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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
ConErntulatIoa. stin Come.

Columbus, O.. June 2l l.-Through out the day, Secretary Taft has been re- ceiving telegrams and letters of con- gratuiations on his nomination. They come not only from all parts of this country. but almost from all parts of the world. Many cordial messages have come from Manila and remote places in the Philippine Islands and from Cuba, Porto Rico, Panama and the Hawaiian Islands.
 The Secretary is especially gratified with the cablegrams from Manila. many of which are from natives who have been his friends since he was Governor General of the Island.
 Several congratulatory telegrams have been received by Secretary Taft from baseball people who are aware of his interest in the national game. One of them was from Chance, manager of the Chicago Cubs" with whom the Secretary is acquainted personally.
 T wish" said Secretary Taft, that I could see a rattling good game of baseball. I have not had time to att want 1t to be good one. however a game for blood"
 "Oh, I'll show you some fine base ball." said his brother. Charles P. Taft, who Is immensely interested in the national game when you come to Cincinanti later in the summer"
 You see," remarked the Secretary to his interviewer. laughingly. Charley is not only a baseball fan but also a magnate; therefore. stand a chance of seeing some pretty good playing"
 Secretary Taft was accompanied as far as Columbus by Wade H. Ellis. At torney-Genera of Ohio. who practically is the author of the tarifr revision of the Republican national platform.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
THE WEATHER.
Washington, June 21.--Forecasf for Alabamai Occasional showers Monday and Tuesday, variable winds.

the injunction, but when he came to prepare a plank for the convention, he did not so so far as he went in his speech.
 The plank that went before the con- vention as his plank was so weak that it amounted to nothing, but it was even then too strong for the convention. and the convention adopted a plank which not only does not graut any concessions to the laboring men, but really em- phasizes the position taken by large corporate employers by hurting ana. themas at those who are suspected Of a desire to modify the law relating to injunctions.
 "This is the treatment received by the. wage-earners from the National Convention of the Republican party. If this is the position of the party before the election, what reason has the la boring man to hope that the party will do better after eleetion"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22

political stan. was fortunate. however, in securing berths on the eighteen-hour Chicago to New York train. which Is usually crowded and got out of here at l2:50, an hour and fifty minutes later than they would have had they made expected connections, but due to ar- rive in New York about the same time.
 News that the Secretary had taken seat in the public waiting room was quickly spread and soon line of men. wonien and children were filing past him, each receiving a cordial hand shake and a broad smile and a pleas ant word.
 The Secretary declined to talk poli- tics or to discuss his plans beyond say ing that he was now enroute to New Haven for the Yale commencement, where he would remain at least until Wednesday.
 He said that he would go to Oyster Bay before the end of his service in the Cabinet, and that he expected to be accompanied by his successor, Gen. Luke E. Wright, when they would go over matters connected with the War De- partment.
 He would say nothing about the na- tional chairmanship and when told that Mir. Bryan had criticised the anti-in- Junction plank of the platform in a long statement. said with a hearty laugh that he could not make any ad- dition to the political chronicles of the day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
HAPPEN CONDEMNED
COMMISsIoNERs REPORT ON THE
 BRONX PRESIDENT.
They Say All Irregularities are Due to Fact that Politics Has Controlled Completely Administration
 of Derartnent.

New York, June 21.-After having in- vestigated for four months the ac- counts and methods of the office of the President of the Borough of the Bronx. Commissioners of Accounts Mitchell and Gallagher submitted a report to Mayor Mcclellan today. which stated that "The evidence has convinced us that the entire Bronx department has for the past six years been adminis- tered primarily in the political inter ests of President Louis F. Haffen, and that to this are ascribable most of the deficiencies, waste. irregularities and departures from the law, discovered by us."
 Counsel for President HaHen. in a statement tonight asked the public to suspend judgment until he has an op- portunity to be fully heard.
 The report. 1t is said. will be sub mitted to Governor Hughes by Mayor Mcclellan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
STORM RUINS CROPS.
Hall Piled Up Four Inches Deep Tn
 WRscOuain Town.

