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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
MIR. MILLIGAN DEAD
WAS WE'LL KNOWN PLANTER or THIS
 COUNTY.
Since fs45 He Had Made His Home Near
 Ramer.--Died At the Age " of e2.

d
 The funeral of ]. B. Miiigan, one of the most prominent ana highly honorcd planters of this section of the State. was held from his residence near Banner at II o'clock yesterday morning. A number of Montgomery people and friends from locali- ties for miles around attended the services. Mir Milligan was well known in this city and had hosts of friends here.
 MT. Miiigan died Wednesday after q brief illness He was about eighty-two years old and his death was not unexpect- ed Until the past several years he was very active and energetic for man of his age but his health began to fail and he had gradually been growing weaker and weaker up to the time of his deceAse. He was man of unusual character and attachments and left the impress of his life upon the community in which he lived Since is4s he had made his home near Ramer and his sturdy honesty and unfailing kindness had attained for him the love of two genera tions.
 He is survived by five sons and one daughter. One of his sons. MT. R. M. Mill llgan. is resident of Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
Ten Lives Worth a Million or More.

Ten Lives WOrfh q MtAAt"A "
 New York World. ,,....a states who carry sl,ooo,0oO and more
 insurance on their lives, two wno
 carry s1,50e.0o0 and one who carries s4. o0O. .O0O. The latter is Rodman wan
 amaker of Philadelphia. who IS the
 most heavily insured man Tn me
 world.
 No. 3s Wall street. carries more in- surance than any other resident or New York, his policies aggresatins
 $1, ,500, 900.
 The millionaires and multi-million-
 aires of Philadelphia. In proportion 10
 their number. go In for life insurance
 more heavily than those or any otner
 city. Statistics gathered by The Tn surance Press and published yester- day show that 1s4 residents of Phila- delphia are insured for $33,o0o,O0o,
 while New York. with four times as
 many millionaires, has 4si residents
 insured for $57,000,000. Chicago mas
 1S5 millionaires insured for s2Aooo,-
 900
 There are 5,139 men in the United
 States insured for s5o,oo0 or more, the total of their policies aggregatinE s540,967,0o0. There are seven insured for an even million each; four insured for $500 .000 to $9O0.000, ten for $70o,- 900 to $S00,Oo0. two TOT SoVV,uuv 70 S70o. .O00 and thenty-nine for S5oo.Noo to $600.00o. There are l,t3e men who carry from Slo0,oO0 to s150,o0o each and 2T1 who are insured for s2oO eco to $300.000 each.
 Of the seven men who are Insured for Sl.0O0 900 each. one lives in Geor- gia. one In Illinois. one In Loulsiana. two in New York, one in Philadelphia
 and one In Wisconsin
 New York city has fifteen men who are Insured for from s400,O0O to si.- 500 ,00l; Philadelphia has fourteen in- sured for from S40o,000 to s4,o00, ,o0n; Chicago has five insured for from s4o0, ,0O0 to $1 100000: Pittsburg has five insured for from $tOo,ooO to sl.- O55. Baltimore has ten insured for from s200, ,000 to s600,000; Buffalo has six insured for from $2oo.000 to $s00,- 900; St. Louis has eleven Insured for from S200, ,000 to $600.o00; Detroit has eight Insured for from s200.00o to
 $500 000; San Francisco has i've In that class; Cincinnati has seventeen, Cleveland has six and Boston sixteen,
 with two more whose policies run up
 to $6O0,0Oo each.
 Milwaukee has sixteen who are in-
 sured for from s2Oo,0oO to S1. 1000, ,O0o Minneapolis five with policies ranging from S200,000 to $500, 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

next speaker. He addressed himse,i especially to the country teachers, tell ing of his own personal experience and giving them advice on dlfficult points that confront every teacnSr oe- ginning work in the country.
 A twenty minute recess followed after which Professor c. B. Wallace addressed the Institute. pursuing the trend of his previous lectures on draw ing. Professor Wallace illustrating his talk, drew with easy and rapio skill mountains. rivers and such nat ural objects upon the blackboard im- pressing vividly the principle of the methods explained. He was followed by Professor C. P. Bowman. formerly principal of the Citronelle schools but now principal of the Ensley High School Professor Bowman spoke in- on ''Fads in Education" his address concluding the days ses- sion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
Movement of Sir Vincent.

