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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29

Some "reminiscences of the life of the late Senator Pettus were told last evening by Attorney Thomas H. Clark. who. for several years, was connected with the law library of Congress at Washington.
 T knew Senator Pettus in his public Clark, but before I say a word as to that let me speak of an act in his life that profoundly impressed me, and that was the death of his son. It will be recalled that his son. Hon. Francis L.. Pettus. while for the second time Speaker of the House of Representa- tives in this State. died in of1ce
 There was strong and deep inti- macy between father and son and the caaln,ity of his sons death was the great tragedy of the fathers life. It is not far-fetched to compare General Pettus's feeling at the death of Frank to those of Burke when he lost his son. He lived in an inverted order. They who ought to have come after him were gone before him.
 "A like grief was his when his wife died after more than sixty years of congenial married life and I myself am persuaded that the death of his col league, General Morgan. came home to him in a way that he never allowed the world to see.
 But you ask me as to the impress sions he made at Washington. He was an example of a rugged, old-fashioned way of thinking and acting. He had great influence in the Senate. both be- cause he was an old man and because he was ruggedly honest.
 President Roosevelt was anxious to get his hands on him. saying. I could accomplish much in Alabama if could get my hands on that old man. He treated the President with all the re- spect due him as the occupant of great office, but the President never did get his hands on him.
 "Former Senator Hoar. of Massachu- setts. was the pair of General Pet tus from the time the General entered the Senate This relationship in the Senate implies peculiar confidence. not to say affection. Senator Hoar had this sort of feelin:: for General Pettus, and in addition. he had a Yankees cu- riosity to make out. to understand. what was to him the most remarkable man he had ever encountered.
 often and often l have seen Senator Hoar following General Pettus about the Capitol. talking. listening, but al-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
Claimed . Strange Child.

C1nclnudtl EHQulEcT.
 A curious case of mistaken identity came under the notice of the police on saturday night through the endeavors of James Baker, of Pearl and Law renee streets, to recover his child, who ts, believed to have been spirited away hy it's mother at the Dayton bathing beach on Sunday. July "A.
 MT, Baker was told by friends that a little one whose description tallied with that of his child had been seen in A tenement house near Fourteenth street and Central avenue. He notified the polio edepartmnt of what h had hard. and one of the detectives plant ed" himself in a drug store where he could catch a glimpse of the child and thus confirm what he had been told
 MT. Baker also kept three-nights vigil. and finally got . glimpse of the child on Saturday that made him almost positive that his efforts had not been in yain He straightway iaformed the police, and, accompanied by an officer, went to the apartments where he be- lieyed the little one to be.
 When the officer and Mir. Baker reached the rooms they were at once taken into the presence of the little one. who refused to recognize him. The real father of the child called in neighbors, who were willing to take oath that the child had been in the building long before the Baker little one had been missed. Much chagrined. the heartbroken father made apologies. and continued in his search for hls child.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29

marvelousness was brought home to me forcibly last week.
 .I had written to a French tenor ana asked him what he would take to come over here and sing next season. Ills reply consisted of a letter and two cylinders.
 I will come for $500 a week. the letter said, and I forward in another package samples of my voice and of my acting
 ''The larger cylinder was phono- graphic record of one of the mans solos. The sfaller one was a moving picture film of him singing the solo.
 'I took the two cylinders to dealer. ane one we put in a photograph, the othe rin a moving picture macshfne- Then we darkened the room. and we started the machine and the phono- graph simultaneously. By love. sir. the actor might have been present personally. There he was on tho screen. walking up and down the staga and gesticulating, and there was his voice issuing in sonorous notes from the big phonograph horn. I git from it as satisfactory an idea of the mans talent as could have gotten if hr had visited me-"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
SHOOTS HIS FAMILY
DEED COMMITTED AT DYING | FATHERS BEDSIDE.
Henry Huntingtoa Begs Fathers For- gfveness For Sorrows He Had Caused And Then Shoots
 BFOther And Sister.

