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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13

His temples had begun to throb. . wild horror seized him at thought of what she might do. And her appear ance. too. had set her heart beating in verftakle turmoil of emotions. For she stood now before him. before them all, as the vision of purity and inno- cence which he had first learned to worship: that other self of hers, that mysterious. half-crazed being who had fooled and mocked him and then com mitted the awful crime. for which he stood self-convicted: that had vanished. leaving only this delicate. etheral be- ing. the one whom he had ciasped in his arms. whose blue eyes had gazed lovingly Into his whose lips had met his in that one mad. passicnate em- brace
 When he interposed thus coldly. im- passiveiy, she shuddered slightly, but she did not turn towards him, and he could only see the dainty outline of her fine profile, cut clear against a dark background of moving figures be- yond From the table at which she herself had been sitting and waiting all this while. and which was not in full view of the spectators. two advo- cates rose and joined the bench of judges. One of them, after a brief consultation with the Clerk of the Grown. turned respectfully towards the Lord High Steward.
 T humbly beseech your lordship. !" he said firmly. "end you, my lords. to hear the evidence of the Lady Ursula Glynde. There has been no time to obtain a written deposition from her. for God at the eleventh hour has thought fit to move her to speak that which she knows. so that dreadful error may not be committed" | l. s- q T. IL .R, | procedure" said Mir. Thomas Bromley, the Solicitor-Generai with dubious shake of the head.
 | Not so great as you would have us
 think. Sir" commented Sir Robert 1 Catline, flor cen in the trial of the late lamented Queen Catherine of bless ed memory. my Lord of Uppingham 1 whose dispositions could not be taken previously, was nevertheless allowed to bear witness -on behalf of the ac- | cused." But the opinion of the most learned lawyer in England would not now have been listened to. if 1t had been adverse to the present situation; lords and judges, noblemen and spectators, cla- mored with every means at their com mand. short of absolute contempt of Court. that this new witness should be heard.
 How say you, my lords?" said the Lord High steward eagerly; ''bearins in mind the opinion of our learned colleague, ought we to hear this lady or nog'
 Aye! ays!" came from every voice on the bench.
 By our Lady! protest" said wes- sex loudly.
 We will hear this lady" pronounc-
 cd the Lord High Steward. "1et her step forward. and made to swear the truth of her assertions"
 Ursula came forward step or two Mr. Thomas Wilbrahann, Attorney Gen.
 erai of the Court of Wards, who was
 sitting close by, held out a small
 wooden crucinx towards her. She took
 it and kissed 1t reverently.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
"BilLie" Bates, Girl Tramp,
 Gets Parole From GoUernor

