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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
Grave Charge Against
 Dr. Caffey. GRAND JURY SUBMITS <-> REPORTS, WITH 175 BILLS During Two Weeks Body Examined 663 Witnesses in 300 Cnses. Jurors Commend Management of Poor Farm, and Tell of Minor ShOft- cOmlngs Found on Walt
 to the County
 Jan.

Indictment. of, 'Dr. Frank caney a negro physician, on a charge of murder in the first degree was revealed early yesterday afternoon when the grand jury of Montgomery County made it's final report to Judge w. H. Thomas.
 Sheriff Belser read the indictment to Caffey in his cell at the county jail late yesterday afternoon. The physi- clan was denied bail and, unless some unexpected turn is taken in the case he will remain behind the bars to await trial at the term of the Crimi- nal Court beginning tomorrow.
 Previous to the finding of the last but gravest of the indictments, the grand jury had returned three true bills against the negro. charging him with criminal operations on white women. He was arrested and has remained in Jail since then in default of a bond of s3,300.
 For several days past it had been expected that the grand jury was delv- ing more deeply into the alleged mal- practice of the negro doctor. and when the additional indictment was returned yesterday. 1t caused surprise only in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21

Embroidered Washable Voile; ali light grounds in neat colored patterns with enbroi- dered dots to match; these goods sold formerly for 45c. Reduced to 23c yard for this clear ance sale.
 Yoga Silk, French Embroidered Voile, Silk Gineham and other high class novelty wash fabrics that sold formerly for 65c and 75c. Re duced in this sale to 39c yard.
 Cotton Foulards, Printed Silk Mulls and Ap- plaued Swisses, all 35c values. Reduced to 18c yard.
 Persian Lawn; very fine and sheer quality, worth every cent of 15c, 32 inches wide, in the clearance sale at 70 t-2e. yard.
 White Dinities; in dainty checks and plaids, a 25c line at 15c yard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
Shirt Waists

Every White Waist in the house from the lowest to the highest grade IS included in thi. sale.
 $1.OO,$1.25 and $1.5O Waists
 Reduced to 75c $1.75 and $2.OO Waists
 Reduced to 98c $2.25 and $2.5O Waists
 Reduced to S1.29 $2.75 and $500 Waists
 Reduced to $1.63 $3.5O and $4.OO Waists
 Reduced to S2.19 The higher grades from $500 to $17.50 have all been reduced in proportion.
 Thrz Floor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
Here are Some Bargains to Read And Investigate

"Willow" Talcum Powder, Jick, TfeH and Violet large glass bottle, worth 15c in this sale 10c.
 Dresser Scarfs; of all pure linen damask, hem s++cbed. size lSxd3; real value 65c this sale 39e.
 Princess IA Spreads; firmly croeheted in pretty Marseilles patterns, $t.5o val"e, in this sale at $1.1O. ->=...-
 Climax Detachable Canopies; of fine tied gauze netting on steel tubing frames, size SOxs yards; reduced to $1.N.
 MeLean's Gauze Mosquito Nets by the pieee' size 8-4 by yards, the standard DUG quahty' reduced to 40 cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
A SENSATIONAL STORY
Disposed of by n Correct Statemspt of
 Fncta.

Disposed of by n Correct Statement 0f
 Facts.
 The Dothan SiftinEs has this to say about a case that has been widely pub lished:
 The following was printed hrst in the Montgomery newspapers and also sent out to the Associated Press. and we reproduce 1t here that a correction may be made:
 Montgomery. Ala, July 16.-Bncause of a mistake of a clerk who wrote "years' instead of months" Rena Rivers. IL girl of Houston County, all most served out twenty years for Il twenty months sentence at tho Ala bama mines. She died before the term was up.
 "The Clerk in making out the papers changed months to years and the mis-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21

Just consider that you have date with Clearance sale every day week. Business before pleasure" an old adage Now you combine the two and an en joyable and profitable visit.
 You know what our Clearance s It's selling of all goods which the least bit sumery prices onehird and onehaf below regular To you it's economizing time o nnonnentous importance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
A Sale or High Class Stationery

