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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10

in the course of construction when the bank failed.
 Mfr Ridgely's brother, Edward Ridgely was made cashier and Fred T. Cutts, formerly of New York and St. Louis was made vice president.
 Since then pr. Woods. who in the reorganization had become merely one of the directors of the bank went quietly to work buying up the banks stock. Today it was announced he had secured a majority. of the stock and would direct the appointment of new president to succeed MT. Ridgely.
 Mir. Ridgely today declined to make a statement beyond expressing doubt that control of the bank Is in hands inimical to him.
 The bank Is capitalized at S2.oo0. 900. Of the 2O,00O shares, pr. Woods and his friends, 1t is said, control between 12,000 and 13.O00.
 pr. Woods declined to say anything concerning the officers to be named under the new regime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
TO WED IN ITALY.
More Gossip About Miss EIkins Wed
 ding to Duke of Abruxxs.

More Gossip About Miss EIkins we'd
 ding to Duke of Abruxzs. London. Nov, 1O--The Express claims to have authority to state that the King and members of the royal family of Italy wish the marriage of Miss Elkins and the Duke of the -Abruzzi to be solemnized in Italy with state ceremonies so that the nation may participate among the Italian people where the bride will spend her life
 According to The Express, the we'd ding win probably take place early In 1909. though positively not before Lent. Difficulties arose through Senator El- skins refusal to sanction a morganatic marriage and because of the opposi- tion of the Queen mother. who has other matrimonial views for the Duke. The Kings consent. however, has been obtained and the bride will be fully recognized as a royal princess. Queen Helena has been strong supporter of Miss Elkins throughout.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
ON HUNTING EXPEDITION.
Count of Turin cee. te Africa For Bis

Count of Turin Goes ta Africa For Bis
 Game.
 Naples, Nov, 9-The Count of Turin left for Mombasa. the capital of Brit ish East Africa tonight
 He is on his way to the Congo on a big game shooting expedition. King Leopold having exempted him from the tax levied for this privilege. which is very heavy. From the Congo. the Count of Turin will proceed to the Cape of Good Hope and thence will go to Egypt. He intends to be absent about two years and will make the Journey without either doctors and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10

Washington, Nov. 9.-The Supreme Court of the United States today fixed the hearing in the cases of Magon. ViIlareal and Libradoo, who were re- sisting extradition from California to Arizona, for January { next. The men are accused of melting a flibus- tering expedition from Arizona Into the Mexican republic and the Mexican Government Is manifesting muck inc terest in the case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
TO REPEAoE RIpGrLY.
Former Comptroller May Lose Place
 in Bank.

Former Comptroller May Lose Place
 in Bank.
 Kansas City, Nov. 9-It was am nounced here today that w. B. Ridgely President of the re-orgsnized National Bank of Commerce Is to be replaced.
 pr. W. s. Woods. the deposed presi- dent of the bank and his friends have succeeded in buying up a majority of the banks stock and thus secured control. Mir. Ridgely last winter resigned the position of comptroller of the currency to become head of the bank.
 The National Bank of Commerce, the largest financial institution in this part of the southwest. failed during the panic last year. with thirty-six millions of deposits. It was reor- ganized after several months and w. B. Ridgely was ~asked to become its president. He accepted the offer and the bank opened in its new million and a half Ndollar building which was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
Georgia and Fioriaa Railroad Let Many
 C0ntracts.s

OtOFSia ana FIora0a HaltFOn0 Let Many COntracts.F
 Richmond. Va, Nov. 9.--As an indi- cation of the advancing wave of pros- perity which is coming over the South, ID. l.. Bemiss. of the firm of John 6. Wilkins and Sons, reports that the Georgia and Florida Railroad, the con- trolling interest of which is held by the Williams firm, has let contracts for improvements to be installed which when completed will cost over half a million dollars.
 The letting of the contracts was made possible by the increase of busi- ness activity of the country through which the Georgia and Florida lines pass. and the fncfeased business of the road in the last month. The Georgia and Florida has just completed . new line of road between Valdosta and Nashville, twenty-eight miles and & number of branch lines which aggre- gate forty-flve miles.
 The contracts which have been placed include the building of thirty miles of road and a steel bridge over the Altamaha river.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10

Tampa. Fla. Nov. 9--Mrs. A. Diaz was burned to death in her cottage In West Tampa today. She was the sole occupant of the house and when the flames were discovered she could not be rescued. The position of the oharr- ed remains showed that she had at tempted to escape. but was overcome by smoke and flames before reaching the doorway.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
WANT ROOSEVELT.

