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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
Father and Mothr Died Within a Few Yeass of Each Other When He Was a Child and He Was Leit to .sRnn the Range"-As a Child He Loved the Indians.

Tn, this. letter. which forms the pres ent installment, of his "reminiscences. General Thomas & Woodward sis draw ing near the close of .his writings. The letter is evidently written in re- sponse to number of questions from Editor J. J. Hooper of The Montgomery cry Mail. askius the old Warrior as to his early life. The letter is, therefore. biographical. It describss. his life from, his birth in South Carolina, which probably occur red in I7s4. although there was . law suit over the date of hts birth. the in- ference being from what he writes that one of his relatives wished to keep him out of his property for another three years. and. therefore. set for- ward the date of his birth ito 17s7. A certain pathos runs through the let ter. describing, as 1t does. the hard life of an orphan boy. The letter re- counts his boyhood life.l mainly spent with kindly uncle. at kflledgeville, Ca. until the, beginning of the war of 1872, when he was probably IS years old. He began his military career at that time as . private in the Ameri- can army.
 In his letter he goes deeply into family, affairs. He presents the causes of certain divisions in the family, and declares that he was unfairly treated in being deprived of the care that should have been extended him as a boy. inasmuch as bis father left prop erty and of being deprived of c part of the property that should have been hts.y '4E
 The letter is written when the old General was getting old and feeble. Fze again speaks of the proposed trip to the scenes of his fboyhood and man. hood in Alabama and Georgia, fixing Iss2 as the date of the Journey, to which he so long foo<sd forward. But he died in that year. And it is un- 'derstood that he died in Louisiana be- fore he had accomplished the heartfelt desire to see the old scenes and old friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
THE DIsPUTE, AS TO
 DATE or HIS BIRTH.
 Wheeling, Vim Parish. La. 5--f tt E TlAc g IA fNK0
Honnar Ean. ].

J. ]. Hooper, Esq:
 Dear Sir-Your letter of the 27th last came to this office some days back. and would have tried to answer it but have been too feeble to do so: and now fear that win be unable to do justice to your enquiries or answer them safisfactorily. sa.ss Sas
 AZ tc the correct date of my birth there have been doubts. or differences Of opinion among those who should have been best able to know the pre- else time i came ints existence, My father died, II think on March 2s, 1900. I was then quite young, but recoi- rect him distinctly. Some two years after his death my mother married q second husband She lived but a few years afterwards. end then she died. think she died September. 1see. was then left to work my way into eternity the best I could. So you see I have gone thus. far through the jour as,ces ,it will not be long before win have completed somewhat of a trou- bfesome travel; or at least think
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
FEMININE FINANorERs.
Directors of Companies Now Reckon
 with Lady Stockholders.

Directors of Companies Now Reckon
 with Lady Stockholders.
 London, April 17.--The large and growing extent to which women take part in financial enterprises as share holders Is the object of an interesting article In The Financial News
 Ladies form an ever r-augnented proportion of the holders of every class of security 1t is stated. "so that the directors Of most companies must reckon with their lady share holders in any conflict which has to be settled by an appeal to the use of voting powers.
 For the purpose of applying practi- cal test an inquiry was instituted, which brought to light the interesting fact that of the shareholders in the leading drapery and furnishing houses of London 12 to 15 per cent are wo- men. The list of firms numbered twenty-two. and their share-holeers e2,Ooo, so that the total number of women sharsholders would be about 0,o0O.t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
Priace Of Monaco Elected.

Paris. Apri 1.-The Academy of Sciences has elected the Prince Of Monaco to be q member of that illus trious body. t0 fil the chair rendered vacant by the death of Lord Kelvin. There was practically no contest. though three votes were given for Lord Rayieigh. It was not uniting that the Prince of Monaco should be chosen to succeed Lord Kelvin. The great English physicist scored some of his greatest triumps in connection with the ocean. The Prince of Monaco has also rendered great service to sci- ence in connection with oceanography :.
 While Lord Kelvin devoted himself to the physical side of this branch of science, the Prince has carried on Q most brilliant work of research and discovery in the domain of the natur- al history of the ocean. He has applied his life and his fortune to prosecute ing inquiries into the floral and fauna of the profound depths of the sea, and has endured great fatigue and made long voyages in the course of this work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
NULL VISIT THE CONGO.
,.,n.. AISert of belgium starts on InxaruNY.s

