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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-19

of the diplomatic corps in washfnE- ton, and that in authorizing Mir. Dubois to give his sworn deposition to the, Department of State. the government of The Netherlands had done all that was necessary. under the circumstances. Secretary Macy said that such a de-, ciaration made to his department, could not be used in the trial, and thus the government of The Neither lands deprived the United. States of i'm portant testimony. The jury, on the first trial of Herbert, failed to agree, and was discharged; but on the sec ond trial he was acquitted. He re- mained in Congress until the end of his term.
 One of the. most remarkable scenes ever witnessed in Washington was the Impeachment of Judge Samuel Chase. of Maryland. The case came to trial before the United States Sem ate in 1894. and the President, and preceding officer of the Senate, was Vice President Aaron Burr, who was then under indictment for the killing of Alexander Hamilton. The man im- peached was a signer of the Declara- ton of Independence. and a judge of the Supreme Court. The requisite two-thirds votes not being obtained. Judge Chase was discharged by the Senate March 5, 1905, and he resumed his seat on the bench, which he re- tained until his deatfA Aaron Burr served out his term of office as Vice President.
 Due1s In the Early Days.
 In former days duels were very often the outcome Of bitter political fights in Washington. The one which sent thrill of horror throughout the country. and caused Congress to pass what is known as "The Antf-Duei- Ing Act" (making the giving or &C., cepting Of challenge to fight a duel Tn the District of Columbia a misde- meanor. punishable by fine and irn- prlsonment in the penitentiary), was that fought near Bladansburg, by Johnathan Cilley of Maine. and W. T. Graves, of Kentucky. in 1888. All the men who witnessed this duel were members of Congress.
 Ciiiey had offended J. Watson webb an editor of New York. in dehafe ana Graves challenged CiIley because he would not admit that webb vas man of honor. The weap- ons used were rifles, and the dis- lance was ninetytwo yards. ,rbey ootn nred twice and missed. On th. third Ire Cll1ey fell. shot through the oody. He died in three minutes
 Tn April, 1860. Roger Pryor and MT. rotter made disgraceful scene in fhe House Of Representatives, and tbs quarrel ended in Pryor sending Potter a challenge. Potter accepted. and re. lerred him to his second. General Ian. . der, The latter informed Pryor's sec ond mat Potter would fight in any place, indoors or out, in the Distric, Wlth Bowie knives. Potter instarti,, declined to fight on the ground ina / the weapons we're barbarous inhuman and not those used among Rentlennen' The story leaked out and both Pryor to keep the peace. OiN' .'
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Sylvanus O. Verrill, Milford, Me-,
Y Five years ago a bad injury
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SHIP SINKS OFF ALASKA;
DEAD NUMBER ID
Star of Bengal Wrecked on Rocks
Of Coronation Island.
BROKE INTO THREE PIECES
Details of Disaster on Alaskan Island
Vessel Il Total Loss, Only the
Ends Of the MastsS hOwinGAbove
tho Watcr-Tale Of a Survivor.

Wrargel, Alaska. - The Star OF
Bengal is a total loss. Captain Far
rar. of the tug Hattie Gage, gives this
account OF the disaster On the ROCKS
Of Coronation Island:
CAS- we ran into the gale we could
see we were making leeway anG
drifting toward Coronation Island.
The other tug, the Kayak, was light
and could do nothing. The Hattie
Case could not handle the ship alone.
At Z o'clock the Star Of Bengal
drifted into a narrow blight n we
could see land on both sides obreast.
I'VE sounded and found eight tath-
oms. We could see the vessel dlrnly
by the PHOSPHORUS ro>ks that were
all around. W. cut the towline u
steamed out into open water. we
could not see anything in the driving
rain except one blue light burning on
the ship. The storm increased Il
the tugs steamed to Shipley Bay
twenty-siz miles away"
The total number Of lives lost was
10. There were 1877 people on
board. The bodies recovered u
buried were those Of Benjamin Jonn-
son, Siguard Nelson, Eric Person
William Perischke, Peter Peterson
John Peterson, Olaf Peterson, Elnon
Swenson, Charles Buchanan. Carl
Bore. Joseph Griffin, Audrey Han
son, Frank Healy, Norman Hawkins
and G. Hendrickson.
The ship sank, after breaking into
three pieces, according to the survlv-
ors. These tell of getting a boat on
the doomed craft and effectins a land
ing. They helped several ashore ana
pulled Captain Wagner out OF the
wreckage. He could not speak. me
breeches buoy was rugged TO a tree
but the ship was swaying so that the
line was alternately loose and tight'
making it impossible to use.
The ships books and papers were
found On the beach. One nal a
matches, and a fire was built with
kerosene from the wreck. The lire
kept the survivors from freezing.
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GUST TEMPERANCE WORKERS.
They Cause a Row in the Indiana
House of Representatives.

