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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

WE manufacture our own fixtures sonse~ auently we sell to tho consumer ct factory prices. West ElsGtrls Co., 11T Commerce. 6aa Phone e2S. ~~6
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
FINANVIAL..

MoNEYto loan on watches diamonds. jsw- elry. guns and pistols: don't worry your 10 us: our business is strictly eonfidsntiAl
 Montgomery Loan Go. --tk
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
COAL

OUR Acton Helena, is the best coal zainsa
 We make no executions IL burns freaty. high grade red ash nut Banks Cnxl en, Phone 1se. ~-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
WOODKNWARE.

a TN il POLYGH--The best polish. nakss q brilliant shine preserves the sheee and tB easily applied. we are distrieutefe foS Mont~ Rouse certificates. taken in any enaoHnf n navment of goods or on account MontEon2s cry Wooden ware Go. 2af N.ccars St-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
WANTED--BOARDERS.

RoARpERs Wanted. and if you want a good boarding place. call on Mrs. c. II. Butts. 404 Dexter Ave. -I-st
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
PICTURE FRAMES.

TRESSLARS STuDI0--FramaS made to
 order. Beautify home-buy pictures. We have e beautiful and diversified showing of new 0ubjSots. See them. -~ff
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
WANTED.

wANTED-By young business man of near.
 by town. a s5 900 interest in some we'll es- tabiiehed business in Mont gomery. write full iy what you have and without delay. A. B. O, care Advertiser. -i-3t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

WE HAVE MONET to loan ysn farm lands
 The State Abstraes Company. IT South Ferry at- Gtr&t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

to illustrats your ada with sttrnctiycness of any ad.; talk it over with The Advertiser Engraving Company 'Phees
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
FOR RENT-RocMS.

FOR RENT--one front room to gentlemen or couple. suite of rooms for light house,
 keeping, privilege of phone and bath. All nicely furnished; within one block of square Address K M J.. care Advertiser. --lS-1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23
sPEcIAL

500 MEN NAMED in Montgomery. each day to get shaved for i0o by white barbers at the Metropolitan Barber Shop .is Monroe St. the only toe shop in the city run by white barbers. all first class Barbers N. [. Thomas. Proprietor. --t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-23

roR RENT-Foue desirable unfurpished rcors with sanitary, bEth, electric lights ana gas Two blocks from Court SquareA Apply s23 Moulton St. -is-u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
TALKS TO NEGROES.
President Makes a Three Minute Ad-
dress Late at Night.

Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 22.-President
RooSevelt's special made a stop of three
minutes last night at the town of Mound
Bayou, Miss, a place where the inhab-
itants are all negroes. Practically the
entire population was congregated at
the station and the president spoke to
them as follows:
'It is q great pleasure for me to see
you and I have heard much Of the pros
perity of your town am glad to learn
that you have not permitted a saloon
in the limits, The qualities that make
q good citizen must come from within
and not from without. The law can give
absolute equality of treatment, abso-
lutte justice before the law to all men,
big or little; it should treat them all
alike But after the law has done it's
part it remains true that the funda-
mental factor in any mans success in
life is his own character, his own ca
pacity for work, for doing justly by his
them in return. congratulate you on
the evidences of prosperity that even
tonight I can see here and upon what
1 have heard about you. There is no
royal road to good citizenship or to
success in life. If man is a good
bread winner, If he works hard and
faithfully. if he is thrifty and if he
tries to save money. If the woman is
good housewife, if she does her part,
then that man and that woman Will
achieve success In life.
mo one can give 1t to them from
without All that can be done is to try
to get them fair play, and then to trust
to their own qualities for the actual
achievements. If the man CANDLES or
drinks. if he is trifler and idler. if he
does not do his work, If the end of each
year sees him a little in debt and COM
planning not of himself, but that some
BODY outside has not done as well by
him as he expected, If he complains
that the weather was not good. or the
cotton failed, but never mentions his
own fault, that is the type of man we
can not help. If the woman does not do
her part fairly ssad honestly in the
household or If each does not act so
that the persons in the next house are
glad to have them as neighbors, then
failure is sure to come. 1 welcome all
that have learned about this town. I
am glad to see the children here.
hope you will see them well brought up,
that you will have good schooling for
them. and yet that you will remember
that no school can entirely take the
place of the home teaching. The father
and mother have to dc their duty to the
children, for the teacher can not Who'll
ly take their place. Teach them reading
and writing, but also teach them to do
we'll industrially-"
The speech received the closest atten-
tion and at the close was roundly ap-
plauded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
WATERWORKS DOESWELL
Report Shows That There Is Balance
on Right Side of Ledger.