London, Sept. 3--Tha Forejgn er,ca was questioned today with regard to the statement from Caracas, yenesueIa, fhat the British Minister, Sir Vincent Corbett, was on his way to Trtnidad. whence he would communicate with ms Government on matters of vital lm- pOrtance.
 It has no adviees concerninr tha Ministers departure or pending depar- ture from Caracas. and thinks that possibly Sir Vincent is going to Trin- idad to investigate a local grievance in connection with the imposing by Ven. ezuela of an extra customs duty of 80 per cent. on goods entering venezleis from points in the West Indies.
 This question has been the subject of reports to President Castro and things have been dragging in a man ner characteristic of this South Amer ican Republic for some time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
HOLLANDS HEROIC AGE.
Her History Teens With Accounts Q
 Stirring Deeds.

Boston Globe. = .4 they own, and they have been among the greatest Highters that the world has ever seen. When their prowess , m the, past is considered. see nra n ns warning upon the belligerent lnleln- gence of Castro. lest by some strangs resurrection the spirit should reappear and navies of Europe tremble.
 For a thousand years the Dytch fought the sea waves and the fiver J1Rf WRich is % lower than the ocean. Dur Ing this time also they were IignSins the hardly less persistent and pitiless human enemies that assallea hths Netherlands with its eleven provinces. which Is more than third as large again as the original Dutch unisea than half the size of South Carolina.
 These Dutch in. some respects were tn strangest people that Europe ever knerw, for cstu wnilss 1isprAy spr war on land and sea they were converting mudho ole into garden and their inventions or useful means to healthSni ann aDna- a- er ern form to the thimble, were land marks in the history of European ciVi- Tha butch developed their extraor- dinary capacity as fighters in their proionEed resistance to the spanish tyranny which in extent ana Isrocity is almost unparalleled in history. rms resistance was the more ,remarkaplSS and the success that finally crownso ei if tha more astonishing when we con slider the resources of Spain, then the first power in the world; . ...
 This was In the latter half qf the sixteenth century, and by the pegth.. . ming of the seventeenth century the Dutch had created a fleet that made them the first naval power of the world, and with which their hardy ana daring seamen swept the e most ais-
 There was a long truce with spain and then A renewal of the war, wnen the Netherlands attacked the spanish possessions in the East lndies ana faid the foundations of the putch em- niye In that part of the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
S0SSMAN IS SHOT
YOUNG MAN OF OAKDALE MEETS
 DEATH.
Claimed By Companion That Shooting Was AccldentaI-- Body Car- ried to Mobile For In-
 0uest.

Mobile. Sept S.---(Special. )-owen Sossman. son of William Sossman, aged seventeen years, was accidentally shot and killed tonight while playing with pistol In Oakdale. Henry Leach Is being held pending an in- quest He claims the shooting was accidental
 Tonight at s:4S o'clock the body is being brought to the city and a cor oner's inquest will be held. Witnesses claim the accident was unavoidable It Is probable the young man will be released.
 Wigfall Was Injured.
 Tom Wigfall, Creole this morning about 10 o'clock while at work in the mill of the Verona Lumber Company In the northern part of this city was caught in belt and his left arm badly crushed. the member later being amputated. He resides near PrIeb- ard, five miles north of this city. He will recover.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
IS FINED s5.OOO.OOO
CASTRO PUTS HEAVY PENALTY ON
 FRENCH CABLE COMPANY.
Evidence in The Case Was Startling And Foreign Diplomats Are Involved in A Most Com-
 promising Manner.