Versailles Ky. July 3s-Henry Hunt tngton, son of Douglas St. George Hunt ington. former attache of the American Embassy in Paris was arrested to- night on the charge of shooting his two sisters and one of his brothers.
 The condition of the sisters IS seri- ous. zabeth having received bullet near the heart and is thought to be dying. The tragedy occurred at the bedside of the father who was dying Henry had returned to ask his fathers forgiveness having been estranged from his parents for some time past. MT. Huntington ST., was suffering from pulmonary congestion and as 1t was be- lieved that he was near death a tele- gram was sent to Henry to return. The latter hurried to the bedside around which were grouped the weep ing wife. the daughters. Edith and Elizabeth and the sons Alonzo and Douglas. Henry pleaded forgiveness ceived his \fathers blessing when Douglas requested him to seek the pardon of his mother also. This Henry declined to do and thereupon Alonzo asked him to leave the room.
 According to the police Henry drew a revolver and fired at Alonzo. He then wheeled and shot both ms sisters and endeavored to escape. He was captured. however. The Huntingtons are we'll known in and about Paris where Alonzo is a prominent artist. MT. Huntington sr.. who is 60 years of age survived the shock of the tragedy and was still alive at midnight. He was sinking rapidly however.
 Later 1t developed that Douglas Huntington e'so had been hit by q fly ing bullet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
A FOURTH HEARING
CALEB POWERS TO BE TRIED
 AGAIN. .
Three Times Convicted of Conspiracy To Murder Goebel, Powers VIII
 Get Another Chance for

Three Times Convicted sf Conspiracy
 10 Murder Goebel, Powers win
 Get Another Chance for
 Liberty.
 Georgetown. Ky. July 2S.-Before special Judge Robbins tomorrow will begin the fourth trial of Caleb Powers, formerly Kentucky's secretary of state. for complicity in the murder seven years ago of Senator Wm. A. Goebel. Democratic aspirant in the gubernato- rial election contest then pending.
 Few criminal prosecutions have at- tracted so wide an interest or have been 50 long contested in the courts. Twice Powers has been convicted and given a life sentence. on the third trial he was sentenced to death. The whole state has been aroused over the case, and the Indiana oflcials have also been involved while federal interference has been sough. on behalf of Powers on a claim that the bitterness in his home state was such that 8 fair trial was impossible.
 It is estimated that 1t will require at least a week to secure c jury. and then if it cannot be secured in Scott county, Franklin or owen counties will proba- bly be called upon to furnish special jury panel.
 In the list of witnesses discussed by Powers and his attorney appeared the name of w. S. Taylor. of Indianapolis. who was goveSnor of Kentucky when the legislature decided the election con- test in favor of Goebel as governor. Taylor will likely be summoned by the defense, although there is no poss1Dlii- ty of his accepting the summons. For seven years Taylor has lived in Indiana and although frequent demands have been made upon the state by Kentucky for his return, Indiana would never sur render him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29

 sional opinion of mere tyros In the medical art, but be taken to the acci- dent ward and there properly examined by experts. This wound require very little time or trouble and would enec- tuaIiv prevent the deplorable mistakes in such cases which are occurring fre- quently.
 The presence of a confusion or lac eration of the scalp, a depression or the contour of the skull at the site or injury. the unequally dilated pupils, the paralysis of the limbs from brain nressure. the surgical shock of the traumatism, and the slow. unequal pulse, all point to serious pran oiih- cultv and should be carefully noted Especially should such symptoms be significant when there Is the absence of the odor of liauo- in the breath and when the victim fails to respond 10 the various means that may be used 10 temporarily arouse him from his stu nor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
Drunkenness.
New York Herald.

New York Herald,
 If seems inexcusable that the ordi- nary ambulance surgeon should so or fen mistake Fractured skull for drunk enness Another case in point Is that of a respectable woman who. after be- ing beaten by ruffians. and when in dying condition. was locked in cell on a charge of intoxication, based on the careless and hasty opinion or one or these medical youngsters.
 Ii was only by the merest accident- that a policeman knew more about the svmntom. of inebriety than the doctor that another examination was de- manded. and the unfortulate victim Of violence was allowed to end her life In a hospital,
 The unpardonable error of the hrst diapnosis was committed in the face Of inc fact that there existed severe wound on the head. which was proved at the autopsy to have been the cause of her death.
 The Herald has always contended that In all suspicious cases of brain in iurv even the commonest drunkard should be given the benefit of every doubt as to the cause of insensibility, If is. in fact, a question of humanity that every helpless person should run no risk when picked up in the street Of being sent to a cell rather than hos pital bed.
 The rule should be that such cases should not be trusted to the profess
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
"Reminiscences of Life Of Late
 Senator Pettus in Washington

