The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-09

CHATTANOOGA, Aug. s-The Chamber of Commerce of Chattanooga tonight adopted a resolution formally requesting the Rate Committee of the Southeastern Freight Commissio nto extend full recog- nition to Chattanooga as a river point and to name Chattanooga rates on freight from Eastern cities on as ia vorable basis as cities situated on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
 HAMBURG. Aug. S.-The steamer Gera.
 with Count von Waldersee on board, ar rived here today. The field marshal land cd immediately amid stirring cheers from
 the crowds assembled. General von Wit itch read to von Waldersee a cable order in which the Emperor thanked him Tor his Chinese services and bestowed upon
 him the Order for Merit with oak leaves and directed that the 9th regiment here
 after bear the name of von Waldersee.
 KNOXVILLE, Aug. S.-A Bristol. Tenn,
 special to The Journal and Tribune re-
 ports a double drowning in the Holston
 River, twelve miles from Bristol. Jesse
 Hairless and John B. Rust. both aged
 about IS. were canoeing in a creek. It
 had been swollen by hard rains and the
 boys were swept out into the river and
 drowned.
 CHARLOTTE. N. c. Aug s.-J. F.. Taylor of Kinston. Secretary of the South
 ern Hosiery Yarn Spinners' Association,
 said today: The curtailing of production
 by 100000 more spindles on hosiery
 yarn in the South for two weeks will go into effect on the l2th inst. Two hundred thousand spindes will be idle for twelve
 days during the remainder of this month." LONDON, Aug. 9.-At 10 o'clock last night, in a crowded and excited session of the House of Commons, MT. Balfour S new rule of voting estimates by whole sale closure came into operation. Jumped
 in classes" more than G67, 900 was by this scheme voted in a series of divisions before 1 o'clock this morning, the Gov ernment majority always exceeding 100 QUEENSTOWN. Aug. S.-The White Star Line steamer Oceanic. Captain Cam eron, which sailed from Liverpool yester- day for New York, via Queenstown. ar rived here this morning and reported hay ing been in collision last night in the Irish channel. with the steamer KincOra, of Waterford. Ireland. The Kincora sank. Seven persons were drowned.
 CHICAGO Aug S-Oecar l.. Triggs, the University of Chicago professor who
 compares Rockefeller with Shakespeare and characterizes church hymns as dog
 gerel, told his class in English literature today that the poetry of LongtelloW Is trivial and unworthy of consideration. Professor Triggs made similar expressions
 with reference Co the poetry of Oliver | Wendell Holmes. .-.@..'. BRISBANE. Queensland Aug. s.-The | German punitive expedition sent to | avenge the massacre of pr. Mencken and | other members of the first German South | Sea expedition on the Cannibal Island of | St Matthias. landed from the German | cruiser Cormoran near the scene of the
 masacTe. killed eighty natives and cap l tured seventeen.
 | NORFOLK Va, Aug s.-The steamer | Norfolk of the Norfolk and Atlantic | Terminal Company, used as d ferry boat | between Norfolk on the roads and Old | Fnrt htIr n l | ter's edge this morning. Her crew Of | twelve men were asleep on her when the | fire broke out and had narrow escape
 COEBURN. Va, Aug. S.-H. D. Hud-
 son. Chief of Police for the Virginia Iron | Coal and Coke Company. at Toms Creek was shot and instantly killed this evening | by Magan Carty, a 16-Year-old boy, whose | father che policeman was trying to ar | rest.
 | PEORIA, Ills, Aug. 8.-The incorpora | tion papers of the kenesaw Memorial As | soCiation have been filed in this city. The | incorporatorS are Colonel $. A. Harper l Captain J. II. Hill and Captain J. J | Dawdy.
 | SPRINGFIELD. Ills. Aug. S.-Dr Hi ram O. Bolles. prominent physician O | Springfield, died today. He served witt | the Federal Army through the Civil Wa
 as surgeon at the military hospital a | Savannah. Ga
 | LAREDO. Tex. Aug. S-News reache, | this city today of the death yesterday O | 'hurles Bull Towle. United States Consu | Agent at Saltillo, Mexico. The remains | will be shipped to Boston, where the in | terment will take place.
 SALT LAKE. Utah. Aug S-Member | of the Kentucky Press Association, talk | ing their outing in Salt Lake City, spen | the day in trolley rides and general sight | seeing. The party will start home to | morrow.
 | PORTSMOUTH. x. H, Aug S-A dis
 astrous Windstorm passed over here thi | afternoon, causing the death of two per
 sons on Seaver's Island and inJuring hal
 | a dozen others.