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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
TELLS OF STANDARD
AGENT EXPLAINS OIL COMPANY
 METHODS.
Louis Blaustefn Testises At Govern ment Hearing Of Efforts Put
 Forth fo Crush the Rival


 New York. Nov 5-Frank B. Kel- logg. counsel for the government In its suit to dissolve the Standard oil Company of New Jersey. returned to- day from St. Paul and took charge af the hearing.
 Louis Biaustein. of Baltimore, spe ciaI agent of the Standard oil Com. pany. asked to be allowed to correct some of his testimony in which he said he took fifty per cent of the trade from the Standard oil Company agent in Norfolk. where he went for the com pany and used the name of the Flu reka oil Company" to wake up" the resident agent. His corrected testi- mony was accepted.
 Tn it he stated that he had increased the sales by one-half more than when the opposition business was started.
 Asked as to whether he had repre- sented himself as being the agent of the Eureka and that 1t was an inde- pendent concern and not part of the Standard oil Company. the witness said that everybody knew he was a Standard man. but for business req sons 1t would not do to make the fact public. The witness said that he made reports of his sales at Durham to the Standard and the fact was also brought out that the Eureka Company was doing business at other places be- sides Durham. Norfolk and Burlington.
 Interesting details were brought out by Mir. Morrison in his cross examina- ton of Mir. Blaustein. Replying to query regarding previous testimony. that the Red oil Company got trade by telling its customers that the red oil was a natural product, the witness said to counteract that he told cus- tomers it was colored artifcially and by that means he got trade for the Stand ard from the opposition company Asked if the Red Company charged more for its red oil than the Standard did for its oil. the witness said:
 "They got a fancy price for their coIored oil. got some coloring mat ter and then did a right smart bus mess in red oil. The people were will ing to pay extra for colored oil.
 Mir. f3laustein admitted that the Flu reka oil Company and the Eagle oil Company while operated as independent companies. were in reality ramihcations of the Standard oil Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
MEN ARE ENTOMBED
EXPLOSION OCCURS IN AN ILLINOIS
 MINE.
Four Miners Caught When shaft Is Wrecked and May Re SunfocRted Before Being Taken
 Out.

Benton H.. Nov. 5.-An explosion at the mines three miles west of Benton late today wrecked the shaft. and as result four shot firers are entombed.
 So terrific was the explosion that a car and pieces of railroad track were hurled from the bottom to the top of the shaft, more than 500 feet feet, de- molishinE 0 steel tipple.
 It is impossible to reach the four miners, and their fate is. therefore, un- known.
 A large force of men is trying to clear the wreckage but the work Is proceeding slowly. Unless the men are reached soon they will suffocate.
 The names Of the entombed miners are: George Reed. Patrick Daily, Per- ry Stevens, John Holmes. The mine is owned by Col. w P. Bond of Chicago.
 No workmen are in the Joseph Lei- ter mine at Zeigler, which Is burning. but several mules are within. The main and air shafts have been plugged in an effort to another the fire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06

serves to emphasize the importance to the worid's peace and mutual advance meut that the pilgrims desire of this unwritten friendship.
 Tt has been pointed out to you by Colonel Harvey that am engaged in a profession which is supposed to have . great deal to do with making war or peace. I have no doubt it Is true that newspapers can do more than merely
 voice the thoughts and passions of the peoples and now that newspaper work is beginning to rank with the older professions. with arms, the law. conn merce. the arts and sciences, there is growing restraint on the part of the
 writers and editors that must make for
 the worlds peace.
 Laughs at Cables.
 "Yst the world. as seen through the
 newspapers is a rather strange place.
 when I come here read pages of ca blegrams and especially Sunday cable
 grams from London. and see that
 England Is chiefly peopied by suffra- gettee. impecunious aristocrata and four
 or five aTnasing society ladies. fashion-
 able beautles.' whose names and ante
 taken. often twenty-five years ago. do
 steady service very regularly.
 T wonder if 1t ever occurred to the gentlemen who sends these Sunday cables that there must be some other people over there to conduct the gi- santic export trade of Great Britain. to manage her cotton mills, to maintain her mercantile fleet carrying seven tenths of the worlds goodsA her ship 1 ping yards and navy that has been heard of at times. On the other hand when am at home. l see what an l amazing fellow. Uncle Sam is.
 Apparently nature here is engaged In nothing but tornadoes. Financiers are always In panics: the politicians | are all engaged in grating each other; | there is only one law and that Is the unwritten one. But when I come here. all the Americans I meet are of an extremely normal type and I find steady growth and prosperity unexam- | pied in my personal observation. The cable, unfortunately tells teo little of the superb public spirit of | the United States or of its straining | after such ideals as are expressed by | the metropolitan museum of art the new library, the museum of natural history. MT. Mills Hotels the Bronx | geological gardens-the finest. I be- I lieve, in the world--and your splendid iy equipped hospitals.
 "If there be one element that must strike the least ohservant stranger visiting any of the great cites. it is 1 the evidence of a public spirit of un- | exampled strength, which returns to | the people in these forms the wealth I that Mas been wrung from the soil and
 the mines or won by commerce and industry.
 "In Mir. Morgan. whose contributions l to this city excel those of the prince
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
GUEST OF PILGRIMS
LORD NoRTHCLrFFE SPEAKS IN
 NEW YORK.
Owner of London Ttnsss sne Other Neyspapers Happy in References to Engfnna and
 America.