Wisconsin Town.
 Prairie d uChien. Wis. June 21--A terrific rain. hail and wind storm late last night, lasting forty minutes, lft- srally ruined crops in a wide ter ritory. unroofsd buildings. demolished trees and put the city light plant out of commission.
 Hail four inches deep was piled uu on the walks and trees two feet in diameter were twisted off. Washouts on the railroads are numerous and in. dicatIOns are that the storm covered a swath from Cassville to Lynxville, for- ty-five miles wide. and worked from the west to the east
 Lacrosse reports that terrific wind and hall storm swept from winona down the Mississippi to Dubuque last night.
 Two big tents in which the chau- tauaua Is belng held at the LaCrosss Interstate Fair Grounds. were blown down, buryine 1.5O0 people underneath None however was seriously injured although many were painfully bruised
 Captain R. P Robson was the prin- cipal speaker Pt the Chautauaua bu' he had left the tent before the storm broke
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22

mixed chorus of 15o voices sing patriotic songs, under the di < ion Of Rev. O. M. Fillmore of ID s<lapolis. who Is organizing stnE chor
 There will be l,512 deief . gs on the official roll call of the cor $tion. The delegates will be seateS s5i tn main floor of Memorial Hall, le the visf- tors and alternates vii S taken care of in the galleries.
 An extension of tf S,ig stage will be necessary to accoT Jdate about 300 distinguished vislto' A Provisions will be made for abo' i.510 newspaper men,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
AnnnnI Yach4 Rnee.

FIeligoland, June 21.--Several of the yachts in the annual race from Dover to HeligoIand for the cup offered by Emperor William of Germany, reached here this afternoon. Start was made from Dover on Friday morning .nere burr. one of the German boats, crossed the anish line in the lead, arriving at { D. m. The Cicelly. a British yacht, finished second at AIS, and the Su- same. another of the German repre- sentatives. was third, finishing at 4:So.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
Taft In PIttnburK.

Pittsburg, Pa, June 21.-Secretary of War William H. Taft. Republican nom- inee for President was an unannounced and unexpected visitor in Pittsburg for nearly two hours tonight because the train upon which he left Cincinnati for New York was delayed by an accident, and the Pennsylvania Railroad refused to hold the Eastern connection here until his belated train arrived.
 The Secretary took the matter good naturedly. however. and when the train pulled Into the Union Station joined the procession of other disappointed passengers toward the ticket office to make the next best possible arrange ments. He and the other members of hls party. National Committeeman Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, and James T. Williams. of the Secretary's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
FIRE BUG CAUGHT.
Night Watchman Had Unique schem
 to Make Money

Night Wafchman Had NUniaue Scheme
 to Make Money.
 Berlin. June 21.--Twenty-six incen- diary fires in tenement houses have been traced to q special bJght watch man, Joseph Sitkowsi. whose duty waS to assist the police in the protection of property.
 Several incendiary ires have oc- cured daily in Berlin for some time 100 during the last three months. Ac- cording to the police, the evidence shows that the watchman started the fires and reported outbreaks to the frs department. He received rewards for this and was making a very profitable income. Lives were endangered on many occasions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
PLAGUE IN TRINIDAD.
Medical Authorities Take Hope
 Wses.t nf SfSuaffar

Medical Authorities Take Hopeful
 View of Situation.
 Port of Spain. Trinidad. June 2f.-- Since June IS there have been four new cases of plague here, resulting in three deaths. The fourth case is in the is- olation hospital.
 Active measures are being taken by the sanitary corps in destroying rats and cleaning up the city. About a hundred and fifty persons. who came in contact with these cases. are now in the observation camp, but up to the present there is no sign of infection among them.
 The. medical authorities take vory hopeful view of the situation and ex- pect to be able to eradicate the disease at an early date.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
MALLORY CLUB TO BE FORMED Dallas County Citizens
 to Meet. OFFICIAL CALL Is ISSUED A Campaign Committee May Also
 Be Named. Mir. Mallory, Since His Public An- nouncement That He Would Rpn for Governor, Has Receiy-
 Much Eaeouragemeat. 1.
Advertiser Bureau.

