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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
TuscALoosANs PROMOTED.
Young Officers in Army are Moved
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Tuscaloosa, June A.-(Special.) J. News of the promotion of Second Lieu tenant Jesse Nicholson, son of pr. A. B. c. Nicholson of this place, to a first lieuteEancy was received here with much interest and satisfaction. He has been out of West Point only two years. He is in the artillery branch of the service.
 Another young Tuscaloosian who has been promoted is Graham Parker, son of Prof. w. A. Parker, of the Univer- sity. Young Parker entered the army as a private two years ago and has since seen service in the Philippines and after passing very credltable examination was given an appointment as Second Lieutenant in the regular army.
 A third resident of Tuscaloosa who has been honored by the War Depart ment, is MT. R. H. Little, editor of The Tuscaloosa Sun. Mir. Little has received notice that he has been se- lected for appointment as Second Lieu tenant in the regular army. MT. Little has not yet decided whether he will accept the appointment, but 1t is more than probable that he will decline it, as he has begun the publication of The Afternoon Sun since he made applica- tlon TOT the appointment some HontHs ago. He was ordered to report to Fort Monroe. Va, for examination.
 The meeting of the Trustees of the University of Alabama set for tomOr- row night, at which time it is likely a President will be selected for the en- suing year, is attracting a good deal of interest in Tuscaloosa as well as all over the State. The Trustees will con- vene at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night and while it Is pretty generally under stood that there is no man slated for the position 1t is not likely that the selection of President will be deferred longer than this meeting of the trus- tees as the feeling prevails that O good, strong man should be selected at once in order that he may begin the work necessary for the Spbuilding of the University.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25

full value. Provided that the General Assembly may levy poll tax not ex- ceeding $1.S0 to be used exclusively in aid of the public school fund in the county paying the same"
 MT. Sanford of Pike presented an amendment relieving fertilizers from special taxation for inspection and ad- dressed the Convention. He said the Legislature was permitted to innpo. s tax of 50 cents per ton for the in- spection of fertilizer when the actual cost of such inspection Is about 10 cents per ton. He spoke of a por- ton of this fund being appropriated for agricultural schools and said that if these schools were necessary 1t was the duty of the General Assembly to appropriate the money out of the gen. eral fund.
 MT. Waddell of Russell opposed the amendment. He said he was surprised that the amendment came from a law yer and not from a farmer. He said Mir. Sanford came from a city where large fertilized factory Is located. and he suspected that the factory paid more of the tax than the farmer. He said the proposition to repeal the tax had always been voted down by the farmers in the Legislature.
 Captain White of Jefferson argued in favor of the Sanford amendment. He said if an inspector of fertilizers was needed, 1t was the duty of the State to provide inspectors, just as the State provided inspectors for coal mines.
 MT. Greer of Calhoun said, as a farmer, he favored the Sanford amend ment. He sharply criticised the meth- cd of analysing fertilizers and made an elaborate argument. MT. Greer char acterized the fertilizer law as a farce, ard said the farmers would bless the Convention if the Sanford amendment was adopted.
 MT. Palmer of Washington, who is also a practical farmer. read the dele gates a lecture on their delay in mak- ing a Constitution. He said he had not made a speech had not introduced an ordinance nor a resolution during the Convention. He said that if the delegates did not want to hear him to talk him down. He wanted the anaylsis of fertilizers continued, but he wanted the 50 cents 8 ton tax to go to sure enough agricultural schools, or to the common schools of Alabama. MT. Palmer made an interesting and, at times, humorous, speech. He was frequently applauded by the delegates and thagallery audience. He conclud- eUNDy LndNkInB the NOHVenLlOnt tIOr pA~ tiehtly listening to him when It had provided so many things to cut fel- low off with"
 Mir. Pearce of Marion, another farm CT. said he came from a county in which 'guano school is located. He favored the Sanford amendment, and said if equal rights consisted in spe- cially taxing farmers 50 cents a ton for fertilizer, he did not believe in equal rights. MT. Pearce Is the author of the ordinance providing that lawyers shall hold only judicial positions in Alabama. He caused some laughter by referring to the fact that ninety-six members of the Convention are law yers and that it gave him some em- barrassment to speak in the presence of so much talent.
 When MT. Pearce concluded his re- marks, the Convention adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning.
 The proceedings yesterday were full of interest. They are published com plete elsewhere in The Advertiser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
C0RTEZ'S CONFESSION
Mexican Says He Killed ! Sheriff
 Morris and is Not Afraid.

