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Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
CHARITIES CONFERENCE.
Thirty-FOurth National Meet Is Heio
i'm Minneapolis.

The thirty-fourth National Confer
ence of Charities and Correction ended
its week of daily sessions at Minneap-
oils. Amos n Butler, secretary OF the
Indiana State Board Of Charities, pre-
sided, and 1000 delegates attended,
representing the principal cities ana
towns throughout the country. The
opening address was that OF Senator
Beveridge on child labor, and in the
course of the week papers on almost
every topic touched by organized char
tiles was read.
One of the most interesting sessions
was that devoted to the promotion OF
health in home, school and factory. In
this meeting the question of clean milk,
house-cIeaning, house-to-house teachers
OF cooking. visiting nurses and home
life for hospital patients were dis
cussed DR.. KnOpf of New York told
Of the different kinds of medical exam
ination now made in connection with
the promotion of health at school, and
suggested the possibilities Of schools
cooperating with churches and other
relief societies. DR.. Owen Copp, OF
Boston, and others spoke of an i'm
proved system of public care for the
insane. A long program was devoted
to the National Chlidren's Home Soci-
ETY., which has branch societies in ev-
cry State, conducted by men and wom-
en- who give their time without pay
to the work of finding suitable homes
for orphans. Each State association
conducts its work through local inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL boards.
0. f. Lewis, Of New York, estimated
that more tramps are killed on Ameri-
can railroads yearly than the combined
total passengers and trainmen. He
contended that our present method Of
treating vagrants are neither sufficient
ly repressive to the real vagrant nor
sufficiently helpful to the accidental
wayfarer. Woodyards and lodging
houses do not diminish the national
army Of tramps. He believes that pre-
ventive measures must be based upon
bodied vagrant must work for what he
receives and, second, that the punish
ment for intentional vagrancy must be
more severe. The prevailing policy Of
causing arrested vagrants to move ON
from one town to another should be
abandoned. He advises sentencing pro-
feSsiOnal vagrants to hard labor.
DR.. Lindsay r. Williams of Column
bia university. speaking Of the alleged
army of 100000 breakfastless school
children in New York, said that the
Committee on Physicai Welfare, after
investigating 1000 families had found
that only one-tenth OF 1 per cent Of
the children of those families went
without breakfast to school,
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
REVOLT in PORTUGAL
ONE HUNDRED ARE KILLED IN
RIOTS.
MObs Fight to DethrOne King
Carlos, but Soldiers Cut Down
Observation-Disclosures HurI Bricks
and Boiling Water.

Six hundred rioters were shot anG
perhaps 100 were killed in street con-
fiicts between mobS and government
troops in three northern towns OF
Portugal. The dissatisfaction is spread
ing to the army and reports from
Oporto advise the War Department of
the mutiny of six battalions of ar
tillery. Conflicts are numerous all
over the nation, and strenuous efforts
are being made by the authorities to
quell the uprising against King Carlos.
Fired on by the troops, hunted down
like rabbits through the narrow Streets
and finally pursued by cavalry which
rode down men, women and children
indiscriminately, many are dead and
wounded in the three northern towns
of Braga, Villa Real and Wanna Do
Castello The mobs paraded the streets
shouting Down with absolutism," and
decrying King Carlos for his attempt
to rule the country without Parlia
ment.
Soldiers sent to disperse the rioters
were attacked by stones, bricks and
other missiles. They replied with vol
leys which stretched scores, of the riot
ers in the streets. This did not quell
the mob entirely, however. Persons in
houses continued to lombard the troops
with stones, while hot water was poured
on them. Angered beyond all control,
the soldiers began firing again, shoot
ing down persons like rabbits as they
fled. Cavalry rode down every person
who could be found.
The large cities are practically under
martial law and armed bands of peas
ants and wOrkmen parade the streets
intimidating women and children and
attacking the police wherever they try
to offer any resistance to the progress
of the rioters. The troops only are able
to awe the dissatisfied, and the indica-
tions that mutiny has honeycombed the
army with sedtion and treason are be-
coming more evident every day.
King Carlos, surrounded by an army
Of his most faithful followers, has
planned for rapid escape in case the
crisis becomes too great, and steam is
kept up continually on the royal yacht,
which is manned by English sailors
who are faithful to his cause.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
A Swiss CELEBRATION.
ehe Experiences OF an American in
Geneva on July 4,

