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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
rO CRUSH BLACK-HAND.
Italian Detective starts Plan World
 Wide in Its Scope.

Italian Detective starts Ptan Wofiu-
 Wide in Its Scope.
 New York. Jan. 3.-A plan, world wide in it's scope. to crush out the Black Hand. Mafia and like orBanlza- tions. has been devised by Lieutenant .Toseph Petrosini. head of the Italian branch of the local detective bureau.
 Petrosini has established correspond ence with heads of the police depart ments in Rome and other Italian cities, and through them will learn whenever A brigand or black mailer has left the country supposedly for America. He has established ed similar connections With the police of Chicago. St. Paul, Minne- apolis, Denver. San Francisco and New Orleans and many smaller cities. and in this manner the local police expect to keep track of the leaders of groups and clsaues in this country.
 Lieutenant Petrosini is aiding in the organization of a national body Of Italian Americans. which proposes to appeal to Congress to pass an immigra- ton law to cause a more careful ex- animation of immigrants from Sicily and South Italy.
 Many undesirable citizens. men known as brigands in Sicily and Southern Italv are permitted to enter America" Lieutenant Petrosini said yesterday.
 They should be kept out. When they reach America they are admired and made leaders by the uneducated of their kind and soon are again at their old game of murder and black mail This can only be stamped put by driving as many of tn em as possi- ble out. because the average Sicilian is afraid to tell of his nersecutors."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
SCHEMES TO MURDER
CONDEMNED NEGRO WRITES To HIS SISTER.
NIayer Of MT. HuDstucker, Whcse Neck Was Saved By Conner,
 Suggests Kiliing White

T,irningham Jan. 3.--(SpeciaIt-r. letter intercepted today by deputies .. the county jail intended to pass l,on aa Henry Thaxton, the negro conoen,nes for the murder of s. T. Huns.acn ,ast and who was about to be hanged ias. week when a telegram was received from the Governor staying the eNeS tion for fifteen days, suggests p to murder a white man. .,ana
 The letter was found in an o,s which was being sent out to oe
 mitted through the mails. ,..sr
 The letter was addressed to sis'ei of Thaxton and was as FOLLOWS; T
 Now look here, sister, ten pap don't want this man nurt s,,,e am hurt and Mir. Higooh anu ',. ,;r,e more men are trying to get ire .lne for me and if they get it why oon have, this man hurt. will tel sou more later and don't let anyone know anything about this piece TOT tney u moi see it and in other woros you rnsntion it in writing and if you can get Him O'Hear out of the way Tn some way will get things hxed my way and you see if you can't get tnis man down here at once but don't iet any ' Enow your business for they don't kno" that I sent you this piece in the let ter hut don't fail to go and see AnoIe 2 ana ,f YOU need any money to get Una, man here just let me no and VIII get three or four dollars for you TOT the boys here told me if needed any money they would help me all they could. An.
 "so goodnight but go and see An. nie and get her to come ana "re. to that man and let me hho" once. po.har
 HI. T."
 When the letter was discovered Lu- c,en q. Brown, chief deputy sheritl wrote Governor Conner letter m, closing the letter intercepted iron' Thaxton's cell. |. a
 The man O'Hear mentioned IS
 white man and was the prlhcipai .n rass against Thaxton. It was m O'Hear,s saloon that Thaxton was seen with other negroes before Hunstucker was killed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
BOOK-KEEPER CONFEsSEs.
Another Sensational Chapter Added 1
 Eriaca Rnnk Scnndll.

San Francisco, Calif.. Jan. 3-Another sensational chapter was added to the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company scandal yesterday. when H L.. Storrs. one of the book keepers of the concern, broke down under a merci- less cross- examination and confessed that the false entries in the books were in his handwriting and had Teen made under orders from J. Dalzell Brown, the imprisoned manager of, the bank. and J. D. Robertson, the fugitive as- sistant secretary.
 The confession made by Storrs was complete in every respect and estab~ lIshed the fact that nearly $10O0,OOo had been falsely added to the assets of the bank in order to deceive the State Commissioners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
CONNECTS APPRECIATIvE.
Thank Prison Officials For Their
 Christmas Dinner.