Tomorrow we offer one thousand boxes of White and Wyckoh's "Auto- crat" linen stationery that sells usually for soc
 at 23c a Box
 "Autoc-at" is the latest and best ex- elusive stationery on the market; it is a Holyoke product where the finest writing papers in the world are made. It is made in all the prevailing fashion able folds and sizes for social correspon- dence purposes.
 On sale ton1orroqV onlv--not more tbon } boxes 10 any one buyer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
Advance Styles Fall Skirts

Brown, Navy and Black Panama Skirts, pleated style, a special number at $3.9S. Other Panama Skirts at $500 to $500. Box and Kilt P1aited Skirts; brown navy and black, $6.50 to $25.OO.
 Two special Voie Skirts at $s.5o; come in brown. blue and black; one is trimmed with 6 rows of tiny bands of taffeta and one inch tai feta around bottom; the other style IS trimmed with taffeta bands over hips; these are two beauties that you can't resist.
 Second Jloor
 NEW VOILE DRESS GOODS. Fifteen pieces just received; the cloth IS an excellent wirey quality, 45 inches wide and comes in all these eolors, navy, brown cham pasne, tan, cadet, grey and black; the price IS but
 $1.00 A YARD.
 eMain e1ioor
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
W0ULDSELLPALACE
THE SCENE or MANY suMPTu-
Gus ENTERTAINMENTS.
SYNDICATE WOULD PURCHASE II
Would Rent to Wealthy People Who
Wish to Give Receptions,
Dances, Etc.

Paris, rFauce.-Mme. Gould wishes
to be rid OF her pink marble palace,
the scene Of so many sumptuous enter.
tainments before she divorced Count
Boni de CasteIlane. So friends say:
and they add, thus far, no one has
offered a sufficient price Tor the man
sion.
Nine, Gould refuses to rent her
fine residence to Ambassador White,
who has been searching everywhere
for a fitting dwelling and who de.
spairs Of getting one in the fashion.
able district.
A syndicate, which includes some
Of the foremost financiers in Paris,
Is eager to get possession OF the
Gould mansion. If successful, they
VIII rent its salons to wealthy or
fahionable persons who wish to give
receptions, dinners or dances. They
VIII make It the Sherry or belmont
co OF Paris, whose ~aristocrats are
now following the American and Eng
IIsH ldShlon OF giving entertainments
in public houses instead Of receiving
their guests In the comparatively small
limits Of the private dwellings.
If the plan Is carried out the syndi.
cate will leave intact the famous ball
room, but VIII tear down the parti-
tons that divide the rooms into the
private suits, so that there will be a
series of larger halls, in which sew
eral entertainments can be given
simultaneously.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
THE DIFFERENCE IN TASTE.
Dogs Priced as Edible In China Are
Here Fashions Pets.

"He is the real thing in the way Of
a chow" said she. Father bought
him for me in Shanghai. Did you know
they ate them there?"
II had heard that the Chinese ate
dogs, but | thought it was a fake, like
the story of their eating rats"
No; it is the truth. They do eat
dogs, but only the chow variety.
Chow you know, means edible
Yes, they eat elbows. In every butcher
shop you see elbows hung
up, the same as we hang up the car.
casses of pigs. The flesh is white"
"White?"
Yes; like veal. The Chinese raise
elbows for food and feed them only
soft, washy stuff, mashed vegetables
and bread and milk, No meat what
ever. Hence the white flesh.
Notice Wu's black tongue. Well,
chow tongue is a Chinese delicacy.
They make soup of it. But it Is very
expensive, like u turtle soup, and it
Is only eaten by the rich.
Isn't 1t strange that a dog so fash.
!onable with us should be only an arti.
Gle of food in China?'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
RoARED HIS GENTLE REBUKE.
Mates Wrath Found Vent In Peculiar
Form of R%eproach.