Indianapolis, Ind. - Feeling that
has been aroused over the calling OF a
special session Of the Legislature TO
enact a county local option law led to
a row in the House of Representa-
tives.
The House had Adjourned, but many
Representatives were at their desks
engaged in writing when a delegation
of about fifty temperance workers en-
tered the hall. Horace G. Murphy, a
lawyer, of Muncie, mounted a chair
and spoke aggressively in advocacy OF
the county local option bill: He
finally declared that the men who are
opposed to it "are saloon buns and
brewery representatives"
Representative Coble, Of dubois
County, who had been listening,
pointed his finger at Murphy and de-
l~iberately said:
"You are a liar, sir, and you know
it,"
Murphy jumped down from the
chair and started toward Coble. The
crowd followed and engaged in an
angry demonstration. The Rev. Mr..
Everson, of Muncie, threw himself be-
tween the two men and forced Muir
ply away.
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Weir Bore.

DIR. Weir Mitchell, whose brilliant
medical career is only exceeded by
his b~rilliance in literature, is noted
In Philadelphia for the detestatlon
that he has for bores.
Only a bore can rufle the gracious
and gentle suavity Of DR.. Weir Nit
,hell's manner, and even with bores
his r%eproofs are delicate rather than
rough.
They say at the Franklin Inn, Phil
adelphia's literary club, that a bore
accosted DR.. Weir Mitchell n day
on Chestnut street and insisted on
walking with him to the Philadelphia
Library. During the walk the bore's
flow of talk was in%cessant. DR.. Weir
Mitchell walked on amid the deluge'
Eowning silently.
But as they turned down Juniper
street, a man across the way
stretched out his arms and yawned
as if to dislocate his jaw.
DR.. Weir Mitchell took the bore's
arm and nodded toward the yaWning
man.
Hush" he said. Don't speak SO
laud. People can hear YOU
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GUN CREW BLOWN T0P|EcES
Many Others Injured in Accident
CT a French Warship.
Bodies Of Those Slain Hurled Into the
Sea-Horrible Scenes-Rigid
Investigation to Follow.

Toulon, FranCe.-During Gunnery
drill one OF the big turret guns on the
French armored cruiser La Touche
Treville exploded with terrific vio-
lence, completely wrecking the after
turret and killing outright the entire
gun crew Of thirteen.
A number of men we're seriously
injured, some Of them probably
fatally.
The accident was similar to that
aboard the gunnery school ship Cou-
rome off Les Saline d'Hyeres, August
IL last, when by the bursting Of the
breech of one of the guns six men
we're killed and eighteen injured.
The drill had been proceeding for
a considerable time when, without
warning, the whole turret seemed TO
blow out. Dismembered bodies were
thrown in all direction, and several
of them were hurled into the sea
through the great breech caused by
the explosion.
The spectacle was horrible, the
dead and wounded, together with
shattered arms and legs, littering the
decks. A call to quarters was sound
ed, and as speedily as possible the
wounded were cared for.
The gun that exploded was 7.6
inches bore, of which the cruiser car
ried' two. Happening SC soon after
the accident to the Couronne, the ex-
plosion has caused a sensation in
naval circles, and doubtless will lead
to a most rigid investigation.
The La Touche Treyille carries a
complement of $40 men.
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THE ADIROHDACKS ON FIRE
Five Thousand Men Fight Spread
ing Flames.
At Least $4,000 Acres Of Valuable
Forest Lands in New York Threat
cned With Destruction.