New York. Nov. 6s-.Lord Northeiifge. the famous English newspaper pub fisher, who until his elevation by King Edward was Alfred Harmsworth. own Or and publisher of The London Mail. London Times, Paris Mail and of number of less widely known journals and naagazines. was the guest of honor tonight at the banquet of the Pilgrims of the United States at Delmonicoe.
 President Duncan read a letter of re- gret from President Roosevelt and telegram from Mark Twain expressing his sorrow at being prevented from st- tending.
 The toasts to President Roosevelt and King Edward having been pledged MT. Duncan introduced Colonel liar vey, who made the welcoming address to Lord Northcliffe.
 The British journalist and puohsner responded as follows:
 "The object of the Pilgrims is the promotion of the sentiment of brother. hood among the nations and especially the cultivation of an unwritten frieno- shin between the inhabitants of the united States and of the British Em- pire.
 Those relations, which have under gone a great many family tiffs in tne last 300 years, have. to the best or my knowledge. rarely been so pleasant as at this time, and I doubt not that the work of the Pilgrim Society and the good fellowship 1t has engendered have done much toward furthering the unity of the greatest republic of the world, and that empire to which Is attached one-fifth of the worlds people.
 There have been times when from the point of view of John Bull. we should have felt little happier if in- stead of the pilgrims landing on Ply mouth Rock. Plymouth Rock had land ed on the pilgrims.
 "There have been times also, as on the occasion when the ladies of the United States fitted out hospital ship for the help of our soldiers in the South African war. when we have realized that after all, there is something in the statement that blood Is thicker than water.
 T do not remember that any other people ever fitted out a hospital ship for us. though there was good deal of talk of hitting out ships of another description
 'eNo person who passed frequently between our respective nations can fail to see the remarkable influence that each Is having upon the other. and a gathering such as ours tonight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
COMMISSIONERS SALE

In pursuance and in accordance with the terms and directions of the decree of tho Probate Court of Montgomery County bearing date the 2eth day of October 1905 I will proceed to sell to the highest bid der for cash at public auction at the Arte- sian Basin in the City and County of Mont. Eomsry. state of Alabama, on Monday, the 2sd day of November. 1908. at t2 o'clock M. all that certain real property which is described as follows:-
 The West thirty acres of the Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section twenty-sx, Township seventeen, Range eighteen. Said lands formerly belonged to Raeker King. ST. deceasde. Which said land is to be sold under the deere of said Court for the purpose of a division between and among the several owners thereof, who are ns follows, to-Wit: Eli Mad!5on and Racker
 6. Fl. WEsTCOTT, --fri-st. COmmisslonax.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
WHEREABOUTS KNOWN.
Mrs. Wallace Is Now In a Sanitarium
 In Chicago.

