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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27
MAY BE CHANGES
RUM0RS OF NEW MEMBERS OF
 UNIVERSITY FACULTY.
Board of Trustees Will Meet at Tus- caloosa Today and Hear From President John W. Aber-
 

President John W. Aber-
 crombie.
 Tuscaloosa, May 2s.-(special)- There are various rumors in the air as to what the board of trustees of the State University will do at the annual meeting Wednesday morning at g o'clocK.
 It is a known fact that at least three chairs will have to be filled by the trustees. Prof. ". A. Salent, who has presided over the chair of pharma- ceutical chemistry, has resigned. Prof A. Pearsons, also of the chemistry de- pertinent, will become superintendent of the Bessember school system. Dr. F.. F. Butcher, considered one of the ablest members of the faculty will all so sever his connection with the uni versity with the conferring of degrees Wednesday morning. Dr. Buchner has presided over the chair of philosophy, and has accepted a chair at the Johns Hopkins university, where he will en- gage in graduate work.
 The successors to these three splen- did teachers have not been selected, so far as Is known. President John W. Abercrombfe may have the names up his sleeve, but he will not show his hand until the trustees meet. But gos- sip does not end with these three men who will leave the University. It is said on good auth ority, but not off cially, that calls have been extended to at least two others and that the trus- tees may have a trump card of their own. Traced to their sources. there is little to base these rumors on and the trustees may elect three men for the places named and quiet all rumors by letting the rest of the faculty remain as it Is.
 A resolution calling on the trustee; to appropriate $500 annually to the Glee Club was adopted by the Alumni Asso- citation today. An attempt was made to raise the dues. but the motion went over until an adjourned meeting. It Is not thought the dues will be raised The officers will also be elected at the adjourned meeting
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27

cfAl from Colburt. Ok. near the Texas line. says that fourteen persons. who had talk en refuge on an island formed between the new and old channels or Red River are reported to have been drownd late today when the flood wa ters covered the place where they had taken refuge. The report lacks verii- cation,
 Three children of J. H. Roberts, ferryman. were carried to death today when the river swept away a tree in which they had taken refuge south of Lawton. Will and Newton Stidham were drowned near Henrietta today while attempting to leave their home in a skin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27

Birmin gham. May 26.-Governor John A. Johnson today completed his South ern trip and left tonight for St. Paul bv way of Cincinnati. Governor John son delivered the alumni address at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa today returning to Birmingham early tonight
 T am delighted with the people of the South he said just before boarding the train. "It has been a hard week
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27
GOVERNOR JOHNSON
 AT THE UNIVERSITY

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27
STORM IN PENSACOLA
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND DE-
 STROYS FINE HOME.
Street Car Traffic Impaired and Other Inconvenience is Su6ered-Hart says He Shot in Self-Dc-
 .fenae,

Pensacola. Fla. May 26.-(Specfa1.)- One of the most severe and disastrous electrical storms to visit Pensacola in many years was that of this afternoon when with but little warning storm of half an hours duration was expe- rienced.
 The flashes of lighting were frequent and vivid. The handsome home of w. W. Murphy on North Hill was struck, badly damaged and set on fire. being destroyed with the most of it's con- tents. The loss is heavy one.
 number of telephones were burned out and for a short time street car traf- fic on all but one line was paralyzed So far as known no one was injured.
 The Hart Trial
 The trial of linn Hart, a negro. for the murder of Sergeant Calling, killed in the United States Court today, the defendant taking the stand just befor, adjournment.
 His statement was that he had gone to the house of his wife and knocked on the door. Immediately some ont opened the door and began firing anG he returned the fire.
 The case will be submitted to the jury tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27

(Cont1nued from Page one0 about way, covering hundreds of miles.
 Tonight Dallas is in communication with Fort Worth. a distance of thirty two miles over telegraph circuits one thousand to fifteen hundred miles in length.
 Fourteen Reported Drowned Oklahoma City, Ok, May 26.-A spe-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27
TEXAS CITIES IN
 GRIP OF DISASTER

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27
Red River Rising.

