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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-06

Another Governor who Is rapidly getting himself disiiked by the busi-. ness interests Is Conner of Alabama. He thinks the railroads down there He. has notified the legislators to hold themselves ready for a special ses- stonss When the commercial clubs of Montgomery and Birmingham solemn ly protested against such disturbance 1t was the biggest joke of the season Leading Alabama newspapers think his ievity reprehensible. One of them tells him that his English would disgrace school boy of 15.-Hartford Courant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-06
Few. American Entries.

So far the American entries for the great Olympic Games will be held here next summer in connection with the Franco-B British Exhibition have been rather disappointing to the Committee. who expected a great rush of Amer jean athletes. but there is plenty of time yet
 Meanwhile Sweden and Belgium head ihe iiE< Of entries and, strange to say, the AfkAntine Republic is sending a splen8s1 contingent including two polo faAnfss The Police of Womensa Work vii be one of the great feA- lures of the Exhibition. The Countess of Jersey has just consented to be president and the beautiful Duchess of Sutherland, who has had vast ex- perience in such matters, will be acting vice president.
 The building will be one of the handsOmest in the grounds and there will be exhibitions of the arts and crafts of women from England, Ire land, France Scotland and the Colo nies. One section will deal entirely with the goods which women wear or use. and here the Partisan 9ressmakers will have their great
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-06
The Popular Price Dry Goods House,

ness men of the State. A few weeks of diminishing bank accounts among the farmers would probably convince the Governor that he is not only ob-' structing his State but is playfng bad politics. Convinced of the latter he might be induced to quit.--Chattanoo ga Times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-06

opportunity of -viefng with the London dressnAkers. who have made. according to American visitors. enormous strides of late years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-06

Japs Buy Diamonds.
 English society ladies and even roy atty who are complaining that dia- monds are growing scarcer, dearer.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
INTERESTING STATISTICS
Commerce Commission Report Give
 Data Regarding R. R. Equipment

According to the recently published report of the interstate commission, the equipment of the railroads of the Unit. ed States is as follows:
 There were in service of the carriers 5l,672 locomotives, the increase being 3,3l5. These locomotives. excepting l.. )9O, were classified as: Passenger, l2,- 249; freight, 29,94S, and switching, s. 4S5.
 The total number of cars of all 'lasses was 1,95s,9l2, or 1l6,O4l more than for the year 1905. This rolling stock was thus assigned: Passenger service, 42,262 ears; freight service, l.. S37,9l4 cars, and eompany's service 7s,736 cars. These figures do not in 'lude ears owned by private commercial firms or corporations.
 The average number of locomotives per 1000 miles of line was 232, and the average number of ears per 1000 miles If line was s,Sl0. The number of pas senger miles per passenger locomotive was 2,055, 1909, showing an increase of pssbA eo ''hataANN "ARA hAt vious year. The number of ton miles per freight locomotive was 7,232, 2,563 showing an increase of 54l ,S63 miles.
 The number of locomotives and cars in the service of the railways aggre gated 2,0lO,5s4, of which 1,s27,7S were fitted with train brakes, or an increase for the year of 1s6,394, and 1,9S9,79t were fitted with automatic couplers, ol an increase oI 1lS,206. Nearly all the locomotives and cars in the passenger service had train brakes, and all but seventy-twO locomotives in the same service were fitted with automatic eou piers. Only l.54 per cent of cars in the passenger service were without auto matic couplers. Substantially all the freight locomotives had train brakes and automatic eouplers. Of l,S37,9l4 cars in the freight service on June 30 1906, the number fitted with train brakes was 1,6S9,l4l and with auto matic couplers, l,s20,s54.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
OLD D-TIME RESIDENT OF TUCSON TELLS THRILLING STORY OF
 THE EARLY DAYS
BURGLARS TRIED HANGING re MAKE HIM COME THROUGH
 WITH HIS MONEY
They Failed to Tie His Hands and He Saved His Neck by Grasping the Rope Above His Head-One Dead, the Others in the Penitentiary.

