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The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-20
NEW JAP PORT OPENED
American Vessel Met With Brass
 Bands by Wclcomcrs.

Boston. April i9-The British steam CT Shimosa, which has just arrived, has inc record, according to her captain, II. W. Best, of having opened a new port to foreign trade in Japan. being the first foreign vessel 10 enter and take a cargo at Yokkaichl, near Kobe. The vessel brings cargo of porcelain ware,
 Tho shimosa entered Yokkaichi har- l2, and was received with great prep arations. tho mayor and city council and Chamber of Commerce greeting the vessel with half a dozen brass bands. An address of welcome was read and luncheon was served on tho vessel 10 the dignltarles. A state ban duct was given on shore in the evening British, American and Japanese flags being conspicuous in the decorations
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-20
FEDERATED TRADES
New Haven Roads Shopmen Organize
 Council-Ofiicers Local Men.

Boston, April 19,--A council of the federated trades of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad systems shops was permanently formed In Bos- ton today, 37 delegates being in at tendance, representing the boIcrmak- CTS, machinists, blacksmiths, car work CTS, car men, steamtitters, painters, up- holsterers and metal workers organiz- atlons.
 The following officers were elected;
 President, James J. Egan; vice-presi- dent, Richard Moore; secretary treas urer Alexander Wilson, all of New Haven, Conn.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-20
pYGMIEs OF PHILIPPINES.

Manila, April 19.-Frederick StaI professor of Anthropology in Chica| university, has expressed the bell that the Negritos of Central Luzon q long to the same race as the Pygm of Central Africa He spent th| weeks with the Negrito tribes of Pal panga province in Luzon Island, a| declares that he found important pli sical characteristics identical with ' natives of Africa. He failed ,ho ever, to find any linguistic rese blance
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-20
s0TH GRANT ANNIVERSARY.

New York April 9.-Commemorating tho seth anniversary of the birth of General Ulysses s. Grant, a memorial service was held tonight in Metropoli- tan temple on Seventh avenue. at which Secretary of War Taft, Andrew Carnegie and eX-secretary of the treas ury Leslie M. Shaw made addresses and Grant post of the Grand Army of the Republic presented q national flag to the church. This Is the church General Grant attended during his residence in this city.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-20
FRANK ]. GOULD DENIES
Says He Has Given No Interviews on
 His Domestic Difficulties.

New York, April 19.--Frank Jay Gould, whose domestic affairs have been the subject of much public do- cussion during tho past few days ad- dressed the following telegraphic mes sage to the Associated Press to-day:
 Hot Springs, Va, April 19.-To the Associated Press. New York. Alleged interviews with me are untrue. l have refused and must positively refuse to discuss my personal affairs. Sigma ture, Frank J. Gould"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-20
RAILWAY STRIKE IN puRr.

La Paz, Bolivia April l9,--Advices re- ceived here state that strike has talk en place among the employees of the railway connecting Aredupa, in Peru, the capital of the department of the same name, l2) miles southeast of Ll- ma, with Molenda, it's port It is also reported that serious disorders have taken place, but details are lacking.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-20
BRYAN TALKS
Tells Utica Y. Nj. C. A. the Honest
 Doubtcr Should be Respected.

Rome, N. E., April 10.--The Lyric theatcr was crowded tonight by peo- pie eager to see and hear William J. Bryan. He made two addresses in Utica churches this afternoon under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian association of that city. Mir, Rryan paid his respects to the class of people who boast of their skcpti- cism and said that the honest doubter should be treated with respect and labored with. After the meeting Mir. Bryan left for New York.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-20

Starbonrdcr-Tm going to buy the landlady bottle of hair restorer.
 UalIroom-Why, she seems to have good head of hair.
 Starboardcr--Oh hers Is all right I'm going to get her to use it on the mattresses. s.-Phlladelphia Record,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-20

q tell you wat said the first kid, i've ought to be mighty thankful that our folks use gas stoves"
 "WhN?" asked the sonc kid
 Coz nobody was ever asked to srlit wood for a gas stove, was they?"--De- troit Free PreSg,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
MONDAY. APRIL 27, 1908.
CONTRIBUTIONS.

