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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
HEIRESS REFUSED TO
 PAY FOR BEING FOUND

London, Dec. 12.--A curious story of search for an heiress and what came of 1t was told ,in the Irish courts this week during an action brought by Patrick Cieary. an Enniskillen man, for 5000 against a Mrs. Sibly. The lady was the heiress. and had been found by strange good fortune among Londons millions.
 MT. CleaTy, who had engineered the hunt. now claimed to be reimbursed for the cost of finding her, and for the keep of her uncle. the man who left the fortune. which totalled some thou sands of dollars. Counsel, in relating the circumstances, said the man with the money was Mir. Poison, an Ennis killen newspaper proprietor. He was an old man, of s5. and a bachelor. He lived alone. and was looked after by MT. and Mrs. Cleary. who never re. ceived any money from him for their services. but relied on promise he made to leave them something on his death. But he died intestate.
 After his death the ClearYs turned the place upside down, looking for some paper that would lead to the dis covery of relative to inherit his for tuhe, for no one related to him had been seen or heard of by them. It might seem like a romance, counsel added. but they turned over about three toHs of papers and other rub bish in their search. Eventually they came across a letter dated 1S49. writ ten, to MT. Poison, when he was a young man by his father. In that let- ter the father mentioned another son. named George, who, said, had gone to sea On the strength of this fifty year-old clue C1eary sent off his two young sons to hunt for George. who fx NId alive at thfa time. The young Clearys went to Bris- tol and stayed there looking for some trace of the old sailor or his decend- ants. Mn. Cleary paying theiS ex- penses.
 The boys ransacked the records in Bristol Town Hall and the churches, and at last discovered that old MT. PoIson's father had been a beadie in one of the churches of the city, and that the brother George, mentioned In the age-worn letter, had left a daughter. who would, of course, ba 8 niece to the dead man and the heiress to his money. But the daughter was not in Bristol. They were told she might be found in London, so from Bristol to London they went as if they expected to find one woman a. mong the great Citys millions.
 But they had the good luck to direct their stops to the shipping office of a firm named Lidgate, who turned out to be the owners of the vessel in which old Polson's sailor brother George had sailed in 1849. There was a clue. A clue more than fifty years old. but a clue. From 1t they actually managed to hunt up Georges daughter. who had become Mrs. SIbley.
 The Judge upterrupting the story): She is the next of kin unearthed in that way?
 Counsel. Yes. and when Mrs. Sibley heard of her good fortune from the two boys she was overflowing with grati- tude. But how different was the per. formance from the promise. She has not given them a penny up to the pre- sent. The solilitor for the defence ad- mitted that the discovery of Mrs. Sib- ley was due to the industry of Cleary and his sons.
 The jury awarded Mir. Cleary sS90. i.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
Isrince's First speaeh.

Berlin. Dee, 12.-The Cologne Gazette in telegram from Bonn. publishes an extract from what is presumal- ly the first public speech of Prince Oscar of Prussia the Emperor Williams fifth son. who recently completei his goth year. and is student at the University of Bonn. In proposing tho toast of tho Emperor's health at a banquet which was ggiven by the Rector Of the ITni- veraity Prince Oscar said:
 We know that days of stress are in store for us. and it is therefore our duty as good patriots to look stead. fastly into the future The teachers whose honorable and responsible call ing # is to train our young men in the Universities can in this respect do an immeasurable amount of good. If they continue to labor in this sense, every man to the hest of his ability, our ally in Heaven above. as Fieten CFrederick the Greats famous cavalry leader) once said. will not desert us
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

XMAS FRUITS, NUTS AND CANDY. Sweet, Juicy, Fiorfda Oranges, BOX @2.JSs
 By the dozen zoe, 25c, soc. Large Fancy Red Apples 00c peck Large Crown London Layer Raisins, IF 1-2c pounl
 Pure Chocolate and Bon Bon Mixed. 1Se pound.
 Fancy Mixed Nuts, FOG pound. Fancy Imported WaInuts, 20 pound. Paper SheIled PecaDs 20 to soc pound. Paper She1led Almonds, FOG pound. Jumbo Hrazfl Nuts, 2Oc pound. Valencia shelled Almonds, 5Oc pound. Basket Smyrna Figs, 2Sc. Box Stuffed Dates and Walnuts and Alm0ndsy 25e.
 Mail order shipped same day -. received if accompanied with check.
 BROCK GROCERY co.
 Pure Food Stores.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
CONGRESS
snm1nnry of House


