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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
wO0DF0RD SEEDS QUEEN.
wlAheImina Receives Medal From Ne
 York Communication.


 York Communication.
 The Hague, Dec. 2S.-Queen Wilhel- nina today received General stewart L.. Woodford, President of the Hud- son. Fulton celebration commission, who formally presented to the gov ernment of The Netherlands. gold medal struck in commernoration or the 200th anniversary of the Hudson river ana the tooth anniversary of inaugu- ration thereon of steam navigation. ~ In offering the memeto, General Woodford briefly addressed Her Majes- ty who, responding cordially. ex- pressed her thanks.
 The commission will visit other cap itals presenting the governments sim liar tokens of American appreciation of their cooperation in the recentfes tivities at New York.
 Accompanying the medal was a let- ter addressed to Queen Wilhelmtna and bearing the signatures of the members of the celebration conmis- sion. It contained these passages:
 "The presence OF The Netherlands armored cruiser Utrecht, the gift of the fac simile of the famous ship The Half Moon.' the attendance of the dis tinguished delegation of high officials and prominent individuals represent ing the government and people of The Netherlands and above all. the mes sages of good will brought from your nation to the people of our State. were most gratifying evidences of a friendship highly prized by us."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
THIS IS ACE OF CRAFT
STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
 MAKES ASSERTION.
Declares That Uppermost In Human Mind Today is Not Stars ana
 stripes Hut Dollar
 s Mark

Troy. N. r.. Dec. 2s-"The age of pa- trtotism has welded to the age of commercialism. Uppermost in the hu- man mind today Is not the Stars and Stripes. but the dollar mark.v
 Such was the declaration of State Supreme Court Justice Wesley o. How ard. in an opinion today reducing the compensation of members of com- mission appointed to appraise damages to property resulting from the con- struction of the Ashokan reservoir in Ulster County. which is to furnish Q water supply for New York City.
 At least forty per cent of all the money appropriated for pubiis use Is lost in graft" said Justice Howard.
 "Ali things could be possible if this frightful leak could be stopped-roads. canals. libraries. asyiums and hospit- as.
 Graft Is as much an element to be reckoned with In computing the cost of public structure as is cement oT lumber. It has come to be a matter of course--this rake-ofg--a loss xecog- nized by all who make estimates of cost In such cases. A public struct- ure built honestly would be freak"
 Justice Howard declares that "the whole project of the condemnation of land in the Ashokan Valley is charac- terized by waste. disorder and confu- sion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
Ne,xa of unlon sprlngn.

Union Springs. Dec. 2s---tSpecial)-- Mrs. E. J. Pierce at her home on Rooney Street last evening entertain ed fifteen couples with bridge.
 The K. of F. entertained at smoker last night. after which the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: c. c. W. H. Full Ter; V. C., I. M. Bryan: F.. J. L. Dean; M. w, De J. L. Bowman; K. of R. and S., J. L. Paulk: M. of E.. M. W. Johns ton: M. of A, E. W. Dykes; l. G. E. M. Fort: o. G.. J. W. Rainer. Repre- sentative to Grand Lodge. De J. L. Bowman.
 The young men will give german at the club rooms Wednesday evening, complimentary to the visiting young women.
 c! E. Feagin, Jamie Rainer. T. K Martin and M. N. Eley left Union Springs this afternoon for Clayton to attend the wedding of Mir. A. H. Feagin to Miss Peach. which takes place tomorrow.
 Mrs. Lee Alexander entertained the Embroidery Club at her home this afternoon.
 A number of the younger set have received invitations to an At Home" with Miss Bessie Wright Wednesday evening.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
aCENERAL'y cAPTOR DEAD
ANTHONY MURPHY, NOTED coNFnD-
 ERATE, Is NO MORE.
Ills Action During Wsr Tines Pre- vcnted success of Plan to Cat Southern Line of Cpm-
 ruunlcntlOn

Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 2s.--Anthony Mur- phy. aged 80 years. a pioneer citizen of the South, and one of the two men who pursued and captured the famous engine, General" when the latter had been seized and carried off from Mari etta, Ga, by Federal raiders during the Civil War. died here today.
 Murphy was born in Ireland and came to this country when 20 years old. He became one of the construc- tors Of the Western and Atlantic Rail- road. but when the war broke out. en- tered the Confederate service aud be- cause of his skill in mechanics was assigned by Governor Brown. father of the present Governor. to assemble men to make guns.
 On Apil 12. 1862, the Federal secret service arranged to seize a train at Marietta. cut on the engine. ran 1t from Big Shanty Ga. to Chattanooga. Tenn. burning bridges and cutting wires be- tween the two places and thus cut ting the Confederate lines of commu- nications. The plan was carried out almost successfully. The Federal offi- cers boarded the train at Marietta, Ga, and while the passengers and crew were at breakfast at Big Shanty, seven miles north of Marietta. cut or the en- zine and started on a mad race Of de- Etruction.
 The action of the Federal party. who posed as Southern refugees. anxious to join the Confederate Army. aroused the suspicion of MT. Murphy. who was then foreman of the Western and Atlantic round house at Big Shanty. When the General" started on its wild race, Murphy and two others started on foot fin pursuit. seized hand car later, ran it to Etowah, Ga, where the engine Texas" was impressed For fifty one miles the race continued to Ringoid. Ga, where the General" was captured as the men in charge attempted to burn a bridge. Several of tue Federal officers were summarily executed But the plan of the Union forces to cut the Confederate communications was de- feated.
 Although the engines were of a crude type most of the race was made at the rate Of sixty miles an hour.
 Murphy was the engineer. and Jeff Cain. the train engineer and Captain Fuller, the conductor, fired for him.
 The war left Murphy penniless. but he set to work again cheerfully. and when he died had amassed fortune of half million dollars in the saw mill and lumber business
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
MONEY SITUATION coon.
No New Issues of Interest-Bearin OI
 1gations for Several Months.

No New Issues of Interest-Bearfng Ob-
 ugations for Several Months.
 Washington, Dec. 2s.--Unless some eyfraordinary situation supervenes to make such action desirable or impera- tive, there will be no new issues of tnterest-bearing obligations by the treasury department before early in March. This statement Is made on the authority of a prominent official of the government.
 If Congress enacts legislation fav- ored by Secretary MacVeagh for a graduated tax on national bank circu- lation secured by United States bonds hereafter deposited. the impression is growing that he will look favorably on an issue of ? 1-2 per cent. Panama canal bonds if they are marketable. He Is authorized to issue these oblil gations bearing interest up to 3 per cent. The secretary favors tax of l per cent. on circulation secured by bonds bearing 1-2 per cent. interest so as to make them at parity with the twos for circulation purposes.
 Today's treasury working balance amounted to $24.1e0. se5. This is O ma terfa1 advance over earlier in the month. The variations In the balance are giving no serious concern to the officials who say 1t must slump great deal before they resort to any remedial measures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
-pooR RICHARD" SAID

The people are the best judges of merit. This is iorcibiy illustrated by the increased demand for the famous Cod Liver and Iron tonic known as vINoL.
 Its worth is demonstrated over and over again in building up the run down. weak and aged. and to ovsr- come pulmonary troubles. While worthless remedies are disappearing entirely, the fact that the demand for vINoL is rapidly increasing. is ample proof of It's Intrinsic merit. E. c. Fowler, Druggist. Montgomery. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
TELLS OF PHONE DEALS
INTRODUCTION OF TESTIMONY AL
 MOST COMPLETED.
Missouri Attorney General Thinks Days Evidence shows That
 Corporation LAWS Are
 Violated by Company.

Jefferson City. Mo-. Dec. 2s-The in- troduction of testimony in the tele- phone merger hearing here was com pleted this afternoon with the excep- ton of two witnesses. who will be called at supplementary hearing late in January
 Attorney General Major said to- night that he considered the days testimony of great value In showing that the American Telephone and Telegraph Company is holding com pany for Missouri companies. in viola tion of the corporation laws.
 c. S. Gleed, of Topeka, Kan. presf- lent of the Bell Telephone Company of Missouri, and the Missouri and Kan sas Telephone Company testified this afternoon that his companies had pur- chased forty-five or fifty exchanges through one company and eighteen through another. He said he knew nothing of stock ownership by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
 S. R. Hall of Kansas City, general manager of the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company, told of the pur- chase of several exchanges by his company and said that in some in- stances rates had been raised and, in others they had been lowered.
 Cyrus P. Wallbridge, of St. Louis, chairman of the board of directors of the Bell Telephone Company of Mis- souri. testified that the American Telephone and Telegraph Company of New York owns e5 per cent of the stock in his company.
 1t developed that officers and direc- tors of the various companies also serve in similar capacities with the others. Theodore N. Vail. for in- stance. Is director in the Bell Tele- phone Company of Missouri and the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Com pany, and director and president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company of New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29

world ana the most Important effili- ated body of the association was be- gun today. SThe remainder of the scientists were divided up into sec lions which hold meetings in differ- ent parts of the city.
 Before the Society of American Bac- teriologists. Prof. c. F. A. Winsfow and c. T. Palmer declared as the re- suit of their Investigations that the type of bacilli in horse, COW and man were different. whether lower animals can give tuberculosis to man. they said, was not definitely settled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
GIVES BRILLIANT RECEPTION.
Secretary Dickinson shown Marked
 nsetfncfion.

