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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
SETTLES FOR S25,OOO
W. H. McAFEE COMPROMISES A BIG
 CLAIM.
Had Contract With Railroad Company to Build Part of Line and Sued
 Recover GOJO,OOO

Birmingham, May L--(Special) A compromise verdict was reached in the case of William H. McAfee. assignee. vs. Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line railroad, shortly after the ial was re- stunned in the circuit ciurt this morning. The amount agreed upon was $25,OO0 for the plaintiff. who was suing for $650. 900 on an alleged breach of con tract.
 Under the terms of the agreement each side will pay it's own witnesses for their attendance and the remainder of the costs will be equally divided be- tween the parties. The defendant will have thirty days in which to satify the judgment, and it Is unders tood that the fees of the stenoerapher. which amounted to nearly $500. will be equal ly divided
 The firm of McAfee & Co.,, had a con- tract with the Atlanta and Birmingham Ar Line railroad to build about four teen miles of track between re and Atlanta, After much alleged delay the railroad company took the work out of the hands of the contracting company and completed # itself The suit was for work done and for profits on the work had the contracting company been permitted to have competed the job. It was the largest damage suit ever filed in fhe local courts and as called to trial ten days ago. Several days were required to settle pleadiitgs and the first witness was kept on the stand more than a day. Tke attorneys on both sides got together this morning and agreed upon verdict and every one seemed happy.
 The assignee and piaintiff in the case resides in Philadelphia and was married last night % one of Birmingham $ daughters Miss Helen Ebrman. At one time Mir. Mac Afee resiced in Birming- ham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
MELLEN IN WASHINGTON.
Railroad President Would Not Discuss
 Call af White HOuse.


 Washington, May 1.-President Charles S. Mellen of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and T. E. Byrnes, the First Vice-President of the road, talked with President Roosevelt for some time today.
 Not a word was obtainable from them as to why they called or what they talked about with the President. and they said there would be nothing to make public about the visit.
 You did come to see the President, did you not?" MT. Mellen was asked "Yes, mainly, you might say, however, that I made a social call. if you want to do so. I really would not like to make any statement about the call," said MT. Mellen in response to further questions.
 Tn fact, would not like to be quoted about anything except religion" MT. Mellen was pressed for information as to his opinion on valuations of rail- roads, but declared he was not in ia vor of anything in particular; he added that he had charge of a little piece of railroad property and would like to run 1t in quiet and peace.
 He admitted that the New York, New Haven and Hartfort Railroad was pros porous. but said with a smile that he would not like to say too much about that. They sometimes change assess nfents. you know
 Secretary Loeb said there would be no statement given out at the White House regarding Mir. Mellens visit. Later Chairman Knapp of the Inter- state Commerce Commission was in conference with the president.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
ANSWER ROOSEVELT
LAWYER REPLIES TO "UNDEslRA-
 BLE CITIZENSo LETTER.
Mir. DarrOw Speaks in Behalf of Hay wood, Mover and PettibOne, Who are to He Tried
 for Murder.

Boise. Idaho, May 1.-Clarence Dar- row, of counsel for Haywood. Mover and Pettibone. of the Western Fedora tion of Miners, who are charged with complicity in the murder of former Governor Steunenberg tonight issued a formal statement.
 It was anticipated that the statement would be a direct reply to President Roosevelts undesirable citizens" let ter, but the. statement is general and references to the President are to for mer letters of the executive. The statement in part is as follows:
 We have been charged with kill. ing ex-Governor Steunenberg with a dynamite bomb. Our trial is to begin May g. The details of the assassina- tion have been published broadcast for more than a year. The press of the country. especially of that section of Idaho where we will be placed on trial, has bitterly denounced us and the Western Federation of Miners. to which we belong.
 We were not in Idaho for years be- fore the crime was committed. Unde,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
Great improvements have been made

