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ADAM A. WEsCnLER. AUCTIONEER.
ADAM A. wEsOnLER. AUCTIOSEER.
7 RI S T F. r s SALE OF
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
PIANO. MIRRORS. CAR
PETS. RUGS. ETC. FOR
MERLY CONTAINED IN
THE DUNBARTON HOTEL.
Ply AUCTION

Ry virtue Of chattei deed OF trust duly re-
corded IN Libpr 311O, folio 427 ct seq, OF
the land records OF the District Of Columbia.
and at the request Of the parties secured there
hy the undersigned trustees will offer for sale
~ public auction. within the auction rooms Of
Adam A. Weschler, 800 Pennsylvania ave. NV,
on WEDNESDAY,. MARCH EIGHTEENTH
1908 COMMENCING Al TEN O'CLOCK 4 M ,
tire personal property mentioned in schedule B
attached 10 said trust.
Terms cash.
CLAUDE GILBERT.
LEONARD MATHER.
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY.

FOR SALE-WELL LOCATED NORTHWEST;
two blocks from cars: furnace heat: semi-de-
tached house: red pressed brick front: Il large
bright rooms. every one outside room: sue
and back yards: TILED BATH: TT RNAoE
HEAT: dry concrcted cellar: $1,000 cash. pur-
chaser to trust of S3.00a at So.
W1LLIGE. GIBBS & DANIEL 603 & 6no 18TH.
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FOR SALE-GET OUR LIST OF SPECIAL BAR
gains on the Georgetown aud Rockville electric
lin" of lots - acre: also houses with
modern improvements. will furnish plans
and build to suit with much ground as you
wish; easy terms or discount for cash.
CATS HUTCHI\S.
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FOR SALE-KENSINGTON. MD.
Good lot. 5ox15u.
Price reduced TO 500 to quick purchaser.
Address Rox o6e, Star office.

FOR EXCHANGE-FOR IMPROVED PROPERTY
In northwest section. Broom dwelling in NY
attsvillc: n mi: about one acre of ground Z:
fruit and shade trees: large stable. Apply
WM- SHEDD HOLTON, 1907 ii st. NV
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FOR RENT-NEw SEVEN ROOM HOUSE: BY
the year for season. s. 7. WRIGHT. Bar
croft Alexandria county. Va. mh1l-3
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FOR SALE-AT EVANSVILLE. MD. NEW g.
room dwelling Avon ave-: ami: comhina.
tton electric and gas fixtures: gas and coal
ranges: convenient to both electric and steam
roads: coed elevation. VIM. SHEDD HolloN.
1907 Fl ST NV mill;
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ADAM 4. wESCHLER, AUCTIONEER.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
SATURDAY, AUGUST I, iOOs.


 'Rah for Georgia! No doing things by halves over there, if you please. Tfe old State has a candidate for President and one for Vice President now on the run so to speak. though no one knows how far either will get. Georgia has never been able to supply the country with either President or Vice President, and will not do so this year. but she keeps on trying Would 1t not have been better to put Watson and Graves on the same ticket? IT. . law say iht President an1 Vice Presi- dent shalt not both be elected from the same State. There would be no danger of their election. and there is no law against their running. Mir. Graves is a brilliant man. but in politics he has come about as near "all things to all man" as any one we know. As can d.dHte under Hearst he ism: likely 10 burn the woods to any appreeiabIe ex- tent. but he will burn a lot of the att nosphere and get himself talked about. That is something to a man who han kers for a prominent place in the lime light.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
A WOMAN AND A GUN.

