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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-23
Shippinu Season Closes.

ST. Louis Dec. 1.-THE shipping
season on the Mississippi river at this
point closed Monday with the depar
ture of the steamer Gray Eagle for Pa
ducah.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-23

We can sell them II priced right.
Send description TO
LSoN & RSkINE
Real Estate Agent.
Wellborn, Texas.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-23
FIGHTS NEGRO ON ROOF.
Police officer Has Thrilling Encounter
With q Desperate Individual.

EOilNN OtiiNCt fNuS 6WSOo'Aos
With q Desperate Individual.
Steubenville, o., Dec. 22.-Policeman
Lafayette II, Mercer had desperate
struggle on a slippery roof forty feet
high with Charles Baker, negro. es.
capped from the Mansfield reformatory,
Baker tried repeatedly to push the of
ficer off the roof. The negro who had
got work here as hotel porter forged
Judge J. r. Burrows name to an or.
der on store. When officers went
to Bakers boarding house he took off
his shoes and crawled out on steep
roof through dormer window.
Mercer. who has Cherokee Indian
blood In his veins. went out after his
man. The officers superior strength
and wrestling science finally won.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-23
EIoln Butter Sales.

Elgin. H., Dec 22.--Butter sales the
past week were $1,000 pounds.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-23
stranqIes Himself With Sheet.

Plttsburg. Dec. 22.-In a private
ward OF Mercy hospital John Robb
Murdoch, member OF a prominent fam
lily. stiangled himself with twisted
sheet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
BOARD OF BISHOPS.
African Diamond Jubilee During 1904
 Is Approved.


 Indianapolis. Oct. 29.-The second days session of the semi-annual meet ing of the Board, of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Bishop W. F, McDowell. of Chicago. presiding, was addressed by Bishop Hatsell, from Cape Town. Africa, on the progress of mission work on that continent and upon the plans of the board of for elgn missions to have an African dia- mond jubilee during 1909 and raise $500, 900 as a special thanks offering to be used in enlarging the work in Africa.
 The bishops by a unanimous vote, heartily approved the jubilee and urged the pastors and people to CO., operate. -=-.=,,
 The sessions are executive, but 1t is understood. that the time today was taken up largely in discussing plans whereby they may meet the wishes of the general conference to have more direct supervision of the work in the different localities than obtains under the present system of general supertn- tendency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
STARR FALLS DEAD
HEART FAILED HIM IN FRONT OF
 HIS STORE.
Had Reeu a Grocer Since 27 Years old and Was widely Known In Lodge Circles-Funeral
 Services.

Daniel S E. Starr. 66 years old. a nrominent wholesale and retail grocery man of Montgomery, fell dead or heart failure. in front of his store. 1oe Mobile Street, Thursday afternoon at z'zO o'clock.
 MT Starr went home at the usual time to his noon meal After eatlns dinner and staying about his residence for about an hour. he went back to ms store. Just before entering there ne fell to the ground. He lay unattended about fifteen minutes before any one found him. When he was found on the ground immediately telephone mes sage was sent for a physician, but when the physician arrived the man had passed away. He was picked up and taken to his residence, corner Mil dred and Mobile Streets.
 Mir Starr has been living in Mont gomery for the last hfty-six years and was esteemed by all Vho knew him. At the age of 27 l., entered the grocery business in Montgomery and has been generally SUI 5sful during his business career. He was mem ber of the Royal Arch Mcsons, Andrew Jackson Ao-ge. for more than forty years. He was a member of the Knigts of Pythias. Mosias Lodge No. 2I for a good many years. He was also a member of Loyal Lodge, Knights of Honor The various lodges of which he was a member will attend his funer- al in a body.
 The deceased is survived by his wife. Mrs. A. c. Starr; two daughters. Mrs. Mary A. Smith and Mrs. Sallie S. Lin stedt, of Montgomery; seven sons, B. R. Starr. F. c. Starr. J. c. Starr. Will liam c. Starr. Daniel S. E. Starr. Jr., and John H. Starr. of Montgomery, and Thomas E. Starr, of Birmingham.
 The funeral of the deceased will take place from his residence Satur- day morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. stewart Mcqueen, pastor of the Church of the Holy Comforter. will of- ficiate. The interment will be in Oak wood Cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
Hist! APparitions Beginning
 To Send Cards for HalLoUe 'en

