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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
COOLIDGE Is NOMINATED.
Asus.ssnt secretary of state te Succeed
 Edwards.


 Washington, Feb 1z-Ths President sent to the Senate today the nomiua- tion of Louis A. Coolidge. Of Mnssas chusetts. to be Assistant Secretary % the Treasury to succeed J. H. Ed- wards. resigned.
 MT. Edwards's resignation wiu take effect in about thirty days It is said that he Is considering several offers ta connect himself with banking insfitu7 tions in different parts of the conntrys His management of an indspenaehk department of the Treasury during the recent financial Btrlngency is spoken of by the Treasury officials, including Secretary CorfeIyou. members of Corr gress and bankers generally, who had business with him. in the highest terns. Secretary Cortelyou stated today that ha very much regretted Mfr. Edwardaa leaving the Treasury Department, and that he held him in the highest esteem for his ability and faithfulness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
BOLD BANDITS SECURE S23,OOO Dynamite is Used on Missouri Bank. THE BUILDING IS WRECKED Heavily Armed Robbers Escape
 Easily. na'tIsd wth sAsrirs Posse as They Rode Away to the south in
 View of the Towns
 People.

Rich Hill Mo. Feb. si2--securing s2s.0oo in cash after dynamiting and totally wrecking the ss.0o0 building of the Farmers' and Manufacturers Bank in this city. i've bandits. heavily armed. terrorized the citizens here carly today and after exchanging shots with the sheriff's possee escaped to the rough country south of here.
 No one was injured by either the shots or the explosion. Many persona arrived in time to see the robbers fid- ing away. Some of the citizens opened fire on the fleeing bandits aud the robbers returned the fire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
OPPOSES THE MILITIA
ONE RESULT or LYNCHING IN .. MIssHssKFPT.
Legid1atOP Introduced a FeesOIutlon in Senate Locking to Disbandin9 Gmard Because of The Incident
 At BFookhaven.

Memphis. Tenn, Feb. 12-A special from Jackson. Mics, says.
 Because of the lynching of the negro. Eli Pigot, at Brookhaven, Mon day last, the Mississippi legislature will be called upon to decide whether or not to disband the state militia in times of peace.
 Senator Harper of Grenada, offered a resolution calling for this in the Senate today, specifying that it was in view of the Brookhaven lynchfng.
 'Pigot, charged with criminal as- sault. was taken from the custody of the military companies of Jackson and Brookhaven and shot to death. his body being later hanged to a telegraph pole.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13

men sustaining broken legs and arms but there were no fatalities. The foreman and his wife were in their home. but the dynamite failed to ig- nite. me superintendent's ofice was demolished. but he was out of the building.
 ~ Governor Torres has been notified and rur6les are already on the scene Eighteen Mexicans are under arrest at the mine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
FIVE KILLED IN STARCH
 FACTORY EXPLOSION

Providence. R. l.. Feb. 12.-+Five per- sons are believed to have been killed by the explosion of a mixer In the starch factory of c. g. Tanner late this afternoon. Three other persons were injured.
 The building was wrecked by the explosion and fire following complete ly wreck ed the plant.
 The dead: Richard Comes. John Dautt, Tony --, Mike ---. All these were workmen. Another man. A. L. 6 Chase. who was~in chaud- lary store which occupied a corner of the building, Is supposed to be buried in the ruins.
 The explosion is believed to have been due to spark from defective electric wiring, igniting the starch mixer prematurely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
No @uNwRITTEN LAv..
Woman Who Caused Tragedy Says She
 A.. Nof ATansn VVsfA


 BeIlville. H.. Feb. 12.-During the trial in the Circuit Court today of Clyde Cant. charged with the murder of Henry DIekerman. whom Cant ac- cused of having maintained improper relations with his wife, and who plead ed the "unwrftten law" fin his defense, a sensation was created by the sup- posed wife of Cant
 She was the only witness to the kill ing. Taking her place on the stand. she said: T am not the wife of Clyde Cant. My name is Cora simpson. We were together a year and a half but we were never married" :"
 The statement was a bomb shell to the defense. The provision of the law making 1t Illegal for a wife to testify against her husband had been relied upon by the defense.
 Cant followed Dickerman and the re- puted Mrs. Cant last Thanksgiving night. A fight ensued and Dickerman was stabbed to death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
LOSE nY THE sToRM.

