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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
Two French Scientists Have knvented Powder That speaks.

Paris Correspondence of The London Telegraph.
 To make up for the failure of speakF ing machines which many savan& Is said to have tried to invent. two @ther savants are now stated by The Petite
 Republlque. Paris socialist paper to have discovered a means of fnaktnE powder speak. There is an old French
 expression, La poudre a parle." that is
 to say. powder has spoken, In a bel ligerent sense. but the inventors. who are M. Georges and Nj. Gustave Laudef, claim to be able to make powder which speaks in a literal scnse. and tn any language. How much ''fumisteries" or in other words, bluff, may be com tained in reference to this matter ia not yet clear, but the details are ex- ceedingly curious.
 The Petite Republique does not state how the savants proceed Tn nanufao- turing the powder. but if asserts that the powder does speak. and the proof is alleged to be contained in conn munication to the Paris Academy of Science, made for the inventor by M- Polncare According to this statement. the powder as it's explodes. no longer produces deafening sound. but may be made to initiate the whole diapason of human sounds and articulate words. All that Is necessary is that the words be inscribed or embodied in some way in the powder.
 For three years. says The Petite He- puhlique NM. Laudet have been study- ing the question. and they sent com munication on the subject to the Acade- my of Science in 1905. They had in. tended to keep the matter secret for some time still. but were drawn out of their reserve by a communication made to the academy last week by another inventor. who had conceived a new mode of registering or producing vocal sounds. This method only pro- duced the ordinary human voice. and required a mierophone to make the sounds audible.
 NM. Laudet have conceived quite different process. which is equivalent to photographing the voice. They ara able. says The Petite Repuhiiuue. to register not only the vowel sounds. but also the consonants. and even aspirated letters. with wonderful precision. and can take down not only isolated words. but sentences and a prolonged conver- sation. The tracing of the sounds varies according to the speed with which they are pronounced. and the slightest whisper may be heard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
BELIEVED TO BE BRINKLEY. Bandit Who Held Up Stage Tn Yellow
 stone Park.

Los Angeles. Cal, Sept. 1.--Game Warden W. B. Morgan yesterday re- ceived a telegram from United States Game Warden T. s. Palmer that the bandit who recently held up twelve stages in Yellowstone Park is believed to be William Binkley, who escaped from the national guard house at Yell lowstone Park In November.
 He had been given a three and half years sentence for shooting elks in the park. Binkiey was arrested by Morgan in Los Angeles and the man was convicted on evidence secured through the efforts of the warden.
 It Is considered possible that Bink- ley is headed for Los Angeles and Warden Morgan and other officers will be on the watch for him from this time on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
Mnnt co.frx Necklace

The most costly necklace in the world belongs to the Sountess Hem ok ell. 0 lady well know in London and Paris socity, the value of which Is said to be s250.0 It is really com posed of three necklaces, each of his- torie interest. On was the property of the ex-queen of Naples. sister Of the late Austrian empress; the second, once the property of a Spanish grandee while the third was formerly owned by the Empress Eugenie. Not long ago a neclace composed of 4i3 pearls. in eight rows, the property of the late Duchess Montrose, was sold for $s0. 900. The Empress Frederick of Germany Is said to have possessed a necklace of thirty-hve pearls, worth at least s200.00e, while Lady Ilehester's $ neclace of black pearls Is valued at about Si25,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02

