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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14

Montgomery is threatened with the greatest flood in the history of the city. The Alabama last night was nearing the fifty-foot flood stage and is still rising. There Is danger of the city being thrown in total darkness. as 1t is reported that the waters may reach the steam plants of both the electric light companies and the plant of the gas company. The waters have broken over the banks of the Talla- poosa and plantations near the eight mile post on the lower Wetumpka roai are flooded. Grave danger threatens the State prison. known as No. 4. which has been cut of from all communication with the city. The waters will get into North Montgomery early Sunday morning and thousands of dollars of damage Is predicted in that section. Merchants on Commerce street have been warned to get their goods from the cellars of their stores. ! Saturday was day of sensational rumors. There were reports of a cloudburst at Rome. Georgia, and gem eral alarm was felt. when it was re- ported that ali fiood records would be broken. The flood of 1886. which is regarded as the most serious in the history Of Montgomery will most like- py be euualled and there is proba- tbilfty that the present flood will be of even greater consequence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
BIG PLANT sUsPENDS;
 RIVERSIDE IN WATER

Anniston. March 1s.--(Special.)-Re- ports today from the surrounding country indicate heavy damage as tho result of almost incessant rains for forty-eight hours. Farm lands are badly washed and crops are said to be delayed a month.
 Several industrial plants have been compelled to close down and railway traffic is partially tied up. Southern Hallway tracks in this city, ara inun- dated and between Birmingham and Wellington the Seaboard Air Line Railway tracks are washed out. It is estimated that six inches of rain have fallen.
 Tn a telephone conversation with the Iathrop Patton Lumber Company this, afternoon 1t was stated that the Coosa river at Riverside was the high est that 1t has been in twelve years. having risen eighteen feet in the past few hours and is sthl rising.
 The stream has overfiowed the banks above Riverside and if 1t continues to rise the town will be flooded. Farm lands have been damaged thousands of dollars. It is said that several z
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
MAY CUT OFF WEST POINT
Rise in Chattahoochee Has Stopped - Cotton Mills.

Rise in Chattahoochee Has Stopped - Cotton Mills.
 West Point. Ga. March 13.-Despite a fall of three incheac in the Chat tahoochee River at this place since o'clock much uneasiness prevails here tonight, the water being the highest since 18se. ..- s,aa.s-.-s, se,s,A.ss~-.
 A three foot rise has been predicted by the weather bureau and many resi- dents are leaving their homes to the mercy of the rising waters and seek ing safety. No efforts are being made to save household goods but merchants continued storing stocks in places of safety.
 Traffic on the Chattah oochee Valley Railroad is tied up between this city and Langdale. Ala. and the Atlanta and West Point Railroad has a force of men on the scene watching It's big concrete bridge over the river.
 Three big cotton mills in nearby towns have been closed down on ac- count of the high water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
Gamex Taken To Pri.on.

Manila, March 1S-The writs of man aamus for habeas corpus sought by counsel for Dominador Gomez, who was sentenced to four months impris- onmeIit in Bilibid for melting a strik @ have been denied and the convicted la bor leader has been taken to the pris-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14

Columbus, Ga., March 13-(Special)- It may become necessary to destroy the Dillingham; street bridge with dy- namite to protect the fine steel bridge farther down the Chattah oochee river. Plans have been made to meet this contingency.
 The Chattahoochee River continued to rise again today and is at flood stage early tonight although the stop age of cotton mills is the only damage done in the city so far,
 Dynamite has been placed in the Dill lingham street bridge. and if this structure which is of wood, begins to collapse the sticks of dynamite will be touched off by electricity. so as to shatter the bridge into small frag- ments.
 A hundred yards below this highway bridge is the steel railroad bridge of the Central of Georgia Railroad, and if the upper structure should be swept down stream in a solid mass the jother bridge would be greatly endangered.
 Water is now within a few feet of the Dillingham; street bridge floor and the current Is slowly but steadily ris- ing. Reports from up state show that rain has been failing there all day. Rain began falling here again late this afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
Water to Pass 50-Foot Flood Stage. NORTH MONTGOMERY
 10 BE UNDER WAFER Merchants of Commerce Street Warned to Move Goods.
  rhe City May Be Thrown Into Total Darkness as the Water is Threat- eninE the Power and Gas Plants, the wires to Tal-
 Iassee Already Being 
,,oop NoRrH MoNrGoMERY,

