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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
JUDGE TAFT AT AUGUSTA Receives Vociferous Georgj Welcome CROWDS CHEER JUSTLY Presi : z Roosevelt To Visit Au- l Ista During Taft's Stay  An oaaeiaI Welcome Was Extended ths Prssident-eieet by . Large Gem mittes from the Chamber
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Augusta, Ga, Dec. 1s.--A vociferous Georgia welcome was extended to Judge william H. Taft, President-eiect of the United States, on his arrival here today.
 The train shed was crowded with people who cheered Justify as tho form of MT. Taft appeared on the platform or tie car. An official welcome was extended him by a large committee headed by President L. c. Hayne of the local Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Taft was also cheered by the crowd which surged around the party on its way through the station to the auto mobile of Mir. and Mrs. Landon A. Thomas. whose house guests the Tafts win be until Monday, when they will occupy the Terrett cottage.
 The Thomas home ia near the Bon Air Hotel, three miles from the city and the Terrett cottage Is adjacent to the hotel.
 As the automobile moved away. company of Georgia's mounted mill tia fell in behind as an escort of honor.
 Mir. Taft acknowledged the demon- stration both at the station and as he was driven through the city. by rais- ing his hat and making Q plentiful distribution of the 'Taft smile" The trip from New York, which was begun yesterday and interrupted at Washington for luncheon and a conference at the White House, ended with no further incident.
 Mrs. Taft joined the train last night at Danville. Va. Robert and Charles Taft the two sons of Mir. and Mrs. Taft, are with them and Miss Helen, the daughter. will arrive the first of next week.
 judge ". H. Eve, who has returned here from Washington, made the am nouncement that President Roosevelt had promised him he would visit Au- gusta during the stay of. MT, Taft.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
BEN ESTES SUICIDES
TUsKEGEE YOUNG MAN USES 1
 PISTOL.
crmxed with DrfnI, He shoots HimaeI9. Despite Efforts of Roona-mates. Body Skipped To Alex
 aas1er City.

Tuskegee, Dec. is-(special )--Ben Estes, with his brains ooxing out, lies dead, ct the residence of Mr. and Mrs. T. w Fort the result of two pistol halls fired Into his forehead by his own hand this morning at o'clock.
 Estes had been drinking to an excess for several years. and lately his physi- clans had been giving antidotes trying to effect a cure Deiiriun trefnens seized him this morning about 4:50 o'clock. and he awakened the house. hold by firing a pistol out Of the win dow. afterwards running ont into the yard exciaiming that he was after a burglar.
 Messrs Fort and Mabry succeeded h getting him back into his room MT Mabry. his room mate. took the pistol away from him and placed 1t under his pillow.
 Estes did not return to his own bed hut lay down with Mra Mabry and Mir. chatman. The. latter soon fell asleep. thinking Estes was ell, right. Tn g. little while Estes secured the pistol. walked to the middle of the room. and enptted two of It's chambers Into his forehead.
 MT. Estes had lived in Tuskegee sew eral years and nras to have ieft today se sDend the hossdays ~dth his mother a4 Alexander City. His remains were shipped to Alexander City on q to- nights train.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
THE HANS TRIAL
STATE DEyELOPs STRONG TEsTI-
 M0NY IN CASE.
Witnesses Tell of the Killing of Wii- Ham E.. AnnEs The Court
 Adjeurms umttl Monday.

E Flushing, N F., Dec. 1S--The trial of Thornton J. Hains, on charges of aid- ing his brother, Captain Peter c. Hatns, IT., in the killing of William D. Anria. was adjourned tonight until Monday, after day in which the state develop ed the strongest testimony so far ad- ducea.
 Two witnesses, Herbert F. l.. Funke and Arthur Andrews. both eyewitnesses of the shooting, swore that there was an interval between the first shot fired by Captain Hains at Annis and the others that came in fairly rapid success sion.
 Both of these club membees declared positively that Thornton Hains pointed his revolver at those on the float after the first shot and before the succeeding shots were fired. An exhaustive cross examination on this point. material to the prosecutions case. failed to shake their testimony Andrews stated that following the first shot he saw the. de- fendant point his revolver at the witt ness's father.
 'sThere was 6 first shot, then an in- teryal when there were some more shots in quick succession, then a pause and a last shot which went through the sail. Tran when I saw Thornton Hafns point his revolver at my father and stood under the dock." said Andrews.
 The witness Funke gave a graphic description of the shooting of Annis [. Standing by with his arms folded the army captain waited until Annis's boat swept up beside the float, said the wit ness. then lifting the obscuring sail, Captain Hains fired several shots at the publisher.
 Justice Crane admonished the jury to be careful and not permit any one of them to discuss the case with them at their homes and then adjourned court until Monday.
 John Tonning. the boatman who seiz- ed iC,aptafn Hains by the wrist at the time of the shooting. and who has been missing since early in October, has been located and he will likely be a witness in the case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
PnrpAREp FOB DEATH.
Patrick Dooly Writes His Diary ant
 Then Suicides.

