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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27
FLOODS IN MISSISSIPPI
CRIPPLE TRAIN SERVICE

Quitman. Miss, May 27.-(Special.)--
AS result OF the heavy rainfall
Tuesday the Chickershay river Is out
OF its banks and Ia still rising and 1t
Is believed that it will equal the 1900
water mark
Train service on the Mobile and
Ohio north OF Quitman has been aban-
doned. Train No. 10 tied up at En-
terprise and cannot move either way.
The passengers were transferred to the
Northeastern Railroad by boat at an
early hour this morning. The people
at Enterprise seem to be suffering the
most The water is ave feet deep in
the business portion OF the town and
many of the residences are under
water. People cannot navigate only
by boat there.
Two banana trains were turned back
at this place this morning and sent
back to Mobile. This place will prob
ably be isolated from train service
after today, as 1t Is reported that the
water is rising very rapidly at Desoto.
Ave miles south of this place.
The crops in the lowlands will be
q complete loss, unless replantel.
Many people rushed into the swamps
early this morning and drove their
cattle TO high land. At $50 this morn
ing the water has reached the high
water stage of 1900 at Enterprise. 1t
Ia reported at Enterprise at 1880 that
the water is receding a little,
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-NOTICE

Under and by virtue Of the power Of aaI.
contained COZ in q certain mortgage executed
2ist day OF February. 1883. payable 70 the
District, Grand Lodge No. Seven, Independ-
recorded In Mortgage Book f5s mage AZ
et seq. IN the ofiice of the Judge Of Pro.
bate q Montgomery County. Alabama. the
pendenr Order B'nai Birth win sell A. pub.
lie outeryA at the Court Square Fountain. IN
the Guy 49,, q Mo2tsOmesy Alabama, to the
10th day Of June. 1903. within the legal
hours OF sale. the following described real
OF Montgomery, and state Of ALABAMA. con.
tanned In and conveyed by said mortgage,
Lots numbers Thlrty-seven (s4) and rh,r-
ty-eight (sS1 on the south side OF peTter
Avenue. formerly Market Street) IN that
known as New Phiiadelphia: said lots pront.
ing nifty s(5o) feet each on the south side
Of Dexter Avenue and extending back in
being located on the southwest corner Of
Dexter Avenue and Bainbridgs Street ex-
one hundred t1o0) feet on Dexter Avenue
ana south one e hundred and ten C1lO) feet
IS. page ait. in the once Of the Juds S0 ~
Also that portion y lot o numS AlsSama
lb2) on the south side OF washington
Street. measuring from the east corner Of
forty-four (44) feet. and extending back one
hundred and sixty dso) feet: being the east
forty-foyr (44) feet of said lot by one hum
dred and sixty (160l feet, purchased by the
said T. J. Toole from John p Kohn on
May -. 1894. as will appear by deed OF
record In the ONCE OF the Judge Of Probate
Also lot number Forty-one (41) on the
north side of Alabama Street, fronting ATTY
500 feet on Alabama Street and extend
ing back one hundred and sixty (1s0) feet
and having been acquired by the said r T.
Toole by deed Of record In hook Is. page 2s7.
in the ONCE of the Judge of Probate az
Montgomery County, Alabama
DISTRICT GRAND LODGE NO SEVEN.
INDEPENDENT ORDR B'NAI BIRTH
BY Steiner. crum q We'll,
It's Attorneys
-thur-4s
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SAVES A STEAMER.

Detroit, May 26.-President William
Livingstone, of the Lake Carriers As
ISOLATION. received word at noon today
from Buffalo that an attempt was made
there this morning to blow UP the
steamer r. T. Heffelfinger.
Four sticks of dynamite with a part
" burned fuse attached to them were
found by a member of the steamers
crew in the discharge pipe of the bal
last pump,
"Only the fact that the wiring was
defective saved the Henelfnger from
being destroyed" said President Liv-
ingstone.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27
DIRECTOR NORTH QUITS;
DURAND GETS PLACE

