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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
NIGHT RIDERS
 KILL FARMER Harlan Hedges Shot
 Down in Door. MASKED MEN THEN FLED Son of Dead Man Tells of the
 Tragedy. Hedges Went Out on His Porch and Pleaded With Crowd Bat It Had No Effect.
MASKED MEN THEN FLED

Carlisle. Ky. March 21.-A band of night riders early this morning shot and killed Harlan Hedges. promi- nent farmer seven miles northwest of this place.
 This is the first murder by the night riders in the blue grass" region of Kentucky. Hedges was wakened by shouts shortly before o'clock. Ap-s pretending trouble he went to his front door with a shot gun and ssked what they wanted. The night riders replied with a volley which killed Hedges just as his wife reached his side. The masked men then Tode rapidly away and did not attempt to set ire to Hedges's house or barn. Hedges Is an independent tobacco farmer and is widely known over the county
 c. H. Hedges. the 21-year-oid son of the murdered man. gives the fol- lowing account of the murder.
 We were awakened after midnight by some one throwing rocks against our house. My father came into my room carrying his shot gun and said to me: there for me to fight
 My father then suggested that wo go down to the front door and see what they wanted. We were both in our night clothes,
 My father opened the door and looked out. He then said: It would be of no use for me to fire into that crowd
 My father said. What do yeu sea. tlemen- wantT
 They answered, Step out hers.'
 Pleaded With Ridsrz-
 My father went out on the porch and said to them. What do you want7 But then know who you arc. I have been reading the papers, But want to say to you that l have never done anything but what wac right toward the society. I want to do what is right. have planted one tobacco bed, and had intended planting anoth : CT. But if you will go away and not do any harm. I win blow up the bed { had intended planting and never put canvas on the beds already planted. 1 This may be a joke, your coming here, | but wish you would go away | Lust then some one in Che crowd fired a shot and my father staggered back crying, Oh. am shot
 T picked him up and dragged hsnl | into his room and laid him on the bed I then went back to the door and | faced the mob.
 "one of them called oub Where Is l the old manT
 q said. Gentlemen. you have already shot him. Please go away, I am In trouble and want some one to help me-
 Several men put down their guns, and three went into my fathers room with me. Three others stood at the door watching us. The three that went to the bed with me, looked at my father and turned to the others and said. Boys, he is shot.' One of them said. We'll. 1t was an accident.'"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
SEN. THLMAN SERIOUSLY ILL
 A. Suffering ith a Nervous
 Attaek. BOg RING ON PARALYSIS shysicians Say That 0verwork is
 the Cause. Symptoms of the old Numbness and TInsiing of the Left Leg
 Have Returned to
 the Senator.

Columbia. s. c, March al.--United States Senator Ben R. Tillman is se- ,riously i'll at his home at Trenton. this State. suffering with a nervous attack. due. it Is believed by his physicians. from hard work
 After speaking in Washington Mon- day the Senator went to Clemson Col lege to attend meeting of the Board of Trustees of that institution. When he reached home Thursday night he had an attack, which is regarded as re- turn of the disease from which he suf- fered three years ago. when he went to Philadelphia to consult specialists.
 pr. J. W. Babcock. one of his phy- sicians. stated this afternoon that in the present attack the symptoms of the old numbness and tingiing of the left leg have returned but they have lessened in the last twenty-four hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
CAN'T USE MAILS.
La Question S0eiale ls Declared an m
 moral Paper.

!. LN 0ueaft0n SOefate Is Declared an Nmaa moral Paper.
 Washington, March 21.--Declining to allow the Postofiice Department to be put in the position of accessory to mur- der by allowing in the mails publica- tions which advocate killing of citizans by dynamite Postmaster General Meyer has issued of citizens by dynamite. Postmaster General Meyer has issued an order declaring non-mailable the Italian publication, 'La Question So- ciale.", weekly published at Paterson N. J.
 The postmaster at Paterson has been instructed to refuse admission to the mails of issues of the publication on the ground that they are immoral, per- nicious and harmful to the interests and welfare of the people. This action is a departure from previous decisions and calms to be based on Section 3Ss3 of the revised statutes which covers "every article or thing intended or adapted for any indecent or immoral use"
 The La Question sociale. 1t is charg- ed. made advocates of murder by dy- namtte. the murder of men of the U. S. Army, the officers of the police force and the burning of houses of private citizens It is a weekly newspaper said to have a circulation of so.000 among the Italian population and opcn- ly announces itself as "sociaIistie-an. archistic."'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
UNIVERSITY BURNS
ALL STUDENTS IN BUILDING MADE
 THEIR ESCAPE.
There Was No Time For Saving Belongings and Hundreds of Young Women Lost All of
 Their Clothes.