Rear Admiral Mead, who has Just
been retired, was talking one night at
a dinner in Portsmouth about the
power of discipline.
In my YOUTH" he said, II knew a
first mate in the merchant service
who, though an excellent officer, was
~dreadfully profane. When anything
went wrong he would volley forth
oaths and curses in a shocking way.
Once, though, he shipped with a very
strict, religious captain, and the first
time this captain CHANGED to witness
one of the mates swearing bouts he
gave the young man a good dressing
down. You are a first-rate officer he
ended, but remember, no more swear
Ing. Not another oath aboard my
ship
Well, the mare bore the captains
warning in mind. Tnen one afternoon
1t happened that the b~oatswain made
an ~inexcusable error in carrying out
an order. When the boatswain con.
fessed the fault he had committed
the mate turned red with rage. He
opened his mouth. Everybody looked
at him expectantly, waiting to hear
some remarkable oaths. but Just Chen
the captain hove in sight. The mate,
seeing the captain, remembered his
orders about profanity. But his rage
had to have a vent of some sort and,
striding up close to the culprit, he
roared in the mans face, You naugh.
ty, naughty boatswain!'"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Railway Disasters at Nioht,"

The professor Of experimental psy.
ehology and director of the psyche.
logical laboratory at Johns Hopkins
university, George M. Stratton, has
written fer the May Century an ar.
ticle OF timely interest on Railway
Disasters at Night" arguing the psy.
Geological need Of revising our pres
ent systems of signals. Prof, Stratton
wants to shift the responsibility OF
the travellers safety from the color
faculty to the space sense, by making
the vane Of the s~enaphore luminous
at night. His article will go authori
tatively into the details of the how
and why OF this proposed reform
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

COL. VAUGHAN AT HEAD,
veteran Newspaper Man Put In
Charge Of Big Event.

st. Louis, Mo.-Col. W. X. Vaughan.
OF st. Louis, the veteran newspaper
man and we'll known writer, has been
honored by the jamestown Exposition
officials by being placed IN charge Of
N~ewsboys' Day at the exposition, the
date for the event being fixed for
August "a. The National Elk's
Horn" and the "Irish-American'' are
the two journals which have been Sc
lected to give full and official infor.
nation regarding Newsboys' Day.
Col. Vaughan is connected with both
publications.
1t Is expected there will be so, 900
newsboys at the exposition on August
"a. Col. Vaughan expects to take a
large number from st. Louis and sur.
rounding cities, and is now busily en-.
gagged in making necessary arrange.
ments.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
EVEN IF DISCOURAGED
TRY DR.. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS
FOR YOUR RHEUMATISM.
The Pills Have Cured the Disease N
Almost Every Form and Even in
Advanced STAGES.

rheumatism is a painful infiamma.
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of the joints and is sometimes accom-.
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and shooting and does not confine itself
to any one par. of the body, but after
settling in joint or muscle for a
time, leaves it and passes on to another.
The most dangerous tendency of the
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Williams Pink Pills are the best medi-
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Mrs. Ellen A. Russell, of South Golf
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l had no appetite and used to have awful
fainting spells, falling down when at
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over. My head ached continuously for
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"About two years ago ! began to feel
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for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Premier's Ticket Aided Murder.

A Russian journal tells the story OF
how the murderer Of Gen. Lunnitz.
project of st. Petersburg, obtained ad.
mission to the semi-oficial party at
which the deed was committed. After
the crime all the guests were detained
and their tickets were examined,
lhere was n ticket the rigthful
owner of which was not present. 1t
was no other than that of Premier
stolypin himself, The murder had
been committed under cover Of the in.
vitation ticket Of no less a
than the prime mister. The premier
had not been alb to go, and his ticket
fell into the bands of a member of
the secret polit1 named Madeleine. He
resold it to the re%volutionists for SIG.
900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
aow ovER rHe ALAMO.
Ts-aas Organization Splits on Care
Of Famous Structure.

Austin, Texas.-Temporarily, the
Daughters Of the Republic Of Texas
is disorganized and one-half Of the
members win not speak to the
other half. IL came about over the
possession Of the Alamo, where Texas
soldiers were slain by the Mexicans.
Through the efforts Of Miss Clara
Driscoll, the Alamo was saved and
given 10 the state. An act Of the leg
islature turned it owe to the Daugh-
ters of the Republic OF Texas. Some
wanted to build a park and erect a
hotel. Everyone had a different plan.
At the state meeting here Saturday
Miss Adina de Zavala led one fac
ton in a bolt and a separate organiza-
ton was formed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
PIttsburg Stricken Again.