41VAAA6 anu A1 ANUk AITdlQ.
 LyREDO. Tex, June 24-Gregorio Cor tez. the Mexican who after being hunt ed for ten days, was arrested Saturday. made the following statement to Sheriff Ortiz tonight:
 Well. I am not afraid, never was afraid of anything in my life. I do not care what they do with me. Yes, I am the man they are after. I killed Sheriff Morris. but I killed him in self-defense. I and my brother were charged with horse theft. We were travelling along the road in kearnes County one evening not long ago, when the Sheriff and another man came up to us and without saving at us. He wounded my brother in the thought it was time to defend myself, and I fired and killed him. The other man started to run, and I took after him and chased him a short distance. I re- turned and took the Sheriff's pistol and my brother and myself started for Boni- facio's place on the Colorado river They captured by brother. but I succeeded in getting to where started the second day lust at dark. Old man Robledo and my self were standing outside the house when we saw the men surround the house. jumped into an ambulance standin near. They opened fire and there must have been y5O or 200 shots fired. Of course I went to shootin. but I do not know that I killed Sheriff Glover and the other man. I then started eor the Rio Grande, and was within only nine miles of the river when I was unfortun- ately and accidentally captured 1 acted in self-defense all the time"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
LOSS OF LIFE
 IN VIRGINIA Floods Caused Devastation
 and Death. REPORTS EXAGGERATED
Railroad Property Was Great
 ly Damaged.
Is ofdcially Announced That Not More Than Seventy-five Per
 sons Were Killed-Trains
 Have Resumed Operation.

Roanoke, Va, June 2A.-The follow ing short statement by one of the gen. eral officers of the Norfolk and Vest ern Railroad. sumarizing the flood situation in the light of the latest dis patches, was tonight given to the As sociated Press:
 Restoration of the telegraph lines develops that the damage by flood through the coal fields was exaggerated. The loss of life will not exceed sixty or seventy-hve and the damage to property, including repairs to railroad and coal operations will not exceed S5eO.OO It is expected the railway will get a line oponed through tomor- row or next day."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25

When Caldwell declined renomina- ton. George B. Cox, chairman of the Hamilton County delegation, suggested State Senator Carl Nippert of Cincin- natl to conference of the leaders, and there is now no doubt that Senator Nippert will be nominated for Lieuten. ant Governor.
 A forecast of the ticket indicates the following: Governor, George K. Nash; Lieutenant-G Governor. Carl L. Nippert; Supreme Judge, W. B. Crew; Clerk of the Supreme Court, A. c. Critchfeld; Attorney General, J. M. Sheets; State Board of Public Works, W. G. John son.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
AMENDMENT APPROVED.
Cuban Political Parties are Getting
 Together.

HAVANA. June A.-The Republican and National parties have signified their approval of the Platt amendment since the amendment was accepted by the Cu- ban Constitutional Convention strife has relgned within both parties over move dorsement of the action of the delegates in accepting 1t.
 Juan Gualberto Torres bitterly opposed this movement and a result of its ultimate approval by the Republican party Gomez has resigned from the party and given up the editorship of La Patria, the party organ. The National paFy will also cooperate towards the establish to Its program and revolutionary ideals and understanding that the Platt amend ment. as declared by the party on sol emn occasions, curtails Cuban independ- ence. the party will employ all legal means in it's power to obtain its repeal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Telephone Case Decided.

BOSTON, Mass, June N.-Judge Brown of the United States Circuit Court today handed down a decision adverse to the American Bell Telephone Company in the suit for infringement of patents brought against the National Telephons Manu- featuring Company and the Century Telephone Compan6 Bifs in equity en- tered by the Bell Company were dis missed on the ground that the patent in volved in the first cases were void and that affecting the second either was void or so limited as not to be infringed by the defendants. These cases have been bending for six years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
The Morrison Trial.