Ghosts and ghouls. spooks and hob goblins and banshees. and the good saints only know what else. are snooping around as the last night in October draws near, which as all the world knows, and few of the Chinese. is Halloween. Just who stirred up the spooks to the general disturbance on that particular evening. is still mys- tery to those who do not know, but the fact that small boys are possessed of devils on the last night of October Is sufficient proof of the presence of the spirits of Empusa's myrmidons.
 Maybe 1t Is known as the all-hal- lowed evening because of the com parison between the evening and night a few minutes later when the storm breaks and you find your neighbor's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
SENSATION IN COURT.
Contractor Blake Says, He Was Bribed
 Ey Rue1's Counsel.


 Ey Rues's Counsel.
 San Francisco. Cal. Oct. 2s--Standing in the shadow of the penitentiary with sentence about to be passed upon him aud having seen his beautiful young wife just led from the court room hys- terically crying, No, Mo-" E. A. S. Blake, the contractor convicted of at tempting to bribe John M. Kelly to qualify on the jury to try Abraham Ruef and vote for Ruefs acquittal, made a full confession in court today.
 He told how. after he was arrested, Frank J. Murphy. Ruefs associate counsel, came to him and promised him SIG, 1000 if he would keep quiet, the amount in notes signed by 1.uef being delivered to third party to be paid to Blake immediatelv after he was sen- fenced Besides this amount, Blake de- clared that his wife was to receive s1oo a month while he was in the peniten- tiary. Blake was called on to rise for sentence, his young wife cried, mo, not that" and began to sob hysterical- ly. she was led from the room and after motions for a new trial and ar- rest of judgment had been denied, Blake said he had a statement to make as the reason why sentence should not be pronounced. This came as a com plete surprise to his counsel. who were permitted to withdraw from the case.
 After jbeing sworn and stating that he had not been promised immunity. Blake told of being offered s1,00o by at- torney A S. Newburger and F. J. Mur- phy, of Ruef's counsel, to influence J NJ. Kelly, 8 prospective Juror, to vote for the acquittal of Ruef.
 He at first offered Kelly $500. which was refused, but the offer of $1,000 was accepted.
 It was then brought out that New burger had secured attorneys for BlAke's defense. Blake then told of the ofrer of s10.00o and provision for his wife while he was in prison if he would not make confession. The story. told by Blake created sensa- tion in court and the case was contin- ned for tN;o weeks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
cHARLEMAGNE TOWER SPEAKS.
Former Ambassador to Germany Ad
 dresses Repuh Mass Meeting.

Former Ambassador to Germany Au-
 dresses Repub Mass Meeting.
 Norristown, Pa. Oct. 29.-Charle- magne Tower, former United States Amb asaador to Germany. was the prin- cipal speaker at a Republican mass meeting here tonight.
 Among other things. the speaker said he had "seen the position of this country advance so rapidly in the fam fly of nations. since 1897, under the Republican administrations of Presi- dents Mckinley and Roosevelt, that it has gained in that period more infiu- ence and greater authority throughout the world than 1t had acquired up to that time since the foundation of the Government"
 MT. Tower defended the protective tarifr, and said the Republican party is taking good care Of. the wage-earner by keeping the manufacturer from being encroached upon from abroad. He declared that the business depres- sions were not due to political causes, because worse conditions prevailed abroad. ..r,-As se ,f.s,s ...t. .-
 MT. Bryan" he declared. "is the most
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
End Comea to Noted Christian Wonaan of MonfRomeRy,

