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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
A sTORY.
TeIIing Much of Interest of coIonial
 IHyw.

TelIimw Much of Interest of Colonial
 nnyw.
 The Last of the Houghtons,r is an interesting work by Richard Wallace Buckley and published by the Neaie Publishing Company. New York.
 In the Colonial days there lived in Virginia one Silas Iloughton, soldier, scholar and, later in life. Athat most incurabIe of all historical faddists. @ confirmed Egyptologist," a man at one time a representative of the British governments in Egypt During his long residence in Egypt, Houghton became the intimate friend of Teos Dyoneeus, a powerful native shiek. who gave his English friend "a faded papyrus roll. spurporting to be an e5Ekract from that portion of the famous Book Of the Dead which elaborated the ancient process of embalmment or mummifi- cation"
 Silas Houghton married the daughter of the sheik, Shura Dyonesus, and re- turned to Virginia. where he died in 17S0, bequeathing his Virginia planta- tion to his son John, 'in whom the idiosncrasies of his father lay dor mant, only to reappear with marked emphasis in his heir and only son, Edgar Houghton. a morbid, brilliant eccentric, to whom his father willeo the Virginia plantation with it's mys- tery-haunted old house and the VOW hallowed papyrus" given his grand father by the wise old shelk, Teos Dyouesus. Fy
 Now just because man Is eccen- tric is no reason why people should distrust and fear him, It is no reason
 why strange rumors should center around his house. his servants. his | comings and goings. But 1t is written that if man hold himself aloof from his fellows. he must pay the price Col. Edgar Houghton paid the price People looked after him fearfully, anc shook their heads, and whispered things that they dared not say ou1 loud. It was bitter price, but mar must reap what his fathers have | sowed.
 1 MT. Buckley has written a story oi mystery startling and terrible. weire almost beyond acceptance in the ligh of today. when we bury our dead and, unforgetting. turn resolutely tC | face the loneliness.
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guar.lu Arasnaf Eyuales,

A Hypsy van containing eight per- sorn-father mother and six children wae turned out of Belgium by the gen. darines of Aabange. The French gen. darnes at tho little frontier town of Eaints Mont Martin. acting upon the new instructions issued by the prefect forbidding the entrance into France of pennilesS nomadss refused to let the Kypsieg cross the frontier.
 That happened October 1, 1907, and ever since the hopeless gypsies have camped there midway between the French and Belgian gendarmes. they are permitted neither to so back into Bel- gfum nor to come forward into France, For over two months their dingy van ana lean ponies have been halted there.
 Kindly folk have provided the gypsy-foik with foou. but so long as the two governments refuse to yield, they are doomed to finger there in nomans land between the two from tiern A special guard has been set asx,fki sssIk ReiRken side. evarR tsSs aslsxa hours t. is changed; and d;A and night the grfm little geldarm, of Leopold guard their native faaiH against the possible invasion of those eigni eypefee
 France has taken the matter ever snore seriously and has built a comfort abln wooden shed for the use of 1t: brave men who are repelling the ter rible gypsy horde of man, woman ana six ragged children. Up to the present Erace has expended nearly three hun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
rnvnnion ef Flnland.

Following the Czar's challenge to the Finnish Diet on the question. of the military contribution, preparations are being made for the invasion of Finland. The plan Of occupation in force drawn up ky General Kuropatkin in 1908 will be followed. The Russo Finnish from tier station, Bieloostrof, formerly merely occupied by a customs guard, is now garrisoned with five battaiions of infantry.
 The first measure will be the seques- tration by Russia of the Finnish State railways, which will be operated by Russians. One hundred and fifty en. zine drivers. now engaged on the Mos- COW, St. Peaersburg line, have receive ed notice that they may be required to shift to another road. Their destt- nation Is Finland.
 The invasion of Finland by Russian spies, which preceded the last attempt to deprive Finland of her liberties Is being repeated Finnish Senators and that they are being watched and fol- lowed. The notorious General Zein, the late Bobrikoff's chief assistant last week arrived in Helsingfors. One pro- posal Is to declare Finland a Russian province with a purely Russian adrnin- istration. milder proposal is to ans mex Russia to the Finnish frontier pros vince of Vyborg.
 A worse rumor is that General Rem nenkampf is to succeed Gerard. the present Liberal Finnish Governor. Rep- nenkampf's record Is that of a sanguins ary butcher, and he has been down on the terrorist assassination list for over two years.
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O OtHUcANNASs Union Springs Herald.