4 woman and revolver ordinarily form a rather uncertain combination. especially if she is suddenly awakened from a sound sleep by hearing sus- picious noise in her room, as an evil dence of which a contemporary tells Of a recent happening in Chicago. A widow. asleep in her room with only her little boy in a trundle bed in an- other part of the room. heard noise and by the dim light saw that . bur gular had obtained entrance. Crab ping revolver from beneath her pii- low she fired. only to frighten the man. she said. but unfortunately the bullet struck the boy, inficting only a slight wound. The howls ot the little fellow told her what she had done and then she screamed and tainted, while the burglar escaped. unhurt
 That is the gist of the story. but the widow draws a lesson from 1t. T would advise every mother in the city to keep revolver near her bed" she said. when telling of her adventure. "only." she sensibly added. "when you shoot. shoot to kill the man who breaks Into your house to rob and steal. It was because did not want to kill the man that my aim went wrong" That seems to be sound reasoning, and her advice might well be followed in Chi caso whenever woman is forced to occupy a room without protection. The mistake she made was in not shooting the man It Is not certain that under the circumstances she could have hit him. but she would at least have missed her son. we suppose. Be that as it may. shooting wild merely to frighten the intruder was mistake A man who tries to break into the room of lone woman at night or actually gets into the room, is not entitled to any consideration whatever. and bull let in some portion of his anatomy would be a wholesome lesson to him, if he survived the experience. At least shoot to hit. if you do not shoot to kill, is good advice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01

Somewhat to our surprise The Brook lyn Eagle applauds Taft's fulsome eulogiss of Roosevelt and thinks 1t is all just what he should have done. So far as we have kept up with the senti- ments of the prominent independent newspapers of New York The Eagle is virtually in a class by itself in this case. For example, The New York World says that "it is not seemly that he should thus prostrate himself" The Sun calls it "despicable." and asks; "Did ever a man. free, Independent and sane. find his neck in such a yOkeT The Times expresses it's sorrow that there was not more of Taft and less of Roosevelt in the speech" and se they so. The Eagle is the only one so far as we have noted. that warmly endorses the Taft adulation of Roose- welt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
New County AmeiaIdment.

Selma Times.
 The Times is earnestly in favor of what is known as the Ragsdale Amend ment to the Constitution; which if adopted at the election in November will enable certain centrese of the State like Bessemer to form a separate coun- ty. tN |
 The editor of The Times has just re- turned from a three days, stay in Bes- semer and admits having become thor oughly inncculated with the amendment City. Prior to his visit to Bessemer he had not given much thought to the matter but was glad to publish from time to time certain articles relative to the proposed change in the organic law. Now ne is deeply impressed with the necessity for the passage of the amendment and The Times will from now until November urge the voters of Dallas County to cast their ballots in Its favor.
 There Is one feature alone that ap. peals strong enough to this paper to cause the advocacy of the proposition chances for good roads are enhanced many fold and this paper wants to see the highways of Alabama made bet ter and permanent.
 Bessemer is entitled to become the county seat of Pettus County. Its cit- izenship has labored zealously and earnestly for the movement and until this good year have not met with much encouragement. Now even the parent county of Jefferson Is not objecting and it is stated that majority of the votes cast in November in Jefferson will be in favor of the amendment. The amendment Is based purely upon Dem ocratic doctrine of Home Rule" It provides for the people of a locality desiring to form a county to hold an election and express themselves If a majority declare In favor of a new county the amendment says, Let the neonaI rule 't The counties must he arranged so as to have not less than 800 square miles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
Nor CLEyELANp.s wAY.

The Springfield tMass) Republican is what we suppose may be called an independent Republican newspaper. While in the main 1t is with that par ty it does not hesitate to speak out plainly in criticism of the President. as the following extract shows:
 When the president declared at New port that the Monroe doctrine was in disuse, but Into contempt, until we be- gan to build up our. navy. he. opened himself to sharp challenge Tor the obvious ignoring of facts and history. When the Venezuelan message of Pre- sident Cleveland put life and power irl- to the Monroe doctrine. commanding the United States had navy calcu- lated to receive only the contempt of the present occupant of the White House. No president has talked more and no executive the country has had has been SO disposed to upderate moral power as a factor in international re- lations. IL Is this element which gave to Mir. cleveland's message the force that made the Monroe doctrine a Hv- ing thing, recognized and respected throuhgout the world,
 Our Massachusetts contemporary does well to refer to Mir. Cleveland and his official acts. which show up in viv- i'd contrast with the course pursued by the present chief executive and his ad- ministration. For Roosevelt to spout about the Monroe doctrine falling into contempt unless we proceed to build up great navy is about the height of important bluster. If he would de- vote some Of his time to a study Of Mir. Clevelandhs two administrations and then be guided by the Iatter's methods is would de him more credit than his speeches do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
NAUSEATING.

