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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
FARMERS UNION
 GOING FOR EXCHANGE

Atlanta. Ga. Dec. s-"Next month we will go to Washington and present facts that will force radical activities in the matter of the New York Cotton Exchange" declared President Charles S. Barrett. of the Farmers Union. yes- terday. MT. Barrett was commenting on Commissioner of Corporations Smiths condemnation of the New York Cotton Exchanges system ot fixed differences, which he said, strikes the buPs eye"
 Continuing, MT. Barrett said:
 Last spring, during the closing days of the Roosevelt administration, the Farmers Union sent a large dele- gation to Washington to insist that the New York Cotton Exchange be compelled to cease its present mode of operations affecting the great Southern staple.
 "Foilowing that stand we have since prosecuted our investigations and were a week ago prepared to pre- sent names and proof to the govern ment.
 "I regret that the government has seen our purpose and started the game. but we alone are competent to finish 1t and we wih."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
sPTLLER WILL FIGHT.
Refuscs To. Be Expelled From Is
 ,ru~ .n< pna~uas

Refuses To Be Expelled From Isth-
 mus of Panama.
 Panama. Dec. s--The Supreme Court of Panama has summoned to appear before 1t the secretary of foreign af- fairs. to answer charges made by w. c. spilier of Illegal expulsion from the Istt mus.
 spiller was engaged for time in transporting canal laborers to other countries. These men were brought to the zone by the Isthmian canal com mission at considerable expense and trouble, and later were induced by contractors to go to various parts of South America. spiiler, it Is charged, acted as the principal go-between.
 Lieutenant Colonel Goethals. chief engineer of the canal. who foresaw that this would seriously affect the construction of the canal requested the Panaman. government to deport Spiller, his request being based on the provision of the canal treaty. President Obaldia issued an exec utive decree, declaring that the entic- ing of canal laborers from the coun- try was a misdemeanor punishable by emulsion from the country.
 The first alleged transgressor to come under this order was Spiller. He. however, took the matter to the Supreme court which will now call upon the secretary of foreign affairs to show the legality of the govern ment's action.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
LIAR, HUSBANDS EPlTHET
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY PRoM-
 IsED IN BROf<Aw SUIT.
Wife Seeks Divorce from Miiiaonsire Yachtsman---Says He Was Ab- surdly Jealoous and Said
 She Flirted

New York, Dec. S.--Tiar" Nith quail fcations of varying Intensity was one of the miidest epithets c. W. Gould Brokaw. the millionaire yachtsman. was accustomed to apply to his wife. according to her testimony in court today.
 Mrs. Brokaw who was Mary Blair. is suing her husband at Mineola. l.. l.. for separation and aiimony of se0.000 q year on grounds of alleged cruel and abusive treatment and failure to pro- vide for her support. The Brokaws were married in 1907.
 We shall show" said her counsel. in addressing the court today, that abuse of the bride began two hours after the marriage ceremony. Brokaw was madly jealous for no reason He often forced his wife to eat alone and keep to her room for the entire day. During the honeymoon they ate only four meals together. He broke into occasion, when the door was slammed iu his face. smeared red ink on his forhead and ran around the hallway In his paJamas. crying and complain Ing to the bell boys He was habi- tually intoxicated and frequently used abusive language.
 Mrs. Brokaw testified that her hus- hand was jealous of her brothers. that he accused her Of flirting with his uncle. hts nephew and his doctor.
 What were some of the names that Brokaw called you, when you denies his charges?" asked counsel.
 The witness wrote her reply on sheet of paper. which was not read.
 On New Years eve. 1907, occurred an incident, Mrs. Brokaw testified, that caused her much humiliation. It had been her husbands custom. she said. to serve her, at dinner, ginger ale poured from a champagne bottle. while ne and his guests drank champagne. By mistake. the butler gave her real wine, When she raised her glass, her nus hand became furious, she said and or dered her, before her guests, to go to her room. The witness wept as she related this.
 Before court adjourned. Mrs. Bro kaw's attorney announced that ne would show how Mrs. Brokaw in Feb ruary, 1908, attempted suicide in her husbands shooting lodge at Fairview' N. C., after a quarrel. because Of MT. Brokaw's treatment of her.
 c. ". Gould Brokaw was divorced from his first wife who was Miss t,oralie Ccsat. In 1899. Before marry ing again, 1t is said he paid sl7,Ooo to Katherine Perlioh to settle breach of promise suit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
CLERKS FIGURE
 OUT APPROPRIATIONS

