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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02

will Che dying in 1s43), also liberated his slaves, my mother and the other @sscn Ghdrsn n ssPeg ss SDoR & S War and Reconstruction in Alabama" the statement Is made that in every county In Northern Alabama, in 1885, there which shows that had the abolitionists of the North. of the William Lloyd Garrison and John Brown type, at. not meddled with the affairs of the South. the Southern people. of their own accord. would have. in due time. way that we would not have suffered the horrors of civil war. and the dis graceful episode of reconstruction, and would not have had upon tns,em the nands today, the solution of which no can can foretell.
 s%GSIg ESlSTing is snY,S ths eSllRPins referred to:
 RECEIVES GIFT. The Ohicial Decree Emancipating
 David A. Smith.
 Presented by his heirs to the .. April 26. 1907.
 has been appropriately framed and will be their most interesting and valued manuscript
 Smith brought his wife and three children and emancipated slaves to Illinois. and was compelled to give teen slaves that they should not be- come a charge upon the. poor list.
 To each. also, he gave $100 as start in life and tenderly cared for them as long as he lived
 The parchment. yellow with age, must be seen to be appreciated, but the following extracts will be of inter- est:
 State of Alabama, Lawrence County; SS Be 1t remembered that at a special term of the County Court began and held for said County at the Court Wednesday, the 22nd day of March. 1897. Present Hon. James Gallagher.
 "On the Petition of David A. Smith of said County to have emancipated his following slaves, to wit: Negroes: Old Isham. five feet four inches high of neck scar on right temple. quick spoken and talkative. about sixty-four years of age. somewhat gray" (then
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02

but, he found the position did not pay well enough and did not give him scope enough, and he left the public position for private practice. Some years ago he formed a partnership with a retiring Congressman, Edgar Will son. who had himself a good reputa- tion as an attorney, but he took the senior membership in the firm of Wood 6 Wilson.
 He maintained that partnership un- til he was chosen last fall as the can didate for the district court bench, the former judge having been elevated to the Supreme bench of the State. He is now. through his many years of successful practice, in position un- like that when he held the United States District Attorneyship; he has acquired a competence, which is chief ly invested in a magnificent fruit ranch a few miles from Boise, and is therefore able, financially, to accept the honor of the judgeship.
 Edgar Wilson. the former partner or Judge Wood, and who served two terms in the National House of Representa- tives, from 1894 to 1896, and from 1893 to 1900 has been retained as associ- ate counsel for the defense. He seems to have been retained more in an ad- visory capacity. to be consulted upon matters of Idaho law and Idaho prac- tice. Messrs Darrow and Richardson. the leading attorneys for the defense. residing at Chicago and Denver, and neither having been before engaged in a case before the Idaho courts.
 It is within the jail of that old court house that Haywood. Mover and Pet tibone have been confined since last May Their cells have been In an an mex to the rear of the building. and there they have slept every night since their incarceration in the Ada County jail, a year ago. They have been giv- en a bright, sunny room on the south east side of the jail for use during the daytime. and have been permitted to sun themselves on the fine lawn that surrounds the court house and jail all most at pleasure. though always, or course, within sight of deputy sher- if.
 The second floor of the building Is occupied by the offices of the princi- pal county officials including the Clerk of the Court The third floor is given over entirely to the court room, rooms for jurors, witnesses and attornevs, the indge's chambers and an office for the official court stenographer. The court room itself occupies the entire eastern
 alf of the top floor of the building
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02


 before Idaho became mem Der of the sisterhood of States in 1890, the modest appearing threesto brick building thatSetands in the center of a block of ground three blocks from the Main Street of the city of Boise has been the seat, of government of Ada County. It is in the adjoining block to the squares that contain the State Capitol building. while on the other side of the Capitol Square Was for many years one of the principal school houses of the city
 It was in the jail that occupies the ground floor of that modest appearing building that William Byron, now one of the haliffs in charge of the Hay wood jury, served his term as Sheriff of th" county twenty years ago.
 It has been in that court room that the attorneys for the prosecution, Bo- rah and Hawley, have had so many sharp fights when pitted against each other in cases involving sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars. There too have the other Idaho att torucys in the case Stone and Van Duyn for the prosecution and Wilson and Nugent for the defense practiced for many years.
 l. was in that court room that Ere mont Wood. now the presiding judge in the Haywood case, appeared at every term of court for the couple of de- cades that preceded his election to the bench For Judge Wood was account ed one of the ahlest practitioners who has ever appeared in that court room his knowledge of the law being re- garded as good as the best.
 Many years ago Judge Wood was the FadAral District Attorney for Idaho,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Some Ancient History
pr. John A Wyeth of New York in
 Leighton News.