We really gave Judge Taft credit for better taste and judgment than to sup pose he would s1obber over Roosevelt as he did in hls speech of acceptance Here are some specimens as a contem- porary has punched them:
 MT. Roosevelt has set high the obedience to law.
 "The chief functio8=of the next ad- ministration is a progressive develop ment of that which has been perform ed by President Roosevelt
 This has been strongly recommend ed by President Roosevelt"
 As MT. Roosevelt. has said, in speak ing of this very subject"
 "As President Roosevelt in his In- dianapolis speech, and the Supreme Court have In effect pointed out"
 There never has been an admints- tratlon in the government more efic- iently conducted than the present Re publican administration
 MT Roosevalt's policies have been progressive and rsgulative; MT. Bry- ans destructive"
 We agree with The Richmond Times Dispatch that 1t is no wonder that Taft's speech received the prompt o. K of Roosevelt. No doubt the latter swelIed with self-conseious gratihca-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01

New York, July 1.-Arrangements and Lake Erie Railroad notes which fall due tomorrow, We're completed to- day by Kuhn. Loeb & Co.,, and Blair & Co., bankers, according to an an- nouncement made by the bankers. It was stated that no issue of additional security would be required under the plan, but the consideration by which the Gould road was enabled to meet the notes was not made public. Neither would any of the parties connected with the transaction say whether or not the destiny of any of the Gould rail- roads was affected by the terms of the new agreement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
ton when the speech wa. read to him in advance.

In the accounts published in Thurs days papers of the auto accident near Paris. by which MT. Sands. stepson of W. K. Vanderbilt. was killed, and the chauffeur badly injured 1t is per- fectly plain that the dead man was wholly responsible for the fatality. It is stated that he "has always been known as a reckless driver" and fur- ther. that he was going at terrible clip" when the catastrophe occurred. If things could be so ordered that none but the reckless drivers of these ma chimes would suffer it would be well. but unfortunately their reckless speed mania too often causes others to suf- fer. If the account of this late acci- dent are correct MT. Sands was wholly responsible for his own death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01

AS . mere matter of curiosity we would be glad to know just where The Sacramento Bee Is at. politically. For weeks previous to the Chicago con vention 1t was busily engaged in work ing up sentiment favoring the renom- nation of Roosevelt. There was a Roosevelt Lincoln League in California, and The Bee was an enthusiastic sup porter of its policies and hopeful that Roosevelt would get the nomination. Now. as we'll as we can understand, 1t opposes Taft and declares that there is no reason why the League sh ould support him. We do not find that it is supporting Bryan. but 1t is certain Iy not advocating Taft. Perhaps the Hearst combination will about suit lt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
NEW COUNTY AMENDMENT
Is Cordially Favored All over the Sta

Es Cordially Favored All Over the State.
 Tuscumbia. Ala. July 30, 1908. J. A. Estes, Esq, Chairman New Coun- ty Amendment Committee. Besse- mer, Ala:
 Dear Sir--In my travels over the State the people seem to know much about Bessemer's struggle to secure To- cal f-gUvernment, and a sympathy with us ip this struggle is freely ex- pressed on every hand. One can hard ly doubt the success of the new Coun- ty Amendment proposition in the Mo- vember election. yet, it is important to keep the matter before the people, as more is feared from apathy than from direct opposition to the measure.
 When the people are made to under stand that the proposed new county for Bessemer district will mean q county of 500 square miles, about 70, ,000 population and s15.000, 900 property val- nations; and a county that will take fifth place In the roll of counties, they do not only endorse the proposition but become mote eF-less active In their attitude toward the measure.
 I find that the utterances, the pa- triotfe utterances, of Gen. Rufus N Rhodes, editor of The Birmingham News, have already Accomplished much
 Very truly,
 J. A, B. Lovett. member of Congress from the Eighth Speaker of the Alabama House of Rep resentatives are warm friends of the new county amendment for Bessemer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
Cuba Must stand Alone.

