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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
Constable Resixns Omce.

Constable W. M. Johnson, of Selma Precinct, has filed his resignation of that office with Probate Judge P. H Pitts, who has notified Governor Co., mer. The term of office to which Mir Johnson was electedEwill expire in No vember. and the two candidates for the office which will be voted for on May IS. are getting up petitions which they will forward to Governor Conner seek ing to be appointed to fill out the un- expired term to which MT. Johnson was elected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
BENEFIT OF SLAVES.
Those Who Had Money In Freedman's
 Bank May Recover.

Washington. April 29-Former slaves or their heirs are to be bene- fited to the extent of million dollars If a bill, favorably reported today by the House Committee on Banking and Currency, becomes a law.
 The measure, which has been In Congress for many years, has passed the Senate. It is based upon the claims of former slaves who have lost money deposited in the Freedman's Bank which was established in this city for the benefit of the negroes soon after the close of the civil war.
 The bank failed after a brief exist ence and for more than thirty-five years the negro depositors or their heirs have been trying to induce the government to reimburse them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
RAILROAD MEN SPEAK.

Banquet Given by St. LOOuis Traffic
 Club.
 St. Louis, April 29.-Trafflc officers of thirteen railroads were guests of the St. Louis Traffic Club tonight at a banquet of 200 guests.
 The principal addresses were deliv- cred by B. F. Yoakum. Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Rock Island system; B. D. Caldwell. Vice President of the Lackawanna and Western; C. A. Blood. Freight Traffic Manager of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
Artillery Company to Leave.

Battery C., A. N. G., will leave to- morrow on. a special train for Fort Morgan, where they will go into camp The battery will take large com pany and during their stay in camp will acquit themselves with honor. The battery will leave here tomorrow morning on special train over the Southern Railway for Meridian and from that city they will leave for Mo- bile,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
Royal Lnnnnene Wedding.

TOXIC, April 3O.--The marriage of Prince Tsuneshia Tsak eda and Princess TsunenOmiya Masako, eldest daughter of the emperor, was solemniZed this morning before the imperial sanctu- ary Both wore the ancient court costumes. Prince Tsakeda is a cap tain in the army. He is 20 years old and the Princess is 19.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
Mrs. UIlnlan EntertaIns.

Mrs. Herman Ullman was the gra. cious hostess on yesterday afternoon for the members of the Tuesday Bridge Club and a few other friends at her home on Dallas Street. Palms and vases of cut flowers were used to adorn the parlors. Mrs. N Kahn won the. coveted prize. n hand em- broidered shirt waist. After the games. delicious ices and cakes were served
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
First Train since Fridny.

The first train over the Louisville and A Nashville Railroad for Pensa- cola since last Friday. left Selma this morning. Last night it was announce ed that the track had been sufficiently repaired to allow the operation of pas senger trains over 1t and the regular train left on time this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
sUsTAINs INDICTMENT.
Court 0verruIes Motions of Morse and
 Curf1a.

New York. April Establishments against Charles W. Morse and Alfred H. Curtis, former officers of the Nation- al Bank of North America, charging misapplication of the funds of that bank. were sustained by Jaudge Hough, of the United States Circuit Court to- day.
 Counts of the indictment based upon the allegations that Morse and Curtis conspired to decieve the bank. exam iners and comptroller of the currency also were sustained. Counsel for the defendants had demurred to all the in- dictments. -
 Judge Hough ruled, in sustaining the indictments, that it made no difference whether any of the funds alleged to have been misapplied were refunded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
Mobile Wants Exhibit.

Mobile, April 29.-(Special)-The Ministers Conference in this city is in correspondence with the America Tuberculosis Exhibition now being held in Montgomery. Rev. D. A. Planck chairman of a special committee ap- pointed by the conference, is seeking to make arrangements for bringing the exhibition to Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
Meeting of Card Club.