pr. John A. Wyeth of New York in
 Leighton News.
 send you clipping from The Jack sonville Qlls) Daily Journal or May 6th 1907. which may interest interest you; soma ame of the older residents Of Lawrence County.
 Mir David A. smith. who owned L., 2 married my mothers sister. who was the eldest daughter of Rev. John Allan, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Huntsville Ala 1t fUr Was a s1nts 6us band to give up his property in slaves for the sake of his principles, for he had learned to believe that that slavery os&s %8s them a start in life at his new nome al Jacksonville. Morgan County. llls.' where he practised law for many years and became very prominent Ill etpted HIS pttod at the bar with Abraham Lincoln who practised in the same circuit. ,oeo a
 When l was captured in ie9@, ana a1pl confined at Camp Morton. near Indian apolis, Ind. where it seemed l h wouia [,tar have to stay until the close Of tae war, this uncle of mine made an piioI6 eiiors to to Lincoln, who signed an order for my release on parole until the war was oyer, so that I might attend the Uni versity of Illinois wnich was seat site9Iea temnt alton to me, for prison life was al- most unbearable in it's hunger and dis feItiR, feit Reenly ts that I should take every advantage offered me for improvement but I could not see my way to desert the cause of the South with which l was in perfect sympathy I wrote my uncle that if MT Lincoln would change the parole so that in case l were ex- changed I could return to my regiment tbat r wuold accept it. This the Prest- dent declined to do. and so I remained i nrisoner of war until February 2Si 1865, when was exchanged at Rich-
 My grandfather, John Allan. by his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
A Trensonnble petticoat.

Even petticoat can be reasonable in Hungary. The police at Cross Buttyn made Miss Holda, the daughter of local magistrate remove her red and-yellow petticoat because 1t public ly displayed the Roumanian colors. The people of Cross Ruttyn are of Rou- manian blood, but they must not show Roumanian sYm2athes
 Acting on orders to remove anything z showing the reasonable red-and-yel- low combination, the police stopped Miss Holda in the street. and told her to take off her petticoat Naturally she indignantly refused. and was sup ported in her attitude by the crowd that gathered Finally the policemen consented to accompany her home where the offending garment was pri- vately taken off and confiscated.
 A parallel to this absurd case oc- cured at Innsbruck. where girl was arrested at a hall fer wearing the Italian colors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Lionine Rich Amcrican.

The Thames riverside inhabitants of Goodman (near Mir. w. Astor's place Clieveden) and at Bourne End, the next village are overjoyed at the pros- pect of rich American, whom they al- ready know slightly, establishing him self in their midst.
 G. A Kessler. ''The Champagne King" as he Is known. has been a familiar feature of this part of the river for two years past and he has now purchased Riversdale. a very re- markable looking house on the banks of the river between Dookham and Bourne End, and is building on to It.
 The house, which has heen known to boating men for some years past as Zebra House" on account of its glar- fngly striped annearance. will be re- named New York Lodge and the addi- lions and alterations which MT. kess- Ter is making will cost about Sl5o0oo The house is striped with timber to renresent the old world houses or Shakespeare's day and from the rlVer 1t represents a rather too striking ao- pearance which time alone can mooiry.
 Mir. Kessler is best known to Lon doners as a dinner giver In theatrical circles. It was Mr. Kessler who gave the famous "Gondola Dinner al the Sayor Hotel when the guests dtned Tn a eondola (with real gondoliers) sur rounded by real water and venetian scenery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02

