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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
ELECTION INQUIRY
IS TO HEAR OF THE LILLEY
 CAMPAIGN.
First Application of Massachusetts Law ts Attracting the Attention of PoIttIcians Through
 out Country.

New Haven. Conn, Dec. 26.--An cleo tion court to inquire into the cam paign and election expenses of Con- gressman and Governor r-elect George L. Lilley, of Waterbury, was opened here today upon the application of George L. Fox, a school master or this city, under provisions of a corrupt practices act. passed by the General Assembly h 1905. The Judges are Silas A. Rob- inscn and W. l.. Bennett. of the Su- perior Court. The sitting of this court Is of exceptional interest, not alone to politicians. but to the legal fraternity as 1t Is claimed that this is the first election court to be set up in this country.
 Al the November election Mir. Lilley was opposed by n faction In his own party and the strength of this antag- onism is shown by the fact that while Judge Taft carried the State by over 44.OO0 plurality. Mir LIlley had slight- Ny less than l6,0o0, The present irl- qnIry. should 1t reach the stage of talk { Ing evidence, Is Expected to go back into the canvass for the nomination In the spring and summer.
 Mir. Fox has suhpoenaed many wit nesses, alth ough Colonel l. M. Ullman, who served as financial agent for MT. Liiley. in New Haven, left for the South before the court papers were served upon him. Other supposed agents of Mir Lllley are expected to be In court. The. campaign expenses of Mir. Lilley were returned in the cer- tihcate to the Secretary of State at s23.000. those of Judge Robertson, the Democratic nominee for Governor at Ss3.0 900. while the anti-Lilley Republi- cans, spent over $15,000.
 MT. Fox'g power of subpoena under the corrupt practices act is believed to be unlimited.
 Henry W. Jsssup, of New York. and Matthew A. Reynolds, of this city. ap- peared as counsel for Mfr. Fox.
 Before the proceedings opened Mir Judson stated that MT. Lilley's attor- neys In no way attacked the principle of the present act They are In sym pathy with the intent of the act, he said.
 When Judge Robins and Judge Ben- nett had taken their seats on the bench Mir. Renolds read the petition for an election court.
 Colonel Burpee questioned the juris- diction of the court In the matter and submitted the pleading in which the question of the constitutionality of the act is raised, and which has been made public. Colonel Burpee did not admit that the judges sat either as trial court or as an inferior court of any kind holding that they were on the bench as a matter of courtesy
 Mir. Jessup argued the constitutions ality and competency of the court. 1,
 The arguments were continued when court reassembled after the noon re- cess. The afternoon session was a brief one and at It's conclusion adjourn ment for a week was taken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
Has ]" Greater Birmingham
 Bill Been ! Tempered With?

nal. He does not state how or when or why the discrepancy occurred. leavy ing the reader who accepts his charge free to attribute the appalling fault to mere slovenliness or to gross and bold design. He does. however. say that the Senate journal had been tam pered with" Mfr. King proposed to ask the Supreme Court to lay down a rule under which the records can be. ex- haustively examined.
 '"The case should in some way be sifted to the bottom If the charges be true. legislation becomes a mass of hodge -podge and guess-work The Sem ate journal, according to Mir. King, who was on the spot and very alert at that shows that the yea vote on the four separate amendments has been changed to the nay vote. and the nay vote has been changed to the yea vote. The journal makes Senator Miller vote against his own amendment. and makes Senator Spragins and Senator Overton vote in favor of 1t. This change of the vote is made to occur four separate times. The vote In each case is re- versed. Another mistake, that arouses suspicion Is that the vote showing yeas and nays on the final passage of the biil appears In the printed journal dis trfbuted In the various cffices of the State. The ofieial journal now in the office of the Secretary of State appears to show only the yeas voting. How could the printer have the official vote showing yeas and nays without having tho original copy. from which to set 1t up2 That record has disappeared from
 the ofiicIai journal, and must have dis- appeared since the journal went to the printer, otherwise the printer could not have set out the vote hy name.
 ''Mr. King and Mfr. Babb alike agree that the bill as signed by the Governor
 was regular and correct. Every detail had been closely watched. MT. King does not hesitate to say that the Sen ate journal has been tempered with. and this charge should he proeed to Co the State to sift this matter until every fact has been brought out No investigation of so grave a matter ca T
 be too searching or too unAinchiag" The Senate records at the Capitol. as 10 the passaEe of the Greater Birniing- ham bill, have been examined seYerai times The examinations it is stated positively. have endorsed the accuracy of Senator MIner's eharges. IL is fur ther said by men fin a position to know that the. bill le unconstitutional aceerding to previous decisions ot the Supreme Court. It is said that the yea and nay votes have been transposed on the Senate calendar that the calendar fails to show thnt the bill was ever re- ported adversely or favorably from a
 Senate committee. and 1t is further said
 that while the yee vote. together with the President of the Senate's vote Is shown. there Is no record of the nay vote.
 For these reasons those who have ex- au,ined the records say that beyond all doubt the bill wiil be held unconstitu-
 tfonal according to sll previous decis- ions of the Supreme Court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
A PECULIAR WOUND.
Woman Gut by Knife scwed In Coat
 Lining.