 Washington. Dec. 12.--The House of Representatives today was In Its old tipe form. No particular program had been mapped out, but under a call of committees several measures in which the members were especially interested and in some cases vitaily concernd' were considered.
 With few exception they engendered the livelfest sort Sof debate. Parlia- mentary tactics were freely resorted to. with the result that five times the roll called. The first wrangle occurred on a resolution fixing the boundary line between the States of Colorado. Oklahoma and New Mexico, which was adopted by a good majority, but not without two roll calls. The House then by decisive vote refused to further consider the bill providing for arbitrary settlement of disputes be- tween employers and employees.
 Next, turning attention to the bill providing for the protection of aliens fin the United States, the subject was hreshed out at length. The measure had rough sailing and it was passed by a slim majority after the roll had been called twice.
 At 5:27 D nl.. the House adjourned until Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

new names in the list. Thus it is talked Rev. M. H. Holt, who has worked for four years in the Mont- gomery District may be transferred as Presiding Elder or the EufauIa district, whose elder. Rev. J. M. Mason. must come to Montgomery: at least, so run most of the many prophecies.
 Trawick for Mobile.
 There are two of the ministers who are offered by rumor as presiding ei- ders in case any change is made. Rev. VI. M. Cox of Montgomery and Rev. Henry Trawfck of Greensboro. But Mir. Trawick, the talk runs. may go bile. ~
 From the present outlook there will be few changes in Montgomery In all probability Rev. O. c. McGehee win return to Court Street. Rev. D. H. McNeal to Clayton Street and Rev. w. M. Curtis to Perry Street. Rev. W. M. Cox will. of course. leave Dexter Av- enue Church. and 1t looks as if Rev. H. T. Johnson of Eufauia will take his place in Montgomery But there will be nothing certain until the last name upon the Bishops list of ap- pointments Is read out. The appoint ments have been practically conclud- ed as the session of the cabinet ended tonight.
 But as zealously as the cabinet has worked, the 'kitchen cabinet" headed by Rev. H. T. Johnson, has had its sessions injecting not unbecomipg hu- nor into the dull routine of Confer ence work.
 This Conference is signalized by a total lack of lay delegations asking for the return of a pastor or for the assignment of another. Laymen are present, it is true, and are working Aav- nf "a church but their presence is due to devotion and not to a specific object.
 The appointments will be read dur ing the session of Monday morning di- rectly before the conclusion of the Con- ference.
 Upon adjournment the members and visitors will be enabled to board a special train at o'clock for Selma to leave GreeIa3boro in the state of in- ocnous desuetude after one of the most fruitful and gratifying sessions of the South Alabama Conference.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
THE PASSING TE1RoAc
r.asaa ReiIe.

.sNSo matter what race they belong fl" said Acting City Clerk Cowan yes fsrday linen have pretty much the same idea about some things. was Looking over some old records in La fayette Chambers County some time ago, and feaind1 the record of the tran {. sections of an old Indian at the local store. some seventy years ago. me ne indians name was Connissucct and he had evidently just been married sec ond time. The bill against him read 'Connissucci debtor to J. l. Will Hams, July z, 1884.
 !" ,sro new wife. thirty -four yards blue calico 3Tc the yard, $7 40.
 a TO old wife, four and 8 half yards plain homespun at s cents the yard'
 August 2. 1884:
 TO old wife. one peck grtts, .ls.
 '''To new wife one pair shoes, SS,
 Yes" continued MT. Cowan that is about the way we would all do if the same sort of law existed with the white people now as. did with the In- dians then. And by the way, some- thing odd happened in the city office here yesterday. I bought | new purse and thought I would have some fun with the old one. I stuffed the old purse with scraps of paper and laid 1t just inside the door on the hoor. " wasn't long before a highly respected citizen came in he saw the purse and turning crimson, he picked 1t up and damned 1t in his pocket. He was a1- most sweating when ne paid his license at the desk. and his hand trembIed when he took my receipt. I'd have given $5 to have seen his expression when he opened that purse. l bet 1t was worth it..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