Patrick Dooly Writes His Diary and
 Then Suicides.
 Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 1S.-"1t Is going to be a bigger job than l at first thought hope I make success of it-I never did make success at anything else.
 After penning this concluding nota- ton of a twelve hour diary. which time he spent in contemplating the act. Pat- rick Dooley swallowed quantity or earboIie acid here today, dying before medical aid arrived.
 At 6 o'clock last night Dooley wrote of having tried to think of some way ro avoid suicide. but that he was i'll and homeless. He referred fin endear- jag terms of his mother and sister. At tntervais during the night he wrote If his 1despondency and warned young men against whiskey and bad com many. concluding with the expression quoted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
,. U. nATTEE TNpIcTEp.
Action Against North CarOiina BanikeH
 Causes Sensation.

Causes sennatlen.
 Charlotte, N. C.. Dee, 1s--Lee B, Battle, former cashier of the detEnct City National Bank of Greensboro. was indicted in the United States District Court here this afternoon on forty counts alleging Illegal practices.
 The bill of indictment charges three specific forms of malpraetic In the administration of the banks affsirs-- the overdrawing of large sums on his own account; a similar privilege ex- tended the Pomona Manufacturing Company, and the making of false re- turns to the Comptroller of the Cur rency. Battle, who was president ox 4he Pomona Manufacturing Company. as we'll as cashier of the bank. is ais legged to have overdrawn the conn pany,s account at times as much at s175,OOO and his own account to the extent of 41S,0DO.
 These overdrafts were covered, 1t is claimed. by falsified returns to the comptroller.
 Battle has long been one of Greens- boro's most conspicuous citizens. being prominent in church and social circles. and his indictment has caused pro- found sensation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
GRAFTERSSENTENCED
MAXIMUM PENALTIES FOR OFET-
 CIALS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
sanderson, Snyder, Mnthues sad Shu- maker are Fined Five Hundred Dollars Each and I've Years
 in Prison.

Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 1s.-Judge KunkeI today imposed the following sentence upon men convicted on March IS of the charge of conspiracy to de- fraud the State in contracts for sup plying furniture to the new State capi- tol:
 J. W. Sanderson, W. P. Snyder. w. L. Mathues and !. NJ. Shumaker. $500 fine and two years imprisonment, the maximum penalty. A motion for a supersedeas that an appeal may be ta- ken to the Superior Court, was made at once.
 The defendants were remanded to the custody of the sheriff pending ap- .plication for the supersedeas. As soon as 1t is granted, the defendants will offer bail, pending appeal to the Supe- rior Court. The men were convicted of defraudlng the State out of t1s,30s in a contract for wooden furniture. Other charges involved large sums in the aggregate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
ROOSEVELT BEGINS TO
 PREPARE HIS EVIDENCE

Washington. Dec. 1s.--President Roosevelt has begun preparations for submission to Congress e mass of evil aenoe on which he based the state Tnents in his annual message regard inc inc secret service aud for which tbe Perkins resolutions, passed yes terday in the House, called on the President to produce.
 q'he amount of work necessary to mt this evidence in shape for presen- tatiOn to Congress iB so great that 1t will not be ready to send to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
BOY IS KILLED
 IN A PRIZE FIGHT

PhiiadelphIa, Dec. 1s--James Curren. IS years of age was killed in boxing bout with Benjamin Barnet. aged IT years. at the Broadway Athletic Club in the lower section of the city today.
 The boys boxed very evenly in the first round, but in the second round Barnet began to punish his opponent. He knocked Curren down with hard blow on the chin. After arising Cur ren collapsed A physician examined him and ordered his removal to the hospital. but he was dead when the institution was reached.
 The police arrested Barnet and Bert Drace and John Haggerty. the boys who acted as seconds to curren. The seconds for Barnet fled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
HENRY AGAR ARRESTED.
Mrs. Agar Admits, Identity of Hus-
 hand For First Time.