Great improvements have been made at Oak Hill Cemetery.
 The weight and measure department should be made self-sustaining.
 The city was fortunate in purchasing Idlewild Park when 1t did, says the Mayor.
 Public service corporations have been held to strict accountability.
 The question of whether or not the waterworks system shall be purcnased will be submitted to the people. The city attorney is also Investigating the franchise rights of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.
 yiaducts or other safeguards are de- manded for grade crossings.
 All overhead wires, except trolley wires, should be placed underground.
 With view of further regulating liquor trajc it is recommended that the annual license be fixed at not less than S2,500, that all saloons be confined to central district; that no applicant be allowed to operate saloon unless he owns tine building and business. or lease and business, and that all saloons located In the segregated district be closed July 1. The saloon segregation plan as carried out is endorsed.
 The work of the street department Is commended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
Didn't Know l Had Kidney Trouble

T was out health and down generally: bad appetite. dizzy and suffered with headache most of the time. did not know that my kidneys the of my trouble. but somehow felt they might be, and began taking Root. There is such pleasant taste to wamp-Root and 1t right the spot and drives disease of the system It cured msk- ing and better in every way and eheerfuliy recommend 1t to ali sufferers"
 Gratefully yours.
 MRS A L. WALKER, $40 Bulevard Place.
 Atlanta Ga Weak and unhealthy kidneys responsible for man kinds of diseases and If permitted to continue much suffering and fatal results follow. Kidney trouble irritates the nerves. makes you dizzy, restless. sleepless and fri table. Makes you pass water often during the day and obiiges you to get up many times during the night. Unhealthy kidneys cause rheumatism. gravel catarrh of the blad. der. pain dull ache in the back, joints and muscles; make your head ache and back ache cause in digestion, stomach and liver trouble you get sallow. yellow complexion. make you feel though you had heart trouble you may have plenty of ambition. but no strength; get weak and waste away.
 To overcome these troubles take Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the world famous kidney remedy In taking Swamp-Root you afford natural help to Nature for SwampRoot is the most perfect healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that has yet been discovered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
NEW COURT MARTIAL.
Another Set of Officers To Try Cor
 pOraI Knowles,

Another Set of Officers To Try Cor
 pOraI Knowles.
 San Antonio, Tex, May 1.-Colonel R. w. Hoyt, commanding the depart ment of Texas has directed that new court be ordered for the trial of Cor poral Knowles. charged with the shooting of Captain Edward E. Mack lin at Fort Reno, in December last.
 The case had been postponed so ire quently that it was deemed best tc organize a new court which is to meet at Fort Sill next Monday. The detail for the court Is as follows:
 Major c. w. Taylor. thirteenth cav airy; Captains D. J. Baker. Jr., 9th in- fantry; Derosey Cabell, first cavalry; Alexander L. Dade, and c. B. Mitchell thirteenth cavalry; P. A. Connolly and George H. Knox. 26th infantry, First LieuteCant w. H. Clopton and William l.. Lowe, thirteenth cavalry; George A Burlington, eighth cavalry, Second Lieutenants W. H. Neill and William w. West, Jr., thirteenth cavalry; First Lieutenant William F. Herringshawr thirteenth cavalry. Judge Advocate,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
,t.vor ward,s Report.

