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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
TRAMP EVIL GROWING.
Some Eastern RaIIroad Lines Report
 Increase of 200 Per Cent.

Increase of 200 Per Cent.
 Charities and the Commons
 Tramps professional and amateur ages are simply swarming over the railroads east of the Mississippi river forming a very serious problem for both railroads anI state governments according to reports which O. F. Lewis has received from most of the great roads of the East. Mir. Lewis finds from these reports that the railroad tramp and trespasser evil Is on the increase. with roads and states through which they pass unable to check it, and one road-the New York Central-declares that half of the loss and damage claims currently paid by railroads may be inscribed to robberIes committed hy tramps and trespassers Much of this increase in trampdom is ascribed to the effects of the panic and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
Civil Service For Census.

Chicago. Feb, 22-The City Club has forwarded through it's civil service committee a letter to the United States Senators from Illinois and the Con gressmen from Chicago urging the early enactment of a law which will place all employees of the census bureau under civil service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

The Senate might nave known when 1t dared to criticise Eoosevelt's secret service methods that it was 'ayiuE the foundation for another ebuilient mes sage. Perhaps the Senators were only batting him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
SWORN CIRCULATION

me Montgomery Advertiser guarantees Us eofertisers tand makes it a part of the con uact when reQuested) that its daily cfrco- Ation Is larger than that of any morning newspaper printed in Alabama-and that US sunday edition has the largest crcu- lalon of any edition of any newspaper Ulnted In Alabama without exception.
 The figures for January printed below turns having been deducted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

The statement handed out that Taft will continue Roosevet's policies but not his methods doesn't convey much Information How can he do one with out the other is the question
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

The accounts in Mondays papers of the race riot in Omaha indicate that there is still some of the wild and wooily West in Nebraska.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
A nESERYED HONOR.

The new State of Oklahoma is going to do honor to itself, to the Indian race and to a man whose name deserves to be honored. by presenting a statue or bust of Sequoyah for a place in the Hall of Fame at Washington The late Senator Morgan of Alabama, in a speech in the Senate in 1903 gave some interesting personal details of this re- as follows:
 George Guess was Cherokee. When was little boy George Guess was pointed ont to me. He was then middle-aged man. and I was told that he had invented an alphabet He was q Cherokee. and lived not far from my fathers house; not more than five or rather ungainlv looking Indian. and very dark. He had invented an alphabet l think ef forty eight char of syllables. He syllabized the Chero- kee language. much If which is gut tural hard to express in letters. and hard to speak.
 the whole course nf the language: he did not Know the English alpha bet He adopted some of the English char acters, or very nearly so--the Roman chara sters of that alphabet He Is now known as SequoNah. and the big trees in California, the largest in the world. are named for George Guess, whose Indian name was Sequoia
 How did George Guess happen to write that alphabet? After General Jacksons triumph at New Orleans when the news came back and spread over the country as to how Jackson had assembled his forces at New Or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

As our big fleet Is safely back we see no reason why the esteemed jingoes may not now eat their soup without fear Of danger from Japan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

We suppose the Mardi Gras people are having a good time this week, in cluding those who prey on visitors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

c. | Finigan. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- Users circulation for the month of January 1909. is true and correct. and compiled af- ter all returns from news boys. news agents spoiled and leftover copies have been de- ducted. c. l. FINI0AN.
 Circulation Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of February. 1909.
 RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
DTS OF BRIGHTNESS.

would object to my marrying you? Pearl-I couldn't say. If he's any thing like me he would,-Illustrated Bits.
 "You'n have to work hard to win old Millions daughter"
 I'll have to work good deal harder if l don't win her ,'-Brooklyn Life.
 
 Asked when he was married, the col ored citizen replied:
 All I know. suh, Is dut 1t wuz wen she lowed she'd git meter de min ute!'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

It now appears probable that tbs Kepubiican candidate for Governor of Virginia next year will be A. D. Gil- iespie of Tazewell County. MT. Gil- iesple IS a lawyer, and was a membe< of the Virginia Constitution ConVe1-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

Elihu Root Is the only new Senator who will receive important committee appointments in the Sixty-frst Con- gress. Having been at the head of the De placed on both the Military Affairs and the Foreign Relations Committees
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
Politics and Politicians

Ihe Supreme Court of the State of Wasnington has decided the Lieuten- GahlIIGovernorship q contest between M. HaYy nay ana C. E. Coon in favor of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

It IS the general understa nding fin Washington that Mir. Taft wishes to HI f,,, the Treasury portfolio either from illinois or Ohio. Should the appoint mont go to the President elects own state, 1t Is the belief that the honor VIII fall to Myron T. Herrick'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