ELDORADO. Kan. June 24.-Judge Aiknan today instructed the jury sit- ting on the case of Jessie Morrison and the arguments were then opened. The case will probably go to the jury to- morrow evening. The instructions makes 1t possible for Miss Morrison to be convicted either in the first or sec ond degree of murder, or the second or third degree of manslaughter. Her state ment on the stand of the fatal hght is pitted against the dying declaration Of Mr2 Castle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
KILLED TN A WRECK.
Train Went Over a High Embark
 ment.

PITTsBURG. Pa. June A.-By the wrecking of train No. g, orth-bound, on the Pittsburg E Lake Erie Railroad. which ran into an open switch at Mona ca, twenty-six miles from this city. this evening and went over an embankment twenty-five feet high, two persons are dead and three fatally injured and forty others more or less hurt.
 The dead:
 VIM. J. CUNNINGHAM fireman.
 Fatally injured: Mrs Lola B. Perkins, Cleveland, abdomen panctured by splin- ter: Mrs. James Lee. Washington, Pa. arm broken and internal injuries; Mrs Jefferson Carso, Beaver, Pa., badly cut and bruised.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Arrrested on an Old Charge.

MENA. Ark, June A.-Wllliam Wiley, known to many people as William Allen, an old farmer and inspector who lives on the Cossatot River. about twenty miles south of Mena, was arrested Satur- dav a afternoon on a charge of committing murder twenty years ago at Mount Vernon. Texas. Wiley was arrested by p P Templeton, Sheriff of Franklin County, Texas, and c. c. Burpee, an ex- Sheriff of the same county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Killed sister and Himself.

BOSTON. Mass, June 24.-Richard Frideman shot and killed his sister, Rosa, aged 21, attempted to kill his sis ter Helen, aged 17, and then shot and killed himself on a crowded West End thoroughfare here today. Friedman was 25 years of age and had just finished a course at Harvard Dental College. In sanity caused by overstudy and illness Is declared to have caused the action.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
The Tennis Tournament.

NEW ORLEANS. La. June 2.-The Gulf states tennis Championship tourna- ment began here this afternoon at the rounds of the singles and doubles being played. B. G. Hunt, Alameda Tennis Club, California; B. NJ. Grant and Clar- ence Angler, Sam Williams, Atlanta, were beaten in the doubles. The finals will he played Thursday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT.
Mary Blees Struck Snag in Tom
 bigbee River.

Mobile. June 24.-(Special.) .)-The steamer Mary Blees. which struck a dead-head several weeks ago and tore a large hole in her bow, causing her to throw over a large amount of freight to keep the boat from sinking. had a similar mishap last Thursday morning on her way to Demopolis. When near Mcintosh Landing she struck a pine dead-head and tore an immense hole in her bow. She will make repairs here and be ready to resume her service in a few days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Suit to Enioin Treasurer.

Bradfeld today began suit against tha Treasurer of the United States 10 en- join him from paying $50O0O appropriated during the last session of Congress for the erection of a nurses home at tha Providence Hospital a Catholic institu. tion of this city on the ground that Il is a sectarian institution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Fifty RoEies Found.

