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The Jewish outlook., 1908-02-21

charity is as wide as the world, as
broad as the heart Of mankind; pity
and compassion require no religious
dogma, are bound by no racial or ma
tional confines. Generosity and help
fulness to the weak have been prac-
ticed by the heather, too, not only by
the believer in one God; to label any
virtue whatsoever as something that
was copyrighted by any one system OF
faith is an outflow of that blind arro-
gance which characterizes the spirit
of fanatic. intolerant sectarianism.
When we speak of Jewish charity
we do not mean to reflect on others as
our interiors: we are referring simply
to the fact that the Jews have thel"
characteristic way of practicing help
fulness. that they have early begun to
study its problems that, when the his
tory of mankind's progress in charity
will be written. our contribution to
the understanding and the solution of
its problems will be found to be of no
small Importance.
Lore Of Kindness.
There is. then. such thing as Jew
ish charity in this sense that, from the
earliest times. the Glove of kindness y
has been an integral element of Ju-
daism along with "thc doing of jus,
tice' and the walking humbly with
the Lord your God"
In our Bible there is not sounded
any deeper or hearticr note than the
constant appeal on behalf of the
stranger. the widow and the orphan
| should only be repeating what is
familiar to the most of you if | re-
minded you of the outpouring of
charity that accompanied. i'm old Pal
estine. the gladstone harvest season:
if sought to string together the pear!
wreath of immortal verses that urge
the claims of the poor. if re-echoch
the stirring appeals of prophet and
lawgivcr on behalf of the helpless and
the downtroddcn. if enumerated the
laws and regulations that were en-
acted for their benefit. The very
spirit of charity breathcs in Abra-
ham s treatment of his orphaned
ncphcws. in .Ioscph's forgiveness of
his brother s crime. in the mcclincss of
Moses. the patience of David with
Saul's iniirmiiy. in thousand trifiing
or important acts of hospitality and
generosity. of humanity and iorbcar-
ance. until we cannot wonder mt such
an episode rs that related in the his
tory of Ahab. where the servants of
the Syrian Ben lIadad advise him To
throw himself entirely upon Ahab s
mercy: for. say they. the Kings of
the House of Israel are kindly Kings. -
Il. Kings. 20. 81.
But the Bible has become. in some
senses at least. the property of man
kind: centuries upon centuries gap
between those days and our own: the
life of the dispersed Jew in tie medi-
eval ghettocs was something widely
different from that of his ancestors in
the land flowing with milk and honey:
can it he said that the Jew under rab-
binicaI statutes proved himself the lc-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
U. D. (. OF SPOKANE
SOUTHERN WOMEN OBSERVE THE
 DAVIS CENTENNIAL.
Afv. wiften WeaFiaw His Grey Una- form Gives the Rebel Yeil for N0rthweatern Au-
 dtameC.

Spokane. Wash. June -CspeciaI.) ) Daughters of the Confederacy of Mildred D < Lee Chapter of Spokane. ob- served the tooth anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis at the home of Madam slapp. HOT shannon Street. where. while Dixie" was being sung by the guests. M, R. Wittan. wearing the uniform Of gray in which he saw service in the early sos, revived the yell. Thaaa famous by the Confederate forces mora than hAlf century ago.
 He also told stories 0R the atfenuous days in the Southland. The chief ad- dresH was deilfered bx Rev. W E Armfiefd. who spoke of President pa vie as | Soldier. statesnaan and | Man of Integrity.
 Mrs. e. W. Darby read paper to the children from the subject South ern History as an Inhsrltage to be Proud of" A delightful recitation was rendered by Mrs. M < Caldwell. re- cent arrival from Virginia, who gave as an encore "A True Picture of the coloted Race in the South"
 'Patriotism of the Southern People From the Revolutionary Time to the Present" was the title of a recitation by Mas Minnie Slapp. and there were vocal and instrumental selections.
 The roonis were prettily decorated In the Confederate colors and roses. the favorite flower of Jefferson Davis. Re- Treatments were served.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
TO TEST NEW LAW
FATE or RA0E TRACKS IN THE
 BALANCE.
Withouf Betting, HoFeS Racing Cannoi Thrive, Declare Many Prominent PerbOma Who Are Qualified to
 Pass Judgment.