Washington, Dec. S.-Thomas F. Cleaver and James c. Courts. clerks respectively of the Senate and House committees on Appropriations have made their comparison of estimates of appropriations for the next year as compared with the appropriations made last year and also as compared with the estimates for last years ap- propriations.
 The figures show total estimate for the fiscal year beginning July 1. of $97s,l25.769 as compared with a to- tai appropriation in the last session nf ai.o22.ss2,0 001. and total estimates of that session for s1,05s, 3s7, sos.
 The estimate Is more than $S0, 0,000,- aoa less than that of the previous ses- sion and almost $46.0o0.000 less than the actual appropriations of that ses- sion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
BABY IS DROWNED DUR-
 ING MOTHERS FUNERAL

De Quincey, La., Dec. S.--News reached heer today of the drowning of the 3-year-old daughter of Howard Fielding near here yesterday At the time of the accident funeral services over the body of the chiId's mother were being held In the residence.
 The baby was toddling about the yard and fell into horse trough fill ed with water. and life was extinct when she was discovered. Mrs. Field ing sustained burns from the explos- ion of a gasoline stove several days ago which proved fatal, she having died on Saturday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
RATES ON BRICK.
Interstate Commerce COmnaission Says
 They Muat He Reduced.

Interstate Commerce COmmission Says
 They Bfust He Reduced.
 Washington. Dec. S-After a years investigation the Interstate Commerce Commission announced today that the aci1nrgeslsayA A4keusr@ifReads for .ha transportation of fire-brick. building brick and paving brick from Central Tariff Association territory to the Atlantic seaboard were unreasonable and should be reduced.
 The Commission issued an order requiring the railways to charge no more than 21 cents a hundred pounds for such transportation during the two years beginning on the first of February next.
 The protest was made by brick man ufacturers in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. The rate on brick heretofore has been on an average of 25 cents a hundred pounds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
TRIAL OF c. l.. MARINER. Court Hearing VIII Be Commenced Or
 December 16.


 Cincinnati. Ohio, Dec. S--According to the regular order of the docket in the criminal court, the case of Charles L. Warriner, former treasurer of the Big Four Railroad. who Is under in- dictment in connection with an allege l shortage of ss43,000 of the funds of that railroad, will be called on Decem- Der 16
 By consent of the court. however. the case will be merely called on that date and then postponed to a day to be agreed upon by Prosecutor Hunt and Mariners attorneys. It Is stated that the date will probably be January '.
 The case of Mrs. Jeanette Stewart Ford the woman in the case" who is accused of receiving stolen money. has also been set for December 16, but here also. 1t Is understood. nothing will be done until Warriner has answered to his indictment.
 In the meantime interest centers on the meeting of the grand jury next Friday. when 1t Is believed that at least one other indictment will be re- turned The. individual whose name was mentioned in this respect Is T
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
Won't Garry m.,,s.

Washington, Dec. g.--Thousands oi letters bearing the Red Cross stamps are being sent to the dead letter ofict or held Ut postofices for postage. Not withstanding the plain instructions is- sued in connection with the sale ot Red Cross stamps. quite a number oi letters are being mailed bearing these stamps in lieu of regular postage.
 Red Cross stamps are not postage stamps and letters or other mailabie matter. bearing these stamps alone must be treated as unpaid matter. The addressee Is notified to remit postage, and if 1t be not received, the letter or other mail matter Is sent to the doad letter office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
A Strike in Richmond.

