The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-07
THE GUESS OF
 MIR. IF JMPS0N PersOnness of the Party
 CO,slng South. SHAW AND cRUMPACKER
Both Will Accompany the Ala
 bama Congressman.
Both Reported and Denied That Roosevelt Browns Upon Frances Honoring Dewey and Miles
 With Cross of Honor.

Washington, May 6.-(Special)- 1.-The complete list of those who will be in Rep resentative Charles Thompson's Con- gressional party touring Alabama to see the negro in his native element, was an' nounced this morning. They will viSit Tuskegee, Mobile and Birmingham. leav- ing here May 18th. There will be in the party: Secretary Leslie M. Shaw and wife. Hon. W. R. Merriam. Director Of the Census Bureau Hon. A. W. Machen. Superintendent Rural Free Delivery Sys- tems; Representative T. M. Mahon. Penn sylvania, chairman War Claims Commit tee: Representative John H. ketchum. New York; Miss ketchum; Representa- tive John J. Jenkins and wife, Wisconsin; Representative Thomas B. Kyle. ohio' Representative James H. Southard and wife, Ohio; Representative Charles F.. Lttiefieid and wife, Maine; Representa- tive James P Connor, Iowa; Representa- tive ]. N. Krumple Iowa; Representative Walter L. Smith and wife. Iowa; Repre- sentative Samuel s. Barney. Wisconsin; Representative Fl. B. Dahle. Wisconsin: Repres entative Webster E. Brown and wife, Wisconsin; Representative Archi- bald B. Darragh and wife, Michigan; Rep resentative Ernest W. Roberts, Massa- ohusetts: Representative Charles A. Rus sell. Connecticut; Representative Edgar R. Crumpacker and wife. Indiana: Judge Fuller, Iowa: Miss Fuller. Iowa: Mrs. Bryant Washington; Milt Saul Atlanta W. Stealey. Louisville: w. Bushby, Chi cago; Earnest w. Thompson, Alabama. - Decorations for Miles and Dewey It is asserted and denied today that b&sresiticnt ~-Rcoseveft~ has Informed the French Government that 1t would not he desirable for Admiral Dewey and Licu- tenant General Miles to be decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The friends of the two officers assert the story and the President denies 1t.
 The report was circulated that NJ. Cam bon. the French Ambassador called on the President two weeks ago to ask if he would object to the honors France wished to bestow on the two officers. IIa- ter. 1t is said the President told the French Minister that such a thing was not to be thought of. Csmbon had inti- mated that the honors were to he given on the occasion Of the unreiling of Rochambeau's statue this month.
 The report created the greatest interest LII OIHtIdl CItltS hIli iHc Oi AuS officers at once began to try for Con grexsional interference in their behalf. Then came the report from the White House that the President denied hte story and the efforts were at once aba andoned. Those responsible for the story still in- sist that it is true. and it remains to be seen if the officers get their crosses.
 It was said today at the French lcga- ton that Franoc was very desirous of comforting the hsnor on Miles and Dewey.
 Wu is Coming South.
 Wu Ting Fang. the noted Chinese Mip- ister. will make visit to the South this month. May A he will speak in Charles ton. then leave for Milledgcville. Ga. where lie will speak on the 2Sth before an agricultural and military college. On the 2sth hc will speak in the Carnegie Library at Atlanta.
 Mir. Wu is deeply interested in the cot ton trade and developments in the South and his visit will undoubtedly be of some benefit to the industry since he will study the situation with view of promoting Il closer relation between the cotton indus try of the South and the markets of his