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 of Leuchtenburg. has been rumored as coming event, and it appears very probable since the couple formed part of small family house-party for the Russian Raster at the Grand Duke Peters villa at Dulber in the Crimea.
 The Grand Duke Peter who is broth- to Nicholas. entertained the ex-Duchess of Leuchtenburg, the party consisting only of the two brothers. the Grand Duchess Militia. Peters wife. the Grand Duke Nicholas and his reputed fiancee.
 This interesting couple are both sworn enemies of the revolution. The Grand Duke Nicholas has been pro- visfonal appointed to command the Im- perial army that is to crush the threat ened armed rebellion.
 The Grand Duchess Anastasia was a leader of the band of titled women who during the post office strike two years ago drove to the post office in automobiles and became hlacklegs car rying out the duties of the disS<untled employees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02

initial order against hin. After his lordship had declared that he was en- tirely without means, and that he acted in financial matters as -he agent Gf his wife. the following dialogue took place:
 Gill. K. C.. (cross- s-examining)--It is said that you are in the habit of fre- quenting the St. Carlos Hotel, Fftzroy Square.
 The Maruuis--I have read an affidavit to that effect but 1t is not true.
 Tt is alleged that you have been in the habit for a long time past of going there in the afternoons"
 T have heard it. I never went there until last Monday and then I went to ascertain what the affidavit meant"
 Do you think someone must have been taken for you?'
 Yes. Within the last month gen. tleman has been three times mistaken for me--once going, into my solicitors office. and another time in the lobby of the House of Commons. He is spoken of as my double"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
German Emperor Pleased
 With Situation.
Empire is Having Trouble in Edort' to CiviIize its African Subjects.
 Pierpont Morgan Still
 Buying Art Works.
RY WALTER pUNKIRK.

Berlin, June 1.--After having Wor- ried for many weeks over what he call ed the treachery of the Italian people agains their allies in the Triple Ali ahce, the Kaiser has at last had the satisfaction of seeing one Of Italy most prominent men, former Prime Minister Crispi, in newspaper article warn his countrymen against Lhe sI dangerous friendship with England.
 What does England demand Of Italy? Does England give us any proof of friendship by plotting to de- stroy any alliance which it once was strongly in favor of?" Signor Crispl asks.
 why should we take any interest fin EngIand's comercial duel with Ger many? To make Italy give up her al liance with Germany, England ought to show what we would gain by doing so and this would be exceedingly diff ficult as all the world knows England s unsuitable greed for power.
 It is safe to say that the writer or the article may count on the order or the Black Engle, the only German or der he does not already possess.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
King Peter Is Anxious.

King Peter of Servia who has been practically ostracised since his access sion by the courts of Europe. is mak- ing desperate efforts to gain his friend ship to the more powerful monarchs His dearest wish is to meet King Ed ward, who firmly declined thHt humor cd by Continental sovereign
 To fulfill this condition, King Peter Is trying to arrange a meeting with the Emperor Francis-Joseph. He has sent his Prime Minister. NJ. Pasics. to Vienna to discuss the matter with the Foreign Minister Baron Aehrenthak Premier Pasics suggested that the Emperor might receive King Peter dur ing the formers stay at Ischl. this summer the Servian Monarch arrang- Ing to be at Marienbad the netghbor- ing heslth-resort, at the same time
 M. Pasics had already been in Lon don. with some other Servian officials, to be present at the opening of the Balkan State Exhibition at EarPs Court, and had an interview with SIT Edward Grey. the Foreign Minister but all the satisfaction he could get was King Edwards conditions under which he would consent to meet the Servian King.
 If the English king ever does meet King Peter. there will be much cur iosity as to whether they discuss the alleged plot to place Prince Arthur or cannaught on the Serviau throne. Probably that subject would be stud iously avoided.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
VILLAGE IS THREATENED.
andslides Continue to Damage Town

LandsIides Continue to Damage Town
 in Alps.
 Geneva, June 1, Slow destruction by landslide threatens the picturesque village of Kienthal, a favorite Alpine resort Descending masses of earth and boulders are gradually over whelmtng the village, causing houses and chalets to collapse by dozens.
 The effects of the landslide have killed two men and injured several others To check the ruin, hundreds of men are working day and night, but it is feared that nothing can save the village,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Kn,ser As q Witness.