St. Louis, Mo. March 21.--Forest Park University, prite school for young women and having q enrollment of three hundred studeiits from all parts of the country. was destroyed my fire today. All persons in the building escaped in safety.
 The four story building, constructed of stone and wood. was located in the center of seven acre plot of ground immediately south of Forest Park, in the western limits of the city.
 About noon fire was discovered in the upper portion of the south wing. Instantly all those in the building fil- ed out of the various exits and all escaped in safety to the lawn. There was no time for the saving of be- lonEings of the young women students and they lost everything. general alarm was turned in calling out the entire city fire department but owsng to the remote location of the insti- tuition, the fire had gNined tremen- dous headway before any apparatus arrived. The flames swept rapidly tn rough the upper portion of the build ing and then downward, and within an hour the building was in ruins. It is believed the ire stratsd from defective nue.
 The institution waa foupded as Kirk wood seminary ln the suburban VIII age of Kirkwood in 1881 by Mrs. Anna @ Sneed Carlns, who on Thursday cele- brated her sixty eeventh birthday an uiversary. In 1881 1t was incorporated and removed to st. Louis as Forest Park Ifniversitx and occupied the iu- n0slf,re ktofie structure that hAss been erected south og Forest Park. Forest Park UnfverBitys was the first university to be chartered fol the women. The faculty, of which Mrs Carins Is principal. includes more than twenty teachers and the UniversIty specialized an music, art and eloeu- tion.
 The building was constructed on the oueen Anne style of architecture and was designed by the late John c. Car
 T; The President. Mrs. Carins. has II ast years been arratgned in court a nuYnber of times on complaint of the Building Commissioner that the univer. sity building was not equipped with Are escapes. Each time she successful. ly defeated her opposition to the In stallation of fire escapes by the unique grounds that fire escapes would aid m possible elopements of her pupils None of the cases are now in court.
 The day being Saturday. no classes were held and a number of the stu dents were out on the lawn when the fire broks out. A majority of the stu dents were In the music room from which there was easy exit. The build ing was constructed at a cost of $60,- Oo0 and fully insured. The only per son reported injured was driver of q ire engine, who was cut by falling glass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
NEWS or CRBNsHAw.
Revenue onseers Destroy Illicit Dist ferries.

Revenue ofaeers Destroy Illicit Distil- 1eries.
 Luvsrne, March 21--tSpecial.) --Reve- nua onlcers Kelly. Boothe and Pitts made Q raid on stills in Crenshaw Fri day,
 They captured two in the same naighborhood, one belonging to Charlie Fuller and the other to Ben Salter both negroes Ben 9altsr has been be. fore the court once before on the pamt charge.
 The offlcers broke into a trunk al the depot and found twelve half-gallon jugs of whiakey today. It was shipped to M D. Stagers.
 Charles Pearson. W. s. Copeland, O W. Guln, J. c. Lynn of Glenwood. and A. B. Brooks. H. c. Stephens of Lime were initiated into the mysteries oi Royal Arch Masonry at Lime Friday.
 The people of Crenshaw County ap- preciate the record made by Mrs. John Bryan of Glenwood in The Advertiser contest.
 Miss Zubie Ford and her class of fifty pupils enjoyed a picnic at the Hawkes. Memorial Spring today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT.
Methodist Biskep Says God Called Him To The Presidency.