Comnunsentien With AtIanta Has Been
 Restored.
 Atlanta Ga. Feb, 12-A loss ap- proximatlug szBO.ooo was caused in this vicinity bv the storm which swept across cenkraI Georgia Monday. The loss centers within fifty miles of this city and ts suffered chiefly by tele- graph and telephone companies.
 Communication was partially restor- ed 10 Southern points from Atlanta to- day. htFk she wires were in very bad condition
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
DH. BAXTER FOUND DEAD.
He Was . Proninent Physician

He Was . Prominent Physfcian Of
 Chaftaneosa.
 chattenoega, Tenn. Feb. l2.--Dr. c. A. Baxter. aged fifty-eight. one of the most prominent physicians in the city, and for many years the surgeon for the Queen and Crescent system here. was found dead fin his office at 2:l0 o'clock today. Heart disease was the cause of death.
 Dr. Baxter was one of the heroes of the yellow fever scourge in Chatta- nooga in 1878 and was an expert in that disease
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
WILL. LEAVE ALAMO.
Miss dezavnIa Stayed au Day in Ths
 Fort.

Fort.
 San Antonio. Texas. Feb. l2--AElss Adina Defzavala. lone defender o8 the Alamo. has capitulated. g Attorneys for the woman said to- night that she would retreat from ths historic building tomorrow morning and allow w. C. Day. state superinten4 dent of Buildings and grounds to as- sume control According to the terms of the agreement 1t is understood that Mir. Day will control the building and that portion which is rented until the courts take final action.
 Mir. Day did not enter the builaiuN at all today and Miss De zavala held the old fort defiantly against aii corners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
wARNEp RY NIeHT RInRRs.

EentuekIAa Finds Note on Door of
 Ills Home.
 Mayiield. Ky, Feb. 12.--Robert Ben- nett. a prominent tobacco buyer of this place, has found at the door of asia home a note warming him to cease buy- ing tobacco.
 With the notice was a bundle of hickory switches and a 44-calibre cart ridge. There was no signature. though the warning was written in the usual form-used by night riders
 Bennett has been buying tobacco for Gardner 6 Walker, the local agent for the Regie people. but resigned today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
CAPITOL GRAFT CASE.
Court Refuses To Direct JuRy To Dis.
 charge Defendants.

Court Refuses To Direct gury To Dls-
 charge Defendants.
 Harrisburg, Pa, Eeb 12.--The de- fense in the Capitol conspiracy trial made a futile effort today to have Judge Kunkel issue binding instruc- lions to the jury to discharge the de- fendants. Contractor ] Fl. Sanderson and former State Oficers Snyder. Ma thues and Shumaker on the ground that the commonwealth had not proved there had been coIlusion and fraud be- tween them in the furnishing of the Capitol.
 The arguments continued through out the morning session and were in un- dertone so that they could not be heard by the jury.
 Counsel was specially insistent that the court instruct the jury to acquit kfathues.
 The court declined to approve the motion of the defense and ordered the attorneys to proceed with the case. Exceptions were filed by the defense.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
a0BBED A PAYMAsTER.

Anaericnn Fickpocz<ets are Captured In
 Mexico.
 San Antonio. Tex. Feb. 12.--A special to The Express from Mexico City. says: Four American pickpockets robbed PayfnAeter Mariana Urdanivia of the zapadores Battalion of s5.4s0 as he was leaving the national bank with the money to pay the troops The theft was witnessed by a detective who caught two Of the men and recovered ali but S1n0 of the cash.
 The Americans gave fictitious names. The two who escaped are being tracked
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
rndInn nin pnnaen

Washington. Feb. 12-The Indian ap- propriation bill, after days of con alteration on the floor, was passed to- day by the House of Representatives., practically in the form recommended by the committee. The bill carries a total appropriation of approximately ss, 000,00o
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
TO DAM THE oAHABA.
House Paasen Representative Unaer-
 derwood's Biil.