Miss Jennie Mabry delightfully."- en- tertained the members of the Bridge Whist Club and a few other friends this morning at her home on Fremont Street. Vases Of ferns and sweet peas formed the simple but pretty dec orations for the rooms where the games were played. Delicious refresh- ments were enjoyed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
TO HOLD REVIVAL.
Members of New Tabernacle COngrega-
 tiOm Make Plans.

ton Make Plans.
 prayer meeting preliminary to the inauguration of revival services next Sunday night was held last night at the home of pr. and Mrs. Pruett, 21 Pelham Street.
 The revival services, which will be conducted by Rev. H. W. Fancher, pastor of tho Tabernacle Congregation. will last for two weeks and VIII take place in the left wing of the court house. where the congregation is now meeting. MT. Melee of Mobile will conduct the song services.
 Another prayer meeting. preparatory for the revival, will be held Friday night at the home of MT. and Mrs. W. M. Passmore sos Adams Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
An Improved Burglar Alarm.

for a patent for an improved burglar alarm which will no doubt bring him large returns when he begins to man. ufacture them and they are put upon the market
 The alarm is fastened to the win dow casing on the inside at any height by two screws with a rachet trip on the window that in passing up relieves a high tension spring. releasing plunger which explodes either a cart ridge or paper cap. The attachment is constructed so that it is entirely out of reach from the outside of the window and in the summer time when the windows are left open the alarm can be placed upon the blinds.
 Mir Bayol has already received sev- eral offers for his device and for tho manufacture of the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
R V P.T NOTICE.

The B. Y. P. U. of the First Baptist Church will have a tallyho ride next Friday night. May l. in place of the regular monthly meeting. All mem bers will please meet at the church at 7:30 D. m.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
,AST GLIMPSE
GADsDEN MAN HAsTENs TO SEE
 DYING, WIFE.
F. H. Harris Takes Special Train From Selma Railways Repair ing Tracks Near Central City
 --Mihstrels Success.
Advertiser Bureau.

Advertiser Bureau
 Selma, April 29.
 P H. Harris, a citizen of Gadsden, passed through Selma last night on a race to the bedside of his wife hop ing to get to see her before she breathed her last. Mir. Harris was on his way to valdosta, Ga. and last night in Montgomery received number Of telegrams informing him that his wife could hardly live through the night and urging him to hurry to her bed side. He found after receiving his teiegrams in Montgomery that he could not get a train out of that city for Birmingham until this morning and was informed that by coming to Sell ma he could catch train for Birm- ingham at 1 o'clock last night.
 Upon arriving at Selma on the West ern train Mir. Harris found that he had been misinformed and that he was in a worse predicament than he had been in Montgomery. He finally got up the officials of the Southern Railway and made arran sements for a special train. This special train left Selma at o'clock this morning and arrived at Akron at which point the Alabama Great Southern train had been held for a few minutes and Mir Harris went on to Birmingham from where this morning he caught an early train for his home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
Performnncc n Creat Succeed.

The fourteenth annual performance of the Selma Minstrel Company was given at the Academy of Mustel last night. The house was packed From parquet to gallery and the crowd was greater than any that has over before witnesses the annual entertainments of the company. It was the verdict of the large audience also that the nerform- ance last night was the best one ever given by the amateurs of the city. The stage settings were gorgeous and the costumes were elaborate. The local hits which were gotten of kept the audience convulsed with laughter.
 The curtain arose upon a brilliant stage setting which was entitled Ser enading Our Next Governor The scene was supposed to be the lawn in front of the residence of sHon. H. <. Dl Mallory on Lapsley street. With the rising of the curtain the company sang a number of patriotic songs while an exhibition novelty drill was being done by the Pony Four. of the Abbott Rifles.
 At the conclusion of the songs two United States flags which were used as portieres were drawn back and be- hind them stool large portrait of Hon. H. s. D. Mallory on an easIei, while on one eide stood Captain J. j. Babeock in the grey uniform of the
 
 member of the Abbott Rifles in the latest regulation uniform. With the drawing back of the flags the company gess .nihe hurrahs for MT. Mallory as Alabama's next governor.
 The overture was q brilliant success and the musical numbers rendered by each member was heartily encored. The rendition of Good Night, Little Girl, Good Night" by W. w Lapsley; The Old Church Bell" by D. NJ Scott, IT,; 'The Hymn of the Old Church Choir" by Wick Allen: Yours Is Not the Only Aching Heart" by Charles Brislin and Any Old Port in a storm" by II. H. Hudson was received with ovations and each number had to be repeated.
 The comical numbers rendered by Harry Marks, Red Baker. Graham Melvin, Dave Steele. Bob Keeble and Dan Brislin were also heartily encor- ed. The overture terminated with sev- eral numbers by the Founders Quar- tette," which was composed of Messrs Lapsley, Boggs, Purviance and Keeble
 The olio embraced buck and wing dancing by Melvin and Steele and "Foots" Keeble in monologue, and con- cluded with a travesty on Buster Brown arranged by Jerome E. Siegel and Maurice Bloch. This absurdity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30