Sherman. Texas. May 26.-A heavy rain prevailed here all night and today Red River is still rising at noon. It is reported that the Missouri. Kansas and Texas bridge over Red River is gone. This was, one of the most substantial bridges in the south and was used jointly by the Missouri, Kansas ana Texas, and the St. Louis and San Fran cisco. Thousands of acres of farm lands in Grayson county are under water
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27
The Alumni Banauet.

Immediately after the speech or GoN ernor Johnson in Clarke Hall the Alumni Society of the uniyersity formed into line in order or classes W. C. Richardson (Pos. 4S) leading the procession as the oldest memoer or any class Classes from ls4s to t.e sS
 uating class were rePFeseh'eo' thu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27
Capital City Coal Co.,,
 Phone IoS. Quick Delivery.

and am very tired, but I have enjoyed avery minute of my stay.
 Today ! have seen the old South as exemplihed by the historic town Tus- caloosa. and the new South of which Birmingham is such a credltable repre- sentative. Alabama has received me so cordially that I hope this will not be my last visit. l go directly to St. Paul from Birmingham"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27

After the regular communion service. St, Mathews Episcopal Church, at Wh ceiling, w Va, has another. commun- ion, especially for deaf mutes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-27
Iohr.ou Leaves for St. Paul

900 and there remains another $2oOoOO souirnent of the State institution.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Ninty-four
of the ninety-nine counties of the state
now have an organization of the rural
carriers. Wright county was the last
TO come in. No doubt, every farmer
in the state of Iowa will have his daily
mail delivered at his home ere the
state is many years older. There is
a great ado IN tie democratic national
platform over the large increase in the
number of men in the government
service. A large proportion of this in
crease is due to the extension of the
rural delivery service. If the demo
Gratis and Mr. Bryan believe that they
can make votes by attacking and fight
ing this increase, they win run up
against something that they have not
dreamed OF to date. Few things that
the government has done in recent
years have proven so beneficial and so
popular. as has the rural mail service,
and the politicians, who strive to make
capital for their party by opposing this
innovation, will rue it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
THE COUNTY NORMAL.
Attendance Now Numbers One Hun
dred Seventy-Five.

The County Normal Institute which
IL in progress at Penn college under
the direction of Col.a'y Superintcd'
,nt Chas. H. Young. is MOVING along
as nicely as could be wished. (, The
enrolment has increased to a total
of IT'S, one of the largest numbers in
attendance ever had at the county
Normal, and considerable interest is
being shown in the class work. Prof.
Else of the Oskaloosa city schools,
one of the instructors at the insti-
tute, gave a short chapel talk this
morning on"Teachers' Reading, which
was appreciated Mr. Pinkerton, OF
Des Moines. will give talk at the
chapel exercises Thursday morning
and Thursday evening Prof. " s. Gil
Ian Of Milwaukee, Wis, will give his
lecture, Both addresses on Thursday
are open to all who wish to hear
them and cordial invitation Is ex-
tended to the public to attend them.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

"A staff correspondent of the Oma-
ha Bee who lived in Colorado in 1896,
when the Rocky mountain region was
Bryan mad, says that the change in
the political situation has been little
short of marvellous. He reports hav-
ing talked in one day with nearly a
score of business men, most of them
democrats, and they have no hest
fancy in declaring that the republi-
cans will carry Colorado this year by
10000. The socialist vote there has
grown in the last few years, but it
is evident that it will go to pebs
rather than to Bryan, while all of the
old silver republicans, who controlled
the balance of power in the state dur
ing the days of the silver craze, have
returned to the republican party. The
correspondent declares there is moth
ing in existing political conditions to
give Bryan any hope of carrying Colo
RADIO, Montana, Idaho, or any of the
Rocky mountain states.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Henry Clews in his weekly New
York letter says: 15r'$-ey
Financial conditions continue to
show steady Improvement chiefly owr
ing to favorable. crop prospects,, easy
money and a more hopeful feeling in
business circles. Our financial leaders
and captains of industry are all be-
coming more and more optimistic in
their opinions. Depression is slowly
but gradually disappearing, and evi
dences of Improvement are visible in
the diminishing number of idle cars,
steel, in a partial revival of building
and in a steadier demand for merchan
disc in many of the leading markets.
OF" course business is still very quiet,
ard in volume much below that of a
year ago. But the. fact is true, never
theless, that depression is waning. and
that we are fairly started on the road
to recovery, with no prospectsof an
other panic in sight because of the
thoroughness of recent liquidation.
It may be some time. before the ac
tivity of 1907 is regained. but the re
coyery should be more rapid than MS
ual because theacountry generally IS
not suffereihg from y oyer-production
as during tieaStfeyfbus1 panic, and ere
long our industries must restart to
prevent an actual scarcity of mer-
chandise If present contraction is per.
sisted in
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
GOOD ROADS. I'M IOWA.