Lining.
 New York, Dec. 26.--Mrs. Frederick F. BeIcher, wife of the Secretary Of music publishing company of this city. was seriously injured while seated in q subway train last night in one of the most peculiar accidents on record
 Mrs Belch was seated by her huS- band when she screamed suddenly and grasped her left leg. She cried faint ly:
 'T am bleeding; it is in my coat.''
 Then she tainted. The train was stopped at the next station and the unconscious woman was carried to a bench on the platform. leaving a trail of blood behind her
 Mir. Beleher. frightened and mystifled as to the cause of the accident, bent over his wife and found six Inch cut in the calf of the leg. Bandaging the wound hastily, he summoned a physi- cIah but before the doctor arrived. the wound continued to bleed so freely that a policemen found 1t necessary to take his night stick by means of which he hastily improvised a tourniquet.
 Examination of Mrs. Belcher's coat Tn the meantime revealed the point of R sharp penknife sticking through the silk lining. It is supposed that some one who had a hand in making the garment, which is sealslxin, left the knife by accident in the folds where 1t was sewed up unnoticed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
Textile Men Meet

Charlotte. N. C., Dec. 26.-The South ern Textile Association held its first annual meeting here today. A large number of mill superintendents. over seers, and master mechanics were in attendance. At the morning session. A. E. Escot. of Raleigh, N. C., read a paper on Earning Power of Mills" and B. s. Cottrell of Charlotte. one on ''The Value of Humidihcation. The feature of the afternoon session was an address by W. A Graham Clark. a special agent of the Department of Commerce and Labor on The Utiliza- ton of Waste in Foreign Countries !"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
KILLS HIS srsrER. !,
Terrible Crime of Kentucky Railroad
 nEha.

Cincinnati, Dec 2s.--James Leary, a brakeman on the Cincinnati Southern Railway. who lived recently in Ludlow. shot and killed his sister. Mrs. Lida Detton. at a family reunion at his fathers home in Mount Zion, little village in Grant County, Ky, late yes- terday.
 After enptying his revolver into the body of the woman. Leary walked from the house to the general store. sew eral blocks away. bought additional cartridges and returned. He went into inc parlor where the body of his dead sister lay. placed the weapon to his head and blew his brains out.
 Leary's wife and children had been living with his parents.
 The victim was a widow and several children are orphaned by her death l. Coroner Martin Stamper of Grant County. held ,an inquest.
 Leary's sister had reproved him for drinking and this Is believed 10 have led to the double tragedy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY
DRUNKEN NEGRO KILLS ONE AND
 WOUNDS ANOTHER.
Lemon Fired Ffrnt at Negro Girl, Then Turned Revolver on woufd-be Pretectar wifh Fatal Re-
 sults--sxfII ct Large.