North Creek, n. Y.-The forest fire
conditions in all parts of the Adiron-
dacks are growing worse hourly, with
no sign of relief. Although at least
5000 men are engaged in fighting the
flames day and night, not a single
fire has been checked, and the smaller
burning areas are rapidly spreading
into CONGREGATIONS, which in some in
stances are coalescing.
At least $4,000 acres of valuable
forest lands are on fire and the extent
of the destruction may be much great
er. A big fire has broken out at
North Hudson, in Essex County,
where $50 men are fighting it on both
sides. This fire is already miles IN
extent. Small fires are sprlnglns up
in a hundred localities and the situa-
ton is becoming extremely alarming.
Gangs of men are being rushed
into the woods from the large cities
to fight the fires. At the North Woods
Club, a popular resort twenty miles
north of here, patronized by fashion
able people, many Of the guests VINO
had come up to hunt are leaving and
fastening back to their city homes, as
fires are burning on all sides of the
club property and the smoke condl-
lions are extremely annoying.
In the village of North Creek the
smoke is so dense that at 9 O'Clock a.
m. it was impossible to see fifty yards.
Sun, moon and stars have been o.
scured for several days, and at night
the roads are so dark that it is dan
gerous to venture upon them. Never
has it been known to be so dry in this
locality. The highways are a mass OF
heavy dust, the streams are drying
up and the supply Of drinking water
is almost exhausted.
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FATAL CHOLERA RAGING
IN ST. PETERSBURG
Hospitals Have $50 New Cases
and 155 Deaths.
MORE PATIENTS THAN ROOM
Pathological Effect Of Fright Oh Citi.
Zens a Curious Feature of the
Epidemic-Typhoid in City In
tensifes the Calamity.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-The cllol-
era continues to increase rapidly day
by day in St. Petersburg. TIE efforts
of the authorities in stopping the sale
of liquor and the other preventive
measures taken have had but little Il
any effect in checking the epidemic.
Between noon and noon tie NUM-
cipal hospitals reported the entrance
of $50 cases and 155 deaths, and the
addition of the statistics from the
military and suburban hospitals for
this same period of time will swell
this total to truly formidable proper
tions. There are thirty-four cases Of
policemen alone in the Seminoffsky
military hospitals.
Dispatches received here from
three provinces report ass new cases
and 201 deaths in t~wenty-four hours.
INSTRUMENTATION furnishing 1872
cases and 80 deaths.
The Government liquor shops were
closed for two days, and this brought
q notable decrease in the customary
street drunkenness. The lower
classes, however, refused to be de-
prived entirely Of their usual holiday
indulgence in vodka. and the Illicit.
sale of this liquor fourished. The
police summarily closed several res
taurants that violated the Injunction
against the sale of spirits and seized
the stocks Of a number of unlicensed
dealers, but in spite of this there was
little difficulty in obtaining liquor in
an Illegal way.
The hospital situation has reached
a crisis. The Obuchoff Hospital,
which is in the centre of one of the
worst districts, is turning away pa
tients, and the Kalinkin Hospital,
which was opened September Is, al
ready is full. Two new hospitals will
be opened Immediately. The Govern
ment has given the city the use Of
the dormitories in the archaeological
Institute, and two military barracks
for the housing of patieT Is with or
binary diseases. This will make
more room for the cholera cases.
The situation is complicated by the
presence of a large number OF typhoid
fever cases in the city.
. A curious development of the cpl
demic has been the pathological eff
feet of fright on the people. A num-
Der of persons have been taken to
hospitals with all the characteristic
symptoms of the disease, but upon
examination they we're found tn be
suffering from nothing more tfan
fear.
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About Noted People.

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., attainet
his majority. He has not chosen hl'
profession in life.
Suit was brought to break the VII,
of Etienne Givernaud, the Hoboke1
IN. ~ millionaire silk manufacturer,
lanes J.. Hill, returning from thu
West. refused to repudiate the state
ment of Hartman that all was peace
between them.
Percy William Bunting, editor O
the Contemporary Review, London
who has reached the age Of seventy
two. was made a knight on the Kings
recent birthday anniversary.
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| read of Doan's Kidney Pills and
began using them. One box made me
stronger and freer from pain. kept
on using them and in three months
was able to get out on clutches, and
the kidneys were acting better. i'm
proved rapidly, discarded the crutches
and to the wonder of my friends was
soon completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
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Kaiser Assures Alsatians of Peace,