p~,nce Albert of Belgium starts on
 Journey.
 Brussels. April l7-Prinee Albert or Belgium has started on the trip he iS to make in the Congo. The Prince in- ssnds to visit RhOdesial then he will walk over L5O0 miles through the Con ,se Torest to the source of the Congo River. which he will follow to Bona, c,here he is to arrive Tn August.
 King Leopold at first refused to ai- to1r Prince Albert to go to the Congo. hut the Prince was inclined to disobey. The King then traced a program for tha trip which would be comfortable and superficial. but Prince Albert wrote to hia uncle: T owe my people an ex- aynpIe. If do not go through the danrerous zonas 1t is no use going at all ! want Co see everything"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

.hroats cut. owing to the ,sromantic" circumstances of the tragedy, the pa pers prophecy that this form or sulclue .n.s,ii hecome fashionable,. as did that s..a.. tha KeRon, Fall Columns are Ssva+sd to the details of the affair. and o nhofoxraph of the suicides Is pub- u.hsd. the man with his arm placed afrectionately round the neck of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

It looks as though before very long Paris will have sky-scrapers on New York lines. One of them is already being built at the corner of the Place do fOpera and the Boulevard. des Ca pucines. immediately opposite the cafs de Ia Paix. So moch indignation has been expressed In the Paris press at the innovation that the builders are hiding their work behind enormous sea holding, which is boarded over so that nobody can see what Is going on behind. There fs talk of twenty sto- rfes and not until these are finished will the boarding be removed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

and being arrested for some other of- fsnse, told the police that he was the long looked for housebreaker who had robbed the writer. At his trial snbse- Quently. he proved an engaging and polite burglar.
 T have done 90 many of these jobs, in my tlme." he told the judge. "that cannot for the life Of mo remember them all. You may not believe 1t. but addresses of the people I burgleA just looked out likely place. and went for 1t and never knew to whom 1t belonged or remembered where 1t was.
 The prisoner seemed rather to pride himself on his ignorance in these mat ters.
 Them said the judge. "how do you explain your remembering your bur giary at M. Descaves's 90 .well7"
 x.Oh, your honor. that was the jan7'
 "The Jam--what jamr'
 M. Descaves's. jam. It vas the very best Jam ever tAsted. It is ten years since I ate 1t. and remember it still. After securing . few valuables in M. Descaves's house, I found . pot of jam and I sat down on N. Descavesss bed and tasted the jam. Such jam! Would you believe 1t, never stopped till had finished the whole potl Never before or since was there such jamf "
 The burglar seemed to hope that he would get some credit for his confes- sion and for the Compliment he paid to Madame Dsscaves's jam-making tal- ents---for it is superhuous to say that the jam was home -nade--and would be dealt with leniently. But he was mis- taken, for he got instead twenty years hard labor the heaviest penalty that could be inflicted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
Police Entered.

Nearly ten years ago, while M. Lucien Descaves, the Novelist and playwrlghtt, was away in the country, his house in Paris was broken into. The police never found the cuiprit or culprits, and inc writer had almost forgotten his unpleasant adventure. But the bur- nIar-for 1t was one man who had Zone the job--happened to remember,
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-10-08

The time was, and that quite re-
Gently, when the reckless way in
which our railroads killed and
manned passengers, was a reproach
to the roads and made travelling un-
safe. But of late a most welcome
change has taken place. Last year
several roads did not kill single
passenger althouth the number car
ried amounted to very many mil
lions. This fact shows a greater
efficiency in service, a higher regard
for the safety of passengers, and a
better equipment with safety ap-
planes. In no small degree this
improvement is also due to the en-
actment and enforcement in some
states of salutary laws.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-10-08

