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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14
WANT QUICK DEATH.
citizens Present Case of Florida Negro
TO Governor.

Tallahassee. Fla, May ls.--lmmedi-
ately after Mack Morris, the nesro VINO
S,i,sa former Sheriff william Langnton
~ Leon County, had pleaded guilty to-
day and had been sentenced to hang. q
comrnIttee of Atty Tallahassee citizens
waited on Governor Giichrist petitions
ing him 70 issue a death warrant
quickly.
The committee said they feared vio4
lence. The Governor said he believed
the negro should have thirty day
rsspite before execution, but that he
would consider the petition
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14

Victoria. B. c.. May 1s--T Nakamura.
the new Japanese Consul General Is
Canada. who has arrived here, In an
interview states that JapGEs viii adhern
strictly TO the immigration arrange
ments with Canada and the unitea
States. and that the restrictions ara
now being rightly enforced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14
pleaded GUILTY.


lent Use OF Mails.
New York. May 1e.--John 7. sher-
lock and Frank ]. Walsh pleaded
guiIty-to a fraudulent use OF the mails
here today.
Operating under the arm name of
Walsh Brothers and Company the men
conducted their game by offers sent by
letter to secure and negotiate patent
sales. A 81 registry fee was exacted
for this and the victim received moth
ing but a twenty-five cent print OF
their models. Between $500 and 1000
1t Is stated, was Melted monthly by
this scheme. Both were semitic, prison.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14
I.YNCHERs ARE HELp.


Tyler. Texas. May 1s.--Nine alleged
participants In the recent lynching OF
await action of the grand fury by
District Judge Simpson today, six
without the benefit OF bail. Hodge
was under arrest on suspicion In con-
nection with an attempt to crimlnally
assault a young white woman when
he was taken over by a mob and
hanged. Notwithstanding that the
young woman had not identified the
negro.
During the preliminary hearings
which ended today State rangers have
been in attendance and their presence
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14

Washington. May 31.-Senator Till
man today introduced an amendment
to the tariff bill making tea dutiable
at 10 cents pound. The purpose Is
to protect the tea industry Of South
Carolina.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14

Bin I'm Florida Seeks to Secure Pu
lscsfy,

Bill In EtofTd0 SNekH 10 secure PUB
licity.
Tallahassee. Fla, May ia bill re-
curing the State Railroad Commission
annually to publish complete list of
passes granted on all railroads In Flor
ida was introduced In the House to-
day.
The bill was inspired by the report
of a House committee yesterday giving
the names of many persons prominent
In the state who were alleged to have
been granted such passes In violation
Of law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14

st. Joseph, Mo. May 1s--vegetation
and crops which have been held back
by dry and unreasonable weather
throughout Northwestern Missouri.
were given impetus today by a soak
ing rain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14

Berlin, May 13-The Wright flying
machine company. limited, has organ
lied here with a capital OF $l25, 200.
Il VIII construct and operate aero
planes on the Wright system.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14

London, May 1.-THE Standard as
serts that 1t has ascertained positively
that the Schiohau ship yard at Dsntzic
Is building a Dreadnought for one Of
the South American nations,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14

