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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
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|. fingered 1t in trembling wonder ment, baffled and amazed by the dlscov- cry. As I withdrew my hands I touch. cd the cuff of my right sleeve. It was wet with some sticky. ciinglng sub- stance. held it before my eyes in the dim light of the lamp and shud- dered
 It was blood.
 In my horror at this put my hands to the ground in the eRort to rise. My left hand rested on a dagger.
 1 was almost afraid to look at 1t. And when at length I lifted 1t, I found the blade covered with blood. | What could 1t mean2 I was not wounded; or at least felt no wound, save the Injury to my head. l lay back and put my hand to the place There was scarcely any blood on it; and guessed I had been sandbagged
 lay back and felt carefully all over my body for wound from the dag ger. There was nothing.
 Then tried to call out; but my voice was feeble from shock, horror and weakness. Not a sound came in re- sponse. I was alone in the place. whatever place 1t was.
 I lay still for while pondering the .problem: and now the suggestion of familiarity which had so puzzled me before recurred with clearer distinct ness.
 Had I not known that I was in New York, l should have said the room was one in an Italian peasants house. Ihad seen many such rooms :n Sicily when l had lived in Italy some years before. I must have been attacked by some italians. and they had carried me off to one of their homes in the outskirts of New York.
 After another effort raised myself on my elbow to look around me. I stared at the deadly blood stained knife lying close to me. and from that to the sheath at my side. My eyes widened fin amazement when saw that the one fitted the other. The knife must have been fastened about me. therefore.
 why9
 Again I lay back trying to srapple with this fresh problem. Why should anyone endeavor to make 1t appear that I was armed with such weapon?
 My pain was now much less nay strength returning. and my brain work ing with less effort. The instinct of salf-preseryation awoke. Whoever my assailants were. they would probably soon return; and must lose no time in getting away to the police.
 I began to scramble laboriously to my feet, therefore, and at that moment my eyes fell on something which turned my blood to ice.
 Beyond the end of the rough table a mans legs protruded. stiff. motionless. rigid.
 I stared at them. fascinated with new and horrifying apprehension.
 Slowly and painfully I dragged my self nearer. until first the body was visible and then the face. The man was lying on his back. stone dead, and the blood from a thrust through the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
SCHOONER IS FLoATED.

Mobile. March l.--CSpeciai. )--After being aground in the Mobile Bay chan mel for more than two weeks. the big schooner Laura C., was fioated this afternoon when the channel which 1t was necessary to dig to get the ves- sel off was completed.
 The Laura c went aground during a heavy blow being about five hundred feet off the west bank of the channel. "A channel was dug 500 feet in length from where the vessel lay. to main the channel When the schooner was floated 1t was found that she had been resting on a barge of old bricks sunk 1t is stated. by the Yankees during ths war in trying to blocL fha Ssnss of Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
CHATTER !. The Awukeniug.


 My first conscious sensation was that of excruciating pain It was as If q thousand hammers were being dashed against my head with rhythmic force to mark each beat of my lurching pulse. The mere effort to open my eyes was torture: and when l made an attempt to rise. my head fell back, causing me such agony that l must have swooned again.
 when I came round next the pain was less distracting. and opened my eyes and stared vaguely at the sniok- biackened rafters above me and sought to collect my dazed wits.
 I was lying on my back on the stone flags of a room which was entirely strange to me. and utterly unlike any thing l had ever seen in New York. A square room; the walls and low raft CTS alike dirty and smoke-begrimed; seamerIy furnished with wooden set- tie. two or three chairs. and a table of, which a parafin lamp was burning dtniy. Something in the shape of the settle and chairs suggested resemb- lance which my thoughts were too be- wildered to fix. But certainly no place I had ever been in before.
 How had I come there? Presently I remembered that had been struck on the head; and with an effort I recalled
 