Methodist Btnnop Says 1w1 N1aA1~ hAaA-
 To The Presidency.
 Philadelphia. March 21-ln receiving into full membership eight young men at today's session of the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Bishop Earl Cranstone. oi Washington, D. C., in ,instructing them on their duties, touched on national af- fairs.
 .Ten more years of the same old regime that has affected this country: he declared. and this Republic wouio have gone to destruction. There was Q man unfettered by party principles wh0 was studying the situation.
 .If ever God Almighty summoned man to a special mission 1t was when he called Theodore Roosevelt to the leadership of the moral sentiment of the country Theodore Roosevelt has called the people to distinguish be. tween right and wrong: between good politics and statesmanship.
 "Oh, what a ring there was In tho last message against corruption power and rule. I am looking for another message. expect 1t soon. The people are true. All they want Is leader ana they have one in the man who occupies the Presidential chair in Washington
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
NVIIIInm E.lrnr. Mobile.

Mobile, March 21-(SpeciaD-Wh- liam Edgar. 6S years of age, ana President of the Mobile Stove and Pull ley Works died today after an illness of only short time.
 The deceased was an Englishman moving to this country many years ago, and was at one time engaged in the foundry business at Sanford, Fla. He move dto Mobile in 1892 and located a foundry in the down town district but later sold his plant and opened the plant of which he was president at the time of his death and which was located on the outskirts of the city.
 He leaves eight children, all grown and all of whom were born in Eng land.
 Since coming to this country the ma jority of them have married mostly to Mobilians.
 Besides his own immediate family, he leaves many relatives in England, Florida and in Mobile among them many grand children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
TAKAHIRA's INTERVIEW.
Immigration Problem Is Not Settled
 N.Af


 Paris March 2l.-The Temps today nublishes an interview accorded by Baron Takahira. the Japanese ambass- ador. to the United States to its foreign aAitor. Andre Tardieu.
 Mir. Tard;eu returned here for a few days from America where he had in teryiews with number of prominent nersons including President> Roosevelt and Secretary Taft. To the French Journalist Baron Takahira expressed inc opinion that the pending migration agreement between Japan and the1 Uni led States would put a complete stop to the movement of Japanese coolies into california as well as regulate inc immigration to Hawaii in a satis- factory manner. M. Tardieu speaking for him self then he says that although there Is no chance at present of a conflict between Japan and the Uni fed States. the immigration question has not been actually solved because Janan does not recognize the right of tbe United States to restrain her emil grafton and therefore the question may later serve as a basis or pretext for new dificulties.
 M. Tardieu also draws attention to the fact that the understanding with Japan Is not satisfactory in Californ- ia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
WOLVES ATTACK AUTO.
Drivers of Italina Car Succeed in XIII.
 ing Twelve.

Chicago. March 21.-A dispatch to The Tribune from Cheyenne, wyo., says: Attacked by a large pack of timber wolves. the drivers of the Ital- ian car Zust. in the New York to Paris race. were forced to use rifles and pistols Thursday night near Spring Valley to drive the hungry animals away.
 The car was creeping along over a muddy road when the cry of wolves grew bolder each minute. surrounded the car. They were not frightened by the footing of the horn on the machine. nor did they fear the lights that were flashed on them. They snapped at the rubber tires and mud guards. and then the weapons were brought into use.
 Cow boys yesterday picked up belts of twenty wolves slain by the Italians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
NO DISAGREEMENT
COunseI for the Thaw Family Makes
 Statement.


 New York, March 21.--In statement today Franklin Bartlett. counsel for Harry K. Thaw and his mother Mrs. Wm. K. Thaw emphatically denied that there had been any disagreement between the members of the Thaw fam fly. .,
 "The stories emanating from Pitts burg in the past few days to the enect that there had been a disagreement between the members of the Harry K. Thaw' family over the suit of Ev- elyn Thaw for the annullment of her marriage to Harry K. Thaw are abso- lutely without foundation" said MT. Bartlett. There has been no disagree ment of any kind in MT. Thaw's ram ily."
 This statement was made at the re- quest of Mrs. Thaw. who Is now in Pittsburg. Speaking of the opinion expressed recently by the alienists'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
Hirh Licen.e nill.

Annapolis. Md. March 2l--A high H. cense bill for Baltimore City was passed by the Senate today. It has already passed the House.
 Under it's provisions saloons and clubs which now pay $250 annually will pay $500 next year, s750 the year fol- lowing and sf,0o0 the third year. The license will then remain at s1.o0e.
 The operation of the law Is expected to cause reduction of 2s or 30 cents in the city tax rate at the end of the three years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
aToEssnL IN PRISON.
Has . Cell Adjoining Rear Admiral
 NebogmtofR.