Mrs. W. B. McGowan. of Jackson vile. who has been here for the past week with relatives, is now visiting friends in Calera.
 Miss Matte Jones informally en- tertained a few friends this morning at bridge. Dainty refreshments were served.
 Mrs. H. M Standfill has returned from Birmingham. where she has been spending the past few days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
Social and Personal.

Mrs. Edward Marks. of New Orleans. is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. O. Kayser. on Lamar Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30

Mir. Herman Ullman has returned home after a trip to New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
Work Being Pushed Forward.

The Southern Hallway Company Is working hard in fixing up their lines between this city and Mobile and ex- poets to operate their regular through train to Mobile tomorrow afternoon. A large force of laborers have been at work fixing up the damages at the various points caused by the recent storms for several days past and this morning seven additional work trains were sent out to help in this work of repairing the line
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30

Nils Kathleen Mallory is enjoying a visit to friends in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30

MT. Monroe Gusdorf, who has been spending the past two weeks In New York, Is expected home tomorrow
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
YACHTS START ON
$500 MILE RACE

SAN PEDRO, Cal, July A.
Pres. Roosevelt, in the Office of his
summer residence at Oyster Bay,
today pressed a telegraph key that
sent a current CT electricity pulsat-
ing across the continent and fired
a canon mounted on the waterfront
here. This was the signal for the
starting of the great trans-Pacific
yacht race to Honolulu.
AsHthe beautiful little crafts
broke out their massive sails and
began the 1900 knot race across
the Pacific ocean, the vast crowd
of people that had congregated to
see the boats cross the line. broke
into enthusiastic cheers and thou
sands Of giant firecrackers and
other explosives were set off in Gel.
ebration of the event.
The boats that started in the
long race were:
Lurline, entered from Los An
geles. Gwendolyn II, of Seattle.
Lady Maude, of San Diego. Hawaii,
of Honolulu
Heavy storms are sure to be en-
countered at this season of the
year and it will require the best OF
seamanship to bring the racers
safely into the tropical harbor of
Honolulu. The crews of all the
boats are on their mettle, however,
and while the yachts were jockey
ing for position before crossing the
starting line there was the keenest
rivalry and each tried every trick
of the sailor to outmaneuver the
| other
The Lurline Is a schooner and
measures Sc feet over all
The Hawaii also is schooner
and her measurement is 50 feet s
inches over all.
The Gwendolyn and the Maude
are both yawls. the Maude meas
uring So feet inches and the
Gwendolyn 40 feet.
1t Is expected that between ~
and Is days will be required to
complete the voyage.
The idea of holding a yacht race
from the Pacific coast to Honolulu
originated in the islands among
members of the Hawaiian Yacht
club as to the length of time 1t
would require tor fast sail boat
| to make the trip.
To add interest to the race it
was proposed TO San Francisco
yachtsmen that they enter a boat
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
TRAINS LOADED
ALL DAY

AS there Is no celebration In
Spokane today, as usual thousands
of people are celebrating at the va
rious lakes and towns of the sur
rounding country. The Spokane 4
Inland dispatched Is trains up to
noon for Occur d'Alene. Liberty
and Hayden lakes, and every train
was taxed to its utmost capacity
to accommodate the pleasure seek
ers. For the excursion up the St
Joe river eight boats of the Red
Collar line were utilized, and hun
dreds spent the Fourth on this
cool and shadowy stream. On the
return trip this evening an i'm
mense barge will be provided with
music for dancing.
The new town of Spirit Lake
reached by the J. l. w. ~, aso re-
ceived liberal share of patron
age. Excursions were run from
Spokane and many pleasure seek.
ers and picnic parties left on the
early morning trains, while the
fight fans took late afternoon
trains for Mix Buffers boxing car
nival which will be held at Spirit
Lake this evening. Many societies
and lodges gave picnics and cele-
brations at the parks and resorts.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
ATTEMPT MADE TO
SLAUGHTER FAMILY
Murderous Bomb Exploded at De-
Mott Home on Division.