washington, May 2s.--S. N. d. North,
director Of the census, has rendered
his resignation to President Tart and
II was accepted today.
E. Dana Durand. deputy commits
sioner Of corporations, has been named
to succeed Mr.. North.
Mr.. North's resignation is . direct
result of his recent controversy with
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor Ma
gel.
The following statement In connec-
ton with the case was given out At
the White House:
"Director North rendered his resig-
nation as director OF the census. II
was accepted and the name of Mr.. Il !.
Dana Durand. raw deputy commissioner
of corporations has been sent to the
Senate to succeed him. Mr.. North's
resignation was baaed on the ground
ing and likely TO continue his admin
istration of the census ONCE would
probably not be successful"
Mr.. Durand IL from California. He
has been In the bureau Of corporations
for some time and II Is believed will
work in harmony with Secretary Ma
gel.
Il had been supposed up to within
the last few days that the controversy
between Nagel and North had been
anaicably adjusted. The friction be-
tween the two continued. however, and
Al last Secretary Nagel put the mat
ter suuarely up to President Taft, say
ing that either he or Mr.. North would
have to leave the service as existing
conditions between them were impos-
Gibia ~ss-
Mr.. North on being asked II he had
anything to say as to the causes lead
ing up to his resignation referred
the reporter to Chief Clerk Rossitel
who handed him the following type
written statement
at have become convinced by the
events of the last few weeks that II
will be impossible for me to secure
that close cooperation between tht
bureau of Census and the Department
NJ Commerce and Labor which Is es-
sential for the successful administra
tion of the bureau during such crit.
zeal period as decennial census o.
the United States.
81 believe therefore that public In.
terest aud my own private Interests
IA well. will be best subserved by ms
resixnation of the ONCE of the direc.
tor Of the. census, which have &C.
cordinrly. to to the President
'sIt has been my single purpose to
administer the affairs of the Census
Bureau justly and upon a strictly non
partisan and business basis. It is pro-
foundly gratifying to me to find that
I have succeeded in this purpose"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27
COUNTY TREASURER
HELD FOR LARCENY

Buffalo. N. Y. May 2s.-Jared @.
Weed, cashier OF the county treasur-
er's ONCE since 1898. was arrested to-
day at his home on a charge Of grand
larceny of funds of the county.
The arrest OF Weed was made on
charges preferred by County Treasurer
Fix. following an Investigation which
was concluded last evening. Mr.. Fix
says. and on checking up It was found
that the total of the alleged stealinkS
since 1900 was 236.550. ranging from
a few hundred dollars to several thous-
ands a year.
County Treasurer Fix says that an
other employe who is not at present
in the city is implicated.
Mr.. Fix also asserts that cash and
securities sufficient to secure the coun-
! ty have been turned over to him.
Treasurer Fix says he has. q conbas-
sion from each of the men as to their
speculatious and that these confessions
and the restoration Of the funds were
procured without any promise Of i'm
munity from prosecution.
The money stolen II IL alleged.
was all from back tax receipts.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27
GREAT COUNCIL
COMES TO END
Red Men Adjourn in
Birmingham.
OFFICERS ARE HEcTED
Admission VIII Entertain Next Great
Council Meeting.
n Handsouas Past Great sachem's
Jewel Was Presented to n. Il. L.
Mel Of seima--one voted
to Jacob Burger.

Birmingham, May 2o.--tSpeciaI. D.
The twenty-second annual Great Coun-
ell meeting OF the Improved order OF
Red Men in Alabama. came to close
today, to meet next In Admission.
The session was the most Interesting
held in years, despite showing OF
falling on in membership during the
past year. The newly-elected chiefs
were raised to their various, stumps
by the Great Incohonee. Joseph Farrar
OF Philadelphia. The new chiefs prom
ised to get busy during their term
like Great Sachem Burger, the retiring
offacer did, and recuperate from the
great loss.
The officers elected are;
Great Sachem, Mac Featherstone.
Greenvilie; Great Senior Sycamore,
J. T. Letcher. Montgomery; Great
Junior Sycamore. s. II. Sauls. Mont
gomery: Great Prophet. Jacob Burger.
Birmingham: Great Chief of Records.
William Smiiee Smith. Montgomery.
(for two years.; Great Keeper OF
Wampum. NJ. NJ Marsh. Mobile (for
two years.; Representatives to the
Great Council Of the United States.
n. D. Friedman OF Birmingham and
Admission win entertain the next
Great Council meeting.
The Great Sachem appointed The fol-
lowing committees and officers:
Chairman of Board OF Appeals. B. X.
McMorris, Wetumpka: Great Sanap. N.
B. Burks, Montgomery: Great Mishin-
eva. George b. Walls. Prattville: Great
Guard of the Wigwam. B. Boutwell,.
Greenville; Great Guard of the For
est. ]. A. Wauchope, Selma: Commit
tee on Law, Frank s. Andres, Birm-
ihgharn; c. e. Crenshaw, Montgom-
cry; w. s. Mcneil, Fayette. Commit
tee on Finance. L. B. Mcconnell,
Brewton; Emanuel Levy, Phoenix City;
b. C. Fuller, Cullman. Committee on
Credentials. DR.. H. A. Elkourie, Bir-
mingham; p. j. Coyle, Birmingham;
e. NJ. McCary. Blocton.
A handsome Past Great Sachem's
Jewel was presented to r.. e. l.. Mel
Of Selma, and one was voted to Jacob
Burger.
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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27