Charles M. Ninninger was yesterday appointed to the position of District Commercial Manager of the Southern Bell Telephone Company to succeed Ed ward Lyle. promoted to the position of General Right of Way Agent of the company. with headquarters in Att laEta.
 The impending changes in the local once force hes been forecasted since the call of the meeting of the officials of the company in North Carolina sev- erai days ago. What the local changes were to be could not be announced until official sanction had been secured, but 1t was known that changes from the General Manager of the Southern Beli Telephone Company down would be made at the reorganization.
 The promotion of Mfr. Lyle to the new position in Atlanta. and the pro- motion of Mir. Ninnfnger to the local chieftainship became effective on Sep tember 1. Mir. Lyle will have charge of aiI the right of way agents of the company throughout the seven States embracing the territory of the con- pany in West Virginia. Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Flor ida and Alabama.
 Mir. Lyle has been manager of the local branch of the company for four years past, and has during that time made many close personal friends. while Mir. Lyle will make his head quarters in Atlanta, Montgomery is not to lose sight of him altogether. His duties will call him to Montgomery, 1t is expected. frequently. He has been very popular in Montgomery.
 Mfr. Ninningef, the new local mana ger, will have complete charge of the cornpany's business in the first district of the Second Division of the. conn pauy and will make his headquarters In this city. Mir. Ninninger has been in the telephone business for number of years, and is fully equipped by training and experience for the duties which this important position will throw upon his shoulders.
 Since October, 1907. Mir. Ninninger has been connected with the local of. fec of F. l.. Woodruff, district super intendent, and is, therefore, perfectly familiar with Montgomery subscribers and the conditions which will confront him here.
 Mfr. Ninninger is pleasantly remem- bered in Montgomery through his father and mother, who lived here a number of years. Since his connection with the local office he has been re- newing the friendships which he for nneriy made. Prior to his coming to Montgornery with his mother and fath- CT he lived in Lowndes County and in Northern Alabama. where his father was United States Marshall for the Northern District of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
HEALTH BoARL UPHELD.
It is Legal to Destroy Infected
 Cattle

New Orleans. La, Sept. l.--Much in !. terest on the part of city boards of health throughout the country has been centered in the contest between the local health officers and the New Orleans dairymen which has been go- ing on for some time.
 The local board of health has been applying the "tuberculin test" to cows to determine whether they are suffer Ing from tuberculosis and has been destroying all cows found diseased The dairymen organized and sought an injunction in the courts and a spir- ited contest ensued.
 Health officers of many other cities asked to be kept informed of the re- suit. They have now been notified that the Louisiana courts have upheld the boards of health and decided that the test may be regularly applied and all diseased cattle destroyed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
ROBERTS IMPROVES
STRONG CHANCES NOW FOR HIS
 RECOVERY.
Members of Atlantic City Police Force Were Willing Yesterday to Dts= euss Highway Robbery The-
 orv for First Time.

Were WtfHnE EesteraRy 70 Bss@
 enss Highway Robbery The-
 ory for First Time.
 Atlantic City. N. J.. Sept a.--There were further indications today of complete standstifl In the police fn- vestigation into the shooting of Chas. B. Roberts of Baltimore, on the board walk six days ago.
 Chief of Police Woodruff said today that w. S. c. Williams of Baltimore. husband of the woman who was with Roberts at the time of the attack. had been eliminated and 1t was not believ- ed that Mr. Williams could throw any light upon the circumstances of the shooting. The chief further stated that he believed 1t would be two weeks or more before developments might be expected. Roberts continues to Ina prove. 1t is said at the city hospital, and there are strong chances for his recovery.
 Members of the police force today were willing to discuss the highway robbery theory practically for the first time since the night of the occurrence. They say there is possibility of robber having attempted to hold up the pair in the rolling chair and of hay ing lost his head and fired when Rob- erts, who is said to be of powerful physique, jumped out of the vehicle and when the negro pushing the chair went running down the board walk for help. The fact that nothing was stolen has been the mainstay of the police in discarding the robbery Idea. Mrs Williams statement as to the re- sistance which Roberts proposed to offer may have had something to do with the willingness of the authori- ties to discuss. although they do not admit the theory of an attempted hold-up.
 Public interest in the case here is decidedly on the wane.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
MTcHIGAN's PRIMARY.
Repub Nomination Fer Governor Very
 Much In Doubt.