The old saying that when things
are at their worst they begin to
mend, has a good deal in its favor.
Frequently the extreme viciousness
of some conditions creates a repul-
sion of feeling, and reform is the
result. This is just now being wit
messed in two large cities on our
continent. Chicago has been no.
torious for it's moral and municipal
corruption, but the conviction of
one of it's police inspectors for graft
ing and the good promise of reach
ing the men higher up" indicates
that the limit of endurance has at
last been reached. Canada has al
ways prided itself on the purity of
its municipal governme mt, blu t
Montreal seems to have had as much
municipal rottenness as any Ameri-
can city. Now the people of that
city have voted by more than seven
to one to adopt what is very like the
commission form of government.
These reform upheavals are good for
they indicate the temper of the peo-
pie, but reforms to be effective must
be lasting.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-10-08
Then AND NOW

The Hudson Fulton celebration at
New York was reminder OF the
venerable age this country, is reach
ing. and still more of the vast pro-
gress that has taken place in navi-
CATION and travel since Hudson sail
ed his little Half Moon up the river
that now bears his name, and Full
ton astonished and affrighted on
lockers by his little, snorting Cler-
mont. One has but to contrast the
frail vessel of Hudson with the
mighty liners that now cross the
same broad waters, and the crude
slow Clermont with the palatial
steamers that now ply these great
rivers to realize the wonderful adj
vance that has been made. This
advance is typical of the demand
made in the whole world of social
ed mechanics during the same
period.
But the celebration has also serv-
ed other purposes. 1t has remind
ed us of the sturdy, dauntless cour-
age of Hudson and his crew in ven
turing practically into the unknown
with such poor facilities, and of the
hopeful perseverance and courage of
Fulton in going on bravely with the
building of his steamer in spite of
sneering incredibly. In all this it
is cheering to reflect that the same
qualities possessed by those two men
in their achievements are so great
fully remembered are possessed in
equal degree by many Americans
today. The stories of life, of strug-
giles against almost overwhelming
odds, and of winning victory from
defeat prove that the vitality CT this
generation shows no decay.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-10-08

The Northern Pacific Railway has
agreed to lower grain rates, begin
ming November l. The change COM
es as result of conference with
the Washington Railroad Commits
sion. At first, the railway wanted
the cut to apply from interior points
of the State to Seattle and Tacoma
only; but it was finally settled that
a corresponding reduction should be
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-10-08

made to all points west of the
mountains. The cut on various
classifications amounts to from ! tC
2 IA cents a hundred pounds
Enough time was allowed so that
the Oregon Railway & Navigation
Company can meet the reduction.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-10-08

NULL iIOllMVNt IuUW ~ HnU
William E. Curtis has been visit
ing Idaho, and contributing official
correspondence to the Washington
Star and the Chicago Record-Her-
aid. He writes:
Gov. James H. Brady of Idaho is
in favor of woman suffrage. He
says it promotes the material pros
perity as we'll as the good order of
the State.
All of the lest women in Idaho
take an active part iu our political
campaigns" said Gov. Brady,
and their influence is effective and
wholesome for the purity of politics
and the good of the community
The women do not often appear at
the primaries, and their activity is
not felt as much in making up the
tickets as after the nominations
are announced, and then they work
through their clubs rather than the
regular organization.
AT national elections they usual
ly vote with their husbands. In
State and local elections they pick
their men among the nominees on
the various tickets, and without re-
gard to political organizations, vote
for those whom they consider best
qualified for the office. They are
very critical-much more critical
than men voters-and are remark
ably accurate in their judgement of
men. Unfit candidates, especially
immoral men, receive their united
opposition, and they usually poll
enough votes to defeat such candi-
dates. They will not vote for any
man who is suspected of bribery or
dishonesty, and in that way woman
suffrage has been very effective in
purifying the politics of Idaho.
II recall an instance not long ago
where a politician with rather
spotted record insisted upon having
the nomination for certain office.
He was told that the women would
oppose his election, but was conf
dent that he could win out. After
the nominations were made he re-
ceived notice from every direction
that. the women were lined up
against him, and was advised to
withdraw but he thought he could
bluff his way through and did his
best, but the way that man ran be-
hind his ticket is a warning to fu-
ture aspirants Of his class. The
women not only cast their own votes
against him but compelled their
husbands and sons to do SO. He
did not poll half the party strength.
When the women of Idaho make
up their minds on a political issue
or on the fitness of candidate thew
cannot be beaten.
The women of our State devote
especial attention to educational
matters; they usually control the
schools. The State Superintendent
OF Education, and l believe all of
the county superintendent, have
been women for several years, and
more than half the county treasurers
throughout Idaho are women. IT.
IS becoming rule to give women
those Offices. They seldom aspire
to others. We have one woman in
the Legislature, and she is intelli
gent, industrious and efficient in
committee work and in legislation.
No member of the Assembly was
more active or influential than she
at the last session. Our towns usual
" elect women clerks, but they
seldom hold other offices. The
women of the state are ably repre-
sented on the boards of trustees of
the University and the charitable
and reformatory institutions, and
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-10-08
/. Rll ga Cures Piles or $4,000 Paid

