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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
REsTRA1Ns STOCK ISSUE.
Petition for Receiver for Paducah
 Manufacturing Enterprise

Louisville, Ky, April 4.-Former Congressman Wheeler of Paducah ap- peared in the Federal court today rep resenting George A. Kellogg of New York. minority stoo kholder in the Mergenthaler-H Horton Basket Company of Paducah. asking the appointment of receiver for the plant to operate it. and a temporary restraining order to prevent the issuing of $25O,0o worth of stock, which is proposed for the purpose of paying off debts.
 Judge Evans grantel the temporary restraining order and look under ad- visement the question of appointing a receiver.
 MT. Kellogg alleges that the debts of the concern are less than $100,000 and that the plant is worth at least $500 900
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
WORK OF WRECKERs.
Passenger Train Runs Through Open
 Switch Striking Freight

Bartlesvill% I. T., April South bound Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train No. 21, ran into an open switch in this city early today and crashed into a string of freight cars on a siding. Several persons were badly shaken up but hone was seriously hurt.
 The accident is believed to have been caused by train wreckers. The switch light had been broken and was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
INTERVIEW WITH BUELOw.
SiEnOr TIttOnI Tells Victor Emmanuel
 of Meeting

Rome, April 4.--Signor Tittoni has visited Victor Emmanuel and given him an account of his interview with Prince Won Ruelow
 At the opening of the chamber on April 26, signor Tittoni will make declaration with respect to the Buelow interview and Italy's foreign policy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
REVENUE ACTS NOW IN FORCE Opinion Given by the
 Attorney General. k APPLY TO THIS YEARS WORK Became Effective Upon Their Ap-
 proval by the Governor. x Measures in Question Were Among the
 Leading Administration Meas
 ares Passed by First Half of Legislative Session.

m response to a request by State Auditor Brandon, Attorney General Garber yesterday handed down an 'cpfnion of some length as to whether the revenue acts passed by the Legis- lature became effective immediately and are applicable to this years oper- 'ntions He holds the acts became eff
 eective immediately upon their approv-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
STRAINS HIS ARM.
Young Camden Man Hurt While Out
 BycycIiux.

byCyCNnRs
 Camden, April 4.-(Special )-Ches- ter Brown. while riding his bicycle, met with severe accident yesterday While coming up Main street, the handle bar of his wheel broke, pre- cipitating him on the ground and se- verely spraining his arm.
 P M. Donnelly and P. c. Jenkins have bought the Camden Bakery, re- gently owned and operated by Dan Mcleod
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
WHISPERS CONDITION.
Man Has Not Uttered Word Since Reaching Hospital

Kansas City, April Ar. o. Web ster, 50 years old. who was taken from a Union Pacific train here Mon- day afternoon in em-conscious condition and removed to the City Hospital, was still unconscious to- day.
 Nothing is known of Webster ex- cepting that he was travelling from Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, to Gainesville Ga. -..
 He has never uttered a word since he was brought here" said the house surgeon this morning. His body shows no marks or bruises and the cause of his condition Is a mystery to us." ..--. =.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05
Half Holiday in Summer

According to the custom of railroads fin Montgomery, the freight houses of all railroads will close on Saturdays at 12 clock during the months of May, June, July and August. No freight will be received for shipment or will be delivered after the noon hour on Saturday. The first Saturday on which the rule goes into effect is Saturday, May 4.
 The closing of the freight houses is Humanitarian In many respects as it is intended thereby to give railroad employees, as we'll as employees of wholesale houses. an opportunity for recreation.
 The custom was adopted by thes To- cal freight agents association of Montgomery and has been In vogue for several years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-05

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 Dr. Pierce's Lotion Tablets and Antiseptic Suppositories may also be used with great advantage con- jointly with the use of the Favor ite Prescription" in all cases of alteration, and in pelvic catarrh. They cost only 25 cents box each, at drug stores or, sent by mail, postpaid on receipt of price in stamps by Dr. Pierce whose ad- dress is given below.
 If you want to know more about the composition and professional endorsement of the "Favorite Pre- scription, send postal card request to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for his free booklet treating of same.
 You can't afford to accept as a substitute for this remedy ef known combosition a secret nostrum of un- 6.,o1 1o..,Aoe,k,o., nos.I% Jo :4
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
TREAT ON THE ALDRICH LAW.
United States Treasurer Tells Missouri Bank
ers Reforms Are Still Needed.