Pit1SSurs, Penn. - Cerebro.spina,
meningitis. or spotted fever. is again
prevalent in this city. Out of II
cases during March and April, II
have resulted fatally and no hope Is
entertained by physicians for the
recovery Of the six remaining pa
TENTS, Poor plumbing and cum
lation of filth, with poor ventilation is
the cause of the epidemic, according
to the health authorities.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
ALLEGED sAFERLoWER ESCAPES
Former Superintendent of School
Charged with Irregularities.

Peoria, He'd. Tate, an alleged
safeblower, who was held in this
city on the charge of opening the
school board safe and destroying the
n. c. Daugherty script, escaped from
the st, Francis hospital. He had
been in the hospital for several DAYS
suffering from blood poisoning.
Daugherty, a former superintend.
ent of the Peoria schools, is in prison
at Joliet for financial irregularities.
The script supposed to have been de-
stroyed by Tate contained, 1t Is said,
further evidence of Daugherty's guilt.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
To Call on Roosevelt.

New York, N. Y.-The Central
Federated Union Sunday appointed a
committee to visit Washington and, If
possible. to secure an interview with
President Roosevelt. The committee
was instructed to request the president
to make a public withdrawal of his
reported reference to Meyer and Hay.
wood In connection with the recent
Hartman letter incident.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

Empire in its westward course has
gone round the globe. The next
movement Of the energetic people Of
the earth will be nortbward. The
Canadian parliament has set itself
TO solving the great problem Of de.
veloping the immense resources OF
the Hudson Bay region. A Dominion
statute provides for the appropriation
of public lands to aid In the building
Of railroads TO the bay; and at no
distant day, remarks the Youths
Companion, there will be lines con.
structed from Winnipeg to the west.
ern coast of the bay. and from Toron.
TO, Quebec and Montreal to the south.
ern coast.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

Ell Paso, Texas.-Richardson, Ma
son and Harle, the Americans who
are under sentence of death at
Chihuahua, Maxico, for murder TO
secure insurance money, were grant.
ed another lease Of life when the
federal court sitting in Juarez, after
refusing a writ of habeas corpus,
granted an appeal to the supreme
court of the Republic Of Mexico.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

Columbus, Ohio,-Governor Harris
granted a respite to June 7th to
James Cornelius, Of Canton, who was
sentsnced to be electrocuted Friday
for the murder of his wife. The
respite was granted in order to give
the attorneys for the condemned man
an opportunity to present an appllca-
ton for a Communication Of sentence to
the state board of ~pardons.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Falling Revolver Kills.

Puebla, Mex.-A revolver falling
from the pocket OF Hilario Hernandez,
a priest, sent n bullet through the
heart Of y. Joaquin Casarato, a young
millionaire Of this city, while the two
men, In company with A. Guexara, a
rich hacienda owner, were out riding
In %GueyRra's automobile. Guayara
and the priest were Immediately ar.
rested and are being held pending an
investigation,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
BLACK HAND A PERIL,
Witness Declares There Are Fifty
Branches in United States,

Wilkasbarre, Penn.--At the trial
here OF thirteen alleged Black Hand
conspirators, an Italian witness testi-
fed that there were so branches of
the order in the United States. He
said 1t was almost impossible for a
victim sentenced to death to escape.
told of threats to blackmall him,
n when he refused to pay his home
was dynamited and later bombarded.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Than Jurors Dine,

New York. n. Y,-Elcycn mem,
bers of the jury which tried Harry Il.
Thaw for the murder Of Stanford
White dined together Saturday night
in the Broadway Central hotel. where
they had their meals during their de
]liberations. Tho only juror absent
was George pfar. who was out OF
town. The gathering was informal
and everything except the Thaw trial
was discussed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

Salt Lake City, Utah.-The pros.
poets of an amicable adjustment
of differences between the Utah
Light and Railway Co. and its men
were made more remote when Presi.
dent Bancroft said the company would
treat with a committee of the men.
but would not treat with any one act.
ing in the capacity of a union repre-
sentative.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
LIFE OF A FUGITIVE
CONVICT, RETURNED TO PRISON.,
TELLS STORY or WANDERlNGs.
HOPES THUS TO GAIN A PARDON
Honesty and Industry for Years Ad,
yanced as Reason for Execu.
tive Clemency.