The Iowa Highway Commission will
hold its annual school of instructor
at Waterloo during the week beginning
August 10th. During the same week
the Supervisors of the State win hold
their annual meeting, and the Com
mission is now arranging a joint pro
gram with them On August 18th and
18th. the Iowa Good Roads Association
will hold its annual convention for
increasing the enthusiasm in the good
roads movement will be formulated
and discussed at the meetings.
The Commission will have program
on, two days only, the 18th and 18th,
but for these days it is arranging for
addresses by prominent men, such
as Governor Cummins, d. Ward King.
of king Drag" fame, some represen-
tatiyes of the United States Office OF
Public Road Inquiries. Mr.. A. n. John
son, State Highway Engineer of IL
linois, Mr.. w. o. Hotchkiss, in charge
of the road work of Wisconsin, MIR,
Curtiss Hill, State Highway Engineer
of Missouri, Mr.. Samuel c. Lancaster
who holds the chair of Highway En-
cheering at the University of Washin-
ton, and was formerly engineer for
the U. S. Office Of Public Roads. This
is only partial list of the men the
Commission expect to have, as full ar
engagements have not. as yet been COM
pleted.
The Sehoo' of Instruction will last
during the entire week and practi-
cal demonstrations will be made each
day with trained outfits, and as much
of the road machinery as possible will
be shown in actual operation. 1t is
expected that many of the road ma
chinery companies will have represen-
tati9es at the school who will explain
the woEkingsso the, different machines
to the road men interested.
Plans are being completed for the
building OF TWO stretches of road; one
an earth road, and the other sand
clay road, the clay to be loaded by
means of an eIevating grader and
hauled in wagons. onto the sandy road
selected for this purpose.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
GETTING TOGETHER.

Commenting on the harmonious
spirit of the Republican state central
committee as result of the meeting
held at Des Moines last week the
Daily Capital says:
The Republican state central com
mittee started everything on har-
mony basis. Every member of the
committee was filled with the spirit OF
harmony. There was not kicker in
the bunch. Chairman FRANKIE is eyi-
IDENTIFY the right man in the right place.
He will not be noisy, but he viii see
that the work goes on. The selection
of e. p. Adler, the committeeman from
the Second district 10 have charge OF
the publicity bureau, was a wise one.
Mr.. Adler Is the head Of the Lee syn
dictate Of newspapers and the editor
and publisher of the Davenport Times.
In the newspaper world he has been
a great success. The press OF the
state viii congratulate the committee,
on the selection Of Mr.. Adler. The
speakers bureau will be in charge OF
another member Of the committee.
either Mr.. Dewitt OF the Sixth, or Mr..
Haskell Of the Fifth. The executive
committee. consisting Of S. ID. RIM
ker OF the Eleventh district; George
s. Wright Of the Ninth, and Carl r..
FRANKIE OF the Third. was appointed.
The headquarters or the rooms for
the same win be selected by Chairman
FRANKIE and @ W. Lyon Of the Sew
enth district NJ. N. Head Of the,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

The supreme court OF Iowa de
clares in a recent decision that the
mulct liquor law was made TO be en-
forced and that courts have no right
TO temporize with or modify IS pro
visions in any way Because of al
legged peculiar conditions" in Daven
port, Dubuque and other river towns
injunctions issued by the distric,
court have been toned down" to
suit the sentiment of the community
or the pleasure of the saloonkeeper
This recent declaration of the supreme
court means that this kind of work
must stop.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
Coy. Cummins of Iowa has agree

Gov. Cummins of Iowa has agreed
to serve as one of the Vice Presidents
OF the international Congress on F,i-
berculosis that is to be held in Wash
ington, under the auspices of the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis, from Sep
TENDER q to October ~. Arrange
ments for Iowa's participation in the
Congress and in the exhibition to be
held in connection with 1t are in the
hands of a committee of which DR..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