Kansis City. No May oS-Charles II Treat
Treasurer the United States addressed tho Mis-
souri, Bankers Association at It's annual conven-
tion this morning on Some Comments on the
Aldrch Law"
Mr. Treat said the law of much benefit. but
that banking reforms stiH remained be made.
He helievpd the rational banking system mot the
other system in existence. and favored a modihca-
tion Of II rather than attempt to introduce any
revolutionary scheme such credit currency.
Mr.. Treat said he believed that the national
banks should he allowed to issue 20 per cent Of
their circulating notes on the basis Of other So
the Secretary of the Treasury. such notes TO be
retired in four six and eight months from Sep
tember OF each year. This plan would, he said
provide the expansion Of circulation IS needed
every fall 10 move crops.
Referring to Secretary cortelyou's action in de-
posting government money in the banks last
March when the financial situation reached an
acute stage. Mr. Treat said;
This statesmanlike comprehension. this broad un-
derstanding OF the fuudame ntal well the
practical operations OF national and international
finance. at once secured for Him the confidence of
pan{eTs throughout the world a tribute that has
probably not been bestowed upon any other new
Secretary Of t}e Treas'tEr.
Mr. Treat said that Secretary OF the Treasury
had been quicker to avail himself Of all benefits
or new legislation and put them promptly into ac-
tion than Mr.. Corteyou.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
ROCK ISLAND BOND SALE
Speyer S Co. Take $4,000 900
ID. s II. Securities also Placed.

Inc Chicago Rock Island & Pacific It was an
houhced yesterday afternoon. has sold to Speyer
d Co. at n price not made public $4,000 O00 of it's
nrSt and refunding mortgage per cent gold bonds
maturing on April l. 1884,: The total authorized
amount or these bonds is sl63OO00O, of which &4-
o4-V Is outstanding The proceeds of the so 900
poids Just sold will he used to pay off the S750 600
thiee year collateral trust notes maturing July
oI TINS year and TO meet the cost Of certain better
'henls The bonds a legal investment for saw
l'ss banks in New York State and have been
'eP'ed by the Secretary of the Treasury secur-
l'F Tor deposit OF customs receipts
In addition TO the $7.5oOOD1 three year notes due
on July J, the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific has
outstahdng $h,@pG0 of two year AZ per cent notes
soid IN April. 1865 which secured ny deposit
vi ROCK island. Arkansas g. Louisiana bonds
ne %lV.WfoNo OF Della ware q HI dson equipment
bones which were authorized by the board of man
aSeIS n IeW days ago have been sold to Kuhn.
Loeb Co. and tho First National Bank. These
nondS are to run for fifteen years. bear Az per
cent interest. to he secured by first charge
ing 1und OF S65,0Gl n year. The bonds being
oHered to the public at % and interest. netting the
purchaser per cent.
J. i. Morgan e 60. declined to make any state
lnent regarding report that they had taken from
t1e Erie Railroad Company additional S5O00.OoO
one year rotes The Erie last month sold &5AG 0fD
one year notes discounted in advance. for retiring
S@"H."0 or notes maturing April and for TAX
ing up about s20o0OCN obliga tions falling due on
company would probably issue about 100000
notes
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
VALUE OF COTTONSEED OIL.
John NJ. Carson Says 1t Is Equal in Purity
and Healthfulness to Olive Oil.

Norfolk Va. May 23.-The feature of the
morning session OF the Interstate Cotton Seed
Crushers Association in eleventh annual con-
Vention al the jamestown exposition. was an
address by John NJ. Carson. chief Of the bureau
OF manufactures Of the Department Of Com
merCe and Labor. His subject was Foreign
Trade" He said. in part
II II were more generally known IN the United
States that the best cottonseed oil is equal in
purity and heathfuluess 10 olive oil. the de-
mand for cotton oil at home would expand TO a
point that would seriously interfere with the
profits of those manufacturers of olive oil in
France Italy and Spain who find cotton oil so
profitable in the conduct or their business Our
manufacturers Of cottonsced oil might proftably
direct their efforts Ia bringing their product 10
the attention OF the American people. It our
own people were made familiar with the real
qualities of Cottonsecd oil. very much of the
olive oil now imported would he permanently
displaced. and very much OF tho animal fats
now so extensively used in the preparation of
food would be expelled from American kitchens.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
FREIGHT RATES ON PETROLEUM.
Standard Oil Tank Car System Attacked Be-
fore Interstate Commerce Commission.