Colmar, Alsace.-Emperor Will
lam, speaking at a reception by the
city, assured the Alsatians that they
could develop their country peace.
fully. Peace will oe maintained
he said, and Alsace will be able to
prosper further than she yet has
done. Under the protection of the
Imperial German Eagle and my nag
her developments will continue ana
De completed, and, God willing, will
never be disturbed"
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JOHN ROBINSON WEBS NURSE.
Aged Circus Proprietor Shows His
Gratitude.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-Old John Rob-
inson, known far and wide among cir
Gus people as 1.-The Governor" and
the proprietor Of Robinson's Circus,
was married here to Miss Maud Lo-
gan, his trained nurse. Governor"
Robinson is seventy-fve years old,
and has been i'll for a long time, but
has insisted upon travelling in his pri-
yate car with the circus. Miss Lo-
gan, who is now Mrs. Robinson, is
thirty years old, and is. handsome.
She has been nursing the millionaire
circus man for a long time and travel
ing with him and the circus. The
ceremony took place in the private
car at Nashville.
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HandshakinS

In the barbarous days Of old, when
every mall had to watch carefully
over his own safety, when two per.
sons met they offered each to the
other the right hand, the hand that
Yields the club, sword, knife or other
weapon OF war. Each did this to
show that the hand was empty, and
that, therefore, no trouble needed to
be feared. The handshake was the
treaty of peace-in a word. the way
they had Of showing each other that
they meant to be friendly.-The
American.
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Claims All New York State Fires Are
Under Control.

Albany, N. Y.-Colonel William F.
Fox, State Superintendent of Forests,
said that, while reports were being
received daily CT new forest fires, they
were all practically under control.
Fire patrols are being maintained in
various sections of the A~dirondacks,
and the fire wardens are being en-
ployed day and night. Colonel Fox
said:
although many fires have broken
out we have them under control. The
reports of the fires and the damage
done are exaggerated. This is espe-
.ially true of the reports from North
Creek"
; Colonel Fox regards the fire re-
ported heal Big Crooked Lake, in the
Beaver River territory, as the most
threatening.
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Splitting tie Tip.

Il went to q hotel at Palm Beach,
said the commercial traveller, "1here
the walters are exceptionally prone
to neglecting you unless you tip. I
was to be there two days. l cut a
dollar in two, gave one-half to the
waiter at my table and said to him:
"'Now, if you wait on me we'll,
you get the other half. If you don't,
you don't
Work! I should think it did.
That waiter seemed to be on roller
skates all the time. he did such nim-
BILE sprinting."-New York Press.
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ADMITS $50, 600 GEM THEFT.
sunday-Schcol Teacher Tells How He
Robbed Marshall Fields Daughter.

Leicester, England.-John F. Spen-
Ger, a former Sunday-school teacher,
who recently was sentenced to a
years imprisonment for a series Of
robberies, has confessed to the bur-
glary of Brooksby Hall, the country
residence Of Captain David Beatty,
whose wife was the daughter of the
late Marshall Field, of Chicago. The
burglary was committed last Deem
Der, and .jewelry to the value OF $780,
600 was stolen.
AS a result Of S%pencer's confession
three Of his c~onfederates and the re-
ceiver of the stolen jewelry have been
arrested. Spencer told the police that
the diamonds and pearls were taken
from their settings and sent to the
United States for disposal.
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HELPFUL
ADVICE

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
ulness-you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explainto the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
fdence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
help yourcase Such letters as the fol-
lowing, from grateful women, es:
tablish beyond a doubt the powerof
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The First EvolutioniSt.

The first to suggest the transmuta-
zion Of species among animals was
Button, about 1850. The eccentric
Lord Monboddo was the first to sug-
gest the possible descent of man from
the ape, about 1774. In 1913 a DR..
w. C. Wells first proposed to apply
the principle of natural selection to
the natural history Of man. and IN
1922 Herbert first asserted the trans
mutation OF species in plants.-The
American.
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ENOS CONVICT LEASES.
Georgia Legislature Passes Measure
Doing Away With System.

Atlanta, Ga.-The extra session of
the Georgia assembly finished its
work and adjourned sine die after
agreeing upon a bill which it is be-
lieved will effect the abolition OF the
convict lease system. The bill leaves
any ~convicts not taken by counties
On a pro rata distribution, not taken
by municipalities at 500 a year, or
not needed on the State farm or other
State institution to be disposed of at
the discretion of. the Governor and
the Prison Commission. 1t is be-
lieved that this will end the lease
system definitely on March 81, 1909.
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The Field Of Sports.