Thank Prison Officials For Their
 Christmas Dinner.
 The gratitude of the inmates Of Prison No. 3 at Speigner's in particu- lar for an excellent Christmas dinner afforded them by Hon. J. Craig Smith, President of the Board of Convict In- spectors, and in general for the kind treatment by MT. Smith and Captain W. H. King, the Warden of the prison, is cordially expressed in letter which the inmates have written to The Advertiser.
 Following is a copy of the letter:
 "Speigner, Ala, Dec 2S, 1907 Editor Montgomery Advertiser, Mont
 gomery Alabama.
 Dear sir--We the inmates of this prison, deisre to thank the Hon. J. Craig Smith. President of the Convict Board, through the columns of your valuable paper. for the splendid dinner given on Christmas day to the prison CTS at this place, also we wish to ex- press our thanks to our worthy War den. Captain W. H. King. for his kind ness to us Christmas day. We believe We have the best Warden in the State and the biggest hearted, President that the Board of Convict Inspectors ever had in the State of Alabama
 Respectfully submitted
 Inmates of Prison No. g."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
sToRk's REMARKABLE RECORD.
New YOrk'a StntiAtics Show an In-
 arenSR i'm Rirfha

New York Jan. 3.--The stork made 125.l26 visits .n New York city during 1907. according to statistics prepared by the Commissioner of Health.
 This is an increase of l3,354 over the previous year. when l11.772 births were reported. The new figures give New York q higher birth rate than London and a lead more than 70 per cent over Paris. During the year there were 9,205 deaths giving a death rate of 1s.4S per thousand. In 1906 there were 75.203 deaths. There was material decrease in the deaths of children un- der years old. and an increase of 1880 in the number that died from heart disease. the total being 7.726.
 During 1907 there were 5l,O97 mar rlages as comnared with 4S.355 in 1906
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
A YOUNG MAN VIOLATES
 STATE PROHIBITION LAW

Athens. Ga.. Jan. 3.--Anson Higgins. young man representing Chatts- nooga liquor dealer, was arrested here today on the charge of violating the State prohibition law. He was distrib- uting advertising matter for his firm and with the matter small bottles of rye whiskey.
 He is charged with having given away liquor in public place to in- duce trade. Higgins Is held under bond of S1,2o0. The courts here have announced that they would impose the maximum penalty in such cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
ROWLAND SECURES
 VERDICT OF $3,0O0

Annistons Jan, 3--(SpeciaD-The Circuit Court jury in the case of John Rowland, former deputy sheriff and later chief of police of Jacksonville. against pr. w. B. Arbery, Mayor, and George and L. H. Rutledge, town marshals today reported verdict for $3,000 in favor of the plaintiff, who alleged false imprisonment and per sonal abuse by %he officers making his arrest The case will be appealed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04

The semt-a.nnual meetings of the Montgomery banks show that the city is inf excellent financial condition, not withstanding the talk of hard times. For the banks continued the payment of dividends notwithstanding panic and panic talk.
 The First National Bank, the oldest bank in the city. paid it's seventy third dividend The divedends Of this bank come quarterly and at the meet ing for the beginning of the new year another quarterly dividend of per cent on the stock of this firm hnahciai institution was declared.
 The Montgomery Bank and Trust Company was also shown to be ffls an excellent condition. The directors or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
UNIFORM LESSONS.
International Sunday School Committed
 ReSumeS Seaaf0un.