\ FLOOD NORTH MONTGOMERY. ! Late last night Section Director : Chaffee of the weather bureau : stated that by morning the wa . ters of the Alabama would De . covering the lowlands of North . Montgomery and that perhaps.
 . before the crest of the flood had { z been reached 1t will have enter {
 5 ed many of the big manufactur- ( ing plants of the North End. en- z tailing thousands of dollars of
 . damage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
WEATHER FORECAST.

Washington, March I3.-For Alabam n Colder sunday with fair in the inte- rior and showers on the cOastI brisk north yyindst fair Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
PORTED THAT DAM
 HAD BEEN DESTROYED

It was reported late yesterday af- ternoon that the Tallassee power dam had been swept away, but tnvestiga- ton showed that the report was in error The telephone line to Tallassee was down late last night but 1t was learned that the water was roaring over the dam with crest of fourteen feet and that the river was still rising
 Opposite Montgomery there is a sea of water, extending as far as the eye can see. The tops of trees which formerly stood high on the bank are barely discernable. The water yester- day afternoon had reached AZ feet and was under the tracks of the Louisville and Nashville railroad at the foot of Commerce street. The water was within few feet of the Louisville and Nashville trestle. just south of the Hartley Boiler Works.
 So far no fatalities have been re- ported. There were one or two nar- row escapes reported, but other than the five unfortunates who went down In the early stage of the flood last Wednesday. none have perished in inc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14

West FIOridn--Raln and colder Sun day, Monday, fair, moderate to brisI north winds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14

GeOrgia--ShOwers Sunday; fair and cooler Monday; moderate to brisk winds, shifting to north and north west.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14

.aces to Lincodn and the other great men of Illinois stirred the members. He spoke of the proud privilege of presenting candidate for Speaker at this time wneh 'nu .ho viduai initiatives Is assailed by the aiscordant and destructive forces or socialism" ..
 .Illinois is justly proud of her most aisttnguished son." exclaimed MT. Rod- enberg. as he approached the mention | of the name of MT. Cannon.
 With a declaration that his candidate knew naught of expediency, MT. Ro- denberr said that his fidelity to prin- c,nie was his religion and loyalty to honest convictions was the cardinal l tenet of his creed. His courage was aascribed as that born of conscience originating In the loftiest conception of public duty
 "His very name," said Mir. Roden- berg. "is a synonym of Integrity, a guarantee of consistency and his mas terful militant record as member of 1 Congress for thirty-four years is an 1 inspiration to the struggling. ambl- tious youth of the land.
 "Mr. Chairman. catching the spirit | that breathes upon us from the l glorious memories of an earlier day. the spirit that gave birth to the Re- publican party. of which he was one | of the founders. In response to the admiring sentiment Of the Republican membership of this House. ] nominate for Speaker of the Sixty-first Congress the Iron Duke of American politics Joseph q. Cannon"
 In response to the demand for a speech, Speaker Cannon addressed the caucus. He said:
 MT. Chairman and fellow Republi- cans: I thank you for the mark of your confidence and esteem and In the term to come. as in the past, shall endeavor so to conduct myself in the high office for which you propose me as to further the best interests of the United States and merit your approval.
 "We have before us a most difficult session. Tariff legislation Is in a class by itself. and from the stand point of practical legislation. presents more difficult problems than any oth- CT kind of legislation. A tarifr bill Is general in that it affects the whole great subject of revenue; but at the same time. 1t Is private and special in It's nature as 1t enters every district and affects the product of every farm and factory. The approaching leRisla- ton therefore. will bring with 1t pe culiar difficulties and unusual tempta- tions.
 First Duty to Country,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
LIGHTING FACILITIES
 MAY BE OUT OFF