The quarterly report of the water
works department ending Septembe
3Oth, 1907, was filed with Mayor VIM.
Green today and continues to
strengthen the belief that the city act
ed wisely in purchasing the present
plant.
The total water receipts from the
sale of water amounted in the past
four months to $21,293.99, while the
actual operating expenses amounted
to $6,41S.51 for the same period.
That the city is rapidly going over
to a meter basis is shown by the reve-
nue. that accrues from those a
meter basis as against those who are
on the fiat rate, the former contribut-
ing S14,390.54 and the latter $6,S40.10.
The total receipts from all sources
amounted to $23,876.96 for the past
four months, while the total expense
account was 23,860.32, leaving a bal
ance for the four months of $16.64.
Included in the expense account is
S14,741.2O for construction of pipe
lines and new office, while $2,2S7.11
was invested additionally in meters.
A balance remains on nand in the
city treasurer's general fund of $27,-
568.33, increase in this balance
over July 1st of $4,000. OF this bal
ance $12,5oO is for sinking fund pur-
poses and the remainder is to go to-
wards the construction of a big feed
main leading from the waterworks
station to the citys main system.
In the city treasurer's interest fund
to meet interest on the bonded in
debtedness Of the plant is balance of
$S1S2.15, as against a showing of a
similar balance at the first OF July
which amounted to $7,SS4.13.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22

branch offices of the company at 66
Broadway and in One Hundred and
there were about rs persons in line and
others were constantly arriving. Many
or those who came to withdraw their
money were women.
At Sc Broadway there was consid-
cradle excitement when the Office open
ed for business. A line of about fifty
persons had gathered and made their
way to the paying teller's window to
withdraw funds.
Second Vice President Allen, who
was in charge of the downtown office,
gave out the following statement:
There is nothing to be alarmed
about. We have $8,000.000 Of cash in
the vaults and are prepared to meet
al! demands. The company is perfectly
solvent
Mr.. Allen said that the fears or
alarm created by Mr.. Barney's retire.
ment from the presidency of the COM
pany will soon be allayed.
shortly after the main Office of the
knickerbocker Trust company at Thir-
ty-fourth street opened for business de-
positors began to arrive in still greater
numbers and at 1920 more than $50
people were in line at the paving tell
er's window. Many depositors came in
carriages and the carriage line extend
ed for over a block from the bank.
There was short run on the Bronx
branch of the Knickerbocker Trust
company, when it opened for business.
1t was promptly stopped by the ar
rival of two wagons from which were
unloaded, in view of the waiting depos-
itors, big bundles of specie Of cur
rency.
The clearing house committee went
into session shortly after 10 o'clock. It
was announced that the debit balances
of the Mercantile National bank and
the National Bank of North America
were SO small that neither required as
sistance of the clearing house.
There was a steady stream of persons
to withdraw deposits from the down
town office of the Knickerbocker Trust
company, and despite the rapidity with
which claims were paid there was more
than IT'S persons waiting in line at 1880
O'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
PENSION LIST LESS.
But 1t Takes Considerable More Money
to Pay 1t.