End Comea to Noted Christian Woman of. Montgomery.
 Mrs. Mary Ann Johnston, widow of Major William Johnston, died at her home. 1O9 Forest Avenue. Highland Park, at o'clock Thursday morning. While she had been in feeble health for several years, the illnt s which proved fatal, was of less than two weeks duration. She was born in Augusta, Ga, october 24. 1926. and on Saturday last began the s3rd year of life. Her parents were Judge and Mrs. w. W. Holt, of Augusta. de was the first Mayor of that city, and for great many years one of the Superior Court Judges of Georgia. After her marriage she came with her husband to Mont gomery County in 1858. and lived for q number of years on their plantation. moving to the city about twenty-five years ago., fsr
 Mrs Johnston was a woman of su- perior order of intellect and could cas- fly adorn any circle of which she was a part. To intellect was added great wealth of heart, which was shown in her love for family, friends flowers and the poor dumb brutes. She was charitable to the fullest extent, both in giving where needed. and in senti- ment towards all man and womankino
 In her glrlhood she united with the First Presbyterian Church Tn Augus- ta, and when she mo.ed to Alabama her membership was transferred to the First Presbyterian Church of this city. For a full half-century she has in that church exemplifed by life and precept the beauties of Christian character.
 Mrs. Johnston was greatly esteemed by A wide circle of admiring friends, and to many lot bound to her by ties of blood her death comes as great personal loss.
 She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. A. J. Mapes and Miss Mary John- ston. and two sons. William H. John ston and A S. Johnston; one sister, Mrs. W. W. Screws. of Montgomery. and one brother. A. c. Holt, of Angus ia. Ga, She is also survived by several grandchildren.
 The funeral services will be held at the residence. 109 Forest Avenue, at 10:3o o'clock this morning. Rev. H. M. Edmonds will offlciate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

gate sedateiy festooning the fountain in the front yard. your prize white leghorns all painted blue. and the goat in a barrel run up to the top of the schoolhouse flag pole.
 Halloween Is a sort of forerunner of St. Valentines Day, for on the first occasion there are any number of ways you can see your Intended" for in- stance. by glancing over your shoulder in mirror at midnight, and several other stunts; afterward clinching the victim on February 14.
 Invitations are already out to a num- Der of Halloween parties, and half- grown people as well as children are getting ready for no end of a good time bobbing after apples in tubs of water and other interesting and digni- fled pursuits of the occasion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
AFRICAN FEVER CASES.
Steamer HOI1ingstde Is Released from
 Quarantine

Pensacola, Fla. Oct. 29.-(SpeciaL) ) The British Steamer Holiingside which arrived at the quarantine sta- tion across the bay with the captain and a number of the crew sick with African malaria fever contracted on the gold coast of Africa, was releas- cd from quarantine to-day and anchor ed out in the harbor, where she will take on cargo.
 The men have all recovered from their illness, and, no more deaths oc- cured among them.
 The men stated that the crew of every vessel stopping at the port of Dakar, during the <past summer have been attacked with the fever, owing to drinking water from q river at the port which Is the only source of water supply for the town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
Telephone Talks {
4 Natural Monopoly.

ment and in its operating, req sonable in it's charges and fair in its treatment of the public. It is the logical national system be- cause any Bell Telephone sub- scriber anywhere can talk to any other Bell Telephone subscriber.
 In using the Bell Telephone you have the assurance that the most modern productions of science are at your service. A telephone system without Long Distance connections is purely local affair and is incomplete in an essential details Our close traffic arrangement with the other Bell Telephone companies gives us-this important advan- tage. which is well worth con sidering when you subscribe for Telephone service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
FOR CITY BEAUTIFUL.
Women of Birmingham are Helping
 

the Mayor.
 Birmingham, Oct. 2S-(Special.)-- )--Be- fore leaving LIS ofice in the next few months, Mayor George B. Ward is busy working up a City Beautiful and has already secured the assistance or many women of Birmingham.
 Fences are being taken down, yards are being beautifed and lawns are be- ing fixed up in style. The Mayor has just addressed a letter to the railroads and manufacturing plants in the city and immediately adjacent to the city, aslxinE their assistance in the move ment.
 Tho Mayor requests the railroads and manufacturing plants b plant ivy clinging vines, etc, around their shops round houses and other property as well as making grass plats wherever practicable. The Mayor has sent pamphlets to these interests and oners to give other assistance.
 some time ago the chief executive nf the city formed ward organizations among the women looking to the City
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
TWO MORE ARE DEAD.
Victims of Explosion at Short
 Creek.

Creek.
 Birmingham, Oct. 29.--(SpeciaL) )-- Three more of the negroes who were burned in the explosion of the Short Creek mines, in the western part of the county night before last, are dead. making five in all to succumb to the injuries received.
 Still another negro who was hurt at the same time. will hardly recover. making six in all to be victims of the accident.
 The explosion followed the tampfng of hole in the coal in which a charge of dynamite had been placed.
 The Short Creek mines are operated by the Birmingham Iron and Coal Company. Two hundred men were at work at the time of the explosion and for a while there were fears that a terrible catastrophe had taken place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

advanced advocate of all this fntan- gible and uncertain things suggested by Democratic theorists, and he is not steady in his estimate of the value of the American dollar.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
PURE FOOD LAWS.