There's always compensation for those who Know where to find 1t. The price of meat has gone up but black berries are becoming plentiful. We must pay more for a beefsteak but diia- monds are growing cheaper So, if we must have less meat We can fill up by eating berries and gazing on our diamonds. And in the stirring words of the poet:
 Why should a man always be growing
 With a mug full of sorrow and Misfortune will frequently cut like a
 Or sting like a serpent I know:
 But to give up to her-its all in your Let's laugh in. her face then, and never
 say die!
 good sense. and various other things to keep one from sinking in despair and hopelessness. If we can't get what we want. the next best thing is to be content with what we can get. Its a hard task. we know, for one with ordinary human feelings to avoid discomfort. and refrain from grumbling, but it's best. Some old writer uses an expression to the effect that man al- ways expects to be blest, but never is, and perhaps that is human nature The man or woman who can always look on the bright side of everything is a fortunate individual but life is much easier for that kind of people.
 The trouble with most of us is that we are looking for something to wor- ry over most of our time. That old grouch, Diogenes went about with a lantern searching for an honest man. but he could have seen many of them, no doubt, if he had wanted to, with out using search-light. And there's a class of beings who go about with chips on their shoulders daring some body to knock them off. All of us can find trouble enough in this world with out hunting it, and conversely. all of us can find some good if we look for 1t in the right way. For all the evils of life there are compensations for those who can see and take advan- tage of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
This Ls My 47th Birthday
William LorinaeF.

William Lorimer. Representative in Congress from the Sixth District If H. linois, was born in England. April 27, 1861. When five years old he erniS;rat- ed with his parents to the United states and in 1870 the family located in Chi cago, where young Lorirner received a public school education His father died soon after and at the age of 12 William went to work as sign paint CTS assistant to aid in the support of the family, He continued in various trades until 1886. when he became real estate agent later entering the contracting business. At about the same time he became prominent in Chi- cago politics as an active Republican and soon was one of the recognized party leaders in that city. One of his first public positions was that of Su- perfntendent of the Water Depart ment. In 1895 he was elected to Con gross and continued to serve until 1901. when a political landslide swept him to defeat. Two years later. however, he was again returned to Congress and since then he has been twice re-elect- ad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

tleships will be within call in East-
 ern waters up to the last of Septem- Der. When Evans's fleet is joined at Manila by the Pacific fleet fl will be
 an easy matter to carry out the orfgf- nal plan of leaving eight of Evanss fleet at or near Manila on the Phil ippine station, the other eight ships to come home by way of the suez Canal.
 The policy of sending home only eight of Evans's battieships. as worked out by the experts here some months ago, contemplated the maintenance of a battieship fleet on the Philippine station equal to the Japanese battle- ship force of thirteen or fourteen ves- sells. In order to carry out this plan wisconsin and Nebraska from the Pa- cihc and three of the new battleships from the Atlantic as an addition to the eight Evans warships to be left in the Pacific. While that plan Is still discussed as feasible, it is stated today that the dispatch of the new Pacific fleet to the East furnishes an alterna- tive plan which is of nearly equally practical value.
 If the movement takes place as scheduled. the ships which will con- stitute the Pacific fleet will be the battleship Oregon. armored cruisers Tennessee. Washington, Colorado. Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania. California. South Dakots and the pro- tected cruisers Charleston. Milwaukee, and St. Louis.
 There are many other vessels on the Pacific station at this time, but they are not counted as fighting craft. The fourth flotilla of torpedo boats and the submarines on the coast are. of course, parts of the new Pacific fleet.
 This fleet for war purposes may be regarded as consisting of one battle ship. seven armored cruisers and three or four protected cruisers. Therefore. even should the latest plan be adopted. of adding the great ships of the Pa- cific fleet to eight of the Atlantic fleet ships. that would form an inds' pendent guard for the Pacific without bringing a single ship from the At- lantic coast, such as the Idaho. Mis-" sissippi or the two new armored cruis- CTS North Carolina and Montana.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
MEMORIAL pAY.