St. Petersburg. March 21.-Lieuten- ant General Stoessel. who yesterday pe- gan to serve ten yesss in prison Tor cowardice and treason in surrendering g Port Arthur to the Japanese. occupies a room in the fortress of St. Peter ano st Paul adIolning that of Rear Admi- ral Nebogatoff. who is serving like sentence for surrenderlng to the Japa- nese at the Sea of Japan.
 The room is about twenty feet square and overlooks a little garden where the officers are permitted to prone made. Stoessel's family has received permission to refurnish his cell. The officers in the fortress run private mess of their own, and to this Gen eral Stoessel has been admitted.
 The generals transfer to the fortress yesterday was unexpected. He persist cd until the very last In hoping that the Emperor would pardon him.. The fortress officials were not prepared for his reception. There was no room available and to secure one they were forced to dlspossess two officers who had served under Admiral Nebogatoff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
0nnrnntina nf CnttIe.

Washington. March 21.-The Depart- nent of Agriculture today announced the annual quarantine against the in- terstate shipment of cattle from the fourteen States in which spienetie, Southern or Texas fever exists
 The quarantine is effective April 1. The quarantine area includes parts of California. Oklahoma. Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi. Ten- nessee. Alabama. Virginia. North Car ollna. South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
TUBA CAUSED DEATH.

CorporaI am Army Overtaxed LunEs
 whfSe Playing in Band.
 New York, March 21.-Rheumatism of the, heart. induced by over-taxing the lungs in playing the tuba in the Twelfth United States Infantry Band, stationed at Governors Island. Is said to have been the cause of the death of Corporal James Gardner. of that conrnard. whose funeral was held yesterday at Fort Jay. Corporal Gard ner, who has been in the army for twenty six years, was buried with mil- itary honors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

pr. Allen McLane Hamilton, that Har- ry K. Thaw is hopeless paranox, Mir. Bartlett said that on two occasions recently he had seen Mir. Thaw In the Mattewan state hospital and had held long conferences with him. On both. occasions he said Harry Thaw seemed to him to be perfectly sane.
 Although I am not a physician or an alienist," said Colonel Bartlett, ..this view is based on experience de- rived from the examinations of hun- dreds of men in my experience as a la awyer, as a regimental commander and in political life"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
Abe Hummel Sailed.

New York. March 21.-Abraham H. Hummel, the lawyer who was released from the penitentiary last Thursday after serving ten months for consptr- acy in connection with the Dodge Morse divorce case. sailed for Europe today on the steamer Lusitiana. He was accompanied by his sister. Mrs S. H. Kaffenburgh, and his nephew, Abraham H. Kaffenburgh.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

thirty miles west of here the small boat in which the warship's captain put ou to his ship while that vessel was stationed ct Grenada, B. W. l., March IS. The captain was in an sex- hausted condition when found and khe boat was waterlogged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
snnrr in T,ennenaee.

Nashville, March 2l.-A Bristol, Tenn. dispatch says: This entire re- zion is under a blanket of snow. In inc nearby mountains snow has fallen to a depth of six lpches. The ther- mometer registered below freezing this morning. Ast tAA@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
Extraaition Papers Grnntes.

Mexico City, March 2l.--Extradition
 papers an the case of wm. F. Walker. the former New. Britain. Conn.,, banker. have been signed by President Diaz, and are now en route to Ensenda. The prisoner will be surrendered to the United States authorities immediately upon their arrival. r
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
CoI. C. Al. Everett bead.