Ihe most important Senate Commit tee durlng the extra session of Con gress gre, will be that on finance, which VIII be charged with the work of con steering the tarinf bill when 1t comes rom the House of Representatives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

The women of Illinois want tn, legislature to require married men tt wear some sort of title or be segre gated so they may be distinguished from single men. Suffering Moses Isn't that henpecked look and the wa, they are dressed enough to distinguish them from the prosperous. stylish ant happy bachelor?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

\, Ex,Governor Robert B. Glenn of North Carolina will go on the lecture platform next fall, and one of his sube Jectp VIII be the negro problem.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

Two of the new United States Senators eengloIe to membership in the mil Hohaires, M Club" are Charles J. Hugh es. of Vermont. D. rage
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

"Vice President Fairbanks to Girdle the Globe" says @ head line. MT Fairbanks would make a pretty good imitation of a girdle all right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
IFT WOOD
Speaking of Knox, he gets plenty of 'em all right.

Every time a hen lays an egg these days she cackles as triumphantly as though she knew the market value of 'em
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

Hitchcock. the actor. Is flat broke. He has filed a notice in bankruptcy. He is a good comedian. however, but this fact recalls so vividly to our mind that old song we heard him sing in New York once Life is Suoh q Funny Proposition After All"
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03

ford, now presided over by the Rev.
DR.. Hugh Brckhead, n young man
who is determined that mere tradi-
tions or fear of criticism shall not
stand in the way Of his making his
church as beneficial as possible to the
thousands of poor and struggling peo-
pie In the midst of whom 1t Is placed.
within the sound of prayer and praise
and words Of eXhortation many who
do not often darken church doors. but
in order that still more should be
reached a procession was organized
which wended its way through the
streets in the nelghborhood of the
church and made its appeal to the III
tcrest Of the wayfarers or dwcllers In
the vicinity. At the head OF the pro-
cession large cross was carried, illu
minated by electric lights. At either
side were men carrying the batteries
that furnished the current for the In
candescent lamps. Then came band,
and behind 1t DR.. Birckhead ard the
other clergy Of the parish In their
robes and the missioner, DR.. Dawson
Following them were seventy chorls
ters, who led the singing as the march
proceeded, and behind them were
many others, making up a parade 700
strong altogether On the return to
the church great meeting was held,
at which DR.. Dawson delivered most
stirring appeal.
DR.. Dawson has magnetic presence
md n most effective delivery.
DR.. Dawson was born In Northamp-
tonshire In 1854 and Is son of n
Wesleyan minister. He was educated
Mt Dl1sbury college, Manchester. and
was for a time In the Wesleyan min
lstry. but from 1892 to 1906 was min
lister Of Highbury Quadrant Congre-
| gational church. london. He is a
volumInous writer, and his works COM
prise not only books ON religious sub
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03
The Mystery
of
TheYeIIOWR Room
By GASTON LEROUX
Copyright. 1908. by Brentano's
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER IA mysterious at
tt mpt Is made at midnight to muir
der Mile. Stangerson, daughter an6
assistant of Prof. Stangerson, who is
at work on his theory Of the dissoci'
ation of matter in pavilion near his
chateau. Pistol shots and the young
womans cries for help are heard
behind the locke1 and bolted door of
her chamber, the yellow room. The
cries are answered by Professor Star
,ol and Daddy Jacques, an aged
servant. Aided by the concierges,
Bernier and his wife, they break open
the door and find Mile Stangerson
vooning and half strangled, with a
wound in her temple, but find no
trace of her assailant. The only
possible outlet from the yellow room
the do1r. The weird cry of the
"tete du bon Dieu," cat belonging
tn Mother Angenoux, a recluse, is
heard just. before Mile. Stangerson's S
re5. II-Joseph Rouletabille, a re
porter-detective, is introduced to the
reader by M. Sainclair, the narrator
Of the story. Rouletabille declares
the revolver was fired by Mile. Stan
gerson, wounding her assailant In
the hand. Sainclair is to use his
friendship with M. Darzac, Mile. Stan
serson's lover, to introduce Rouleta
Lille into the chateau. IlI-Rouleta
billie induces NJ. de Marquet, the eX
amining magistrate, and M. de Ma
leine, his registrar, to talk about the
case. The only possible point o
egress from the pavilion for the
murderer has been the window of thu
pavilion's vestibule, near which blood
stains have been found. The win
dow. however, was found latched at
ter the assassins escape. A bulle
hole is found in the ceiling of the
yellow room. w. Shortly before
the attack the announcement of the
engagement of Mile. Stangerson ant
NJ. Darzac had been made. V-Rou
letabille and Sinclair are informed
by Frederic Larsan, famous detec
tive working on the case, that thu
concierges have been arrested. Meet
ing M. Darzac, Rouletabille utters
mystic sentence, "The presbyter.
has lost nothing of its charm nor tn
garden its brightness which seem
to terrify Darzac. VI-The arrest o
the concierges is due to the fac
that they were seemingly near tn
the pavilion when the crime was con
mitted. Their denial Of guilt is doub'
ed. Rouletabille and Darzac becom
friendly. A mutton bone such as
used by French assassins, has beel
found in Mile. Stangerson's room an
Rouletabille finds in one of Tn
professors retorts partly burne
paper bearing the strange sentenc
about the presbytery. VII-h tn
yellow room Rouletabille finds We
mans hair, which he declares to D
important evidence.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03

