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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
WireIenn Frnn, FIeet

Aboard Battleship Kansas. via Point Loma wireless station, San Diego. Cal. April 13.-Tonight the fleet is steamfna- steadily at nine knots speed in squad ron formation. The weather Is cloudy and growing cooler rapidly. Today was pay day, every man receiving a months pay The amount paid out on a single ship was $17,700 making the total for the fleet approximately a quarter of a million.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
TWO THOUSAND PERSONS
 ARE REPORTED DROWNED

Shanghai, April S.-Disastrous floods are reported to have occurred at Han kow. in the province of Hu Peh. and it Is stated that 2.OOO persons have been drowned. Seven hundred junkS were sunk or wrecked.
 The floods are said to be due to an unexpected freshet. The waters caught the people unexpectedly in the middle of the night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
CONDUCTOR KILLED
A SOUTH BEssEMER ELECTRIC CAR
 IS HELD UP.
The Car Was DeFalIed by HIghwaymen, Supposed to Be Negroes
 Sherif's Posse With
 Dogs on the Trail.

Birmingham. April 14.--Hi ghway- men. supposed to be negroes. tonlght derailed a South Bessemer electric car shortly after midnight at the Wood ward crossing and Bhen the motorman and conductor went forward to inves- tlgate, they were fired upon from be- was killed instantly.
 The men escaped and a sheriff'a posse with dogs have taken up the chase.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
BOys Dernu Train.

Salina, Kan. April 1S.-Missouri Pa cific passenger train No. 3. westbound. known as the Colorado express, was partially derailed here late last night as the result of spike put on the rail by boys in a spirit of play. The cars remained upright and no one was se- riously hurt. '&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
svmnathv of RooaeyeIt.

Washington, April 1S,-President Roosevelt has sent a telegraphic mes- sage of sympathy to the Mayor of Chelsea. Mass. at the same time of- fering any necessary assistance from the army or navy. for the stricken city Similar assistance was extended during the Baltimore fire and all other disasters
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
TRAvEL Is sUsPENpEn.
Floods in Oklahoma Have WaaAea IT,.
 Railroad Trmekm

HAEHFohd Tfaekn.
 Muskogee. Ok. April 13.-Travei on the eastern division of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad ba1 hsa,, practically suspended as a result ~ the high water at Melvin, near hera. where several hundred yards of tha tracks are inundated.
 Up to today passengers were trans ferred from one train to another bv hand cars. but today the water was four feet above the tracks. making this impossible. The Illinois. Arkansas. Canadian and Grand Rivers are stili rising. The potato crop in the low lands will be badly damaged ana tb. loss to the railroads will extend Into the thousands
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
Beveridge Addresses stadents.

Cambridge. Mass. April i3-rhe Harvard Union Hall was thronged with students tonight to hear an ad- dress by Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana. Earlier in the evening Senator Bsveridge was dined by mena- bers of the Harvard Indiana Club.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
WEATHER FORECAST.

Washington, April 1S.--FOr AIabamai Local showers Tuesday and probably Wednesday, NEht to fresh south wfnds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
pOstmnNter at Thomnn.

Washington. April 3-(SpeclaI. )-. Frank D, Gamble appointed postmaster at Thomas. Jefferson County; vice, w. lI Morris. resigned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
ENGINEER A HERO.
Frank stewart Saved Boy But Lost His

Frank Stewart Saved Boy But Lost HIS
 Hammond. La. April 1s.-Frank Stewart, a pumping engineer, gave his life today to save a small boy from being killed by an Illinois Central engine Stewart jumped in front of the train and tossed the boy safely of the track, but was himself run over and crushed to death.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14

According to insurance men, the to- tai loss will exceed $7,500 900 and nav reach Sl0.0OO, 900. The insurance Is es- timated roughly at S5O00 900
 The burned buildings include the Frost Hospital. Chfldrens Hospital, FitE Library. thirteen churches, four
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
QUAKER MEDITATTONS.