AH OHhSABOs
 New York. Nov. 5.-The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight HillIs, pastor of Ply mouth Church, Brooklyn. denies re- port that the whereabouts of Mrs. c. w Wallace, of Chicago. have been unknown since 1903, when she offered contribution of s1O,o00 to the Beechcr Memorial Fund.
 pr. Hillis said that Mrs. Wallace's mental condition at the time of the of- fer was such that she was taken to Chicago and placed in a sanitarium and that the members Of her family know where she is The circulation of re- port that she was missing Is believed by Dr. Hills to have arisen fSom his explanation of the failure of the church to receive the; $10,0e0 contribution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
A CHURCH MEETING.
Distinguished Men To Assemble Tn
 Philadelphia.

DhbhhhB HANA
 Philadelphia.
 Philadelphia, Nov. 5.-one of the most distinguished assemblages or clergy and laymen ever witnessed in this country will gather here during the first week in December to partief- pate in the sessions of the federal council of the Churches of Christ in America. Twenty eight leading Prot estant churches will send 366 delegates to the convention.
 Methods of cooperation by the lead ing Protestant bodies along lines that will promote the welfare of all. while avoding all doctrinal topics upon which the denominations disagree. will be dis cussed.
 Among the distinguished Iaymen who will be in attendance will be Governor Hughes, of New York, who will discuss Civic Righteousness" and Governor Ansel. of South Carolina. The Congregational Church will send. among others, Professor Charles w. Kent, of the University of Virginia.
 From the Meth odist Episcopal Church. South, will come W. W. Smith, president of Randolph Macon College, and Rlshops Hendrix. Galloway. Hoss ward and Wilson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
RETIREMENT or ELIOT.

Cambridge. Mass.. Nov. 5.-"When man has reached the age of seventy five years 1t is time to look for rest and retirement" declared President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard Univer- sity. in speaking of his resignation. announced yesterday to large gath erinE of Harvard students who sere- naded him at his home.
 President Eliot said his resignation is meant to preeede the time when his faculties and health eease to be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06

Telephone and Telegraph Company, having a teiephone system in Rock Is- land And Moline. Ills. and Davenport. Iowa, and capitalized at s5so,000 went into the hands of a receiver today. A bill filed in the circuit court by the American Trust and Savings Bank Of Chicago. alleges that the company has not kept up interest on s40o.ooO or bonds, and has otherwise failed to meet It's obligations. The chief officers are Harrisburg, Pa, men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
BRITISH FLEET MAY GO.
Now Planning A Voyage Around Tn
 World.

New Planning A Voyage Around The
 World.
 London. Nov, 6--It has, been said that. following the successful maneuv- CTS of the American navy, the British government is planning 10 send fleet of warshIps around the world.
 Officials of the admirality were questioned this evening but all they would say was There Is no informa- ton we can give you on this matter"
 This negative statement, however. would seem to support the intimatfon that such a tour has been suggested, but under the present political condi- tions in Europe 1t Is not thought at all probable that the admiralty would despatch a fleet in any way compar- able to the American battleship fleet.
 There is a possibility that the squad ron under Sir Percy Scott. which is at present in South Africa ana which has been ordered to South America may be brought home by way of the Far East and the Suez canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
Nine ItaIians Killed.

Winnipeg. Man. Nov 5.-As result of a premature explosion of dynamite. nine laborers. all Italians. who were working in a deep cut north of Dry Ground on the Northern Pacific lines were killed today.
 Three of the men were rescued bad ly injured. but two of them subse- quently died. Seven other laborers are still buried under the rocks.
 A report from Ingoin states that an- other premature explosion north of there on the Grand Trunk construc- ton work killed three other men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
WRECKs TAxICAB.
strtke-BreakIng Chauffeur Assaulted
 and Car Stolen from Him.

strtke-EsreakInG Chauffeur Assaulted d
 and Car Stolen from Him.
 New York, Nov. 5.-After assaulting the trike-breaking chauffeur of a taxicab last evening, three men stole inc cab and driving 1t at full speed down SIxtieth Street, ran it over a forty foot preciplce, wrecking the ma chine past repair.
 Sixtieth Street ends in a bluff which falls away steepiy to the East River, forty feet below the street level. Wit nesses say that the machine was run rapidly down the street and that two men jumped out hundred yards from the end of the street. The chauffeur. however, 1t is said, stuck to his post until the machine reached the very edge of the precIpiee, when he jumped also.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
MONUMENT TO CLARK.
D. A. R. Dedicates a shaft to
 Patriot.

