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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-21
ToUART IS INSANE
FLORIDA COMPASSION RETURNS
 THIS VERDICT.

FrtutAnG freBsman Wn0 SuOt umu
 Killed His Wife at Bagdad
 is Now q Having Man
 Pensacola. Fla. Aug. 2o.--tSpecial1 Clifford Touart. a printing press man, who about six weeks ago killed his wife by firing five shots in her body at Bagdad. a small town east of here. where they had been on visit. was to-day adjudged insane by a lunacy commission appointed by the court. and composed of physicians.
 For the past two years rouart act- ed in very peculiar manner and t was for this reason that he and his wife went on the visit After he had heen there for a short time his wife wanted to come to the city and as she walked through the gate he fired Eve shots into her back. and then stood over her body and refused for some time to allow any one to ap- proach.
 His confinement in jail made his condition much worse and he is now almost a raviag maniac.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-21

Mombassa has become a port of call for all the regular European steam ship lines since the completion of the Uganda Railway (which taps the heart of Central Afrioa). from that port tozI. Victoria.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-21

aged cotton badly in this section. Some of the haif.grown boiis are actually shriveliing up on the stalk. The crop will be very short through this sec ti0u
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-21

Pale Delicate Women and Girls. The Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC, drives out malaria and cnLlGren. k0r -E
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
The Democratic stnte Platform.

lNeW BrltNln Herald
 There Is ono important feature of the convention 10 be commended and that Is the platform adopted It contains some of the recommendation favored by Governor Woodruff as well as sey. eral other reforms, among them being the direct primary for party nomlna- tions, the awarding of contracts to the lowest responsible bidder from the cit izens of the state and the right of every city to determine for itself by popular vote whether or not 1t shall adopt the policy of public ownership of publi, utilities The latter Is an important matter and has special interest for New Britain. where the municipal lighting bill is much larger than 1t ought to be and much greater than It would be If the city was privileged un- der the law to operate a plant of its own without being. obliged 10 purchase now In existence in this city. The platform contains other proposed re- forms of value but the municipal stu dent will halt at the recommendation for uniform city charter, with. as the platform says, such details as may be desired to be worked out by the com munltles With such a provision the charters would not be uniform, as the main features of the document would be those provisions for local regulation and which would probably be different ter is q theory and those who have gone Into the question pretty thoroughly say it Is almost lf not wholly imprac- ticable.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
Robertson for Governor.


 Hon. A, Heaton Robertson of New Haven. who was the democratic nomi- nee for governor in I9Oi, Is again the candidate of his party. Mir. Robertson Is too well known to need an intro duction anew 10 the voters. He passed scatheless through the campaign ot 1901. and ran ahead of all other candi- dates upon the democratic ticket He ran about 5000 votes ahead of the other democratic nominees for state ofYices, and 6.255 votes ahead of Judge Parker. the democratic candidate for president.
 Ex Governor Waller could have had the nomination. but he positively de- clined on the ground of i'll health, Probably Hon. A. McNeil would have been the nominee, had he not positively refused 10 be candidate against Judge Robertson.
 The party now goes Into the cam. paign with a ticket calculated 10 hold probably win enough for success from the republican side. II is a clean, straight ticket throughout. one which republicans who are disaffected over machine rule and the LIlley nomination can vote with clear consciences
 We really believe that under exist Ing conditions. Judge Robertson can overcome the adverse plurality of l9o4. If so, there will be an honest. econom- ical administration of the state govern ment one which will not suffer by com parison even with, that of Governor Woodruff
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
MRS. AsTOR ON SOCIETY.