Caracas, Sept, 24. (Monday.)- )-After more than three years of legal pro- cedure.s the civil court of first Instance of Caracas has delivered Judgment In the sensational case of the French Cable Company. The company has been found guilty of compiicity in the Mates revolution of 1908 and fined Ss,- 100000. Other damages also are to be assessed against it,
 The trial has been even more start ling than that against the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company, which also resulted in s5.000,o00 fine be- cause 1t has reached beyond the high officials of the Cable Company in Paris
 The evidence mentions in an al- legged compromising way even such ter for Foreign Affairs of France at the time of the revolution. It is Venezuela's claim that the French gov- ernment itself extended support to General Mates and M. Quievreux French Vice Consul at Caracas, was compromised by the documentary evi- dence which fell into President Cas- tro's hands. that he committed suicide in Paris rather than face the disgrace or charges from his government.
 The revolutionary suit. as 1t was called, was brought in July 19. 1905, and was based on great mass of documentary evidence consisting of part of the archives of the cable office at Caracas. which President Castro had secured from treacherous employe of the company. These documents, which were mostly copies of the messages sent over the lines. are alleged by the Attorney General in his complaint to prove that General Mates after visit ing the directors of the company in Paris, was offered every aid by them In furthering his revolution; that the venezuelan manager, Fernand JalIa- bert, was instructed from Paris to furnish every aid to Mates that as a consequence the operators in Venezuela placed themselves under the orders of M. Quievreux. who was the agent of the revolution In Caracas; that the cable employees were all revolutionary spies, that they secretly transmitted news to the revolutionists regarding the movements of the government troops; that the contents of govern ment messages were communicated to enlrd persons and to foreign powers. ana that the company used all its power to disseminate abroad ex- asgerated news aimed at disorediting the Castro government.
 President Castros action in closing up the cable offices without provIdinS TOT any other telegraphic eommunica. tlon with the exterior has been dis astrous 70 the commercial interest fin venezuela Several attempts have peen made to establish wireless com munlcation and to get other cable com panies to come in. but all have been unsuccessful. ''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
HAD FIGHT WITH CARRIER;
 THE DEPUTIES GOT HIM
Iaiiaposa Man Bound Over for FiRhtine
 Rural Carrier.

Charged with having lnterfered with H. L. Reeves. rural mail carrier, drawing him inte personal difficulty while he was performing his work. L. y. Golden, of Tallapoosa County. has been bound over to the federal grand jury in the sum of slo0. because he obstruoted the United States mall.
 The case was heard before United States Commissioner John A. Elmore yesterday morning. with the result mentioned, the Commission holding that no mattar how small the trouble was tho moral violation had been committed. It did not conte out at the hearing what the trouble was about
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
Firnt BnIe at Derntur.

Decatur, Sept. s--(Special.l l-Decatur received its first bale of cotton yester- day. The bale was brought In by Joe Landers, of SomeFyille this county. It was sold to J. W. Murphy for 10 cents.
 Cotton in this part of the State is opening very slow and 1t will be. at least two weeks yet before much pick ing is done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
MohiIians Co no Everrrcen.

Der of the members of the Uniform Rank. Knights of PythIas left this city today to attend the seventh district convention of the order which con vened at Evergreen Among them were John Few. Floyd Hartley, J. H Tomlinson, Thomas B. Altman and Frank J. Yukers. the latter of whom Is an officer of the convention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
Negroes in Affrnxs.

Mobile. Sept. -(Speelal)-There were two cutting affrays reported to the police this morning. The first oc- cured at Hamilton and George Streets when Willie Johnson severely cut Joseph York. The second occurred at 107 North Warren Street in which Evan Kennedy and Sally Riley were engaged. All the parties are negroes. No arrests were made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
MARINE NEWS.

Mobile. Ala, Sept. 3.--Arrived: None
 Cleared: Schooner NJ. J. Taylor (Rr1 Dukesha, Havana; steamer Fort Nor gan (Nor.) olsvik, Bocas del Toro.
 Port Eads. Sept s.-Arrived. Steam CTS Northtown (Amn Vanwilder Tampa; Momus (Amn.) Boyd, New York; Mexico tFr.) Jasseau. Tampieo: Corinto (Nor.) Gundersen. Port Linon; Red Hill (Br ) Dowell, Rio de Janeiro
 Sailed; Steamers Louisiana CBr Liverpool: Cuban (Br.) Lofthouse I.iv- erpool via Pensacola. Ellis (Nor) IT. gems. livingston via Belize, Port Bar rios and Punta Gorda; tug R. w. Wu- mot (Amn.) Spence. Mobile.
 New Orleans. Sept. 3.-Cleared: |: Steamers Oaxaca (Mex. Yharreta Ve- ra Cruz; Manchester Miller (Br Rob ertsOn, Rotterdam via Norfolk: P'ue- fields (Nor. Lange. Blueflelds via Cape Gracios.
 Galveston. Sept. S.--Arrived: Steam CTS Livingstone (Nor ) Olsen, Frontera; Fl Mar, Burns. New York; Mohawk (Br.) White. Tyne.
 Cleared; Steamer Fl Norte (Amn ) Maxson. New York.
 Sailed: Steamers Amerika Ger , Strunck. Bremen: Fl Mar (Amn ) Max son. New York.
 Key West, Fla. Sept. 3.-Passed Sand Key: 2nd, 5 ?. m, steamers Frutera, west; p. m, Paraguay. east; g p. m. Balakani, west: 3rd, a. m Kolm, east; ?. m., Clam, west.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
U. 5. POSTAL EMPLOYES ARE
 FORBIDDEN ACTIVE POLITICS

Orders have been isued to the various post offices of the country instructing the employees not to take part in politics. and especially not to contribute to campaign funds, The clerks. carriers etc. will be allowed 10 vote. and 1T they so will. express their opinions but they are not to take part In either local or national political institutions.
 A copy of the order received at the Montgomery post office yesterday nora ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
nexter Reene HeIfI.