Mayor George B. Ward today made public his annual message to the ooaa9 Se,,vereS 1f vsySr to S that body tonight.
 The document is an interesting one and it's recommendations are numer- nus Among the important recommen- dations is one that the license ot sa- looms be fixed at not less than $2,5O0 and that the saloons be confined to central district. all without the limits of that district to be closed by July l. The salient features of the message are The aS financial financial condition If the city is very good" the, receipts just about balancing disbursements, the balance on January l. last being $2.661.12.
 However. the floating debt was in- creased $S4.0O0 in the shape of notes given for purchase of Idelwild park fire department equipment, etc.
 The city's income Is too small to meet current expenses and any unus- nal expenditures for departmental ex- pansion, etc. The latter must be un- loaded" on the future as a floating debt.
 The tax rate Is too low and assessed values insufficient.
 These Improvements costing about $500, 900 are needed. New Southslde fail. new crematory. repairs on chert streets three or four hundred arc lights and fire hydrants for protection of outlying districts, larger police force, increased charity appropriations, new fire station, new public library, addi- tions to five public school buildings.
 The licenses collected increased rom s216734 in 1905 to s25S.415 in 1906 Tne license receipts are larger than the taxes on real and personal property, the latter amounting to $217.24l. Ihis means" says the mayor, that the bur den of government is being put upon industry and enterprise instead of up- on property, where 1t belongs"
 The fire department Is praised. Fire losses for the year wer held down to 10 per cent of the value of property Ut risk, the losses amounting to $392,o2s.
 The police department needs drastic reorganization" The chief needs larS- CT powers and then an authority be- minds him that can act arbitrarity If re- suits are not accomplished and the laws enforced"
 we are not doing our duty by the negro population in the matter or school facilities" says the mayor, an0 the erection of a large new negro school system Is praised.
 The health and sar'tarv department has done good worK. as have also the meat and milk departments.
 Street and sewer work completed during the year cost $33S,S22 while there was $262,295 of work under con- struction at the end of the year. More sewers. especially storm sewers, are needed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
ADMITTED BURGLARIEs.
Aged Waite Man Told Police of Many
 Escapades.

Savannah. Ga. May 1.-An aged white man, who gives his name as J. H. Hart, and who has been in custody here since last Saturday night for rob ping a house of a large quantity of silverware. told the police today of a number of robberies he had commit ted.
 The officers have recovered about $500 worth of silver belonging to A. IL Silcox of Charleston, whose house was robbed recently Hart says he served seven years imprisonment in Connecti- cut for burglary, but was adjudged in- sane and sent to an asylum, from which he escaped and came South.
 He says he robbed the residence of the postmaster at Key West, Fla, for which crime he served four years in prison and was pardoned. He then came to Savannah. Hart says he was a sailor and assisted in the launching of the warship Alabama in England.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
Annual Meeting of Miners.

The annual convention of Alabama District No. 20. of the United Mine Workers of America. will be held in Birmingham June 10. and will continue for several days.
 The formal call will be issued in a few days. President J. R. Kennamer has removed his residence from Piper to Aldrich. The call will be sent out as soon as 1t has been prepared and printed by Secretary J. L.. Clemo.
 Much business of importance will be transacted at this meeting and a large attendance is looked for. Despite the fact that a number of the larger coal mining corporations in the State do not recognize the union miners, the organ izatIon Is being kept in a far way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
Land Omcers Dismissed.

Washington. May 11.--Willlam E. Volke. of Maryland. a principal exam iner in the land officc: W. D Harlan of the District of Columbia: J. J. Barnes. of Michigan. and c. R. ogden. of Mon tana. clerks in that office were today dismissed. They had been mentioned in connection with the cases dealing with land irregularities in Oregon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02
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 ble and Never Suspect It.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-02

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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08

Famous brains are OF four sorts.
The lowest group contains the minds
that arc stimulated greatly by alcohol,
tea and other drugs, and by impress.
sions derived from the senses; the
second group contains the infant prodl.
gics, whose intellectual powers wane
IN middle age; the third group con.
Ia. the pathological cases usually
terminating in insanity; the fourth
and highest group Is that of true
geniuses, whose powers remain unim-
paired until old age This Is Hause.
mGun's classification.
Spltga has come 20 ;he conclusion
that inca eminent in exact sciences
Ike astronomy and mathematics have
the Greatest average brain weight.
Next come the mol OF action, includ.
Ing statesmen and artists, and after
these come the biologists, biologists
and other representatives Of the do.
scr!ptiye sciences.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
VIPER KILLERS ON STRIKE.

Odd as the London music hall
strike may seem there is an even
odder one in Switzerland, in the
canton of Geneva. Some parts of
the canton are infested with vipers,
so much so that viper killing is a
regular calling and is followed by
n considerable number of persons.
\ reward Of one frame for every
viper killed used to be given by the
department of justice and police,
which has these reptiles in charge,
but lately the department lowered
the reward to 50 confines. But the
viper killers objected, as they truly
said that their calling had got no
less dangerous, and so they went
out on strike. As long as the dis
pute lasts people are advised not to
walk in the woods near Geneva
Chicago Chronicle.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
LIGHTNING FLASHES.