Pile
suitable
medical
the Injurious haioming narcotic op
and highly dongerou
reliable
druggists namely 'Coumbia Pharmacy"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-01

MISS Emma StOSkOpI, Cnanln,
Kansas, Andrew Barth
E. j.. Stark, Sioux City, E. C.
Bailey.
A. B. Street, Ames, Iowa.
G.. l.. Stringer, Minneapolis.
Mrs. G.. l.. Stringer, Minneapolis.
Mrs. A. X. Sweitzer, Lanark, ILL.,,
d. H. Leach.
Mrs. o. A. Schall, Grand Junction,
Colo, DR.. A. c. Woodward.
Ole o. Sweiser, Tacoma, Wash.
Eugene Schall, Grand Junction,
Colo.
jeanette Schall, Grand Junction,
Colo.
E. B. Stillman. Jefferson, Iowa.
Mrs. E. B. Stillman, Jefferson, Ia.
Mrs. r. S. Slack, Grundy Center,
Iowa.
Will Fl. Sarset, Cedar Rapids. Ia.
o. H. Skorberg, Ostrander, Mimi.
Miss Frances Shrubbe, New York
City, N. Y.
Henry O. Saxvik, Gascoyne, n. d.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schoonmaker,
Swift Current, Canada.
Mrs V. w. Stoskoff, Strawberry
Point, Iowa.
A. F. Smith. Waucoma, Iowa.
w. C. Smith, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Hans Storebo and wife, Minneap-
oils, Mimi.
VIM. Schoonmaker, Minneapolis.
r. ]. Slack, Dubuque, Iowa.
A. ]. Stenseth. Sioux City, S. D.
Mrs. j. B. Schermerhon, Chicago.
H. Snyder, Colterville, Ill.
Mrs. Emma Snyder, Spencer, Ia.
S. st. John, E. G. Strayer, Cresco,
Iowa.
Josie Sharp, Chicago, Ill.
w. A. Sanford, Cherokee, Iowa.
Ed. o. Sexe. Hills. Mimi.
Mrs. Lucy c. Sheetz-Strayer, Ma
son City. Iowa.
John A. Strayer, Mason City, Ia
Rev. c. S. Salvesen, Sioux Falls,
S. d.
Theo. T. Tobiason, st. Paul
j. c. Tarvestad Grinnell, Iowa.
G. A. Trzcinski, Kenmare, N. D.,
C. Trzinciski.
Mrs. Ida X Toye, Northwood,
Iowa.
Guy c. Toye, Northwcod, Iowa,
Henry T. Toye, Northwood, Iowa,
LIT. w. II. IOyc.
Mrs. Fl. T. Toye, Northwood, Iowa.
G.. r. Tabor, Oakland, Cal.
J. l.. Harvested. Elberon, Iowa.
F. w. Thompson. Chicago.
| c. J. Thompson, St. Thomas, n,
d.
| Tom A. Thompson, Mabel, MINI.
Mrs. c. d. Tabor Mabel, Mimi.
w. E. Tesky, Grenada. Mimi.
Mrs. Nellie Groves Teskey, Gran
ada, Mimi.
C. F. Theilch and Maggie Theil-
| ich, Kensett, Iowa.
Mrs. Alice Vail, Canton. Mimi.
w. F. Harvey.
]. ~ Volding, Waterloo. Iowa.
| Theo. Veidt, Anoka, Mimi.
Mrs. Theo. Veidt. Anoka, Mimi.
| G. T. Watros, Cresco, Iowa.
George White, Depue, Ill.
Mrs. II. 5. Weiser, Bismark, n. ID.
Miss Addie Wolf. st. Paul. Mimi.
| DR.. S. Whitbeck and wife, Burr
Oak, Iowa.
Mrs. Maggie Whalen, West Union,
Iowa.
c. A. Whalen. Lawler. Iowa.
George White, Depue, Ill.
Frank ]. Williams, Mitchell, S. D.
NJ. W Williams. Lanesboro, MINI
John Weldon, Winnipeg, Canada
Thos Weldon.
e. j. Weiser. Fargo, N. d.
Bessie Whitney, Colby, Wis, l..
B. Whitney.
E. l.. Whitney. Colby, Wis, l.. B.
| Whitney.
| p. II. Whitney, Colby, Wis, L. B.
| Whitney.
| E. G. Walsh. wife and daughter,
Sendusky City, Ohio.
A. r. Yater, Harmony. Mimi.
Abel Ziegelmaeir, Minneapolis.
| F. A. Ziegelmaeir, Minneapolis.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-09-01
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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-05-28
lFAVENWORTH HAD A TREMBLER
Shock Occurred Monday Night and Lasted
About Five Seconds