WeFWWWNTH hNINs Washington, Feb. i2.-(specIai.l--- The House today passed Representa- tive Underwood's bill authorizing the CentreviIle Power Company. a corpor- alton organised under the laws of Alabama. to construct a dam across the Cahaba river near Centreville.
 The bill was finally reported from the Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Committee this morning and nefcre adjournment Mir. Underwood called pp the bill and had itl parsed.
 Alfred '. stofey
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
wHrTTAKnR Is HELD.
Former Inspector Gives ez.0o0 Bona Fcr
 Emr4her Hearing.

New orieans. Feb. 12--Fcrmer xns spector of Police Edward & Whifakers charged with shooting at Joseph Leve- que. a local newspaper man. with m tent to kill. was held for the action Of the Criminal District Court when the preliminary hearing in the case waa concluded this afternoon.
 After arrangements were made Tor q bond of S2,000. he was released
 Five detectives who accompanies Whitaker when he went to LeveQma's office, were discharged.
 whitaker testified that as lnHpsetox of Polica he ordered the detectiyss ta 10 with him to arrest Leveaue and they were discharged on theEe grounda
 Whl1aiIer resigned as inspector soon after the shooting occurred.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
nIurder In LsonINIana.

Lake Charles La. Feb. 11s--A $50 robbery caused the brutal murder Of two laborers on the Watkins Railroad. about sixty miles north of herN sarly today. The names of the have not been learned. The robbers cut the throat of one and shot the other n the back.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
wANTs FoREEGN IaosIEs.
Mfr. Rect wavoxs Governmemt Owmam&
 Buiiaipgs Fer Aeeatiens.

Buflaings Fer EeEmtiona.
 washinntoh, Feb. 12--SecretMry Nno% is strongly in favor of tho goverunsnf anauiriuw sites and conafruatsn# buiidings for the American empAsaieS and legations abroad.
 Tia Appeared before the Senate Cona~ nittee on roreign Relations today 10 explain provisions of the diplomatic ana consular hiit anA t was In tiltH connection he advocated She eefabliAhs { nlSrt nf harnnanert quarters for AnaeFs- can diplomatic corps in foreign capi- toia as
 ba made by the present Congress Co secure legations buildings at Pekln. China ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
nalIot ln Ixenfun1r,I.

Frankfort. Ky. Feb. 12.-Tha ballot for United States Senator taken today in joint session of the LeRialature was without result. The ballet resulfsd ae follows: Beckhan. SO: Bradev. kas wattsrscu. !; Campbell, 6; A1lans 1,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
Kine NIannel Receives.

Lisbon. Feb. liking Manuel form ally took up court life today when he received deputations from several Lis- bon associations and corporations who assured him of their sympathy and support
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
MExIcANs UsE pYNAMITE.
They Make Attempt on Lives and Prop
 nrAnr nR AunaarAnana


 Tucson. Ariz., Feb. 12.-An attempt to kill every American at the Santa Rosa Mine, near Sonora. twenty miles south of Douglas, was made Saturday last, when Mexican employees placed sticks of dynamite under a boarding house. the company store. and the foreman and superintendent's resi- dences.
 The first explosion was at the board ing house. It was demolished; fifteen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
SIX YAQtII PRISONERS
 DROWN THEMSELVES

 C. San Antonio, Tex, Feb. 12.-A c special to The Express from Ma c zatlan says;
 Q Sixteen Yaqui Indians deported c from Sonora and en route to the Q Isthmus of Tehuantepec and Yu- c catan. attempted to commit suicide Q by jumping into the ocean from c the government transport when a q short distance from this port. c Boats were put out and ten of . the number were hauled out of the c water The others were drowned. . Those rescued declared they pre- 6 ferred death to service on planta- . lions in the "Tierra .Caliente" or c "hot country of Mexico. It is re- c ported from Sonora that there are 6 now more than 1.500 Yaquls under 6 guard in that State awaiting de- c portation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
WEATHER FoREcAsr.

WnahlnNfon, Feb. 13~-For Alabama ! Local Fafns Thursday and probably Eridnxs fight to fresh east to soath- east winds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
BANK CLERKS INDICTED.