jamestown. r. I, May 26.-With her
after part ablaze, the three-magted
schooner Aetna, Georgetown. S. c., for
Boston. with a cargo OF lumber. was
towed up to the docks here today by
the steamer Westside. The Jamestown
Are department and the crew Of the
tug Solicitor got the Are under con-
troll before 1t communicated TO the
cargo, but the schooner was badly
damaged. The hre broke out in the
cabin from some unknown cause last
night. The Aetna IL 297 tons net.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27
TO AID FARMERS.


Tennessee Bankers VIII Loan Them
Money ON Cotton.
Chattanooga, Tenn. May 26-Election
of officers and the adoption of the re.
port of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CO.
operation with the Farmers Union In
their project of holding their cotton.
was the most important business trana-
acted at the closing day of the eonvens
ton OF the Tennessee Bankers Assn
New officers elected were:
President. iE. @. Oates. Knoxville:
Vice Presidents for West, Middle and
East Tennessee. 8. r. Thomas. Browns.
vile: J. B. Walker. sCentreville: w. K
Armstrong, Rogersville: Chairman cx-
'ecutive Council. D. NJ. Armstrong. Mem
phis; Treasurer, Tale l. Earnest. John.
son City: Secretary, ]. ]. Helm. Nash
Vile.
New members Executive Council,
Wesley Drane. Clarksville; ]. N. Fisher,
Morristown: A. r. Dodson. Humboldt
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Porto RIcan Committee.

Washington, May ga committee
Of Porto Ricans have come to Wash
ington. representing the Republican
party of Porto Rico. to urge that the
United States government grant citi-
zenship to the isla uds, II is their inten-
ton to see President Taft end enlist
his syTnpathies. II possible, as well as
those of various senator's and repre-
sentatives to get Congress to take up
the Porto Rican citizenship plank con-
tanned in the last Republican national
platform.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27

Adoiph sprsckiss to the petition for
partial distribution entered ~ Rudolph
and Claus spreckies. executors under
the win.
The protestants are the two children
ignored by the terms OF the will and
the argument on the demurrer may be
the first step In great WIN contest
In California.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27
THREE BODIES REcovERED.

Searching Parties Busy All Day ~
vicksburg.
vicksburg, Miss, May 26.--Searchins
parties have been busy all day In an
effort to ind the bodies Of the ak
men who were drowned by the cap
sizing OF the launch Doris in the va
zoo Canal last night.
At noon today the bodies of Ref Me-
Elroy, Edward Manning and William
Tickle had been recovered.
The six men were In a launch when
a violent storm broke upon them, over
turning the launch.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27
JOHNSON INDICTED.
Boy who Sent Black Hand Letter to
Gambler.

Atlanta, Ca. May 2s.-Daniel w.
Johnson, Jr, the 1s-year-old school
boy who. when arrested here recently
confessed that he sent BLACK hand
letters to Asa g. Gambler, a prominent
banker and manufacturer. deinandina
ss5.0 600 and threatening dire punish
ment II the money was not forthcom-
ing, was yesterday indicted by the
Federal grand jury on the charge of
fraudulently misusing the mails.
It is believed that no charge other
than the one In the Federal court will
he pushed against the boy.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27
Valet ia Sentenced,

London. May ga discharged valet
of A. G. Vanderbilt. arrested recently
charged with the theft from Mr. Van
derbilts residence in Park Lane last
April of a number of valuable pearls.
was today sentenced to three months
Imprisonment.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27

Mexico and Cuba should be asked n .
woman Of her age could be Of any use
thore.
Seventeen delegates. 1t is understood.
are to be sent to q worlds missionary
congress to be held, In Edinburs, June
1924, 1910. Mrs. Champ Clark, Mrs.
John B. Knox and Mrs. Elizabeth Al
gates.
Tonight Dr.. Henry Collins Minton
delivered an address on Calvin the
Theologian."
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predominated throughout the strike
territory.
It was nearly midnight when the
last Of the days conferences was over.
settlement was not in sight and 1t
was planned to resume negotiations to-
morrow when the conferences will
continue TO be Informal.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-27
sPREcKLEs WILL CONTEST.

