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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
VENEZUELAN MATCH
TRUST is BUSTED
Ey AssocIated Press.

p NafacaS, Venezuela, Jan. 12.-Via
Foft of Spain, Trinidad. Jan. 13.-An
gtAecuJive decree issued today annuis
.ne existing match monopoly and puts
al end % the concession of the Ma
.ohaI M?t'h company This company
'. va capitalized ut $1.000.OO0. and the
SuAseS were held mostly in England.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
THE OLD
DEMENTIA AMERICANA.

The species of insanity which
makes every American believe his
home to be sacred; that which
makes him believe the honor of
his daughter is sacred; that makes
him believe the honor of his wife
is sacred; that which makes him
believe that whatsoever invades
his home has violated the highest
human laws From the Lexicon
of Lawyer Delmas's Eloquence.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
EVANS AND FLEET
NEARING RIO JANEIRO
By Associated Press.

Pernambuco Brazil, Jan. 13.-The
American torpedo boat fiotilla left
here today for Rio Janeiro. While in
Pernambuco the officers of the fiotilla
received every attention from the
shore authorities. Edward Grey, a
sailor ON the Lawrence, who was &C
cidental1y drowned on Saturday, was
buried yesterday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
GULFPORT COLLEGE
SUFFERS FROM FIRE
ax Associated Press.

Greensboro, ". c., Jan. IS.-king's
hall, at Gulfport college. was totally
DESTROYED this morning by fire. The
building contained the classrooms, so
ciety hall and library, with one of the
best collections of books of any south
ern college
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
BY Hearst News Service.

Paris, Jan. 13.-3fne. Anna Could
told a friend today she soon would
sell all her property in France and fix
her permanent residence in America
This viii put an end forever,
hope. 70 untrue renorts attributing to
me marriage intentions, which never
have entered ms head said Mime.
Gould to her friend. While in the
United States, she went on to say,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
BY Associated Press.

New York. Jan. 13.-Martin w. Lit
Teton, after the state had presented
is case today. and Assistant District
Attorney Caravan had characterized
the killing of Stanford White as
~premeditated, deliberate, and coward
" murder" made the opening address
for the defense in the trial of Harry
X Thaw His promises of new evil
dence created d sensation and held
the complete attention of all in the
court room
District Attorney Jerome was seem
insly taken by surprise. and seated
himself in the witness chair so as to
better hear the outline of the new de
Tense.
Ii Teton promised to forge a chain
of circumstances and to produce a
line of testimony proving that ThaW
was undeniably insane at the time OF
the homicide. Strange, unusual acts
not even limited at in the first trial
were told by Littleton, who said that
physicians and nurses who attended
Thaw when hu-rying here from Eu-
rope would testify to: also that the
teachers of the defendant in childhood
would be on hand to give their inn
preSsiOns OF THE wild eyed. distant
boy"
In concluding L,ttleton challenged
the district attorney to produce a sin
gle reputable physician who would
say that Thaw was not insane at the
time he killed White. He spared
neither Thaw or his family in recital
of the defendants life history
The outline of the defense is gen
orally considered as rejecting a de-
termination to prove that Thaw was
insane in 1906 regardless of all con-
sequences.
During the speech Thaw sat, wild
eyed and pallid, looking fixedly at his
counsel
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
MARTIAL LAW
ENDS AT MuNclE
ev Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Muncie, Ind. jan 13--GoVer-
nor -Ianley today issued a proc
lamation declaring the martial
law ended at Muucie General
Mckee will remain here wisa
whatever troops he deems
necessary, until he thinks the
situation arising from the ia.
cent strikes warrants their
withdrawal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
Trial of Harry K. Thaw Is
on in Earnest in New
York.
EXAMINATION OF
WITNESSES TODAY
Defense Will Prove Insanity
at Any Cost-New Evi-
dence is Promised.

ATTORNEY LITTUETON WILL GO
BACK INTO YOUTH OF THAW
WHEN HE WAS A "WILD-EYED,
DISTANT BOY"-THE FIRST WIT
NFssEs TO BE cALLED-"THAW
ROW" IN THE COURT ROOM
HIS MOTHER WILL ATTEND
The TRIAL.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
VIM. n. o'BRIEN, TREASURER
OF DEMOCRATIC NATL COM.
BY Associated Press.