The Kaiser has been called upon by Dr. Charles Peters, ex-colonial or ficial. to give testimony as witness in law court proceeding. This would not be possible in any other European country, but in Germany otherwise so autocratic, 1t is quite legitimate for a subject to call upon a sovereign to act as n witness.
 Yet reigning Princes have more lio- erty and greater rights than have or dinary mortals, and when they are called upon justice to testify. 1t is jus tice who has to go out of her way and not the Prince. The Prince IS waited upon in his palace where his testimony is taken. and verbal de- claration is made at the trial. Q It Is said that the Kaiser is ve"y annoyed at being cited as witness in this particular case, which is a po- litical one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Generous Lord Stephen.

For mending the broken arm of a boy in humble life, the Aberdeen in firmary has received $175,000. The boy patient has since. become Lord Mount Stephen, millionaireA banker and railroad president, who emigrated to Canada as a young man, and there built up his great fortune.
 Lord Mount stephen has never for gotten the treatment he received at Aberdeen, and has sent the inf1rmary a check for S50.000. making a total of s175, 900 in donations.
 The Canadian baron's other big do- nations include $2,500,000 to King Ed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Buy. a Florentine villa.

Rome, June 1, A New Yorker Is now the owner of the most famous of the beautiful villas in the neighborhood of Florence. This Is the Villa Pal mieri. the scene of Boccaccio's De- cameron" which had been bought by MT. Ellsworth, of New York. The Villa delonged to the Dowager Lady Crawford who had the late Queen Victoria there as a guest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
EagIand's Horse Show.

Madison Square Garden Rules will be strictly enforced at the great Inter- national Horse Show, run by Alfred c. Vanderbilt, which all Americans in London will flock to during The second week in June.
 Instead of the informal and severe Iy technical procedure usual at English horse shows. the spectacular element will be made prominent. Exhibitors and riders will have to appear in cor rect costume. Hunters will be mount ed by ladies and gentlemen in the uniforms of the famous Leicestershire hunts, and polo ponies will carry prop erly costumed polo players. Grooms will not be allowed in the ring unless in full livery. Usually grooms have been seen at English shows in stable kit and shirt sleeves.
 Nearly 2,000 entries have been made for this mammoth show, which will be central event of the season. The King and several members of the royal fam fly are expected to occupy the royal box.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Falls to Ciyilixe Africnns.

That Germany's efforts to civilize the natives of Kamerrun, her colony in West Africa, have been a dismal fail- ure. is revealed by the fact that Ger man colonists are leaving their homes because they are afraid of being eaten by the negroes.
 A German merchant, with whom l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Informed of Spanish Baby While Watch
 ing Horses. London fs Looking Forward to the In- dian Lord Gives Big Sum
 to In6rmary.
BY ROBERT BRoDERIcK.

London, June liking Edwards "royaP memory was strikingly exem- plified when he received the news of the birth of the Spanish Crown Prince.
 The telegram was handed to him on the race track at Kempton Park, and after sending off a message of con- graduation to Madrid. his maJebsty said to his entourage: Do any of you re- member the last time l received news of family event on a race-course?'
 The courtiers were obliged to con- fess that their memory failed in that particular, and the King, pausing q moment. said rather gravely: Tt was twenty-three years ago, at Aintree."
 He referred to the death of his brother the Duke of Albany, who died while the then Prince of Wales was at Aintree for the classic Grand National Steeplechase
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Stars Sing for Royalty.

A huge sum will be represented by the tickets for the gala night at Co., vent Garden opera house to be given in honor of the King and Queen of Denmark. Caruso, Melba and Destinn will be the stars, and the auditorium will blaze with monarchs, princes, prin- cesses. diplomats, the nobility and plu- tocracy in all the glory of uniform, court dress and diamonds,
 Boxes will be sold at from $50 to s260; orchestra stalls at SAP and $21. and the cheapest seats will be the back rows of the amphitheatre at s5.3o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Einnnoea of Emperor.