PROFESSOR ABBOTT LAWRENCE LoUAiLl.
Percival Lowell, also of Harvard,
whose astronomical discoveries have
given him wide fame.
When President Eliot rendered his
resignation in November, to ta,.e eff
feet in the spring, there was at first Il
strong sentiment in favor of selecting
comparatively young man as his sue-
cessor. President Eliot himself was IL
young man-only thirty-fve-when he
became Harvards head But ii is ad-
mitted that he was exceptionally well
qualified for the post for man of his
years when he took it. The sentiment
in favor of choosing scholar and. mai
Of affairs of large experience and wide
reputation grew stronger as the weeks
passed by and resulted in the choice
of Professor Lowell lie is iifty-two,
but in full vigor, ana 1t Is believed he
will have twenty years Of activity be-
fore him. He has proved his ability in
every field he has entered and is II rare
combination of the man of the worl
and of the university leader. lie Is
keenest lecturer in the university.
And so far es concerns the amenities
of the presidents position, including
the proper entertainment of guests and
the relations between the head of tie
university and the undergraduates, he
can be counted upon.
Professor Lowell was born I'm Bos-
10, Il
ated from Harvard in 1877. He then
took law course, receiving his de-
gree from Harvard Law school in
1880 and being admitted to the bar
the same year. In 1877 he married his
cousin, Miss Anna Parker Lowell. For
seventeen years the practice of law
demanded the greater part of his at
tention. but he continued to pursue his
favorite study Of comparative govern
ment. Several books on government
and on politics In continental Europe,
published during this time, gave him
high standing as an authority on the
science of government, and in 1907 he
was called to be lecturer in that de-
partment at Harvard.
Three years later on the establish
ment Of the Eaton professorshlp Of the
science of government he was appoint
ed to that chair.
In the last year he has published
work on "The Government OF Eng
land" which has attracted wide atten-
VI ard brought to him the honor Of
election as president Of the American
Pol, lcal Science association In success
sion to Ambassador Bryce, whose
american Commonwealth" brought
him the same distinction.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03

Il
under the window Of the vesti-
bu,e. a man, evidently servant at the
chateau. came toward us rapidly ana
called out to NJ. Darzac, then coming
out of the pavilion:
M. Robert. the magistrate, you
know, is questioning mademoiselle."
M. Darzac uttered muttered ex-
cuse to us and set off running toward
the chateau, the man running after
him.
"We must know" said my friend
LETS 20 to the chateau" And he
drew me with him. But at the cha-
teau q gendarme placed In the vesti-
bule denied us admission up the stalr-
case of the first floor. We were obliged
to wait downstairs.
This is what passed in the chamber
OF the victim while we were waiting
below.
The family doctor, finding that Nile
Stangerson was much better, but 1eaf'
ing a relapse which would no longer
permit of her being questioned nao
thought II his duty to inform the eA-
amining magistrate Of this. who de-
cided to proceed Immediately with d
brief examination. At this examina-
ton the registrar. NJ. Sangerson ana
the doctor were present. Later oD-
tained the text Of the report of the ex-
animation. and l give it here In all its
legal dryness:
"Question. Are you able, mademoi-
selle. without too much fatgulns
yourself, to give some necessary de-
tails Of the frightful attack OF when
you have been the victim? Answer.
feel much better. monsieur. and VIII
tell you all l know. When l entered
my chamber / did not notice anything
unusual there.
20. What did you do on that day
l want you to be as minute and pre-
else as possible. wish to know all
you did that day If 1t is not asking
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03