 Detroit, Mich, Sept. 1.--At midnight the Republican nomination for Cover nor was still very much in doubt. Michigan's first primary election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor re- suited on the Republican side in an extremely close contest between Gov ernor Fred M. Warner and Auditor J. R. Bradley. the available returns indicate that the winner will have a majority of only two or three thous- and votes when the returns are com plete. Incomplete returns from sixty counties of eighty-three give Bradley, 34,66e; Warner. 34,09l.
 For Lieutenant Governor on the Re- publican ticket P. P. Kelly. the in- cumbent, had no opposition. Lawton T. Hemens, of Mason, had no opposi- ton for the Democratic nomination for Governor and the Democrats will nominate a Lieutenant Governor at their State convention. no one hay ing petitioned for a place on the pri- mary election ballots.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
GALE UNABATED.
Much Damage Done Ashore and O
 Sea.

Much Damage DOhe AAn~Fe NnO ON
 Sea.
 London, Sept. Hate tonight tho gale which has prevailed all over the English channel for the past 24 hours showed little sign of abating.
 Reports received here show that much damage was done ashore, as well as on the sea, The wind at times blew at the rate of 70 miles an hour which Is almost unprecedented at this time of the year. Never before has # been necessary in summer to suspend the boat service between Folkeston- and Dover and the midday services te Calais.
 An enormous number or vessels heV' been driven ashore or obliged to seek shelter Many exciting rescues are reported. but fortunately there has been no great loss of life except in tho case of the British bark Amazon, the crew of which had a terrible exper-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
wTsCoNsIN,s PRIpfARY.
Two Lending Political Parties Nominate
 Their Ofneers.

Their Ofncers.
 Milwaukee. Wis, Sept. f.--Returns from the primary election In wiscon- sin up to Ii o'clock tonight indicate that the two leading political parties have nominated the following:
 For Governor--James O. Davidson. Soldiers Grove. Republican; John A. Awkward, Madison. Democrat
 For nt-Governor--Jannes F. Trottman, Milwaukee. Republican; Burt Williams. Ashland. Democrat.
 Partial returns from the primary election fin Milwaukee indicate that Francis E. McGovern will carry the city of Milwaukee for the Republican, United States Senatorial nomination over Stephenson, Cook and Hatton by between 5000 and 1000. Returns from the State show that the contest will be close and may not be definitely determined uhtil tomorrow. McGov- ern Is the avowed LaFoIlette candi- date.
 For the Democratic Senatorial nomi- nation the race Is close between Nell Brown and Nj. A. Hoyt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
RAILROAD MEN ACTIVE.
They Hope Roads May Increase Freight
 Rnfaa

New Orleans. Sept. 1.--At meeting here of representatives of all bran cfes of organized labor employed by railroads. a committee was appointed to visit Baton Rouge, the state capi- tai. and urge the Louisiana railroad commission to desist from It's efforts to prevent the railroads from raising their freight rates.
 The railroad trainmen and others say that they are convinced that if the railroads fail In their efforts to raise their freight rates that a cut in the wages of all employees will result.
 The committee was also instructed to inform the interstate commerce com mission of the position they had talk an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
GEoRGIA's EXTRA SESSION.
No Consfitufional Amendment fer Ens
 fnnr Convict Lease System.

No Cousfftutionai Amendment fer Ena-
 ing Convict Lease System.
 Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 1.---The action or the house of the state legislature to- day in deferring a final vote on the measure to provide for ending the convict lease system by constitution al amendment means that no such amendment will be adopted this year
 The senate late today began voting upon amendments and substitutes to the Holder convict bill. Two amend ments were voted down before aa- journment The vote will be resumed tomorrow. and 1t is considered practi- cally certain that some measure deal ing with the convict question will be adopted by that body tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
ELEcTIoNs IN LouIsIANA.
No Definite Result Can Be Learned
 From Heturna.