San Juan. P R.. Dec. Ex-Governor Cottons reception last evening in hon. or of the American Secretary of War. J. M. Dickinson, and Brigadier Gem eral Clarence R. Edwards. Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, was unsur- passed. even by that given to Prest- dent Roosevelt In 1906.
 Delegations from all the towns .n the island and from branches of so ciety, official, military and political. were present.
 The Secretary and his party spent today in studying conditions on the island. The Republican and Unionisf Parties, which have united for the purpose of urging citizenship and elective Senate and other reforms. have appointed committee to confer with Secretary Dickinson on these questions. The committee will proceed to Washington and will present pe- tltion to Congress requesting that these proposals be carried into effect
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
Waite House Hurns

Tuscaloosa, Dec. 2S-fSpeciai. )--The fire alarm was turned in about e:so o'clock this morning when it was learned that the house occupied bY MT. White on Eighteenth Avenue. was burning. It seems that MT. White started fire in one of the room and went across the street for his break fast when he returned the ire had gained such headway that 1t was im- possible to save the property. The houes was the property of Mrs. Israel Hood of this city. The greater part of MT. Whites furniture was saved. but the house was entirely consumed. The loss was covered by insurance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
Captain NTcEachin Buried.

Tugcaloosa, Dec. 2s-(Speclal )--Tha funeral services of Captain A. B. Mo- Eachin were held at 10 o'clock this morning from the Presbyterian Church, the services being conducted by Rev. A. B. McAlpine. The follow ing were the active pa1l-bearers: c. B. Turner. Judge H. B. Foster. W. B.. Oliver, H. A. Jones. Woolsey Van. Hoose and J. J. Mayfield. The honor- ary palI-bearers were: General c. D. Johnston. JF. s. Moody. J. H. Fitts. c. A. Searcy. Senator J. H. Bank. head, Daniel Collier. M. P. Jemison The burial was in Evergreen ceme- tery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
sumuer-wiIaon

Tuscaloosa. Dec. 2s-(SpsciRi. l--The marriage of Mir Robert Sumner and Miss Nellie Wilson occurred at the home of the brides parents. MT. and Mrs. Robert Wilson. on Broad Street. the ceremony being performed by Rev. L. o. Dawson. pastor Of the First Bap- list Church. of this city. The wedding was a auiet affair. there being none present but the immediate relatives. q'he young couple left after the cere- -iony for a trip to Mobile. after which they will be at homo vIth ths brides parents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
FEAR PEONAGE CHARGE,
 STOP BASEBALL CASE

Wilkes Barre, Pa., Dec. 2s.--It is re- ported in basketball circles here today that President Farrell of the New York State League. who is also Secie- tsry of the National Association of Baseball Clubs. has advised the nian- agement of the Wilkes Barre Club not to proceed with the court case in whis . resistance is made to the payment of 3200 to Manager McGcehan of the AL ientown Club. for Pitcher Peioauin. on the ground that it is against the Thir- teenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States to bny and sell ball players.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
nrexeIn Rnr sfoeIx.

ment was made today that Drexel and Company. Of this city. had purchased the Delaware, Lackawanna and wes- tern Railroad Company's holdings of Lehigh Valley Railroad stock, amount ing to 10000 shares. The Lackawan- na Is the last of the i've railroads that acquired control of the Lehigh Valley In 1901 to dispose of the stock. That of the other roads has been &C., quired by the Moore Reid interests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
MILL EMPLoYE KILLED,
 ASSAILANT IS MISSING

Vinegar Bend. Dec. 2s.-Jesse Moody, while crossing a mill dam this Torn- Ing, was shot and killed. Albsrt Slmp- son is charged with the ohoo.ing.
 It is reported that Simpson, after shooting, calmly reloaded his thirty eight calibre revolver and disappeared. Both were employees of local mil
 The cause of the shooting was said to resulted from something concerring Moody's wife
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
lame. M. Feag.n Dead.