Louisville, KY. May 13.--The Bap-
fist Yodng Peoples Union adopted
mating committee eIecting the follow
ing officers:
W. w. Hamilton. Lynchburg. Va,
and Atlanta. Ga, president.
w. 3: Moore. Oklahoma. first vice
william Russell owen. Baltimore.
Nd. second vice president.
r., H. Coleman. Texas. third vice
l.. r. Leavai. Mississippi. recording
r. J. watts. Kentucky. treasurer.
State vice presidents at large: AUS
tin Croughe. Alabama; H.. L. Win
burn, Arkansas; r.. Vandeventer,
Georgia; c. w. Duke. Florida; r.. G..
Ware, Kentucky: c. ". Edwards.
Louisiana: III. r.. Gambrell. Maryland;
Hampton, missouri; W c. Barrett.
North Carolina: H. q. Hale. South
Carolina; =. H. Rounds. Oklahoma;
e. II. Boiston, Tennessee.
Much enthusiasm was created among
the B. r. P. N. when Mr.. Coleman
told them what the Texas branch had
accompiihed along the line of ufnmer
encampment.
A hymn vas sung at the conclu-
sion Of his. narrative.
The weman's Unieh.
The woman's Missionary Union. the
sessions OF which viii be held tomor.
row and Sunday. Saturday being omit
ted. reported that during It's twenty
one years OF existence, without the
aid Of one male creature" sLs5s.s72.ss
was raied. The union ha 10000 mem-
ber..
Joseph N. shenstone. of Toronto.
Ont, whose declaration last night, SIM
ply made. that he intended to devote
hts great fortune to missionary work.
stirred the lAymen, added another
electric shocx today when he said
quietly:
= would be ashamed to be WORTH a
million"
Mr.. shenstone was again the feature
of the iaymen' program, perhap, but
the report from the various STATE
were Of great interest. These, SUM
r. whlttah. mississippi: ewe
nave taught laxnasn how to pray. !.
sass sss Sc savsnss guard * sap p
I Henderson. Bristol. Wa. speak
fmg for Florida:. eve have interested
seventeen State officials In the work.
M. Fl wolf. Texas: We have Sc
cured $4,000 for mission work in
1908.
y. n. Tyler and Joshua lowering.
Maryiand: I'VE have develoDed dollar
and q half Baptists and secured $4,000
=. l.. White. North Carolina: "we
have Awakened the spirit and viii
hold conference this summer"
b. w. Stephens, of Columbia. talked
generally for Missouri.
Mr.. Shenstone said that Canada was
now giving 100000 q year for mis-
sions. and DR.. Mullins ended the re-
port with 10 general address concern
ing what the semipary has done for
iaymen in the South.
The Southern Baptist Education So
ciety. at q Anal meeting elected the
Following oficers: r.. @. Patrick,
Marion, Ala, president; G. NJ. Potetat,
Greenville, 8. c., vice president: w. II.
Rivers, Conway, Ark, secretary.
An executive committee Is TO be an-
nounced later.
Resoiutions were adopted that the
society be made into an association
at it's 1910 meeting with delegates
from church districts and from Bap-
tist colleges giving degrees and also
those not granting them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-14

The morning WAS divided into eight
minute addresses by representative
iayrnen from each State included in the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-02-25

fort to swollow a friend nearly as big
as itself A party Of natives from
9 nearby village was skinning a
beast we had shot for food. In an
other group my boys" we're opening
the bundles Of camping necessities.
A loud grunt, followed by a Somali's
cry, came from the jungle side Of
the camp, and the next instance the
huge rhinoceros, burst through the
underground. The SomaIi ran for
q tree. He tripped over an ammu-
milton box, the rhino passed him in
its bird fury and charged down on
the clump of porters. scattering them
like the chaff before tn wind. One
was crushed down.. Another who had
stumbled rose to run, the madden
ed beast charged and thrust its horn
through his back battered him against
"a tree, and then hurled him in the
air.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-02-25
newborn baby rhino and It must
have been its Smother shot at.


newborn baby rhino and 1t must
have been its mother / shot at.
1t is the hkbit of the pachyder-
mata Of Afridh to collect around
female that isl about to give birth to
young. Thi3 is to protect the
newborn weakling against the attacks
OF its enemiesS and that is the sort OF
christening fran into. hated to
interrupt the birthday party, but l
couldn't let sentiment interfere with
business, so opened fire on the near
est rhino. He got it right through
the heart and fell. I fired at sec
ond and that also went down. While
was reloading my express tDle rest
took fright and scampered off.
There is ra great deal of difference
between hunting the rhinoceros and
the hippopotamus The latter is easy
to hunt as backyard cat. You find
It's trail on the river bank and then
[sit down and wait till the animal
shows itself. One heavy shot will
generally finish it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-02-25
TREEn BY A RHINO BIRTHDAY
PARTY. a

The next we continued our march
We had not gone far when a native
brought in news Of a fresh rhino
spoor. at once set out in search
of the game We were not ten min
utes on the hunt when | smeelled the
peculiar odor Of the rhino, which some
times is very strong. was down the
wind that is, the wind was blowing
toward me from the rhino--so I was
sure Of getting a pretty good shot.
a few minutes later saw a long
horn sticking through the grass. 1t
was motionless. The animal was wait
ing for US to pass. took a chance
aim and fired, hoping to hit vital
spot. MY calculation was bad and
the rhino scampered off at a gallop.
/ stood there cursing my luck when
grunt behind me nearly scared me
out Of my wits. took no chances,
but turned and ran. hadn't gone
twenty yards when bumped on
something in the grass and down
went. / grabbed my rifle and made
for the nearest tree few yards
away. When could get my breath
I surveyed the scene from my point
OF vantage could see at least ten
|rhinos, The thing I fell over was
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-02-25
CLOSE CALL FOR A BRAVE HUN
TER.

