..

Beunos Ayres. Jan. 17--The Cham her has adopted a customs article au- thorizlng the reduction or abolishment of duties on products of Paraguay and Brazil, including coffee and tobacco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
Conoert Nrn.ter ReslEna.

New York, Jan 17-Naham Franko. concert master of the Metropolitan op- era House. resigned his position yes terday. The management of the opera house said the resignation was owing to his dIfficulties with the members of the orchestra.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
SENATOR PUGH BETTER.

cial)- The condition of Ex-senator
 Washington. D. C.. Jan. I7-tspe- Pugh of Alabama is somewhat improv- ed tonight according to the opinion expressed by lhis physicians
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
wool Grower., Convention.

Salt Lake. Utah, Jan. i7.-A thou sand delegates are here to attend the forty third annual convention of the National Wool Growers Association, which began today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
DROWNED IN ALARAMA.
Chicago Man Loses Llfe fin TalIapoOsa
 County.

Birmingham, Jan. 17.-Adolph B. Leroi of Chicago was drowned in the Tallapoosa River in that county today. The young man fell from a bridge into the water and started swimming when he noticed that he had lost one of his gloves. He swan for it and was caught in the swift current and car rIed away. He was In Alabama In the interest of the Pennsylvania Steel Com. naT Tv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
Root Ieavea for Cnnada.

Washington. Jan. 17-Seoretary Root left Washington today for Ottawa, Canada where he win be the guest of Earl Grey, the governor general.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18
SENATE PASSES FIRST
 ADMINISTRATION BILL
 AGAINST THE RAILROADS
BoRING FoR pAM sITE.

ranks or under the Jurisdiction of the United Mine Workers of America
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-18

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The Dickinson press., 1907-02-09
FIREAND SMOKE
In st. Patrick's Church
Causes Considera BILE
Loss.

Fire was discovered in the basement
OF st. Patrick's church at 7:1o Saturday
evening.
Father Dignam went to the chnrch at
the allowed stated time for the purpose
of taking last look at the furnace be-
fore leaving it for the night when he
discovered blaze in the basement of
the church and Immediately sent in the
alarm.
The Dickinson Fire Department., a
volunteer company, responded in few
minutes and worked steadily for three
hours. The work of the firemen was
greatly impeded because of the intense
cold, however, with the thermometer
registering Al below zero, every man
stuck to his post until relieved by a
brother fireman.
During the three hours the company
worked it was necessary to make several
new couplings and replace broken
hose. In some instances these changes
were made without turning the water
off, Tor fear of freezing the hose, and a
number of the firemen had to walk
home with their clothes frozen to their
bodies.
The fire, which is supposed to have
been caused by over-heated pipes, or an
electric wire, was confined to the base
ment Of the church where the greater
part of the damage was done.
The smoke in the auditorium did con
siderable damage to the walls, statuary
and furnishings. Here, also, the gooc
work of the fremen was evident anc
not dollars damage was done by the
careless handling of water. In man,
fires like that of Saturday night more
damage is done by the incautious and
inconsidcrate handling of water than b,
the fire.
The damage is estimated from two te
three thousand dollars. The church
with all the furniture, is insured for
$4,000. The work of repairing will be
commenced as soon as the matter oi
insurance is adjusted.
| One change to be made in the repair
work will be to install a system of steam
I! heating to take the place of the furnace
which has not been suitable for build
ing as large as St. Patrick's church.
Services were held in the church
chapel Sunday and will be held in tn
parish house until the necessary repair
are made.
The Dickinson press., 1907-02-09