Perhaps Mrs. Astor, who was for many years the leader of New York society, has been aroused by the re- gently published novels of Mir. Sin clair, MT. Patterson and others, which denounce existing conditions in so- called high society in scathipg terms. At any rate she has submitted to an interview on the subject of society's abuses, Hitherto unheard of pro- cedure with her, and she deserves great credit
 Mrs, Astor finds much of the bitter criticism touching society in New York and other big cities entirely un- called for. On the other hand, she is free to admit that society is far from being free of faults, but these faults are faults of thoughtlessness rather than of caprice or of viciousness. Tt is, perhaps, true that our young peo- ple frequently go into excess in amuse- ment," she says, but they are not de-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
CLEVELAND OR OLNEYs

Richard Olney, former secretary of state under President Cleveland, has written a remarkable letter to the New York World in reference to the nation al political issues now before the Amer ican people. MT. Olneys reputation as q thinker and man demands thought full and respectful attention from those of both parties. His text is that Mir
 Taft should not win on November 3
 Mir Olney's logic Is of singular or der. He begins by saying that the two parties platforms are so similar that they are almost identical and hence do not warrant comparison or even dis cussion. Since then he does not expect 1t to be a controversy between party issues, one might suppose that he, with many others, would expect that vidualitles of the two men, MT Taft and Mir Bryan. But he does not tours Is q government by party, and at the coming national election 1t is a party and not merely individuals that the American people are about to keep or place in the seats of power" But, al- most in the very paragraph in which he repudiates the personal equation from our national politics, Mir Oney proceeds to jump Into lengthy treat rnent of MT. Roosevelt and of the so- called Rooseveltian policies Just how he can admit that the individuality Of the present incumbent of the White House, much as he maligns him, counts for very much the country over, and that neither Mir Bryan or MT. Taft could or would count for anything al
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
AN EVERLASTING CONTENTION.
Crhe Strange Case of Katydid vs.
 Katv-didn't)

wish some sage or philosophic Cid. With knowledge of the facts, or some
 invention. Would tell us what it was that Katy did That causes all this eventide con It must have been some very awful thing Some sorry deed of wickedness im- mortal, The way the dames posterity doth sing At set pf sun tn affirmatives begin Yet bring no evidence to help the
 trial. Then tolner side for the defense puts
 In
 A never-ending chorus of denial. And go it goes. They keep 1t up all
 night,
 diet scorning. With ne'er an end of any kind in sight When routed from the forum in the
 morning II seems to be a foolish sort of row. 'Tls sad 10 see so many thousands
 nettled. When. if we knew the charge, perhaps
 somehow It might be compromised or wholly At any rate I'm full of charity, And pll the bowling crowd can count
 upon it. Until the charge and proof are brought
 to me I'll not believe that Katy really did
 it.
 -J. K. Bangs in Judge.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19

generate" Contrary to the general belief, Mrs Astor asserts that when the girls of high society marry they raise large families, they are In love with their husbands and they are de- voted to the latter's interests. She is quite sure, too that there are no cig- arctic fiends or any who drink to ex- cess in her circle,
 As for the other side of the ques- ton, Mrs Astor asserts that such abuses and such questionable practices as there are In high society in Amer lea are due rather to the constant ef- forts of women to outdo each other in mad extravaganza, display and novel; ty. The so-called "old families with us count for little more than the new CT ones, and, realizing this, our wom- en are constantly endcavorlng to be the hub O! 1t all, dlsplacing others to be that hub and finally being displaced themselves. She makes an interesting comparison of American with English society and points out how abroad the kings authority Is unquestioned on social matters at every turn The old families remain at the head and from experience learn how to occupy their positions of prominence with credit and with good results.
 To obtain following Mrs. Astor says any New York woman will go to any extreme. They have given en- tertainments" she says, that belong ed in circus tent rather than In a gentlewoman's home. Their sole ob- ject Is notoriety. thing that no lady ever seeks but rather shrinks from. Then she follows with description of number of these freak entertain ments of society these bids for a following. Perhaps the most inter esting of these is the debutant ball of Miss Paul, which cost cool sl00,00 and which was known as The Dance of the Butterflies" Says Mrs. Astor of that occasion: "ln the ball room, a public hall rented and transformed | for the occasion, thousands of butter flies were liberated The gaudy but fragile creatures fluttered and swayed and qulvered in the fiower-laden air until tho heat killed them and then the slippers of the fair dancers crunched them. An enthusiastic col lector of butterflies would have been less cruel; he would have chloroform- ed the butterflies and tenderly pre- served their puny bodies"
 If more of the women in high so- ciety would show like interest In re- forming the unnatural life about them they could accomplish far more than hundred such novels as Mir. Pattcr- sons "A Little Brother of the Rich"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
ONLY A SETBACK.