Laurencebmg. Ind, Jan. I3.-
William II. O'Brien. until re-
Gently chairman of the Indiana
democratic state committee.
has accepted the appointment
as treasurer of the democratic
national committee.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
Early Testimony.

Lawrence Grant White, son of the
man Thaw killed, will be the first wit
ness He VIII tell of being with his
father Immediately before the shoot
ing and dining with him at the Cafe
Martin where Thaw was also dining
with his wife and party of friends
Engineer Warner Paxton, of the
Madison Square Garden, will be next
He will tell how he saw White sitting
at table, of hearing a shot and then,
on looking around, seeing Thaw with
smoking revolver in his hand, stand
ing close behind the stricken arch
tect. Then will follow Meyer Cohen.
a theatrical manager, who will tell
how he saw Thaw walking about in
the aisle until he reached the spot
where White was sitting. when he
raised the pistol and fired. On the
heels of Mr.. Cohen's story will come
the testimony of Henry F. Blaese, also
an eyewitness, and then that of
James Clinch Smith, who will tell of
a conversation he had with Thaw on
Madison Square Garden Immediately
before the shooting These witnesses
Will be followed by others who were
present on the roof garden and the
testimony of Policeman Anthony j.
Deoos, who arrested Thaw.
In "Thaw Row.
When Thaw entered court he
glanced quickly at the "Thaw row
Which is the customary place in court
Tor his wife and his other relatives
Ills wife smiled and he answered with
nod. His brother, JOSIAH, and his
sister. Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie,
We're also in court.
Ihaws mother, who has been i'll at
her home in Pittsburg, will soon be
IN New York She has notified the
prisoner that she will be here before
me trial progresses very far. The
news cheered the priOsenr greatly. for
WIN his mother i'll in PittSburg and
MS sister, the countess of Yarmouth,
EFing TO free herself from her spend
!!hrift husband. he has been exceed
4hsly gloomy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-14
The Testimony.
The Guards Story.

Guard Hammac testified that Sam
had been talking too much and was
not attending to his work: that he had
told him to go to work, had got a
saucy answer, and had slapped the ne
gro with his hand. The prisoner then
doubled up his fist and drew back as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
This Is My 63rd Brthday
Bishop Alerding.

The Right Reverend Herman Joseph Alerding, Bishop of the Roman Catlio- lie diocese of Forth Wayne, Ind.,. was born in Newport, Ky, April IS, 1S45, of German percentage. After attending the parochial schools of his native place. he attended an academy at Vim cennes, Ind, and completed his eccle- siastical studies at St. Thomas, Ky, and at St. Meinrad's Abbey, in Spencer County, Ind. At the age of 23 he was ordained a priest at St. Meinrads. For a time he acted as an instructor in the seminary and later filled pulpits in sev- eral cities and towns of Indiana before going to Fort Wayne. He was raised to the Bishopric of Fort Wayne in 1900 and on November 30 of that year he was consecrated with elaborate cere- mony in the Cathedral of Fort Wayne. Bishop Alerding has a reputation throughout the church for his deep learning and is the author of several well known works dealing with the history of the Catholic Church in In- diana.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
MONDAY, APRIL 1s. 1908.

About the most numerous office- holder that we have read about is a man named Williams. in Courtland. Pa. He is mayor. justice of the peace. auditor. secretary of the council and president of the board of health and as a sort of side line he is reporter for a local newspaper. But that doesn't tell it all, by whole lot. There was likewise a young woman in the town who held the positions of or ganist in one of the churches. organist for the Sunday school, school-teacher. secretary of the Junior Epworth League, and president of the woman's Home Mission Society. Not relishing a rival in the ofice-holding business Mir. Williams married the girl and now they have about all the ofiices in their town. No doubt they go on the idea that there is nothing like making . complete job of anything one under takes. and so decided to have all the ef1ces in one family. It may be a bit greedy, but it is business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