It is fitting that Montgomery of all
 Southern cities should give itself to general observance of Memorial Day. The city will find time today from
 the many affairs attendant upon It's remarkable growth and prosperity, to turn for a backward look through the years to the sad but glorious hours of Southern history.
 It is fitting that Montgomery should drop its affairs of business for a few hours. because Montgomery's history Is closely intertwined with the sacred memories of the birth. struggle and death of a nation. The storm cradled nation that fell" is the poetic title of that brief government that lived the briefest. but bloodiest life of all the nations of the world. The storm gath cred at Montgomery.
 The city may we'll feel a just pride that. although nearly half a century has passed. though times and men have changed, the memory of the Con- federate soldier and the cause for which he fought and died are today dearer and more sacred than they were at any time since Jefferson Davis went up Dexter Avenue with a slender gray clad guard of honor to take the oath of office as President of the Confed- crate States. And the sacred tradi- tions of the Confederate soldier grow dearer as each year passes and history stands out the more clearly and dis tinctly.
 When this generation shall have passed the special pride of Montgomery will be. as 1t is today. that it was the birth place of the Confederacy. that it gave the best and bravest for the Confederacy's defense ana that year after year. 1t increased the need of praise and honor for the heroes. to whom fate forbade victory.
 That sentiment of undying honor for the Confederate soldier for which Me mortal Day stands is without parallel in the history of the world. No de- feated army was ever so loved and honored by it's people. No defeated army ever had thrown about its his- tory and it's memory the jealous aftec- tion, which guards and will guard the Confederate soldiers memory, as time passes.
 The State of Alabama has made the day a legal holiday. It is well that this has been done that all may have their chance. to pay in some way. some tribute to the grandest army that ever followed a flag though that flag has now no place among the nations of the earth. The flag of the Confeder- aey has no place among the nations of the earth. but what a glorious place is assigned to the history of the army which fought to put the Confederacy in the parliament of nations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
The Many FIags of TeAas.

Baltimore American.
 No State in the Union has had any thing like the experience of Texas Tn the matter of owning allegiance to dir ferent governments, said Judge W. F.. Barclay, of Weatherford, Tex, at the Remnant.
 Tn the course of it's history Texas has recognized the authority of al least six different flags, that of France, the United States. and the Confederacy Now 1t is once more the grand old emblem of Uncle Sam that is kissed by our prairie breezes and that our people honor and love as well as ever they did the Stars and Bars of the Southern Confederacy. The best part of 1t is. too. that this time the flag of the Un- ion will never be supplanted. It has come fo stay forever. '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

The Richmond Journal Is one of the big-navyers from way back, and thinks Congress is a mean old thing for sitting down on the President and the other jingoes in the way 1t did. By plain intimination, if not in direct words. The Journal argues that we should have a larger and more pow erful navy than any other power pos sesses, and that expense should cut no figure in the matter. If that is the correct view to take of it why stop at the four ships that Roosevelt wanted? Why not build at least dozen and spend hundred million dol lars on them and have done with 1t? We once knew one of the up-country fellows whose favorite expression was: whats tho use of being a feller un- less you are a h. of feller?" and that seems to be the controlling idea with most of those who are continual Iy saving the air and bowling for more and bigger battleships. Uncle Sam had better pay his just debts and prepare to pay others as they fall due rather. than throw away his money trying. to get up a reputation as a bully.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
FLEET FOR PACIFIC.
An Important Announcement From
 Washington.