George w. Atkinson, for some time a resident of Tucson, but also maintain ing home at Calabasas, Santa Cruz county, where nearly half his time is spent looking after his extensive ranch interests, tells a good story of his early experiences in Arizona. South Dakota was none too well civilized or settled twenty-nine years ago, but Mir. Atkin. son concluded after being at Calabasas a week that he must be rather too much of tenderfoot to live long in this eli. mate.
 Within that time he had been held up and robbed twice, and had gone through all the motions of being hanged once. In every case the lawbreakers were Mexicans, and the number five, so the same gang probably did all the work.
 The imitation hanging matinee was pulled off in Mir. Atkinson ranch house, in the evening, the rope being placed around his neck and over a beam on his failure to produce the money which they demanded. He told them that he had no money in the house, which was true, but the ungen- tlemanly robbers refused to take his word for it, and asserted that short age of breath would help his memory and increase his liberality.
 It took the strength of all hands ap- piled to the rope to lift the ranchman from the floor and MT. Atkinson i'm proved his opportunity every time they started to stretch his neck by grasp. ing the rope above his head and taking of the strain.
 He says he never could understand why they failed to tie his hands. Had they done so there would speed. fly have been dead ranehman at Gala basas. They soon grew weary of the contest and disappeared. It is inter esting to note that soon after one of the gang was killed in Mexico, and the remainder arrived in the Yuma prison in due course, when they were forum ately all sent over the Great Divide while attempting to escape. Here is where Mir Atkinson had the laugh on them.
 Incidentally, MT. Atkinson said that with grass and water plenty down in his country, stock was looking fine, and that a shipment of cattle would soon be made from the ranch at sat isfactory prices-sl5 for yearlings, SIS for o-year-olds, and s21 for three year-olds. They expect to brand in the neighborhood of eight hundred calves this fall.
 With horses in good demand and high in price, he has barely enough for his own ranch purposes, while few years ago he had the pleasure of sell ing three hundred head of very good stock at s2.50 per head, and then, to add insult to injury, the purchasers failed to pay for them.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
RICH COAL FIELDS
 IN APACHE COUNTY
Immense Body of High Grade Coal Said to Have Been Discovered-Good
 for Clifton Companies

CLIFTON, Ariz., October l.-Henry Hill and several others, who have lo eated some coal prospects in Apache county, brought in specimen last week which gave handsome assay The contents were: Moisture, 3.sl volume combustible matter, 39.76; car bon, 52.4l; ash, 4.O2. The coal was ar exceedingly good specimen and it i. reported that they have an immense body of it. In the future this coal field will be opened up for the benefit of the big companies. With railroad transportation that section can surpas' any nearby coa! district. Those inter ested in the enterprise will develop tb' field and if their anticipation is realized it will be the biggest mining proposi tion in the country.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
,,spEE BROKER CLERK CHANGED .1" TO A" AND WENT TO
 THE GOOD ss.ooo.oo
HAD WORKED THE SAME GAME ON SMALL SCALE IN THE
 DOUGLAS 0. Q. STORE
oArers Are Still in Pursuit of the Fugitive, but He Seems to Be s,ippeTy Fellow-Seen in Prescott and Then in Los Angeles.

DOUGLAS, Ariz., October Tt ap- rsers that Richard F. Wood, formerly b,okkeeper for the defunct Duey X Overlook brokerage house, for whom a varrsnt charging falsifcation of the ,omranv s records has been issued, has manipulated the figure "1' so as to make his personal account on the Bis. bss books of the company s3,OOO to the g,od-for Wood. This he has done, ac. so-5ing to reliable information by changing the figure "l" into the figure A." making the total on the credit side s4.0OO instead of sl,000.
 And it is a eoineident that he per formed an identical manipulation of his account in Douglas when he was em- ploved in the office of the Copper Queen store. prior to his connection with Duev < Overlook, changing has credit account from Sl0 to $40. This diserep- sDey in his account was not discovered pptil some time after his connection with the Copper Queen here had ended After a while and with considerable delay on his part he made good the s30.
 This irregularity in Wood s accornt here came to light after a shortage of s3O cash on his ledger had been de- tseted. Accountants went to worl; on his books and after some time loc ated the wrong entry. Then it was that the store management took up the matter with Wood. At first he ignored it altogether Then w. II. Brophy vas notified of the transaction an6 he called Wood s attention to it, to receive promise that he would go to Douglas in few days and straighten the mat ter out. He came to Douglas, but never went near the store. The page in the ledger containing the entry was sent to Mir Brophy and upon him showing n to Wood, collected the $30.
 Specials received in this city indicate that Wood has been seen at Prescott and at Los Angeles At the latter place i, is stated, he wore a hunted look and seemed to be avoiding identification. l. is probable that he is going to Can ada
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02