AuVSFttSeT 6uIc8u. Ssilna. Juue 2l.
 The first teps to make the cnmpaiga of Hon. H. & D. Mallors tor Governor os Alabama winning one. will be .aken here On Tuesday night. call has been isseud for a meeting of the citizen of Selma and Dallas county for that night and at this meeting, there will be organized a Mallory Club which will do great work for Mr. Nal Tory in the campaign which Is Just about to begin.
 The call willSbe answered by large number of the citizens of Selma and Dallas county aad the meeting will be called to order in the court room of the court house on Tuesday night at o'clock. perinanent organization . will be perfected and officers will be elected and the enrolment of members to the club will be made. In a few days after the club has been formed, it Is expected that practically every white man in Dallas county win have joined it.
 The formation of the Mallory Club Tuesday night win more than likely result in the formation of a campaign committee, which viii push Mir. Mall lory's candidacy from. now until the day of the gubernatorial primaries. A committee for the formation of Mall lory clubs in every county in the state will. probably be named later and eyerything possible to cause Mir. Nal lory to be nominated for governor of Alabama in the primaries will be done by the club which is to be formed.
 < The campaign committed from the Mallory Club which is to be formed Tuesday night, will be composed of the most prominent and able citizens of Dallas county and who will prove un- tfring workers This committee will later organize a state campaign conn mittee the influence of which will ex- send through every county, in the state.
 The campaign of Mir. Mallory for the 9em0cYatic moTainat tipn wsll he a clean sne and his friends are confident that lt win end in his nomination. For sew srai months bSst MF. Mallory has re- seived letters dasty from warm psreon- Il friends in all section of the state urging aim to make the race for gov srnor Now that he has acquiesced .o these appeals. these friends will prove a strong factor in the caflipaign.
 Last night and today, Mir. Mallory l. md members of the committee which Saturday afternoon presented to him he petitions of the citizens of Dallas county urging him to make the race Tor governor, have received messages from a number of prominent men in the state. The majority of these mes sages were of congratulation on the step which he had taken and commend ed the action of the people of the county in urging and getting Mir. Mall lory to enter the race, some of them also expressed confidence as to what the outcome of Mfr. Mallory's campaign would be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
POLICEMAN KILLS NEGRO.
An Unknown Black Was Garhed ia
 Woman's Clothes.

New York, June 2i .--Garbed in wo- mans clothes. an unknown negro was shot and killed early today on West One Hundred and Twenty-sec0n1 Street, while attempting to escape after he had slit the throat of Patrolman George Thompson. who was making the arrest.
 Thompson had no idea that his pris- oner was a man. The negro drew a razor from his clothes and slashed the officer across the throat. The negro fled and Thompson, struggling to his feet. fired three shots, one of which pierced the negros brain. rhompson's $ injury was not serious.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
wIII Send warshin.

ister of Foreign Affairs. announces that the powers interested have agreed to send a warship to Tangier to safeguard the lives and property of foreigners and that if the Moroccan Foreign Board requests it troops may be land ed. The Minister states, however, that there will be no Interference in the international affairs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
TRTBUTE To YOUNG.
Washington Correspondents Pass Rea@
 oiutions on Dead Teicgrapher.

Washington. June 2l.--At meeting tonight of the Washington corresponds ents action was taken upon the death of William IL Youngs tue night mon ,. ager of the Washington office Of tsle Western Union. who died suddenly iss Chicago on Friday.
 Col Ham" Young was for many years in charge of the telegraph ef- ice at the Capitol building and han- dled the ''copy" of the correspondents. Expressive of their sorrow at his death the correspondents paid tribute to the fine qualities of the lnan, saying:
 His devotion to his duties was con- stant. intense and unvarying. aud In their discharge he always showed him. self regardful of both the interests ae his employers and the public. By nono of his late associates will his death be more sincerely and deeply mourned than by the newspaper men :"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
SHERMAN AT CLEVELAND.