BluedeId. W. Va, June 24.-Details of the fearful flood in the Pocohontas flat top coal region show that hfty dead bodies have been found. Thous- ands of people are homeless and It IS feared are without food or at best only food enough to last at most several days.
 Ii Is reported that pr. Hatfield, a prominent physician and kinsman of the famous feudists of this section. was compelled to shoot two negro pIunderers who were robbing defense- less flood sufferers. The recovery or bodies in the past twenty-four hours has net amounted to many. The req son assigned is that the corpses Of the missing are hidden in mammoth piles of debris. Some of these piles are thir- ty feet high, and cover In some m. stances as much as half an acre or ground, and 1t is the work of days to search them. It has been suggested that the best plan would be to burn these masses of debris. but friends Of the dead are loud in their denuncia- tIon of the idea. So bitter is the feel ing regarding this matter that If 1t IS attempted bloodshed will be the result. Tn to tonight some fifty bodies have been recovered, yet the list of missing and reported drowned Is 249.
 At Algoma numoer or miners standing on a high point in water waist deep rescued twenty-three wo- men and children as they foated past.
 Further details from the Clinch Val lev are tc th4 effect that three nerr- bers of the Van Dyke family are nav dead from injuries received in the flood.
 At Pounding Mill four persons were drowned: John P. Tate, Mrs. Clara Hoops and two children.
 The town of Liberty Hill, in Tazewel County, was swept away, only two houses being left standing. when Sne water had reached the second story of the Methodist parsonage, w. l.. Moore fastened ropes about the bodies of tha wife and two daughters of Rev. MT. Wagner and dragged them through the flood to safety. Others were rescued in like manrer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Chinese in Cuba.

WARRINGTON. D. C.. June 24.-sur- geon General Glennan in charge of the Marine Hospital Service in Cuba, re- ports the recent arrival in Cuba of q of Chinese. the majority of whom he says have come in bond from San Francisco via New Orleans. pr. Glennan said 1t is believed that most of them have come to Cuba in order to gain entrance into the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Minton Atkins Killed.

BONNEVILLE, Tenn, June 24.-Minton Atkin, sales agent of the Whitney Coal Company of Jellico. fas killed al Clinton. Tenn. today by attemptin to swing from A moving train. A post struck bim knocking him from his hold upon inc train. and a sleeping car step crush ed his skull ss it passed He lived only two hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Game to See Hanna.

COLUMBUS, O., June A.-D. Jose Bar bosa and Jose Gomez BEioZo members of inc TTnDer House of the Porto RicansL Leg isiature, arrived here today and attended inc opening session of the Republican State Convention. They came to hold a conserence with Senator Hanna and Senator Foraker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Biz Fire at Mound City.

CAIRO, H.. June A.-The National Pump Company's plant at Mound City, together with the Big Four depot there we're destroyed by fire this afternoon. half covered by insurance. About 200 wards of track were destroyed by the fire. and traffic was delayed several hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Memphian Commits Suicide.

The Commercial-AppeaI from San Fran cisco says that W. F. Tayler. Jr., of Memphis, committed suicide in the Grel- lin House last night by turning on the gas and making his room air tight. He left a letter saying domestic troubles caused his self-destruction. His family is Well-knoWn in Memnhis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Neqro Soldiers Reach Home.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 24.-The army transport Grant arrived from Ma nila today with the Forty-eighth and Firty-ninth Volunteer Infantrys. The regiments are colored, were recruited in the South. and have been for nearly two years in the Philippines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
nnnnsed tn MR.aptime. Y

MII.WAI'KEE. Wis. June 2i-The Visconsin district of Evangelical Luth- erans of the Missouri synod tonight members from taking part in any public entertainment where rag time nusic is played.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Loss to Railroad.

New York-Word was received by Henry Fink, president of the NoE&olk and Western Railroad. today from General Manager L. E. Johnson of the system to the effect that the total loss of life by the West Virginia floods would amount Ao about sixty. Consid- erable damage has been done to a num- Der of mines, but some of the more im- and woalld begin loading coal tomorrow.
 The dispatch added that the flood wa ter was enormous in some places. At the town of Ennis the rise had amounted to six feet in thirty minutes. The rapidity of the approach of the flood, he says, was responsible for the fact that so many lives were lost.
 Mir. Johnson reported that the Nor folk branch of the Norfolk and West ern was nearly washed away and that 1t would take considerable to repair 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
General Tune on Warpath.

received from Tai Yuan Pu. province of Shan Si. that Gen. Tung Flo Hsiang is marching thither and the governor of the province has appealed for foreign help in opposing his progress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
A Market House Burned.