seem rather odd at first to go down the street and not see a single sa- loon. Now. whether 1t Is good or bad thing is purely a matter of opin- ion. was only speaking of how strange 1t will seem. Montgomery, which has been wet since the time when the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, is to be a prohibition town. Back to the woods all you ifn- bibers of alcoholic liquors, no more hot toddies on cold winter n1ofnings, no of summer; alas, no moreS So the best thing to do under the circumstancea is to take some booze cure by mail and prepare for the storm or rather the calm. !"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
NEWS OF RECORD

The following deeds were recorded fin the ofice of the Judge of Probate yesterday:
 John Clark. William Clark. Thomas Clark. Julius Clark, Henry Clark, Charles Clark and James Clark, and their wives, to Mary J Stewart. a part of Lot 2. Block 2 of the Clark plat, in return for valuable considera- tions.
 R. T. Brannon and wife to Lida C.. Laird the right to use an alley which runa from Vandiver Street to Cleve- land Avenue; consideration, s100. BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS PLANTS. Hyaclnths, POlnsettias, BegoHIns, Ass. leas, Lily of the Valley, FernsS Palms and other ROtted plants for Christmas pres. enta. order now.
 g. B. STERN & CO.
 Phone lOOI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
Boy Is Acauitted.

Norfolk, Va, Dec I2.--Luther An drews, Jr., aged 14. who shot and kill ed Elizabeth K. Merrick. aged II years. in South Norfolk yesterday while re- turning from gunning trip, was ac- quilted upon a preliminary hearing to. day. on the ground that the killing was tho result of an accident
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
BODY OF BOSWELL #
 IS FOUND HANGING

Greenville. Dec. 12.-(SpeciaI )--. News Of the suicide of J. W. Boswell, Friday morning, ten miles east of here. was received here today.
 Mir. Boswell was a farmer 50 years old. His body was found hanging O. a cotton house some distance from his residence by his wife. who had been warned by him on several occasions that he intended to commit the rash oN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
MRS. NAIL WILL RECOVER.
Surgeons VIII Save Life of Woman shO
 hr Huahnmd.

Birmingham, Dec. 12.-(Special)- Mrs. Grace Otto Nail who was shot by her husband, who afterwards turn ed the pistol on himself and ended his own existence, has some chance for recovery.
 Today the attendants at the st. Vim cent Hospital reported that the woman was doing remarkably well and that the physicians hoped 60 save her life.
 The funeral of Allen K. Nail. the self slayer, will take place Sunday morn ing. A subscription list was gotten up and funds raised by former assocl- ates. The interment will be at Wood lawn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
Mir. ParrIsh DFawn Sword. :

Alderman James Parrish. recently appointed lieutenant and adjutant of the 1st Cavalry, A. N. G., has suc- cessfully passed his examination and will receive his commission from Gov eraor Conner in a few days.
 Mir. Parrish formerly belonged to the Montgomery Greys. but has not taken an active part in military life since the ilittle disturbance with Spain in 1898. It was upon the5 per- sisteRt insistence of his friends that he decided to again draw his sword for his country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
Picture Frames made to order.
 TRESSLAR'S STUDIO.
BarnIngham ssBartendern, Club

Birmingham. Dec. 12.-(Special )- Two negroes were arrested by the po- lice this morning on a charge of vio- lating the prohibition law. The place visited is known as the Bartenders' Club and Is located on Seventeenth Street. The statement was made at the police headquarters that a mem Der of the Police Department, who was a former bar tender was found in the place at the time the officers went there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
Annnnen Cnnnnna.