New York, June i4--In the early days of this week. added interest prob ably will be lent to the horse racing situation In New York If the statement is true that legal proceedings will be begun immediately to test the consti- tutionalIty of the new Agnew- Hart auti-race track betting law.
 Many persons qualified to pass 1udg- nent on the situation, declare without betting. horse racing cannot thrive. and that the racing powers realize the ne- cessltyeaOf making some nlM a at once sto strafKhten out the tang Tn order to do this, it Is said. thrSS test cases will be prepared. Two points, 1t Is de- clared will he raised---wh ether It Is H. legal to post odds against q horse and what in the eyes of the new law. eon- stItutes a bet and to what extent pri- Rate wagering may be indulEed In. The present plan is said to be to have three well known layers of odds arrested SO that general construction of the law may be had. a4
 The feature event of the events this week swi1l be the running of the his- toric suburban handicap at Sheeps- head Bay Friday. For this race, which ia for stlaree-year-olds and up, at one and quarter miles. the best horses In America are eligible to start for the $2s.0O0 purse, among them Ballot, Co., in and Celt of the Keene stable: Fair Play from the Belmont stable, Mont gomery, Charles Edward, Dandelicn, Saividere. Master Robert. Frank Gill and McCarter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
.B0NAPARTE TO STAY
HAS NO DIFFERENCES WITH THE
 PRESIDENT.
A Public Statement Is Issuea From the White House Denying All Pub
 lIahed E1umora to the Contrary,

F Washington. June 14.--"The Presl- dent and Attorney General Bonaparte intend to go out of ofiice on the fourth of March and MT. Bonaparte has just as little idea as the President of going out sooner"
 This statement was made at the White House today in reply to rumors that there existed a serious difference between the President and his Attor- iey General that would probably lead to MT. Bonaparte's leaving the cabi- net very, soon after the Preslden tiai election. The special differences cited in thIs connection. related to the re- moval of District Attorney Rulck and United States Marshal Rounds of Idaho which 1t was declared was opposed by MT. Bonaparte and Insisted upon by the President and In relation to alleged differences over bringing suit against the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad Company.
 At the White House today 1t was de- ciared that the removal of Ruick and Rounds was determined on six months ago. but 1t was deemed best to wait until certain suits on which they were engaged were concluded and then to have Assistant Attorney General Cool ey go to Idaho and while on the ground recommend who should be their 'suc- cessors MT Cooley's reeommenda- tions have been received and after the Attorney General calls at the White House tomorrow. the appointments will doubtless be agreed upon. 1t Is positively asserted that there has nev- or been the slightest difference of any kind between the President and the Attorney General in regard to this matter both agreeing that the charges against Ruick and Rounds Justified their reu1OyQL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
KILLS WOMM AND HIksELF
  Deed of a rmingham
 Eles .ician. MRS. VAN HoosER HIS VICTIM Luther Rurchfield Stays Object of
 His Affection. Terrible Tragedy Enacted at Her Home sunday Afternoon Throws the seuthsiae Into Unusual Excitement.
 

Birmingham, June l4.-(speciai. )--- Luther Buschfield. aged 2l years. g journeyman electrician. this afternoon shot and fatally injured Mrs Meldreth Van Hooser. wife of a railroad en- gineer. but separated. and then turned the pistol on himself and sent a bullet through his body. infiictins a fatal wound.
 He visited the home Of Mrs. Van Hooser, near South Highlands. and af- ter calling the woman to the door. began firing on her. There was a struggle and another woman appeared on the scene and was shot at.
 After Mrsy Van Hooser fell to the floor, wounded twice in the abdomen, the young man walked. into the front room of the house and sent the bullet through his body. intending to strike his heart.
 Two years ago Burchfeld met Mrs. Van Hooser at local skating rink. There was an infatuation and the young man paid much attention to her, but against The will of his parents. :. His infatuation for the woman brought on the tragedy today The home of Mrs. Van Hcoser Is al 712 South Twentieth Street. just at the foot of Pearson HlIl on South High- lands, and being on prominent thor oughfare the tragedy caused consider able excitement.
 BurchfleId locked the door when he entered the house and 1t was nearly half an hour before any outsiders could get Into the home.
 Both Burchfield and Mrs. Van Hoos- CT died soon after the shooting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
PLEASED WITH TEST
METCAT.F AND TAFT EXPRESS
 THEIR OPINIONS.
It Has Been the Belief That Torpedo Would Sink BatfIeship, But This Has Been Dlspreved
 NUvN.-