Not because we are proud of the
distinction, by any means, or because
we enjoyed the sensation, but simply
to record a fact, on Monday night,
twenty minutes after ten o'clock very
perceptible trembling of the earth was
felt by scores of people in this town.
The writer himself while sitting in a
chair reading, felt the house, frame
building, shake very perceptibly and
make that peculiar, creaking sound
made by heavy box when wrenched.
The shock or tremor did not last over
five or six seconds and seemed to come
from the northeast.
One who has ever felt the earth
move from subterraneous causes can
not be mistaken about it. 1t is alto
gether different from effects produced
by surface causes, such as the passing
of heavy train Of cars or the firing of
heavy charges Of powder or dynamite.
You instinctively know that earthquake
effects come from the bowles OF the
earth, and if it was not for the terror
aroused they would produce nausea.
We have interviewed quite num-
Der OF people and nearly every one felt
the shock quite distinctly. Mrs. E.
H. King who with her husband occu-
pies rooms over the City Drug Store, a
brick building, felt decided tremor,
causing the glass in the windows to
rattle.
From people living up the Chum-
stick valley, some ten or twelve miles
north of Leavenworth, we learn that
the shock was even more pronounced
than here. VIM. Douglass was in bed
and says there were two distinct shocks
the first light and the second he says
caused the building to vary six inches
out of perpendicular and turned over
chairs. His wife, he says, was so
frightened that she wanted to get out
of the house. Mr.. Freytag says he
was awakened out of a sound sleep
by his bed shaking. Mr.. Heinrichs
living on the Wenatchee river, ten or
twelve miles from town says he felt the
shock quite distinctly. All who made
observations OF the time agree that it
occurred at 1920.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-05-28
LEAVENWORTH WILL CELEBRATE
An Interesting Program is Being Prepared
BY the Committee Havieg The CeIe-
beation in Charge

The matter OF whether this town
should celebrate has been under con-
sideration for some time. Sundry
meetings have been held the past week
and the public spirited citizens sounded
as to the amount they would give to pro-
mote the cause. Some Four hundred
dollars has already been subscribed
and additional amounts are expected
to be contributed.
There will be public speaking, fire.
works, horse racing and athletic sports,
with ball game between Leavenworth
and some Big Bend team.
Full particulars Of the event will be
printed next week. The Leavenworth
band will of course, be on hand to
discourse music.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-05-28
DROWNED IN MASON CREEK
Jack Cummings, a Logger Swept Down
Wednesday Morning

S. ]. Whitman, who came down from
the mill company's Mason creek driv-
ing camp Wednesday afternoon gave
The Echo an account Of the drowning
of Jack Cummings. He was employed
with the crew of men who are driving
logs for the Lamb-Davis Lumber Co.,
down the tributaries of the Wenatchee
river. The drowning occurred about
ten o'clock Wednesday morning, some
two miles below the station of Reynolds.
Cummings lost his footing in some way
and fell into the water which is very
high and swift. Not being able to
swim he was carrid under by the swift
current. Fellow employees made a
heroic effort to save him, following the
stream for more than two miles, says
Mr.. Whitman, and occasionally getting
a glimpse Of the body, but were unable
to help him or recover the body.
We were unable to get any facts re-
lating to the unfortunate mans relations.