An explosion that bears the marks of malicious and
deadly intent rather than that of Fourth of July acct
occurred at o'clock this morning at OTIS Division st.
Mrs Mary De OMIT who lives there with her husband
cut about the shoulders by flying glass and the front Of
the house was wrecked.
Investigation by the police leads to the conclusion that
the explosion caused by bomb loaded with iron nuts
made to be fitted on bolts in addition to powder.
What the motive of such attack could be is mys-
terry to the officers and interested parties Boys celebrating
would not resort to such means and the police unable
to attach suspicion to anyone.
The cowardly attempt the lives of the De Motifs
well planned and they escaped by margin. But
they have enemies that they know of who would take
such measures.
until the filled with flying splinters of glass
and wood It is believed that the bomb exploded
the theory that else marked the victim of the
would assassin lived in the house Mr. and Mrs De Mott
were married two months ago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
SMALL BOY
SAVES FIVE

CLEVELAND, July 4.-Leroy Lee
baron, age IL, fought with death
for the lives of his parents and
three other persons and won. Those
who witnessed the deed are pre-
pairing to apply for Carnegie
medal for the child.
Leroy was playing on the sand
when he saw the sailboat in which
the party of five persons were sail
ing overturn, and in the face of a
gale which made the lake danger
GUS he rowed his light craft for a
full mile, reaching the overturned
boat exhausted. The entire party
reached shore in safety. A crowd
on the beach watched the struggle
without offering to help.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
BRYAN" DEAD ONE''
ton has SO stated officially.

ton has so stated off1cially.
The convention was called to or
der by William Jennings Bryan OF
Nebraska. In the .capacious Fair
view hall (front and back parlor,
bed rooms and front porch) the
delegates were assembled. The
convention organized by appointing
VIM. j. Bryan as committee on
credentials. while the drafting of
the platform and the adoption OF
rules and order OF business were
entrusted to William Jennings Bry-
an. Mr.. Bryan Of Nebraska made
the keynote speech. after which, &C
cording to the echoes. an eloquent
nominating speech was made by
William Jennings Bryan, who
placed in nomination man from
Nebraska--a peerless leader, a
champion OF the people. a prophet
of reform. OF dauntless courage. of
untiring devotion. OF etc, OF etc; a
man who. etc. man who, ETC.
William Jennings Bryan!
The cheering lasted one hour and
sixty-seven and three-quarters min
utes. thus breaking all cheer rec,
ords.
The noise was "stoopendous.
Delegates jumped on the stoop and
on one another. The cowboy mayor
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
Special Correspondence to The Press


DENVER, July. 4.-There have
been those who dreamed that Bry-
an was dead one" Here Is how
one of these deluded dreames
forecasts the coming convention at
Denver.
A nice democratic convention is
being held down the tracks at Lin
coin, Neb Its echoes may be
heard distinctly in this city, Some
democratic politicians are here lis
tening to the echoes. And the
rest of the time they are being
shown Denver and the marvels of
the new West.
Authentic echoes of the Fair
view convention show that the pre-
liminary sessions have been a sue
cess. The head Of the ticket has
been nominated. and 1t only re-
mains to select a vice presidential
nominee and lick the platform into
shape,
1t is unusual to nominate the
candidate before adopting the plat
form. But the Fairview convention
is an unusual convention. In the
first place It is harmonious-and
that, for democrats, is unusual. In
the second place nobody is "dictat-
tug" TO anybody else. The conven.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
ARCHBLSHOP'S ORDER
KILLED RACING GAME

was called to the long distance
telephone. Archbishop Blenk was
at the New Orleans end of the line.
"O'Connor, you must vote for the
Locke bill"
That was the message. The arch
bishop rang off before O'Connor
could answer.
When the vote on the bill was
called O'Connor answered, Yea"
Racing had been killed by a vote OF
FL to 10. Had OConnor voted as
he was expected to the vote would
have been 20 to 20, deadlock.
Archbishop Blenk was member
Of the original committee of %
who drafted the anti-gambling bill.
He is broad in all his views and
while he does not favor prohibition
he will say nothing against it. He
Is for high license, and his views
are very like those of Cardinal Glib
bons.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
NELSON AND
CANS