Justice of the Peace Thrower this morning held Dexter Reese, q young man of this city, in a $500 bond for his appearance at the City Court ito an swer to serious charge made against him by Carrie Mcdonald, a l9-year-old girl. also of this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
REMAINS OF GARDNER
Young Man Who Died in Mobile VIII
 Re Buried Here.

Mobile, Sept. 3--(Special. )--The re- mains of Robert Gardner. who died here last night, will be shipped tomof- row to Montgomery for burial
 Mir. Gardner was in this S3rd year and had lived at Crichton for five years coming here from the Capital City. He had been i'll for long while
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
DEATH OF MRS. COLLINS.

Aged Woman of 0rrville Passes
 Away. Selma, Sept. 3--(SpeciaI )--Mrs. Eliza c. Colline died at her home in orrville today after a short illness. The deceased was one of the oldest and hest known residents of Dallas County and at the time of her death was 79 years old. POVHr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
The Exception Club.

The members of the Exception Club enjoyed an unexpected but thoroughly delightful session yesterday afternoon with Miss Rose Relss as hostess. There were three pretty prizes. which were won as follows: The first, an auto mobile scarf pin, by Miss Hertense Lasker; the second prize, a piece of necklace by Miss Bertha Bernstein, and the booby, hat pin which went to Miss Eugenie Marx. After the games lees were served.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
Frost in Infinnn

Indianapolis. Ind. Sept. 3-Frost last night is reported from many points in Indiana. but no particuIar damage has been done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
Turner-NIartin Weddlng.

A quiet wedding which took place at Spring Hill Inn on Monday WAS that of Mss Carolyn Hurly Martin and MT. A. H Turner, special agent for the Royal Fire Insurance Company.
 Those present at the ceremony were: Mr. D. Martin, father of the bride,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

Nursing Motshers and Malaria.
 The old Standard GROVES TASTELESS CHILL. TONIC, drives out malaria and builds up the system. For grown people and children SOC, --A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
DIR. SAVERS KILLED.

Shot to Death in West Virginia By W. w.
 Wilkes.
 Roanoke, Va. Sept. s.--A Biuefield, W. Va. special to The Times says: Dr. H. Howard Savers of Northfork w. Va, was shot and killed today by w wes- ley Wilkes. on a train at Keystone Statinn. There had been bad blood between the two men for some time and 1t is said the physician had threatened to kill Wilkes on sight.
 When they met at Keystone depot. Savers attacked Wilkes who then shot him. wilkes was arrested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

MT. Hammond Gayfer has returned from a visit to Michigan and other Northern resorts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
WILL STAY IN RACE
SHERIFF VAN FELT DECIDES NOT | TO WITHDRAW,
Claims Encouraging Promises or sup port---Crusade For More And Better sidewalks In
 Reuaar0ra.

Pensacola, Fla. Sept. 3--tSpecial)--- Sheriff James c. Van Pelt today an- nounced that he had once and for all decided to remain as the nominee of the Democratic party for sheriff of Escambia County, and that no persua- sion or criticism would cause him to change his mind. He is free to state that he signed an agreement to with draw in favor of A M McMiilan. clerk of the circuit court, and that the latter had also agreed to pay over a certain sum, provided the present sheriff would support him. but under the circumstances and the develop ments where the sheriff found that he had the support of many prominent citizens, he felt 1t incumbent upon him to break his agreement with MT. Me- Milan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
scudamore Is Insane.