Midway, Dec. 2S-t5pecIaD-Jam M. Feagin died Monday at the old tamily home in Midway. lie had suf- fered in-heaith for a long time.
 He was the third son of the late Major James t'eagin. pioneer or southeast Alabama. lie Is survived by rive sisters and two brothers; Ms. C W. Fenn, Clayton; Mrs. M. A. Iomp- kins. Lake Village, Ark.; Mrs. A. K. Jordan, WoodIand, Ga.; Mrs. J. M neney, Marsnal4vilie, Ga.; Mrs. N. D. orum, Midway; Mr. G. w. Feagin, HopKinsyiiIe, Ky; Judge N. B. Feagin. olrmlngnam.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
INCREAsE IN CUSTOMS.
I'm Report, Collector Loeb Makes Good
 Showing.


 New York. Dec 2S-An increase of s41,SO1,5 ,592 in customs in 1909 over 1908 Is shown in Collector Loeb's annual report issued today. The total duties collected at the Port of New York amount to S217.520.S97.
 Gold imports for the year show de- crease of approximately $S,00O'o00. They were $19.291,152, compared with s27.367,241 in 1908. Exports of do- nestle gold on the other hand were SisS, ,030,554 in 1909. and sse,oss.s0S in 1908. Exports of foreign gold for 1909 we're $3,s61,741 and $l,6So.s7o du- ring the previous year.
 Total imports of merchandise in 1909 were sss6,022.775. compared with s650.- 20l,7s2 in 1908. amounted to $612.s9s.647, a decrease of about s12.00O.00O from the figures of 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
Purse for pr. McGoIericlx.

Duluth, Minn.. Dec. 2S.--A purse of $7,000 was presented last night at the Cathedral Auditorium to Right Rev James McGolerick in honor of the twen- tieth anniversary of his conservation to, the bishopric in Duluth diocese. The bishop promptly turned over the entire sum to swell the funds for the new orphan asylum. The purse was subscribed to by many Duluth resi- dents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
News of Carroliton.

Carroliton, Dec 28--lSpecial)- )-Miss Ollie Hanly. Miss Annie Wallace Hays and Miss Ruth olmsted of Tuscaloosa. are the guests of MT. and Mrs. A. H. Dobbs.
 Mrs. O. G. Kelly of Selma Is visit ing her parents, MT. and Mrs. J. w.. Cox.
 Mir. and Mrs. A G. Hall and little son of Columbus. Ga, are also the guests of MT and Mrs. Cox.
 Misses Graham and Langdon of Re- form. Ala. are the guests of Miss Hinton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
COST OF RUNNING CITIES.
Imm ense Amount Needed fer Amert-
 enu Municipalities.

Immense Amount Needed Ter Amers- enn Municipalities.
 washington. D. c. Dec 2s-n the i5s largest cities of the United States were to merge themselves into one great corporation. they would need q working capital of s1.2ho.ooo.ooo. or just about the equivalent of the cap- ital stock of the United States Steel Corporation turned into hard cash.
 The Census Bureau has made an elaborate investigation on what 1t costs to run our municipalities. The net amount spent on public works and departments comprised about 5s per cent Of tho total transactions for 1907. The remaining 42 per cent was spent incidental to the conduct of the city's business. or in transactions where the city acted as fiscal agent in the collection of revenue for the State or county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
Cenfess to Burxlnriea.

Lake Charles, La, Dec. 2S.-Con- fessing to more than score of bur glaries and larcenies within the past three weeks, four negroes. all under fifteen years of age. are in jail here. Officers are searching for several oth- CT youthful culprits, who, 1t is claim ed, were members of the gang.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
Newsp.pers VI. case

Washington. Dec. 2s-Holding that common carrier charged with exact ing an unreasonable rate cannot escape liability upon the ground that the shipments could have been trans ported over a route carrying a lower rate. the Interstate Commerce Com mission has ordered reparatfon from unreasonable charges upon eighteen carloads of newspapers shipped from Grandmere, Quebec, to San Francisco. The case is that of H. R Wiiliar vs. the Canadian North<rn Quebec Rail- road Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
DEED OF CRAZY WOMAN.
Was About to Burn Baby When Pc.
 lice Arrived.

Cincinnati, Dec. 2S.-Just as Mrs. Mary Lipp was about to place her ten months old baby in tub of live coals the police arrived at her home today insanity.
 She already had burned alive her chickens and pet rabbits and had set fire to the house.
 Auto.suggestion and it's psychoiogi- cal mysteries, induced by reading ac- counts of how a woman in Loveland. O.. yesterday brained her children. is believed to have caused the mothers insanity. She had just recovered from an Illness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
STATE SUES STATE.
Virginia Wants sum of e50,00O, 600
 From West Virginia.