OmcaaIs of Southern States to Meet fin
 Atlanta.
 @ Atlanta; Oct. 29.--It was announced today that for the purpose of securing the enactment of uniform pure food laws, and to aid in the enforcement of such laws. ameeting of the heads of the Departments of Agriculture and State chemists of the various Southern States will be held in Atlanta on Dec. 1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

IT HE ideal telephone sys-
 1 tenn is a universal tele-
 phone system in which every subscriber can reach every other subscriber no matter in what section of the country the subscribers may be located.
 The telephone is an admitted natural monopoly. Two systems in a town add to the telephone expense and do not increase the advantages or the facilities. Two systems are almost as much a nuisance as dividing a town into two parts, each half speak ing a different language.
 The Bell Telephone system more nearly approaches the ideal than any other company or asso- citation of companies. The Bell system is uniform in its equip
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
Tn .Inventlrnte Chnrrea.

TO 1InVe8tIGate ChnFgea,
 Honolulu, Oct. 29.--William R. Barra,- special assistant attorney of the department of justice at Washing ton, Is. expected to arrive here on November to investigate the charges
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
MRs. JoHNsToN DEAD.

Beautiful and considerable success h being attained now in the movement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
STEER RUNS AMUcIx.

which have been preferred against United States Attorney Brackens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

Two Persons Injured in Streets of
 Atlanta.
 Atlanta. Oct. 29.--A mad steer ran amuck today in the business section of Atlanta and before the steer was caught at the risk of life or limb, two persons were injured and others fled to places of safety. some being forced to climb telephone po1es.
 Tn one of his furious rushes at pe- destrians, the right horn of the steer was torn from his head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

HE ideal telephone sys- tenn is a universal tele-
 phone system in which
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
DAILY DEATH LIST

winifred c. Green, 2 years. 12S VIII
Baby Honeycutt. s months, s12 Craw
ford; pneumonia. ,-4-s-A.. -..t'-7.'7--
Johanna Schumann. "a years. Pom
tiac. Mich: exhaustion. -.
Margaret l. Rhinss. 81 years 1853
Third; angina pectoris.
Edgerton II. Sheply. sc years, +Sl w.
Willis: pneumonia.
Horace d. Carnovsky. 20 years, 1895
Scotch; tuberculosis.
Leonore Gundlack, month. esq Law
ton; congestion OF lungs.
Charles e. Becthhald. 81 years. 26S
PiQuette cancer.
Mary Laurain. SO years. SIS Liver
nois: hemiplegia.
George w. Hillard, &c years. 105 Ma
poleon: meningitis.
Ida p PageI. 36 years. Harper hos
pital: hemorrhage.
William Baragert. so years. Sc May
bury: cardiac dilatation.
Alfred Sellin. 81 years. 100 Sher-
wood; tuberculosis.
Catherine A Lyon, 2 years. IL Cross
ley: general peritonitis.
Daniel Black. 80 years. 6e3 Fifteenth;
pneumonia.
fourth; anaemia.
Wladislawa Stanislarski. months
$40 Kirby; bronchitis.
Jennie A. Lemp. 33 years. 670 Nor
rell: puerperal fever.
Theodore p. Robisch. So years, In
ambulance; apoplexy
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
ONE AUTO|ST DEAD
AND ONE DYING
BORROWED" MACHINES ARE
TAKEN ON DISASTROUS RUNS
-oNE GOES INTO oULcH.

NEW YORK. Nov. 3O--One dead,
one dying and IL others hurt Is the
record In IL hours OF reckless automo
bile speeders In and about New York
city.
In the Bronx the car OF d.. Evan NJ.
Evans. OF No. Sc East Fifty-sixth-st.,
was taken without his permission.
Harry GREENWOOD. chance guest VI
the cornwall party OF seven, headed
by Addison. Wade, a chauffeur, was
killed when the automobile crashed
into telegraph pole on the Southern
boulevard. The others were bruised
and cut, Wade will be prosecuted by
DR.. Evans
Early today borrowed car. belong
ing to Mrs. j. Gascoyne. OF No. 494 Nc
Donough-st., Glendale. went over the
curb into Death gulch," the subway
OF the Long Island railroad at Howard
and Atlantic-aves., Long Island City,
fatally injuring Burton Fenwick. the
chauffeur, and injuring the Ave other
occupants.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
POLICE
BOARD PR0BABtE
PLAN Is TO SUBMIT PROPOSITION
TO ELECTORS AT APRIL
ELECTION.