tee of four prominent citizens of that town who laid their suspicious before him. and asked that steps be taken to stop the importation of these women, twenty or thirty of whom have been brought to Phoenix in the past year.
 According to members of the com mittee who saw Webb there are organ ized companies in New York who bring women from Europe to their city under promise of honorable employment. In. stead of getting positions they are forced into lives of shame and degrada. tion.
 Many of these women are brought by agents of the organization to Ari- zona, such cities as Tucson, Bisbee, Globe, Douglas and Phoenix, and other parts of the territory being the destina- tion of the procurers, who receive pay for their work.
 Much of the information that the Phoenix committee has in it's posses sion is being kept secret, and will not be divulged until the proper time. It is said that they have the names of men who have brought these women to Phoenix from New York, the dates of their arrival and all the details of the infamous trade from the time the wo- men start innoeently from their homes in Europe until they are forced into slavery.
 For tho most part these women come rom the ignorant, lower class. On ae- 'ount of their lack of knowledge of the avs and the absence of any friend to act in their behalf, they are helpless.
 Many of these women, if given the would forsake the lives hey lead, but threats, debt and their keep many of them where they are.
 If the plans of the Phoenix committe do not miscarry this white slave traf- fife will be smashed.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
RANDOLPH LINES
 ARE NUMEROUS
TUCSON NEWSPAPER MAN GIVES NAMES OF LINES, MILEAGE OF ROADS, NAMES OF OFFICERS AND OTHER INFORMATION.

The question has often been put to the railroad reporter of the Daily Tue son, Star in Tucson relative to the Equipment of the Randolph lines, the stretches of railroad track and officials. In the course of inquiry the following data has been gathered. It is pre- sented in minimized form and will ap- pear sufficiently clear to the intelligent reader who is "seeking light. :"
 Gila Valley, Globe & Northern rail way, Bowie to Globe, distance 125 miles. Engines in service, two being added today, sixteen, and number of
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02

cars, approximately, forty. Superin. tondent, c. c. Maalard, Globe.
 Maricopa < Phoenix, including Mesa branch of seven miles, forty.two miles in length, eight engines and thirty cars Superintendent, c. M. Scott, Phoenix.
 Phoenix & Eastern, Tempe to Win. kelman, via Florence, ninety-six miles. Engines, four; cars, twenty. Superin. tendent, c. M. Scott, Phoenix.
 Arizona & Colorado, Pcarce to Co. chise Station, all in Cochise county, nineteen miles. Two engines, ten cars. Superintendent, J. W. Williams, Pearce. This line is to be extended, taking in Naco, Bisbee, Pearce, Cochise, Wilcox, through Graham county into New Mex leo; terminal, Durango, Colo, coke and coal region.
 Sonora Railway, Nogales to Quay. mas, 265 miles. Engines, twenty; ears, 243. Superintendent, Amos R. Oster, Guaymas.
 Cananea, Yaqui River & Pacific rail way. In operation l50 miles, nine kill ometers out of Guaymas, Empalme Junction. Engines, twenty-nine; cars, 524. Amos R. Oster, superintendent, Guaymas. Extension to Navajo on the Mayo river in Sonora and north from Corral to Buena Vista on the Yaqui River valley. Has constructed and not yet open, approximately, 100 miles ad- ditional, including work south of Ma vajo on the road to Guadalajara. The line is completed from Navajo to Quad alajara in length 720 miles, approxi. mately.
 Cananea division, Naco to Cananea, mining camp, thirty eight miles. H. J. Temple, uperintendent, Naco. This company is also constructing a line from Del Rio, eight miles north of Can anea, on Cananea division, approximate ly fifty miles to Nogales.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
TRAFFIC IN SOULS
 0F YOUNG GIRLS
MANY WOMEN ARE BROUGHT TO GLOBE AND OTHER MINING TOWNS FOR IMMORAL PUR-
 POSES BY A HEARTLEss GANG.