Republican Vice Presidential Nominee
 Guest of Ex-Gov. Herrlek.
 Cleveland. O.. June 2l--Representa- five James s. sherman, of Utica, N r., Republican candidate for Vice Presi- Gent on the ticket with Secretary Taft. was q visitor in Cleveland today. the guest Of former Governor Myron T. Herfick Mir. Sherman. it Is stated, will leave Cleveland Monday night for Utica While here. the Vice President fai candidate met e number Of person al friends of both himself and Colonel Herrick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
MOBILE INTERESTED IN
 AEALLORY's ANNOUNCEyT

Mobile, June 21.--(Speciai.) )-The an nouncement in today's Advertiser of the Hon. H. s. D. Mallory's candidacy for Governor, at the request of many friends, was read with great interest in Mobile. and is fagorite theme of discussion on the streets.
 Senator Max Hamburger, Jr., speak Ing of the Dallas County statesman, said that while he was personally very fond of Mo1-s. Seed. Brandon and Gray, prospective candidates for Gov ernor. and would have difnculty in making choiie when he re-enters journalism in tie fall. he regards Mall lory as one of the biggest and brain lest men in all Alabama.
 ''As loyal party leader" said Mir. Hamburger. "he has rendered a contin- uous service which puts him on high and solid ground with Alabama Demo- crats, and his unswerving Integrity. high moral character and lofty states manship eminently At him as a great and good Governor of all the people"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
,,,...,.,, s0r Neero soldIeru.

Washington. June 2i.-Secretary Taft has directed the Quartermaster General of the army to reserve suitab'e plot of ground at the Arlington National Cemetery as a site for a monument In special honor of negro soldiers who lost their lives in the Civil War. The Colored Soldiers Monument Associa- ton which petitioned for this action is collecting funds with which 1t s pro- posed to erect the monument.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
rRoH1nIr1oN ooNvENTIoN.
Program Is Being Put Into Definite
 Shane,

Columbus. O.. June 21 The program for the National Prohibition Conven- tion. which win be held In Columb us, July IS and 16, Is being put into defi- nite shape by the Committee on Ar engagements.
 On the night of the 14th, the day pre- cedIng the National Convention. the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association will hold its oratorical contest . Win ners of interstate oratorical contests from all over the United States will compete for cash prizes.
 State delegations are to meet at o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th, the day preceding the convention.
 Metings of the various committees will also be held on the afternoon of July l4. On the evening of the 18th, ths opening day of the convention, a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
GeorEIa Q . Faat shlp.

san Francisco. Calif.. June 2l.--The. battleship Georgia's officers and crew continue to maintain that they have the fastest battleahip in the. navy. On her trip from Bremerton Navy Yard. concluded last evening. it is asserted that the Georgia for four consecutive hours along the Caiifornia coast kept up a speedsof ia6 kn0ts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
Kun. Mife, shootn self

Harrisburg, Pa, June 2l.-Lhka za- rovIc living at Steelton, near here, shot and killed his wife during a quar- raI this afternoon at their home. and then shot himself, iniictlng a wound which may prove fatal. Zarovic fired tbree shots at the woman and then .tabbed her In the breast
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
Heavy Raj. storm.

Msdras. June 21.-A very heavy rain storm accompanied by high winds, has swelled the streams in north and northeastern Spain. doing much dam- age. Dispatches received here. how- ever. do not mention any loss of life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
Power Plant Burns.

Portland. ore, June 21.-The power plant of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company at Cazadero. was almost entirely destroyed by fire today. The plant Is valued at three-ouarters of a million dollars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-22
Taft and InIunctlona.

