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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
CONSIDER CORTELYOU
WANTED FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Interests ReorEanIxang Trust Company Pr0fIered Secretary the Oface, But He Will Reject
 the Place.

New York. Jan. 15.--It became known today that the interests, identified with the reorganization of the Knickerbocker Trust Company has considered the name of Secretary Cortelyou, among others. to take the presidency of that institu- ton, and that an intimation more or less positive in character had been com veyed to the Secretary within the past few days of the consideration of his name.
 One of the leading representatives of the reorganization interests of the Trust Company was authority for the statement that the intimation had as- sumed a quite definite character. taking the form of tender of the presidency of the company.
 It was stated by this same authority that no response had been received, but that 1t was expected MT. Cortelyou would arrive at a decision at an early date. This statement was made be- fore Secretary Cortelyou had given out an authoritative announcement of his intention not to resign from the Cabi- net In view of the later announce ment, 1t was assumed that any tender or intimation of his coming to New York as President of this company has been definitely rejected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
N SOLITUDE LONG ENDS Aged Woman Has No
 Kith Nor Kin.
 --s---- 1HREE TINES wEDDED. WIDOW All of Her Eleven Children Are
 Now Dead. nf1<ty Years oIa, Native Of Georsia. woman Die. in Hospital Beliey- ing She Hs the Last of Her

Ninety years old. the widow of three .husbnnds. the progenitrix of family of eleven children and two grand children. Mrs, Eliza Anne Underwood died In hospital in Montgomery last night believing that nowhere in the wide world did any one bear the name of her or any of her husbands; that in all the universe there was none to carry her blood or even by marital xclafionship. to lay claim to familiar affinity; that even In Sumter county. HeorRia. where she was born and whence she came to Montgomery al- most seventy years ago, there was none lsft of the family from whom she parted when she became the wifei of Wiley Hulan, of Greenville.
 Mrs. Underwood was born in Sumter county, Georgia. July IS, 1918. and when she was about twenty years old she was married to the late Wiley Hu- Ian, Of Groenville. To them were born eleven children, Only one of these children. Rebecca Hulan. attained ma fnrity and was married She became the wife of ". I. McCutcheon and two children were born to them. Mir. Me- x5necheon. Mrs. Mccutcheon and the children died.
 Aflerwards Mrs. HuIan marrien Newton Cooper. and after his death she was welded to Frank Underwood who died in 1872. Mr. Cooper and Mr, Un0erwood, who served in the Con <ederate Army. were citizens of Mont x0snery.
 Mrs. Underwood for msny years iiv- ed with the family of Md. Mccutcheon mt their residence. 42i Heron street. xt was only when Mrs. Underwood fell and suffered a fracture of her hip, nearly six yeafs ago. that she left the MeCufcheon home where she had been t8ndesly cared. for during long time
 Fear of Burial.
 A remarkable feature of Mrs. Un- Aergood's death was her repeated fear oE haing buried while she was still alive. and this dread, spoken in the form of 2 dying reqpesA is the cause of the naming of Friday as the day of her funeral. Mrs. Underwood number cd among her friends cemetary sex con. who Is said to have recounted to her many stories of the exhuming o1 bodies of persons who after being low cred into the earth. had been vital enough to turn over; and the impres- nion of the narrative seems to have been lasting.
 body not be buried until lapse oi time sufficient to determine the actual advent of death. and this request ii being complied with by her friends Tne hour of the funAraI has not beer selected. but her friends. from whos' homa her funeral win be conducted have decided to aocede to her las Wanhes.
 NErs. Underwood was member oi tho Christian church, and the pastol of that church, Elder Barnes. will prohabIy condMct the services. Other HrrHngements of the Funeral will bt announced later.
 New Church for Decatur.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
GRIFFITH SENTENCED
COURT IS LENrENT WITH YOUNG
 GEORGIAN.
He Confesses to Rafstng BiIIs and Judge TouImin Gives Him Fourteen Montks in Peni-
 tentzmry.