In the commercial geography class,
climate and topography have been the
theme of the week. Besides giving in
formation, the work in this class aims to
promote scientific reasoning and the
pupils are led to reason from cause to
effect. The work of deducing the eli
mate of the different regions from pre-
viously gained knowledge of their loca-
ton and the direction Of the winds,
proved quite interesting work.
MATHEMATICS.
The study of the four fundamental
operations and the underlying principles
has be en- the task of the arithmetic class
the past week.
Fractions are holding the attention of
the first division of algebra, while those
in the beginning class are familiarizing
themselves with the essential principles
of simple equations. transposing terms,
combining and solving for an unknown
quantity.
The class in plane geometry is work
ing on problems of construction at the
end of book II.
COMMERCIAL LAW.
There are fourteen students in the
class in commercial law. This is half
year course. 1t is generally quite popu-
lar with the students because it deals
with the practical affairs of business life.
An effort is made 80 teach as conciseiy
and clearly as possible the fundamental
principles of business law. These prin-
ciples are then applied in the solution Of
examples and problems. The past two
weeks the class has been at work on
contracts, the kinds of contracts, parties,
subject matter, assent, consideration
operation, proof and Interpretation
About two weeks more will be given to
this subject. Sales of personal property
will next be taken up.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The ancient history class is just now
reviewing the scenes of the Persian wars
and also the stories of Sparta and
Athens, the two typical cities in the his
tory of Greece.
Different pupils of the civics class
have been assigned to report on the ordi
nances of Dickinson, Gov. Burkes mes
sage, Gov. Sarles' message, the bills
proposed by the present state Legislature
and the bills proposed by congress
They thus make the acquaintance of the
Congressional Record, the city ordi
nances, copies of the house bills and the
daily newspapers. The purpose of the
exercise is to enable them to form opin
ions of their own on the character o.
laws made by the city, state and nation
The high school class in drawing i:
now beginning the study of type forms
Last week they made studies of the
sphere in charcoal. This is followed
this week by studies of the basket bal
to apply and fix the principles learned
in making the sphere.
The Dickinson press., 1907-02-09
January Coolest In g.
Years.

According to the weather report, as
kept by the U. S. weather bureau at
Bismarck, Orris w. Roberts, section
director, has submitted tabulated re-
port covering period of 80 years,
showing that January, 1907, was with
one exception, that exception being
1875, the coolest on record, considering
both precipitation and low temperatures.
In 1887 the average temperature was
lower but the precipitation was less.
The same is true of 1888. Mr.. Roberts
object in giving the article for publica-
tion is to refute the statements of papers
in other states that this winter is rule
and not an exception. The tabulated
repOrt is as follows.
The Dickinson press., 1907-02-09
IS NOW LAW.
Joint Resolution Extending Time to May Is Makes
Entry Men Happy.

WASHINGTON, D. c, a,
andre Dickinson, North Dakota
Joint extending within which
first now law H C..
the Bismarck
upon the follows:
residence December months from
establish residence
residence from that period will be
qured prior 18th being residence eight
months beyond that residence. zs
and the law passed the first Of last monh granting three
will
making proof application great
considering climatic
breaking regular
important legislation pending the prestige North Dakota
delegation Washington especially in
having
mite on public in
The Dickinson press., 1907-02-09
.Artesian Well.

Belle Fourche Bee: People coming
in from the northern end of the county
say there is report going the rounds in
that country that flow of artesian water
has been struck on Cedar creek, six
miles north Of Haley, N. D. The we'll is
along the line Of the Milwaukee exten.
sion and is reported to be good strong
flow, although the well is said to be only
sixty feet deep.
The Dickinson press., 1907-02-09
(BY HARTwELL JOHNSON }

LATIN.
The beginning Latin class has just
finished the subjunctive conjugations and
is studying the sequence of lenses.
The class in Latin II is reading the
second book of Caesars Gallo War.
The grammar and composition work are
in the dative constructions.
Latin III is reading Cicero's last ora
ton against Catiline. In Latin compo-
sition the class is studying the uses of
the genitive.
The class in Latin w has read three
books of Virgil's Aeneid, and will begin
the translation of book " on Monday.
The senior class in English has been
studying critically the speeches and say
ings of Lincoln, especially his address a,
Gettysburg and his inaugural addresses
The masterpieces of Sidney Lanier
"Sunrise" and "The Marshes of Glynn,
have also proved of interest to the class
as typical of his high ideals.
The third year English class has been
travelling in Lilliput with Jonathan Swift
during the past week, and has also been
gaining an acquaintance with Sir Rodge,
de Coverley at his country home.
The English II class has made a care
full study of the life Of Sir Walter Scot
and is reading "The Lady of the Lake.
In the text on rhetoric, antithesis, bal
anced sentences, climax parallel struc'
ture and periodic sentences have com
manded attention.
In English I, three recitations week
are devoted to composition work anc
grammar review, and two days to the
study of classics. In composition worl
Herrick and Damon's Composition anc
Rhetoric is used as text. At presen
the class is reviewing punctuation anc
studying Hawthorne's "Twice Tole
Tales"
SCIENCE.
The past few weeks the class in bot
any has been working on gymnosperms
angiosperms and flowers and insects
Dicotyledons and monocotyledons will
now be studied for about two weeks
Several members of the class received
good grades on the mid-year state ex
animation in the subject.
The members of the physics class have
been working in electricity. These were
among the things emphasized: Laws o
resistance, watt meters, electrolysis
electro-plating and problems in elec
tricity. Wave motion, simple harmoni,
motion and sound will next receive at
tention.
The students of geology have made
the acquaintance of the forces that breal
up the earth's crust. In this connection
the formation of soils and the history O
the hills and valleys have received at
tention.
The Dickinson press., 1907-02-09
IN THE CITY SCHOOLS