wsshingto, May 3-Tank car and tank wagon
systems Instituted by the Standard OIL Company.
were attacked to-day IN the hearing before the
Interstate Commerce Commission regarding the
freight rates on petroleum and its products in the
territory OF tho Central Freight Association
W E wan president of tire National Petroleum
Association Of Cleveland the complainant In the
case testified that when the Standard on Com
pany put in its tank and tank wagon systems
the rates on oil from independent shippers were
Increased by tho railroads lie declared that the
rates resulted in discrimination against the inde-
pendent shippers IN favor Of the Standard oil Com
pany.
on cross-exarnination. Mr. Wall admitted that the
huslncss would warrant the establishment Of
two tank and tank wagon systems, and he
sold that if the independent refners got any bust
ness II must be through barrel shipments Mr..
Wilson for the defendants. instituted line OF In
qulry which tended 70 show that tho independent
oil producers were prosperous. despite the com
plants they had made Of excessive and discrimina
ing freight rates. Mr. Wall maintained that the
independents were not making the money In their
business that they ought to make in normal freight
conditions.
u. W Brown president Of the Great Western
oil Company. Of Cleveland. said that the freight
rates less than car lots Of oil had been Increased
in the last few years indicating that this result
due 10 the nfuenoe OF the Standard on Com
rgny on the railroads.
Secretary Boltz of the National Petroleum As.
out the rates on oil charged various parts of the
Of the ffth class rates If applied oil would have
the effect Of bringing about uniformity or rates IN
The witness made the general point that the rates
carload and less than carload lots had esi ne9n
tho carload rate had been lowered ne less tha,I
admitted That there was no discrimination in favor
of the Standard oil Company nov as the ne rates ts
rates on less than carload lots OF on gnetay. ~
hat n they were lowered IT would enable the in
Geasfuy 'i with The standard people and thus be of
general to the people
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
BIG LOAN FOR CENTRAL
Company to Issue, 1t Is Said,
$40 1000. 900 Short Time Notes

in banking circles closely identified with tho
New York Central it understood the COMPANY
will soon be in the market for a large amount of
money. the financing to take the form of eouip-
mont bonds or short term notes to the extent Of
s40OO0.o00
The question of issuing stock has NOT heon
considered. owing to the present condition of the
market. but the possibility of raising funde on
notes has been brought 10 the attention Of nromi-
nent bankers. who have assured the company that
there will be difficulty in raising large anount
of money If the company is willing to pay n good
price for the accommodation. The crodit Of the
road is sound and bankers believe that the eyten-
sion plans of the property will he carried ont with
despatch and that the condition of the money mar
ket VIII not interfere with the placing of a loan
Wall Street was filled with rumors yesterday re-
Rardlng the New York Central. and the sharD de
cline in the price the stock tho quotation Going
~ lle lowest pont recorded In tho last nine years
maintained the per cent rate II is underst ood
that ihe directors nave had under advisement the
question of reducing the rate hut according to the
best information ohtainabe there viii he no
nhhnSe IN fhs July payment from the level estab-
one Of the rumors definite enough and current in
SHmclently trustworthy circles to be worth coDsid-
in the councils Of the New York Central II is
Si kh9wn the clement least in touch with Wall Street
old @ not want an increase IN the dividend rate. but
e Ts "E6rruied and II is said the operating end of
Iva c9IHpanI q. H is not IN sympathy with the financial
hd ltl Also said that the Standard Oil interests
NE me property are entirely out of touch with the
gher noinf op@rating officers Of the road. while the
properly IN an active capacity that attempts to
fering with its physical efficiency
At9gether the New ork Central lines have dis
the beginning of the year. II is said the systems
maximum needs for 1907 if all the desired improve
rapidly as possible would be in the neighhorhood
OF Sl'F.cnoo9 1t Is asserted in well Informed guar
dominating control in New York central hut this
against the stock
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