After two months trial of pro- hibitlon. Elba decides to re-establish her dispensary. claiming. among other things, shortness of revenue for the town, which cripples the schools. Union Springs has tried the absence of the dispensary for two months, and we believe the sentiment that did away with the shop is stronger than 1t was two months aEo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
CANNOT SCARE KING ALFONSO Spanish Autocrat Is Not
 Alarmed.
 -s-- SHOWS SELF IN PUBLIC Not Awsd by Disaster to House of
 Portugal. ss<iety orsaaisasser h Fari. Te Per vssuate Deed. of FreneA weme.
 whs Eisarsa In TAe
nY HENRI DUBOIS.

Paris. Feb. 2e. Evidently the as- sassinntion of King Carlos of Portugal and his son have failed to scare young King Alfonso of Spain for that young snan is DO more afraid of showing him self in public than he has ever been and that even under conditions which make it impossible to guard him.
 AlDhonso has new hobby besides enthuaiaat and is rapidly becoming an expert with the long maliet From England he has imported a number of ponies and may be seen at the game almost any morning with dozen of- neers Of tfa guard.
 1k is hia intention to invite the 18th British Laucers, of which regiment he is colonel In chief, to visit Madrid in order Co play a series of exhibition games there.
 Lawn tennis is another game of which the young monarch is very fond and he is having private courts laid out at each of his palaces. Queen Victoria. who is getting rather stout may often be seen playing with her husband who enjoys keeping her on the go.
 The Kings love of outdoor sport is having marked efEect on his appear ance and no one would in the healthy, agile aunburnt young man recognize the awkward slckly looking boy of a few years ago. All danger of consumption ia evidently gone and this is solely due to the Kings love of sport and fresh air.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
HarrIInan Worries Roosevelt.

baVHnnah NtWs.-
 MT. E. H. Hartman was a delegate to the last Republican National Con- ,vention There is a report that he is a candidate for delegate to the next con ventiou. He resides in the Twentieth Congressional District of New York. The Roosevelt packers are worried about Hartman and say that it will never do to have him as a member of the Chicago Convention
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cr,ticiue. secretary Taft.

German papers are commentine widely on the speech made by the American Secretary of War, William H Taft, at Concord. N. H., last week.
 The "Vossiche zietung" says editor ially that the utterances of the Sscrs-
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Protert Agatnat VatIcan.

IJnless Pope Plus decides to use less sharp means in the fight against mod eruism, the conference of German bish- ops now in session at Cologne has in- formed the Vatican, there will be se- rious anti-religious outbreaks in Ba- varia, the very stronghold of Catholi- cism in Germany.
 Because his teachings on many points differ from the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church. Professor Joseph Schnitzer, of the Munich University was accommodated by the Pope a short time ago and as he was exceedingly popular with the students, these having daily demonstrated in his favor and nearly Iynched Professor Bardenhaw- CT who spoke against him.
 So serious has the situation grown, that the Rector Of the University has reuuested Professor Schnftzer to leave inc country temporarily. and he has gone on a vacation to Tyrol until the students shall have quieted down.
 There is also great indignation against Archbishop von Albert because he has forbidden the priest Graindinger' n member of the Bavarian Diet, to give a series of political lectures to young rnep
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For Lasy Personn.

It will be comforting to many lazy people to know that the shock of im- mediate rising in the morning may pro- duce insanity, and that a wakeful rest in bed is necessary for ones health he- fore getting up.
 This great truth has long been recog- nized by thousands of people, hut it remains for Dr.. Savary, the scientist. to give 1t scientific corroboration.
 The members of the French Acad- emy of Sciences nearly smiled yester- day when Dr. Savary warned them of the grave dangers arising from lmnle- diate rising.
 The strenuous business man who is called at an early hour, and bolts from his bed to his bath as soon as he opens his eyes. renders himself liable to a number of ailments. including madness. t
 According to Dr. Savary, it Is abso- lutely necessary for every one to rest in bed for at least twenty minutes, af- ter being called. before getting up
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rrankIln,s French Reuidence.