 I had dined that evening with Ger ald Thring at Delmonico's and had told him of old Giacommettl's appeal for help and of my intention to go to him in the Italian quarter.
 My dear DalrymDle. wouldn't go there alone at night for pile Of dol lars"
 remembered the warning and how I had laughed at it. I told him l had been there a hundred times and that knew my New York far better than he did. We had parted on the steps of Delrnonico's he to go to the club. where I was to meet him later, and Ito start on my prowl downtown.
 recalled the incidents of the stroll until I was near my destination. then the noise of a street trouble, the rush If footsteps behind me. and then the blow and sudden darkness.
 Nothing more.
 Gradually I began to reason. had been robbed. of course; and when I could bear to move. I felt my pockets. The start gave then sent a thrill of pain all through my body
 My clothes were all strange.
 I had been in evening dress. wearing my tuxedo jacket and evereoat: and now there was not q single garment that belonged to me.
 law ponderfng this. Evidently my assaiIants had carried me on to some low den or other, stripped of my clothes, and left me either to die or be discovered as might happen. I felt my clothing again, more care fully. This time my hand encountered something hard fastened to my side.
 1t was the empty sheath of dag ger in belt around my waist.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
GRAVELED ROADS
spo THEY rAYs. ASKED A WE'LL
 KNOWN CITIZEN.
He Talks of County Road Matters and Takes Position That the Reads
 Recuire Too Much
 Work

.
 Do travelled roads pay? One of the most prominent citizens of Montgomery County, a man who lives in the city, but who has farming interests which demand frequent trips to the country, rises to ask the question. What he says can be printed without an en- dorsement of his position. and is the opening of e question which has its own ieterest and importance to the peo- pie of Montgomery County. He pro- pounded the question and himself an- swers in the negative.
 The greater number of the people of the county differ with him, and he may hear from some of them. To an Adj vertiser reporter yesterday he said:
 '.Newspaper men are presumed to be posted on all subjects: being citizen and voter of this county and especially Interested in good roads, want to say that my observation leads me to the Inquiry as to whether or not graveied roads are success.
 "Is the fault if there be fault. in the quality of the material used. or In the construction? Suppose we run over a few roads in our minds. Take the road to the bridge over the Alabama River built and received by the Board. less than a year ago. 1t is in bad fix. A portion of it has been regravelled and if is less travelled than any road running into the city. The Mobile Road. built at an enormous cost has been regravelled. The Norman Bridge Road. also built at great cost. Is now being pIowed to be regravelled; the Lower Wetumpka Road has been gray eIIed twice and had some patch work last wear done on 1t, and so we might go m. from one road to another. all a,,n- tha countv and find the same con- ditions.
 only road coming into the city that has neyer been Gravelled; several times have seen committees before the Board asIxins to have that road gravelled. even offArinr the gravel free and pay the freight: the response generally being from some member of the Board that if is the best road in the county
 '.Is every Legislature to be called unon for authority to issue bonds to iree, them up? This is question in which every citizen of the county Is vitaIlv interested. and is open to any o,a to answer especially to Mir. Gar rett who has had large experience in road building, and whose observation is worth a great deal.
 s.The Washington Ferry Road was the first built, the material used was screened gravel or small pebbles. very little repairing has been done on it. while the travel is about as heavy as on any other road into the city. I would be pleased to have some one en1ighten me on these points,"
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
cnrIRT TN RscAMRIA.
szrnna sury Drnwn for the sprins
 Term.

e7Ran& NuEy UK0Wn HOT the SBrHn8
 Term.
 Rrewton. March I.--fSpecial )--Court ,fslessAia have been busy for several SaVk getting everything in readiness for me apring term of Circuit Court Tor Escansbia County, which cpfvenes March 32.
 The criminal docket is very large far thih term. there being -four murder sse - besiaes many of less magnitude. : srhn following persong have been aravsn on che grand jupS: W. I. Love laca. VI. H. Mccoy W. R. Russell. VI q. weston. ST.. W. M. skinner. J. D. Evans, H. D. Finlay, John W. nos.alas. ". F. Palmer. l. l.. Bryars, Wesley Emmons. II M. Lynn, w. T. Rroek. John A Hoomes. E. S. Lilies, W M. Weaver. T ". Ficklin, W. B BrantIey, wilson A.. Parker. Benja- min 1rfssett and John Still.
 Rev. S. D. Rogers. pastor of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
MT. stnnaIfer Trnnsferred.