No Definite Result Can Be Learned
 From Returns.
 New Orleans. Sept. 1--Returns from throughout the State on the vote polled today fn the general Democratic pri- mary are coming in so slowly that friends of the candidates for the va rions city. parochial and State offices have practically given up all hope of learning definitely tonight what the re- suits have been. Indications arc that tho primary was an unusually quiet one and that very light vote was polled.
 In the Seventh Congressional Dis trict. Representative A. F. Pujo and William Polk are running neck and neck. with the former slightly in the lead
 Oliver o. Provosty is at present load ing the other candidates for the one vacancy in the State Supreme Court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
GEN. sTEwARTss REMAINS.
Body Reaches St. Louis and VIII Be
 Buried Today.

st, Louis, Sept. l.--More than a score of Confederate veterans gather ed at the Union station today in hon or of the late General Alexander r. Stewart who died at Biloxi, Miss. sunday and whose body arrived here today.
 The funeral ceremonies will be held tomorrow from the home of the gen erals son. A. c. stewart, former presi- dent of the St. Louis Police Commits sion.
 It had been the. original intention Of the family to have a private funeral hnt in difference to the wishes of tn @ veterans of the Confederate Army the plans for the funeral were changed so as to permit of military escort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02

fence. The Amazon went aground on Margram sands and the people on the land could plainly see the men cling ing to the rigging or lasheJ to tho bull warks, but were helpless to save them One of the masts fell. carrying a mum. Der of the men down with It. Two of the crew, which number thirty-three, were rescued by life lines and six oth- CTS were washed ashore alive,
 The captain of the Amazon was kill. ed In his cabin by falling mast.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02

new Grand Central will set back forty feet from Forty-second street and sew enty feet from Vanderbilt avenue. It will front for eighty feet on Wander
 bilt avenue, 625 feet on Forty-hfth street, 46o on Lexington, 2e0 feet on Denew and 300 on Forty second street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
srAR sPEAKER SELECTED.
W. Bourke CoekrsR 10 Tour West for
 Democrats.

Democrats.
 New York, Sept. 1--It was announced tonight by Norman E. Mack that w Rourke Cochran will be the Demo- cratic national committees star speak CT during the campaign for the presi- dency and he will take the stump on September 20 and will continue mak- ing speeches until Saturday before election.
 MT. Cochran came down to head quarters today said MT. Mack. and or fared his services as speaker. They were accepted and he will be heard in Indiana and other Western and mid dle Western States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02

other powers by secretly sending her consul back to Fez. evidently, the cor respondent thinks. with the intention of being considered by Mulai Hafid as the first power to recognize him and to have q confidential adviser at the
 new Sultan's side.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
REPUBLICAN LITERATURE.
Committee Begins Mailing Political Doe
 uments.


 Chicago. Sept. 1.-The Republican National Committee today began the distribution of campaign literature from the Western headquarters in this city. @feF
 The first documents sent out were Mir. Taft's speech of acceptance. Mir. Sherman's speech of acceptance, Mir. Taft's attitude on the labor question: Mir. sherman as viewed by Secretary Root. and other literature fin relation to the Republican candidates.
 The Republican text book Is also ready for distribution and will be mail- ed within a few days.
 Frank B. Kellogg. National Commit teeman from Minnesota. was at na- tional headquarters today and express ed the opinion that the fight over the Governorship in Minnesota will be the closest fin many years He thought the State would be carried for the Repub- licau national ticket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
PopuIint Heaaaunrtern.

St. Louis. Mo. Sept. i.--Jay ". Forrest of New York, chairman of the National Committee of the Peoples Party. arrived today to establish south western headquarters for the Populist organization. According to Chairman Forrest. the Populists will poll 1000. 1000 votes in November.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
JUDGE T. n. BACON DEAD.
Boyhood Friend of Mark Twain Passes
 Away.

Hannibal, Mo. Sept. 1.--Judge. Thonn- as R. Bacon. who was boyhood friend of Samuel l.. Clemens tMark Twainp died here today at the age of es.
 When a boy he was personally as- ouainted with every one of the group immortalized in From Sawyer" and he was a playmate of Tom Blankenship the prototype of "Huckleberry Finh." Judge Bacon had lived in Hannibal, the boyhood home of Clemens. since 1S47.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
Is not believed. however. that he has left the islands.
Report to Mageen.