[F'rom the Philadelphia Record]
Down and out-the first mustache.
The fellows who do you hoodoo you.
Even the Goldfish is apt to get all
balled up.
The stage hand never longs for a
change of scene.
Some girls wear glasses Just for the
looks of the thing.
Some people never put off till to-
morrow the trouble they can make to-
day.
Blobbs-"At any rate. Talkalot's ar
euments are sound" Slobbs-'Yes. all
sound"
When a man feels that the world.
owes him a living he is generally too
lazy to collect 1t.
II we could see ourselves as others
see us it would just about put the look
ing glass people out OF business.
Muggins-"When your wife sings I
suppose you forget all your troubles"
Buggins-"Um-all my other troubles"
Hoax-"There's one thing that will
give you the shake and yet stay right
with you" Joax-"Whet can that be p
Hoax-"Chills and fever"
This hurts me more than 1t does
you," remarked the mother who was
spanking her offspring with a slipper.
"wen you seem to be putting your sole
into it, replied the boy.
Tommy-"Pop, the weather man is
always on land, isn't he?" Tommv's
Pop-"He Is, my son, but at the same
time il we may judge from his predic-
lions he Is all at sea-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
GERMANY AND THE OTHERS.

Acropos of the present amicable rela-
lions between England and France, to
which renewed attention has been di-
rected by the appearance of President
Fallieres in London and the visit which
King Edward proposes soon to pay to
the Gear of Russia, it is said that a
feeling Of unrest has been created in
Germany. The diplomatists of thai
country are contending that only agree
ments which result in equally balanced
combinations make for peace and they
fear that Italy's sympathy with France
and England may bring about serious
complications. In England this alarm
is regarded as technically unjustified
because no Anglo rench-Russi
alliance is contemplated. although
these three powers will be united in
strong entente. 1t is explained, how
ever, that it will be extremely peaceful
in its aims and not anti-German in its
purpose so long as German policy is
But it is not surprising,
perhaps. that such an assurance is not
from the German point OF
view. In effect it would appear to be
in the nature of notice that Germany
is not expected to take the initiative In
any emergency that may arise, but
must abide by the decision of the pres
emit triplicity. 1t is entirely compre-
hensible, surely, that an arrangement
Of that kind might be irritating to
Kaiser Wilhelm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09

Der could be probably decreased by as
much as one-half. But nothing is done.
The states rights doctrine can De
applied against the department OF as-
riculture as effectively as against a
national department for health. 1t Is
not, then; a question Of constitutional
ty, but, rather, of whether or not such
a department is needed by the nation.
The logic that justif1es an annual ap-
preparation of 100000 for life saw
ing service against the accidents OF
the sea should justify protection
against accidents of disease and death
Many prominent physicians are IN
cluded in the membership Of the COM
mittee which appeals for the co-opera-
ton of all who are able to give 1t.
The American Medical association. at
it's recent annual convention in Chi
cago. endorsed the plan by adopting a
resolution urging the creation of a new
cabinet position to head such a nation
al bureau of health. President Roose-
welt wrote the committee a letter in
which he used the sentence: THE
of national vigor should
be a matter of patriotism" and the
league has adopted this as its motto.
Thinking people will see the common
sense embodied in the presidents re-
mark and will undoubtedly act in ac-
cordance with it so far as 1t Hes in
their power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09

grown hard as his body has grown
soft: whose pleasures are tasteless ana
extravagant luxury and his real oe.
light the accumulation and use OF
power in its most sordid and least
eleyating form. like unto the
marauder baron in the physical chaos
of the Dark Ages. While the ''trusty
helders OF the Wall street Wallahoos
are galloping across lots after the
ball. T. r. skins lightly around the
third to the plate, and the sullen muir
muir about another panic is drowned
in the wild yell that comes from the
Observation-Disclosures Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.l
One cheer is better than a dozen
howls
You can f1atter any man by asking
his advice.
In times of peace it doesn't take much
to start a quarrel.
A fat purse makes a good deal more
than a slight difference.
The man who talks like a book may
be accused OF plagiarism
Many a man who walks to his work
slowly would gladly run for Office.
Some men try to dodge the issue
when they find what they are looking
for.
It's so much easier to pray for for
giveness than to fight against tempta-
ton.
More men would acquire that tired
feeling if all their words were backed
by deeds.
Many a man who imagines he is
world-famous is unknown to the peo-
pie in the next block.
A woman doesn't care how much
money her husband earns: it is what
he gets that interests her.
Bluebeard's wives are not the only
women who have lost their heads on
account of an unworthy man.
A girl may threaten to scream if a
man attempts to kiss her, but she sell
dom does it If there is a chance of
any ones hearing her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
THE CALL OF THE BLUFF.