Folrence, March I.--(SpecfaI -.The popular depot agent ct. the Louisville Fred Standifer, was transferred today to Sheffield and c. T. .Arnett, who has been cashier under him for the past three years, will succeed him. MT. Standifer has been the Louisville and Nashville agent here for a number of years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
Clifton MenanieIa Diea

Columbus. Miss. March 1.--(Special.i Clifton McDaniels, the young mar who was hurt at the plant of, the Bell Lumber Company yesterday: died at the Columbus hospital today. He wal 1s years old and unmarried.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
DIR. LYONS WILL PREACH.
Distinguished Presbyterian to Visit Mo
 bile

bile.
 Mobile, March 1.--(Speciai. )--Be- ginning March S. Rev. J. S Lyons D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. of Louisville. Ky, will conduct a series of evangelistic meetings in the Government Street Presbyterian Church.
 Dr. Lyons has been in Mobile before tn 1904. when he was very active in the church work. His coming to Mo- bile is looked forward to with a great deal of pleasure by many people of the cftv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02

the largest number of students at these examinations ever before in the history of the institution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02

Pale Delicate Wemen and Giris.
 The Old Standard GROVES TASTELESs CHILL TONIC. drives out malaria and builds ap the system. For grown people and children adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine Tablets DruRgista refund money if it faiis fo cure R VI GROVES signature is on each box. 2k6 mon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02

Several churches at Little Rock, Ark. have united to build g small chapel for the deaf and dumb of that city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02

But every great success has imilasors.
 The real purpose of this advertising campaign is to guard you against substitution: we want to i'm press upon your mind the name Kelloggs' :,
 s & '@ snd a ,ns R'esas soss. and a' %S Se S deiceu: flavor of the senuins~ Kelosss I Toasted Com Flakes.
 For they may initiate the box-they may copy the name, but they cannot copy the F favor. It's the flavor that won its favor. It will win your favor and it will hold it. So when you want the real Toasted Corn Flakes, be sure and call for and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
 RAILWAY.

Arrival aLu Hsp-it itals tiaIIis union Pas senger station Aontscinery. Ala Curs rent Schedules corrected to date ss'
 DEPART. .t For Union Springs. Troy. AndaIusia, Eufaula. Ozark Americus Alba :. ny. Columbus. Macon. Savannah And Augusta =: G:tspps Eufaula. Fort Gaines, Dawson, Americus Albany Col'bua Macon s:10am
 ARRIVE. From Savannah. Augusta. Macon. Columbus. Albany. [Americua. Ozark. Eufaula. Anda1usia. Troy, and Union SprtnRs .. 2. ... .11;10am- From Macon. Columbus. Albany Americus Dawson. Ft Gaines. Eu- fsula Andalusia. Troy. uaion spsn 7;Sspm
 ALL TRAINS DAILY. For further Information write or apply te R c Brookes. c A.. l02 Montgomery St; @ T. Surratt- D. T. A.. Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02