Mrs. Agar AamitsN> Identity of Hus-
 b@ud For First Tinae.
 Princeton. Ind. Dec. 1s.-Not until this morning would Mrs. Agar admit the the man under arrest in Texas was her husband. Henry E, Agar, who was supposed to have been drowned. But a message from a relative of the family at Brownsville. continues the identity of Agar. To the newspaper men Mrs. Agar said:
 ''Until this morning. had placed no faith in the reported finding of my h husband 1t seems too good to be true but now know 1t Is he, and to us, 1t is like one coming back from the dead,y
 Agar was one of the most induigent of fathers and his greatest pride seemed to be in hIs children. The fact that he had never communicated in any way with his family was one of the strongest factors in the belief that he was dead.
 The message received from Browns vile says Agar wishes to return to Indiana to settle up his affairs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
sTHAMER BoMBARpED.
The KaInm. Kaloman Goes Down under
 Heavy Fire.

The KaImm hMl0mn Goes Down wpaeF
 Heavy Fire.
 Singapore, Dec. 1S.--The burning oil ship Kaiam KaloFna was bombarded by the harbor fort here today and finai- " sank with her hull riddled with solid shot.
 The flaming steamer. which halls from England, arrived from New York two days ago with her cargo of case oil on Are. All attempts to extinguish the blaze we're unsuccessful and an eftort was made to scuttle the vessel. This failed also and the danger to ship ping became serious
 It was impossible to so near the craft because Of the possibility of ex- plosions and finally the harbor agents appealed to the Eunners of the fort, wFsso sank the KaloFna with few well directed solid ehot from tho fortitica- tions six inch guns. The distance was two miles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
Honers Extraaitsom.

Houston, rex. Dec. is.-Reports from Brownsviile are to tho effect that Marshal. George Skelton. Of Princeton. Ind. is en route from Austin to that place armed with extradition papers for Henry E. Agar. former Secretary of the Princeton Milling Company of Princeton, Ind.
 Governor Campbell today honored the extradition papers Issued by the Governor of Indiana. Skelton starts North with his prisoner on Saturday,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
May Pardon Armeur.

Washington, Dec, ls-President Roosevelt. upon the request of Repre- sentative Bell of Georgia. today asked for the papers in the case of H. I. Ar mour. a Maryland man. who Is in the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga, and is said to be critically III of consump- tion Armour. was convicted at Will mIngton. Del. last May of violating the oleomargarine laws and was sentenced to the Atlanta penitentiary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
FORMATION OF
 UNITED STATES OF EUROPE

Paris. Dec. Is-Sir Max waechter. who is touring the capitals of Europe advocating the abolition of emperorS and kings and the formation of the United States of Europe. was received of Foreign Affairs,
 Sir Max favors King Edward as the first president of his proposed union.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
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GrRL MAY RECOVER

EXPENSES OF COUHThHkF. c Los Angeles. Dec. 1s.--If a giri &pays the Incidental courtship ex- Q penses of q young man who Is c seeking her hand and lie after q wards falls to marry her she may . recover through the courts the to- ( tai amount which she is out of c pocket on the proposition. ( c Such a case has just been de- ( c cided by Justice Selph, of Los An- c geles. who ruled that Mrs. Albert z A. Jones, formerly Miss Bessie q May. was entitled to recover q sS7.50 from Emil Fernhoitx. the . sum Representing a total of ex-< c penditares which the young lady Q made for the joint entertainment q Of hersen and FernhoItz during q the perioS Of the latter's unfruit- { q fuI courtship.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
ohio River Ri.es.

Pittsburg. Dec. iS--For the first time fin six months. the Ohio River has reached a packet stage and packets are to be started at once Several feet more of water is necessary to move the great number of coal barges in the Pittsburg harbor. Gauge tonight at Freeport 2.3 feet; at Beaver Dam, ST feet, rising.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
superuedeas Grnnted.

Philadelphia, Dec. 1S---The State Su- perlor, Court this afternoon granted a supersedeas to each of the defendants m the State Capitol conspiracy eases. who were today sentenced by the Dauphfn County Court to two years Imprisonment pending an appeal to the Superior Court.
 Ball in the sum of S25.0Oo each was fixed and will be entered at Harrisburg this afternoon. The prisoners will then pc released and the case will be argued before the Supreme Court next spring or summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
a,rnainh sfealner slnILn.