Omaha, Neb., Dec 12.--Brigadter General .- H. W. Carter arrived here this afternoon to assume command @ the department of the Missouri. The formal transfer of command win be made by Brigadier General Charles Morton, the retiring commander, on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
- g--1 7-~.-so.

Birmingham, Dec. l2.-(special)-- Fire was discovered in the basement of the Jefferson hotel this afternoon and apparatus from four stations of the fire department responded to call. The fire was soon under control and the damage was less than i've hundred dollars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
PRIvET HEDGING,

A beautiful green hedge would be a great improvement on that unsIRhtIy fence. order now. $500 to $S.OO per hundred plants. n
 8. B. STERN ,Ie GO.
 Phone 1OOI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
Monday, General Morton goes to com mana Fort Russell, Wyoming.

Our out-of-toSya work is growing daily, we give onr special attentlon, send package addressed. MONTGOMERY FRENCH DRY
 CLEANING co.
 2o3 Dexter Ave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
rnnnnItnrr condItion.

q cant see. said prominent clti- zen yesterday. "how the officials in the stale meat n the city hall offices. The old rattletrap of a building hasn't a sound floor in 1t. and through the cracks in the floors the affluvia of the comes through. perHlsating the atmos- phere with a nauseous reek that Is at times unbearabfe.
 Of course the first thing they need is A new city hall, but certainly the city's servants should not be made to suffer this nuisance for the sake of a few dollars rent to the city. The a headachy, sickly smell of raw flesh in a heated atmosphere that is loathe- some to anyone with a sensitive nose.
 "The officers say that when they first reach the building in the morn ing before the windows are raised the fetid stench is strong enough to knock one down"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
Foretaste of Drrnesa.

Montgomery will be as dry as
 bone?' said a citizen yesterday to 1 a friend. "Wel 1t will and don't know
 what am going to do when dry wealth CT strikes the State. It ta going to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
GnrhaRe Nnfnnnce1

T am quite sure" said MT; I. Nor gan, a travelling salesman, that the responsible citizens of Montgomery do not appreciate the nuisance Of the city's garbage being cremated as 1t is. If they had been a guest at hotel on Commerce Street throughout the night as I have they would have been much impressed. The odor Is inde- scribable. When a west wind springs up the attack on the olfactory senses is disastrous. It spells sleepless night for a man who has to endure 1t and he needn't be nervous indiVld-
 "As I understand it. they burn the city9 refuse on the bank of the rivers far too close to the city. Besides health considerations, there is also the un- pleasantness of the thing. either suTtl- cfent to outweigh any advantages that might be claimed for setting up cre- matory so near the center of the city. I do not want to be classed as knocker and am sure I will not be so cIassed, as l have heard others make the same protest It will be money well spent for. the city to move its garbage dumping grounds. Residents in inc upper end of the city make the same complaints that make.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
,Justice Demands Tt.

"T thoroughly agree with the sent" .inlent of President Roosevelt's nessag ge about delay in criminal prosecutions in this country" said citizen. The time has come when we must abolish the tedious and cumbrous processes which under the guise of guaranteeing liberty. etc.,, to the prisoner tend to defeat the ends of justice. And 1t of- ten Literally results inSliberty to the prisoner. but occasionally when 1t was not deserving so to result.
 You take the instance of the Ala hama law. am only a layman. but 1t may be that before the appeals in the cases of the Drake murderers are finally decided indignation will break out in Hale County Certainly the pa- tiance of the law-abiding citizens in that community has been tried. The death sentence was pronounced in two of those cases. the execution being fixed and then suspended pending appeal. hope that there will be no delay in this pair of cases for if there ;s 1t will be a strain on the peace bonds of the cit izens of the State.''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-06