The following petitions IN bankruptcy were nIed
yesterday with the clerk of the United States Dis
triCt court:
The New York Tunnel Company. involuntary petition.
The principal creditors are A. Baird, sisss pavtd
II. Smith. S1TJ. and William H Clarke Sl.S57
goods sold and delivered. T. TilestOn
receiver with bond OF S25 O0o
TO continue the business for the daJs.
Henry Fox, No 19s Broadway. voluntary petition
Liabilities. S2S.TOS: assets $3.50 The principal cred
ttors are Foster 60 $4,000 Henry Roach. s3TSo ant
Cohen & Glauber. $4,000
a. G. Meadsday, "a ST Nicholas avenue voI,1n-
tary petition Debts So ST5 assets. $3.50 Tne prin-
ctpal creditors George G. stanton So 600. +
Beach. Saratoga. SSST.
petition. fled nv y. & T Dnon. with claim Of SIas
Preferential payments alleged
Schedules of Nathan Stern show debts SIS o2e
assets of SiseS The schedules the Times
Loan Company the Providence Loan Company. Gold
stone Brothers. MacAleenans and other
which hold diamonds. jewels. ETC. pawned W al
legged bankrupt pledged 5000 The tickets calling
for the ewelry II Is said have been turned
receiver
Walter F. Cox appointed receiver Of the business
Of NJ r. Hellesrt, No. II Battery Place. with bond
of S2.50O
Henry NJ. T. Beekman appointed receiver of tns
business Of the Schroeder Ink Color Company. with
a bond of $500
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
ARNOLD DAILY LOOSE AGAIN.
Will Revive Shaw Plays and Abandon the
NeWSnapers.

Arnold DAILY sailed yesterday the Amerika 10
got supply Of plays and playlets for the Berkeley
I.yceum Theatre, which he has leased for a season.
Mr. Daily left the cast OF The Boys OF Company
b on Wednesday night and for while. he told
friends will be his manager II was learned
yesterday that Mr. DAILY and Daniel Frohman. who
undertook 20 he Mr.. Days manager. agreed to
disagree. What the trouble was could not he
learned. hut that there was some disagreement was
not denied.
Broadway managers say Mr.. DAILY is unmanase-
able. He has had half a dozen.
Before sailing Mr. DAILY announced the plans for
his little theatre n is 10 be conducted after the
fashion the Theatre Antoine. in Paris. Begin
ming in October he will have a fun company OF
players. Miss Helen Ware has already been
gagged He intends TO produce The Light Tha.
Failed" and revive all the Shaw plays and play
lets in which he has appeared.
Mr. DAILY expects 10 keep down expenses by issu-
ing free passes and doing advertising I'm the
newspapers. IF the critics want to critlcse
mi 10
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
WHEAT PRICES FALL BACK.
Loss of from 2 to ID Cents Follows Rain
in Grain Districts

Reports or heavy rain in Nebraska and Kan
sa caused reaction In the local wheat pit yes
terday and ar tho close prices showed net loss
Of % 10 21ic from the preceding day. The mar
ket opened active and lower followed by brisk
rally. due TO comparatively strong cables. par
ticuarly Liverpool which showed a pronounced
advance on the Prussan official report. A re-
action set I'm shortly after. however. and prices
broke in rather sensa ational way. It evi-
dent that holders had become anxious 10 unload
The demand showed a material diminutioE
while the offerings were much larger There
frequent and spasmodic fluctuations dur
ing the rest Of the session. but bearish news
predominated. and prices were for the most part
from n half to one cent under Wednesday nights
close. and an attempt 10 realize near the end of
the day broke prices still further
Among the conservative element the opinion
prevailed that after the phenomenal rise OF the
last ten days important natural reaction
to be expected i'm case of more SeaSOnable
weather. II is assumed bv many traders That
warm and copious rains in the Southwest Will
make a great improvement in fields that have
recently appeared 10 he almost worthless Many
shrewd traders believe that while wheat is not
particularly dear. in view Of the shortage here
and in Europe. the upturIf has been entirely too
fast to he maintained without setback.
The closing prices on futures yesterday wcSe
as follows: July. 81 06; September. 81 06. and
December. 81 Oti9s.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
CENTRAL FOR SMALLER PAYROLL.
Improvement Expense to Cause Wholesale
Discharge of Employees.