There's one good thing about The LineviIle Headlight. and one that we cordially commend, and that is the way it stands up and talks for it's town. its county and its people. We do not mean that this is it's only good point, but we do mean that this is one that all newspapers can adopt with credit. A considerable portion of each issue of The Headlight is devoted to saying good things about Lineville and Clay county and the citizens of each. They deserve all that our con- temporary says of them. and it de- serves their liberal support for it's loy- alty to them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

Gov. Conner has brought suit against The Montgomery Advertiser for $5O,- 900, growing out of criticisms in the campaign for president of the railroad commission.
 The above is from The Fort Payne Record and is calculated to be misun- derstood. This is no new matter hav- ing been instituted two years or more ago. Nor is The Advertiser alone in- volved as suits were brought and are pending against the Birmingham Age Herald, The Birmingham Ledger and some invididuals about the same mat ter. The Record no doubt read that the case was set in Jefferson Court for the Sth inst. It has been continued until another term of court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
ANOTHER OF THE SAME K1NDs

Recently, as all remember. Miss Theodore Shonts was married to a French nobleman who bears by cour- tesy the title of Due de Chaulnes. They went to Paris and a contempor- ary thus tells who were prominent among those present to meet them:
 A number of money lenders hoping for prompt payment out of the brides dowry.
 An English tailor with a bill a yard long for the dukes wedding clothes.
 A collector from Boucheron, the engagement ring the duke had pur- chased.
 The florist who had supplied the duke with offerings for Miss Shonts
 An undertaken, who wanted to be paid for burying a lady in whom the duke had been previously interested.
 There were also shoemakers, shirt makers and all sorts of people, all with bills in their hands and eager to be paid. They were informed that tn ere was no dowry and they went sadly
 Was not that jolly and goodly ar ray of welcomers? If the young bride was made aware of the class of people who were most anxious to welcome her lord, and why they were anxious, she must have felt intensely humiliated. Those insistent creditors were not much to blame. They had heard and read so much about titled and impe- cunious foreigners coming over here and returning with an American wife who carried trunks full of gold and jewels as the price of her bargain that they naturally supposed Chaulues had made what prospectors call "a rich ind" and that his first act would be to hand out the real stuff without
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
This Date in History
April n,

1593-Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, English statesman, born. Be- headed May 12 1647.
 1596--Henry W. of France, promuI- gated the Edict of Nantes.
 1747-Philippe Egalite born. Died November 6, 1793.
 1749 - British warship Pembroke wrecked near Porto Novo, with loss of 33o of her crew.
 1759-George Frederick Handel, mu- sical composer, died. Buried in West minister Abbey.
 1S29-British Parliament passed the Roman Catholic Relief Bill.
 1S6S-British troops under Sir Robert Napier took Magdala. a strongly forti- fled place in Abyssinia.
 1S94-Davtd Dudley Field. American lawyer, died Born February. 13, 1905.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
MEETING AT MoULToN HEIGHTS.

Decatur. April 12.--(Special. )--A Sunday School convention of the First District of Sunday Schools was held at Moulton Heights, suburb of the Decaturs, today. The convention, was presided over by Coleman L. Peck, or New Decatur, President of the Conven- tion.
 number of interesting papers were read and discussed. Among those talk ing part on the program were rne fol- lowing: Mrs. Maggie English, J. W. Herndon, Miss Mary Pepper, Miss Leila Rowe. Rev. J. M. Hit, Miss Cora Ball, Timmons Guyer, Miss Elma Day. A. M. Compton, Mrs. Addie Holland. Andrew Haymaker Prof. J. M. Collier. Miss Eva Taylor. Miss Elsie McCree, J. R. Depoister, Miss Estelle Austin, J. B.. Garrison, Prof, A. B. Murphree. &
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
.srHE FRATERNITY,
1 Publication of Printers Magazine Transferred to MOntgOmery.