HOUSTON, Tex, June A.-The Hous- ton market house, erected in 1877 at cost of $S5,OO0 was totally destroyed by fire this evening. The city records in tho building were saved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
BODY OF A. S. HAY.
Starts on Journey to Home at
 Cleveland.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, June 24.-At 7;1O this evening the body of Adelbert S. Hay, who was killed by fall from a third-story window of the New Haven House early Sunday morning, was start ed on the journey to Cleveland, Ohio, where the funeral and interment are to take place tomorrow. In the party ac- companying the body are Hon. John Hay and Mrs. Hay, mother of the dead man. and the Misses Hay. his sisters, and Clarence Hay. a younger brother.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
rnhn Shay WI Hang.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. June 24.-The State supreme Court has affirmed the convtc- tton, tof John Shaw. a negro, for criminal ssElIIt upon a white child, and he will be hanged on August 6.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
In Kanawaha Valley.

G~srieston, w. Va, June A.-The damage from flood in the Kanawha Valley will reach $lOOOOO. Houses. bar2s. fences. crops and trains of cars on coal roads were washed away. At Boomer, twenty-three miners' houses were washed cut and wrecked while the new coal Orks and Blake's branch suf- fered equally. On Morris branch sew eraI houses were washed away and :he tipple of the Davis-Gordon Company wrecked by floating houses
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
aovernor Asks for Aid.

Charleston, W. Va, June 24.-GoY- ernor White tonight Issued an appeal to West Virginians only asking for generous gifts of money with which necessary supplies can be purchased" for the flood sufferers.
 The Governor also sent represent alive reply to the telegram received from Governor Nash of Ohio today in part as follows:
 '"The suffering probably will be great. Aid must be sent via Bluefelds which required roundabout circuit through Virginia. Will issue an appeal to West Virginia for aid. Any outside aid had best be in money and can be sent to the Adjutant General at Charleston. or to any bank cashier in Bluefields. Thousands of miners are homeless.
 (Sfgned) "A. B White. Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25

the water came in a wave and so sud- denly that people could not get out Of the way of 1t. The water rose to a height of six feet in thirty minutes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
Hnrses Have Crib.

NEW YORK, June 24.-Reports today from veterinarians are that l5,OOO hors-- in this city have the Ertp, - - ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-25
DETAILS OF DISASTER.
Destruction of Property by Cloud
 burst is Appalling.

Huntington, w. Va, June A.-The tremendous high water in the Tug riv- CT caused by 8 cloudburst along the headwaters of that stream on Satur- day, is a thing unprecedented In the history of that section and the destruc- tion of property along the Eikhorn and Dry Fork and down the Tug river to its mouth is appalling.
 The cloudburst occurred near the headwaters of the Elkhorn and Dry Fork rivers, whose confluence near Welch form the main Tug river. The Elkhorn is followed by the Norfolk and Western Railroad for twenty miles and 1t is reported that for ten miles that road is practically a wreck and sex erai days will be required to repair the great damage which has been done. Along the coal regions of the Elkhorn and the numerous big lumber plants lower down. box cars were swept away in the rushing flood and are lodged along the streams against the rugged mountain sides. Many of the cars were laded and with their cargo, are practically a total loss. All tho lum- Der plants are great losers, to an ex- tent conservatively estimated at a miI- lion and . half.
 At Iages Station, the river rose to the immense height of thirty-orie feet tr- side of three hours, deluRing every house in the little town aId washing away many of the outbuildines. In some instances dwellings were swept from their foundations. but lodked along the river against large and more substantial ones and were thus saved from destruction.
 Higher up the river the destruction IS said to be even greater. At Vivian many houses were washed away and several lives are reported lost. Not over 100 yards of the railroad between there and Ennis. a distance or ten miles. appears to be left intact. All towns above there occupying lowlsnds werS submerged and many houses were washed away. Ritter's saw mills at Panther are reported to have been destroyed and every lumber plant in Mcdowell and Mercer counties has suf- fered great damage. It is safe to say. that there Is not less than 100 persons who have perished and may be that no more than one-half or possibly oDa- fourth that number have been lost. Much live stock has been drowned.
 Among the drift and debris which fills the river are numbers of horses, of cattle and hogs. Several horses, saddles and brides were seen to float by, rendering it probable that the rid CTS had either been drowned or had been compelled to desert them and flee to the mountainside for safety.