An Important Announcement From
 Washington.
 Washington Special to The New York
 American.
 new Pacific fleet. second in power and importance only to Evans great battleship fleet now on the Pacific coast. is being assembled and placed in shape for a long cruise. This was announced at the Navy Department to-day. The Bureau of Navigation and the navy chiefs are silent as to the object of the cruise, but it was learned from an authoritative source that the Pacific fleet will trail the Evans fleet. When the fleet sheers off from Hono- lulu for Australia the new Pacific fleet will be only three weeks behind 1t, and will continue ul a direct line to Manila and rendezvous there.
 The movement according to one of the bureau officers. will cause consid- erahle comment when it becomes gen erally known and will yield in inter est only to the accomplished project of sending the Evans fleet into the Pa cihc.
 It is regarded as necessary for new fleet to be in the Far East before the other fleet starts for home via the Suez Canal. Admiral Evans' bat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

in the early days of mechanical con. struction. possibly do the work which stands as a monument to a patience. skill and perseverance rarely equalled in more modern times.
 But dismissing consideration of the material and methods employed by the builders of those works which are the wonder and admiration of the moderns. there is much in the present state of the artificial stone industry to attract and interest all who have, or expect to have anything to do with build- ing. The use of some form of cement or mortar in connection with gravel and small stones as building material is not new. but the fluid stone" plan is modern, and the rap:dity with which 1t is growing is ample evidence of the confidence it has inspired among those who have studied it and tried 1t.
 It is not possible, of course. to say with absolute certainty, that stone thus manufactured will be as firm and dur
 
 able as the real article. Time alone can settle that question. but those who seem qualified to judge are confident that 1t will. They claim that if it is passage of time will only add to its frmness and solidity and that walls or other structures thus built up viii eventually become as solid and inde- structible as genuine granite or mar ble.
 If these claims are well-foundcd, and these hopes and predictions realized. it requires little effort of the imagination to foresee a revolution in the art and practice of building. As The Journal says. the raw material Is almost uni versal and unlimited. When the time comes that all the walls of a house can be moulded irto solid shape in only a few weeks. and when 1t is shown that these walls will be as safe and durable as granite, the use of wood will cease almost entirely. and l the slow process of bricks and mortar | will be superseded by methods much | more expeditions and economical. and | with promise of infinitely more dura- bility. Then we will have another | stone age. but of different and vastly | more extensive form than the other, O nd ona uybioh vyil1 uot he lflx a11y ta fall | into disfavor and disuse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
Jnnanese Cold a Cnrse.

NeW IOTk ITIDUne,
 There Is now prevailing in Kobe the Japan Times says. "a peculiar kind or cold which is popularity termed 'poreI kaze' Literally departed souls coldJ This cold is so designated because it is superstituously credited a being q curse sent by the departed souls or the soldiers who were killed in the war. and who, perhaps, seeing that the post -bellum management of ar- fairs by the people Is SO bad as to neutralize all the good effects of the blood they shed in the war, are now trying to awake the people to a sense of their duty and Responsibilities by inhicting on them the disagreeabIe tll- ness"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
This Date tn History
April 27.

April 27.
 1404-Philip the Bold, founder of the second House of Burgundy, died. Born 1542. the telegraph. born. Died April 2. la72.
 is05-Derne. Tripoli, captured by American marines.
 Is06-Maria Christina. Queen of Spain. born at Naples. Died at HAvre. August 22. 1878.
 lS22-General Ulysses S. Grant born. Died July 23. 1885.
 lS63-Mail steamer Anglo-Saxon wrecked of Cape Race. with loss of 237 lives.
 1s76-oueen Victoria declared Elm press of India.
 1s97-Grant's tomb. Riverside Park. New York, dedicated.
 lS9s-Matanzas. Cuba, boTnbarded by American squadron under Admiral Sampson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

The impression seems to be pretty general that the Cannon resolution to Investigate the paper trust is merely intended to typify Charles Dickens idea of How not to do it." If 1t was really a sincere proposition on the part of the speaker-which is much to be doubted-nobody expects any thing to come of it that will be of any beneht to those most vitally interested; fishers. There is no likelihood of any thing being done that will help them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
The Monkey. Ran the Ship.
Boston Dispatch to The New N
 Times.