Unfortunate as was the lamentable accident at Fort Meyer Thursday af- ternoon, which resulted in the death of Lieutenant Selfridge, young man of the signal corps in the army who has shown remarkable aptitude for "air- shipping" the serious injury of Or vile Wright, who without exception has done more than any other man. liv- ing or dead, to advance the art of man flight; and tho total loss of the air ship and the money and time expend- cd in perfectlng 1t, still 1t all had it's lesson. Luckily Mir. Wright himself was not killed His death or that of his brother, Wilbur, who is now at Le Mans, France, would he a serious loss to aeronautics. Probably by no others could their successful experiments be carried on so we'll Most of their knowledge, learned in the hard school of experience. could never he put down in black and white even had they the inclination to do so.
 The loss of Lieutenant Selfridse will emphasize the reverses sure to be met with before final perfection in aero- nautics is had. The telegraph. the ca ble, the bicycle and the automobile have all had their set-backs, but they have been overcome in time. So will these in this branch of experiment There can be none to deny that Orville Wright has made long strides within the month toward solving this great riddle of the ages. There can be none to hope that he will give up in his on. deavors because of the present msfor. tune that has overtaken him, which
 will not be the only misfortune to come before flying Is perfected But tho game is worth the candle. especially when such great encouragement is al hand. All who have any realization of the great aim in view will hope that | Orville Wright will not only speedily recover from his injuries but will re- turn to his work undaunted and undis. couraged. He Is an American and like most American scientists, he is highly successful. America is proud oI l him.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
Connecticut Criticism.
lprnvldnnnn Inilrnal.l


 Such recent criticism of Connecticut politics as has appeared In these col umns has been based not on Mir, Lil- ley's personality as the Waterbury American will readily admit, but on the subversion of democratic methods involved in tho dlctatorial choice of governors by clique, the turning down of an excellent executive with his work only half accomplished. and, In short, the conception of public office not as a public trust but as a private reward. If this be treason, unneigh- bofliness or anything else equally heinous the Connecticut papers are free to make the most ofs it, sEvcn the American, which Is a journal of high ideals, declares, We have al- ways thought, and have always said. that MT. Woodruff has made good governor and was entirely worthy Of a renominatlon We have regretted that conditions made this impossible" That Is practically all that has been sh ll In these columns; the Journal has re- gretted that a wrong system has made Governor Woodruffs renomination im- possible, and it believes that It Is the duty of every honest Connecticut paper to antagonize that system. It be- lleves, further that the renomination of Il satisfactory governor should take place not so much because he de serves" lt as because the people of the state deserve It.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19

In times past Yale men have been prominent at West Point, as football coaches. Now Yale is sending Prof j.. C. Adams to tho military academy to reorganize the English department there. Perhaps West Point would do well to call upon old Elihu to send some one It's way to revise It's system of hazing Hasine has SO developed here that 1t is now without objection to the Yale faculty and Is still a source of considerable Joy to the un- dergraduates on the nights just before college opens each fall.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
Clearing tkc Atm osplicre.