The expense which the New York Central Rail-
road has undergone I'm enlarging the Grand Central
station and electrifyinG its suburban lines mas
caused an all around curtament of outlay, the
first step being the order OF A H. Smith vice-pres
ident and general manage, for a reduction of the
salary payroll which will result in the discharge
of from four five thousand men. An officer Of
the company said last night that another reason
for the economy was the tightness of the money
market which had prevented the company from
drawing on it at present for the capital to finance
other improvements.
Every spring for the last fifteen years" said the
officer. part of the force in the repair con
struction departments has been cut down owing
70 the falling off in freight traffic in summer
rms year the number discharged will he larger
than usual bat the cut will be confined almost
entirely 10 these two departments.
" hiie We could use couple OF hundred millions
at present, We can't get X, and do wish
take the money provided for improvements now
going forward The discharging of men viii begin
probably in about ten days.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
THE WOMAN IN BLUE" FOUND SANE.

Washington. May 2s.-AIrs. Isabella Emerson
Case. who attracted some attention THE woman
in blue who tried the President at Oyster
Bay last summer and who has since sought TO
the President. taken into custody here last
night a charge of insanity and taken to the
House of Detention pending examination She fs
thirty years old.
The police surgeons to-day made examination
of Mrs. Case 10 determine the question of her
sanity. They found that she OF sound mind.
but she will be detained until OF her rela-
tives who have been communicated with. with >
view OF taxing her to their home. have been heard
from.
Anoth arrest of a similar character made
to-nighs. when the police took into custody at
the railroad station Mrs. Reeecca ANSau- OF NO
l021 Hyatt street Chester. Penn. wife OF a ma
chinist of that city. She had come here to So
the President and she sent to tho House -
Detention. She is forty-two years old.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
PRUsSIAN CROP REPORT GLOOMY.
Little Effect on Market, However, Because
of Rains Since Date 1t Covers

Berlin. Nav 23.-The official Prussian crop report
showing conditions May Is issued to-day
1t shows a slight improvement in wheat since
April Is while rye is' somewhat worse. The report
indicates the West freezing of winter wheat
since 1901. "a per cent OF the acreage having been
reploughed and soWn. In of the provinces
nearly the entire fall sowing has been frozen out
in the Hdesheim district the proportion being
Sd and in the Magdeburg district 81 per cent
The report says the hopes entertained that the
spring weather would recuperate the damaged
crops I'm the eastern provinces have been
realized The condition of the winter rye is de-
scrbed being unsatisfactory In most sections
the severe weather I'm April having prevented the
favorable development of the plants.
The publication of the report had slight effect on
the market. because the abundant rains and
warmer weather of the last few days assumed
to have benefited the crops.
In Rumania. Bulgaria and the Danube districts
the condition Of the crops is unchanged
New-York tribune., 1907-05-24
TUNNEL CO. INSOLVENT.
ReceiUer appointed for Corporation
Building Battery Tube.

The New York Tunnel Company. which had the
contract for constructing the tunnel from the Bat
terry to Joralemon street Brooklyn under the East
river was placed in the hands Of receiver yester-
day by Judge Holt, Of the United States Circuit
court T. Tileston Wells. lawyer. of No. 4S Ce-
Immediate charge of the company's affairs. in
cludlhg the Brooklyn property. He filed bonds for
5000 in both Manhattan and BROOKLYN The work
OF constructing the tunnel It was announced.
would go on under the direction of the receiver.
The New York Tunnel Company of which David
J" Hough Is president. capitalized at S250, 60
Tho company began business under favorable CON
ditons, but met with unforeseen difficulties.
not the least Of which forty-six negligent
accident suits. amounting to a large sum Under
'he circumstances it impossible to interest
capital For some time the company had been car
RED by marlborough Railway interests. According
10 Phlbin. Beekman & Menken. counsel for the
Peutoners, the Companys liabilities about
Si2'"" Tf company did not oppose the petition
for a receiver
Judge Holt in appointing the receiver gave him
permission to continue the business for twenty
Gays. 1t is regarded probable that the contract
heId ny the company will he taken over by the
Hapld Transit Subway Construction Company. In
any case the work the tunnel viii not be inter
rupted and is likely to go forward with greater
activity The contract was for 81 900 The petit
u"nlng creditors were Andrew D. Baird, $13ss; Will
lam H. Clarke, 1885,. and D. H Smith, s7l.
1he company gave out statement which said:
Tho action taken by the New York Tunnel Com
benefit Of its creditors generally
- The New York Tunnel Companys present lack
execution Of work additional to the contract for
w3iGh 3G they have not yet received payment.
] exGG 10 ne assured these prospects are contingent
fore pending such adfusfmenf IN fairness 10 the
ceoi'ors' their interests are protected.