New or7eNas Men Are Charged With
 EmhexxEement.
 New Orleans. Feb. 12--Ipdictments charging eTnbezzlement were today re- turned by Federal grand jury against H. V. Ralston. former exchange clerk of the State National Bank. and against his assisfant. D. ]. Collins. The amount alleged to have been embezzled Is about e5.00o.
 / Thn State National Bank is now in process of liquidation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
be levied upon the lnstttutlons .hsy

be levied upon the institutions the,
 T diner with the President in hll remedies. because he has suggested ons after another, utterly impossible of nc complishment by the Federal Govern ment. Take the child labor bill thai in former messages has received hit warmest endorsement. Laying aside its unconstitutionality, which I shall discuss when the occasion presents it- self, 1t has terrified every manufact. uring industry in the land. because Il provides upon it's face that if q single child is employed In a manufaetory all the vast products. of that establish ment produced, by adult labor may be excluded from the channels of inter state commerce.
 -Take the capitalization of raiircads I have no objection whatever to this plan, but after the capitalization, then what will you do with your innocent stockholders and bondholders? How will you separate and distinguish the watered issge from the lawfua cspitad, d1 with these who have honestly and in. nocently acquired their investments ii can terrify them and that is about all
 MT. Rayner closed with a declaration that the financial question should not be regarded as party issue
 Mir. AHdrich Explmlna.
 Upon the conclusion of MT; KsyneE .
 
 had stated he was in favor or a re- explained that he. did not mean to say the present lay or the practice r unaes ess crisis through which the country has
 He said that on December srd the reserve reserve ssas. .Ooo ooo. and if they had held the amount, Senator Rayner urged, they should have. the amount would have been $2f6 ,o00.0 in gold and legal their vaults without regard to what they had in reserve cities for~the bank currency they hold.
 not q fair statement, because for two months prior to December 2, the coun- try banks. being unable to get money from the reserve banks. had been hoardfng their money.
 Admitting the truth of this state ment, Mir. Aldrich said he believed the reserve was in their vaults the pre-
 Mir. cuiberson explained that his bill. now before the Finance Committee to prevent banks from keeping their re- serves in other banks. was for the pur- eoaptss or tsspns bas sne WRsTs ceud Ss used for loans and for moving crops.
 A controversy arose as to whether such reserve could be used for any the banks, MT. Aidrich maintaining that it could not be taken out. Senator Hepburn as well as Mir. Culberson de- claring that it could be used in an emergency.
 Senator Taliaferro of Florida. taking offense at what he regarded as re- fiection upon him by Mir. Rayner, de- clared that his purpose in opposing the reserve provision of the Aidrich bsll was in the interest of the people of his state and not because of any fayoritism toward the national banks. K. Florida Senator had moved to strike out that provision. Mir. Aldrich apolo- gixed for having referred to anything that took place at a committee meet- ing. which, he said. he was prompted to do in a thoughtlees moment by the inquiry of the Maryland Senator.
 TfIIman Has An Amendment.
 Washington Feb. 12--An amend ment to the Aldrich currency bill was introduced today by Senator TKllrnAn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
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COAL MINERS STRIKE.

one Thousand Men Leave Work in
 Illinois.
 st. Louis, Feb. 12--A special to The Post Dispatch, from Duquoin. H., says about 1000 coal miners went on strike there today.
 Their grievance is dissatisfaction with the alleged inferior grade or blasting powder being sold them for use in the mine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-13
TtIImnn Haa A Amenament.

Wa8hinBt0n, Febs I2---An aneFid- ment to the Aldrich currency bill was introduced today by Senator TKlllnau.
 if provsd6s that the emergency cur Tennx soi Dc isnusd under the terms oz from circulation more rapidly then at the rate of S0.000. 900 month. which is in accordance with the present law. The pending bill removes this limita- tion.
 Mir. Tillman objected to the banks being permitted to inflate the currency by issuing s500.00o.000 in bank notes and then contract 1t at will
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-01
Special to Review.)

GLOBE, Dec. 31s-Contrary to the intimation given from the bench by Judge Nave at the time the demuf- rers in the alleged Coal land perjury cases were argued two weeks ago, the demurrers were not sustained and February 10th has been set as the time for hearing additional argu- ments on the same subject
 The perjury cases were found by the last Federal grand jury and are an outgrowth of the alleged coal land frauds in New Mexico which are at present the property of Phelps, Dodge company. Those indicted Tor perjury are prominent men in Ari- zona, most of them mining men, who were residents at Globe at the time the coal lands were entered. Among those indicted are Dr. L. D. Ricketts, at present general manager of the Greene Cananea company at La Can anea, and N. s. Berray, superintend- ent of the United Globe mines of this district, and several others equally well known, but not so prominent.
 It is said here that a conflict in the statutes caused the change fn the attitude of Judge Nave who will hear further argument in support of the den1urrers next February.
 After rendering his opinion, the court ordered that the order for Dr. Ricketts to answer to the indictments against him on December 30 be va
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-01
CAME TO STAY.
Return of the ProdisaI With Money
 and Large Check.