In This Issue We Give an Outline Of the Week S
Work in the High School. In the Future the
Work OF the Other Grades will be Written up
in the Same Way.
PROGRAM AND INSTRUCTORS IN THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS
Opening
Mr. BERG Miss TURRELL Miss Mr.
Physics, Plane Geom.. Geology,
9:5o-o35 Eng w. . Lat at1,..............
Bonv, Alg (1s div.
'1l52no Com. Law .Alg (2nd div) Lat Ccs
21o Music Penmanship Lat w, Drawing
Ance History .Geog.
$3.50 Eng Eng Eng ...... 49,
The Dickinson press., 1907-02-09

A general banking business. transacted.
exchange. Interest paid on time deposits.
to all ports. Fire insurance written.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-20
N, H. WITHDRAWS OCT. 1
PER DIEM AGREEMENT
Western Connections Will Han dle Freight at Reason
 able Rates.

The notice, which was given by the New York, New Haven & Hartford last June that it would withdraw from the per diem rules agreement October 1, was still in force at last accounts &C., cording to the railroad Gazette, and all efforts at compromise on the rate to be charged for interchanged cars hay ing been thus far fruitless, the western connections of the New Haven have given it notice that after the withdraw al becomes effective, freight for it's lines will be received, transported and dellVered as heretofore, unless declined py the New Haven company; but that
 on cars thus delivered to the New Ha- ven road you will be charged such sums per day as is reasonable for the use of each car for the period the same snail remain on your lines; and pay
 ment thereof will be Insisted on ac-
 cordingly.
 "The committee appointed on behalf
 of the American Railway association to negotiate with the New Haven con- sisted or Messrs Atterbury of the Penn sylvania, Smith of the New York Gen.
 tral, ana Hale of the Baltimore X Ohio
 This committee suggested that the questions at Issue be arbitrated. but the
 New Haven declined and made the al- formative proposition that 1t should be allowed two days reclaim beginning
 October 1 and continuing until the road has received $500 new cars which it
 has ordered; after the receipt of these cars the other roads to accept suf- ticient number of New Haven cars to equaiize the per diem payments, this arrangement to continue for one year.
 The New Haven road has ordered 17,000 cars to be delivered by May l.
 next The committee declined this proposition and proposed Instead that the connecting roads agree to begin at once to equalize equipment on a monthly basis, leaving all questions concerning the per diem rate to arbi-
 tration The New Haven road declined this, insisting that, until its new cars could be put into service, it was en- | titled to some compensation. The com- mittee then suggested to the other roads the form of notice referred to l above; and this form has been adopt | ed we understand, not only by all the | immediate connections Of the New Ha- ven, but by q number of other roads | as well. This notice seems eminently | fair These roads cannot take the re- sponsibility of obstructing the enor- nous movement of traffic from the west l to New England over the New Haven
 road by requiring the goods to be trans
 ferred at New York to New Haven cars l though under the circumstances they
 would have the technical right to do | this.
 Tn offering to let cars go through i for a reasonable sum per day they are giving the New Haven full oppor-
 tunity to show, If it can, that fifty
 cents a day is exorbitant. But if the burden should lie on the New Haven | Gas We suppose 1t would) to prove any
 rate named by the car owners unreas- onably high, the New Haven would have another aspectof the case to con- sider: for unless all signs fail cars will lbe worth at least "a dollar a day with
 in the next month or two--and perhaps | much morethan that"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-20
MOTHERS, CLUB MEETINGS.
Program for This Year Includes Some
 Brilliant Features.