Ehe Experiences OF an American in
Geneva on July 4.
'"The last time I was in Geneva 1 ar
rived on the evening of July 3" says a
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press.
AThe next morning l left my hotel-it
vas not one affected by American tour
lsts-for a stroll through the city. From
the upper window of one of the shops
which looked on the narrow cobble paved
street hung an American flag beside the
dag of Switzerland. l was puzzled for q
minute. Then il flashed over me that il
was the glorious Fourth and that in my
home in the States at that minute hun
dreds of thousands of flags were flying
and millions of crackers exploding to
celebrate the anniversary. It was odd to
be reminded of the occasion by the peo-
pie of another land so far from my own
people speaking another language and
alien to me in everything but their love
Of freedom.
Turning into another street. l saw
more decorations, and as l reared the
business center of the city they grew
Btill more profuse. The big hotels show
ID the blended colors from many win
lows, and from the flagstaff of the Ma
ional hotel, which is the one most fire.
,uented by Americans, few the Stars and
Stripes.
''It was inspiring. felt Ike throw
ng my hat into the air and crying 'Hur-
cahv That is what good many Ameri-
cans whom 1 met were impelled to do
Moreover some of them were setting off
bombs unmolested. On every land were
The evidences of national sympathy. The
sIuberant American found encouragement
Ind not reproof in his efforts TO make an
American Fourth of July in Geneva.
"In the evening, they told me, there
Eould be the annual moonlight excursion
Town the lake in honor &C Independence
lay. Think of it! A Fourth of July
excursion 1000 miles from home, I
vent, of course. The steamer was beau
dfully hung with Swiss and American
iags and with bunting of red white and
'lue, and lanterns displaying our national
.olors were swung from the awning
About one-sixth of the passengers were
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04

Scores Of years have passed since the first Independ
Day, and the scattered impoverished struggling
halfunited colonies have grown be one of the most
powerful nations earth.
The handful Of men who sat in independence Hall
and listened to the grievances which they were called
together to redress seeing statesmen though some
them were in their widest moods prophecy did not
dream of empire extending beyond the Mssssip
pi, much less that should extend far the Pacific
and into the Gulf Of Mexico
The Commonwealths Of that day, sparsely settled
struggled along the Atlantic from Florida
having outlet upon the Gulf and scarcely daring
peep the Allegheny Mountains Grinding necessity
had brought them together for common purpose but
the of the hour had thought of building up
nation that day would astound the world.
They resolved that the United States were and Of
right ought to be free and independent but would
after independence they hardly dared say
But they easily that the day Of the declaration
would be a memorable epoch in American history and
sturdiy John Adams gave expression to it.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
pkITICS ~ ~
@OLITIelANS
NoNNNO%N~

Winston Churchill announces that he
will not this year be a candidate for
Governor of New Hampshire.
Certain Wisconsin Republicans have
begun to organize with a view to present.
ing Senator La Toilette to the national
convention as Wisconsin's favorite son.
The two bills providing for a recan-
vass of the votes cast in the New York
mayoralty election in 1905 one of which
had been repassed by the Legislature, de-
spite Mayor McClellan's objections, and
the other passed to overcome some of his
objections by throwing upon the city the
cost of the recount in districts suggested
by him, were signed by Gov Hughes
with a notable memorandum The Gov
ernor says that the failure to test the
correctness of this election canvass had
become a public scandal, and that wide
spread doubt existed as to the accuracy
of the count. He added that it must be
taken for granted that the ballots had
been preserved until shown otherwise. The
attorney for William Il. Hearst, the con-
testing candidate, had already announced
that Mr.. Hearst would ask for a recount
in every election district in the city. The
canvass will be made under the authority
and direction of the Supreme Court.
Senator Daniel of South Virginia says
that in his opinion geographical consid-
erations ought to have nothing to do with
the selection of presidential candidate.
His advice is to take the right man
from anywhere England, the West,
the North, the South
The public utilities bill has been signed
by Gov. Hughes of New York. This is
one Of the most far-reaching reform
measures ever passed by an American
Legislature 1t places under direct State
control every public-service corporation
except the telegraph and the telephone.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
REDS HURL BOMBS.
Latest Outbreak of Russian Terror
lists Occurs at Tinis.