Southern EurOpean. Countries Desire
 Visit from President.
 Washington. Nov. 9.-Senor Gonzalo de Quesada, the Cuban Minister to the United States, who has just returned from trip abroad in the interest of Cuban emigration, called at the White House today.
 He told the President that there was great deal of interest in Southern Europe in the Presidents proposed trip to Africa, and that the people of Italy, ious that the President should visit their countries on his return from Africa in 1910.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
A AEisuionary Confereuce.

Fargo. N. D., Nov. 9.-Bishop Hare. of South Dakota. called the first busi- ness session of the sixth missionary counsel of the Protestant Episcopal Church to order here today in Geth- semane Cathedral. The conference Is for the purpose of forming certain defI- nite functions in relation to the mis- sionary affairs of the church,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
no EIect n Biahon.

Washington. Nov s.-The Episcopal Diocese of Washington will meet Tues day to elect a bishop. the ofice made vacant by the death of Bishop Satter- lee was twice declined by Bishop Charles H. Brent of the Philippines and once refused by pr. Alexander Mann, of Boston. Among the candi- dates mentioned for the bishopric Is pr. James R. Winchester. of Memphis Tenn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
Taft InYited to Ailren.

Aiken. s. C.. Nov. s-The Aiken Board of Trade has invited President elect Wm. H. Taft to spend the winter here Mir. Taft has a number of warm colony here and 1t is thought that through their influence MT. Taft may be persuaded to spend the winter in this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
Fire In Depot,

Chicago. Nov. 9.-Fire was discovered in the clock tower of the Grand Gen. trai Passenger station in this city to- day and for a time threatened the lives of several trainmen sleeping in the upper stories. Quick work by city fremen kept the flames confined to the tower.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
Nrr. nfacIE in Chicaro.

Chicago. Nov. 9.-Norman D. Mack, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, arrived here today and went immediately to the headquarters. up odds and ends of business left over from the campaign just closed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Prominent Arkansas Physician kIls
 His Wife and Himself.

Little Rock. Ark. Nov. 9.-A special from Morrillton. Ark. says: pr. S. A. Mason. a prominent physician of Hat tiesviIIe, Ark. shot and killed his wife and killed himself with the same weapon at their home near Hatties- vile early today.
 Four weeks ago pr. Mason was dt- clared insane, but was finally released and allowed to return to his home The shooting is believed to have occur red during a temporary return of men, taI trouble.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
Mrs. A. M. Hartley Died Monday Night

A1rs. A. AT. Hartley Died Monday Night.
 Mrs. A. M. Hartley, 65 years old, died day night at 10:S0 o'clock of an attack of grip that had lasted two weeks. The deceased Is survived by her hus- band, J. 4. Hartley: her son, Houston, and her daughters, Mrs. M. A. Joyce and Mrs. W. M. Bell of this city.
 The funeral services will be held in the family residence Wednesday morn- ing at 10 o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
EnrthnnnIIe in Knnnnn-

Sabetha, Kans.. Nov. 9-Reports are coming in from all districts within a radius of twelve miles of Sabetha of a severe earthquake shock felt at midnight Saturday night. Scores of farmers report feeling the shock, but as far as known no damage was done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
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apart. =
 If this is done. the welfare o,A public and of Early and his family A oe, oe duiy L saIeguarded," declared HeaA to be dependent upon the distriot srsN \. can support himself and wife ana csiI1 from his pension money, which IS s7s month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
Plumbers.
WON'T BE ISOLATED.
Leper John Early Permitted to LIv'
 Miah Hln EamHIY.