Many thousand people have winked at the gocer during the past ten days In response they have re- ssiyed generous sample of KellOsss Toasted Com idea of how delicious breakfast food could be- Over 100 men were engaged to issue the invitations and see that all gocers were supplied with 'wink ammunition
 Theresult was most phenomenal demand for the new breakfast food We venture to say that fully one. Com Fates for breakfast I g this ' nomins S And most of them will continue to enjoy it for breakfast.
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thereupon 70 undertake the work o.
construction: tl-z failure of the Amerl-
CaniZatiOn of the enterprise IN 1873 tlie
transmission by me to the congress
from time 10 time of full Information
and advice as TO the relations OF this
Government to transit across the 18th
mus and under the treaties, as 10 the
negotiations and final acquisition OF the
title, and later as 10 the progress ana
condition Of the work OF CONSTRUCTION
the previous authorization OF the sale
to the United States by the stockholders
Of the new company and their suOse-
Quent ratification. the examination ana
approval OF the title by Mr. Knox; the
arrangements for payment through j..
+. Morgan & Company as the nscal
agents Of this Government, ana the
payment accordingly at the sank or
France upon proper official receipts 70
the lquidators acting UNDER the decree
OF the French court, the French govern
mental body having jurisdiction ia the
matter: and, finally, the subsequent
3pportiOnment and distribution or the
fund 10 the credito-. and stockholders
Of the two companies -nder that decree.
BY P. c. KNOX.
The Panama Canal transaction was
actually carried through lot by either
the then Secretary OF safe, Mr. John
Hay. or the then Secret ~ Of War. Mr..
EIihu Root, both Of who m, however.
were cognizant Of ali the essential fea-
lures: but by the then Attorney Cen
eral. Mr.. 2. g. Knox. at present Sena-
tor from Pennsylvania. / directed or
approved every action, and am response
bic for all that was done in carrying
out the will Of the Congress: and the
provisions Of the Law, enacted by Con-
gress after exhaustive examination and
with by the Executive. While the
transaction was Denliag ! saw Mr..
Cromwell but two or three times, and
my Communications with him were
limited TO the eXchanFe OF purely for
NAL cOurtesies- Sec -taTy Hay occa-
sionally saw him. In the same manner.
l doubt whether Mr.. Root held any
conversation with him The Attorney
General saw him frequently, as re was
counsel for the Panama Company; their
were official. az repre-
Senting the two sides l iLClOse copies
Of my corresponds with William
Dudley FOulke. who first brought these
scandalous stories TO my attention. and
with Senator Knox and Mr.. Cromwell
to whom 1 wrote n response to the
request of a gentleman who wished to
know about the s. )ckholders I'm the
Panama Canal Company
The title 70 the Panama canal prop-
critics was vested I'm the New Panama
Canal Company OF France, which was
the legal owner thereof. and the old
or so-called De Lesseps Company, had
a large equity therein. The title was
not in New Jersey company nor in
any other American company, nor did
this Government have any dealings
with any American company through
out the affair
The exact legal status. 20 the most
minute detail, appears I'm the ex-
haustlve opinion Of Attorney General
Knox approving the title 70 be given
10 the United States. which clearly
establishes that the only party dealt
with was the New Panama Canal Corn
pany or France with the concurrence
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ccoaunued from First Page.)