erS. Charles F. Taft of Cincinnati, has
been talked of considerably because Of
the contest for the Ohio senatorship, in
which he met defeat at the hands of
Theodore e. Burton. Henry w. Taft
of New York has been prominent as
member of the bar and in connection
with various occasions on which his
brother William H. has been his guest.
Horace has been teaching school in
Connecticut and content to remain in
the shade, not even enjoying the re-
flected light which might be shed upon
him from the presidential chair at
Washington were he to get in an atti-
tude to receive it. They wanted to
elect him a member of the Connecticut
legislature last fall, but he would not
take nomination. He said Brother
Bill' was getting enough glory for the
family, and he was satisfied to teach
Brother Bilrs" kid, young Charlie
Taft. The latter is in attendance at
his school in Watertown. an institution
which has high educational standing.
Indeed, Mr. Horace Taft ranks high
among members of his profession, as
was attested in his recent election as
president of the Head Masters asso-
citation. He is graduate of Yale, like
all the rest of the family.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03

and Sicily devastat-
ed by earthquake Is
Edmund Billings OF
Boston. Mr.. Bill
lings had charge Of
similar work in Bos-
tou after the Chel-
sea fire. He went
to Messina as the
official represent
atlve of the state of
Massachusetts and
took with him Il
fund Of $780, 900
with which to aid
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03
Ito be continued.)
Sued for Land Sold.


Portland-Another step in the
fight of the federal government tc
recover possession of the land in.
cluded in the immense grant to the
Oregon & California Railroad Com.
pany was taken Saturday when B.
D. Townsend, special assistant to the
attorney-general, filed In the Federal
court in Portland 81 suits in equity
against the Oregon & California and
Southern Pacific Companies and over
100 other defendants.
These suits are supplementary tc
those previously filed against the
hartman companies and are for the
purpose of recovering land included
In the grant and already sold by the
railroads, or, where title to the land
cannot be regained, of securing fol
the government all monies paid fCr
the land In excess of $3.50 an acre
the price at which 1t was stipulated
In the original grant the land would
be sold. Besides the railroads, the
defendants In the suits are those who
have purchased land from these com,
panies. The suits involve more thar
}15.000.000 and also more thar
S53,2SS acres OF land. All of the
land is located In Oregon.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03
Names Noted
President Elect Taft'S Youngest
Brother. Horace Edmund
BiiiileS and His Mis-.
siGn 10 Italy.

TT HE public has
4 heard Il good
deal about sew
eral members of the
Taft family, but the
youngest of t h e
brothers now so
much in the public
eye has thus far
managed to escape
publicity better than
the rest. He is Hor-
ace ID. Taft. The
eldest of President
Tl.nt ~, ft'. l,rAth
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03

EDMUND Killings In relieving the dis
tress. Tie sailed on the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse and left the steamer
Mt Cherbourg, taking train from there
to southern Italy in order to reach the
scene of the earthquake as quickly as
possible.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03

Abbott Lawrence Lowell, who has
been chosen to succeed Charles w.
Eliot as president of Harvard univer-
sity, may be described as author law
yer and professor of the science of gov
ernment. He is brother of Professor
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03
Thinkinu OF o Phone.

"'The receiver Is as bad as WHAT'S
the rest Of IT. my child"
"The transmitter, pa" - New York
Press.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03
Have Your

"You have very nice home here"
ayes. indeed. Why. we have all the
comforts Of modern penitentiary."-
Boston Herald.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03
VIII Celebrate Admission Of State


Eugene-Un Friday. February IL
the University OF Oregon will hold
an Oregon or Commonwealth day,
which will hereafter be an annual
affair, the same as a number of Other
special university days. The day is
to commemorate the day that Oregon
was admitted to the Union as a state
and will be held hereafter on Feb.
ruary IA, which is the date on which
Oregon was admitted; but as the
date comes on Sunday this year the
date of the commemoration has been
changed to February IL.
TIE object Of Commonwealth day
ic to bring the people of the state in
closer touch with the State Universi.
ty, and to give the citizens of Ore
gon a chance to see the university in
actual working order.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03
In the News
Next President of Harvard, Abbott
Lawrence Lowell - Other
Figures In the Pub
lie Prints.

jects, but lyric ard dramatic poetry.
fiction and essays.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03
CHAPTER VIII.
The Examining Magistrate Ques'
tions Mile. Stangerson.

Two minutes later, as Rouleta'
bile was bending over the foot
prints discovered in the park,
under the window Of the vesti-
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-03

The Rev. DR.. William j. Dawson of
England is one of the most eloquent
evangelists this country has known
since the time Of Moody. Unlike some
revivalists, he is man of culture and
scholarship, and his methods are not
sensational, although he does not hesi-
tate to depart from beaten paths upon
occasion. This was Illustrated during
a mission he conducted recently at the
famous st. Georges Episcopal church,
New York, the church of DR.. Stephen
III. Tying and Dr.. William S. Rains