ways trying to fathom what was more or less of a mystery to him.
 "1n the Senate proper he was looked on primarily as the master of decorum. Entering the Senate late in life, he still loved the traditions of the Senate. He thought they were there for busi- ness and he wanted that business at- tended to.
 "On one occasion Senator Frye, of Maine, President pro tenn of the Sem ate, had some difficulty in bringing that body to order and. with a bang of the gavel, he said: If the Senate will not observe order. the chair will feel compelled to call the junior Senator from Alabama to the chair The Sem ate immediately quieted down.
 "On another occasion General Pettus himself was shocked by the amount of walking about and talking going on among the Senators. He arose in his place, dropped his spectacles In style that thoso who knew him could never forget-on the end of his nose-and swept with his eyes. right and left. the noisy disturbers in the body. Once, twice, three times. his eyes swept around the assembly. Every Senator out of his place sought his seat and sank into it. Order was restored
 He will be greatly missed in Wash ington and particularly by the newspa- per men. His great age and striking appearance furnished to Washington correspondents a theme when other things lacked to write about, and those bright fellows were fond-too fond, perhaps--of charging any new joke or witticism passing current In Washing ton to General Pettus.
 Tt struck one of them to declare General Pettus was fond of gravy, and this information went all over the country. There was absolutely noth- ing in 1t more than d bright young newspaper man believed the country would enjoy hearing the aged Senator had a passion for gravy.
 They were continually working on jokes at his expense in this way. He was shrewd enough never to quarrel with them because of the fun they were having.
 'oThe State has lost in General Pet tus one of the rarest characters Ala bama has ever produced. His concep- tions of the obligations of his office were such that he deemed it necessary to be present at every meeting of the Senate, at every meeting of a Commit tee of which he was a member. In short he did his whole duty"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
Believed That AH Difficulty
 About Mining BiN Is Ouer

It Is not expected there will be any further difficulty over the bill regulat- ing mining in Alabama. That was the consensus of opinion in the lobbies of the hotels last evening, among the members of the House. The bill Is one that was introduced by Col. John of the Jefferson county delegation. but 1t was left to Representative Sol Bloch of Wilcox county, chairman or the committee on mines and mining. to call the measure up for considera- tion.
 This he attempted to do at the ses- sion Friday. He made the effort. but he was unable to do moro. because Of the successful efforts of the opponents of the measure to prevent 1t from com ing up. They resorted to tactics to kill time. and very effectually pre- vented the House from getting to the mining measure.
 Now, 1t is said, MT. Bloch takes the stand thc 1t Is not his bill It was fathered by Col. John. and 1t Is up to the gentleman from Jefferson to force
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.
American Plan Adopted Regarding Cole
 lection of Debts-Othef Debates.

A"SEIC0u f~AWn <AOVRtGO kNCBakWA8o WI.
 lection of Debts-Other Debates.
 The Hague,July 2s.-M. Nelidon, president of the peace conference, in order to prevent further comments up- on erroneous interpretations of the de- bate and vote taken yesterday before the committee on collection of public and private debts. made the following statement today:
 The American proposition regarding the collection of contractual pecuniary debts was unanimously adopted in prin- ciple,. as the abstentations from voting do not affect the unanimity. The com mittee on constitution Is simply en- trusted with the editing of the text of the proposition. aiming to better satisfy the desires expressed during the debate"
 The special commission entrusted with the editing of the proposition re- lating to the bombardment of unde- tended towns met today, Dr. Hagerup, of Norway, presiding. There was long discussion which was summarize ed in an important reT ort of ten pages which as yet has not been distributed to the delegates.
 Recalling how Count Tournelli. of Italy, had combined the original propo- sition of the United States with the propositions presented by other pow CTS, the report proposes to use the term "undefended" instead of "unfor- tified" towns.
 The article establishing that the com mander of a fleet can destroy the mili- tary establishments of an undefended town. only when the local authorities refuse to do SO themselves within reas- enable time. was approved by a vote of 21 to 6.
 An animated discussion occurred over the question of signs to be hoisted over buildings that are to be spared dur ing a bombardment. and 1t was finally decided that the sign snail consist of a large rectangular panel of wood or linen divided into two triangles. the upper triangle to be black and the lower white.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29

1t before the House, 1t he wants to do so. His duty was ended. as chair man of the committee having the mat- ter in charge. when he saw that . bill of so much importance to the 6tate and one of its principal industries was favorably reported by the committee. and that O, ,ortunity was given for it to come before the House for discuss sion. Any further movement should come from the author.
 The effort to block the considera- ton of the measure in question consti- tuted one of the most sensational scenes enacted a tthe summer session of the House. Amendment ofter amendment was sent to the clerks desk to a bill that preceded the mining bill. and speech after speech was made. The net result was that the House adjourned without having reached the mining bill.
 Incidentally, of coure. the House was barred at that session from trans- acting any business. But that was . mere accident of the fight, and not tts purpose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
The Marrying Age.