! was reaching for my rifle when
the rhino caught sight of me.
was too late. | turned and ran toward
the river. A dive would save me-
thought of the crocoidles. | felt dhe
puff Of the rhino's foul breath My
heart sank. / had one chance to
jump aside and let the rhino pass.
/ Jumped, and the roaring animal
wiped its gore-stained cheek on me
as | did. / doubled on my tracks,
the demoniac brute frothing in fury
after me. As | passed under the ham
mock where my companion lay be-
tween life land death, there was q
vivid flash, a deafening roar filled
the world, and | fell. The rhinoceros
rolled over. squirting a stream of
hot blood on me from wound in
it's neck. looked up, dazed and
GREATNESS. | didn't know whether
was dead or alive. I felt sle huge,
throbbing carcass beside me. The
JCAoW lCFCl-oldiHCu, IOiIOW-eycu lace
of De Villiers looked over the ham
mock and asked, Are you hurt?"
II think not answered. What
happened?"
/ got no answer. De Villiers sank
back with a groan. | sprang to the
side of the hammock. thought he
$was dead His breast was covered
with blood. | opened his shirt and
saw his right collar bone broken and
protruding through the flesh. l
forced some brandy down his throat
and he revived. what happened?''
again asked.
you had no chance for life, and that
was the death of the rhino. | had
one chance in a thousand of saving
you and killing the rslino. l took
it and gave rhino both barrels of
the express Your face is singed a
little from the flash. The recoil of
the blunderDuss has hurt my should
err"
He put his left hand over and felt
the shattered collar bone. II suppose
it's all up with me-" he said. This,
on top of the fever, is too much"
He smiled and fell back unconscious.
The natives who had fled returned.
and we examined the five porters who
got the rhino's charge. Two were
dead, three badly injured.
Through that night / sat beside
my unconscious comrade inthe flicker
of the camp fires, listening to the
dull, monctonous droning of the in
sects in the trees, and seeing faces
in the embers, one face especially,
a kind, thin face crowned with whitee
hair weeping as / told her OF Jappier,
her hunter sons death. | turned to
put some wood on the fire. Glaring
in the grass a few yards away I
saw two green. sphorescent eyes.
seized my Luger pistol and rose.
Like aflash a lion sprang away before
I could shoot A little later the for
est burst into thunderous roars. 1t
seemed to be full OF lions, which was
attracted by the smell of dhe rhino's
blood
De Villiars did not die. He came
through it all. He now organizes
hunting expeditions into East Africa.
and in all probability he will be one
of the Roosevelt party.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-17

r. .. E.-Carson Aerie, No. 1905
Mests the first and third tuesday,
of each month. Sojourning Eagle
always welcome.
A. G.. MEYERS, w. P.
F. A. CUSHING, w. S.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-17
ORDINANCE NO.. f1S

An Ordinance Amending Section One
of an Ordinance E,titled "An Ordi
nance to Prevent the Obstruction
of Sidewalks, Etc. (Approved March
2e, 1851
The Board of Trustees of Carson
City do Ordain:
SECTION /. Section one of said
ordinance is hereby amended to read
as follows:
SECTION l. No person or business
firm shall place or cause to be placed
upon any street, sidewalk, square or
thorOughfare any box, bale, lumber
or any other thing of any nature
whatsoever, so far as to Obstruct the
same; provided, that any person erect
ing or repairing any building may
occupy n use the sidewalk and one
third Of the street in front thereof
for such reasonable time as is neces-
sary for the dcpositing of material re
iiiI GU " Nv tOIoll uNtloh Vi ltDill
thereof; and provided, further, that
merchants and others receiving and
delivering goods shall be allowed six
hours from the time such goods are
deposited until they are removed.
And, provided further, that at least
six feet of such sidewalks Shall be
kept clear at all times.
SECTION ,. Ali Ordinances here
tofore adopted, 50 far only as they
conflict with the provisions OF This
Ordinance, are hereby repealed.
Approved April Il, 1903.
II. b. VAN ETTEN, President
Board of City Trustees.
f. O. PATTERSON, Clerk.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-17