Iowa assessors have turned VI
$16,000,O00 more personal property
this year than last, and then they got
only a part of it. The Iowa Tax Re
vision association declares that three
fourths of the personal property OF
the state escapes taxation wholly. And
yet, says the Fairfield Ledger, legis
latures and courts go ahead making
laws and decisions which drive more
of it into l.lding.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

Abba Union: Hon. N L. Kendall
is getting his fences in good shape for
the opening of the campaign and when
our Chautauqua is over and the crops
are laid by Monroe county farmers
win unite in giving him personal
work for election. The sixth in her
regular returns is away beyond the
safety line and she. is going hack to
1 he regular vote this year She can
not afford to do otherwise
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
HEARST IN REBELLION.

A cablegram has been received
from William Randolph Hearst in re-
ply to a message transmitted to
Hearst from Samuel Gompers stating
that in view OF the democrats stand
for labor it would be an act of the
greatest patriotism for the Independ-
ence Party to endorse the democratic
platform, and urging him not to run
a third ticket, as it would eject TAFT.
Hearst's cablegram is as follows:
Paris, July 13.-Tell Gompers that
am not authorized to speak for the
membership OF the Independence
League, but according to my personal
standards, a purer patriotism consists
in laboring to establish a new party
which will be consistently devoted to
the interests OF the citizenship and
particularly TO the advantage and ad-
vancement of the producing classes.
Il do not think the path of patriot
ism lies in supporting discredited
and decadent old party, which has
neither conscientious conviction nor
honest intention. or in endorsing
chameleon candidates who change the
color of their political opinion with
every varying hue OF opportunism. 4
do not think the best benefit OF me
laboring men lies in supporting that
old party because % stop OF false
promises when the performance of
that party while in power did more toI
inJure labor than all the injunctionsI
ever issued before or since
Il have lost faith in the empty pro-
fessions OF unregenerate democracy, Al
have lost confidence in the ability, in|
the sincerity and even In the integrity
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
REFORM IN CLEVELAND.

After many long years of struggle
in the name of reform Scent car fares
were secured in the city of Cleveland
and new halo was placed upon the
head of Tom Johnson.
The plan has been in operation for
"a month.
Total results to date
One prolonged and disastrous strike.
A big deficit for the said two
months period. J. N.
The poorest street car service in
the history of the city.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
/. sterIing Morton was the fathe

-. Sterling Morton was the father
of the day known as Arbor day, which
was first celebrated in Nebraska in
1872. In one year thereafter one mil
lion trees were planted in that state
alone and since that time 350,OO0,OO0
have been planted. 1t is claimed that
they have helped to change the eli
mate of Nebraska by breaking up the
hot winds which formerly proved so
disastrous to the crops.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
SHE USED FLAT IRONS
Woman Defends Herself With Old
Time Weapons.

Mrs. Tom Smith used fiat irons
yesterday as weapons of defense when
Tom Smith, her divorced husband,
and his brother attempted to come up
to her rooms, which are located over
the Montgomery grocery just west of
the Iowa Central depot.
1t is alleged that Smith and his
brother Albert were both intoxicated
and went to the home of Mrs. Smith.
She warned them to stay down at the
bottom of the stairs, but they did not
heed her warning. She armed herself
with three big fiat irons lying near by
and as her divorced husband started
up the stairs she let one fly which
landed on his Uranium and caused a
bump which ended his combatiyeness.
The woman threw the iron with such
force that it knocked him off his
equilibrium and he rolled down to the
foot of the stairs. He started to as
cend again and another fiat iron came
in contact with his body, knocking
him down second time. The other
iron, it is said, was aimed by Mrs.
Smith at her brother-in-law, but her
aim was not good and it went wide
of the mark.
The two Smiths, Thomas and AL
bert, were arrested this morning and
arraigned before Squire Woodruff on
the charge of intoxication and mali
cious threats. They both pleaded not
guilty and their trials were set for
July rs. Smith appeared in court
this morning with his head al, ban
daged up where the fiat iron came ia
contact with it.
HH
Ed Davis was before Justice Wood
ruff this morning for intoxication and
disorderly conduct. He pleaded gull
ty and was fined five dollars and costs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
Installing Electric Power.