 Washington. June l4--That the test of. the monItor Florida in Hampton Roads yesterday with a whitehead tor pedo was highly satisfactory and will repay the government a hundred fold. was the opinion expressed tonight by Secretaries Metcalf aSd Taft. who wit messed the test. The Secretary of the Navy, accompanied by MT, Taft and Postmaster General Meyer together with a number of army and navy ofii- cera. arrived here from. Norfolk this morning aboard the Mayflower.
 fThe charge of gun cotton was greater than the torpedo used in tho ordinary whitehead' said Mir. Mctcalf, land yet the damage done was con. fined to the bulkhead selected for the experiment. The vital parts of the vessel and the arr1or plate elsewhere had previously estimated the cost ok the experiment at approximately $40. OOO and I. do not think 1t will exceed that amount, but the information ob. tained as a result of the test will re- pay the government hundred fold While. we have always had the best construction in our ships and have had ni,merous tests with armor plate, we have lacked the knowledge that comes from experience gained under condi' tIons of actual warfare"
 Tn speaking of his impressions of the test. Secretary Taft said:. .'Tt has been the belief that a tor pedo would sink a battleship. but yes- terday's test shows that such is not the case. The torpedo penetrated the half inch outer shell and the door Of a second compartment. Of course. . mine would have a more serious ef- feet"
 MT. Taft was greatly impressed with the new military nasts of the Florida, which had been tested recently with a twelVe-inch gun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
NEGRO THIEF RELEASED.


 Kansas City. Mo, June id.-That the Kansas City police department had the thief who stole the mail pouch which was one the way from Los Angeles to New York and which contained money and valuables in excess of S5o,0O0s un- der arrest last week. but relea sed him because of no definite charge against him. was brought out today by investi- gation made by Government inspectors.
 The pouch was stolen, 1t develops. from the platform of the union station on the night of June 6. ThesfoIlowing morning patrolman arrested a no- gro. At police headquarters he gave the name of Charles Stewart. The desk sergeant took large amount of money and several valuable articles of jewelry from him. The charge against him was changed to vagrancy. and the next morning the negro was released In police court and ordered to leave town The negro is believed to have carried the mall pouch to 2 secure place. where 1t was rihed and destroyed. The money and valuables are believed to be hidden in this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
LAUNCHES BOOM FOR ROOSEVELT Initial Meeting Held in
 Chicago, TO ARRANGE A CAMPAIGN Entire Move Is Favored by the
 "AlIies," " A Georsia Delegate to Convention Has Petition Bearing southera Names Urging Roosevelt to
 Accept Another Term. A

Chicago, June 14---A small meeting. which 1t participants claim will be followed tomorrow by a. much larger gathering. was held tonight for the purpose of arranging a plan to present the name of President Roosevelt as a candidate for the presidency.
 Among those present at the meeting were ex- Representative Thomas w. Phillips. delegate from the Twenty fourth Pennsylvania District; C. T. Teter delegate at large and George ". Curtin. delegate from the Fourth District of West Virginia. There were present besides these. q number of men who will not actually participate in the convention. It was stated that on a removal of the Georgia and West Vir- giria delegations q compiets campaign will be arranged. One of the Georgia delegates. 1t Is said will bring with him q petition bearing between s0,o0o and 70.000 signatures from men in the South. urging that Roosevelt accept second elective term. The entire move is said by the men actively participat- ing. to be favored by the allies" who believe that no nomination will be made on the first ballot Delegates Teter and Curtin have been instructed for Taft, but both of them have frequently expressed the intention which they reiterated tonight of boiling their in- structions.
 Rooaevelt boomers believe that some man prominent in the convention, and they have picked Senator Lodge as the man. has letter from President Roose- welt designed to meet the exact situa- ton they are planning to bring about. They declared tonight that they be- Iieved the rreading of this letter must be prevented" although just as to how this is to be done they were not exact ly clear.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
CAMPING ON
 HOUSE ROcrs A Disastrous Floo
 Louisiana. THOUSANDS ARE SUFF Many Are in Absolutely Dc
 Circumstances. The swamp Fever, Aided By F Aad Exposure, Has Begun
 of It's Most Active Cam,
 paigns.