Lightning flashes in storm are
found by an English observer to be
much less irregular in period than
they appear. Such storms have
usually two foci-sometimes three
from which the flashes radiate,
and the discharges from each come
at regular intervals. The apparent
irregularity is due to the varying
rates of the different centers. In q
storm of July, 1905, the two foci
were about mile and a half apart,
and in an hour the northern center
emitted 80 flashes at intervals OF
Is, 30, As, 60 and 80 seconds, and
the southern center gave 16 flashes
at intervals of II, "a and 81 Sec
onds. Another unexplained obser,
walton is that just before each great
flash there is a momentary faint
lighting up of the sky in the storm
region.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
LEEGTHENING LIFE.

DR.. A. +. Gibson writes: 1T may
seem strange to us, though the fact
nevertheless remains, that the vet
Grams Of the grand army of Ma
polcon, weighed down by age and
glory, were men of whom few had
passed their thirty-tifth year, 1t
was time of rash and short living,
with an early age and no ovcrtures
of real youth-a time when we find
rhackeray ridiculing De Florac FOR
holding claims on being still a
young man at the age Of IS, The
average man Of to-day carries the
spirit and power Of youth into an
age which q century ago was re-
garded as bordering on the shady
side of existence
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
LEGITIMATE FEBRUARY 80.

Can there lcgitimately be a Feb
ruory 80? Yes, under exceptional
circumstances, if a ship happen to
be voyaging across the Pacific at
the end of February during a leap
year An observer, looking over a
collection Of menu cards, found one
dated February so, 1904. At first
he thought it was a printers error,
but he Giterward ascertained that
it was correct. The dinner WAS
given on board the Pacific steamer
Siberia while crossing from Yoko-
hama to san Francisco. \ day is
gained between Japan and America,
and as the event happened on this
occasion At the end of February,
leap year, the date February 30 was
right.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
FEAR TSETSE FLY.

viii the isctse fly invade lndiao
This is the question that is just now
exercising the minds of certain of
the rulers of that country. The
general opinion seems TO be that the
danger is as yet fairly remote, al
though each year brings it nearer.
But all authorizes are agreed that
if the pest ever does make its APP
pcarance there the results will be
terrible. For it is now established
that the bite of the tsctse is the
cause Of sleeping sickness, one of
the few diseases for which there is
absolutely no known remedy, and
of which there have died within the
last few years in the Uganda pro-
tcciorate alone more than 10000
people. Now the fly, which was
formerly confined to certain small
circumscrilcd areas, has spread it.
self practically all over equatorial
Africa, following the lines Of the
freshly opened trade routes. and
carrying with it wherever it goes a
lingering and miserable death to
peoples hitherto immune. "The fly
of death is what it has been chris
tened by the natives of German
East Africa, where the pest recent
ly made its appearance
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
Notice TO WateruSeFS.
STATE ENGINEER's OFFICE.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,
April Is, 1907

Notice is hereby given that A. NJ.
Hill ct al. whose postoilice adiiess Is
WrlisvllIe, Utah, has made appl cation
in accordance with the requirements
OF chapter los, SESSION Laws e Utah,
1905, to appropriate three ~ cutlc
feet per second Of watcr 'rn"u Wells
vile, New Canyon "rycH, Cache cOun-
ty l'lah. said water viii he dycurd
by means of dam and pipe Tine at a
point from which tie center Of S'vliOr
II, township 10 forth, range west,
Salt Lake base aud meridian bears
north IL degrees II minutes VS.; 90
Sect distant, from which point u Will
be conveyed for distance OF 3, $50 feet
and there used during the period from
January TO December 81, inclusive,
of each year, to develop power for the
purpose Of electric lighting and pro-
pelling ma ,hincry at WellsvilIe, Utah.
After having been So diverted and
used the water will be returned To the
natural channel Of said stream at q
point from which he southeast corner
Of section lG, township 10 north, range
wesr SAT- Luke base and meridian,
hears ,.rN - degrees 30 minutes west
!,sss t. isLau' JuIS application is
desipr n Noe State Engineers
onc ., >o 1921
AiIrwr>',anu lac granting OF
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
The "InvaIid Crawl"