Dover, Eng. Dec Is.-The Swedish steamer Lindhonlen. 800 tons. went down on Goodwin Sands this morning following collision with the German steamer Frederike-Muller, 1,7s0 tons. from GrimBby for stockholm Eight of the crew of the Lindholmen were drowned. The survivors were landed here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19

stffH Talks of Libel in Panama Canal
 Matter. Washington. Dec. 1s--After today's cabinet meeting and a subsequent, con- ference with the President, Attorney General Eonaparte said the Depart rnent of Justice still had under con- sideratfon the question of prosecuting those persons whom the President con- sidered guilty of criminal libel in con- nectien with publications regarding the Panama canal purchase.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
SCHOOL HOUSE FrRE.
Ths Loss In Altoona, Fa., wan Reach
 s1e0y00e.

Altoona. Pa, Dec. 1s--Altoona's half million dollar high school building caught fire today and the entire fire department Of the city made an effort to confine the flames to the auditoriuna of the building.
 All the pupils were dismissed with out mishap, but many of them lost clothing which was hanging in closets.
 Tine fire rigfnated iu tue school e2F- pekster shop on tile fourth floor and went up the elevator shaft to the audfs torium.
 The damage to the building was si0O. 0O0. Several valuable paintings were destroyed before the fire was brought undar control
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
InnmrnraI. .Committee.

Washington, Dec. 1s.-Speaker Cam non today announced the following ap- pointrnents in the House on the Inau- TuraI Committee of Congress: Messrs. Burke (Pa.). Young (Mlch). Gaines fTenn.4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
AIabarnn at Departmentn.

Washington. D. C.. Dec. 1s-(SpeciaD William P. Noland appointed regu- lar. John s. Longmire sub rural car rler. Route No. at Carrcllton.
 Henry s. Debardelben appointed postmaster at White Hall Lowndes County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
GOLD RING FOUND.
 TN CRAW

N IN UNAW UE' BAHEIIs
 q Columbus, Ga. Dec, 1S- ( (special) l)-Partridges in Russell ( c County, Ala, are partaking of q very fancy diet just now, judg- q ing by an incident that has just ( c occurred there. ( Frank Bickerstaff. a eittsen of C that county. bagged several part 6 ridges while on a hunt, and while C q they were being prepared for sup ( q per. a gold ring was found in the q q craw of one of the birds. ( q The ring Is 8 plain one, the band q q being about three-eighths of an C . inch wide. and is engraved witt %the letter P. ( Q &AMAMAM@M@@@nmMS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
YOUNG MAN KILLED.

Grover BIackweII Robbed Aud Placed
 on RmlIr0ad Track.
 Knoxville. Tenn, Dec. 18--A special from Isis. va. states that Grover Blackwell. q young man of that place. was rtn over and cut to pieces at Pine vile. Ky. after being robbed, stun ned by a blow on the heBd and placed on the railroad track by highwaymen who held him up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19

riousiy wounded. The other partici- pant. Ned McAanners was injured Nothing Is ascertainable as to the cause of the trouble. McManners has been arrested
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
View of Rerlin.

Berlin, Dec, lS--The feeling Is growing here that President Castro iaft south America not because of iil- ness. but to escape the political tur- moil. and that he has no intention of ever returning.
 The German government has in- formation stating that it is uncertain whether Vice President Gomez win be- come President of the Republic or whether a provisional government will be organized under another head. Gomez is believed to be still true to Castro.
 Castro still persists in giving out deniaIs that any trouble occurred in Caracas December 14. when an in- furiated mob made demonstration against the absent president and his followers.
 Castro is to be transferred to Pro- lessor Israers private sanitarium in Berlin Sunday for a week of observa- ton to determine whether an opera tfon is necessary. Senora Castro and part of her husbands suite will also enter the hospital with the president. The entire first floor has been engag- ed for them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
THE WEATHER.

Washington, Dee. 1S-FOF Alahamai Fair Saturday and SundayB colder gat- ,,rdnxs moderate nOrthVFegt winds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19

Approves New LoaH.
 St. Petersburg. Dec. 1s-The Coun- cil of the Empire today unanimously approved the new loan of a225. .000,00
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
A Threr Handed FiRht.