A Massachusetts court, and the
courts of that staid old common
wealth lay down some pretty good
law, has established a precedent that
alleged professional strong men, and
others as we'll, may consider to their
advantage. By this decision it would
appear that the man who calls bluff
to use the court vernacular-will
be sustained by the bench when the
called one refuses to make good. 1t
seems that an acrobatic trio made its
appearance at Boston theater
short time ago and presented among
other interesting features an exhibit
ton of lifting which demonstrated the
remarkable strength OF one of the en-
tertainers. Among his feats was the
lifting over his head of a dumbbell,
supposed to weigh 302 pounds. At
the same time a challenge was Of
fered to any man in the audience who
would equal this performance, to-
gether with a prize Of $50. I'm
happily for the challenger a Dorches-
ter man named Smith happened to
be present one day during the engage
ment and promptly accepted the chal-
lenge. To the surprise of the specta-
tors and the professional strong men,
the husky resident of Dorchester
lifted the dumbbell over his head with
apparent ease. But when he asked
for the prize it was refused him, some
technical objection to the way he
placed his feet being used as an ex-
cuse for not paying him the money.
So Smith of Dorchester took the case
into court, where it was discovered,
among other things, that the alleged
800 pound dumbbell weighed but 205
pounds When the evidence was all in
the judge awarded the Dorchester
man the prize money that was denied
him.
The lesson in this little litigation
should be carefully needed. Chal-
lenges must be mace with the
expectation that they may be ac-
cepted and accomplished. Prizes
should not be offered without the in
tention of awarding them If won.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
GLOBE SIGHTS.

(From the Atchlson Globe.1
The only foresight of any real VAL
lie, is hindsight.
How children enjoy eating at a res
taurant or hotel!
What is so comfortable as an old
shoe or an old friend?
1t is not necessary to be rude be-
cause you are "outspoken."
Some people take as much interest
in a neighborhood fuss as they do in
religion.
People do some awfulIy hard work
for the devil, considering how poorly
they are paid.
An optimist is man who has some
thing to sell: A pessiTnist is a man
who is buying.
If you want to make a man mad.
tell him not to lose his temper when
he has already lost it.
A woman always envies a man his
strength, but a man never enyfes a
woman anything she has.
Manageable men are not scarce.
1t is the women who know how to go
after them who are scarce.
If the average man cannot get near
enough to the throne to attract atten-
ton, he will throw a rock at it,
When a girl says: He can go where
he pleases," it is her way Of saying
that he can go to the devil.
The only time a man does not kick
when his name is spelled wrong, Is
when it appears in the police court
docket.
A woman's idea of a good town to
live in is one where the demand for
furnished rooms is greater than the
supply.
A dinner cannot be called a real
way-up fashionable, unless everyone
of the guests leaves the table as hum
cry as when they sat down to it.
When a country young man appears
on the street with a girl hanging on
his arm. in addition to a haircut and
shave, it is a sure sign that he rs
going to get married.
A Stranger carrying a very large
number of Letters of Recommends
ton called on Business man and
wanted Position. "I cannot give YOU
the Position" the Business man said
but I can give you another Letter OF
Recommendation"
! How" every married woman saws
| In fine contempt of a SPINS woes
Can she have trouble when she has
her own money, and doesn't have to
ask anyone for cent?
| WINE woman may remark she
feels lonesome after visitor has
gone. you will observe that any sigh
| ing she may do on that score. il moi
up 70 the standard In depth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
LYHAWKER JOTS