Mobile, Jan. I5.--tSpecial.) .)--Because of his past excellent record as a citizen and the fact that he was not a crim- inal at heart, and had freely confessed his guilt. W. R. Griffith. a young man of Athens, Ga. was given the minimum sentence by Judge Toulmin in the United States District Court today fol- lowing his indictment on a charge of raising United States currency.
 Before passing sentence. Judge Toul- man, his past excellent record and the fact that the court believed that he was not a criminal at heart, and had violated the Federal laws while labor ing under mental depression brought on by the beliefsthat he was financiall embarrassed.
 Griffith~at fourteen months imprison- ment at Atlanta. Ga, and the payment of a fine of sI00.I
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
WANTSUNDAYGAMES
MOBILE COUNCIL ENDORSES PETI-
 TI0N OF PEOPLE.
A. ID. stiles Elected Member of the Body te Succeed Fred GrotE, Deccased--Engineer Files
 Report.

Mobile, Jan. Especial. 1.-The General Council of Mobile tonight unan- imously adopted petition presented by several hundred cit.zens. praying for Sunday baseball in this city.
 Meeting in regular monthly session tonight. the Council transacted much business of great importance, elected A. E.. Stiles, Councilman from the Third Ward to succeed Fred Grotz, de- ceased; passed the petition asking for Sunday baseballf here and allowed the moving picture theatres to have music in their places on Sunday.
 The report of T. W. Nicol. the en- gineer appointed at tho last session to make report on the city water works system, was read. recommend ing the expenditure of much money. and construction of additional reser- voirs. Action on 1t was deferred until the next meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
CONGRESS.
The sennIte,

The 8eMMte.
 Washington, Jan. 15-The Senate did not receive a reply today from the Ssc- retary of the Treasury to its resolu- tion calling for information concerning the financial situation as had been promised, and in its absence Senator Aldrich assented to the passage of Senator Culberson's resolution on the same Subject. Without further com ment the resolution was adopted.
 The Senate passed a joint resoluA toin reducing from s24.o00 900 to $11.- a0e. .0o0 the war indemnity of the United States from China.
 The remainder of the session was devoted to the discussion or the pes nal code bill. The Senate adjourned at 4:30 p. p1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
nARLY MoRNING FIRE.

An alrm at a:i0 o'clock this morn ing called the Fire Department to the corner 6< Je6 Davis and cieveiand Avenues. where 1t was discovered that the back porch of house 2iS was abiaze. 1t was not ascertained the name ef the occupant os the house.
 Persons in the residence were awak- ened at g o'clock and discovered that the whole house was filled with smoke. The Department was telephoned and on it's arrival discovered that the side of the. house was burning fierceiy. The blaze was quickly extinguished ana the damage was comparatively slight.
 Firemen gave it as tfeir opinion that the fire was of incendiary origin.
 is likely to go to the jury early in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
PONCE A DEFAULTER
STEAMER BRINGS NEWS FROM yU- {. CAPTAIN.
Preminent Man and Members of His Family Are Held for Stealing
 e74O,0oO From
 Rank

Mobile. Jan. 16.-(Special.) )~-Infor- from Yucatan by the steamer Maiinche of the defaalting of Mateo Ponce for s74koo0 of the Bank of yucatan. I A sIettef was received today by M l. iForcheimer & O., telling of the theft and stating that Ponce as we'll as all members of his family are now in jail in connection with the affair. The let ter also states%hat Ponce and his fam fly were among the best people of Yu- catan anu the defalcatioR of the cash . fer had caused quite sensation.
 The little steamer New Haven. which formerly piled the Alabama river. and which is owned py a Montgomery mill firm. has been sold to local persons and will be brought here and overhauled. after which she will enter the gravel trade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
Remarkable Contract Brought to
 Light in Trial of LaWyer's Suit

money to Nff. Reese when 1t was due. The negro in jail had sold Dennis q mule e few weeks before and he paid all but SIS of the price of the animal In a contract between the two negroes Dennis promised to pay the SIS when negro No. died. It was specified that the money should ga for funeral ex- a good trade as he was getting very old and funeral expenses would natu~ rally be within short time. MT. Reese did not know of this transaction evidently.
 when the matter was finally siftec down in court yesterday afternoon Mr. Reese was presented with this staru- ing news. Dennis repeatedly told the court that "certainly he would pay that money when it was due" The entire trial was so filled with laugh making remarks that the spectators at the court were In an up7foar from start to finish. Judge Sayre has the case under consideration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
CoT. WONTACK nuAD.