PHOENIX, Oct. l.-If an investi- gatiOn which started today brings the desired result, Captain George Webb Of the immigration bureau will take steps to bring to justice procurers, whom it is believed have been bringing foreign women to Arizona for immoral purposes.
 Webb, upon his visit to Phoenix yes 'eTdav. was waited upon by commit
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
CRUISERS TO GO AHEAD
Washington and Tennessee to Sail Over
 Battleship Route

NEW YORK, October 1.-The arm ored cruisers Washington and Tennes- see are reported to start on voyage to the Pacific coast this week, going over the identical route to be taken by the battleships, which will sail in about ten weeks, and keeping complete log for Admiral Evans.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
The way to get rid of cold, whethe

The way to get rid of cold, whether it be "bad cold'' or just little one, is to get it out of your system through the bowels. Nearly all cough cures, es- pecially those that contain opiates, are constipating. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup contains no opiates and acts gently on the bowels. Pleasant to take. Sold by Hanna s Drug Store.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
Notice

I am the man who will, without extra charge, go anywhere in the city to take an acknowledgement, day or night, rain or shine; also draw up deeds, releases, mortgages and wills at small cost; bug gy always ready in front of Brown s store. Phone Al. l.. H. Brown, the notary public. If
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
Notice

Owing to the increase of the cost of hay and barley, we will be obliged to raise the price of boarding horses and of livery. A rate card will be found in our office. Effective octover l, 1907.
 BARCLAY, HIGDON & co.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
LADIES

Silk petticoats; largest assortment, all shades, all grades, on sale for few days at 10 per cent, 20 per cent and 30 per cent reduction below regular prices. Peoples Cash Store, Dolph Baats, pro prietor, Globe, Artz.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02

Satisfaction our motto. We have the best equipped paint store in the city. Van Wagcnen, next door to the postoffice. Give us 6 call.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02

Entire change of program at the Al exander theater tonight.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02

Van Wagenen makes speciality of tinting. Satisfaction our motto.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
Notice to the Public

You will have time to see both shows before going to hear West s Minstrels tonight.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02

See B. J. Kellner & Co. for Fire In. surance. Several of the largest com panies. With Globe Bank and Savings Co. 269tf
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02

Sewing machines for rent at J. P. McNeil's Furniture store, opposite the Miner s union hall, Globe, Ariz.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
Barrett sells drugs.

Young Wife Kills Husband In "The Tragic Wedding" at the Al exander.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
Tenderfoot in Globe

Arrived here last night and will be shown tonight at the Alexander.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02

American Cleaning Works, next door to Wells Fargo. All work guaranteed.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02

Police Getting Busy Roundup of pickpockets at the Alex ander tonight.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-10-02
Tenderfoot in Glob,

Arrived here last night and will be shown tonight at the Alexander.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-08
FLEET ASSEMBLING
HAMPTON ROADS IS RENDEZVOUS
 FOR EMPHASIZES.
AT of the vessels are Coming in L0ad- cd to the Water Line With
 Ammunition and sis S RroyfelOnn.

Norfolk. Va. Dec. 1.-The Pacific bound Atlantic fleet, under Rear Ad- miral Evans. is now rapidly assemb- ling in Hampton Roads, whence the great fleet of sixteen battleships will start for the long voyage to San Fran cisco. following . review by President Roosevelt. December 1s.
 The battleships Louisiana. New Jer- sey and Virginia were today joined by the battleships Georgia. from League Island Navy Yard and the Illinois. from the Boston yard.
 The Georgia. with fine weather still prevailing on the coast. today passed Cape Henry inward bound and was fol- lowed by the Illinois.
 Six or more of the battleships are expected to pass in the capes by to- night. The five battleshfps already in the Roads are filling their bunkers with the picked" coal sent from the Norfolk Navy Yard yesterday and more of which went down in barges today.
 The battleships Alabama and Ohio. from the New York Navy Yard, and the Kearsarge, which sailed from League Island with the Georgia, all arrived during the afternoon and took up anchorage of Old Point Comfort in line with the other vessels of the feet All of these vessels like the others, came in loaded to the water line with 100000 pounds of ammuni- tion, as we'll as provision stores in large Quantities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-08