Boston Dispatch to The New York
 Times.
 The German freighter Braunfels came into port this afternoon from Calcutta after a series of adv ventures, When the freighter left Ceylon she had aboard four hundred monkeys, lot of tigers. leopords, and snakes ana a big cargo of rum and molasses
 When about a week out an ofang- breaking open the monkey cages. Be fore the cdew could stop him the four hundred monkeys were roaming around the decks. They got into the cargo got drunk on rum and emptied mo- lasses over everything. To add 10 the trouble the tiger and leopard also broke loose The crew was poweriess and the ship was given over to the animals until she docked
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

They are telling now of a wealthy man up in the Catskill Mountains who recently died at the age of ninety than four miles from home. His world was plainly a small one, but perhaps he enjoyed 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

A Baltimore paper calls Georgia "a greedy State" but The Richmond News Leader opines that the State is more thirsty than greedy" Well, can't one be greedy for drink-especiaily in the mint season2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

The Dothan Eagle remarks that the merry widows are not as broad here as are found in some places. Any of them can go through a door without turning sidewise" Does the brother re- fer to the hats or the wearers7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
EDITOR IN JAIL.
Gives Montgomery LOck-Up a GOOt
 Word.

Word. Brewton News.
 We were in jail in Montgomery last Friday. Think of it. an editor in jail! But not on a criminal charge. In company of several friends. piloted by an accommodating deputy. we merely inspected the splendid new Montgonn- cry county prison. finding it to be a model of neatness and from a sanitary viewpoint, perfect. There is little chance for a person to escape, once he is behind those prison bars. Escam- bias jail is unsafe. and should 1t be remodeled. some good points could be gained by visit to the jail in Mont gomery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

Now we learn that Taft is to make another visit to Panama He will stay there several days. perhaps. and then come back and tell us all about the canal business. especially what he doesn't know.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27

The results of the fierce meteorolog teal display Friday evening again shows Montgomery's fortunate location with respect to storms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
sWoRN cIRcUTArsoN-

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees It's advertisers (and makes 1t q part of the contract when reQuested) that it's daily cir circulation is larger than that of any morn ins newspaper printed in Alabama--and that it's Sunday edition has the largest cir culation of any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for March printed below rep resent the actual net circulation. all re- turns having been deducted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
The Majority Rule.


 There s another reason why we heartily endorse the action of those counties that held two primaries: first. we think it eminently right and neces- sarY that the nominee gets a majority of all the votes boiled. Tn the next place. we think the State Committee usurped the powers belonging ts the County Committees. and undertook to "hoss" 1t over the County Committees. and we are proud that some counties. at least had the nerve to resent the action of State Executive Committee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
specuIatlng.
Coffee County News.


 Mir Bryan and Mir. Roosevelt has ex- changed so much taffy and endorsed each other so much that in case Roose- welt should not run. Bryan would stand an excellent chance of winning. but against Roosevelt the boy orator of the Platte would only repeat his former races That means if Roosevelt should he nominated hy the Republicans, dark horse will be nominated by the TIAmocrats. But then, the above .s only a little speculation. Things may, and probably will. work out differently.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
Preserve the Forests.

bITInIngham Ledgef.
 It is remarkable that there should be objection to the forestry and tim Der laws. Even the lumber mon must know that 1t is to his advantage to have the forests preserved and care depends upon 1t. A treeless lana soon becomes desert. Western Asia shows that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
Foraker's Boom.

Plne beIT NeWS.
 The meteor that fell in Ohio recently was probably nothing more than the Foraker sky rocket comipE down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-27
Negroes Killing Each Other.

NuTnFeT 0uH.
 The grand jury report shows that nine murders have been committed in Sumter County in the past six months and seven committed n the six months preceding the report of the grand turY last fall. making in all sixteen murders in Sumter County in the past twelve months. All negroes except one. and If there were no white renple in the county to arrest and punish them. they would soon return to barbarian.