With His Family.
 Washington. Nov. s.-It was decided by the District Commissioners today to break up the strict isolation of John R. Early, the leper, and permit him to live with his family In a small brick house near the Washington work house grounds. lie win be under the same roof with his family. but 1t will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
FUNERAL NOTICE.

friends and acquaint- ances of Mrs. A. M Hartley are re- spectfuily invited to attend her fu- neral services in her late home, 4OT Martha Street. at 10 o'clock Wednes- day morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
MORSE IS PENNILEss.

His Vast Fortune Has Been Entirely
 Swept Away.
 New York, Nov. 9.-Charles W. Morse who two years ago was re- garded as being worth upwards of SEQ ,OOO. 900 today swore under oath that he had not enough money or securities
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
CrnIrnr r,nminn nncIL.

Dublin. Nov. 9.-Richard Croker will leave Ireland on Saturday for a visit to the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
Burned To Death.

Frank Perry, sDancfng vEolAnist,1 at sOFpheum." Positively great.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
Fixe. ExtrnaIt,ou .I4ear,nr.

Frank Perry, ~Dancing vlOllnist,s at H0Fpheum." Positively great.
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only your enemies will say tAingS' that will in3urs you
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13

War Declared on Huge Army of Hoboes

In the municipal lodging houses their
refusal to comply with the rules OF
the department lead to outbreaks that
compel the calling of the police. They
are declared responsible for frequent
hold-ups and assaults about the parks
They have demanded that the armories
and the recreation piers be opened tc
them as lodgings, and they are abusive
when the demand is refused
Now the city and charity organiza.
ton officials will work with the
police officials, and it is declared that
the entire city will be cleared of its
tramp army in short time. The
hoboes will be arrested, taken before
the magistrates and sent to Black.
wells island. There temporary bar.
racks will be erected to house the
men and they will be compelled to
break stone. Men who apply for aid
and would dodge the rock-cracking
stunt will be investigated and offered
work if they desire it.
The municipal lodging houses are
overfiowing, several large lofts have
been rented or leased by the depart.
ment of charities on the East side
and these, used as dormitories, are
overfioWing. The pier at the foot of
East Twenty-sixth street is being pre-
pared for the overflow. At the pres
ent time there are more than 10000
hoboes in the city who will not &C.
cept work but demand food and lodg-
ing,
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13
Russian Woman Plans Adamless Eden

light is supplied to stimulate the de-
veloping powers of plants. Fruits and
flowers that are grown in this section
only in the spring and summer months
she believes can be cultivated during
the entire year.
This is not intended as a money
making enterprise" said Nine David
off in an interview. while of course,
we expect the experiments to prove
successful and the farm to be self
supporting yet my object is to make it
a philanthropic enterprise with the
view of helping membe S of my own
sex, as we'll as to prove the scientific
value of the plan with which l have
been experimenting for several years.
There is no connection between my
venture and the utterances of Sir o.
iver Lodge, the English savant, rela-
tive to the influence of electricity on
plant life. The two systems differ
chiefly from the fact that all of my
experiments are made under glass and
under certain conditions a static ma
chine is used in addition to dynamos"
Active work on the farm at Belle
crest will begin, she says, within one
month, upon the completion of the nee
essary buildings and the installation of
the electrical aDDaratus
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13
Gossip Of Washington
|: What Is Going On at the
+ National Capital.
Plans for Presidents Hunting Trir

trip to Lake Victoria Nyanza by rail,
stopping of at various points along
the route to make hunting excursions
into the interior.
The real work of the expedition will
not begin until the party reaches the
plateau of Uganda, after crossing
Lake Victoria Nyanza, where abounds
game to be found nowhere else in the
world.
1t is not known exactly how long
the president will remain in this re-
gion. When the homeward trip begins
the party will strike out along the
head waters of the White Nile river,
following the stream down to Khar-
toum and thence to Cairo.
The presidents party is to consist
Of his son, Kermit, who is to be the
official photographer OF the expedi-
ton, and two naturalists from the Ma
tional museum. No other persons
will be taken from this country. When
he reaches Africa he will employ the
services of natives and guides. A
caravan will be organized for the trip
from the railway terminus in Uganda
to the Nile.
The president promised Bishop
Hartzell that during his coming trip
to Africa in 1909 he would visit as
many of the mission stations. as pos
sible and would use his influence in
the interest of the work.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13
Society Preparing for Winter Campaien