L.0velady. Tex. Dec, 1s.-During a three handed light near Volga. Tex, today Chester Thompson waS stabbed to death and sheridan odom was sO-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-19
ROOSEVELT MAY PROSECUTE.

House until after the Christmas re- cess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-28
NOW OWNS ENTIRE SQUARE
CAR CoMPANY'S PURCHASE
NEAR THE NAVY YARD.
Addition to Barns to Be Built on
Property Acquired by Deed
Recorded Today.

A deed was placed On record today by
which the title to more than half of
square GOT. opposite navy yard gate. was
transferred to the Capital Traction Com
pany.' This property. comprising $3.50
square feet, and consisting of a large
number Of properties. some Of them i'm
proved and others unimproved, was pur-
chased for the company by Thomas j.
Fisher & Co., and now the entire holding
is decided to the company.
The new acquisition to the realty hold
ings of the company has a frontage of
some 2s0 feet on the east side OF eth
street between L and NJ streets south
east. and a frontage of 125 feet on L
and NJ streets. On the opposite side of
NJ street is the wall Of the navy yard
and the main entrance to the yard.
The eastern portion Of the square,
occupying the whole of the frontage on
and NJ streets, is owned by the COM
pany, and is now occupied by large
brick building used for the storage Of
cars, as the terminus of the line is d.
rectly. in front OF the building.
The purchase just made more than
doubles the holdings Of the company and
gives to 1t the ownership of the entire
clearing the ground, SO that an addition
can be built to the car barns. The price
paid for the property was about $4,000.
The Importance OF this terminal Of the
system is to be increased as the cars of
the new line that Is being built from 7th
the latter thoroughfare to sth street east
and thence down to the terminus at the
foot Of 9Th street and the navy yard gate
are all to be cared for at that point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-28
B. T. o. RAILWAY PROMOTIONS.
New Year Changes in the Official
Personnel,


BALTIMORE, December 2s.-The New
Year changes in the official personnel OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany are promulgated, and. as anticipat-
ed, show the adherence OF President Muir
ray and his operating executive, Third
Vice President Potter, to the principle of
promotion of men who by long and eff
cient service have earned recognition.
The formal announcement is:
John G. Walber, assistant to the third
vice president, appointed general super
intendent of transportation in place of
Arthur Hale. resigned.
]. w. Coon. chief clerk to the third vice
president, appointed assistant TO the third
vice president
John r. Broderck. secretary to the
third vice president, to succeed Mr.. Coon
as chief clerk
Mr. Hale for several years has been
chairman Of several committees Of the
American Railway Association, and his
work in that direction has become SO en-
crossing that he is obliged to give his
whole time to it. He will have offices in
New York and Chicago. In addition to
the duties Mr.. Hale has heretofore per-
formed as chairman of the committee on
car efficiency, the committee on car serv-
ice and the arbitration committee, he has
recently been representing the executive
committee of the association In different
capacities. His first work In this direc-
ton was in connection with the National
Conservation Congress In Washington for
some weeks, and It Is thought his general
duties having to do with the association
will increase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-28
PENALTIES ARE LIGHTENED.
Capt. Phillips Suspension Revoked
and Only 80 Days for Hendricks.

The appeals of Captain Frank Phillips.
master of the steamer Washington. and
Capt Henry kendrick. master of the
ferry steamer Lackawanna. vessels which
we're in collision on the Potomac between
this city and Alexandria about six weeks
ago, from the decision of the United
States inspectors of steam vessels sus-
pending the license Of Capt. Phillips for
thirty days and that of Capt kendrick
for ninety days, has resulted in the re-
version Of the decision as concerns Capt
Phillips and the revocation Of Capt. Ken
bricks license for ninety days is re-
duced to thirty days.
The appeal was made to Capt John
CAST, supervising Inspector for this dis
trict, who has his headquarters at Nor
folk. The case was heard little over
two weeks ago.
Capt. CAST in his decision states that he
cannot find that Capt. Phillips was guilty
of running his vessel too fast, as was
held by the local inspectors.
In the case Of Capt. Kendrick the super
vistng inspector finds that he was not
guilty of unskillfulness in the handling of
his steamer. but was guilty of minor
count.
This appeal is the first that has been
taken by a steamboat man of this city
from the decision of the local inspectors
In q number Of years.