 The Boston Trnscript. Springfield Republican, New York sun New York Evening Post and few other papers are unconscious but effective mlrth- makers when they criticise Connecticut affairs. Their columns scintilate with the things they do not know. Con necticnt people could not please them If they tried and it would be suicide 10 try. John Kendrck Bangs was re. gently asked what he would do If he knew that he had only one week more 10 live. Said he, 'I would spend the time in bed reading the New York Evening Post and then l would be ready to die" Mir. Bangs had been reading the, comments on Connecticut, Most people In Connecticut would cheerfully die if the things alleged about them by the papers noted were true. Happily they are simply the things evolved by an overwrought i'm. aRlnation and are as harmless as, tho minstrel jokes which the" so closely resemble. Our out of state critics are invective adopts, nothing more.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
all In the same position Is not entirely

all In the same position is not entirely lucid,
 In spite of all MT olney finds him self discussing the two platforms which he has told us warrant no com parison, and taking perspective view of the ndivdualities of the two candl- dates he has told us count as nonenti- ties in comparison with their two par ties, He explodes the idea of Mir Bryan being the heir to the Roosevelt policies in any sense, In spite of Mir Bryan himself, who, as the New York Tribune says, Ifs asking the people to elect him as the heir of Roosevelt's policies, and shes at being described as Tilden's and Cleveland's political legatee." On the other hand, MT. Olney believes that MT. Bryan should be elected as re- buke to Rooseveltism. AS for Mir. Taft, he would tell us, he Is the pledged sup porter of Rooseveltlsm, an ism" that has been highly destructive to the country, To be consistent he believes Mir. Taft must perpetrate those same methods that brought about the busi- ness depression.
 Much has been written of late decry- ing Rooseveltism, this paper, perhaps not being unheard In the chorus, But there can be few to realize In their heart of hearts that the great majori- ty of Mir Roosevelt's policies and methods are commendable in principle They have proved obnoxious because of the impetuous manner in which their author has wished them to be pu, into effect. There have been those ft say that Mir. Roosevelt brought on the business depression of last winter. | he did, 1t was due rather to the head strong way in which he attempted re forms that were fundamentally com. mendable. Just what Rooseveltan poll cies need, in great part, Is Taft 1T the White House to put them into ef fect-a man not given to impetuosit, but rather to judicial deliberation ant boise. Thus even If Mir Taft should perpetuate Rooseveltism, he need moi be necessarily feared by Mir. olney O. any one because of 1t.
 Mir Olney's article is worthy of SC rous consideration. Yet it invites ar inevitable comparison, comparison with the recently published article O Grover Cleveland, who, curious as | may seem. was the man who gave Mir Olney his cabinet appointment and in troduced him into higher Washington circles Mir. Cleveland took viewpoint diametrically opposite to that of Nil Oney, believing and hoping rathe, that Mir. Taft might be successful thi' fall
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19

licans to the core, and that changed attitude towards him on their part has been justified by score and more of incidents, which were brought to light by the investigation, each one of them testlfying to his unreliability In mat ters calling for calm judgment,
 The machine should have known that MT, Lilley would be sharply call ed to account for these self revelations and should have hesitated before in elsting upon the terms of the unsea- sonable contract, Mir. Lilley himself should have known that his shortcom- ings would be an issue In the eam- paign. Even now he should quit squirming under fire, and step for ward with the fact in his possession. No one is abusing him.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
,Indrc llchrrison.
Bridgeport Standard.) )

IBTIUEHUOTI NIHHUHTU,I
 The nomInatlon of Judge X. Heaton Robertson of New Haven for governor by the democrats of Connecticut puts before the public thoroughly we'll known candidate, for he has run the race before and been fully canvassed. If we were to have q democratic gov ernor, which we do not consider either ncedful or possible at present Judge Robertson would make as good a ng- ure in the office. perhaps, as any mem Der of that party who could have been put forward, He Is reputable and of good abilities, and almost too good to be put up and again defeated. But 1t cannot be helped, this Is not demo. cratic year
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
Submarine Thought!
| Waterbury American)

The expectation Of Lllleys nomina. ton has been general for months the submarine episode created q local feel ing that made 1t inevitable; the opposl- ton was late in starting and made lit tie impression. It was confined to one large city paper and two small ones, and though II was nominally in tho name of Governor Woodruff 1t was strongly suspected of being diversion in favor of Lake.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
THE GARBAGE HEARING.