Washington, Oct. 22.-The decrease
of $500 in the number of pensioners
year 1907, as compared with the year
previous, is the feature of the annual
report of Pension Commissioner War
ner just issued.
This is the greatest decrease in the
history of the pension bureau. The
total number of pensioners June 80,
1907, was 967,371, and the total value
of the pension roll at that date was
$14O, ,S5O,SSO. This is greater by S4,-
613, ,131 than the value of the roll for
the year previous, and is accounted for
by the higher rates of pensions pro-
vided for by the act of February, 1907,
under which act there had been en-
rolled June 80, of the present year,
1929 pensioners. The total number
of pensioners on the roll on account of
the war with Spain was 24.077.
The amount disbursed for pensions
during the year. was $13S, ,412.46.
This money was paid to the pensioners
from eighteen agencies throughout the
country, the largest amount being paid
from the agency at Topeka, Kansas,
which includes Colorado, Kansas Mis-
souri,, .Oklah oma, Indian Territory and
New Mexico. The amount paid from
Topeka was 15,SO7,638.24, and the
number of pensioners on the roll at
that agency was 111,50S, or 2,0S9 less
than June 80, 1906. Missouri, at the
end of the year had 49,335 pensioners,
who received $500, 1874.
An analysis of the pension roll on
June 80, 1907, shows that there were
at that time three daughters of SOL
diers of the Revolutionary war still
drawing pensions. They were Sarah c.
Hurlbutt, 80 years old, of Little Marsh,
Pa; Phoebe NJ. Palmeter. Sc years ola,
of Brookfeld. N. Y, and Rhoda Au-
gusta Thompson. Sc years old, of
Woodbury., Conn. Esther S. Damon. a
widow of Revolutionary soldier. died
November IL, 1906, at the age of o.
The names of 55S widows of the War
of 1912 remained on the roll at the
close of the last fiscal year.
If there were no deaths during the
present fiscal year it would require
S140, S50.8S0 to pay Uncle Sans PEN
sioners. The average annual value OF
each pension is $145-60, this being an
increase of $7.42 over last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22

situation is tranquil. The financial in
stitutions are solid and no fear what
ever is felt. Every bank in the city has
for some time safeguarded itself by
shutting off general loans and accu-
mulating a substantial surplus so that
nothing but confidence regarding their
condition is felt. There have been no
business failures of consequence.
Stocks of all kinds on the local ex-
change have suffered severely in SYM
pathy with the decline in New York
and elsewhere and trading in these se>
curities has been light.
Prepared for Emergency.
Portland, Ore, Oct. 22.-Edward l..
Thompson, president of the Portland
Clearing House association, made the
following statement to the Associated
Press regarding banking conditions in
Portland:
"The financial situation in Portland
is remarkably good. The banks of
Portland have more monev on hand
than at any time in their history. There
is scarcely a bank in this territory that
is not prepared for any emergency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
NOT HIS FAULT.
President Roosevelt Denies Responsi-
bility for Financial Trouble.

Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 22-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, in his address at the
Auditorium here today said:
There has been trouble in the
stock market; in the high financial
world during the past few months,
The statement has frequently been
made that the policies for which
stand. legislative and executive. are
responsible for that trouble. Now,
gentlemen, these policies of mine can
be summed up in one brief sentence.
They represent the effort to punish
successful dishonesty. 1 doubt if these
policies have had any material effect
in bringing about the present trouble.
but If they have it will not alter in the
slightest degree my determination that
for the remaining sixteen months of
my term these policies shall be perse-
vered in unswervingly.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
TEST SIDE TRACK LAW.
Culver Case Will Go to the Highest
Court.

The railroad commission of the state
Will order the Union Pacific railway to
construct a sidetrack to the elevator
OF the Culver Grain & Live Stock as
soclatlon' at Culver, Ottawa county, and
the probability is that this will pre-
clpltate lawsuit in the supreme court
to determine the validity of the side
track law enacted at the 1905 session of
the legislature.
This decision of the board will nro-
baby be announced this afternoon. The
evidence taken at the recent hearing in
this city has been under consideration
TINS morning, and the commission has
decided that il the sidetrack law is
good, there is no reason why the Union
Paclflc should not construct the track
at Culver.
The Union Pacific officials claimed
that they had offered the Culver Grain
q Livestock association a site on the
right OF way, so located that no side
track would be necessary. They claim
that instead OF accepting this site the
culver people built their elevator on a
tract ADJOINING the right of way, and
then demanded the construction of a
sldetrack, which would cost about So
500. The Culver people say that the
arilroad offered them a site which was
entirely unsuitable; that it was a hole
in the ground, which would have re-
qulred a lot of filling, and that the
company refused to furnish the dirt for
the fill.
Once before test case was made I'D
on the sidetrack law, in which the Mis-
souri, Pacific was involved A certain
grain and live stock association of
farmers started the case, and got an
order from the board. The Missouri
Pacific went into the supreme court.
ana developed the startling evidence
that the farmers who were making the
nght We're in an organization which
bore all the earmarks of a farmers
trust. The officers of this farmers or
gan1zat1on seemed to be headed for
the penitentiary for violation of the
antitrust laws, and so the case was
dropped to save them. The Culver case
seems to be destined to constitute a
test upon which the sidetrack law will
stand or fall.
The railroad commissioners will also
order today that the Missouri. Kansas
d Iexas railway put a passenger train
into service through Rosedale on one
or the southwestern Kansas branch
lines. The commissioners had a con-
ference with the Katy officials, and
the officials stated that they INTENDED
to put the train on in December any
way, and would make no objection to
the order.
The Rosemont case, in which the peo-
pie OF Rosemont, Usage county, want
the Missouri Pacific to reopen the de-
pot at that place, has been postponed
for further evidence from the railroad
company The company had a depot
agent at Rosemont for II years. and
only recently abandoned the station.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
STATE IN CONTEMPT.
Minnesota Is Placed Under Arrest by
Federal Court.