New York World.
 The dictum of Governor Warheld that girls should not marry untIl theS are 26 has naturally caused consider able discussion among those most in- terested--the girls themselves, their parents and the young men who do not want to wait for a bride until she IS verging on old-maidhood.
 Tho first question of interest IS a matter of fact: Are our girls general ly marrying at too early an age! some light 1 sthrown on this matter by City Registrar McGlenan, of Boston, in The GIobe of that city He shows that in inc year 1902 out of 6,172 brides only 12O or a little more than per cent were less than IS While more than half of the total number were under 20, "vet ALSO more than two-thjrds of the whole number of brides were married between the ages of 20 and 2s.
 These figures, the registrar thinks, "do not indicate that all girls are mar ryinp at an abnormally early age" Other writers on the subject testify that marriage Is entered into by both sexes at later average age than Tn former generations in this country There are many reasons Tor this De- sides wise paternal supervision and the individual good sense of young people The growing independence of women the more extensive fields for their em- nlovment that have opened the longer period given 10 education operate to defer marriage. as the increased cost of the welded state deters many young men until they can afford It..
 There can be no doubt that this ten dency Is wholesome and sensible. The average girl does not reach her full mental and physical maturity until she is 24 at least, and her choice of a hus- band is likely to be more intelligently made if she gives herself time for ob- servation and reflection. Besides, she is entitled to a reasonable period of freedom and fun--including coquetry. which. while natural and charming in girls is not becoming nor always safe in young matrons who married too 41, had fhair shara
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
Prescription is Only Temperance
 Measure Remaining to Be Passed

bill passed. and u strenuoas effnrk will be made to get 1t passed. The matter will be taken up today by the temper ance leaders In the House. where the measure Is now pending. and an effort made to secure consideration for the bill that 1t may be passed and sent the closing days of the session.
 There seems no question as to the fate Of the general prohibition bill in- troduced by Mir | Henley of Escanbia County; 1t will be buried-Quietly and solemnly as the occasion will permit. but withal deep and secure. The au- thor even Is asking only that the measure shall be given decent burial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29

Only one more temperance bill will be passed by the Legislature.
 The members of the House and sen- ate, who have been most active In ad- vancing the cause of prohibition In the two houses. have secured all the reform legislation along that line that they desire, with single exception. Ihat on. excention is the Lovelady bill to regulate the sale of whiskey by drug Rists on prescriptions, limiting the amounts that may be provided on such orders of physicians. and the frequency with which those prescriptions may De filled. -.. ..
 The temperance leaders want that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
BELIEF POUNDED ON ERROR
Uncle Sam's Soldiers Not Best Paid |
 The World.

Washington. July 28.-It has been assumed that Uncle Sam's soldiers were by far the best paid in the world. and that belief has in large part been the cause af failure of attempts made in the past to secure increased pay for our own soldiers But now in connec- tio with the systematic preparations that are being made to lay the sub ject of Something wrong with the ar- my" before congress at the next ses- sion 1t has heen discovered that this belief is foundede on error. and that several nations are much more liberal in the treatment of their soldiers than is the United States.
 A Canadian sergeant. for instance. enters upon his service with a wage of one dollar per day. The American sergeant gets SIS at first. and his ex- penses are larger than the Canadian non-commissioned officer. The same difference of wage runs through all of the grades of the two armies. Even Cuba pays her soldiers three times as much as the American private. Other countries than these two exceed America in the pay allowed their soldiers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29

Sent Samples of Voice And Acting. Washington Post.
 This Is a marvellous age we live in. said a theatrical manager. and .ts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29
Mra. Morton Dead.

Indianapolis. July 2S.--Mrs. Lucinda M. Morton. wife of Oliver P. Morton, Indiana's war Governor, died late to- day at her home in this city aged 80 years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-12
TWICE.A-WEEK REPUBLIC.
Three Years for One Dollar.

Until June 30, 1907, the TTice-A- Week Republic of St. Louis, Mo-, the oldest and best known semiweekly newspaper in the United States, will accept subscriptions at the remark able rate of three years for s1.OO. At this price you cannot afford to be without this big semi-Teekly raTspa- per-
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-12
Wood Burners In Paria.

Paris still heats it's offices and it's houses to large extent with wood It's bakers and confectioners use hard ly anything else for fuel. It burns up whole forests of timber every year and extensive forests In several re- gions of France are reserved for sup plying 1t with fuel. Coal Is scarce lu France and dear and not of very good quality. Besides the Parisans arc con. servative in home matters The cheery appearance of the glowing log on the hearth appeals to them, and most like ly generations will pass before they give up burning wood altogether Philadelphia North American.