to Flat Top they spent several hours m the fail at Birmingham. Several Of the prisoners there. after hearing the sen satienal tidings. murmured m tneir wisdom, 'T thought that kid Biily bates looked mighty velvety when she was Tn here" and some, Don't you remember how she trembled when they first brought her and her brother in here. l thought she looked mighty tender in the face and started to squeaL
 B Yet, despite the suspicious appear ance of Billy" Bates. in her checkered Journeys through Alabama and back again she can claim her eimulations were defeated only by the hard hand of fate. Her short-cropped hair, her sack coat, her grease-spotted trousers, her cigarette hat and above all an af- fected swagger of the latest "gazabo." disarmed everybody in Alabama who saw her until that occasion at the mines. Then the insignia of disgrace which had to be swapped for the trav- cling suit brought about the revela- tion.
 To fellow prisoners in Birmingham. Billy Bates said that in company with Joe, her brother both still in their teens, she was making a trip in the best way possible from Canada to Flor ida to escape the rigors of the North. They acknowledged that while they had gone through many vicissitudes they were counting the few miles that remained between them and their des- tination. While in this complacent mood. forgetting the lynx-eyes of Coun- ty officers in Alabama, they were nab- bed just as the Florida line was in sight.
 The sentence to work in the mines followed and the Sloss-Shefiield Steel and Iron Company was notified to be in readiness to receive the convicts. TheI Bateses were in the custody of Trahsfer Agents Munday and Whise- mant when the convict suits were dis tributed at Flat Top. They were in the company of six negro convicts and four other whites
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
IN MAR YS REIGN
B. BARONESS OR cZY
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1 crowd. It was fully five or ten min utes before the noise subsided; when
 only did murmurs die down like the
 roar of the sea when the surf recedes l from the shore.
 It was a brief lull, and Mr. Barham. the Queens Sergeant, having once more enjoined silence on behalf of Her Maj Iesty's Commissioner and on pain or
 Imprisonment, was at last able to con- | tinue his duties:
 | Tt appeareth before you, my lords"
 he resumed in a loud. clear voice, that this man hath been indicted and ar raigned of a most helnous crime and hath confessed it before you. which is
 of record: wherefore there resteth no more to be done but for the Court to l give judgment accordingly, which here
 require in the behalf of the Queens
 Majesty"
 The Lord High Steward rose and a Gentleman Usher took the white wand | from him. He stood bareheaded, and everyone in the Hall could see him. Robert, Duke of Wessex." he said, and his voice trembled as he spoke, | Duke of worcester. Earl of Launces- ton Wexford and Bridthorpe, Baron of Greystone, Ullesthorpe and Edbrook. i Premier Peer of England, what have
 you to say why I may not proceed to | judgment?"
 | The last WOT0S almost SOuuueu tihe
 an appeal. of friend to friend, comrade I to comrade. Lord Chandos's kindly eyes were fixed in deep sorrow on the man whom he had loved and honored sufficiently to wish to see him on the
 throne of England.
 There was an awed hush in the vast ] hall, and then a voice, clear and dis | tinct---a womans voice--broke the
 momentous silence.
 1 The Duke of Wessex is innocent of
 the charge brought against him, as
 I hereby bear witness on his behalf Even as the last beil-like tones
 echoed through the great chamber. a | young girl stepped forward, sable-c1ad and fragile-looking, but unabashed by
 the hundreds of eyes fixed eagerly up- on her.
 Tn the centre of the room she paused | and throwing back the dark veil which enveloped her face she looked straight up at my Lord High Steward.
 "who speaks?" he asked in astonish-
 ment.
 T UrsuIa Glynde." she replied firm- ly daughter of the Earl of Taun- ton." N
 l At sound of her voice wessex had
 started His face became deathly pale and his hand gripped the massive bar of wood before him until every mus cle and sinew in his arm creaixed with the intensity of the effort. 1t was onl. after she had spoken her own name that he seemed to pull himself togeth- CT. for he said:
 '.I pray your lordships not to listen
 I desire no witnesses on my behalf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
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 ~rhe Clerk of the Grown then rose ana began to read:
 ssrhe voluntary confession of Rob- erf. Duke of wessex, now a prisoner in the Tower, and accused of murder. treason and felony: made at the Tower If London on the 18th day of October, lgg3. hereby acknowledge and con- fe4e that on the 14th day of October. did unlawfully kill Don Miguel Mar auis de suarez. by stabbing him in the hack with my dagger. For this mur- der plead neither excuse nor Justi- flcation. and submit myself to trial realm. So help me God!
 The bench, the entire hall. was crowded with the Dukes friends: with the exception of the very small factfon who for reasons they deemed good ana sdeouate desired the Spanish alliance and the death of the man at the bar, not a single man or woman present beIieved that that confession was an expose of the truth. The sergeant himself. the Clerk of the crown the Attorney and Solicitor General who rPpreasntad the prosecution, knew that some mystery lurked behind that mon nfrous self-accusation. But 1t was so efrnightforward, so categorical that nnless some extraordinary event oc- eurred. unless wessex himself recant- e<3 that confession, nothing could save kim from it's dire consequences.
 1ht if wessex would but recant! No oue would have disbelieved him then, not that nckle, motley crowd. surely, who with its own characteristic incon- seouences had suddenly taken the ac- cused to it's heart.
 @,Tis not true. Wessex," shouted a manly voice from the body of the hall.
 eDeny 1t! deny ftr' came a regular hubbub from the compact mass of fhroats in the rear.
 The Duke smiled, but did not move. Lord Rich in his memoirs here points ouf that His Grace seemed all un- conscious of his surroundings and like unto wanderer in the land Of dreams
 But the confession had aroused the exposition of the crowd: 1t was truly pAat honest mems belief; everyone mur- ssaured, and some chroniclers aver that there was a regular tumult, more than nncouraged by the Dukes friends, and rot checked even by the Lord High Steward himself
 Tn the. turn of a hand public opinion had veered round. Forgetting that swhile ago they were ready to hoot and mock the prisoner, the men now were equally prepared to make rush for the bar and drag him away from fs1a4 ignoFninious place which they sud- denly understood that he never should have occupied.
 The Sergeant t-at-Arms had much ado e make himself heard. The guard had literally to make an onslaught on the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13