st. Paul Mimi, Oct. 22.-Attorney Cen
eral Young of Minnesota has been ad-
judged in contempt of court by Judge
Lochren in the United States district court
and fined 500, which he refused to pay.
An appeal to the United States supreme
court will be taken in the form or an ap-
pifcation for writ of habeas corpus. as
Mr.. Young has been reTnanded to the Gus
tody of the United States marshal. and
the question of whether the United States
court has the right to enjoin state from
enforcing its laws will thus be finally dis
posed Of
The question involved is whether an Of
ficer or servant of a sovereign state can
be sued. 1t came up In the attempt to en-
force the commodity freight rate law en-
acted by the last legislature
Judge Lochren -enjoined Attorney Gen
eraI Young from enforcing the law and
included the state railroad and warehouse
commission and any shipper. Thereupon
Attorney General Young brought manda-
compel the railroads to revise their rates
according to the state law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
WORK Is STOPPED.
Erection of Million Dollar Smeiter
Halted by Copper FURRY.

Redding, Cal, Oct. 22.-In obedience
to orders received today from Boston
the Balaklala Copper company at
Coram stopped construction work 10
day on the big smelter now nearly COM
IIeted at cost of a million dollars
Every man in the company's employ
was dismissed, save enough to care Tor
the machinery yet arriving. All dc,
counts are to be closed and nothing VIII
he done toward completing the smelter
or reopening the mine until the copper
market is more favorable. the town
of Coram with a population of 1,60o was
exnected that the smelter would start
IN before New Years. Now the open
ing is put off indefinitely or until cop
per is selling higher. So far the hurry
IN the copper markets has made no diff
ea-ence IN the camps of Keswick, Ken
nett and Ingot, where the smelters are
running as formerly and there Is no talk
of shutting down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
Balloons Entered in the Inter-
national Cup Race
Are Sighted at Various Points
in Various States.
ARE 700 MILES APART.
Some Reported in Michigan and
Others in Missouri.
One Has Been Seen as Far
South as Tennessee.

st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 22.-Apparently
scattered to nearly all points of the
compass by variable winds, the nine
balloons competing in the second in
ternational aeronautic cup race, which
started from here yesterday afternoon
were reported today far to the north
east and also far to the west of st
Louis. while one is even said to be
travelling over Tennessee far to tha
south. Several of the balloons are in
the vicinity of the great lakes, espe-
clally Michigan, while four others
were sighted late today in the vicinity
ceived SO far are meager and scatter
ing: Ihe headquarters of the Aero
club OF America is without advices
and the officials of the race are de-
Penoent entirely upon the news dis
patches for information.
The first reports of balloons todav
came from Indianapolis, Ind, South
Raven, Mich, near Kalamazoo, Grand
Rap1ds, Mich, Prescott, Ind, Wetseka
III, and Tadmore. o. The latter place
st. Louis, while st. Joseph, Mo-. is 82T
miles to the west. The balloon sight
ed over Tadmore was said to be bright
yellow. This would seem to indicate
that 1t was one of the German con-
Four balloons were reported near
st. Joseph, but were too high to be
distinguished. The balloon sighted at
South Haven, Mich, is reported to
nave carried two American flags. Both
foreign and American balloons dis
played American flags, however, SO
the flags would be of little assistance
in determining either the name or ma
of the air craft. This same
balloon is also reported to have a
huge patch visible. This undoubtedly
was the white number cloth which
each contestant carried.
There is a strong belief here that
the balloons reported to the north
east are the three German contest
ants, the English entry and one of
the French teams. All of these made
flight for the higher attitudes from
the start and evidently caught an up
per current from the southwest. The
three American teams and the French
balloon Isle de France kept to the low
er levels and it is believed they were
carried to the west and are those re-
ported in the vicinity of st. Joseph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
TAFT HARD AT WORK.
VIII Make an Inspection Tour to
Subig Bay Tonight.