Richmond, Va. Dec. s.-over one hundred men employed in the tank and boiler shops of the Richmond branch of the American Locomotive Works. walked out today following the issuance of an order changing the sys- tenn of pay from a daily wage system to time or bonus system. There are over geo men employed in these two departments and the strikers say the others will walk out later.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
DEDICATE CATHEDRAL.
Ceremonies Held By Catholic Clergy
 0< NnahvfiIe

Nashville. Tenn. Dec. S-The new pro- Cathedral of the Incarnation. on West End Avenue, was dedicated this morning. pontifical high mass being said by the Right Rev. Thomas Sebas- tian Byrne, Bishop of Nashville.
 Among the Catholic notables present at the dedicatory service were Nest Rev Henry Moeller. D. D.. Archbish op of Cincinnati; Bishop Hartley. of Columbus. Ohio, and Bishop Morris. of Arkansas. The dedicatory sermon was preached by the Jesuit Father Della Moriniere, of New Orleans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
Anxiety in Brussels.

Brussels. Dec. S-Though official reticence concerning the exact state of King Leopolds health is maintained information from private sources is tc the effect that his condition is caus- ing the utmost anxiety.
 It Is reported that his rheumatism Is extending end has been complicated with paralysis, of which he has ex. perienced two strokes, as well as witt pulmonary troutSft. - s..s..
 His Majesty .s unable to rise from his chair. For years he has under. gone electrical treatment at the hands of Paris specialists.
 He was determined to return to Paris last week in order that these treatments might be resumed. but the physicians Of the royal household re- fused to permit the Journey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09

ginia troops who fell in that battle. will stand if the Secretary of War ap- proves. on West Confederate Avenue at the point where the extreme right of the Confederate line rested and from which point General Lee watched the charge of Pickett's brigade. This spot was selected at a meeting held here last night by a commission appointed by the Virginia Assembly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
COMPLAINS OF EQUIPMENT.
General Elliott Says Marine Corps l
 Short.

Washington, Dec. S.--Obsolete bar. racks deteriorated rifles and a soGr- city of enlisted men and officers which promises for the near future ineffi- ciently in the corps are the basis oi some of the complaints made by MaJoi General F. F. Elliott. commandant ol the marine corps. in his annual repori to the secretary of the navy He sug- gested that Congress be called upoF to remedy these conditions.
 He laid particular stress on the fact that 10000 new rifles are needed by the marine corps, that 1t may be arm ed with the same rifle as Is being provided for the army and navy and the militia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
AreA woman Rurned.

Donaldsonville, La, Dec. S.-Mrs. Zulma Leblanc, aged Se years and a member of one of the most prominent families of Louislanas was fatally burned here today at the home of Mayor Charles Maurin. her neph ew. Her clothing became ignited from an open fire plac. She died a few hours afterMard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
AN ORAL WILL.
auestion of Probating 1t Raised in New York.

New York. Dec. s.-An unusual le- gal formaiity, the probating of an oral will in Surrogates' Court in Kings County today. It was that of George o'Connor, who at the time of making 1t was two days out of port on the steamer Dorothy. of which he was chief engineer
 OConnor was dying and when the captain and mate asked if they couio do anything for him he replied: No. except that everything that l have belongs to my daughter, Lizzie."
 The will was proved by the two sea- faring men. O'Connor left considera- bIe property In Brooklyn.
 The right to make an oral will Is only accorded to soldiers in the field or sailors at sea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
MIR. WILLIAMS TALKS.
Does Not Believe StOrieA About Sea.
 beard Securities.

beard Securities.
 Richmond. Va. Dec. S-John Skel- ton Williams. member of the Execu- tive Committee of the Seahoard Air Line Railway. today said he thought there was no foundation for the cur rent rumor that the Hawley system or any other railroad was in the mar ket buying Seaboard securities for the purpose of control.
 '.The receivers" he said, "have what can be done with this property under proper manage ment and the public Is now buying Seabord securities upon the theory that with all interests cooperating. and their energies directed towards a common end. security-holders will be able to get the results for which they have waited so patiently and so long"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
INVESTIGATE MERGER.
Telegraph and Telephone Officials Are
 Summoned

President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, the Bell In terests and Robert c. Clowry. Prssi- dent of the Western Union Telegraph Company. have been subpoenaed to ap. pear before the legislative inquiry htc the telegraph and telephone system oi this state. now going on in New York
 MT. Vail will testify tomorrow and Colonel Clowry will be called later.
 This will be the first investigation into the recent billion collar merger whereby the Bell interests obtainet control of the Western Union by tho purchase of Gould stock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
TO ENJOIN NATURAL GAS.
Supply May Be Cut Off fin Kans
 City.