Washington. Jan. 15.-Col. Emmett Womaek, former Solicitor General of Georgia, chief clerk of the Interior De- partment under Secretary Hoke Smith and for many years a member of the Board of Pension Appeals, died at his residence in this city today of apo plexy He was 62 years old. He will be buried at Mllledgeville. Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
WORK ON TERMINALS
YARDS OF NEW RAILROAD AT BEs-
 SEMER.
A. B. and A. Company Is Building From Brunswick te Hirmingham
 and Will Own Fine , RrOneFfy.

Birmingham, Jan. 15--(Special.)--- Work has been started at Bessemer on the immense terminals and yards to be used by the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad. which is now build ing to Birmingham, the construction men being between Talladega and Bes- semer. the line being In operation from Talladega to Brunswick, Ga.
 The yards will be seven thousand feet in length. The property is locat- sea just mile and a half from the heart of the city and there is consider able property in tAe immediate vicin- ity for industries, which. 1t is asserted, are to be located by the new railroad.
 pr. I'M. c. Ragsdale, member of tho Legislature from Jefferson County, who was stricken with paralysis several weeks ago at his home at McCalla. is improving and will shortly be able to he up and about. He is one of the most popular men in the southern part of fha county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
LInnor Shipments RiII.

WashfngtOn, Jan. 15-Senator Gore today introduced a bill providing that the interstate character of ship ment Of liquor shall cease upon its arrival at the place within a State where consigned and making the ship ment subject to local laws from that time on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16

msmbers of the First Baptist Church of Decatur have made arrangements 70 build handsome new church edince in Decatur at the corner of Lafayets end Oak Streets. The building VIII cost 900 and work wsll commence on 1t as soon as spring opens. The building win be built of brick ana VIII be trimmed with stone, and it win be one of the handsomest church struc- lures in the Dacaturs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16

Two or three men never causes more real laughter and presented a more anfdue situation than that seen by the remlilars at the City Court yesterday ufen the case of ". S. Reese vs. Dem nia Williams was in progress.
 There were the three characters, W. & Reese and two negroes, one Dennis xVtlliams and another late of the county jail. As the fun progressed 1t neared that when the negro No. 2 ~. -~T in the county jail for some ssg minor importance that he assa' 9, Reese and asked him to s.5fr r'a According to the usual s.f..r1, ruch cases Mir. Reese asked sin. se would get his money for ft, F be done.
 Gs told Mfr. Reese that one
 e jams owed him SIS and that as -ssesz grn the account over to him. af3 s e ,seedtng with the case MT.
 tH ss d Dennis up and the negro e.A Ae he owed the other negro
 1s aLt he would gladly pay the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
]. Remedy bx aIandamus.

Richmond, Va. Jan. I5-Judge Pritchard handed down in the United States Court of Appeals today an opip. ion in which 1t Is held that the rem edy by mandamus afforded by section cumulative and that 1t does not ex- clude any other remedy provided by the Interstate Commerce Act.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
FARRELL RECALLED.
In Governments Action to Dissolve the
 oil Combine.

oil Combine.
 New York, Jan. 15.--The Producers Protective Association, an organization of oil producers formed in 1887 to limit the production and raise the price of crude oil in PennsylvApia, was the sub ject of inquiry by counsel for the Standard oil Company today in the Governments action to dissolve the oil combine.
 wm. W. Tcabell, Treasurer of the Pure oil Company of Philadelphia, was recalled to the stand and questioned by the Standard oil counsel Mir. Tarbell said he was formerly a member of the association and that it was secret or- ganization of oil producers having To- cal assemblies. It resulted in raising the price of oil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
BaIIey Made Chairman.

Washington, Jan. 15--Senator Bailey was today made chairman of the com mittee tc dispose of useless papers in the executive departments to succeed the late Senator Mallory The princi- pal value of the appointment is that 1t gives him a committee of which the scarcity of minority chairmanships has thus far deprived him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
Rig Fire in nnfnrin.

Kenora. Ont, Jan. t5-The Maple Leaf Mills, belong,t to the Headley- Shaw Company, were burned Ihete early to- day. The elevator, in which was stor- ed over 300,000 bushels of wheat, was also destroyed. The loss will reach S1 900 .0OO insured
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
Refn.ea to Restrain saIe.

Atlanta. Ga. Jan. 15--Judge Newman in the Federal Court today refused to grant an injunction asked for by the western Union Telegraph Company seeking to restrain the State from coi- lecting franchise taxes from the com pany. The company claimed that by reason of an act of Congress giving it the right to run it's lines wherever 1t desires, it was not liable to such e tax.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
wi.coa.In Anti. ors..Ize.