Ben1amin Franklin's residence in Paris when he was first United States Minister to France. has just been de- molished. It was one of the quaintest old buildings in Paris. being simply a New England homestead planted In the middle of Paris. not far from the Presidential mansion. ~ ~
 The house was probably built by Franklin himself when he came to Paris soon, after the Declaration of In, Fdevendence. Only the first. floor rooms had brick walls. above the house was of timber. and 1t was covered with di- 1apidated tiIe-roof. There was an out side staircase ascending. to the garret, and the house was surrounded by a real old-fashioned New England board fence.
 If this historic house had been in better condition, it would probably have been saved from destruction and per- haps transferred to America. But it was tumblipg into ruins, and had long been uninhabited, with the exception of a little wine shop at tha corner Now the house has been swept away. with other old houses, to make room for modern buildings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
DUKE LUDWIG AN ENGINEER
 - Will Come to America
 lncognito. TO STUDY HIS PROFESSION German Papers Accuse Taft of
 Inconsistency. c.ar of Ra.-la I. rrepariss Al In- va.ion Of Finiana Ana serieu.
 Tre4sies May Be
 Expected.
BY wALTEn nUNKIRx,

Berlin, Feb. 2e.--A royal electrical engineer is what Germany will have within two years for Duke Ludwig Wilhelm of Bavaria, has entered the Munich Technical College and will de- vote the next two years to the study of electrical engineering. After that he will go to America and spend al least a year studying there in strict incognito.
 While Duke Ludwig is the first mem Der of any royal family here to take up engineering. the fact that he has done so is less surprising when one remembers that he Is the oldest son of Duke Karl Theodore of Bavaria. the famous ocuiist, whose whole life has been devoted to his science and who Mas cured thousands of poor people iu all parts of the country.
 The Duke has aIways wished that his children should learn trade or profession and he was delighted when his son declared that he wanted tc take up studying, instead of fdlins away his time ct court or entering the army towards which Karl Theodore had no friendly feelings.
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 dred dollars in. this gallant struggle. Belgium has probably spent as much And nothing has happened
 Only the gxpsv ponies have grown leaner; and the canyas-covered van is falling in pieces in the winter wisd and rain, and always France is on the uui vive and Belgian watches
 Comic az this situation Is. 1t is not without precedent since the European government began few months ago to drive out the unfortunate gypsies
 The scrimes charged against them are not very serious-fiIching chickens. stealing hay. telling fortunes: but the rural population throughout central Europe has forced the governments to send these eternal wanderers on their way. For over five months some fifty of theso nomads were blocked on tpe Franco-s Swiss frontier and neither nation would let them pass
 Finally a compromise was made and the gypsies were permitted to slip away by night on condition they should gain Germany. So for the moment they have vanished.
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Hener Freneh Hereises.