The greatest alarm is felt in Mont gomery. because of the reports that the lighting facilities will be cut off In 1886 the flood reached the plant of the gas company and put 1t out of com mission. Yesterday when the flood warnings came. the gas company fmme- diately began to barricade against the probability of being crippled by the Hood waters. A stage near 55 feet. if is reported, would put out. the gas ser vice and early yesterday morning A large corps of men were put to work building a wall to keep the waters out of the building. The protecting walls were also intended to take care of the steam electric plant which was being utilized last night for power, by the Montgomery Light and Water Power Company.
 The lowlands in Scott's Bend are threatened. and this will most likely include the big fertilizer plants north of the city. The tracks of the Louis-. vile and Nashville Railroad will be inundated. and If conditions are simi- lar to those/of 18S6 when a similar flood ragged, the city will practically be cut off from the outside world for aavaral days
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
FEAR FOR FAMILIES !. OF ELMoRE COUNTY

Much uneasiness was expressed yes terday about the condition of families living along the course of the river on
 the Fillmore County side. Vague re- ports were floating into the city all nay about persons being cut off by the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
First Duty to COuntrv.

"While we must regard with soiici- tous care the interests of the peopIe we represent individually. we musr on the other hand. keep constantly in mind that our first duty is to the United States as a whole. that its revenues must be sufficient for It's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
REPUBS HOLD
 THEIR CAUCUS Joseph Cannon Nominat-
 cd for Speaker. UNCLE JOE ACCEPTS HONOR Plenty of Evidence of the h.
 surrection. The Most Determined Anti-Cannon Re- pubs Were Not Present at Meet-
 .ss-Hou.e Rule. are
 

Washington, March 1S.-Proclaimed by his friend as the Iron Duke of American politics" Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois, was selected tonight at the Republican 5caucus as the candidate of his party for the Speakership of the Rouse of Representatives.
 At the same time the caucus bound It's members to vote for the adoption by the incoming House of the rules which governed the last House. It was the fourth time the honor had been conferred upon MT. Cannon. But tonight neither the selection of a candidate for Speaker, nor the vote on the rules was characterized by the unanimity of party feeling that at tended the three preceding caucuses. There was plenty of evidence of the insurrection. promised for Monday, against the Cannon organization, but in the main the most determined anti- Cannon Republicans were not present.
 Following Is the personnel of the House organization as chosen by the Republican caucus tonight:
 For Speaker-Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois.
 For Clerk of the House-Alexander Mcdowell of Pennsylvania.
 For Postmaster-Samuel A. Lam gumm of Minnesota.
 For ant-at-Arms-Henry Cas- son of Wisconsin. For Doorkeeper-F. B. Lyons of New York.
 For Chaplain-Rev. Henry Couden, the blind preacher.
 All these were selected as candidates to succeed themselves. 4Currier Was Chairman.
 Representative Currier of New Hamp- shire was elected chairman of the caucus and Representative Louden- slager of New Jersey was elected to succeed himself as its secretary. Rep resentative John W. Dwight of New York was chosen whip" of the next House. x,o.., Jars~-- the tast caueus,
 ting to order. As
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14
MAY H-ow UP
 :. ZIG BRIDGE Columbus Citizens Are Prepared. Cotton Mills Are Damaged by Angry Wsters And People Driven
 From Hemes-Chatta- s, hoochee Rising.