Unchanged in its belief many times expressed that the one surest, quick est, and in the end, cheapest solution of the vexing problem of plant for the disposal of garbage in this city would be to get an engineer, the Jour- nal Courier confesses to a smile upon reading the accounts of the hearing held by the board of finance on this subject Thursday night.
 Justified as this paper has been in It's hearty objections to the discreditable way in which the garbage collections have been made this summer under the direction of the board of health, 1t has been forced to admit freely that the board knew what it was talk ing about when it came to consider plant for the disposal of that garbage. The treatise written by it's president, Dr. Maher and other articles showed that to be tho case. When the type of plant the board favored was also up- held by the Associated Civic societies, which contains as many disinterested and public-spirited men of ability as any organization In the city, the course they jointly favored came high ly recommended. On the other hand the plant favored by Alderman Miller and his committee, the chief recom- mendation of which seems 10 be its low price, has never commended it. self as true economy. Therefore the air of uncertainty permeated the hear ing of Thursday night. uncertainty that could very easily have been cleared away in convincing way by the authorities advice of sanitary engineer who knows.
 Aside from the inadequacy of the plant suggested by the aldermen, there are other objections. It would sim ply provide for the disposal of gar bage and not of the ashes. Alderman Miller advanced very narrow-mind- ed argument In favor of this type of plant when he asked what need there was of plant to dispose of both waste products when the one thing the citi- zens are complaining about is the garbage. MT. Miller. perhaps, over looks the fact that there are not more kicks about ashes because the city Is not responsible for this collection and because the garbage evil. which Is as bad as 1t be. so far outdoes the ashes evil as to make 1t seem insignificant in comparison. Then again, as Mir Scranton of the civic societies ex- plained, 1t would be . well-nigh i'm possible task to separate the ashes and garbage and they would always come to the plant mixed together. He might have added, too. that incinerat- CTS, which are plants that take care of both garbage and ashes, are much cheaper to run than reduction plants since 1t is possible to use the coals still unburned in the latter to burn the former. Also that with the reduction plants such as MT. Miller proposes, which take care of garbage alone, there is always a considerable propor- ton of residue that Is not got rid of in the process and remains to endan- ger health in an offensive manner.
 Get sanitary engineer. It is the only remedy. Have him appear be- fore the board of finance and explain things in satisfactory manner. Al present these good citizens are walking in the dark and accomplishing little.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19

About 300 specimens of the steinbok are under protection on the southern slope of Monte Rosa, but, apart from that, the animal Is nearly extinct In the Alps. IL breeds slowly, and the ef. forts of the government in It's behalt have helped little, Tn two places prl. vate herds have lately been establish- ed, and it is hoped thus to prevent tho extinction of the stenbok.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19

Experiments are being made in Flu rope with mIcrophone for the dls- covery of the presence of shoals of Ash. The instrument is sunk Into the water and the constant tapping of the Ash against it as they pass warns the fish- ern1au.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19

The joke is on Mark Twain. His house at Bedding has been entered by burglars. He can now be said to be popular with all classes of society.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
 satisfactory.
Waterbury American.

IWHterDUTy AmeTlcAn.J
 Judge A. Heaton Robertson. the man nominated for governor gets his title from the office of probate judge which he has filled satisfactorily. There Is nothing to be said against his charac- ter, and very little against his fitness for office.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19

French scientists are studying pe- culinr movement of the sands along the northern coasts of France, Belgium and Holland, A fine sand originating on the coast of Normandy has been found as far away as Denmark
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-19

Scott--Truth lies at the bottom of n we'll you know.
 Mott--Pretty damp place, eh? Maybe that Is why we speak of 1t as "un- vanished"