New Orleans. La. June HIN, r scores of persons are camping roofs of their houses. and desc.sr..~.-- of improvised floating barn yards are among the striking features of the rec ports reaching here tonight of a dis- astrous flood of the Black River in northeastern Louisiana. About 2.300 persons have been either driven from their homes or else cooped up in them by an overflow which started weeks ago and has been relentlessly rising ever since.
 Picayune dispatch from JonesviEle in this district tonight says:
 There are miles of land where there Is from six to ten feet of water on the fields. Tn these sections people are living in the second stories Of. their houses. In some eases they ara camping on the roofs of cottages. Only the tops of the corn crops are seen above the floods.
 some sections, hoping that thera would be a fall. people have built rafts of drift logs. planked them on tho upper surface. and are keeping their stock penned on these. The animals are kept alive with brush and willow leaves. brought to them by their own CTS.
 There are fully 2.aoo men. women and children who are suffering. and fully half that number arc in ahsolute- ly destitute circumstances. They have not even food to last them week. The poorer white and colored families are in pttiable condition. The swamp fever. which is common in that section aide by privAtion and exposure, haa begun one of it's most active cam paigns."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
FL0RIDA'S PRIMARY TO
 BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY

Jacksonville, Fla. June 1t-A Demo cratic primary election will be held in rlorida Tuesday to nominate candidates for offices. where the candidates fail ed to receive majority in the first primary. held May 19.
 The offices to be filled are United States Senator. Governor, Congressman from the Third District, three delegates to the Denver convention from the State at large two from the Second District and one from the Third Dis trict. one railroad commissioner and a few county officers. Interest ia intense and the campaign Is being vigorously fought
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
BLIND TOM IS DEAD
FAMOUS NEGRO MUSICIAN DIES IN
 NEW JERSEY.
Marvel of Three Generations of Play- eoers Who Was Born Near Columbus, Ca, Pasnes
 Away Am Poverty.

V Fz.
 New York. June i4--Blind Tom. the famous negro musician. marvel of three generations of play-goers. died yester- day in Hoboken, N. J.. where he was living and had been for years in re- tIremeut and suesEsting on charity.
 Thomas wiggins Is the name given in his burial certificate. but the surname was one which the famous pianist adopted. He was born a slave near Columbus. Ga, about 1sS0. Tn early childhood. Tom, who was born entirely blind and more than half idiotic showed himself remarkably initiative. frequently stealing into tue house or his master to reproduce on the plane the pieces he had heard played by others. Tn 1881 he became so proficient on the. instrument that he was taken to New York and exhibited as plienofne- non and later was widely heard in the United States and Europe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
HYDRoPHoBIA EPIDEMIc.
Dread Disease on Increase in District
 of Columbla.

washington. June 14.--An increasing preyalance of rabbies or hydrophobia in the District of Columbia is tndi- cated- by a statement prepared on the subject of Dr. A. D. Melvin. Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture. which was made public today.
 The statement shows that since Jan. 10, last, forty -thres persons and twen. ty-hve animals were bitten and nearly sixty-three dogs received at the Bu- reau of Columbia and vicinity which have been microscoplcally examined on suspicion of having rabbies. The ex- animation Of these sixty-three dogs showed forty-seven eases of positive rabbies; six negative of the disease and ten undetermined. awaiting the results of rabies in oculations.
 Tn addition to -tlIis number" says pr. Melvin, there have been at least thirty nine cases of rabies which have been so typical that the practitioners have not deemed 1t necessary to sub mt the carcasses to the bureau for con- armation of their diagnosis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
worId's Temperance Conwrena.

Saratoga. N l., June 14.--With a gavel made from a rafter in the old home of pr. William J. Clark, who founded the world's first temperance society In Saratoga County 100 years ago. the Worlds Temperance Congress opened here today with a mass meeting Tn Convention Han An address was de- livered by Rev. c. H. Mead. D. D.. New York City, who reviewed the his- tory of the temperance movement. pei- egates were present from every part of the United States and several fox- eign countries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
VOLCANIC oUrBURsT |.
Greatest Flow of Lava in samOian Ta
 lands History.