International Sunday school Committee
 Resumes Sessions.
 Boston, Mass, Jan Reconsideration of the plan of uniform Sunday School lessons was resumed today by repre- sentatives of the International Sunday School Committee, the Sunday School Educational Association, the Publish CTS of the Sunday School periodicals, and the International Executive Com mittee. The question is of relating the plan of 1872. or substituting for 1t q system adapted to graded Sunday School work. Whatever action Is adopted by the conference, will be rec commended to the next convention. of the International Sunday School As sociation, which will be held in Louis vile, Ky, next summer.
 The committee appointed to formu- late the decision of the conference has as Its chairman. Joseph c. MacLaren, of Toronto, the president of the Inter national Association.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
ACTOR IS INJURED. Shot On The stage With q "TallOw
 RuIJpf@

Huntsville. Jan. (Special) Frank Jacquel. an actor in the Corinne Run kel Stock Company was painfully in jured in the leg last night while play ing a part on the stage by being shot with a blank cartridge.
 The members of the company were unable to procure short pistols on ac- count of the new anti-pistol law of the State and the guns that they se- cured would not fl any blank cart ridges obtainables Loaded cartridges were drawn and filled with tallow and it was tallow bullet that injured the actor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
INVESTIGATION NOT COMPLETED.
shamrock" Fire still Under Eye of
 Special Committee.

The Commission appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the fire which partially destroyed the sham rock Saloon continued its sessions yes terday. and examined several wit nesses. The testimonies being taken are not published and will be held secret until the full report of the Com mission is submitted to the Secretary of State who is the head officer of the Department of Insurance, The Commission will continue its inquisi- tion today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
Bank DiDidends ShoU
 City's Fine Prosperity

this bank ordered the payment of the usual semi annual dividend. The di- vidend is 3 per cent.
 The semi annual dividend of the Fourth National Bank is per cent this time. The payment of this divi- dend was directed by the meeting of the Board of Directors at the begin ming of the new year.
 The Board of Directors of the Mont gomery Cotton Mills also added a note to the chorus of general prosperity. This institution will pay semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent
 From all of which 1t seems that times are not as hard in Montgomery as they are in some other cities, given more to talking than Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
sIXTY-TWO VETERANS.
This Number Now Being Cared For 4
 Soldiers Home.

Captain J. H. Simpson, who as com mandant of the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek, yesterday obtained from the State the quarterly stipend for the maintenance of the institution. made interesting reports of the condi- tions of the Home.
 Sixty-two veterans, one fewer than on the same day last year, are now be- ing cared for in the Home. During the last twelve months. twenty of the in- mates of the institution have died.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
FUNERAL OF MRS. HOLT.
Many Handsome Floral Offerings Att
 test Love For necensed.

test Love For Deceased.
 The funeral of Mrs. M L. Holt, who died Thursday night. took place at 3:30. o'oclock yesterday afternoon from the Court Street Methodist Church, of which Mrs. Holt had been member for more than fifty years. Rev. 0. C.. McGehee and Rev. w. M. Cox conduct ed the services. Dr. McGehee. who preached the funeral sermon, paid a beautiful tribute to the life and the character of Mrs. Holt
 The pallbearers were H. c. Davidson, M. P. LeGrande. J. W, Durr. Jr., S. Roman, John c. Crommelin, McD. Mo- Cain. Jr.. E. c. Andrew. and c. A. Lanier. Many handsome floral offer ings were evidence of the love in which Mrs. Holt was held by her friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
JUDGE MAYFIELD ON PROOFS.
Cod,fier Of Alabama Laws Goes TO
 Nashville.

Birmingham, Jan. s.-(special)- Judge J. J. Mayfield, official codiher or Alabama, has gone to Nashville rem to read proof on the code of Alabama which Is being gotten out in that city.
 .'The first volume of the code has been completed and about two-thirds of the second is in type" he said while here in speaking of the pro Rress made on the work. "I believe that the third volume will be in type by the first of March and the complete set will be probably ready by the first of April. At that time Governor Co., mer will have to issue his prociarna- tIon hefore the books will become of- ficiaily adopted.
 "The code will be plainly bound but the binding will be extremely durable. You could throw one of the books across the street without damaging It. Tn selecting the binding, wearing qual- ities were given the precedence over looks"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
Killed In Mines.