the members of the cabinet call on
each other and on those of the sena-
tors and members of the house. The
senator's wives make their calls on
the wives of the justices and members
of the cabinet and finally reach one
another. But the wife of a senator
who has been in Office six years can
not call first on the wife of one who
has served his country only three
years. The records of the senate and
the house are called into requisition
and lists are made out according to
the length of time men have held of.
flee. A little more liberty is per-
mitted to the wives of representatives,
but still there is great amount of
form necessary to steer clear of the
breakers of socio.political life.
Diplomats are exempt, to a certain
extent, as after presenting their Gre
dentials to the president they quietly
await the onslaught of visitors. 1t re-
quires discriminating foreigner, or
one who has employed a secretary
from the very innermost circle of So
ciety, to tell whom to receive and
whom not to receive, and to sift the
shower of cards that descends upon
him.
Washington is an especially easy
place for those from the outside, as
they must call first on all those who
hold an official position. These visits
are returned, and thus the thin edge
of the wedge that leads to social dis
tinctiOn is inserted
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13
Big Projects Will Overshadow Congress

OF southern business men is expected
to develop into as much of a water
way discussion as the gathering of the
River and Harbor congress, of which
Representative Ransdell, of Louisiana,
is president.
But before it comes the Country
Life commission. That will be on De.
cember 8, and it will be an adjunct Of
the Conservation congress from which
it sprang. That is what has been
facetiously referred to as the Uplift
commission which, at the behest of
President Roosevelt, is to take the
American farmer by the scuff of the
neck and hoist him to a higher level
The River and Harbor congress Is
the body that will produce the most in
teresting situation. The advocates. of
the lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway
think the congress should make def
mite Endorsement of that project
Hitherto the congress has held that it's
object should be merely to create a
sentiment throughout the country
which would warrant congress in pass
ing an annual river and harbor appro-
priation bill of $50,000,000.
There are other projects that
look just as good to their propon-
ents as the lakes-to-the-gulf plan,
wherefore it seems probable that that
proposal will provoke debate.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13
New Profession for Women Paws Well

five dollars a day, while some eXcep-
tionally pretty or stylish woman who
shows things used or worn by her
sex gets more.
With the schools of saleswoman-
ship teaching young women how to
approach prospective buyer with a
fascinating smile, the demonstrator
actually shows curious shoppers how
the wares she is hired to show of
look or work or act
Where formerly manufacturers had
to depend on signs and labels, the
business competition is so keen now
that shoppers have to be shown the
merits of some new thing
On upper Broadway, in an automo-
bile supply house, a well-gowned wom-
an demonstrates" how a patent veil
can be put on or off in a second.
In big department store a middle
aged woman with half her face free
from wrinkles may be seen demon
strating bleach. Biscuit Makers
pancake flours, soups, new shoes,
health corsets, and patent beds are
being shown daily by this army of
the new profession, and many women
travel all over the country demon
strating" with route laid out like a
theatrical star. A week >in"S St: Louis,
a week in Chicago, week in ST. Paul.
and so on. Their expenses are paid
of course, and their salaries besides.
20 ,v1o hoc
great boon to many women, and the
first feeling of nervousness over the
publicity part of it soon wears off.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13