Of Justice, of which p. c. Knox, now
Senator from Pennsylvania, was then
the head.
1t is pointed out that w. II. Taft
did not become Secretary Of Var until
long after the purchase and Il at EIihu
Root did not carry on the transaction,
but that Mr.. Knox did.
The President enters into a detailed
story Of the purchase. accompanies his
message by various papers and refers
Congress to others. How far his mes
sage viii take the wind out OF the sails
of Representative Rainey, who is pre-
pairing a speech on this subject, remains
TO be seen.
According 70 the information sub
mitted by the President, no Americans
were concerned in the purchase of the
canal property by this Government No
American names appear in the list of
stockholders of the New Panama Canal
Company. The names of certain banks
appear and these received some money
I'm the llquidating of the affairs Of the
company, and II Americans were inter
ested it was probably through these
banking houses. but the amount dis
tribIted in this fashion was not large.
II appears that William Nelson Crom-
well got $4,000 for his work, the French
court having passed on his fee.
MANY CONFERENCES.
The President prepared his message as
70 the details of the canal purchase
after numerous conferences with Solic-
itor General Hoyt, Senator Knox, Sec
retaTy Root, various other officials. and
several Senator'S and Representative.
William Nelson Cromwell turned over
to the President q list of the stockhold-
ers Of the new Panama Canal Company
and various data, when he learned The
President was preparing 4 special mes
sage on the subject.
The expectation is that Congress will
conclude to abandon any idea Of an in
vestigation In view OF the information
he President has submitted
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ments in thu possession OF the Depart
ment Of Site. the Department OF JUS
tice. and lhe Department Of War, so
that. II tie Congress sees NJ, 1t may
direct that they be printed They are,
and always have BEEN open TO the eS-
animation Of any member of the Con-
gress. There is no object In printing
them. but there is also no objection 10
printing them, save that 1t s useless
expense.
1 also transmit a list OF the docu-
ments furnished by Mr. Cromwell.
The White House, December -, 1905
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Reprints Foulke's Letter.
Then follows the correspondence be-
tween the President and William Dud-
hey Fouike. In which he President de-
MED the statement Of the Indianapolis
News and fayed its editor, Delavan
Smith. together with William Lanan.
the editor Of The New York paper. all
printed in the newspapers on Deem
Der 7.
Then comes the following correspond
ence betwee- the President and Senator
Knox.
December s, ISgS.
Ny Dear Senator: Mr.. is try
Ing TO look into that Panama canal
transaction. and he has asked me for
information that ! am not able 10 fur
nish- do not know whether Il can be
fl Finished at all. but II IL can be 1 sup
pose you would know more about II than
anyone else. He wants 70 get ar the
stock books OF the Panama canal com
pauies. old and new. II possible, to find
out the votes by which the stockholders
agreed TO the various transactions with
the United States Government Did this
Government obtain those stock books,
OF any records which would show who
the stockholders WereZ II not, have
you any idea where We could obtain
any information about such records?
Sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Hen P c. Knox.
United states Senate.
Letter From Knox.
Senate OF the United States, Commit
tee on Rules
December s.
Dear MI President: This Govern
raent did not get the stock books OF
either the old or new Panama Canal
Company We did not buy the cor
poratiUns or their stocks: We only
bought the property. We had no deal
inEs with the old company at all. that
company and the new company adj
iusted their equities IN The French
courts All / cared for was TO see that
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they did adjust them in such p way as
20 protect this Government. In the alb
SeICc OF any suggestion OF regularity
and there was TO such SuCEosCfOn-it
WAS "A matter OF indifference TO the
United States who owned the stock Of
the new company. The only question
was, did we want the property at the
price. Congress decided that we did,
and all you had to do was TO determine
II you could get a good title to il, and
then go ahead and make the purchase.
II there was any question as to our de-
sire Tor the property at the price Ce-
pending upon the personnel OF the
stockholders. that was one for the Con-
gress, which decided that We would
take II You executed the law direct
ing the purchase. and that rs all there
is to II so far as you are concerned.
My recollec lion is that the final rstf-
fcatiOn or the sale was almost unani-
nous by the stockholders Of the new
company; not more than four or five
small dissenting votes.
Sincerely, yours,
Z. Z. KNOX
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PLANS TO REGULATE
PUBLIC UTILITIES
La Toilette Introduces Bill Provid-
ing for Such Commits
sion for District.
sion for District.

Senator La Toilette has introduced a
bill providing for the creation of the
Public Utility Commission for the Dis
triCt of Columbia Under the bill such
commission will be given complete
charge over the rates and service, with
in the District. of the traction COM
panies, the telephone and telegraph com
panies, gas and electric light companies,
and railroad companies
Under the terms OF the bill, the com
mission is empowered to make a physi-
cal valuation Of all the properties OF
such public utility companies as a basis
for the fixing of the rates and charges.
Determinations OF all character are pro-
hibited, and the commission is to be the
judge as to not only the ressona bleness
of the charges for the service, but also
as TO the adequacy of the service Of
these public service corporations.
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Nothing to Probe,
Says President

IL was no concern OF the Presi-
dent to Inquire what the new PM
anna Canal Company did with the
money.
The Panama canal transaction
WINS carried through by the then
Attorney General, p. G. Knox.
directly approved and sm re-
spOnsIbIe for MI that was done I'm
carrying out tho will OF Congress.
i Vviah to make as clear AS pos
Siblc the statement that we did not
have anything to do with the dis
tribution of the s4O,OOO,OOO.
As matter OF fact, there il moth
ing Whatever In which this Gov
eminent Is Interested 10 Investi-
gate about this transaction.
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Trouble Looms Up
For Mr.. Pulitzer

string OF Infamous IIbeIs.
They are in fact, wholly, and I'm
form partly, libel upon the United
states Government.
4 do not believe we should con-
Germ ourselves with the particular
individuals who wrote the lying
and IibeIOus editorials The real
offender IL Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer.
He should be prosecuted by the
Government. The Attorney Cen
eraI has under consideration the
form IN which the proceedings
against FIR. Pulitzer shall be
brought.