Milwaukee. Wis. Jan. 15.-The Wis .eonsin Anti-Prohibition Association completed it's permanent organization today. The President elected is Henry !. Wehr, Milwaukee. An aggressive campaign is promised throughout the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
No Bettinw News in nraiIs.

Washington, Jan. 15--A biil forbid ding the carrying in the malls of bet ting tickets on horse races and of newspapers containing betting inform ation~ was introduced in the House to- day by Mir. Gordon, of Tennessee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
EufauIa nTiIIiner Rankrupt.

Eufaufa MiEziner Bankrupt.
 Ada L. Stephenson, a milliner of Eu- faula. filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the Federal Court. She gives her liabilities at $i,5e5.74, Awith assets amounting to s1.1S4.6I, all of which she claims to be exempt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16

Only One "BRoMo QUININE" That Is LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. Grove Used the World over to Cure a Cold in one day. ESQ.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16
BROKE GLASS TO

. BROKE GLASS TO . BREAK INTO PRISON.
 Appleton, Via, Jan. 15.--De- ( . termined to insure himself of a z . living during the winter. Charles ( . Kraut. out on parole from the . C Michigan State prison. today hurl- ( . ed a large stone and demolished . . $450 plate glass window in a . . local clothing Store and then gave . ' Hhimself up to the police. C q At the police station he stated ( . that if the authorities did not C . sentence him for life for his of- c . fense he would Kill some one. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16

New Church for Decatur. Decatur. Jan. 15.-(SpeciaL )-Tha
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16

.-. .A.aoa.saa, Sseorgia, Missis7 sippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. stopovers allowed; return limit, 2S dayS, (exeept that to certain territory the Hmis is 21 dsysl. We shall be glad to give you the rate to any point in the lest or Southwest, and send you free illustrated books about any state in the Great Southwest.
 R.M. M.GREFFKTH. TF@v. Pass.Ags.
 1ss 3oxh ssreea. NorSAsS
 Birmangh@zn. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-16

HsreA F@,tas s',~ ae--.-s- sr... eass
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-19

suffering quite a good deal from a
dull aching in the small OF my back
and dragging down feeling In my
loins and limbs. My kidneys were
very irregular in action and annoyed
me great deal. procured box
of Doan's Kidney Pills at the Lenhart
Drug Co. and when I had taken the
contents my back felt strong and well
and the kidneys were restored to their
normal condition ] think very highly
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-19
COFFEE SAL

Kupitz. the Bismarck grocer, has
made q record for coffee selling that
gives him the NTH place for total
sales Of the famous Chase & sanborn
coffee, the competition being between
North and South Dakota.
In North Dakota sales Mr.. Kupitz
holds fifth place in all the cities, Far.
go being first and Minot second. This
speaks well, not only for the activity
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-19
and push Of Mr.. Kupitz, but also for
the sterling quality Of the coffee de
is selling.

College Of Law State University Of
North Dakota. Two years course
leads TO degree Of LII. B. Strong fac
aify, excellent library. FnlI term
opens September 90. For particulars
write ANDREW A. BRUCE,
Grand Forks. N. d.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-19
Most times It's the kidneys fault.
Backache is really kidney ache;
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills cure

Many Bismarck women know this.
Read what one has to say about 1t:
Mrs. Miliey Fox, living at 607 Fifth
St., Bismarck, ~. ID, says: 1T is a
pleasure TO recommend remedy os
such curative powers as Doan's Kid
ney Pills. About year ago / was
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-19
Of Doan's Kidney PMS. Y

OF Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-19

Extraordinary bargains IN all sum.
msr goods at The Fair Store all this
week and next.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-02-14
Not Quite the Same.

A country clergyman vouches Tor
the truth of this story. Having arrived
at that point in the baptismai service
where the infants name Is conferred,
ne said. Name this child
Original story" said the sponsor
nurse.
What do you say" he asked In sur
prise.
"Original Story" she repeated In
clear. deliberate tones.
IFS II very odd name. isn't 1t: Arc
o SURE YOU want him called 10y the
name of Original story
Original Story-that's right"
lis it Il family Nance" the minister
persisted.
Named after his uncle, sir" explain
ed the nurse.
And SO as Original Story the litilt
fellow was chriStcncd. Some weeks
after this event the minister made tho
acquaintance of the said unci"-a Earn
lahorcr In another village whose name
vas Reginald Storys-I.ondon Taller.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-02-14
RIVERTON
(From the Review