SAN FRANCISCO, July with
every prospect of a $4,000 house,
all is ready for the second battle
between Battling Nelson and Joe
Cans this afternoon for the light
weight championship Of the world.
There is little prospect that the
fight will last the scheduled As
rounds, but Nelson has never been
knocked out and that is one reason
that the fight, with odds 10 to 4, is
attracting such widespread atten'
ton. This fight will settle a long
string of arguments following the
Gans-Nelson fight at Goldfeld.
Cans slept late at San Rafael
camp this morning. At II O'Clock
he ate light meal. which is all he
will have until after the fight. He
expects to arrive at the ringside
shortly after l o'clock. Nelson will
remain in camp at Willett's place
until just before the fight. The
Dane weighed a little under 1873
pounds yesterday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
USUAL NOODLE
JOINT BATTLE

Another free for all fight took
place in the low noodle dive con.
Quoted by Cinnamon at 612 Front
av. last night. The almond eyed
proprietors locked the doors and
called the police when the pace got
too fast. Officers Mcdonald, Ed
wards and Pearson arrested Dan
Downer, e. V. Kelly and Albert
Bradbury. The police state that
Downes was recently arrested for
blowing a safe at Coulee City and
is now out on bail. The trio were
released on bond.
This is the same dive which has
recently given the police so much
trouble by selling liquor to boys
and girls, yet 1t is permitted to op
crate, mystery that is part of the
yellow peril"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
INDIANS WIN IN THE
GRANDEST RALLY YET.

vanced to the bat. He swung and
when the Tigers got the ball back
two Indians were home and the
game was safe.
The Tigers started out with good
intentions by scoring in the first
inning and there was nothing on
the record for Spokane until the
sixth, when the Indians annexed
one. That made the fans feel
easier, although they were waiting
confidently for the usual Indian fin
ish at the windup.
But in the eighth the Tigers cor
rallied couple more runs, with the
Indians no better off than before,
although lighting for it every
where.
Batteries for the day were Kill
lilay and McCa.ter for the Indians;
Hall and Shea for the Tigers.
This afternoons game will be
called at the usual time, 3:15.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04

Three to one in favor of Tacoma
in the eighth.
Four to three in favor of Spo-
kane in the ninth.
That's the story of the grandest
rally the Indians have pulled off
yet. And the big crowd at Recrea-
ton park this morning promptly
went raving crazy. 1t was worth
It.
Stevens walked in the ninth
when the Indians got their last
chance. Roberts went up for
West and delivered single. Foxy
Old Bill then sent Dunno in for Kill
lilay and Dunno singled, filing the
bases.
That brought Chandler up next,
and he responded with swat that
landed Stevens. Heart failure all
over the grandstand.
Then Clynes, like Casey, ad-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
ENGINEER TO
MAKE REPORT

Spokane may yet secure its own
electric lightning plant eventually.
On motion Of Councilman Funk the
board of works was instructed to
proceed with the gathering of data
and accordingly have set City En-
gineer Ralston to work on the
proposition. The engineers duties
just at present are too numerous
for him to devote any time to COM
piling figures showing approximate
expense Of the undertaking, but he
will get busy on it soon. He will
then submit his report to the board
of works, which will submit 1t to
the council without recommends
ton.
The report will show whether 1t
is an advisable undertaking or not.
The w. w. P. monopoly is now
getting thousands of dollars every
year out of the city for lighting,
charging 81 a month for each arc
lamp. When Charles Mcintyre was
city engineer he discouraged the
city light project.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-04
JEALOUS HUSBAND
ChEWS Her FINGERS

PORTLAND, July although
Mrs. M. Ames, Il nurse living at 125
Miles St, this city, is afraid to
swear out warrant for her hus-
band, fearing that II she does so
he will kill her, the police will ar
rest him without warrant and If
captured he will likely be handled
without gloves. Mrs. Ames says
her husband Is insanely jealous of
her and Wednesday after starting
a quarrel with her knocked her
down and almost severed one of
her fingers with his teeth. In ad-
dition to this he demolished their
home and when their small daugh-
ter would have telephoned for the
police he drew a revolver and
threatened to kill them both.