 As he attempted to save 8 negro girl from the danger of a drunken mans pistol Frank Market. q negro, was shot through the head and in- stantly killed at Perry's Mill Christi mas morning, by Abram Lemon. ne- gro. From perry's Mill. which Is about twelve mties from Montgomery. on the Central of Georgia Railroad, the news came to the city and two deputies were seat from Montgomery by Sheriff Hood. on Christmas night to effect capture of the murderer. The trip proved ffuitless, however, as no trace of Lemon could be found up- on the officers arrival at Perry's Mill
 Billie Jackson, the negro nurse girl whom Lemon at first attempted to kill. was shot through the neck, be- fore Market received the fatal wound in the head. It may be that the wound will prove fatal. and that two victims will be the result of the Christmas spree.
 It Is stated that the altercation be- gan when the man. under the fnfiu- ence of liquor, accosted the girl, whom he had known for some time. She repulsed him because of his condi- ton. His anger aroused, he drew the revolver and attacked her One shot found Judgement in her neck, and be- fore Lemon could repeat the fire. Frank Market rushed in to the girls protection. The revolver was turned on. him. and a single shot sent the protector fo the ground dead.
 Lemon, 1t is supposed. made inme- diately for the woods. and escaped across country, probably aided by some of the negroes about Perrys Mill. Lemon has lived for some time at Perry's Mill, going there from Montgomery. He has q father in this city, Albert Lemon.
 Both victims of Lemons drunken fury were farm hands on the Thomp- son plantatlon. and negroes weii-iilked because of their industry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
BPIDF WET Gpo0v HALFWAY,
 MARRIED CHRISTMAS DAY

Of much Interest to a large. circle of friends was the marriage of MT. F. c. .'Far4ner ard Mss Mildred Maguire. af Warsaw, Indiana, which took place .n Montgomery on Christmas Day. gsv. Mir. Branscomb performing the ceremony.
 Mir. Gardner left the city Thursday
 vening, thereby much mystifying his friends. Getting off at Birmingham. he met his fianoee who had travelled from Warsaw to Birmingham the day previous. The two then boarded the train for Montgomery and were mar ried in this city.
 The happy couple took their Christ man dinner with Capt. and Mrs. A. P. Wilson. with whom they have taken rooms for the winter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
cpnae of nrartln,n neath.

the Travellers Protective Association and Coroner Charles I. Groves. of this are in dispute. as to the manner in which Charles W. Martin, formerly of Nashville. met his death in a bath house here some days ago.
 Groves declares that broken neck
 was the cause. while four doctors dis agree. A $5,0o0 policy carried by hfar- tin is worth more to the estate in event of an accidental death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
IS SULLIVAN LECTURER.

San Jose. Cal. Dec. 2s.-Director ". ". Campbell of Lick Observatory. has versity for the academic year of 19o9- 1910. The lectures, which are from eight to twelve in number. are deliy- cred on successive days and deal with investigational results obtained by the lecturer. Director Campbell is the first astronomer and the first American to re- cetYe the appointment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
RAILROAD MEN SUMMONED.
Grand Jury is Investigating Into Re-
 bafeH

Chicago. Dec. 2e-Seores- of subpoe- mas. prepared at the office of District Attorney Sims, today were sent to St. Louis, Kansas City. St. Joseph and Omaha, where they will, 1t is said, be served on employees of railroads and packing houses
 The Federal grand jury in inves- tigating rebate charges against a cer- tain stock yards firm is said to have unearthed a clew. the development of which is said to illuminate the man. ner in which meat prices are said to be determined by certain influential packers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

as prescribed. was 1t to distribute ev- cry package in time for Christmas. and that each person may receive the present due him. the general delivery and carrier windows of the postoffice will remain open from to Il Sunday morning. an hour longer than the usual term.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
HIenLAND AvENUE FIRE.
Roof Ablaxe and Departments Havs
 Long Run.

A fire alarm sent in yesterday morning at 10:25 o'clock called the Madison avenne, Scott street and Highland avenue companies to 25 Highland avenue. The fire amounted to only a slight blaze on the roof, which was easily extinguished before any great damage had been done. The house was owned by John Jones and occupied by Mathews Burr, both are neRroes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
WILL REMAIN OPEN.