r. A. M.-Lewis Chapter No. /; holds
regular cOnvOcatiOn on the third
Friday of each month in Ma
sonic hall, 1t 100 p. IN SOjOurning
companions are cordially invited to
attend.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-17
PROPOSALS FOR OFFICE FURNI-
:URE

sOnc
Sealed proposals will be receive,
by the Board of Capitol Commission
ers, Carson City, Nevada, until /,
O'Clock noon, Wednesday,, May twent.
sixth, 1909, for furnishing and install
Ing freight prepaid, in the offices o
the Governor, Secretary of State, At
torney General and Surveyor General
in the State Capitol. Carson City Ne
vada, the following:
Governors Office
Steel furniture: 5 roller boOl
shelves, clear, 10 inches wide, 3 inches
high and 10 inches deep, with door
and lock; 8 cupboard lockers, 17R
in. wide, 81 in. high and IS in. deep
with doors and locks; 6 drawers fol
3 X 5 cards, not less than 14% in. deep
40 document files not less than Az
in. wide, 10 in. high and 1872 in. deep;
Is letter (verticaD files, not less than
II in. wide, 10 in. high and 1912 in.
deep; 2 drawers for maps 2R in.
high, 80 in. wide and 10 in. deep.
Also 40 feet of wood sectional book
cases. at least II inches high, with
sliding glass doors. bases and tops
to complete.
Also 1 quartered golden oak fiat
top double office desk, approximately
Y inches long, with built up top, all
exposed work panelled; l quartered
golden oak feather covered, revolving
and fitting office chair; l quartered
golden oak leather covered office
couch; 4 quartered golden oak leather
bottom office chairs with arms, II
velvet Brussels carpet, size about IS
Is.
Secretary Of States Office
Stel furniture and equipment as per
per plans and specifications on file in
the office of the Secretary of State.
Attorney-GeneraI's Office
Steel furniture: Section steel book
cases to accommodate 100 linear feet
Of law books, two bottom rows OF
which must accommodate books APP
proximately Is inches high, and the
balance IL inches high; 9 vertical let
ter file drawers, standard size; 40
document files, standard SIZE; 4 roll
Ter book shelves, standard size, with
4 inches apart; 3 storage cas-
es with steel doors and locks, not less
IS in. wide nor more than 20
in. deep, equipped with shelves 6 in.
apart; , lockers with shelves.
Also l leather covered couch; l
louble office desk, fiat top %quartered
,ak, built up top, pannelled sides; q
office desk chairs. arms and
padded; 6 revolving office
hairs, leather cushioned; l dust proof
typewriter desk. Partial pans are Oh
lie in the Attorney Generals office.
Surveyor-GeneraI's Office
Steel furniture and equipment as
ser detailed plans and specifications
)n file in the Surveyor Generals Of
ice.
All sizes and measurements as in
above are to be estimated ap-
fortunately and unless otherwise par
iculariy specified standard measure
nents may be accepted.
Bids will be received for furnish
ng all or any portion of the above
described furniture or equipment.
A certificate check for ten per cent
If the amount bid must accompany
,ach proposal.
The Board reserves the right to re-
iect any or all bids and to make al
eratiOns in the plans or spccitica-
ions.
BOARD OF CAPITOL COMMISSION
...ERS, Carson City, Nevada.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-17
ORDINANCE NO.. 119

An Ordinance to Prevent Indians from
Entering "China Town.
The Board of Trustees of Carson
City do Ordain:
SECTION /. From and after the
adoption of this Ordinance no un-
taxed, undomesticated male or female
Indian shall be permitted to enter that
certain portion of Carson City. bound,
ed as follows I o wit: On the east by
ROop street; on the west by Fall
Street; on the north by Second
Street; and on the South by Fifth
Street, said portion OF Carson City,
being commonly known as China
Town"
SECTION 2. Any such indian
| found within that portion of Carson
| City shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, subject to immediate ar
rest, and upon conviction thereof shall
! be fined in any sum not to exceed
ten dollars or by Imprisonment in
the County Jail for a period not to eX-
coed five days or by both such fine
and Imprisonment.
SECTION 3. All Ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Approved April II, 1909.
II. b. VAN ETTEN, President
Board OF City Trustees.
r.. o. PATTERSON, Clerk.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-17
LODGE NOTICES
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS

Carson Lodge No. 4 meet the first
and third Wednesday of each month
at Odd Fellows Hall at $50 o'clock
all visiting and sojourning brothers
are cordially invited to attend.
G.. l.. DEADY, c. G..
p. II. MULCAHY, r. r. S.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-17

TRY n Of those SUNDAY dinners at
the Briggs House.
At the Briggs House is the famous
lunch served nightly
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-12-07
s.: An Arctic Tragedy. ::

80 ...,al 1wo years 1s;oTe, or neroa-'9
one of the men who had been lost In
the Abruzzi expedition.
was about to stop the steamship
and procure the body when it occur
red to me that to take a corpse on
board would destroy the good spirit
and courage of the members of the
polar party. for there is general SUI
perstition among sailors that a ship is
doomed when dead body is on board
The first officer and myself were the
only ones who witnessed this CHASTITY
spectacle. and neither mentioned the
fact. fearing that the discovery would
cast a shadow over the entire party.
We have both always believed that
this was the body of Andree, and |
have often regretted that it had net
been in my power to give him decent
burial Captain Edwin Coffin of the
Ziegler Polar Expedition in National
MAGAZINE
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-12-07
HON. LaVEGA CLEMENTS
of Daviess County.
WHAT IS A WHITE MAN7
A Puzzling Problem For the Racial In
Vestigator.

A Pulling Problem For the Racial In
Vestigator.
The chief of the naturalization bu-
reau at Washington is Of the opinion
that the average man in the street.
understands distinctly what white"
man is. Apparently some persons can
master a subject without studying it
at all, while others who have looked
into it deeply are not so dOgmatically
certain as the average man In the
street"
For example, the encyclopedias tell
US that mankind was divided by Blu
menbach into five races-namely, eau
casian, Monaghan, Ethiopian, Ameri-
can Qndianl and Malay. The words
Caucasian" and white" are used
anonymously. This classification was
first published in 1871 and must have
been known TO our national legislators
when in 1902 they passed the first
naturalization law.
The Caucasian race includes Arabs,
who are certainly no "whiter" than
the Turks, yet Turks. the official says,
cannot be naturalized because they are
not white"
We are also told by the naturaliza-
ton bureau that the HindOO Is not
white" within the meaning of the
statute. But the encyclopedia says that
it is a great error to separate the Hin
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-12-07
Things THAT Amused Lear.

less. FACT, but 1 grleVe TO say mes
turned out for the same and will new
er more please my foolish ears"
Even funnier was the cratic Eng
lish of a foreigner which once enliv-
ened for him the prolonged formalities
of an official dinner.
Sitting next to the captain Of an
Austrian frigate at Sir II. Sterle's on
Thursday evening"" he recorded, ''the
German officer said to a subaltern--
the conversation was about the good
looks of women do think the Eng
IishwoInan conserve her aperient gal
ship (girlhoodl longer than all the wO-
men, even as far as her antics (antiq-
uity, age).
THE subaltern withered with con-
fusion till | yentured to interpret,
The Englishwoman preserves her ap-
pearance Of youth longer than all wo-
men, even If she be Old youths
Companion.
ratrralizod. but that Siberians can.
although Siberians may be anything
from Russians to MOngolians or Mon
Sol -TurcO- Tartars.-Boston Globe.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-12-07

On Aug. so we arrived at RudOn Is
land, the most northern Of the Franz
Josef group and simply a mass of ice
and high glaciers. where we had plan
ned to spend the winter. While cruis-
ing near Northbrooke island ] saw one
day from the crows nest" a singular
dark body just awash on the surface
Of the water. AS we came nearer and
nearer was possessed by rather
unusual desire to know what this
dark mass was. Putting up my glass
es, ] gave the order for dead SLOW"
and we passed the object closely on
the starboard side. | saw clearly that
it was the body of man clothed in a
great skin coat, with the usual hood.
and with mittens on the hands. The
face was not discernible, but it dawn
ed on me suddenly that this might be
the remains of the Swedish balloOnist
Andree. who had been lost in the arc