Leayenworth, Kas.-Wmiam JanrI-
AIRY, otherwise known as Charles W.
Anderson. has made q detailed report
to Major X. w. McClaughry, warden
Of the federal p~cnitentIary, covering
his whereabouts and employment In
the nine years Of his liberty.
The statement Of January opens by
telling how he and another prisoner,
Walter A. Axton, escaped on the
night Of Oct. 3, 1895. After scaliag
the wall they walked toward Atchison
and hid in the timber the next day,
reaching Atchison the second night,
There they separated, and January
caught a freight train, thus making his
way to Wichita.
Three days after arriving In Wich-
tia January found thar Axton had fol.
lowed him, and they left there togeth-
or and got work In a rock quarry at
Winfield They worked there for two
months. when Axiom either accident
ally shot himself or committed suicide
with a revolver. January worked in
the quarry another month,
Early in 1899 January says he start
ed to sell tea and coffee, He travelled
through southern Kansas, part Of MIS-
souri, and into Oklahoma with a man
whO owned a horse and light wagon.
This be did for .Dcra than a year, and
then went to Kansas City, where he
solicited for an Insurance company,
saving his money, and later engaged
in the same business for himself for
more than two years. This was fol
lowed by employment with the Met
Topolitan Street Railway Co. for over
a year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Novelist Is HonoreJ.

London, Eng.-Winston Spencer
Churchill, under-secretary for the
colonies, has been made a priyy coun.
cillor, and will be sworn in shortly.
1t is understood this honor is a mark
Of Premier Campbell-Bannerman's ap.
probation of his work in the colonies,
especially in connection with the i'm.
perial conference.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

st. Petersburg, Russia.-The min:
lister of marine will go to Libau April
2S to inspect the training squadron,
composed of the battleships Care
witch and Slava, and the cruiser b.
gatyr, to determine whether or not
they are in a fit condition to be sent
to Hampton roads for the jamestown
exposition. If it is decided to send
them, they will go in May.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

Washington, D. CA delegation
Of QInaielt Indians from the state
OF Washington visited Indian Com,
missioner Leupp and made protest
against the inclusion of a portion
of their reservation in the Qui.
naielt forest eserve. They were as.
sured that II their land was appro-
priated they would be paid for It,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

was broken at night, and the passages
of the kidney seeretions were too fire.
quent and contained sediment. Three
boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills cured me
in 1897, and for the past nine years /
have been free from kidney complaint
and baekachc."
Sold by all dealers. 30 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Blizzard in Montana

Missoula, Mont. - Western Mon.
tana Is experiencing a severe hliz.
gard and snow Is falling rapidly. On
the Flathead Indian reservation the
snow is already six inches deep. but
precipitation has not been so great In
the vicinity Of Missoula. Unless the
te lperature should fall considerably,
there viii be no damage to fruit trees
in Western Montana.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Sailed for Honolulu

San Francisco, Cal,-Jack Lon.
don's %sailboat, the Shark, sailed for
Honolulu Tuesday. the first port to
be touched on a six years cruise
around the world. The vessel is As
feet long, ketch.rigged and It's Gccu
pants, beside London and his wife, are
Herbert s. Stoltz. a Stanford gradu.
ate and athlete; Roscoe Eames, cap.
tain; Martin Johnson, the cook, and
Hileshisa. Tochlgi, cabin boy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Back to Lake up Arms.

C~oatHacoalcos, Mex.-Former Pres
ident Manuel Bonilla of Honduras
arrived here direct from his own
country via Salina Cruz. He de-
claTes he will await here the arrival
Of a steamer from the soyth which
will bring a friend and will then pro
coed to Belize and from there back
to his own country to take up arms.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Taft and Roosevelt Confer

Washington, d. C.-Secretary Taft
had a conference Of an hour and
a half with President Roosevelt. The
discussion embraced matters which
have come up since the secretary's
departure for the isthmus, which have
been left Enacted upon and those in.
cideltal to his trip,