POstOmce Clerks swamPed With Mall
 Extra Hours Today.
 Stacked in a formidable array that daunts even the most muscular of mall carriers. the Christmas mail still remains undeiivered at the postoflce. Beyond the power of the mail car riers, with their eight hours of labor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
ASKS FOR RESIGNATION.
CorteIyOu says Mccarthy is Too Muel
 Politics.
Wanhinntnn [

Washington. Dec. 26-Secrotary Cortelyou said today that he had ask ed MT. Mccarthy. the Surveyor of the Port of Boston to resign either that position or the ehairmanship of the Re- publican City Committee.
 The Secretary explained that there was nothing unusual in this case. It was. he added, simply an instance of too much politics and he had simply taken the same course that he had in similar cases from time to time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
pnnHVRITvoy

Ferced E Brie;Spsep 6 Co. to move srous Montgomery tn peusacoia OH Isn- r,a1rv Esf. srrd your evffcrs to then sr ,r~fI for hfwA Grsdes of Liquors and wines.
The Detroit times., 1908-01-02
MEDICAL WISEACRES
MEET IN PITTSBURG

PITTSBURG, Jan. Am important
conference between men of learning
the country over, opened at the Carne-
gle institute this morning, when a
session OF members of the American
academy of Medicine began.
An address OF welcome was deliver.
ed at II O'Clock by DR.. Thos. ID. Davis
OF Pittsburg, president of the academy.
DR.. Chas. Mcintyre, OF Easton, win
deliver an address on THE purpose of
the conference" 10 be followed by a
discussion on The medical curricu.
lum," during which DR.. Henry Bates,
Jr., Of Philadelphia, president OF the
medical council OF Pennsylvania: pr.
Murray G.. Motter, OF Washington, ID.
c.. secretary of the National Confed-
Grafton of State Medical and Examin-
ing and Licensing Boards; DR.. David
Starr Jordan. president OF the Leland
Stanford. Jr., university. and DR.. Ro-
land G.. Curtin, of Philadelphia, will de-
liver addresses.
Or. Frederick II. Gerrish. professor
OF surgery in the medical department
of Bowdoin college will deliver ali adj
dress on The danger of attempting
too much.
The Detroit times., 1908-01-02
MORE CLERKS NEEDED
IN HAARER'S OFFICE

More help will be required In the de-
partment OF public works 90 carry out
the terms of the Gridley ordinance, in
stituting new forms OF checking in
bookkeeping Fl bis wastAe subsistence
OF the testimony OF Commissioner
Haarer, Bookkeeper Ray and Grid
ley himself before the ways and means
committee OF the council Thursday
morning.
THE bookkeeper has not been able
to keep up with the work this season. !"
said Commissioner Haarer. He has
too much TO do, and must have more
clerks IL the Office Is TO be run as 1t
should"
II have not had time to take up the
material accounts for the streets fir
ished last season because of the work
of collecting money ON sidewalks"
said Ray.
tirfdiey stated TINT the d. w
bookkeeper has too much routine worl:
TO do. The council committee will in
vest the conditions thoroughly before
reporting in the ordinance
Another measure before the same
committee, requiring the city depart
ments to file reports of bills receiy-
able with the controller and treasurer
and allow the latter TO collect them;
will affect the fire and police depart
ments, and more study viii be made
before II comes before the council.
The Detroit times., 1908-01-02
Refused License
Here, Cousins Hustle
To Windsor 10 Wed

Sorely disappointed were James o..
Claypole and Eftie B. Fetters. when
they learned that cousins aresnot per-
mitted Ito marry in Michigan. They
came all the way from Alvin, H., to
Detroit. TO get married. as the law in
their home state prohibits the marriage
OF cousins.
Clerk Walter Malotte had the IL
eensc almost filed out when the rela-
tionship of the, pair was disclosed.
Gently he broke the sad news, aBdr
James and Effie were almost distract=
ed. ~
Why. / have an uncle lawyer in
Detroit, and he said IL would be all
right spoke up the groom. That Is
the reason we came here. We couldn't
get married al home"
They were told that they could get
a license in Windsor, and they started
for the border city. Claypole gave his
age as 20 and the brides as Is.
The first marriage license issued In
Wayne county in 19O&swent to Fred
Robson, IA stalwart sailor from Lean
ington, Ont, and Miss Lulu Sheridan,
Il pretty miss from the same town. Az
ter the necessary papers had been
made out the couple went down stairs,
where Justice Detiaw made them man
and wife.
The Detroit times., 1908-01-02
WIFE NEARLY KILLED
IN ROW OVER RELIGION