Latest Outbreak of Russian Terror
lists Occurs at Tinis.
Ten bombs were hurled in Erivan
square, In Tifis TransCaucasia, explod-
ing with terrific force. Many persons
were killed and injured and the houses
over large area in the neishborhood
were shattered The bomb horrer Is but
another evidence of the growth of the
Russian revolution. Tifis is in the e1-
treme southern portion of the Russian
empire not a great distance from Baku,
on the Caspian Sea, the scene of the oil
riots, when many were killed, few years
ago.
There had been no signs of an outbreak
and the police and troops were taken
wholly by surprise. 1t was undoubtedly
the work of the terrorists, whose plots
and intentions were unlocked for.
Shortly after daybreak a crowd col
lected in Grivan square, apparently with
out cause. When commanded by the SOL
diers to disperse there was no response
except the sudden reports of the exploding
bombs. The noise was deafening 1t was
more than an hour before the terrified
troops could be induced to return to the
square to begin the work of removing the
injured. The exact number of dead will
probably never be known, as many per-
sons were blown to such fragments they
can never be identified.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04

cship on our Pacific frontier, that at
Bremeraon. The new dock at AlongapO,
p. l., which was towed from Solomon S
Island, Maryland, is still without shops
on shore sufficient for repairs and can
be used only for painting and scraping.
For some reason not easy for the
average citizen to discover there is
not an American battleShip between
:. San Francisco and Manila. One by one
they have been Withdrawn from Pacific
waters and joined to the Atlantic fleet.
where they rendezvous at Newport and
jamestown, until there remains in the
far east and on the Pacific coast only
light armored cruisers and second and
third class ships of the cruiser type,
any and all of which would be no more
than good target practice for squad
ron of modern battleships
It is privately admitted, according
to a Washington correspondent. that
the Navy Department hesitates to or
der battleships to the Pacific waters at
this time While having every possible
right TO do so without question. it is
well known that such a move would be
seized upon by the japanese as
an indication Of hostile intent,
and 1t might easily be made the
subject of diplomatic inquiry-a thing
which would not for a moment be toll
Grated by our Secretary of State and
which might itself provoke a quarrel
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
Real independence Day.

On the Sd of July, 1776, says Paul LIE
land Haworth in Harper's Magazine,
John Adams, then one of the Representa-
tives of Massachusetts, in the Continental
Congress, wrote to his wife Abigail:
Yesterday the greatest question was
decided which was ever debated in Amer
lea, and a greater, perhaps, never was
nor will be decided among mer"
In a second letter, written the same
day, he said:
"But the day is past. The I'd of July
will be the most memorable epoch In the
history of America. I am apt to be-
lieve that it will be celebrated by succeed
ing generations as the great anniversary
festival. 1t ought to be comuemorated
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
CELEBRATIN' THE FOURTH.