D. 4. R. Dedicates a shaft to
 Patriot.
 Metropolis. H.. Nov, 5--A monument to the memory of George Rogers Clark was dedicated at Fort Massac, near here today.
 It was erected under the auspices of the Illinois Branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution and com memorateg the first landing of Clark on Illinois soil and the probable first hoisting of the American flag over the state. Clark landed at Fort Massac on June 24, 177S.
 The fort has recently been restored with an appropriation of 500 grant ed by the Illinois Legislature. It is on the banks of the Ohio river and commands an extensive view up and down the river.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
WRIGHT IS IGNORED
FRENCHMEN GIVE DINNER TO THE
 AMERICAN.
Many Distinguished Men Are Present and the Aeropianist speaks Mod-
 estiy of His Own
 Achievement.

Paris, Nov. 5-Frenchmsn united this evening in honoring Wilbur Wright the American aeroplanist, whose re- markable achievement during the past few months fin this country have placed him in the forefront of the men who have been solving the problem of nav igating the air.
 Mr. Wright was the guest of honor at the dinner of the Aero Club of France. at which M. Jean Barthou, the Minister of Public Works. presided and the occasion was made more mem orable by the presentation to him of the Aero Clubs gold medal and the special medal of the Academy of sports.
 Among the 200 guests were practical ly ali the experts and scientists inter ested in aviation M. de la Grange, Ble- rios and Santos -Dumont. N. Archdea- con, the Republican Nationalist Dep uty; Henry Dsutsch de la Meurthe, noted as patron of all sports; Count Henry de la Vaulx. M. Esnaut Pelterie; Marquis de Dion. president of the Auto Club; Due do Cazes. and Gen erai Dalstein, the Military Governor of Paris. Henry Farman sent telegram regretting his inability to be present
 M. Wright received e perfect ova- ton and after the presentation of the medals. waa warmly eulogized by M. Barthou. who, in hearty speech Of congratulations. said that the French Government desired officially to asso- ciate Itself with the homage done Will bur and Orville Wright for their mar vicious achievements. They have won, he said, through perseverance. pluck and intelligence, and their names should be inscribed In the annals of time.
 MT wright's reply aroused intense enthusiasm. Very niodestly and in sim pie words, he accepted the honor not as a personal tribute to himself and his brother. but to the realization of the dream of flying. which has fascinated the minds of men for ages.
 "Ten years ago." he said. "the world ridiculed the idea. As late as 1901. I told my brother that men would not fly for fifty years; yet, two years later we flew"
 Mir. Wright spoke feelinEly of his splendid reception in France, saying that if he had been a native French man. he could not have been shown more consideration. He concluded with a tribute to the wonderful genius of France and declared that further avia- ton would hold glory enough for all
 Marquis de Dion, Count Henri de Ia Vaulx Baron d'Estournelles de Con- stant and several other guests paid tributes to the Americans and predict ed wonderful things in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
Noted rrnneIer peaA.

London, Nov. 6-Archbald John Lit He. a noted traveller, who established the Chungking Trading Company in west China, and founded the Kiang- peeline Mining Company. died here to- day. His residence in China extended over the period from 1859 to 1907 and he was the author of many notable ar ticles relating to the Far East. He was born in 1888.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF FIRST MEETING

Tn the District Court of the United stateE For the Middle District of AIabama-~Ih Bankruptcy.
 In the matter of Tom Hishtower, Bankruvf. Post once Montgomery. County Mont. gomery. Alabama. a The aforesaid party having been adjudeed Q Bankrupt under the Act of CongFes9 entitled "An Act to Establish a UniforuS System of Bankruptcy Throughout the unl-s ted States" approved July ist 1898. meet, ing of the Creditors of said Bankrupt ia called at the office of the undersigned ret. cree. in the United States Court House Montgomery. Alabama, on the 18th day df proof of debts and for the election oG s Trustee, and such other matters as ara necessary and required by the Act of Cone
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 Referee. z Montgomery. Ala Nov. Sth. 1908. Gf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
TO HEAR DEBT CASE.
Hearing in virgfnia-West Virginia
 Matter Begins Monday.