Manila, Oct. 22.-Secretary Taft
ended a day of hard work in the
transaction of official business with
an important conference with PRIEST
dent Ozm ena of the Philippine assem-
bly,. They discussed the attitude of
the assembly, which the secretary said
was SATISFACTORY expressing his graft
f1cation that it's tendency is not "a di-
cal During the day, the secretary
attended a session of the Philippine
commissioners. the governor generar
being present at which a hearing was
given to representatives of railway
contractors who are dissatisfied with
the strict auditing of their accounts
Tonight Secretary Taft will go to
Subig bay on an inspection tour. re-
turning here on Thursday. The heat
I'm intense
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
STREET is PANICKY.
Market Opened Demoralized But Rail
lied Little Later.

New York, Oct. 22.-Excitement
amounting almost to alarm marked
the opening of the business today in
Wall street. The stock market opened
demoralized under heavy selling by
brokers in all departments of the ex-
change and at the same moment
run of considerable proportions was
being made on the various offices OF
the Knickerbocker Trust company.
At the main office, Firth avenue and
Thirty-fourth street more than $50
persons were in line at 1880, ana
there was a line of carriages in wait
ing extending for more than a block.
The stock markets opening showed
severely the effect of the renewed
shock TO confidence caused by the
spread of financial distrust by the
published details of the affairs OF the
Knickerbocker Trust company. Prices
broke widely on the opening trans
actions under this outpouring OF
stocks, but almost Immediately raj
lied. The rebound Appropriated from
one-fourth to one-half of the hrst
break.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-22
THE WEST Is SAFE.
Country Is Prosperous and Banks Have
Plenty of Money.

Kansas City, Oct. 22.-Financial con-
ditions in Kansas City are healthy, ac-
cording to the leading bank officials
here.
tional Bank of Commerce, which has
deposits of thirty-f1ve millions, said to-
day:
I'VE might say we have had an un-
usual demand. We are all running on
conservative lines. Any unusual con-
dition in New York is felt west, but we
have every faith in New York banks
being able to handle the situation.
West of us and tributary to Kansas
City conditions have been unusually
prosperous and the country banks have
had plenty of money.
Bank CIearings Increasing.
Denver, Colo, Oct. 22.-Banking and
business interests Of Denver have not
felt seriously as yet the effects OF the
rallying process of copper, the declines
in the stock market and the business
disturbances in New York. There are
no large copper mining operations in
Colorado and few moneyed men here
are heavily interested In that industry.
Business in Denver, as indicated by the
bank clearings, has been steadily in
creasing of late. For the first time In
the history of the city the bank clear
ings last week exceeded 10 million dol
lars. the exact total being 10,015, ,437.
The clearings for the corresponding
week last year amounted TO $I,4o5,494-
No Effect In Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 22.-The financial
troubles of the past few days have had
no effect upon Omaha and Nebraska
banks according to prominent f1nan-
ciers of this city. One of the largest
banks in this city this morning an
nounced through one of it's officers that
during the year It had placed more
than 81, 500 900 OF commercial paper with
Nebraska banks and that the offers of
money from those sources have not
been at all affected by the New York
situation.
Wheat Market Depressed.
Chicago. Oct. 22-The wheat market
opened very weak with prices down
nearly 2 cents below yesterdays close.
Selling was quite general and the only
demand came from shorts. The break
of nearly pence at Liverpool and the
weakness of the stock market were the
chief factor. Other grain and provis-
ions were depressed in sympathy.