When the cats is still a-prowlin'
Round the corner Of the fence,
While the dogs is still a-howlin'
Jes' fer lack of better sense,
While yer grand'pa's still a-sleepin',
An you hear yer daddy snore,
Then's the time to go a-creepin'
Like a mouse across the floor,
Till you find yerself a-peepin'
At the clock to see f it's four.
When the baby's quit its cryin',
An yer mammy's gone to sleep,
Then's the time to be a-tryin'
How boy the Fourth can keep.
Sa,sss-.---i..& L. = ,------2=-. ----,- -
Jump into yer pants an jacket,
Go out barefoot in the dark,
Fer it's time to raise a racket,
An it's time to have lark.
Take yer cannons, crackers, rockets,
Pistol, drum, an other toys,
Put some matches in yer pockets,
Fer It's time to make noise.
Then If no ones near to hinder,
Strike a light an start the fun
Jes' beneath yer daddy's winder,
Keepin' ready fer to run.
Thund'rin blazes, what a buster!
Guess you'd better stop while,
Such a giant cracker muster
Walked the people fer a mile. Z;
Hush somebody's speakin' Sonny,
Did you hear the breakfast bell?
seems to me it's very funny
That you like your bed so we'll"
Hang It all I've been a-sleepin',
Ole folks up ahead Of me,
While l dreamed I'd been a-keepin'
Fourth July since hap-pas' three. VI.
Norman II. Pitman, Lippincotts.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
UNPREPARED FOR WAR.
&a Conflict with Japan Uncle sam
Might Lose Islands and Alaska.

Might Lose Islands and Alaska.
The war-like attitude Of Japan Is
causing considerable anxiety among
officials Of the government and officers
Of the navy who are familiar with the
absolute lack Of adequate preparation
ON the part of the United States for
hostilities.
It is said that a declaration of war
by Japan would be followed by the i'm
mediate loss of our Philippine posses
sions, Guam, Hawaii, Alaska and the
tmenacing of our Pacific coast.
The United States is to-day less pre-
cared to meet Japan in the Pacific
'waters than Spain was on 1898 to meet
the United States. All the strength
Of our fleet is at present in Atlantic
,waters, and the small ships in the far
east would be as junk to the powerful
and we'll concentrated japanese navy.
The story is summed up IN the bare
statement that to-day there is but one
4rydock of capacity to dock a battle
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04

as the day of deliverance by solemn acts
of devotion to God Almighty; it ought to
be solemnized with pomp and parade,
with shows, games, sports, guns, bells,
bonires and illuminations from one end
of this continent to the other from this
time forward forevermore.'
When the resolution was taken up on
the I'd, all the States except New York
voted to accept it. Thus on the I'd day
of July, 1776, the independence of the
thirteen United Colonies fIom the throne
of Great Britain was definitely decided
upon. The I'd, and not The 4th, may be
called the true date of the separation. +
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04

American tourists, the remaining e1cur-
sionists were Swiss.
There was a band on board-a very
bad band, l must admit, but its enthu-
siasm atoned in some measure for it's
lack of harmony. 1t began with The
Star Spangled Banner and wound up
with Hail Columbia the American con-
tingent singing words of the national
hymn with more vigor than accuracy and
concluding each verse with whoops and
yells which highly entertained the more
stolid natives"
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04

The Firecracker and the Torpedo.
Said a jolly frecracker to a little plump
torpedo,
"If you were patriotic, you would wear
a suit Of red
And stand up In the window just as
straight as we do -
And this is what the smart torpedo said
81 am just as patriotic, though 1 wear no
scarlet jacket,
For I'm no such blooming little fire
brand as you. --s- S-Essss 80. go
Tomorrow you'll be learning when you
hear the racket,
What little plump torpedo then can
do !"
New York Herald
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
Remedies for Burns.

On the Fourth Of July always have
some remedies for burns at hand. When
the skin is not broken by burn scrape
raw potato, place on a piece of soft
linen and use as a poultice. Bjcarbonats
Of gQda@Ethe ordinary baking soda-is ex-
cellent for burns whether the skin Is
broken or not. # broken apply the dry
soda, if unbroken dambe1 the soda with
water TO make paste and apply 70 the
spot. The pain will be instantly re-
lieved.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
Nero PIeaaanfriea

Sky Rocket-Ah! I'm going off on tbs
Fourth, and have a high old time.
Pin Wheel-Bah! You're always shoot
ing off about yourself 1 never blow
about it, but generally have a gay little
whirl myself
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
How to Fire q Cannon Eirecra,I.