Nathan s. Slime is making nota-
BILE improvement to his feed mill prop
erty. No. 11S Second avenue east He
is replacing the old steam power with
which the mill has been run for sew
eral decades past, with new electric
motor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

-Ranchers in Washington, Idaho
and Oregon are deep in the wheat
harvest, and it is estimated the total
crop in the three states will aggre-
gate 4S,5GOOOO bushels, with mar
ket value OF from s36,S75,00O to $685.
500, 900. ~ .
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
TeIephone improvements.

Material is arriving for the i'm
provements by the Home Telephone
company and active work of rebuild
Ing the exchange in the business part
of town will be commenced soon. A
can load OF cable, encased In lead
sheath, arrived in the city yesterday
and is being unloaded.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

The democratic platform de-
nounces an increase in the number of
government otficeholders. How long
has it been since Bryan advocated the
addition of 100000 government en-
ployes by the national ownership of
railroads?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

"A Texas prophet declares that the
world will come TO an end in 1911.
The Clinton Herald tells Iowans liv-
ing in that state that they shouIu sell
out and get back home. 1T would
be an awful thing to be caught in
Texas when Gabriel toots his horn"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
Skilled blind workers are to

Skilled blind workers are to be
created through the handicraft shops
that are being opened in the East.
Miss Helen Keller was present at the
opening of such shop in Manchester,
Mass, the other day. 1t has been her
desire for some time that blind per-
sons be given an opportunity to learn
how to earn living through the me-
dunn of trades.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

According to the Cherokee Times
some young men in that place are like
a lot of postage stamps that have been
dampened, They are stuck on them
selves and not much account.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

Democrats are boasting that their
delegates at Denver shouted an hour
longer at the mention of Bryan's name
than republican delegates at Chicago
did when Taft was mentioned. Moth
ing strange about that" says the New
Sharon Star. THE difference is all
wind"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

Total Observation-Disclosures. .4S3
1t will be seen from the foregoing
that Taft has strong lead over Bry
an at the beginning of the campaign,
as he needs only twenty-three more
votes to elect, while Bryan, without
counting the doubtful states, needs
seventy six votes. If Taft carries New
York he can win though he loses Ohio,
or the Dakotas. Wyoming, Oregon and
Washington, which he is practically
certain to carry. Bryan must carry
New York if he is to win, while that
state is not necessary to Taft's sue
cess, The latter could win, for ex-
ample, with Indiana and Nebraska.
Democrats who talk about electing
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

of its leaders. do not consider it pa
triotism to pretend to support lll.-.
which, as a citizen, | distrust and de-
test, and earnestly hope the indie
pendence party will give me opportun-
ity to vote for candidates that are
both able and honest and for declara-
ton of principles that is both sound
and sincere"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

Alex. Miller of the Washington
Democrat is honest enough to admit:
I'VE visited Joe Goldsmith at Denver.
He runs two saloons, one in the Tabor
Grand opera house and the other is
known as the Oasis"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23
Bids Asked For.

The contracts for the Eagles i'm
provements will not be finally let until
Wednesday OF this week. The work
done thus far has been of a prelimin-
airy character. Bids have been asked
for upon the construction.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

MIR. Bryan declared, when told 'ot
his nomination, that if elected presi-
dent he ~ould%not be candidate for
reelection. lie was careful, however,
met 10 comm. t,lsis,sssslf on the nrnbahle
contingency OF third defeat.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

1t seems strange that Mr. Bryan's
party, that proposed to sail away
from the Philippines and never look
back, now favors more warships for
the Pacific
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

Tenth district was elected vice chair
man. All these selections were by
unanimous vote.
The Republicans of Iowa are getting
together
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

Senator McCarren says New York
is lost to the democrats by 100000.
lone hundred thousand of these VIII
come from the upstate districts, and
the rest from Greater New York." he
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-07-23

Twenty years ago the Etruria was
hailed as a wonder when she crossed
the Atlantic in days, 90 hours and
SIS minutes. The latest record is faster
by 25 hours. and the end is not yet. ]