Return of the ProJisaI With Money
 and Large Check.
 Old home week had come, and the returned sons and grandsons were gathered together One after another they rose and told with pardonabie pride their achievements in the great world, impressing their importance on the stay at homes. At length Mr. Jameson spoke:
 'I went away from here twenty years ago poor young man, with only one solitary dollar in my pocket walked the four miles from my fa- ther's farm to the station, and there begged q ride to Boston on a freight car. Last night I drove into town be- hind spirited pair of horses, and my purse-guess how much my purse holds in money today, besides a large check g and Mir. Jameson looked about him with smile.
 Fifty doIlarsp'
 ''SeTenty-hvep
 "A hundredr' shouted the boys. filled with admiration. .
 No" said Mir. Jameson, drawing a large, fat purse from his pocket when the clamor mad subsided, none of you has guessed right. When I had paid the 9 cents to Ozzy Boggs for my re- freshing drive in the coach I had, be- sides my trunk check (which I retain ed for financial reasons), exactly 4 cents. I have come back. my friends. to stay. Any little jobs of saving and splitting will be gratefully recelv- ed."-woman's Home Companion
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-01
MEXICAN CARRIERS.
The carsadors Can Carry Enormous
 Loads on Their Shoulders.

The carsadors Can Carry Enormous
 Loads on Their Shoulders.
 Just as one finds the rickshaw every. where in India, so one finds the carga- dor in Mexico. Be Is beast of bur den. Tn general he is a comparatively small man, with broad shoulders and stout arms and legs. To look at him one would not think he would be able to carry heavy burdens. But the weight he can carry is surprising You have a trunk you can scarcely move. for instance You send for caTgador. He gets it upon his back. high up on the shoulders, and he marches of with it as easily as though it were play thing. A life dedicated to carrying heavy burdens has made this work easy for him. A slightly built Mexican will carry over 300 pounds or his shoulders for short distances.
 Until recent years almost everything in the City of Mexico and everywhere else throughout the republic was asar- ried upon the backs of-cargadors. If you wanted to move your household furniture you hired certain number Of cargadors. For house moving they generally work in pairs, each pair hay ing a hand truck, which they pick up and carry when 1t is loaded. for f has no wheels. In the City of Mexico there are stsu hundreds of these hand trucks. though one may now find plenty of carts, wagons and heavy moving trucks.-,dexIcan Herald.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-01

rs Jean Libbey among hundreds Of other books. Not very heavy reading. was itf But it made me forget used to get so interested in the adven- lures of those three guardsmen that l would even forget the narrow cell and the bad air and the bare walls. Pris- oners don't wear stripes any more. They have stars and bars instead. and if a man has a star he can have a newspaper. was a star man. The news that interested me most was about prison reforms and legislative action on certain bills affecting prison life.
 .'It used to puzzle me to see men come in, serve a few years. go out into the world and in a year or two. perhaps in less time. come back again. I have often asked them how they came to get into trouble second time. and the answer was always the same. They wanted a gay time when they got out, and they had it. usually spepd- ing the money they had earned in prison within a few hours of the time LHaI lnty blTuCh 1NeM lOIk. ucu lhGs either didn't want to work or couldn't get any work. and they stole. and then from bad to worse and back again.
 q have often thought that if first of lenders were given light sentences and ex-convicts long terms it would be more just and do more good. have known young men who had good rec ords before get fifteen years. At the end of that time they went out into the world hard and desperate. and they committed some other crime-and got fifteen months. It doesn't seem right does 1t? The man who goes to prison for a short term and for the first time usually learns his lesson and doesn't come back, but the ones that are sent up for long terms get callous and don't care. If I had the making of the laws I'd give the first offenders a chance to show that they were sorry, but if they fell down after serving a short sen, tence I'd give it to them good"