How to Fire a Cannon Firecracker.
The most impressive way to discharges
a cannon frecracker is to hold it tightly
between the thumb and forefnger. The
effect is heightened in an inverse ratio
With The age OF the holder. In the very
young 1t Is sometimes possible not only
to lose the hand, but part Of the arm.
Valentine Democrat., 1907-07-04
aJApANsS POSSESSIONS S
sJRPAN COVETS IN

WHAT JAPAN HAS AND WANTS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-28
TODAY IN HISTORY

..s. Es@s ss say s.ss Charles. Sun rises at '''s'
 i5s6- Francis Drake. the first Eng lishman that circumnavigated the world, died on board his own snip.
 is54--Lewis w. ChamDeriayHe' ~ q founders of the Richmond Medical Coll
 is54-The steamer Georgia. from Montgomery, Ala, having 200 passen- gers and 1000 bales of cotton on board, took fire at New Orleans and sixty passengers lost their lives.
 1S55-The Panama Railroad pelng completed. the first train passed over it this day.
 1S6s-Generai Burnside relieved of the command of the Army of the Pc. tomac and General Hooker appointed in his place.
 Generals Sumner and Franklin also relieved from duty in the Army Of the Potomac.
 Is65-The people of Chicago at a mass meeting. condemned by resolution a horse railway project that had pass ed the Legislature.
 lS67--The bill for the admission of Colorado into the Union adopted: but the President vetoed 1t. The Dill for the admission of Nebraska also adopt ed; 1t is vetoed and on March 1 passed over veto.
 1SBs--Chicags has a Ss,ooo.00o fire.
 1S75-Day and night spent in the Na- tional House of Representatives in re- peated roll calls ih an effort to take action on tn. civil rights bill.
 1S85--John c. Spooner elected United States Senator by the Wisconsin Leg
 isoS@TwentyA persons killed in the wreck of the Sunset Limited, near Tuc- son, Ariz.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-28
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How To Avoid Distress And Indigestion
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-28
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
\ Good N..n. Prepesed.

Editor The Adver.lser;
 Together with fifty-odd thousands near prospect of a Meehodist woman's college winch shal have an ample en- dowment and offer tacilities equal 70 the best. | have been wondering what would be the name of the new college. Possibly the foinl commission may have aiready decided on a name. tut as l have heard no ment on Of any, make bold to offer a susgestlon--oIe that arr sure will reee.ve hearty second from hundreds of the best wS- men in this and o,her states. That IS, that the new institution be cnristenea John Massey College"
 This name would reflect honor on the school, on Alabama Metnodism and on the State. And 1t would be a richly deserved wreath of laurel for man who has wrought so wolthiiy Tn the cause of Christian elucation. With natural abilities and acquired wisdo m sufficient to have enabled him to amass great fortune, or to aspire to any political ofhce in the gift of the State, he has consecrated hiS time and emi- nent abilities to the cause of Christian education. And nothwithstandlng iu- crative inducements to go elsewhere re has unselhshIy stood at his post for the lifetime cf a whole generation, and laid his holding hand on the plastic characters of thousands of young wo- men-young women whose influence
  tual fife of the State.
 Some might object to giving the school the name of any man. but let it be remembered ffiat some of the fore most schools in the country are thus named. For instance Vassar, Smith, Soph.e Newcomb, fIarvard, Vanderbilt, Leland Stanford, Junior.
 Perhaps any man, wno would give the school S100,000 endow ent might, therefor, have 1t. christeped with nis name. Yet few would deny that the name of John Massey would be worth more to the school than $100,000 en- dowu1ent, and fewer still that his work and Influence have meant more for God and home and native land" than would have accrued from an endowment of several times $100,0o0.
 Then how fitting, just and fair to link this noble name with the noble school 1t is proposed to build and let them live together to the end of time.
 Ruby Pursell Collins,
 A. C. F. C., '95.
 Ft. Deposit. Ala, Jan. 26, 1907.