 France for the purpose of erecting a monument in honor of the many wo- men who distinguished themselves dur ing the Franco-Prussian war. The number of such heroines Is far great CT than generally supposed.
 Among the women who actually fought In battles was Mime Lix who Joined a body of trapc tireurs and who distinguished herself at Nonpate- iize.
 Mime. Lix who was more than forty years old at that time had already won her Iaurels before the war bsoke out. She was governess in a Polish family during the great fnsurrection of 1883 and when the chateau was at tackled by revolutionary peasants she picked up a gun and helped to defend 1t untiI the arrival of troops.
 The youngest heroine of the Franco Fwussian war was MmeLaurtin Proust. daughter of the maker of wooden shoes at Chateaudun. She was only eigh- teen years but never was soldier cooler under fire than she. During several battles she carried ammunition to the soldiers on the firing line atd- ea by her brother boy of twelve. A soldier was wounded at her side. and she. picked him up In her arms and carried him through hil of bull lets to the hospital
 The oldest heroine was Mime de Saint Guilhemn who was driver of an arn- buiance at Janville. After the battle of Patay the Germans drove away q number of wounded prisoners who were nearly fainting from loss of blood, but the officers in command insisted that they must march on. M
 Mme dc Saint Gull hemn intervened and demanded that the wounded men be turned over to her. The officer shrugged his shoulders and she took hold of the bridie of his horse and told him that he was a miserable cow ard who deserved to be stripped of his uniform.
 For this, she was arrested but her eIoquence made It's impression upon a high officer who allowed her to take the wounded men to a house shs had prepared for them.
 A famous painting of this incident may be seen in one of the picture gal iaries of this city.
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fl = tary are surprising. and that there Is strong contrast between former as- surances of the American government and the cordial reception of the United States battleship squadron at Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso as . move of America against Japan because the South American States are opposed fo apanese immigration.
 The paper points out that only a short time ago, Secretary Taft wss In Japan. and there made several speeches strongly expressing his love of and de- sire for peace between the two countries It Is also remembered that some years ago another Minister of War went te Japan and tried to persuade the Japan- ese by making speeches. The trip of General Kuropatlrin to Japan changed nothing for both Japan and Russia continued to prepare for war and the rattiing of swords was heard contin- ualiy until the war finally broke out Also the speech made by Secretary Taft has the ring of cold steel
 No American statesman has ever be- fore so plainly expressed the idea that it Is necessary to shRke mailed fist in the face of the yellow race. and the nearer the American fleet goes to its finai goal the more stormy the weather Erowa.
 Crown Prince Active.
 Grown Prince William, who has been learning the civil service routine at Government office desk for the past few months, is now turning his atten- tion to technical matters. and for the sake of getting practical knowledge. he is to apprentice himself to great engineering concern. where ne VIII make himself familiar with the man ufacture of machinery.
 Before beginning his apprenticeship the Prince will prepare himself by tax ing a course of theoretical mechanics at the famous Charlottenburg Techni- cal College, at Berlin, where special lectures will be delivered for his bene- it. He will be the grst Hohenzollern prince who has had the benefit of a systematic training in technical sci- ence.
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 Another factory of counterteit Rus sIan bank notes has heen discovered at Charlottenburg and bogus 100 roubie hills Amounting, to nearly half mil lion roubles were seized by the police.
 When the police guided by Russian secret service men broke into the mousse where the printing plant was located thew found two men and 8 woman so busy making money that they dio not even hear their approach.
 The couuterfeiters, who are all very suIien and defiant, declare that their arrest does not matter as 1t will aot he possible to connect them with any Russian revolutionary organization and boast that they had almost finished their job.
 The woman laughingiy said that they had made and put into circulation enough money to pay the cost or the Russo Japanese war.
 The house was thoroughly searcheo hut with the exception of the plates. the finished bills and small stock of paper nothing was found ana three nrisoners refuse to give any inferma' tion which might lead to tReir identi- fication.
 It is thought that the men are stu- dents and the woman is evidently o1 good family. speaking French, German and even English, language spoken by very few Rusisans-
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A uniaue ExposItion.

A most unique exposition Is to be held at Dresden during the summer of 1912 Although all the exhibitors will be Germans there will be exhibits from every part of the globe.
 The exposition is to show Germany as the center of the world and Ger mans living in the United states, Tn Russia. south America. Siebenburgen. Australia. China, Asia Minor and the German colonies will be asked to ex- hibit.
 one hundred and four delegates rep resenting German corporations and in- stitutions throughout the world are az present at Dresden to take the nrsI steps towards arranging the exposition
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Items from All Parts Of the World
Carefully Selected from the
Press kilograms.
A Weekly Digest Of the Most important
Facts and Happenings for Busy
Readers.
MISSOURI BEAUTY A SUICIDE.
Most Beautiful Woman In State
Kills Self for Love.