Detroit will have a tourmaa police
board, whether the charter revision
plan Is enacted In Lansing in time or
not. according 10 those who are In n
position to know.
II Is expected that a general charter
revision law. applying to all cities will
be passed early in the legislative sea.
sion. The present idea among the loca.
iegislators-elect is that this bill will
provide for elective commissions In
every city which desires charter re-
vision.
Manifestiy. this would not work for
Detroit. the new administration desir.
ing TO get action quickly on the police
commission. II is. therefore. possible
that the legislature will pass a spe.
cial act submitting the matter Of a
four-man board TO the people at the
April election and leave other revi-
sion matters to be disposed OF by the
election commission
A fight will be made to alter the
Plan so that each city's counci. will
have the appointment Of permanent
revision commission. In case this
goes through, some proposed revision
could be fixed up in time &c submit To
The voters in the spring election.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
Tquo Far EiebatOr
Conductors shaking
Good At the Leve'

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Nov. 30
This city has two elevator operators
who belong to the fair sex and who
are making good in their vacations.
Furthermore, other institutions here
are known to be investigating the
merits OF the plan with a view to Sc
curing the services of female "ele-
yator boy" in their places OF busi-
ness.
The employment OF girls in the
place OF boys as manipulators or the
lifts in business houses cannot be call
ed an experiment II has passed the
experimental stage. 1t Is a condition
which marks only another appearance
of woman into the commercial world
where for decades lonely man has
wont to be "it."
In this connection also this city has
the distinction Of being ahead OF New
York in adopting the girl elevator
boy" system. Only recently a lady
stepped into the lift in Winegar's store
on South Division-st.
Her face took on look OF amaze
ment when good looking young wo-
man stepped to the wheel and asked
pOllttiy, w hdl hoOis piVoSS'
do you run this elevator" asked the
passenger from New York.
When she was informed by the smil-
ing operator that she not only run the
machine but had been engaged In that
capacity for over year. the interested
woman from the cast exclaimed:
why. thought we had the first and
only girl elevator operators In the
country"
Manager Frank b. Vinegar was the
first in the city to place girl In con-
troll of a passenger elevator. Mrs. AL
Ice Snow, a bright looking and affable
young woman, has controlled the ups
and downs OF the passenger lift in the
store She has held her position for
over year and she handles the car
with the ease OF an adept
Foster & Stevens Co also have a
young woman who handles the eleva-
tor which takes the customers from
the region Of single nails and Irvine
10 the upper floor where the cut glass
fickers and dances in the eyes OF the
visitor Her name Is Della Venema
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
SLIPS FOR
100000 ARE LOST
SUDDENLY
THEY FORMED VALUABLE Evi.
DENcE IN PROSECUTION OF
JOHN G. JENKINS, JR., CHARGED
WITH STEALING 1851, 900.

NEW YORK, Nov 30.-A sensation
was caused at the trial OF John G.
jenkins. Jr.. before Justice Kelly in
the Supreme Court, Brooklyn. today
when District Attorney Clarke an,
nounced that two credit slips repre-
senting 100000 were missing These
credit slips formed the most important
evidence against jenkins, the former
president OF the jenkins Trust com.
paDy, who is charged with having
stolen 1857 900 from the banking con.
Germ.
Whether the slips were stolen or
lost was matter of mystery to the
district attorney. He merely stated
that they were missing and the prose.
cution had lost some OF its most con.
vincing evidence.
These credit slips ave. alleged to
have been given by jenkins to Henry
l.. Dykman. paying teller of the trust
company, with instructions that he
carry them as cash deposits. Then Il
is charged. 100000 In cash--the
equivalent Of the credit slips-was
ufoNh AioAh thC JAIN oiiu CIcuItcu u
the F. & j. G. Jenkins company.
Il had these credit slips last week"
said District Attorney Clarke. IL dc
not know what has become Of them
now. They must have been stolen
They could not have been lost"
The first witness called at the trial
today was State Bank Examiner VIM
]. Hayes. who took charge of the
jenkins Trust company on Oct. rs
1907.