City.
 Topeka, Kas., Dec. Ex-Governor Stubbs today instructed Attorney General Jackson to investigate the natural gas situation with a view of commencing injunction proceedings against the Kansas Natural Gas Com pany to prevent the company from supplying Kansas City and St. Jos eph, Mo, with gas.
 The attorney general proposes to ask for an injunction on the ground that the Missouri towns are supplied with sufficient gas, while Kansas towns are suffering from short age.
 this afternoon. Hospitals are without fuel gas and stores were closed be- cause of the lack of heat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
SPONGE IN BODY.
Mistake of Surgeons Causes Death O
 Woman.

Milwaukee. Dec. s.--After suffering four years with a surgeons sponge Fertfg of this city. died today.
 Four years ago Mrs. Fertig was op- erated upon for tumor. The phy- sfcians forgot to remove sponge from the wound. Another operation. per ofrmed in an effort to find the sponge. failed.
 One year later portions of the sponge worked out through Mrs. Fertig's side. A third operation located the sponge. which was found hardened and im- bedded in the woman's abdomen. This operation proved fatal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
BILL Up MONDAY.
The Scott Futures Measure To
 prcaaed

The Scott Futures Measure To Be
 Pressed.
 Washington, Dec. S--In the House Committee on Agriculture today 1t was decided to take up the agricultural ap- propriation bill next Monday. The estimates on which hearings will be given approximate $12.0o0.000 and the bill is expected to be in shape to re- port to the House the first week after the Christmas holidays.
 The Scott bill to prohibit dealing in futures in cotton. grain and other farm products. will be pressed after the agricultural appropriation bill is gotten out of the way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
1s1-d.rs- T3-ourht 1acI<.

Hawkinsville. Ga. Dec. S.-John B. Watts. wanted here on a charge of double murder committed eleven years ago, was brought back today from Linden. Tex. where he was recently arr rested He will be tried in February.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
status of Telephone Association Is
 Discussed.

Discussed.
 Chicago. Dec. s--Actiou looking to- ward increasing the effectiveness of the directorate of the Independent Telephone. Association was taken here today at the session of that organiza- ton. The constitution was changed to provide for a board of fifteen di- rectors. who shall be an active body, electing the officers and naming an executive committee. The board was authorized to assess the State organ izations 5 cents for each telephone a year In place of the former assessment of 1 cent.
 These changes. 1t was announced. would usher in an aggressive cam paign for business in the long dis tance field.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09

not admitted to the mails of Great Britain even though the regular post age is attached and is admitted to the German mails only when the Red Cross stamps are attached to the back of the letter or parcel. All the White House mail carries the Red Cross stamps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
Rohber. fn . store.

Lake Arthur, La. Dec. 3---The safe in the store of the Lake Arthur Mer- cantile Company was blown open at an early hour today and 1900 secured by the burglars. This Is the fourth safe robbery that has occurred in this vicinity during the past three weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09

nan whose connection with wsrriner has been frequently mentioned and who Is said to have boasted that he was immune from action by the court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
Suicide ana Murder.

Winchester. Va. Dec. s.--when his wife. a bride of three months. charged him with stealing her trousseau and selling 1t. Charles Crowell, a farmer, shot the woman dead today, and then turned the shot gun on himself and sent charge through his heart.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
FREIGHT RATES ARGUED.
srentana smelters are Leading the
 FsWht

Washington, Dec. S.-Charges of ex- osssivs freight rates on coke from West Virginia and Pennsylvania points to the copper smelters in Montana and Colorado were argued today before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Hun dreds of thousands of dollars demand ed from the railroads from the mining companies as reparation make the case one of the most important before the commission in several years.
 Originally the matter was presented to the commission by the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company and the Anaconda Copper Mining Company against all of the railroads doing bus mess between the eastern and western points involved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
EFFECTIVENESS SOUGHT.

Celesial liilipsti.. weddi.s d Bsby Opera, Friday night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09
BULL FIGHTER IN PRISON.