named Oliver. near Livingston. in sum- ter County few days ago. It is said there has been regular carnival of crimes in Sumter County recently. es- peclally murder. and there is a deter imitation to bring some of the perpe- trators to justice. The killing by Lucas is sad to have been unpro- voked.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
POLICE HAVE NEW WHEELS
 FOR RUNABOUT SERVICE
Four Men are Now Riding on Bicycles of Latest Model and Like
 the Type.

New bicycles have been purchased by the Chief of Police. W. H. Taylor, for the bicycle men, and are now in use. They are of the latest pattern, and the;r type has been approved by officers of Atlanta and other cities. The four machines are now being used.
 The officers of the department using the machines are well pleased with them. In their runs yesterday they found them both swift and strong. They are built for both qualities. the gearing being delicately adapted and the frames being durably made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
SMALLPOX RESTRAINED.
Five Cases in Hospital Not Alarming
 to Omeers.

Despite the fact that the number of cases of smallpox in the city's de- tention hospital has been increased from two to five. the ofacers of the Health Department of the city are not alarmed over conditions and are con- fident that they wifi be able to com . pete as successfully with the malady now as in the past few weeks, during which no fatality has occurred
 The first cases taken to the hospital were negroes. Two of them were dis charged after a short treatment. other cases reported there were mild. The white persons now detained are De- lieved to be only slightly affected. The authorities of the department are seek ing to confine the disease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13

The final chapter in the romance or the girl convict, Billy Bates. wno trampcd it from Canada to Houston County in the clever impersonation or a man only to be arrested just as her goal was about to be reached and con xicted of trespass on railroad property, was written yesterday in the Cover nor's ofiice in the form of q parole.
 The girls brother. Joseph Bates. also goes on his way, free man, by the clemency of Governor Conner. This in- formation was sent yesterday from the executive office to Flat Top Mines where brother and sister were taken after being transferred to Birmingham from Houston County.
 The Governor believed 1t was pun ishment enough for Billie" Bates and Joseph Bates that the girls feminine Identity was disclosed few days ago at Flat Top mines when the guards went about the exchange of clothes the newcomers wore for the regular stripes. The position of the Governor in issuing the parole is expressed in his words as follows:
 These prisoners were arrested in Houston County charged with trespass for riding on q train unlawfuliy. When brought before the County Court of said County they pleaded guilty and were sentenced to serve a term in the mines.
 "Trespassing on railroads or other property is reprehensible. It appears to me that the offenders in this case have been sufficiently punished by what they have undergone. therefore pa- role them, conditioned on their future good conduct
 Let parole issue. (Signed.) "B. B. Corner. "Governor."
 Less than ten days ago, when the surprising news of "Billy" Bates's clever impersonation reached the pris- oners of the Jefferson County jail there was consternation in those old walls. For when the Houston County prison CTS were en route from South Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
nRWARp FoR MuRDERER.

Too Many Crimes Have Been Commit
 ted In Sumter.
 A reward of $50 was offered yester- day by Governor Conner for. the arrest and conviction of a negro named Scr- don Lucas, who shOt anokhef negro
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13