Matter Begins Monday.
 Richmond. Va. Nov. 6.-Ex-Con- : gressnlan Charles E.. Littleheid, Of Maine. appointed by the United States Supreme Court as special master In the Virginia West Virginia debt case. will. Monday begin the hearings in this city.
 Eminent counsel will represent the opposing sides. including ex-Secretary John c. Carlisle of New York. ex-Sen- ator John c, spooner of Wisconsin. and Holmes Conrad of Virginia. who has been frequently connected with i'm. portant cases on behalf of the United States government in the Department of Justice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE.
Against officials in Charge of New For
 Hmrenu Of Licenses.


 Bureau of Licenses.
 News York. Nov. 5.--Serious charges against officials recently in charge of the Bureau of Licenses of the Mayors office. are contained in the report of Commissioners of Account John Pur- roy Mitchell and E. Y. Gailaher. sub- mitted to Mayor Mcclellan.
 Tho commissioners who have been Investigating the affairs of the bu- reau. declare that the evidence estab- lished "the irresistible inference that the chief of the bureau has received. or connived at the receipt of money in excess of the legal fees from appli- cants for the issue of common show licenses. '
 The chief of the bureau. J. P. Cor rigan, was suspended at the time the investigation of the bureau began and the deputy chiefs for Manhattan and the Bronx and Brooklyn, Gaeteno p Amato and Kinsella, resigned soon afterWard,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
JOINS THE ARMY.

Son of Governor Patterson of Tennes-
 see Recruits at Chicago.
 Chicago, Nov. 5.-Among those &C., cepted for enlistment at the opening of the United States Army's night re- cruitlAg station here last night was Malcolm c. Patterson of Tennessee He will be shipped with others to Jefferson Barracks. St. Louis today Young Patterson. who gave his age as 2l and his occupation as a newss paper reporter. said he was stranded here and later declared that Governor M. R. Patterson of Tennessee was his father
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
Arlunnn ln nenuhIinnn.

Phoenix Ariz.. Nov. 5--With prao- tically complete returns from every county in Arizona but one, Ralph H. Cameron (Repub.l Is elected to Con gress. defeating Marcus A. Smith, (Dem.) incumbent by 500 votes. Cameron carried every precinct out Of thirteen counties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
1,orernnr Pntterron ARected.

Nashville. Tenn. Nov. 5.-When shown the telegram regarding his son this morning. Governor Patterson was visibIy affected and refused to discuss the matter. He requested the local press not to print anything about it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
VIOLENTLY INSANE.
Woman Suffers Peculiar Result from
 A,.Sn ANaaAasa

New York, Nov. 5.--Suffering from a fractured skull received in an auto mobile accident Mrs. Josephine Wag- ner has become violently insane in a Brooklyn hospital.
 Mrs. Wagner and a companion were attempting to cross a street in Brook Ivn on october when. they were struck by an automobile. Mrs. Wag- ner was seriously injured and her com- panion was killed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
Prizes For Aviator.

Paris. Nov, 5-Minister of Public Works Barthou, speaking in the Senate today, promised to ask a government credit of $20.00o to begin the establish ment of A system of garages throughout the country that should command the principal aerial routes of travel" Prizes for aviation also will be offered by the government If this project goes through.
 The Senate tonight unanimously voted its endorsement of M. Barthou's abatement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
No. 24ss.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
or FIRST MEETING.

OF FIRST MEETING. In the pistrict Court of the United 6tAtea For the Middle District of AlahAmA In Bankruptcy.
 In the matter of J. L. Wheeler Bankrupt. Post oGlce Montgomery. County Mont- gomery. Alabama .-s The aforesaid party having been adjudG- ed c bankrupt under the Act of ConeKsse entitled "An Act to 4Stabllsh a Uniforw System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United Stntes." approved July 1st 1888. a meeting # the creditors of saia Banlxrnbk Gs called as the onfice of sas undsFsigned Referee. in the United states Court HoRs@ November next, at 10 o'clock 4. M.. to make proof of debts and far the election of a Trustee. and such other matters as are necessary and required by the Ast 0e Congress aforesaid
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 Rafarea. Montgomery Ala. Nov. 5th. 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06

Receiver For Phone Company. Rock Island Ill, Nov. 5-The Union