Publication of Printers Magazine
 Transferred to Montgomery.
 'The Fraternity" the official organ of the International Printers Protec- tive. Fraternity. a magazine which was formerly published in Los Angeles, IS now edited and printed in Montgomery where w. W. Waldo. it's editor, resides The first copy of the magazine since it's transference to this City has just come from the press and despite the fact that it has had little time in which it might be acclimated to It's new home 1t is extremely credit able not only to MT. Waldo but to The Fraternity.
 MT Waldo. who is Superintendent of the Mechanical Department of The Advertiser, is International President of The Fraternity, and since becoming editor of the magazine effected It's re- movaI hither. He stands in high re- gard of the members of the Montgom- cry No AZ, and of the general organisa- tion and his first editorial effort indi- cates that he will fin full realize the expectatfons of his friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
MADISON REPUBLICANs.
They Hold a Convention and Endor
 Taft.

Huntsville. April 12.--(Special)-- The Madison County Republican Con vention was held yesterday afternoon and the executive committee was in- structed to nominate candidates for all county offices. This Is the first time this has been done in several years.
 William Taft was endorsed for the presidency and resolutions were adopt ed endorsing the present national ad- ministration and the republican admin istration of the Republican state or ganization. w. F. Struve, Jere Mur- phy, H. P. Mcintyre and w. T Hut state and district conventions.
 J. M. Payne of New Market was elected chairman of the new county executive committee and B. F. Lud- wig was made secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
REUNION IN BIRMINGHAM.
Sons of Veterans Planning for Big
 RaVR

Birmingham, April 2.-(SpeciaI.)- Camp Clayton. Sons of Confederate Veterans, held an interesting meeting this afternoon in the Commercial Club rooms and took further steps on the sponsors ball to be given during the Confederate reunion in Birmingham, June 9-11.
 This ball will be one of the greatest events of the kind ever held. Advices received here are to the effect that many sponsors and maids of honor will be here during Che reunion and they will receive such attention. The gen. eraI arrangements committee has turn ed over to the Sons of Veterans the duty of entertaining the sponsors and maids and 1t Is proposed to do this on an elaborate scale. The arrangements that are being made are on a high plane.
 It is intended to make the affair very exclusive. the doors to be open to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

A man up in St. Louis is suing his former fiance for the value of a dia- mond ring he gave her to seal the engagement which was afterwards broken. The New Orleans World arr gues that if she gave him a kiss at the time of receiving the ring he has no case. and may as will give it up, for it thinks he will lose his suit when it comes to trial. There is no telling what may be the outcome of such a suit. Courts and juries have before now valued woman's kisses at var ious sums. sometimes going up into the thousands. If this man sues for the value of the ring, and the girl puts in the counter plea that he took kiss from her, what will the jury do? What would you do, reader?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

taking the trouble to count the wads
 Sad indeed must have been the dis appointment of those worthy trades- men and money-lenders when they found that they had been taken in and done for by a sharp operator. No doubt it had been told them that the Due was going to marry one of this rich Americans of whom they had heard so much, and this was why they were so ready to trust him, feeling as- sured that he would bring back the money to make they happy. Perhaps we may not exactly say that they were the victims of a confidence man, but 1t is fair to call them victims of mis- placed confidence.
 Miss Shonts, if we understand the situation properly, was not million airess. Her father is not man of immense wealth. but an engineer on high salary. She was an intelligent, sensible American girl ordinarily, but seems to have been caught by the glitter of nobility. and may repent her bargain when her eyes are fully open ed to the situation. We are to pre- sume that she knew little of the man she was marrying, but if we may judge from what we have quoted he is eith- CT swindler or an impecunious mo bleman" who married her for the mon- ey he expected to get. If her experi- ence should turn out to be like that of many of her American sisters it will not be a matter of surprise. She would have done much better if she had taken a worthy American for her husband, but they rarely find this out in time. 4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
~HoLY ROLLER. IN TROUBLE.
One of Preachers Beaten by BrOthe
 of Girl.