From now on Cuba must stand on her own feet. She must put away childish things and become a nation among nations She will be judged hereafter not with the tolerance which in the past has sprung from her own inconvenience and the good will of oth- CTS but by the standards which gov ern the rest of the world The United states is fast approaching the point where she is not fEee agent with prevail in Cuba. All demonstrations in the future will affect the foreign res idents and property holders only tenn porarilv their real force and effect will be against the independence of Cuba itself Such s the danger that con- fronts the Cuban people If they allow the politicians to again induce them to begin lighting among themselves
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
AMERICANS FEAR NOTHING.
On Land and Sea They Take Chanc
 With Daredevil Courage.

On Land and Sea They Take Chances
 Wifh Daredevil Courage.
 New York Press.
 The American people are afraid 2f nothing under the sun. Notwitnsts,hass ~ ,ss and @ sea, involving injuries to hun dreads of thousands annually ana asa.n .. to tens of thousands, there seems reahy to be no scare in us: ExGspds'1in ssd innya lids, who takes thought of what may happen when on pleasure bentY Wno stays away from the theatres because q few occasionally burn doMs' xs wlss asst near because they xiii 10000 passengers 2 year and inturs so.oco7 ts Whs looks <, ss.ve5 teI seventy-ive miles an hour7
 Who chooses his stater0om on trans Atlantic liner with d view 70 safety7 Who asks the agent Tn wnhs part of the vessel turks the least can ger. Who remains awake all night 70 look out for collisions and ieebergsY Who cares if the pillows are mountains high. Who hesitates to enjoy the Ies- tivities of the saloon, the smokins room, or the concert room Pecauss os Who counts the number of lifeboats or examines the location of the safeAy ae- vices? Who takes the trouble to in- qulre if there Is re-nghting appao ssont pstSa tbe Gn sre G drili? who thinks about anything but q lot of fun and quick voyage? ter in hotels asks about fire escapes7 Who feels the slightest uneasinees about the sa fety elevators? Who would refuse an office at the top of q thous- and foot tower? Who considers the possible horrors of flood fin. Hud- son River tunnel. Who hesttates to cross the Brooklyn bridge, even though experts report its cables far too weak to sustain the burdens imposed upon them? Who's afraid of who. any way? Who's afraid of what? The worst panic is forgotten in a few days, q do not refer to money panics. which are never forgotten by those on the losing side
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
oDDs AND ENDS.


 Mrs Brown Potter is going to leave the stage and become a suffFagette,
 Former Assistant Postmaster General J. L.. Bristow. who was credited with showing up some irregularitles ln m sns 2 promoted to private life, has entered the lists in Kansas to light United States Senator Long for his seat.
 A Newport social war. due to friends of Alfred c. Vanderbilt and his former wife, Mrs Elsie French Vanderbilt, taking sides as q result of the divorce, has been started.
 It is estimated that to hit a desper- shots; the old mans weight in lead to kill him.
 The Charleston News and Courier. in a news article relating to the annual report of the collector of that port. Collector Crum and his deputy have been doing their best for the interests of the port The fight over the ap- pointment of Dr. Crum. a colored man. as collector at Charleston. will be readily recalled.
 The postmaster at Keyser, Garrett County Md, recently became tired or his job, and wrote the following to tn Postoffice Department. We hereny resign the postmastership. with all the emoluments and glory that are in an office of this kind, leaving good open ing for some ex-Congressman or other high official out of a job. who can live on wind and nutriment by licking zo cents worth of stamps a day We VII VII also go on their bonds if they come supplied with unwashable shirts and reversible collars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
Hidden Bomha Located.

Fl Paso. July S1-Deputy United Marshal HilIebrand today located sixty honbs three miles northwest of Ei Paso where it is believed Mexican revolu- tionists had hidden them A secret ser vice officer from San Antonio traced the bombs from Yzlota below Fl Paso to the place where they were found to- day.
 Some of the bombs had been un- covered by Mexican children who were playing with them. The bombs were constructed of old fruit and vegetable cans filled with sticks of dynamite and iron sluRs and caps and fuses for ex- ploding them. When officers got close to the revolutionary rendezvous at Yaleta, it is said the bombs were re- moved at night and hidden where they were found.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
neInnrrrr IH Filed.