BOYNE CITY; Mich, Jan Be
cause she refused to give up her relig-
ion, Mrs. Charles Hopkins, Salvation
Army woman, has "a fractured skull
and her husband is in Jail, charged
with attempted murder.
Hopkins objected TO his wife keep
ing up her army work. While walking
on the street they became involved in
a violent quarrel over the old subject
Hopkins picked up rock and struck
his wife over the head. the blow frac-
turing the skull. After she fell to the
ground, Hopkins continued his attack
and badly beat the PROSTATE woman.
Physicians say Mrs. Hopkins can
not live.
The Detroit times., 1908-01-02
cON-CON BARS
EXTRA PAY HABIT.
auarnN- DEMONSTRATES -YIaoR.
ousLY OVER EXCEPTION IN
CIRCUIT JUDGES.


LANSING, Mich, Jan. ESPECIALLY
After considerable friction, the con-
con passed through second reading
the proposal prohibiting the legisla-
ture, or any municipal authority. from
granting extra pay TO public officers,
agents or contractors after service
rendered; also prohibiting increasing
or diminishing salaries of public Of
ficers during their terms. An amend
ment was tackled on, excepting circuit
judges. in spite OF vigorous protest
by Burton, who said these officers
were no better than any others and
that this would open the door for log
rolling by these judges for an increase
OF salary Although. with emphasis.
he charged this was not right, by a
vote OF AZ to 80, it went through.
The Detroit times., 1908-01-02
Comstock Asks u. S.
To Bar CIyn Book

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.--Anthony Com
stock, agent for the Society for The
Suppression of Vice, has decided that
Elinor Glyn's book. Three Weeks
is not fitted for general circulation. lie
has asked the federal authorities to
investigate il.
If his opinion is held by The United
States district attorneys office the
book will be barred from the post UNI
der section 1888 OF the revised
statutes OF the United States. which
prohibits objectionable literature so
ing through the mails
Il have brought the book to the at
tention of the federal authorities" said
Mr.. Comstock, and they will take
whatever action they see fit / do not
consider the book III for general cir
culation. A book that is suitable for
one class may not be for another,
and do not think that Three Weeks
should be allowed TO be circulated gen
-arally-
When Mrs. Glyn was told of the &C.
ton OF Mr.. Comstock, she said:
1.-The matter of the authorities Inv
vestigating my book Is OF no moment
to me. will not discuss 1t. wish
all the world a happy New Year. That
Is all have 10 say
The Detroit times., 1908-01-02
Don't .keqlect the Grip.

Get warm at once; bring about q
free movement ofcgour bowels, prefer.
ably by taking Hoods Pills-the up
to-date cathartic. easy to take. easy
10 operate"--and rid your blood OF The
grip poison, sharpen your appetite and
regain your strength by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
~ had the Grip and was all run
down and did not have any strength
] began taking Hoods SarsaparillaI
gained strength and was soon as well
as ever" Mrsl Sarah A. Hale. Cole
brook, Conn
my Wife Had An Attack Of the Grip
and Inflammation OF the eyes. | got
her bottle OF Hoods Sarsaparilla and
Ii gave her great relief. We have
implicit confidence in this medicine. .
j. II. Knoedler, Treverton. Pa.
The Detroit times., 1908-01-02
DRIVER OF WAGON DIES
TO SAVE A LAD

ANN ARBOR. Mich. Jan. 2.-ATbe
alarm bell at the Pontlac-st crossing
of the Toledo 4 Ann Arbor railroad
did not sound early this morning, and
Lee Frazer, driver OF an O'fiara milk
wagon, drove on the tracks Just in
front OF a train. There Is curve in
the tracks at this point and the dan.
ger was not seen until the train was
almost upon the wagon.
a young son of O'Hara was with
Frazer and the latter quickly pushed
him from the wagon. The boy fell to
the ground out OF the path of the train
and was unburt. Frazer Also jumped.
but was too late. and fell directly in
front of the train.
The body was carried about quar-
ter of mile on the pilot and then
tossed into ditch. II was found bad
~ mangled after a long search.