r HE Yerkes mansion, at Fifth ave-
nue. and Sixty-eighth street,
which, with it's paintings and art treas
ures, would, it was generally believed,
eventually pass into the control of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, may
be sold at foreclosure. The Mutual
Life Insurance Company has brought
foreclosure proceedings against Mrs.
Mary A. Yerkes, widow of the trac-
ton promoter, basing the action on a
total indebtedness of $242,292, of
which $225,00 represented a mort
gage on the property and the rest un-
paid interest. 1t is said Mrs. Yerkes
has put in no appearance by counsel or
otherwise, and the house will be sold
at auction.
Mr.. Yerkes left will in which he
provided that upon his wife ceasing
to live in or use the home and art gal
lery, or upon her death, a corporation
w6s to be formed to take over the
property as the Yerkes gallery, and
that it was then to go to the city. This
corporation was to be made up of five
members appointed by the trustees of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. and
was to include the mayor. There was
also a provision in the will setting
aside $750,000, the interest of which
was to go toward maintaining and
caring for the gallery.
At the time of Mr.. Yerkes' death 1t
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13
e OCIALLY there is an air of e,

e OCIALLY there is an air of ex-
- pectancy in the capital, and
enough persons are in the city, with
more returning every day, to keep up
the interest. The last season of every
administration is likely to be a quiet
one, SO it will be difficult until after
the election to predict what the gods
have in store.
Certain things, however, are inde-
pendent of government changes or of
houses and visiting lists, both of
which are being overhauled. Visiting
Is the joy as we'll as the bette noire
of the woman in Washington, and has
to be attacked scientifically as we'll as
automatically to accomplish all that
is required by an exacting public.
There is regular etiquette in re-
gard to visits, and woe betide the un-
lucky stranger who unconsciously sins
against the cast iron rules laid down
in this supposedly most democratic of
cities. The wives of the justices of
the supreme court must be called on
first by those of members of the
cabinet and those of the senators and
representatives. Then the wives of
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13

0NE of the newest professions for
~ women that pays we'll is that of
'demonstrator," and every big depart
ment store has scores of good d-looking
young women employed to demon.
strate" something.
The growth of the "profession"
was manifested in an advertisement
which shows the beginning of a new
class of these publicity promoters, and
would seem to indicate that there is
no limit to the nature of the work.
The ad. in question read:
MEN AND WOMEN WITHOUT TEETH
wanted; paid by the hour; Friday, 9 a.
m. to y m. x, ~
The persons engaged will sit in a
store window, exhibit the mouth
without DR.. Forcep's teeth, and, whirl-
Ing around, show double set at $698
and incidentally the difference they
make in the countenance. The pay
Of the demonstrator depends on the
nature of her or his work, although
most of them are women. Good looks
is essential to corset exploiters, while
the woman who shows how a piano
may be turned into a folding bed
doesn't matter so much.
AS rule a demonstration is Maid
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13

NJ EW YORK.-Open war has been
IL declared upon the huge army of
hoboes that infest this city and prey
upon the people. The nomads have
rushed into the metropolis from all
directions in steadily growing tor
rent, until the commissioner of char
ities finds his department unable to
cope with the situation and has been
compelled to call for the cooperation
of the police.
There are some unemployed in New
York who are anxious to find work.
But they are! in hopeless minority.
For the past two weeks not a single
one of the hoboes that applied to the
city lodging houses for food and shell
ter were willing to accept the work
offered them by Supt. Yorke and his
aides. They did not care to work out
side Of New York. they said, and they
would not do farm work. They would
not work in the woodward maintained
by the poor commission, and they
evinced marked disinclination to
work at anything or anywhere.
The hoboes are little short of riotous.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-13

THE reassembling of congress in De-
/ cember will bring thousands of
men to Washington from all parts of
the country, and from December l to
December II there will be a flood of
SpeechmakinS. Governors Of states
will be as numerous as last May, when
President Roosevelt called the heads
of the state governments together for
q discussion of the conservatism of
natural resources.
The first of the forthcoming meet
icgs. on December l. will be that of
the National Conservation commission,
organized as result of the conference
called by President Roosevelt last
spring. Addresses by President Rocse-
welt and the president-elect are ex-
pected.
The Southern Commercial congress
is expected to bring from 1000 to 1900
business men from the south to this
city The south has need of river and
herbor improvements, and the meeting