Birmingham. Jan. 3.-(Special)- Palmer Williams. a negro miner, was instantly killed early this morning in Mine No. A. of the Tennessee Com pany's mines in the Pratt division, by coming In contact with an overhea wire of the electric haulage system in the mine. These accidents are not numerous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
PICKING UP "VAGs."
Twenty Caught in The Police Drag Net
 Yesterday.

More than twenty negroes were ar rested during yesterday by the of ficers of the Police Department and incarcerated on charges of '1oitering" and vagrancy. Officers Hammond. Cloud, Patrick, Curtis and Cantey made the arrests.
 about noon yesterday when, 1t is al- legged. they gathered before a store in North Montgomery and for some time blocked the sidewalks. Others were arrested last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
NEWS OF WETUMPKA.
Young People Portray ''Scenes in the
 Union Depot"

Wetumpka, Jan. 3.--(SpecIalO- 'Scenes in the Union Depot" a unique aud enjoyable entertainment, was given by Miss Hoodenpyl's class in express ston at the auditorium Thursday night
 The audience was delighted with the realistic acting of the boys and girls. Bits of life of every kind were given. The little ones. the bride and groom, a couple eloping and the pursuing par ents, the courting widower. prlm old women, college girls. the hen-pecked husband, the courting widower and fes- tive darkies were all wildly scrambling for the trains called out by the typical brakeman.
 The songs given by the college quar- tstte. Messrs. Thornhill, Robison. E.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
Hard nn Lunch stands.

Birmingham. Jan, S-(Special)- Chief of Police Bodeker today issued instructions to patrolmen to stop the sale of sandwiches or other food where stands are conducted on sidewalks, the patrons eating on the sidewalk. The City Council at its last meeting adopt ed an ordinance forbidding "hand-out" wagons and stands of holes in the walls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
PROBATE NOTICE
THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
 MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

PROBATE OFFICE To Mrs. Letitia Pool Lakeland Florida:
 You will take notice that on the 3ath' day of December 1907, a certain paper in writ ing. purporting t0 be tho last VIII ana testament of Miss A. NJ. Sellers was filed in the Probate Court of this County by Call lie S Norman. and herewith her appiica- tion for the Probate thereof as such will. and that the 2sd day of January, 190S was appointed a day for hearing said aDpiiea- tion. at which time you may appear and contest the same, 1T you see praper,
 Given under my hand this goth day of December, 1907 J B. GASTON.
 --sat-2t Judge of Probate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
GOOD CHEER BANQUET.
Business, Men Of Birmingham At a
 BanGuef.

Birmingham, Jan. 3.-(Special)-A Good Cheer banquet was given tonight by the Birmingham Commercial Club.
 Bank CTS, merchants, capitalists, clerks and others participated in the gath ering and many impromptu speeches wree made ell looking to bright and prosperous future.
 The meeting was presided over by Sterling A. Wood, president of the Commercial Club while presidents of commercial organizations occupied seats near him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
serrennt RnRlnnd III.

W. H Ragland. Night Sergeant of the Police Department, was compelled to leave his duties last night on ac- count of Illness MT. Ragland. after endeavoring to remain through the hours of his watch. went to his home where he had medical attention. MT Ragland was relieved by Officer c. w Cantey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
COUPLE IS CAUGHT.
Young Matron Of Huntsville EioPed
 With H. F. Myley.

Huntsville, Jan. 3.-(Special.)-H. H. F. MyIey and Mrs. D. W. Cloud, who eloped from Huntsville on Christmas Day, have been apprehended In Bir- minrham and will be brought back to this city on charges of living in adultery.
 D. W. Cloud, husband of the woman, offered a reward for the arrest of the couple. Mrs. Young Is young and pretty, and is twenty-two years old. Her husband is fifty-five and the man with whom she eloped is twenty-two.
 The elopement caused sensation among the friends of the errtng cou- ple.s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
PRoHIRTTIoNIsTs HAPPY.
GIrard Government Yields To The NeV
 Law.