Heirs OF Sugar Magnate In COatrO-
veRgy.
San Francisco, May 2e.-The contest
involving the estate of the late Claus
spreckies. the sugar magnate. who
left a vast fortune dAgided between his
widow and three of hAe children to the
exclusion of his other Two sons. will be
begun July 10 according to a de-
cision of Probate Judge Coffey.
The matter at the bar is the demur-
rer filed by John d. Spreckles and
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washington, May 26.-Todays statement
Of the treasury balances in the general fund
shows.
Gold coin and bullion -. ....$ 44.4446s2
Gold cefCrlcates .... $4,000, $40
Available cash balance lis, 1885, 5s
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united PrerbyteriaInr.

KnoxyiIie, Tenn. May 2s-The OPEN
ing session of the fifty-n first annual
General Assembly of the United Pres
byterian Church in America. was held
at Knoxville College, a negro institu-
ton maintained by that church. to.
night. The opening event was the SER
mon by the retiring moderator. mr.
James c. Carson, formerly of the
Xenia, O.. Theological Seminary.
DR.. d. A. McClanaghan. a member
of the faculty of the Allegheny Sem.
mary and of the Freedman's Board OF
Missions, was chosn moderator. There
are over 900 delegates present. The
sessions will continue six days.
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CONFER OVER
,TiIE-.UP OF ROAD

tcentlnaea fron Page one.l
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nessy,ensns az Denver.
h..sr' Soio. may "a resy,uy
.sss eIsas ay "olsp
49, o, ,ne PAST caused = co ~
pS.x N ene Srnesi Asse"oy
y,-. eun eooay. .,na-sa
~, seneenes was
yrvce MoaeIs.or nois;
was unuer consioeratIon ~ tne
gss tne report OF tue Soini,'.g . y"
~ .ea.on anu sunoav SENIOR
snu several amendments hao oeen o1-
tereo
TT. >. n. frazer. OF baitimoIe, oheI
90 resolution gaining upon tne pas
tcrs IN view OF the rae. tnat Ism,ly
worsnip nad become tning OF tne
pas! 70 organize the youth Into more
emcient sunday schooi work IN, oroer
70 pring all more ehectuahy ihto i've
care OF the church.
vice Moderator Holt said ne percy
ed the resolution to De all right win
the exception OF the worship clause
soon half q dozen watchfui commis-
sioners were on their feet demanding
TO know II the objectionable sentences
would stand. ana thereby put the
church on recom as saying worship In
the home Is thing OF the past DR.
Roberts, the stated clerk, made .
QuicE correction. using the word meg
lected. and trouble was avoided. DR..
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
Officials On Trip.

VANCOUVER, Wash, Nov. 30.-For
tour of inspection over the North
Bank road, between Vancouver and
Spokane, General Superintendent J. p.
Rogers, of Vancouver; Roadmaster
Whitfield and Master Carpenter Joseph
and a party of officials from the Port
land office, left Vancouver in special
train yesterday for Spokane. They
will inspect the track, make estimates
of what is NEEDED for next year, what
improvements will be added, so that
supplies for the year of 1910 can be
made. They expect to make the trip
in five DAYS and return.
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Car to Make Tour.

SPOKANE, Nov. 3O.-A chapel Ear,
in charge of Rev. E. r. HermfSs0n,
sent out under the auspices of the
American Baptist Publication society.
arrived in Wallace Saturday, and will
remain several days. The interior Of
the car is arranged for holding reliG-
ious services and will seat about 1oS.
Rev. HermistOn says the car VIII BE
in Northern Idaho and eastern Wash
ington for the next year. Meetings haSo
in the car in Missoula during the kast
two weeks have been largely attended,
headet Ivy the pastor, Rev. Z. e RICH
man, will assist the evangelist bD
spreading the gospel in his church ON
wheels
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
SCARLET
FEVER IS
SPREADING