Columbus. Ga. March 1s--(special)-- The Chattahoochee river been steadily rising all night and it looks as if the Dillingham; street bridge will be swept away.
 At midnight telephone reports tell of heavy rain storm in the country north of Columbus. tonight.
 Some of the streets of West Point are flooded by the river water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14

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Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29
Farmers Meet at Jefferson

The college of agriculture of the
University of Wisconsin will hold a
three days farmers course and home
economics conference at Jefferson
November 10, II and 10, the first of
the winters series of travelling schools
of agriculture to be conducted in vari-
Gus parts of the state in response to
requests from the different cities and
towns, and the county agricultural
schools. The program, now being
arranged by K. l.. Hatch, secretary of
the agricultural extension work, en-
phasizes subjects related to dairying
and stock raising, and includes lee
lures accompanied by demonstrations
in the selection and judging OF dairy
COWS, horses, sheep and swine. Spe-
cial attention is also given soil fer
tility, the growing of grains and forage
plants, the management of marsh
land, fertilizers and farm buildings. In
the sessions devoted to domestic
science members of the faculty of the
university department of home econo-
mics will lecture on practical phases
of home making, such as sanitation,
nursing, cooking and decoration
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29

vent proper digestion and assimila-
ton. Most of the food that is taken
at the time, or that has been taken
within the last eight hours, will
simply become waste matter; and
all the starved cells will, in like
manner, become waste matter; the
system if thus clogged from two
sources, and what we call cold
must naturally follow.
There would be but few cases of
indigestion if happiness and har-
mony were continuous in every
mind; and when you prevent all the
ills that come directly or indirectly
from imperfect digestion, you pre-
vent fully three-fourths of all the
ills known to human life. But the
powers of happiness and harmony
do not end with the digestive func-
tons; their effect upon the nervous
system is just as far reaching and
beneficial. Make continuous happi-
ness a part of your life, and your
nerves will be as good as new as
long as you live. The same is true
concerning the mind. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29

laws. "straining at gnats and swal.
lowing camels." If all laws on the
state statutes relative to labor anc
business on Sunday were enforced i,
would be quite different, but the law.
are not enforced except in cases where
prosecution Is inspired by malice upon
the part of the complaining witness.
A multiplicity of laws on our statutes
which are not enforced except thru
spite. breeds contempt for thu law
upon the part of the masses. A few
laws rigidly enforced as they are in
Canada would be far better, for there
everything closes down at IL O'Clock
Saturday night and remains closed I'M
ill Monday morning.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29
The Donovan Case

Attorney Gustav Buchheit won an
preme court today when that tribunal
upheld mis- contentious in the case of
Charles Donovan of Waterloo, who
was sentenced to eight years in the
state prison by Judge Grimm after a
jury had found him guilty of a statu-
tory offense, alleged to have been
committed and in which Elsie WEIGH
ert of this city, now in the home for
the feebleminded, was the complain
ant. The court held that her evil
dence was unreliable and therefore
worthless.
The case attracted great deal of
attention and the efforts of Mr.. Buch-
heit in the defendants behalf have
been of strong character in an eff
fort to save his client, who always
maintained his innocence.
Donovan was convicted in the cir
cult court of statutory offense, and
the case was argued in the supreme
court October 8. Attorney Gustav
Buchheit, who conducted the trial in
the lower court, and Attorney Nc
Govern of Milwaukee represented de-
PENDANT, while the attorney general
and District Attorney R. w. Lueck ap-
peared for the state before the SUI
preme court at Madison. The case was
hotly contested in the circuit court
before Judge Grimm and a jury, and
by a special order of the supreme
court Attorney Gustav Buchheit sue
ceeded in keeping Donovan out of
state prison up to this time. Many
interesting questions have been raised
and the decision was awaited with
much interest.
The case will be sent back to the
circui court according to the SUI
preme court decision.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29