Grandpa Hunter is complaining con
siderably these days of his i'll health.
Mrs. Noy Banks, who has been on
the sick list for some time, is reported
some better.
Mrs. Chas. Pugsley was called to
Fairbury Tuesday morning to be with
her mother who is sick.
Isaac Stephenson found his valua-
BILE driving mare, which he bought
of w. S. Bense of Red Cloud, in a herd
of ponies that went through this place
Tuesday headed west.
Last Wednesday morning twins were
born at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Livengood living four miles west OF
town. One Of the twins is n boy and
the other "a girl, each weighing seven
pounds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-02-14

second explosion had secured. No
particular damage was zone.
Someone went into tn. NJ. II. par.
sonaye, Sunday night, white the min-
lister and his family were ali at church.
A pitcher aud thirty cents was all
that was token.
Frank Shafer put up a barb wire to
turn his stock, and forgetting all about
it, ran into it with such force that he
wa, thrown back ward, alighting on the
back of his head.
some ~unregenerate thief stole all
the meat that Mill Parks had, and he
has no more hogs to butcher. a man
ought to be hung for stealing pork
lattened on fifty dent corn.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-02-14
BLOOMINGTON
From the Tribunc.)


G. w. Strangman is building Il new
house on his farm north of town. IL
is for one of his sons.
John Young is able to be around
again after his injury last week when
he broke two ribs by slipping from IA
straw stack upon the edge of IA hay
rack.
Dan Enos, whose home is at River
ton but who has been a travelling sales.
man for an Omaha firm for the past
six months with headquarters at
Wichita, Kan, was in town Saturday,
The band is progressing in a sub
stantial manner. Many of the boys
have their Instruments and the dis
cordant toots around town are album
dant, yet significant of future melody
and brassy sweetness.
Word was received Wednesday that
Mrs. Marshall Smith of Gallatin, Mo.
was critically i'll, and Miss Amy Smitl
left for that place that evening. Tele
grams arrived Thursday morning tina,
Mrs. Smith was dead.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-02-14
BLUE HILL.
From the Leader)

Mike Distler is able to be mp and
about town again.
q. I. Klingman of North Carolina
accompanied 10y his mother, who re-
sides in Hastings, came in Tuesday
and visited "A couple of days with Mrs.
A.. u. McNeer.
Miss Lemmie Schaa died at the home
of ber aunt, Mrs. John Rose, in Blue
Hill early Tuesday morning. aged ~
years. She had been very low for
some weeks, suffering from an abscess
on the brain.
A basket social and dance held by
the mambers of the |. o. o. +. lodge
and their families in the Odd Fellows
hall Monday afternoon, provided a
very pleasant entertainment for those
who are fortunate enough to belong tc
that lodge.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-02-14
French Superstitions.

The French superstitions regarding
deaths and funerals are all hut num-
brrless. If YOU meet Il funeral while
driving. you will have an accident be-
fore your drive Is over unless You turn
back" they say, Many Il gambler en-
route for Monte carlo VIII not gamble
that day II he meets II funeral Others
VIII lct only AT rouge ct nolr AMI per
~sistrntly on the black. The peasants
have AT least II hundred suncrstiiionS
about bees. They believe mnd did not
Virgil, too. or did he but chronicle II of
his contemporaries that bees are bred
Of dead mems bones and flesh. This
seems tn be one Of the oldest of the cur
rem French Supcrstitions! for on a
very old tomb At Aries found IN the
world famous .\lyScamp' Is this III
scriptlon: This Has Become the Home
Of uuhallowcd Bees London An
hWprS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1908-02-14
BLADEN
From the Enterprise

John Hines was married yesterday
so Miss Heinberger at the home of the
brides parents.
We are very sorry this week to have
TO chronicle the departure Of Rev. and
Mrs. A. J. Young for Blue Hill, where
they expect to take up their residence.
The sad intelligence a received
mere today of the death of LOUIS Keith,
father OF Mrs. j. l.. GrandstaH, which
occurred at his home in Hastings yes
terday.
Quite a serious runaway occurred
Tuesday evening when the horse driven
by Della McCallum became frightened
on Main street. The horse al over
the buggies of VIM. Kyle and George
Clatte, breaking them up to a certain
extent. We are glad to say, however,
no one a injured.