. This woman says that after months of suffering Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made her as well as ever.
 Maude E. Forgie, of Leesburg, Va, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
 "I want other suffering women to know what Lydia F. Pinkham's Vege. table Compound has done for me. For months I suffered from feminine ills 50 that thought could not live. wrote you, and after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and using the treatment you prescribed felt like a new woman. I am now strong, and we'll as ever, and thank you for the good you have done me-"
 FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
 For thirty years Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with disbursements, inflammation, ulcera- tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges. tion. dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it?
 Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

some OF the families murdered. Mr.. Nc
Donald was only once molested by them.
The savages killed the stockman and stole
his horses. Sometimes they would congre-
gate In considerable numbers. but usually
were friendly in attitude and did a great
deal Of trading at the store.
In 1872 the government having established
a strong military post at Cottonwood
Springs known as Fort Mcpherson. and for
various reasons the civilians having proven
obnoxious to Colonel Emery, the command
mt. MI. Mcdonald sold his ranch to the
government for 5000 and removed to North
Platte, a town that had been established
upon the completion OF the Union Pacific
railroad a few years previously. He at
once engaged in the mercantile business in
a building, the lumber for which had been
hauled overland by OK teams from Ne
braska City. His trade for years was
enormous, ranchmen for 100 miles purchas-
ing their supplies in large quantities, sew
cral buying as much as $1,000 worth of
goods at one time.
In 1878 he engaged in the banking bust
ness under the name Of the Bank Of
Charles Mcdonald, being now the oldest
bank in western Nebraska, So solid and
substantial has been this institution that
it successfully withstood the years OF
drouth and financial distress Of the n~inelies,
when most others in this district went
down with the crash. In 1872 the bank was
incorporated as the Mcdonald State bank,
with a capital stock of $1,000, and now has
a surplus and undivided profits of $40, 100
additional. 1t was at this time also that
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

their store, and on the night that Mr.. Nc
Donald deposited $3.50 dollars with them
the cashier, who, with Il Mr.. Baker, sept
in the store, was murdered, the safe rifled
and tho building set on fire. Suspicion
pointed to Baker as the perpetrator. Mr..
Mcdonald identified hin az beng in the
store at the time OF making the deposit,
and consequently lie was arrested. A year
afterward he confessed to the crime and
was hanged therefor. Later the money
was found under n sidewalk at a place
Baker had confessed TO hiding it,
At an election held for officers for
Shorter, now Lincoln county, and that then
embraced the whole territory west Of Kcar-
ney county south to Kansas, fifty votes
were polled at Cottonwood Springs, the
only polling place in the district. Every
body, including transients and children,
voted. Mr.. Mcdonald was elected county
Judge and later went to Kearney to qualify,
being the only officer thus to do. lie con-
tinued to hold office until the organization
of Lincoln county was perfected in 1896,
being then elected county clerk, and later
holding the offices Of superintendent, judge,
county commissioner and deputy county
treasurer, to which office as one of the
bondsmen of the county treasurer who EN-
bezzled the county funds by specializing on
cattle. he was appointed by the county
commissioners
Though the Indians at times during his
residence at Cottonwood Springs annoyed
the ranchmen by stealing stock and in
1864 many of the settlers were driven from
their homes, their ranches burned and
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
A Word About General Botha.

l understand that the same is true OF
General Louis BOtha, the present ruler OF
the Transvaal. lie is a Boer in the full
sense Of the word, but he believes in the
building up Of South Africa, and is doing
all he can TO further the interests Of the
united races. General Botha was noted as a
statesman before the war began. He
entered politics early and was a member
OF the first Volksraad and a leader OF the
Boer republic at that time. lie left his
position and went into the army as a
private, and by sheer force made his way
from rank 10 rank until he became COM
mander-ln-chie One OF his greatest battles
was that OF Colcnso, where he fought
General Butler and his 1900 men with a
Boer force OF 1000 and defeated them. It
was after that fight that Kruger made
him commander-in-chief OF the Boer forces,
and II was largely due to him that the
army held out as long as II did, making
one OF the raves campaigns ever known
In the annals OF war.
FRANK q CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