"No business house in town." OBJ
serves the Jewell City Republican.
has as much telephone business as a
16-year-old girl"
Drew Mclean Of Wichita, is one of
the lucky boys of the state. His par
automobile on his graduation from
the high school,
Score one for our sex OF the elev-
en- who will finish the Harper high
school work this year, seven-count
'em-seven, are boys and only four
girls.-Harper Sentinel.
hail storm, with the stones Of con-
siderable proportions. occurred recent
ly in the vicinity OF Hutchinson. Among
other things 1t made most of the straw
berry patches in that section look a
good deal like strawberry jam.
The Beloit Gazette. which of late
years has been owned by the firm Of
s. H. and G. H. Dodge, and with
which s. H. Dodge has been connected
Gently to E. w. Swan. formerly Of
F,nporia.
A warrant was sworn out for the
county attorney of Montgomery coun-
ty, charging him with being drunk
and disturbing the peace. The man
who made the complaint was arrested
because he violated the liquor law and
lost his drug store permit. Montgom-
cry county seems to be in a fair way
to get cleaned up.
The bIoodhounds at Concordia
placed on The trail Of a burglar went
at once to a stall in the fair ground
stable and the officers now surmise,
by using the Sherlock Holmes method
of deduction, that the man who COM
mitted the robbery at one time slept
in the stall. They are loath to charge
the horse in the stall with the crime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A few individuals get so much
pleasure anticipating trips that they
decide to stay at home and save the
money.
< X
Many participants in railroad acct
dents have to consult their attorneys
before knowing how badly they are
injured.
y 4
It's often the case when a flirt is
travelling on a railroad journey that
she soon gets going at the rate of a
smile a minute.
\ \ X
Some women are so forgetful that
they can not remember in the morn
ing where their husbands left things
the night before.
n \
Music may be the food of love but
most fellows have found that their
girls have predictions for lobster
salad and other expensive fodder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.1

lFrom the New York Press.1
A mans idea of an enjoyable yaca.
ton is when he can't afford it.
The proof that married life ia not
all bad luck is that twins are the ex-
ception.
The best way for a woman to find
out how good temper her husband
hasn't is for her to let him hunt his
own shirts in the morning
It's mighty hard for a man TO pet
up much enthusiasm about a womsn's
beautiful hair after he has seen her
lock most Of it up in a drawer for The
night.
A man can take a pretty girl "a
baseball game and spend two hour
trying to show her the difference he
tween foul strike and a base hi, Int
If she's his wife and can't see the nrst
time how much better his currencv
idea is than congress- he goes wild.
A woman who has no chaldrs,
misses . lot of pleasure at the thes"
ter. not being able to worry whether
they are being murdered b. hsars;sr-1
y 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
NATIONAL VIGOR.

By no means idle is the committee of
one hundred of the American Health
League for it is determinedly continu-
ing it's agitation for the creation of a
national bureau of public health at
Washington The object of this bu-
reau will be to check the ravages of
all preventable diseases working along
the very broadcast lines.
The preliminary work which is being
done by this committee is aimed tow
ard arousing public sentiment and
toward maturing plans which it is
earnestly hoped and believed will de-
velop sufficiently to lay the whole mat
ter before the next congress.
The following paragraphs from a
pamphlet published by the committee
exemplify the line of strong argument
which is employed by the promoters
of this humane enterprises:
The department of agriculture spends
seven million dollars on plant health
and animal health every year, but,
with the exception of the splendid
work done by Doctors Wiley, Atwater
and Benedict. congress does not direct
ly appropriate one cent for promoting
the physical well-being of babies Thou
sands have been expended in stamping
out cholera among swine, but not one
dollar was ever voted for eradi-
eating pneumonia among human be-
ings. Hundreds of thousands are con-
sumed in saving the lives of elm
trees from the attacks Of beetles: in
warning farmers against blights af-
feeting potato plants; in importing ST.
Gillian bugs to fertilize fig blossoms In
California: in ostracizing various spe-
cies of weeds from the ranks of useful
plants, and in discriminating parasitic
growths that prey on fruit trees. In
| fact, the department of agriculture has
| expended during the last ten wears
| over 46 millions of dollars. But not
| a wheel of the official machinery at
| Washington was ever set in motion for
| the alienation or cure of diseases nj
the heart or kidneys, which will carry
on six millions of our entire popula-
ton. Eight millions will perish with
pneumonia, and the entire event ia ar.
cepted by the American people with q
| resignation equal to that of the Hindoo
who. in the midst of indescribable filth
calmly awaits the day of the cholera
During the next census period nnore
than six million infants under twr
years of age will end their little sna N,
of life while mothers sit by and water
In utter hsiplessness. And yet this mum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
FROM OTHER PENS
LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS IN
ENGLAND.