Alas Somebody in England with
nothing better to do has invented a
rs" walk and it is being taken up
hoo, says the Philadelphia Telegraph.
At t.o start of practice a girl must tie
WEIGHTS to the bottom of her skirt. In
walking she must appeal TO be SO
weary that she scarcely can drag oro
foot after another. Her steps must al,
Ions and creepy, without the sl,ghtest
hint Of energy, Thus walks Queen
Alexandra, who adds a slight limp. as
she has been lame since Infancy. II is
limited that languid movements were
designed to hide that defect Gowns
mus. De OK stun that gives a clinglng
.aI~ct; thon .hr slow, long step, with
I % ahlny G, 'lo aaCh az every stride,
vi! We the naa, effective.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
EAST BEHIND IN EDUCATION
Proporu-r r. Women In Higher lnsti.
t-.-,i Larger in West.

A ra"' "hich will be surprising
to some -.erncrs is that people OF
the m.dl west are ahead Of them
in the a..cr Of average education.
The IL Of ilIitcracy in cities of
$4,000 G. over in the North Allan
tic state, which include New Eng
land, New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylyan.a. was at the date of
the last national census 5.S per
cent. an1 outside the cities rs per
cent.
In the north central states, which
include Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri, North and South
Dako 81. Nebraska and Kansas, the
perez ltagcs were 3.3 and 4.6 re-
spectiycly. In the former division
there are 81 universities and col
leges, with 29,995 undergraduates
and 1908 graduate students, while
in the latter there are 1877 institu-
tons of this character, with 1887
undergraduates and 2,S27 graduate
students.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
WHISKY AND IT'S ORIGIN
Ec:t5 About the Invention Of the Fs
nous Irish Brand.

The word whisky is of Irish
origin. Indeed, the Irish claim
that whisky itself is of Irish origin,
and, moreover, that the Irish taught
the Scotch people how to make
whisky. As for the name, it springs
from the Irish word uisgue, which
means water. The distilled spirit
was called by the Irish in ancient
times uisgue bertha, or life-giving
water.
Distillation is a process said to
have been known to the Arabians
in remote ages, but the first author
to speak of it cxplicitly-and he
speaks of it also as a recent dis
coyery-was chemist who lived in
the thirteenth century, Anomalous
De Villa Nova Nova deemed dis
tiIlation to be the universal panacca
which all ages had sought for in
vain.
The cry of "modern dcgenera-
ton" was raised even in those far
off days, and a pupil of Nova, one
Raymond Lully of Majorca, ac-
claimed distilled waters as a divine
cmanation, declared that it was
destined TO revive the energies Of
"modcrn decrepitude." This aqua
vitae, indeed, denoted the consum-
nation Of all things in the brain of
Lully, it heralded even the end of
the world
1t Is legend of st. Patrick that
he was the first who instructed the
Irish in the art of distillaion. Ger
tain modern historians. however.
Eotly contest this, setting forth the
evidence of authentic sources Of in
formation that st. Patrick was an
exceedingly strict promoter of tom
perance. Distilled spirit, whether
brandy or whisky as we know il to-
day, was in cary ages for medicinal
purposes and not as Il beverage.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
MOON NOT LIGHTED.

Miss Corliss Babson, the cham
pion woman high jumper, is very
fond of children and at a tea at
Vassar the other day she repeated
a quaint child saying.
81 was walking in Gloucester one
morning with a little girl she be-
San, "and looking over my shoulder
| saw the moon-large and round
and pale, as it is often secn--in the
bright blue sky. oh, look at the
moon, said !. "Thc moon in the
morning
"The little girl looked at it and
Crowned. Yes, that is the moon,'
she SAID. 'Taia't lighted,
though