try protected? Not to any extent
whatever. In fact, ne is taxed to
death AMI nearly driven tn the wall
by cheap labor AT the present time,
it is reported that there are hundred
agents or more in ItsIy. Poland aud
Hungary at WORK promoting emigrs-
ton from those countries to the Unit
ed States. 1t is charged, that the
agents are employed by American
capitalists who demand cheap, unedu.
Gated labor, which Is forcing Ameri-
can labor to either accept starvation
wages or starye, for it cannot exist
and educate families on pauper
wage. The gigantic steel trust is
protected, so ale manv other immense
industries, but when it comes to the
poor laborer he must root, hog or die.
The present economical condition in
this country must be changed or the
time is not far distant in the future
when there will! be a reaction and
wealth will be equalized by unjust
and arbitrary laws. Thinking men
are louking to the luture with grave
approximations, hoping that greed will
given fair show in the struggle fur
existence
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29
Agricultural Course

Hundreds Of young farmers from
all parts of Wisconsin have been en-
tered in the advance enrolment for
the six weeks course in agriculture
given each winter at the University
of Wisconsin. Some 1874 have en-
rolled for the second years work, and
40 or more are to come for the first
time, including 26 residents of 13
states other than Wisconsin-an indi-
cation of the high esteem in which
the instruction given at the College
of Agriculture is held in other states.
A Encouragement of the course of
study, with the inclusion of new in
struction in farm management and in
poultry husbandry, will increase it's
value greatly.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29
THE HAPPINESS CURE

The happier you are the less en-
ergy you waste, because added
happiness means added harmony
and the system wastes no energy
while it continues in perfect har-
mony, says Progress Magazine.
The less energy you waste, the
more vitality you will possess, and
the greater your supply of vital en-
ergy, the less liable you are to sick
ness. When your system is abso-
lutely full of vital energy, you will
contract no disease whatever, not
even diseases that are said to be
contagious. Retain all your en-
ergy and you will never be sick;
but to this end harmony must be
perfect, and perfect harmony is
possible only when happiness is
continuous.
When the human system is thor
oughly harmonious, emery particle
of food that is taken will contribute
its full nourishing power, and to
properly nourish the system is one
of the chief secrets of health. In the
average system, however, a great
deal of the food taken is not digest
ed, there being too much discord
among the digestive forces, and,
therefore, actual starvation obtains
in the midst of plenty. There are
millions Of cells in the majority of
human bodies that are daily starved
to death, regardless of the fact that
three square meals are eaten every
day. These starved cells wither up
and become waste matter, clogging
the system, thus giving extra work
to the forces of elimination and re-
construction. And the mere energy
you use up in getting lid of useless
matter, the less energy you will
have for your work, your life and
your thought.
A fit of anger, or prolonged ex-
element, is frequently followed by
a cold; and the reason is that agita-
ton, in every form, tends to pre-
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29
WdtertOWn Wis. Friday, Oct. 20
CONSIDERABLE JUDGE.

A circuit judge in city not a
thousand miles away had occasion not
long ago to sentence a young man
found guilty Of his first crime. Among
other things he said to the prisoner
was this: "Yuu are young man,
this Is your first otfense; up to this
time you have, by your own Testimony
and that of reputable witnesses, lived
an exemplary life; but in an hour of
unusual temptation you failed.
feel your previous record is deserv-
ing of recognition. / feel. too, that
the temptation to which you yield
ed should not have been placed be-
fore yuu. In view of these things
your sentence is the lightest it is
in my power 10 give YOU. | con-
graduate you on your previous life,
very much | regret your failure,
and | caution you against further
wrung DOING Then turning to the
spectators in the court room, this
wise judge said: "This young man
had position of responsibility for
several years he did the work of two
Men and never failed; So far as |
can learn he received no word of
praise or commentator, but when he
finally yielded to the temptation
which comes to every man who hand
les large sums of money for an incon-
siderable compensation, bis employer
losses no time in bringing him to JUS
tice. The time is coming when the
man who handles money will be we'll
paid. and the time is alsu coming
when the man who fills u position of
trust satisfactorily is made to under
stand that his services are appreci-
sted, and when that time does come,
much temptation will disappear. -
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