Auckland. New Zealand. June It. Adylees received here state that for three nights. beginning May 10. there was a remarkable volcanic outburst on Savaii, the largest of the Mamoian is- lands.
 The first eruption was followed by the greatest How of lava in the history of the island, 1t being estimated at nearly 5000 tons per minute. Soon there was an almost continuous shell of lava eight miles wide and from six inches to six feet deep. flowing down the mountain side. It overiowed the cliffs destroying many native houses on its way. dropping into the ocean and causing an immense uprising of steam.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
DR. HILL RECEIVED.
Emneror william Welcomes the New a..artsnu Am.Ana&aa anw

Emperor William Welcomes the New
 American AmbnsAador.
 Berlin, June 14.-The Emperor today received in audience the new American Ambassador to Germany. Dr. Jayne Hill, who succeeds Charlenagne Tower. The Emperor's master of ceremonies, Baron von Dem Knezbeck. called at tn c hotel yesterday where Dr. Hill was stopping. and informed him that an audience with the Emperor had been granted for today, His Majesty coming in from Potsdam for the purpose.
 Three court carriages called for pr :. Hill today and. accompanied by his stan. he proceeded to the palace. the Emperor receiving him with great cor- diality. After the formal presentation and the delivery of greetings from President Roosevelt and his official iaf- ter. the Emperor engaged pr. Hifl In conversation for half an hour. showing his most charming social qualities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
KILLED BY HIGHwAYMEN.
One sran Shot And Another Stabbed by xfnIfana.

Wilkes Barre. June 14--Park Glen nard. prominent citizen of Pittston, near here was shot and instantly killed early today. and William Van Denberg. councilman of the same city, who was in company with him, was fatally stabbed by two Italians.
 The men were on their way honae. when they were stopped. 1t is said, for the purpose of robbery. As soon as the shot was fired. several persons ran to the scene and the assailants were arrested before they could get away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15

The race was a stirring one from start to finish, Northeast winning by only scant head from his half-sts- ter, Sauge Pourpree owned by Count La Marois. The Americans made a killing on yanderbiits victory and ths odds were 10 to q.
 Northeast the winner of the Grand Prix. is s.year-old bay colt by Perth, out of Nordenfleid.
 The Grand Prix de Paris holds the same relative position to French turf men as the Epson Derby does to the English. It is a 3-year-old event at one mile and seven furlongs. The city of Paris adds s20.000 to the nomi- hating and entrance fees. making the stake the most valuable one in the French catalogue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
SITUATION IN PANAMA.
Adherents sf obaIdIa welcome Demasd
 of UmIted States.

Panama, June i4.--Several newspa- pers here, which are opposing the can didacy of senor Oba1dia for the Presi- dency, have recently published ar- ticles tending to create doubt Us to the impartiality of prominent members of the United States Government and certain officials of the. Canal. Commits sion carrying out President Roosevelt's instructions in compliance with Pana- mas request to investigate all the de- tails relating to, tho pending Presiden- tial elections.
 In consequence of these articles the committee in charge of Senor obaidia's campaign have Issued a declaration in which they deny the insinuation and charges. st fr
 'The State and country" says the declara tions. have absolute faith Tn the United States and will assume its engagement guaranteeing that Pan anna will have an election which shall be open. free and falr.s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
KILLED RY LIGHTNINa.
One Boy Loses Life And several others
 Injured.

Charlotte. N. C., June 14---ona boy was instantly killed and several others seriously, perhaps fatally injured by lightning near Lexington, Davidson County. today.
 The boys were out hunting pluma when heavy storm came up and they took refuge In the office of deserted building Formerly q telephone had heen used in the office. but 1t had been removed. leaving only the wires Lightning struck the wires outside the building and travelled to the office where the boys had gathered killing o'DelI Young. IA years old, instantly and injuring four others so seriously that they have not regained conscious ness. There were seven in the party and two were uninjured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-15
nuax Egauna ln Illver.

Meulphio. June Il l4.--~Ihe body of e. A i. Linxwller. sixth Vice. President of the Brctherhood of Painters, Decorators ana Paper Hangers Of America. was found today in the Tonhigbee River. about mile below Amorv. Misa Linx- wiier. who was resident of this city. disappeared from a train several days ago while on route from Amory to Memphis.