morning. was approached by a young man named Owens and he gave me the copy of the article which he asked me to have published In my paper. It was a typewritten copy and was on very light paper. He told me that he had given, the others a copy and supposed that all other newspaperN men had re- ceived copy of if. I sent it to Lex ington with a note to the editor to in- vestigate it.
 The article bore Frankfort date line.
 It further transpired that Mir. Davis was the only correspondent who had been given copy of the article and that he had told R. I. McCluhe, Lex ington correspondent of out of-town papers about 1t @ d
 Not one of the other correspondents had been given copy. The envelope, which bore the address of Wharton Golden and carried the paper to him at the hotel, was an ordinary plain, white envelope. It bore no business heading of any kind. The address on the envelope had been written with n typewriter and a two cent stamp was used
 The paper had not been through the postofiice, although the stamp bore evidence of an attempt at cancellation. The cancellation was made by a black smudge, made with a finger to ini- tate regular official cancellation, but there wsa no post office cancellation upon it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-08
THE LUST FOR GOLD
BOB TAYLOR USES PLAIN LAM
 GUAGE AT DINNER.
Tennesseess Senator Tells New Workers They Win Have to Come to the South for Pure Ameri-
 canhOOd.

New York. Dec 7.--"The lust for gold and the hunger for power have ridden rough -shod over liberty and love and lawLa hung their banners over ovefy capital and every part. The jingle of gold sounds even in the laughter of modern society,", and the eyes of the church are jaundiced with it. We have become nation of gold worsfl ippers. fear that if the Ameri- can people, in their present spirit. were transplanted to the heaven above, they would tear up the golden street fp three hours and levy tax on the harps of the angels for the benefit of American industry.
 Thus spoke United States Senator Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee. in ; speech on Corruption and Greed for Gold at the third annual dinner of the Tennessee Society tonight. Jacob c Schurman. President of Cornell Uni- yersity. who followed Senator Taylor. says that less Governmes st instead of more. was the need of the day.
 Senator Taylor declared that in New York all the dreams of frenzied finance are inspired and that this city was the greatest gambling center of the West. ern Hemisphere. The American people are in revolt and the concentration Of wealth is ''The gathering storm that dances on the horizon of the future" declared the Senator.
 You have got to come to the SoNth for conservatism and for pure Ameri- canhood. to save the republic. You gentlemen of the bourse may have your jinlmiams over your rag time system of banking but we farmers down South stand pat. The only bullf we have down there are Jerseys, ard the only bears we had, have been e< terminated by the President. We have not been clamoring for patronage and for special privilege. and as re- suit, we are poorer than the North, but not for all the gold poured into the troughs of graft to grease the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-08

Powers. will be given hearing when court opens Monday. before the con- tfnuance of the cross examination of Wharton Golden. After the jury had left the court room in charge of the sheriff and the spectators had depar rted commonwealth's attorney Franklin called the courts attention to what transpired in the alleged plot to i'm timidate Wharton Golden, a witness for the prosecution with the alleged idea of causing him to leave the juris- diction of the court without giving his testimony. R. Lee Davis, staff corres- pondent of The Lexington Leader was directed to state to the court how he obtained the article in question and how it came to be published. Mr Davis explanation caused the issuance of the contempt rule against H. H. Owens. In bringing the matter before the court attorney Franklin said:
 Your honor. I desire to call your attention to an incident which I feel the court ought to take cognizance of and take steps to punish those who are guilty of the offense.
 ''on Friday night my attention was called to an article published in The Lexington Leader. stating that the newly elected Attorney-GeneraI of the State would, when in office. take the prosecution of these cases into his own hands. dismissing counsel who are at present conducting them, and that he would cause some of those indicted for this offense and now living in an- other State. in the far West, to be brought back and stand trial.
 T denounced 1t at the time and inn mediately divined the purpose for which the article had been written and published. This morning I was given this paper by Wharton Golden. who has just testified in this case. It is copy of The Leader containing the article and was put in Golden's box at the Wellington Hotel I ask you to read this. your honor. and then take steps toward punishing those guilty of such an offense."
 While this examination was in prog ress. Mir. Franklin caused R. Lee Da- wis, the representative of The Lexing- ton Leader. who sent the article to his paper. to be brought before Judge Morris. and he was interrogated con- corning it.
 MT. Davis explained his part of the transaction. saying:
 Just before taking my car Friday