Mexican Idol Said to Have CauEeu
 Girls Death.
 Mexico City, Dec. s.--Rodolfo Canoe the famous Mexican bulk fighter known as the Idol of the Bull Ring.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09

Monument at Gettysburg.
 Washington, Dec. 8--The monument to be erected at Gettysburg to the Vir-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09

FOUR FULL QUARTS
 100 Proof Bottle In Bond Whiskey
 93.sb
 EXPRESS PAID. Greil Trading Co.,, Pensacola, Fla.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-09

.art's Buchu and Juniper COmPOuAu !. liver and kidney troubles. Relieve .iEhts Disease. All Druggists si.OO.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
Maybray is Let
In on Ten More
New Indictments
Visiting Witnesses Told How They
Responded to the High Sign,
Come On. Mike"

Shortly before noon Saturday the federal
grand Jury. now in SESSION at Council
Bluffs, returned ten indictments against
]. c. Maybray and several other workers
in the profitable industry of Mike farnl-
ing, or raising of bank accounts without
much hard blowing. Maybray's name was
the only one made public when the indict-
ments were turned into court, and 1t is
therefore considered likely that some men
may have been caught in the net not yet
identified publicly with the extensive and
expansive schems of Fleeing would-be
neecers.
The Indictments returned Saturday a:
the Bluffs were based en- testimony given
the jury by Samuel Sutor OF Cass Lake,
MINI; ]. c. Walker Of Denver; ]. r.
H~ermenbacht of Bancroft, Neb. w. II.
Bedford OF Ray. Mo, and DR.. c. c. Van
derbeck Of ST. Louis, Mo, ali OF whom
showed up on request to give their stories
Of the oleaginous methods used to slide
them away from their money.
New specimens of the Mike tribe, real
or alleged. who appeared on the scene and
testified Saturday morning, were H.. ].
HOLSTER, Minneapolis, Mimi. and James
Weber from shamohn. Pa. Their ap
pearance made it more certain that the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

the crown princess, she nevertheless plays
a great part in the social life Of Berlin.
Her husband is more popular than his
elder brother, as he is very handsome and
has the charming, graceful manner that
has made his mother famous throughout
the land.
Another OF the bevy of we'll dressed
Processes who are in the kaiser's' i'm
mediate entodrage is the pretty young
Princess Alexandra, niece of the kaiserin.
who a short time ago became the wife of
the fourth son of the kaiser. She spent
one season in London, where she was very
much admired.
The kaiser's two sisters, Princess Char
lotte and Princess Marguerite, spend a
great deal of time with the royal family
in Berlin. Princess Charlotte, the elder, is
very popular, in spite of a somewhat caus-
tic wit. Princess Marguerite is a very
rich woman and has a magnificent villa
at Cronberg, but she greatly enjoys life
at the court.
"Kid' of the Group.
The youngest, but by no means the least
important in this group of royal ladies is
the Princess Victoria Louise, only daugh-
ter of the kaiser. She is a charming girl
of is, an excellent -horsewoman, a good
scholar and very wholesome and attract
i've. "Prinzesschen' the Germans call
her, and her appearance when she takes
her morning canter with the crown prin-
cess or when she drives her English mad
pony cart in the n~eighborhood of Potsdam
is the signal for popular enthusiasm.
Already the prinzesschen is considered
of an age when a royal consort must be
selected for her and her name has been
linked with that of the young king of
Portugal by those who watch the progress
of royal affairs with interest. But is IS
said that this alliance would not at all
satisfy the kaiser and that he and the
kaiserin are not anxious to consider the
matter of a match for their daughter for
some years to come.
The princess is very youthful in her ideas
and looks like a little English girl with her
rosy cheeks and flaXen hair floating over
her shoulders. She speaks good English
also and even INDUCES in a bit of English
slang now and then.
Very sunny and cheerful herself. she al
ways ignores her fathers stern and gloomy
moods and when all others nave failed she
can turn the imperial frown to a smile, be-
cause, to quote a lady who knows and
loves the little princess, she is the only
human being in the palace who does not
fear the kaiser when he Is angry"