VINO, from two millions of stock that
each owned. derived a revenue greater
! than either could spend and, appreciat-
| ing the Affections of the poor and the
scant opportunities for a man of small
means to find a safe and profitable in
vestment for his savings, they had de
cided to share their wealth and pros
perity with their fellow men.
The company placed 81. 000, 900 of stock
upon the market each year, 81 ,000, 000 in
January and s1.000.000 in July. 1t adver-
tsed that no one person would be al
lowed to subscribe for more than 500
of each semi-annual issue and that the
subscription books would be closed as
soon as the requisite million was SUBJ
scribed
The postoffice department became sus-
picious as soon as the advertisements
began to appear, and the inspectors
were Immediately put upon the case
They worked for six months and found
nothing that supported this suspicion in
the slightest. On the other. hand, they
established beyond doubt that the mine
had been discovered by two poor miner;
who had no relatives living, so far as
could be determined: that they had in
duced capitalists TO invest 81 900, 900 in
cash in the venture, and had then or
ganized and Incorporated the Amalga-
mated Gold Syndicate with q paid-up
capital of $4,000. 000 selling the mine to
the corporation for $4,000. 900 Of stock
The mine was called The Katydid, .
and it had been worked for a time by
the corporation at big profit. The two
miners, poor no longer, had, after a
time, conceived their charitable scheme,
and had put 1t through, much against
the wishes of the minority stockhold-
ers. who were powerless 70 prevent it. .
Accordingly. the capital stock had
been increased from s.. GOO 600 to $50, 900, =
900. and the charter authorized $4,000. 600
of the increased stock to be sold each
year.
The company apparently did every
thing that it advertised. 1t regularly
paid its stockholders an annual divi-
Gend of 20 per cent. No one person was
permitted To take more than 19) shares
of the various semi-annual issues.
Cases were found whore money had
been returned to So rs who had
endeavored to- secur "a. quantities
and many instances were discovered
where checks for stock subscriptions
had been returned with a brief letter
stating that the semi-annual issue had
been exhausted before the subscription
had been received.
On its face, it was the fairest sort of
deal, although the plan of the two
beneficent miners did not exactly aver
age up to the standards of human ma
ture that the world has come TO expect
i'm business men, and especially in pre-
motors - -l1irin~ companies
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-06

Hudson, one of the miners. was pros
ident IT the company, and in charge of
the offices il maintained in the western
city, which l have already mentioned.
While Mason, the other of the discover
ers, was general manager and n con-
troll at the mine Both Hudson and Ma
son bore out the characters that the ad-
vertising matter of the syndicate gave
to them. They dressed in rough, cheap
clothing. chewed tobacco. and showed
a disregard for money that is charac-
teristic OF men who have worked hard
all their lives against an adverse fortune
and who have suddenly come into great
wealth. In everything they acted tie
parts of uncouth, uneducated sons Of the
soil.
At the Katydid mine. visitors were
always welcome. They were shown
over the properties with the greatest
Freedom only one place. the small
building where the metal was separ-
ated from the amalgam, was denied TO
them. Mason explained this by say
ing that the company possessed a Sc
cret process for refining which he had
discovered and which was known only
to himself. to Hudson and to Belden,
the comoany's chemist.
This, in brief. was the status of the
case when 1 was put on it. 1t was
SiNSAi " DCCduSc hdu UScu d lllliltT
and prospector and had studied geology
and assaying.
After working a week on the case
was satisfied that the company was d
fraud, but l readily saw that l had no
common crooks TO deal with. In the
first place. the plan looked too fair and
generous. 1t was like an alibi that is
too perfect. 1 had seen miners make
lucky strikes. but / had never known
a single instance of a man sharing his
profits with others who had no call
upon him. Another thing that added
to my certainty was the quality of the
ore from the mine. 1t was fairly rich
in gold, but not sufficiently so to yield
the amount of gold the company sold
each month. l secured specimens and
had it assayed by the best chemists.
1t was a low grade ore. l then meas
ured one Of the ore cars and hid out
behind a boulder for two days on the
mountain side near the mine. where /
could see and count every car of ore
that came from the mouth of the mine.
My figures showed that the mine was
producing less than $500 of ore a day,
little more than enough to pay the ex-
penses of operating, and certainly not
enough to sustain the expensive offices
in the city and pay the fabulous divi-
dends on the stock. For 20 per cent
year is something to make a stock
brokers' heart strain almost to the point
of breaking.
/ didn't take p bit of stock in Ma