Sedalia, Mo. March 21-colonel Charles A. Everett. who served under General Robert E. Lee during the civil war and went to Mexico with General J. o. Shelby at the close of the war, died here today. He was born in New Orleans In 1921.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

Missing Captain Found. St. Thomas. D. W. l., March 21.-The British cruiser Scylla has picked up
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
THE wEATHEn

wnshingten, March zi--Fer Ala bmnsns Fair and warmer sundayD Mon- Any rafnt fresh east te southeast winds.
The Winslow mail., 1908-03-28

will do is ten fold to the good
you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Cataarh Cure,
manufactured by f. j. Cheney
& Co, Toledo, O., contains no
murcury, and is taken internal
1y, acting directly upon the
blood an mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Ca
The Winslow mail., 1908-03-28

taarh Cure be sure you get the
genuine It is taken internally
and made III Toledo, Ohio, by
F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimo-
malls free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c.
per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
The Winslow mail., 1908-03-28
Beware Of OintmentS for Cataarh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destory
the sense Of smell and complete
ly derange the whole system
when entering it through the
mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-11
The Heart Can't Stand
Rheumatic Acid
Poisoning
To Free and Correct the Blood a
Uric.0 Treatment is Advised.

There is great danger in those sharp
shooting pains through the chest
around the region of the heart. 1t
means that poisonous uric and rheu-
matte acid are there ready to spring
and grip tightly the muscles control
ling the hearts action. Don't neglect
these warnings, they are the danger
signals Nature flashes to you for help.
You must neutralize and drive these
dangerous poisons from the system, or
sooner or later they will overcome you.
The only true way to cure Rheuma.
tism is to get at 1t from the inside
with Uric-O. It acts with marvellous
swiftness upon the muscles, kidneys
and blood. Clears out the sand-like
deposits in the muscles, forces the
kidneys. to perform those duties for
which they are designed and neutral
ICES the acid within the blood.
Your physician will admit this is the
only true way to cure Rheumatism per
manently and should know that Uric.
o Is the one remedy that will do 1t
successfully and permanently. Uric-O
Is a liquid taken internally, times
daily, and does not contain any NOR
phine, opium or other socalled pain
deadeners." II is good for Rheuma-
tism in any form. Sciatica, Muscular,
Inflammatory and Articular Rheuma-
tism all yield readily to Uric-O.
1t sells for 75c and $1.00 the bottle
or you can obtain trial bottle free
by writing to the Smith Drug Co., 1853
Smith Bldg, Syracuse, N. Y.
Uric-O is sold and personally rec
commended in Bennington by b. A.
Quinlan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-11
MANCHESTER DEPOT

f. H. Walker was confined to the
house last week with pleurisy.
Annual meeting of the Manchester
Union band next Tuesday evening.
The glass blowers have been holding
forth in Couture's hall this last week.
Henry Fales has moved into one of
the Randall Hardware Cos tenements.
Regular communication of Adonir.
am lodge, No. AZ, F. and A. NJ. Thurs
day evening, Feb. 10.
Last Wednesday morning the Their
mometer registered from 26 to AZ de.
grees below zero.
On account of the illness of Rev. Mr..
Morey there was no service in the
Methodist church Sunday.
I. II. Bench, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ].
Crawford attended the funeral of j.
H. Kelso in Bennington last Saturday.
Rev. Mr.. Bamford of Jacksonville.
Ind, has accepted the call to become
rector of Zion church and will COM
iiienCe MS laDorS mere MARCH ISL.
Loren Buckley while working on the
Ice few days ago slipped falling
backwards, striking the back of his
head rendering him unconscious for a
while.
Regular convocation Of Adoniram
Chapter, No. %, o. f. s. next Tues
day evening. Mrs. Laura Cole of Ben
nington, d. d. G. NJ. is expected to be
present
The second Masonic district meeting
will be held in Adoniram lodge room
next Friday in the afternoon. The F.
c. degree will be conferred and the
NJ. NJ degree in the evening. Supper
at o'clock, soc per plate.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-11
BURNS KNOCKS OUT PALMER
English Champion was EASY" TO
American Heavyweight.

London, Feb. 10.-Tommy Burns.
the American heavyweight pugilist, to-
night knocked out Jack Palmer of
Newcastle, the English champion, in
the fourth round. Some two thous.
and persons saw the fight, but II was
a one-sided affair from the sound Of
the first gong until the middle of the
fourth round, when Palmer, on his
knees. was finally counted out.
The referee might have given de-
cision in the first minute Of the con-
test, as Palmer was beaten man
from the moment he entered the ring.
The fight was for $500 a side and rs
per cent of the gate receipts. The
odds were to on the American, but
there was very little betting.