not do the black mans work without losing
caste, and tho farmers would rather not
have white men TO do such work. The line
between the white and the black is caro-
fully drawn and the white fears that his
race will lose caste if he employs his own
people to do the rough labor.
Even the government, anxious as II is
to have settlers. does not advise men with
out capital to come to South Africa. In
a little book of information for the bene-
fit OF emigrants l see 1t stated that 1t Is
necessary for an experienced farmer to
have from $40, 900 to 10000 II he wishes to
start into stock rearing in the Transvaal
The price OF land varies according to the
soil, water and nearness to market. Farms
on the high veldt, with a certain amount
of land irrigated. can be purchased from
$3.50 TO so per acre. In the lower country.
known as the bush veidt, the prices are
considerably lower. Nearer the towns the
land is high, and where there is plenty
of water the prices are much above those
! ave mentioned. The government adj
vises that a farm should not be less than
1900 acres in size for stock rearing and not
less than 5000 where the country Is poor.
1t desires small cultivators who will do
mixed farming and truck farming. Such
men should ave from $500 to 5000 each,
and they should be prepared to work with
their own hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
CAPITAL of the Transvnal.

In going over the country now one sees
no signs of the recent struggle except
some dismantled forts and an occasional
monument put up to the soldiers. The
square stone block houses which were
erected to guard the railroad between
here and johannesburg are still in evil
dence. But that is all.
The population is everywhere now com
posed of both English and Beers. The
crowds on the streets are made up OF
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

The chief Importance of the Transvaal,
outside its mines, is as a stock-raising
country, The land is high and healthful
and the climate Is fitted for white men.
The most OF the colony lies 1000 or more
feet above the sea 1t IL a vast table.
land, composed Of great rolling plains.
crossed here and there by low ranges Of
mountains, A great part Of the country
Is covered with scrubby brush, but much
Of It Is semi-barren and so scantily watered
that the grass burns up in the summer
TIT seasons here are Just the opposite Of
ours, The winter is from April to Septem-
Der and the summer from october to
March, The winters are cold, dry and
praelng' The summers are hot. with some
rainfall to temper the heat.
so far only a small part OF the land
has been taken up. There are something
like 100000 acres in the Transvaal. and
the registered farms number only 1900.
The average size OF a farm is 5000 acres,
or nearly ten square miles 10 each farm.
The most of the farmers are Beers. who
cultivate only a small part OF their land,
and either Craze the remainder or let Il
out to the native Kaffirs, who plant It in
little patches Of from one 70 five acres.
The chief crops raised by the negroes are
corn and millet They farm under the d.
recton Of the owner and as a rule give him
half OF the harvest. All farming. how
ever, Is slovenly done. and that notStth-
standing the demand is good. The Trans.
vaal Is now importing farm produce OF
Sl5,Oo0,o0O per annum, and the main sup.
plies for the gold mines come in from
abroad. / have the market prices OF Pre-
.oria and johannesburg lying before me
Chickens are bringing 25 cents a pound
butter GO cents a pound and riggs are sell,
ing from rs cents To Sl25 a dozen. Mil
Is worth IS cents a quart and tobacco, IN.
manufactured, y cents per pound.
As to grain, it is sold in bags Of diff
terent capacities. Barley is put up IN bag
Of 100 pounds and sells at s. per bag, or
cents a pound. Rye brings over 2 cents
pound. oats 2 cents and Kaffir corn al
most "a cents, while indian corn bring
2 cents per pound. This means that ry,
and corn each bring HI2 and that barley
and oats bring. respectively, 96 cents ant
O. cents per bushel, which is far NOR,
than they sell for. even at the highest
In our part OF the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
some south African Pests.

These prices are largely due to poor labor.
lack Of transportation and insect pests.
one Of the chief pests is the locust. which
sweeps over the country in swarms OF
great magnitude. / have ridden through
miles OF such warns on the cars. AT
times the locusts are so think that they
almost hide the sun The air Is filled
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

both nations and the families are marrying
and giving In marriage. Within q stones
throw OF my hotel is the Parliament house,
where the British and Beers sit together,
and whore the Beers, Notwithstanding their
defeat, are in the majority. 1t Is q Boer
who Is the premier. General Botha, who
led the Boer armies, now rules the Trans
vaal, and he, Will a abine largely OF
his own race, directs the policy OF the
state and to a considerable extent dictates
its laws.
The Parliament Of today II held in the
government buildings, which were erected
by President Kruger in the early nineties
at a cost OF about $4,000. and the Palace
Of Justice. another magnificent building.
was commenced by the Boer government
before the outbreak Of the war. although
It was not completed until after peace was
declared.