 Florence. April 12.-(Spectal.) )--Mr. Hayes. who is assisting Rev. MT: Coins In the conduct of a Holy Roller" meet ing in this city. was attacked last night by the irate brother of a young woman who had received a note from Hayes, and in the encounter the preacher was badly worsted.
 The affair was aired in police court and MT. Coins. when asked to rad the note, claimed that it was written in unknown tongues and he could not in- terpret 1t. The note, which was an unintelligi- ble scrawl, Mir. Coins explained. was inspired by God ard only the elect could understand it. Mir Coins has appeared frequently in court to prosecute alleged disturbers of public worship but the Mayor has dismissed the charges on the ground that the Holy Roller meetings are not religious services.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
VisItInr I,odrea of EIka.

Birmingham, April 2-(SpeciaD--J. E. Shelby and Horace Shropshire, Presi- dent and Secretary of the State organi- zation of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, are making visits to the in Montgomery Tuesday night, Selma Wednesday night and Demopolis Thurs day night. President Shelby was recent ly elected exalted ruler of Birmingham lodge No. 79 and is one of the best known members of the order in the State today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

veterans. of course. The largest danc- ing hall in the city will be leased for the occasion. Sub-committees will take up different parts of the task of pro- viding a big ball.
 A number of new members were taken in at the meeting today.
 Reports that are being received by the general committee on arrange ments for sthe reunion. are to the. effect that the attendance will be exceedingly large,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
Regulation and Not COnnscation.

DemOpoIlS Times,
 It is an easy matter to regulate" the public service corporations. That very thing can be done by State laws that will stand the test of the courts. But the Minnesota laws, the North Carolina and Alabama laws recently knocked out. were not to "regulate;" they were to intimidate, confiscate and oppress. Now. good brethren, can't you see the difference?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

The announcement that Hearst has found candidate for President for his Independence League, comes in good time, and we suppose the ticket will soon be officially in the field Bring on the others!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
The Merry Widow fin PoIitic..

Alderman Parrish, who introduced an ordinance of which khe purpose was to remove the Fountain (alWays spell in capsl from Court Square, was thwarted by persons who wege maid, wife or widow. He is very anxious to have the wooden awnings removed from the S-Walks and he is depending on the Widow, The Merry Widow, mind you, to help instead of hinder him in the proposition.
 Of course he doesn't expect to play on two or three foolish little strings and expect things just to waltz away as they did for Orpheus. but he Is go- ing to use The Merry Widow to help him win the ladies over to his side
 Tt Is an impossibility." Mir. Parrish said yesterday. They can't wear the Merry Widow Hat and leave the avn ings on the sidewalks. I never thought a widow so very much to be avoided before, bur now-well, when see the Merry kind coming I turn around and take the front platform of a car. I think the hat is going to convince tn c people that the awnings ought to ago. If we got those posts out of the way at least one more hat could have place on the sidewalk"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

Now that the luscious strawber- ries are 'in our midst" we will try to worry along with less high-priced meat. There are always compensa- tions. if we look for them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

A fashion article is headed, "A mere man on the hat" We knew that nearly anything else was to be found on women's hats, but hardly expected to hear of a man on one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

Over in Meridian. Miss. they are selling a new drink which The Star of that city says is "compounded of one part alcohol. one part extract of ginger and two parts he'll" Never having sampled such a combination we are not able to pass on its merits. but should judge it to be a warm pro- position.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

Some of our contemporaries dis course oracularly on 'the curse of great wealth." but it is all academic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

"Emma Goldman is in our midst again." remarks an esteemed con temporary B9 tier take something at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13
SWORN CIRCULATION

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees it's advertisers (and makes 1t a part of the contract when reQuested) that it's daily cir circulation Is larger than that of any morn. ing newspaper printed fin Alahama--eno that it's Sunday edition has the largest cir cuiation 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., 1908-04-13
An Advertlsing AIbuua .

An album of all the souvenir post cards of Montgomery, and they are very. very numerous, is very good and pleasant thing to advertise the city with, as the family album so of- elers.
 Persons spending the summer away from Montgomery. whether on the coast or In the mountains. could discreetly place 1t about where persons from otl- or places spending the summer away from their places, could see how beau tiful and desirable a town Montgom- consummation would be better.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-13

"Had troubi with gold" reads headline in contemporary. Didn't touch us. r., @s a4