George c. Scujamore, ex-cashier of the Pensacola Bank and Trust Com pany, and who Is charged with hav- ing embedded s5.000 of the banks funds. and was afterwards declared insane and sent to the state asylum, only to be declared there as sane and only feigning. has been declared hope lessly and incurably insane by the superintendent of the Illinois insane asylum. A letter received here this morning by friends of the former banker state that he has been an in- mate of the asylum for five weeks. and that the superintendent has pro- nounced his case as hopeless.
 Crusade For sidewalks.
 crusade for a better system of sidewalks was inaugurated in Pensa- cola today. when Mayor Goodman ad- dressed letter to the Board of Pub lie Works, citing that board to Sec tion e3 of the city charter, which authorizes the board to build side walks and give warrant liens upon the property to whatever contractor was doing the work. The board adopt ed the recommendation and instructed the engineer to prepare plans for the construction of ten miles of walks, the contractors to take as payment war rant liens bearing six per cent interest for period of three years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

Mrs. William Hunter and little son have returned from a pleasant visit to Waynesville. N. 0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

Mrs. Corinne Overton entertained the members of the Morning Bridge Club today. It was an informal but an un- two tables of players had enjoyed their bridge games dainty luncheon was served.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

Mir. George W. Beach of Birming' ham is in the city for few days
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
nox Parfx.

-
 Mobile. Sept. 3.--tSpecial. )--Miss Calhoun Smith. of Anniston was the guest of honor at a theatre party this evening at the park.
 The members of the young set who enjoyed with the guest of honor the attractive play and also occupied three boxes were: Misses Resale Fly bart Sadie Leathenburg, Mary Mote Rhett. Annie Carroll Hoffman. Mamie Goodbrad and Messrs. Marion Robbins, Prlngle Rhett. Greer Marichal. Hop kins Fitzpatrick. John Dugan and Pringle Rhett.
 Wedding Cards.
 Mr. and Mrs James Thomas Jett request your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Willie Mary, to MT. Edward Chapin Terrill, the wedding to take place on Wednesday evening, Sep tember 1e, at s:a0 o'clock at the St. Francis Street Baptist Church.
 pr. and Mrs. Henry Siade have is- sued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Willie Leona, to pr. Thomas Hamilton Gaillard, on tho af- fernoon of Tuesday, September 16. at 1:s0 at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Magnolia, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

Mrs. Goode and Miss Mabel Goode returned last night from Tuscaloosa where Miss Goode led the cotihon With MT. Freeman at the Sigma Nu hop,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

Mir. and Mrs. August Stroecker have returned from Cincinnati.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

Mrs. Nj. A. Townsend and daughter, Ruhy. have gone to New Orleans to spend a two weeks vacation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
NeDs of Mobile Society

her brothers, l.. F. and E. W. Mar tin, and her sister, Miss Martin. from Montgomery. MT. Turner was attend ed by Mir. Albert Glover, Brother R. w Joiner, Mir. William Morrill, and Mir. John Cunningham. Rev. Gardner Tucker performed the ceremony. after which the bridal party repaired to the Cawthon Hotel where a wedding break fast was served,
 Mir. and Mrs. Turner left on the af- ternoon train for New Orleans, their future home.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
"BURNING OF ROME"
Spectacle Rampant in Extravagance
 and Boundlcss MagnIficcnce.

In one of the most startling and marvelously sensational exhibitions of fireworks ever given in this section of the east, representation of the burning of Rome in the time of Nero will be given at the White City Friday evening. This is the first time that Manager Speck has attempted dis. play of pyrotechnics exceeding by a wide margin the extravagant specta- cles "The Deluge of Fire" and Mag ara Falls"
 For the Burning of Rome" a lavish expenditure will be necessary, but il has been determined. despite the cost to give the people something to talk about, both as regards the rampant extravaganza and sensational bound lessness of the magnificent picture tc be given.
 To carry out the plans for the ex- hibition several men have beer brought from Coney Island to assis in the work, and last night after the gates were closed a large corps was busy with the preliminaries.
 Money is scarce nowadays bu every one can afford to see this re- markahle picture of fire and flames It certainly will give them something to talk about for while.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-22
THE EQUITABLE BuLDING.

Some of the newspapers have is- sued sensational articles and fanciful pictures based on the filing by the so- cety with the building department of plans for d modern structure on the site of the present Equitable building. This has created some misapprehen- sion The society has adopted no definite plans for new building when 1t does the interests of policy holders will be carefully protected
 In answer to an inquiry from a policyholder President Morton has re- piled as follows:
 "The present building Is out of keeping with the value of the land on which 1t stands, and 1t is my opin- ion that sooner or later 1t will be necessary to replace 1t with modern structure built for revenue purposes only, Our estimates show that such building can be erected to yield ar income of approximately , per cent The present yield is about 3 per cent
 You have my assurance that noth- ing in the way of new construction will take place that is not in the ln' terests of the policyholders, and yor ought not to jump at conclusion: about things you see in the news papers,
 The Equitable Life Assurance Society
 of the United states.
 l PAUL MORTON, President.