Should carelessness in the matter
of quarantine in the case OF scarlet
fever be kept up, this city will have an
epidemic such as Spokane had and the
schools will have to be closed for two
or perhaps three months. That in it
this size"
Denouncing the people who wilfully
send their children to school when they
are aware that they are afflicted with
some contagious disease, Health Off
Ger DR.. E. E. Shaw today stated that
if such a condition is not stopped the
citizens of Walla Walla will have to
pay the penalty Case after case has
been reported to him, he declares, that
really should have been kept down
now raging in the city with imminent
peril Of more soon following.
Speaking of this matter today DR.
Shaw said:
This thing cannot be overestimated
for it is terrible. People who ought
to know better, and do know better
persist in sending their children to
school when they are in the process
of peeling off. That means that the
child has already had the disease eight
days. 1t continues to spread merely
through the neglect of idiOtic parents
and such an example will soon be made
of some of these people that the 9TH
ers will not fail to take heed. Such
condition of affairs must be stopped
at once or this city will soon be in the
throes of the most awful siege of sick
ness it has ever experienced
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nap and assassinate John d. Rookie

nap and assassinate John d. Rookie
Teller
Messages have been sent broadcast
asking the police of the country to
apprehend the suspects Information
was furnished to the police by Sawyer
Smith, of Minerva, Ohio, who says he
overheard the men talking of the plot
in Alliance, Ohio, on Sunday night.
He says the plotters discussed elab-
crate plans of doing away with the oil
king
Rockefeller has abandoned the plan
OF attending the farewell meeting of
the Euclid avenue Baptist church. The
walls Cf his estate are closely guarded
to prevent the approach of any strang-
er from any direction.
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Natives Startled.

Hitting off a clip of about 60 miles
an hour and running down a dog in its
mad career, an automobile carrying
DR.. Cropp to the assistance of Jacob
Wissbach, an employee of the Gilbert
Hunt company who was suddenly
taken ill, awoke the echoes on Main
street this afternoon about PAS
O'Clock. While Wissebach was working
in the mill he was suddenly taken in
and believing that he required instant
medical attention, an automobile was
dispatched for aid
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
License to Med Refused.

COLVILLE, Nov. 30.-Application of
Walter Elov Werts, of Spokane, and
Edna Storm, of Chewelah, for a mar
riage license this morning was reject
ed for the reason that the prospective
bride is only IA years of age. The
parents of the young girl accompanied
the young couple upon their unsuccess-
full expedition. The young man, who is
scarcely II years of age, stated that
he would have to seek some jurisdiction
where the age limit in this case did not
apply.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
PERSONAL

{. A. BurOker of Waitsburg. is q
business visitor in the city today.
c. w. Romine of Prescott spent yes-
terday in the city attending to person.
al business.
o.. F. Shaw Of Dayton, was in the
city for few hours yesterday.
Lou Nolte spent yesterday in the
city from Weston.
+. M. Chanden of Burbank, is in the
city today on a combined business and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
FARMER FOILS A
RAILWAY COMPANY
Secures Water Right and Stalls En-
qines of the Great Northern.

gines of the Great Northern.
SPOKANE, Nov. 3J.-Because OF the
failure of the Great Northern to secure
a water right on the spring near Eph
rata, where they have been getting
water for Is years, F. A. Tolliver and
son, of Taylorsville. Ill, beat them 10
it, shut off the water pending the set
tlement of a suit, and half dom mo-
gul engines have gone dry on the main
line of the Great Northern as a result.
two trains being held up at Epbyata
for lack of water. Ephrata is the on
ly station between Wilson creek and
Trinidad where engines can secure wa
ter Dilatory tactics delayed court
proceedings, so, with lawyer, TOib-
yer shut off the water and advised the
company to settle the suit at its con-
venience.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
BUDGET UP
LAST TIME

LONDON, Nov. Gn.--crnwds gath
cred about the 1ouStS o: parliament
tonight while the final discussion of
the budget proceed J with every pros
pect that it will be dLf-ate.' by ma
jority of $50. Tho ca5in": remained N
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30

ening when the Presbyterian Broth
erhood will meet over the festive
board. The meeting tonight is to
be a special one at which issues most
important are to be discussed. 1t
cou'd not be learned what would
come up for consideration last night
but it is understood it has bearing
on the calling of minister, possibly.
F. M. Goodwin, an attorney of Spo-
kane, who enjoys quite a reputation
as a Brotherhood speaker, is to be
present. The Pilgrim society is to
serve the banquet. The meeting will
be held at 6:15 p. m. No call has
vet been issued for a pastor, but 1T is
understood some prominent ministers
have been invited to fill the pulpit on
trial sermons.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-30
Fined Six Dollars.

Fred C. True and Martin Sailing, who
n,aro arrested early yesterday morn
ing on the charge Of disorderly con-
duet, were given hearing in Judge
ucKinney's court at 4 o'clock yester-
dav afternoon and were fined Sc each.
The fines were paid, and the prisoners
released from custody.