New York. Dec. 2s.--An argument bristling with ante-beilum history and later incidents of the Civil war in Vir- ginia and West virgna. involving a claim of $50.00o.000 on behalf of Vir- ginia against the latter State, was heard today before Charles E. Little field, as special master in equity of the United States Supreme Court.
 The case, is to determine the ques- tion of the apportionment of the in- ternal department of Virginia at the time when West Virginia was 8 part of the cold Dominion"
 A special report on the case will ultimately be filed in the United States Supreme Court by the master in eouity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
Inn tn IerumaIem

Portland, Me, Dec. 28.-The mystery about the movements of Rev. Frank Sandford head of the Holy Ghost and Us Societies at Shiloh, Me, was cleared up today when cablegram was received from him dated at Gi- braltar. It stated that he was on the yacht Kindom. with sixty passengers and crew on their way to Jerusalem, after Q pleasant voyage across. all on board being well.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
ONCE FOE, NOW SENATOR
REWARD or sIs.ooo oFFERED ron
 GORDON.
Mississippi's Latest Bo1on Once Was Sought for Alleged Conspfrasy in Assassanallon ef Presa-
 deut Lincoln.
denf Ltneeln

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 2s.--A special to The NeWs-Scimftar says:
 Sought at one time by the Federal authorities under s10.000 reward for his capture. dead or alive. for alleged conspiracy in the murder of Presfdent of the United States and now appoint ed as a member of the legislative body of that country is the strange expe- rience of Col. James Gordon. of Oko- Iona, who has been named by Governor Noel as successor to the late Senator A. J. McIaurin,
 Colonel Gordon was one of the sew era1 Confederate leaders suspected Of being in conspiracy with !. Wilkes Booth to kill President Lincoln. He escaped arrest and probable death only through the intervention. 1t Is stated. of Yankee coolnel with whom he had crossed swords in a fight in Virginia.
 During the earlier years of the war, Colonel Gordon had formed an inti- mate friendship with Booth and after the assassination of President Lincoln the reward of $1o.000 was offered for his capture. Colonel Gordon went to Canada and it was several months af- ter the close of hostllities before he found 1t safe to return home.
 During one of the campaigns in vir- gfnia Colonel Gordon had crossed swords with the colonel of New York cavalry regiment. Both were wounded in the conflict, but they afterward be- came fast friends.
 Colonel Gordon wrote letter to this New Yorker. denying that he had any part in the Lincoln conspiracy. ann stating that he desired to return home. The former foe took the matter up with General Dick, then in command Of the army forces in New York and the latter sent him a passport and an invitation to come to New York and surrender, which he did. He afterward satisfied General Dick that he kney nothing of the Lincoln conspiracy.
 He took the oath of allegiance and returned to his home in chickasaw County, where he has since resided.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
GRAND vIzIEn RESIGNS.
Attempts to Overtnrow Ministry Finally
 s5t.l.' Qvxa

Constantinople, Dec. 2S.-Hiini la sha, the Grand Vizier. resigned today. The immediate cause of his resignation is not known. but more than once re- gently there has been attempts made in the Chamber to oyerturn ahe ntnis- try,
 It Is believed that the committee on union and progress have decidsd upon change in the ministry becalse they have arrived at the conclusion that the accusations against the Former Grand vizier. Kiamil Pasha, which caused his resignation, were unjust. It IS undery stood that the committee favors the appointment of Tewfik Pasha. the rres- ent Ambassador at London. as Grand Visfer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
WEEDS IN rAxIoAB
Convalescent Figures in Marriage in
 Hospital Court Yard.

COmV0IeBcent FtBukGB tH MHFkfnW0 tM
 Hospital Court Yard.
 New York. Dec. ss-c. H. Smith. a convaiescent patient at Bellevue hos. pital, and Mrs. l.. R. Rotseil. were married in a taxfcab in the court yard of the hospital today, while witnesses and the oficiating clergyman were also crowded in and about the vehicle Bridesmaids alone were missing.
 The odd ceremony was made neces- sary when Smith collapsed in the cab after a trip to the city hall for mar riage license Despite his weakness it was decided to perform the cere. mony with the bride and bridegroom seated in the vehicle. The honeymoon trip consisted of journey from the hospital to his residence, with his wife acting as the nurse.