Washington. Sept 1.-Acting Cover nor Barry today telegraphed Governor Magoon in reference to the shortage in the Havana postoffice.
 General Barry says the peculations evidently have been going on since 1903. Ricardo Rodriguez had charge of the sale of postage stamps and 1t is said made a practice of substituting stamps of small denominations for stamps of a larger denomination.
 Roderiguez is q Cuban about 70 years old. and was formerly a postal clerk in the Philadelphia postoffice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
GRAND CENTRAL STATION.
Handsome Structure Is Planned in New
 York.

New York. Sept 1.--Arehitects of the erand Central Station have completed plans and estimates for that structure The total cost of the building of the terminals on Forty-second street will reach $2o. 100000.
 Contracts for the superstructure of the north wing are being signed Ia Tbe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02

Germany steals March.
 London Sept. LA dispatch from Tangier to the Times complains that Germany is stealing a march on the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
Varinhle Temperature.

The gheatest daily change of tenn perature to be found on the earth's surface is in Arizona. There Is fre- quently a change of eighty degrees in twelve hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
RoDRIcUEz ARRESTED.
Havana Post Oalee EmpIoye Short in
 His Accounts.

Havana. Sept. 1.-Ricardo Rodriguez, chief of the bureau of supplies and vouchers in the Havana postoffice, who disappeared after the discovery of a shortage in that department amount ing to s5s,153, was arrested by the po- lice tsnieht He was in hiding and dissuised when the police, who have been searching for him since Friday, found him.
 Rodriguez is 70 years old. and was employed for ten years in the Philadel- phia postoffice, entering the Cuban ser vice from that city at the time of the first American Intervention.
 According to the police the thieving in the bureau of supplies has been go- ing on for several years. Sheets of stamps were abstracted from the orig nal packages. which were then re- sealed, so that the taking of stock did not reveal the deflciency. Suspicion was at last aroused and Postmaster General HernSndez. who was not long in learning that the practice centered in inc bureau in which Rodriguez was chief. ordered an accounting of all the stamps. whereby the exact amount or the defclency was ascertained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
THE PASSING THRONc

MT. Thomas !. Wilkinson, represents ing the Alabama Brenau College, Is in the city on business connected with faula.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02

Mir. s. c. Starke returned yesterday York and Boston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02

State Auditor ". W. Brandon left last night for Hefiin. where he will join the Governor to form the majority Of the High School Commission. They will hear the proposition of the citizens of that town to locate the high school of Clebufne County there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
Going Away

We had Hart Schafner & Marx send us our Young Men Clothes unusually early this Fall that could take of the going awayto schooboys-The patterns striking and the style just their liking Bring the boy here and get his entire outfit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
InveatiEation Completed.

Havana SeDt. l.-POStmasler NFhh- arai Hernandez to-day completed an inyestigation of the shortage in the bureau of supplies and vouchers, S,a nar troi the Issuing of stamps.
 He found that the exact amount Of thn defalcation was $53,l36. Two clerks have been arrested. A son-in- fhe Bureau. also has been apprehend- Eress appropriated sSOo,00o each and the disposal of the stolen stamps.
 gAnor Rodiriguez has not been in Havana since last Friday and the ssarcn for him has been in vain. It
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-03
AUTO DEATH STIRS BINGHAM.
Identification Card With Chauffcur's
 Record, Suggested.

New York, Dec. 2.---Spealting of the arrest of Herman Miller, chauffeur arrested yesterday by Sergeant Nerney and charged with running down and killing woman at Eighty eighth street and Columbus avenue on Mon day night, Police Commissioner Bing- ham said that he was much interested in having legislation made that would enable the police to cope with the sit uation.
 Tn my judgment, there should be more stringent rules in the matter of licensing chauffeurs and there should he stronger penalty when they do Wrong." he said. Every chauffeur should be compelled to have some kind of Identification card, the com missioner said, which would make 1t impossible for him to dodge his past record. Chauffeurs, he said now "swapped" their licenses when arrest cd. and thus concealed the fact that they had been in custody before for speeding. He suggested q card with the photograph of the chauffeur and room for notes as to the number of times he had been arrested and num- her of convictions, 30 that he could not dodge his record.