The New Haven Mothers club has announced the following program for 1907-19Os The afternoon meetings are to be held at o'clock in the parlors of the Y. M. c. Aabuilding.
 Oct. 4--Mrs. Florence Kelley, New York city, secretary National Consum- CTS league, "Unskilled Mothers: Their Bffect on Our National Lfe;" Mrs. AL bert Mattoon, chairman. Reception to president and officers.
 Nov. Miss Mary Snow, Brooklyn, teacher of domestic science at Pratt ln- stitute, 'Precocious, Backward and Normal Childhood;" Mrs. Henry l.. Bradley. chairman.
 Friday evening, Nov. 15-Prof John w. wetzel, Yale university, assisted by Mrs. John w. iWetzel, musical and dra- matic recital.
 Dec. civilian Lyon Phelps, Lamp son professor of English literature, Yale university "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson;' Mrs. Sherman I. Graves, chairman,
 Jan. 3--H. Merriman Steele, M. D., New Haven, "A City's Need of Clean Milk and What Clean Milk Means, Illustrated by lanteren slides); Mrs. Frank A. Kirby chairman. Rally day for mothers clubs
 Friday evening, Jan, 24-Alfred C.. Gilbert, Portland, Oregon, Yale Medi- cal school, 1908, parlor magic.
 Feb. 7--Col. Norris c. Osborn, editor New Haven Journal and Courier, The Newspaper as an Educational Factor in the Home;" Mrs. Charles Clarke, chair man.
 Friday evening, Feb 21-Entertain- Lment by members of the New Haven Mothers club.
 March 6-AIrs Frederick Crane, New York city, national child labor commit tee, "The Cause and Effect of Child La- bor;" Mrs. William c. Lotze, chairman. March 11-Luther H. Gulick, NJ. D., director of physical training in the New York public schools, Fatigue and Its Consequences" Mrs. Frances Sheldon Boton, chairman.
 April 3---Miss Jane Mckenzie Hill, editor Boston Cooking School Magazine ! ''The Ethics of Eating;;" Mrs. Edward L. Nettleton. chairman. May Rev James DeWolf Perry, jr. rector St. Paul's cturch, New Haven, Ethics and the Child" Mrs. F. Ho- ward Russell, chairman. June 5-Miss Grace Darling, Lowell house, New Haven. Some Aspects of City Life;' Mrs. John Adams, chair man.
 Child Study Section-Meeting to be held the second Friday in each month at p. m. Mrs. J. H. Law, chairman.
 Oct. 11-Diseussion of Kate Douglass Wiggins' Children Rights" Meeting to be held at Mrs. Bottoms, S64 Mans l field street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-20
INCORPORATE o. U. A. NJ. HOME
National Fraternal Order May Locate
 It in This State.

Articles of incorporation were filed in the state secretary's office at Hart ford yesterday by Attorney L. Erwin Jacobs for the Order of United Amer ican Mechanics home, which is to be founded by the national fraternal or der. The incorporators are: F. G. Jones of Rome, N Y., president; Charles F. Spear of Boston, vice-pres- ident; L. Erwin Jacobs of New Haven, secretary, and Joseph H Shinn of Camden. N. J., treasurer.
 The home Is for the care of aged and infirm members and widows and orphans of members. Attorney Ja- cobs said that 1t may be located in Connecticut as the order Is strong In the east, and this state is as central location as could be found If the members of the order in this section are liberal with their contributions fo the home he thinks that the national organization would look for a site for 1t in this section.
 Nothing has been done about pur- chasing property nor will action be taken until the fund that has been started and now amounts to $S50O grows some. The national organization wants to raise $1O.OOO before 1t estab- fishes the home. Circulars have been sent out to members throughout the United States asking help.
 The Order of United Mechanics Is a fraternal, sick and death benefit or ganization and has membership throughout the United States of 11S,- GOO. It was organized in Philadelphia In 1854. There are four councils of the order In New Haven: Pioneer No. 1, Washington, No ', Garfield, No. IA, and Century, No. 27, all having a membership of coo.
 Attorney Jacobs has received noti- fcation of his appointment by the na- tional council as chairman of the conn mittee on insurance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-20
ROGERS LOST HEAVILY.
Virginia Railway Scheme Loss Caused
 Illness.

New York, Sept. 1s.-The primary cause of the recent breakdown of H. H. Rogers was said in Wall street to- day to have been the losses incurred in the Deepwater Tidewater railway, which MT. Rogers is building in Vir- ginia. While, naturally, specific fig ures are not available, it is known ap- proximately the extent to which MT. Rogers has had to interest himself
 It appears that upwards of 40 per cent. of MT. Rogers fortune has been involved as a result of the Deepwater Tidewaetr project and other matters. Some estimates made in high sources of authority place the amount at from 35 to 50 per cent. In the Deepwater- Tidewater project MT. Rogers, it is said, has been obliged to interest him. self to the extent of $40,0OO,O 900. Of this approximately $30,000,O00 is said to represent. cash and $10,000,0O0 per sonal liability on the part of MT. Rog- CTS and the hypothecation of like amount of good securities.
 The absorption of cash by the rail- way project is understoodl to have been so tremendous that MT Rogers was obliged to dispose of other secur- tiles to meet the demands, and the fact that many of the securities were sold during the past year indicates that many of them must have been disposed of at a sacrifice.