Int Kaiser's finances are now in s much easier condition. thanks to his calling in a practical financier to regulate his expenditure.
 Although year or two ago the rui- CT of the German empire was almost bankrunt His Majesty was able to pay ss.0o0. 900 in prompt cash for the Achii- Ieion, the Corfu residence of the late Empress of Austria. which he pur- chased from Princess, Giselal of Bavaria as A present for the Empress. The house had cost $3,20o,000 when origi- nalIY built.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Spun Glass Wig.

Artificial hair made of spun glass will replace as wig material, real hair from the heads of peasant girls, which is becoming more and more difficult to obtain. While the demand for human hair has grown enormously. tho sup ply Is shrinking because 1t fas feen forbidden by the governments of sev- eral countries
 Formerly the girls of many European countries sold their luxuriant tresses to agents who put the hair on the mar ket but now this has been made H. legal.
 Spun glass hair can be made as perfect substitute for the real thing and to defy detection" It's texture Is soft and beautiful, and many shades can be produced. Glass hair :an be manufactured in any style tHat hap pens to be fashionable.
 Marquis Has n DOubic.
 The Marquis of Huntly, the holder of an ancient Scottish title. some hon. orable hereditary privileges, but not much else has explained to the Ion don courts that he has a double who complicates his troubles.
 The Marquis was cross 'exam'ned as to his means on behalf of a long -suf- fering creditor who applied for com
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
League Against DueIIing.

Society women in Vienna have form ed league against duelling The
 ..adies' League" Is composed of mem bers of the Anoblest families in Austria and its president and founder Is Prin- cess Therese of Schwarzenberg.
 At its inaugural meeting. 1900 wom- en were enrolled as members of the league. Princess Therese in the course of a telling speec.I. said: women shall fight with their strongest weap- ons-tneir intellect and heart fn car wing on 8 campaien against duelltng. When no woman can any longer De found to see a hero in each dueli'st. the last hour will have struck for the duel.
 Raroness yon Suttner described how the princea Consort had finally stamped out duellinE in England sixty years ago. since when it had been utterly extinct in that country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
King Heard NelDs
 at the Race Track.

wards hospital fund and $500. 900 for a hospital at Montreal. He has dis tributed nearly s3,Oo0,o0o among his relations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
CRISPI WARNS ITALIANS
 AGAINST ENGLAND'S FRIENDSHIP

have just had a talk, tells me that the natives, who formerly were satlshed with eating their enemies. now nave developed a dangerous taste for white flesh.
 q myself, had a very narrow escape two weeks before I left Africa, while trading with the Kaka tribe. The Ger man military authorities are well aware of the existence of cannibalism for human flesh is openly offered for sale almost every day in the Kaka village but they do nothing to stop it, as long as the victims are black. M
 To satisfy the demand for human flesh, natives are. sentenced to death for the smallest offens@ and the execuT tioner derives a large income from the sale of the bodies of criminals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
Morgan Buying Art Works.

J. Pierpont Morgan is said to have sent an agent with carte blanche to buy an interesting collection of magni7 ficent works of art, shortly to be sold in Munich It comprises embroideries. velvets and brocades from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries. all Of which present an interesting study of the fabrication and ornamentation of old silk stuffs during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
 The chief articles in the collection are some superb pieces of silks and ancient Arabic brocades, which were made in the celebrated manufactory RoyaR Palace at Palermo There is also a fine piece of embroidery repre- senting King Soleil en Saint-Hubert,' and some cloths of gold of the Knights of the Court of Bourgogne: some val uable examples of Spanish and Italian velvets of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and several examples Of French work The catalogue was compiled by the conservator of the National Museum of Munich, and the people of the Bayarian capital are very anxious to keep the collection in their own city, but they have grave doubts If they will succeed unless the State comes to their aid and outbids the great American collector.
 Will Wed Divorced Woman.
 The marriage of the Czar's cousin. the Grand Duke Nicholas with Anas- tasia the divorced wife of the Duke
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
INCIDENTS OF TRIAL
 OF ". D. HAYWOOD.

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