T%hirty-one motorcycle records were
lowered on Los Angeles track.
Lewis Strang, in the Briarclif
[sotta, won the Lowell $50 mile auto
mobile race.
The Eel won the Nutmeg $4,000
2.O7 pace at Hartford in straight
heats, best time 2.05.
Philadelphia cricketers arrived
home after a successful tour through
England, Ireland and Wales.
Battling Nelson, the lightweight
champion of America, knocked out
Joe Cans in twenty-one rounds at
Colma, Cal.
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Feminine Notes.

Seventy-fve dollars is the price
asked for the ostrich crown on one OF
the new model hats.
New York City laments a shortage
of chorus girls and Oklahoma a short
age Of school teachers.
Miss Julia C. Lathrop, of Rockford,
ILL.,, has been made co-director with
Professor Graham Taylor, of the Chi
cago Institute of Social Science.
The peasant women of Servia have
kkheir scarlet fez caps embroidered
eth real seed pearls. They are heir
as handed i.own from generation
Iteration.
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BACK BROKEN IN CLASS RUSH.
Worcester Tech Freshman in Hospital
ParaIyzed From Breast to Feet.

Worcester, Mass.-Emil Grau, Jr.,
aged seventeen years, of Is West
Wareham, a member of the freshman
class of Worcester POLYTECHNIC lnsti-
tute, had his back broken on the COM
mon in the annual class rush between
the freshmen and the sophomores.
He was removed to the City Hospital,
with his body from the breast down
paralyzed.
Residents in the vicinity thought
the rush was a riot and te!cphoned
police Headquarters for officers, but
when the police arrived and saw what
it was they allowed the boys to fight
it out.
Grau's companions thought he only
had the wind knocked out of him un-
til they found he was unable to rise,
and then the call was sent for an am
bulance.
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To Bar Cholera From
S ealing Into America

Washington, D. C.-Asiatic chol-
era's spread in the Philippines, China
and Russia has spurred the Govern
ment officials here to vigorous action
to keep the plague out of the United
States.
Surgeon-General Wyman, Of the
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service, has warned all quarantine
officers to be on their guard, and in
particular to rigidly examine immi-
grants.
On account of conditions in Russia
Dr.. Wyman will send to that country
a cholera expert to study the condi-
tions.
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HEARS DOOM AND KILLS TWO.
Wife Murderer Also Wounds Four
Other Prisoners in Alexandria, La.

Alexandria, LA mania for kill
ing took possession of Edward Ayles,
a e prisoner, when his death war
rant for the murder of his wife was
read to him in Jail. He grasped a
case knife and killed Tip" Davis
and Garfield Bradley, and severely
wounded four other prisoners, all
negroes.
The screams of the victims attract
ed almost a thousand persons to the
vicinity Of the Jail. Meanwhile, Jail
officers played a fire hose on Ayles,
the cold water finally bringing him
back to reason.
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Among the Workers.

Toronto (Canada) shoe clerks have
organized a union.
Boston Hebrew painters and paper
hangers are organizing a union.
Il new union of retail clerks has
been instituted at Melrose, MINI.
Cotton spinners' wages are. to be
reduced five per cent. in Lancashire,
England.
The Cancellation board Of the Nor
thumberland (England) miners have
agreed upon a two and one-half per
cent. reduction, making a total reduce
ton this year of three and three,
quarter per cent.
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Missouri Pacific Lowers Oil Rate

On November 4 the Missouri "a
cifc will reduce the rate on petroleum
and its products from the Kansas OIL
fields to twenty-five cents a
weight from the present rate OF TWEEN
ty-fve cents, thus making the Lincoln
Neb., rate the same as that to Omaha
The reduction will amount to about
SIS a car.
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+. M, HoWartil Dead.

At Philadelphia, F. NJ. Howarth'
one of tho best known comic artists
in the country, died of pneumonia
aged forty-three years. Mr.. HoWartn
is credited with having originated the
comic series, using the same charac'
ters day after day in the newspapers
Two of his best known series were
"E. Il. Mark" and Lulu and Lean
apro