An interesting bit of information as
to the extent the employers liability
movement has reached in Great Brit
ain is afforded in a cable dispatch from
London A case came up in the city OF
London court the other day, in which
a kitchen maid objected to the record
ing of an agreement for compensation,
alleging that the money she had receiv-
ed might prove inadequate. While
wiping a glass dish the girl broke 1t,
thereby cutting her finger. The injury
resulted in permanent loss of control
of the terminal joint Of that digit. For
IL weeks her employer paid her 10
shillings a week through an insurance
company, for your wise British en-
ployer takes out policy when he
takes a servant nowadays, and then
suspended payment because the maid
would not allow her hand to be exam
ined by doctor. Finally the employ
claim. But this was not all; for there
seemed to be still further possibilities
of redress After talking the matter
over with her father the girl attempt
ed to repudiate the agreement by pre-
venting its being recorded. It was
shown that she was still earning as
much as she ever did, and the judge
decided that. as she had already been
paid sos, she had received sufficient
Compensation for her injury.
Nothing of this kind could be record
ed. of course, in this country, where the
widest dreams Of labor have never gone
beyond the organized trades into such
rudimentary occupations as domestic
service. There Is a hint here of what
we must eventually look forward to.
and perhaps this tendency. so soiidthed
in European countries, may make us
more reconciled to the principle that
seems now so objectionable in many
ways. This whole fellow-servant doc
trine. now abandoned in nearly every
civilized country but the United States,
or rather the acceptance Of the oppos-
ing principle of employers liability.
will be misunderstood and frequently
ts misunderstood because II ts tmper-
fectly apprehended.-Ind star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09

And now the American navy adds
another chapter to the disasters of
peace which have been altogether too
numerous among the navies of the
world during the past few months.
Six men killed and eight injured is the
frightful claim of an explosion in one
of the steam pipes in the engine room
of the armored cruiser Tennessee. The
casualties among the navies during
times of peace will soon equal those
during a real war. But enough said,
for thoughts along this line are not
pleasing to contemplate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
HU7A0R or THE Day

1o Don't You think green and gold is
yes. in a n,an."-Chicago Daily Jour
.a Ever get shocked by talking over a tel
Only once. called my wife up while
she was housecleaning to say that I'd
bring friend to dinner. "-Philadelphia
II hear your daughter is engaged to q
Yes, but he's poor stick"
Hasn't had the enterprise to smash a
camera as yet. "-L.ouisville Courier-Jour-
Nan-I don't SEQ why Miss Musley
should should want to marry him. with all her
Diek-I guess she had to. I don't believe
ned have taken her without it.-Philadel-
Gibbs (visiting)-What sort Of neiehbors
Dibbs-A bad lot. There's a blacksmith
who's engaged IN forging, q carpenter
c %hose q Gone ,s some counterfsitins. and a
and steel for a living.
There has just died. the newspapers tell
never slept out Of his own house We
trust this does not mean that he never
went to church--Punch.
The Youngster-There's no doubt about
II. was cut out for an orator.
The Old man-Pity you were never made
up.-fllustrated Bits.
Pafient-Doctor, what do you call this
fever OF mine?
Doctor Cooking at the clinical thermom-
eter)-Well I'd call 1t a bargain-10S re-
duced to 9S-New York Times.
How are things?" inquired the first
Wall street magnate
well. answered the second Wall street
magnate, we've half a terrapin in the
cellar. and the panic's over. We won't
starye."-Wasp.
Boy-Sixpenn 'orth O. cod liver oil,
please, sir. An say, don't give me too
| much. COS it's me what's got to drink it.
Punch.
Reggy Sapp-Ah, I am wrapped in NV
| own deah thoughts
Miss Tabaseo-Gracieus. Reggy, aren't
you afraid You will catch cold ?-Chicago
Daily News.