Boston. Mass. July 31.--A demurrer bv the New York. New Haven ana Hartford Railroad Company. as de- fendant in the action brought asalnst tt hy the United States government. vvas fled in the United States District Court here today.
 The demurrer is in three parts. The arst is offered by the New Haven road as a corporation in three States
 The second is offered by the New Haven Road as formerly the consoli- dated Railroad company. corpora ton of Connecticut.
 The third is a plea and demurrer of- fered by the Providence Securities C,ompany. Tn substance. the document fla a demurrer in brief to the substance of the petition of tho government and at length to the form of 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
Taft in Georgia.

Macon Telegrapn.
 The idea which seems to prevail at Hot Springs, that Taft has a fighting
 chance to carry Georgia, Is an iridesc-
 ent dream If the Republican Cam
 paign Committee sends it's orators and
 its campaign funds into Georgia the
 action will only prove a spur to the
 Democratic hosts.
 The Democrats have had their fam
 fly troubles in this State--a State that did not want Bryan n0mina ted--but If a real old-fashioned Democratic show down becomes necessary 1t will be forthcoming.
 We have quarreled with Bryan in Georgia-perhaps The Telegraph has been the chief sinner in this respect. at last among the newspapers-but we must not be misunderstood. Georgia Is going to vote for Bryan one more time. The National Democratic Convention has nominated him a third time and a third time we are going to rally to his support. That support will be mild or strong as the necessities of the case demand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01

Nashville. Tenn, July 31.--A Guth- rie. Kv.. dispatch to The Banner says: The Dark Tobacco Planters Protective Association has in contemplation the establishment of a gigantic snuff fac- tory to be conducted under the aus pices of the Association. but that body not to be financially interested in 1t in any way. General Manager Ewing says the Association. the chief source of supply of the American Snuff Com pany. is the only competitor that can stand beside it and live at all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
Gern,nn nefenne Costlx.

Chicago Journal.
 The Germans have installed in the non which cost the trifiing sum of S79.0O0, every shot of which costs S1,6S0 -s6s7 for the projectile, s1s5 for the charge which eXpels the shell, and $s3S cannot fire more than ninetyfive shots before 1t is completely useless. Be- cause of the repeated action of the ex- plosives erosions are made in the bore which destroy the quality of the steel and the piece can no longer be used without danger of bursting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
xirhtnIng,m CuriOu. Prank

Philadelphia Record.
 Lightning played a curious prank at the home of Joel Kling of Center County. on Tuesday afternoon. bolt struck an apple tree few rods from fork in the tree jumped from there to a wooden pump on the porch. which 1t almost split in two. The curious part was that In jumping from the apple tree to the wooden pump the lightning jumped almost directly over an Iron pump. which was untouched, The family were in the kitche en at the time, and, though they were very badiy frightened, no one was hurt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
The Ner RevoIutIon.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Honduras seems to be the latest vic tim of Latin American insurrection. So menacing are conditions In the lnsig- nificant republic that the Unied states will probably be compelled to send e gunboat to Honduran waters to prevent the destruction of American property The bare-footed brown soldiers of the Central American insrructionary armies are little more responsible than mis- chIeyous children. They run amuck for time, and smash things generally, without distinction. If 1t were not for this propensity to destroy property er great nation would greatly care how often the revolutions occur. A new revolutionary government Is usually one 1t drives out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
Says Americans Are Always Talking

A newspaper controversy has begun on the subject of British and American oratory A Canadian correspondent declared that 1t was noticeable tthe Par-AnRlican conference how much better the Americans spoke than the Engiishnen. and a British member of Parliament corroborated this statement icsn speakers at that Congress were as good as the best English speakers, and their general average higher.
 Sir Charles Wyndham now makes the following contribution to the debate:
 ''It must be remembered that Aneri-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-01
Come to Grief.

Scottsb orc CItiZen.
 The Farmers Upson gin and ware house were sold under a mortgage at Registers sale last Saturday. and was sold to J. O. Jacobs for something oN CT $4.000, he holding the mortgage.
 This property was owned by a stock company, the numerous stockholders being members of the Union. It Is said that many of them never received a cents dividend. and have lost their stock entirely.
 The gin had a big run of business for two or three years. but 1t Is claim ed that it was not judiciously managed.