Columbus, Ga. Jan.,. 3-(SpeciaD- Prohibitionists of Girard and Columbus are both happy over Mayor Fosters publication today of Mayor Browne's certificate as to the prohibition statue of Columbus, the legal effect of the advertisement being that Girard is as dry as a bone.
 They are still nervous over the re- ported intention of saloon people to bring mandamus proceedings against Judge of Probate Benton of Russell County to compel him to issue liquor license for Girard, although up to a late hour tonight, such proceedings had not been inaugurated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
Cation Going to Waste.

Huntsville. Jan. 3-(Special )-LaCk. ing sufficient and competent labor for picking. a large amount of cotton iS going to waste in this section. There is a lot of cotton that will be picked before 1t Is ruined but the prospect. of getting it out Is very slim in some quarters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
Police CommIttees to Meet.

The Councils Police Committee has been called to convene at 10 o'clock this morning by it's chairman. Alder man Robert Tait. Routine matters are to be considered. The other members besides MT. Tait are Alderman Bras sell, Jones', Sullivan and Ruth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
Habeas Corpus penIed.

Birmingham, Jan, 3-(Speclal)- Judge c. A. Senn this afternoon denied the writ of habeas corpus to w. H. Young, the man wanted in Rome, Ga. on a charge of obtaining money by mortgaging property he did not own. Notice of appeal was given. Three times heretofore the writ was granted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
EIIIa Daxn Arrented.

Huntsville. Jan. Especial )-Ellis Days, proprietor of a soft drink estab- lishment, was arrested last night on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. A warrant for his arrest was sworn out by Ed Graves,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
Drummer Dies on Train.

Huntsville. Jan. 3.-(Special. )-John Rowland, of Beech Grove, Tenn, brotn- CT of Charles Rowland of this city. died of heart failure yesterday on a Southern Railway train as it entered Scottsboro. He was a well known travelling salesman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
Two Trampa Killed.

Monroe, La., Jan. 3.-Two tramps were reported killed today in q wreck on the Iron Mountain Railroad at swartz. La. Five cars of a freight train fell through a trestle bridge over a lake.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-04
The Pe-ru-na Almanac in S,O0O,00O
 H0mQN.

The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac has become a fixtures in Qver eight million homes. It can be obtained from all druggists free. Be sure to inquire early. The 1908 Almanac Is already published. and the supply will soon be exhausted. Do not put it off. Speak for one today. adv.--thu-sa
The Dickinson press., 1908-11-28
Benzie Drug 60.
Important Notice.

Notice is hereby given that anyone
who takes coal from the SH of Sec. Is,
Rge.oo, Twp. 14o, Stark county, N. D.,
near Belield, will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law, unless arrange
ments have been made with the owner
for taking the coal. Persons who have
taken coal from said land during the
past eighteen months will please remit
to the undersigned for the same at the
market value of the coal they have TAX
en-, in order to escape prosecution.
(Signed) Johnson, Mohn G. Mohn, Attys.
1o-3-tf Red Wing. MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1908-11-28

age of tablets, used as an antiseptic in
case of typhoid fever. Containing a
rank poison) on the floor. Her little
child while playing about the house ate
n of the tablets. Mr.. and Mrs. Nerby
drove hurriedly to this village with the
intention of taking the little one to
Dickinson but upon the advice of friends
here took the child to the home of Peter
Weber. Mr.. Weber is a trained nurse
and antidotes were given and the poison
checked. The little girl is doing nicely.
MI. Nerby went to Dickinson Saturday
and brought his little son home from the
hospital where he had been ill with
typhoid fever, also Mrs. Nerby who was
there to help are for the boy. The
patient is doing well.