"In speech delivered In New York last winter. he said, in response to questions. that the law ought to be so amended as to give hearing before the injunction was granted and even consented that the hearing for con- tempt should be brought before a dif-
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-26
EMMA GOLDMAN GETS
 PERMISSION. TO TALK
Anarchist Allowed To Make
 Address In Milwaukee,

MILWAUKEE, March 25.-Emma Goldman addressed two audiences here yesterday.
 While several police officers were stationed in the hall their presence was hardly noted. The crowds were highly demonstrative. Miss Goldman repeated the address which sfe was prevente9 from giving in Chicago by the police, saying in part:
 Anarchists believe that organized authority of the state is necessary only in the interest of monopoly. Anarchism therefore aips at the simultaneous overthrow ofN monopoly and government.
 "The American methods proposed or employed to hound down anar- chists have been practiced by Euro pean powers for nearly one hundred years, and have been given up in de spair. The truth can not be silenced by constant discoveries of anarchist plcts' or by designating every dement, ed being as an anarchist, nor even by burning anarchist literature CT estab- fishing a system of espionage which invades the sanctity of individual privacy and makes the life of it's vic tins an intolerable evil. There are thousands of people in this country who see in such methods the last des- perate efforts of dying age"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-26
10 REVISE CHARTER.

ALBANY, March 24.-The assembly today passed the Senate bill provid- ing for a new charter revision com mission for New York City.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-26
KILLS MOTHER WITH
 HAMMER AND R0BS HER
Unnatural Son Makes Comics sion In Fort Wayne,

FORT WAYNE, Ind, March 22.- Confession that he felled his mother with hammer and then robbed her was made today by Grover c. Blake arrested with Orsel Reynolds, of An. derson, Ind, on the charge of murder ing the woman. Blake accuses his friend also of striking his mother with the hammer.
 He said he had been drinking with Reynolds and they both needed money. He went home and entered the kitchen where his mother was cooking dinner, leaving Reynolds on guard outside. Blake says his mother accused aim of having been drinking. He went into another room and got a hammer.
 He returned noiselessly, crept be- hind her and struck her on the back of the head. She fell ,insensible. He says he then seized bag she carried around her neck which contained money and jewelry.
 While he was upstairs changing his clothes he heard scream. He re- turned to the kitchen and found Key holds standing over his mothers body, hammer in hand He says Reynolds admitted having struck her when she moved
Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-26
"THE HAM TREE" AT
 0RPHEUM TONIGHT
Mcintyre 6 Heath Will Appear
 In Big Production,

James Mcintyre and Thomas z. Heath, the only living genuine delin- eators of the old style of negro who fiourished in the south in the days before the war, are the stars of klaw & Erlanger's production of George ". Hobart's big musical novelty, The Ham Tree" which proved a sensation al success i1 New York, Philadelphia Pittsburg and Chicago. This attrac- ton will be presented at the 0rpheum tonight
 These comedians, who have been before the public for thirty years, present the negro with all his natural comedy. They long ago established | their right to be recognized as artists and hold the position of leaders in thls field of entertainment. There | is no riot of ragtime, coon shouting and obtrusive substitution of counter lfeit of the real negro in their per formance. They present a remark
 able contrast to the garish, noisy style Of their inartistic contempo- rsries.
 Klaw & Erlanger certainly chose wisely whes they selected these two men as the stars of ''The Ham Tree. '' As creators of innocent merTiment they certainly have no equals. Mir. Hobart, in the writing of ''The Ham Tree" took the famous old sketch, ''The Georgia Ninst-els," which Me Intyre and Heath had been playing for several years, and wrote his play
 around it. The result is one of the greatest laugh-makers the American stage has ever known, and from the time of the rise of the curtain till its final fall at-the end of the perform ance, these clever artists keep the audience in a continuous roar of Laughter Klaw & Erlanger have
 given these players their usual elab-
 crate production and have surrounded | them with a remarkable company headed by Jeanne Fowler, Carolyn Gordon. Belle Gold and Aired Fisher