May Williams. the most beautiful
young woman in Missouri. committed sui.
eide in Kansas City. The refusal of her
parents to allow her TO marry the man
of her choice and their threat that they
would stop the proposed wedding by send
ing her to u school caused the suicide l,c-
sides being noted for her beauty Miss
Williams was an heircss. Had she lived
she would have come into $4,000 in u
few months. Last year Miss Williams
was winner in voting contest to deter
mine the most beautiful woman In the
State. Although hut " years old. the
girl was noted for her attractive features
from girhood. In the contest she was
an easy winner. and since then has been
known as the Missouri beauty" The
love affair whicl, caused the girls death
began some time ago. Her parents de-
clared that she was too young to marry
and ordered her to stop preparations for
the marriage. This the girl refused to
do. and was told that unless she agreed
she would he sent to the girls industrial
school at Chillicothe. The other night
Miss Williams asked her parents IL they
would withdraw their opposition. They
refused again. The girl then went to her
room and took carbolic acid. She was
unconscious when found and died shortly
after
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
TORTURE AM ROB TWO WOMEN.
Masked Men in Pennsylvania Get
Small Sum, but Miss $500.

Three masked men entered the home OF
Miss Maria de Garmo. in n remote part
of Washington County. Pennsylvania.
after batterng down the door. bound and
gagged Miss de Garmo and her niece.
Miss Lizzie Hartman. the only occupants
of the house, and robbed them of their
jewelry and small amount of cash.
Carpets were slasliSi. mattresses ripped
open and chests broken into. When no
large sum of money was found the wom-
Ell were tortured until the elder one faint
ed and the men left. Miss Hartman,
bleeding and cut. ut last freed herself
from the ropes and released her aunt.
Sums of $1,000 and $500 which had been
received the day before for Il timber tract
were found where the robbers had over
looked them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
HAIL STORM DESTROYS CROPS.
Nine Counties In South Dakota
Swept--Loss on Many Farms.

Nine South Dakota counties. including
walwortb. Mcpherson. Edmunds. Brown,
Faux, Sphinx. and Clark. were swept by
a hail storm. which ut some points was
forty miles in width. Reports indicate
that the loss to crops will be from % per
cent to total The loss would have been
enormous were It not for the fact that
much of the grain has been cut. The
heaviest damage reported is In the coun-
try from Ashton to the Clark County
line. where harvesting had not been pro.
crossing rapidly. Mound City. in Camp
bell County, reports twenty-five farms
SWEPT clean by hail.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Turkish Minister Is Recalled.

Mchmcd Ali Bcy, the Turkish minis.
ter to the United States. admitted that
he had received adviccs from his govern
ment recalling him from his post in
Washington. Mundii Bcy. consul gencr-
al of Turkey at New York, has been APP
pointed charge daflaircs pending the ar
rival of new minister,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Nine Lost in Shipwreck.

The Gloucester fish schooner Maggie
and May, an eighty-fve-ton ship owned
by G. Dennis, of Gloucester, was run
down at sea by the German schoolship
Fryca, and was lost with nine of her
crew. including Capt. Erick McCathoran.
The accident occurred sixty miles off the
Nova Scotia coast.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Suicide Closes Two Banks.

Following the suicide Of John G. Lund
Of Minneapolis, "the land man" and one
time millionaire, two banks, of which Mr..
Lund was president, closed their doors
in order that the accounts might be
checked and the securities examined The
banks are the Robbinsdale State bank
and the First National bank of Belle
PLANE. 1t is declared by those In charge
that the closing will be temporary.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Kills at Station; Nearly Lynched.

Frank Mccormack, a hotel bus driver,
was shot and instantly killed by James
Goodlove, proprietor of rural hotel at
the Pennsylvania railway station at Up
per Sandusky, Ohio. A mob attempted to
lynch Goodlove. Women on the depot
platform tainted and panic followed
the shooting. The men had long quar-
relied over business rivalry
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Four Killed In Train Wreck.

Four persons were killed and four
others were injured, two probably fatally,
when an engine on the tramroad of the
Livingston Lumber Company struck q
COW and plunged into a deep ravine near
Livingston, Texas.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Rooms Customers Rob Dealer.

Unconscious from blows on the head,
Frank Spadaro, a wholesale fruit dealer
In Boston, was found by his employees in
a basement to which he had gone with
two pretended customers, and $1,000
which Spadaro had in his pockets was
missing.