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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
A NEGRO BOY KILLED
VIRGIL HAMILTON SHOT BY SON
 OF Fl. A. HOMELESS.
Pistol Duel on South Jackson Street Had Fatal Termination and John Henry Loveless
 is in Jail.

In A pistol duel on South Jackson Street at Il o'clock last night Virgil Hamiitoh' a young negro plasterer. was snot to death by John Henry Loveless, the l'- year-old son of H. A. Loveless, the well known negro undertaken
 The duel occurred on the east side ot the street and about midway of the olock between High and Grove streets; LOW , less is a student at the Alabama Normal School, conducted by Professor W. D. Paterson, and he was accompanying two negro girl students of the school' uausn ters of H. A. Carson or Lownoes Couuly, to the home of his father where they boarded when the difficulty began. The young negroes had been to a dance gwen to students of the school at the residence of James Fagain. 354 South Jackson Street, and the shooting occurred Withih a block of this house.
 Just before II o'clock telephone mes sage reached police headquarters thai man had been shot on South Jacksoh Street near High Street Mounted Pa trolmen c. c. Mcclellan and R. K. Do- ron, were quickly dispatched to the scene and Police Captain Taylor with a sur seon followed in light buggy. ,
 Mcclellan and Doron found Virgil liam ilton, who was apparently about 70 years old. lying prone upon the sidewalk in a dying condition. Several hundred negroes had gathered and it was quickly learned tlrat the fatal shot had been fired by JOnfl f1eUTy lSONeltSS. Tioht 'iS O' the Shooting the patrolmen went~to the home of H. A. Loveless on the Red Bridge Road and reached there before the negro boy. The officers were In the house, when young Loveiess arrived with the negro girls. They had already inform- ed H. A. Loveless of the shooting when John Henry Loveless discovered that the officers were in the house he made dash for liberty, jumping through a win dow. He ran several times around the house the officers following until he was captured.
 in the meantime Captain Taylor had made a careful investigation of the scene of the shooting None of the negroes that five shots had been fired and that the neigborhood had been disturbed by the voice of a woman screaming don't shoot him." The Hamilton negro expired within a few minutes after Captain Tay- Tor and the surgeon reached the scene. Only one bullet had struck him. It en- tered the upper part of the stomach.
 Coroner 1ice telephoned permission for the removal of the body of Hamilton saying he would hold an inquest this morning. The body was then moved to 2 Yougene Street where Hamilton lived.
 The clothing of John Henry Loveless was pierced by two bullets and he claims that Hamilton began firing at him before companied his son to police headquar- ters. said he desired to be entirely re- spectful to The Advertiser. but added that he thought it unwise for a detailed state ment of the shooting to be made by his son until a lawyer was consulted.
 The Loveless negro was locked up in cell at the police station.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Another Goldsmith.

On one occasion, while addrcssing | meeting. Mir. Gladstone was repeatedly inS terrupted by an individual who aiternat@ ed loud guffaws with the imitation of q dogs howls. The speaker inquired tflsaa he was a certain John Larf. MT. I.arf, 'f he said. raising his voice. ''our friend Goldsmith clearly had you in view when he said: The watch dogs voice that, bay'd the whispering wind. and the loud larf that spoke the vacant mind.'" ..Iio said that. did he?" cried Larf, as ha, turned round and struck little man whd2 was in the crowd a severe blow over ths head. And it was only after a violent rough and Tumble and much vituperative language that MT. Larf was convfncedn that the man he had assaulted and whos3 name was Goldsmith. was not the gem tleman referred to by Mr. Gladstone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
BROTHERS TO BE ELEcTRocUTED
The Three Van Wormers Convicted of
 Murdering Their Uncle.

Hudson, N. Y., April 1S.-The jury In the case of Burton. Willis and Frederick Van Wormer, charged with the murder of their uncle. Peter A. Hallenbeck, today returned a verdict of murder in the first degree against all three of the accused. The death sentence was pronounced a few minutes after the jury brought In It's verdict.
 The crime was committed last Christ mas evening. Early In the evening of that day, the three brothers and Harvey Bruce. their cousin, who Is also under indictment for participating in the mur- der, drove to the Halenbeck home at Greensport, this (Columbia) County.
 The young men wore false faces and also wore their coats turned inside cut. Hallenbeck, who was very old man. opened the door in response to their knocking. and as he did so, they fi ed on him, infiicting wounds of which he died in a short time. At their trial, which lasted about two weeks. the 'accnssd men declared they went to Hallenbeck's house merly for the purpose of frightening him. with no thought of injuring him. Bruce, who secured a separate trial. testified against the brothers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19

able, they do both. If anything. the lAt~ ter afford the more effective protecmom of the two, since not only do tneeo s-hanzes give almost perfect shelter from rife fire, but through the interstices pe. tween the stones the men are able to watch for the approaching enemy. Ou the smallest mark being presented, they either use tfle intersdces as loopholes, or else they pop up, aim. fire, and are down again in an almost incredibly short spec0 of time In this manner they can plcu on the advancing soldiers while remaans ing in almost perfect security themsetyess This method of fighting explains to . great extent the extra ordinary dfspropcr- ton in the casualties of Boers and Brit. ish respectively in most of the imp0rtAnS engagements fought during the present war. These scfanzes are frequently eev~ eral miles in length. and are sometimea built in duplicate or even in .tr1pIicAfe9 thus enabling the Boers. on being dr1veu back from the first. to retire ana con- tinue to fight behind the second and tho third. The admirable eonstruction Of theiq trenches has been testified to on moro than one occasion by the British GenerY ais. notably by Sir Redvers Butler in hf9 dispatches on the operations in Natal ]
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
HORSESASCONTRABAND
voN MESSENGER WRITES TO
 THE PRESIDENT.
Declares the United States Has Am pie Precedent for Prohibiting British Purchases of Mules
 Horses in This Country.

Chicago April 1s.-Peter Van Vlissinger. who has been one of the most actiVe friends of the Boers in Chicago, today sent to President Roosevelt an open let- ter advancing an argument against the British mule traffic in the United states. He declares that the traffic Is in viola ton of the treaty of Washington.
 Article of that treaty" the letter reads, lays down three rules by which are to be governed. The sec ond rule declares a neutral government is bound to permit or suffer neither bei- iigerent to make use of it's ports or wa ters as the base of naval operations against the other; or for the purpose of renewal or augmentation of militar ysup- plies or arms or the recruitment of men,"
 Further along the letter says: N
 Great Britain made no scruple of as- serting the terms of the treaty of Wash ington against this country upon the first and only occasion when our Govern ment was at war with ioreisn sta.e' April 26, 1893, the day after war was de- ~lared between the United States and Spain. Queen Victoria issued a proclama- ton of neutrality, insisting upon the ob- servance of the treaty.
 "In this proclamation, Great Britain insists that her ports and waters snaii not be used to abet the military activity of belligerent powers, and we now re- auire the enforcement of this rule.
 By the classification prepared by the State Department, published by Secre- tary Long, June 20, 1898, in his Instrue- tions to blockading vessels and cruisers, General Order i92, Paragraph 19) horses are designated as absolutely contrapand of war
 If additional argument were neeged to prove that horses have been consiu- cred contraband of war by the United States Government, the following in- stances fin which they have been so class ed might be cited;
 "In the treaty between the United States and Bolivia crreaties and Conven- tions. 1889, D.. 90) Article II. horses with traband of war.
 "ln the following other treaties simi- lar specification is made:
 'Treaties between United States and Brazil CTreaties and Conventions, lsSs, p. 105), Article 16.
 Treaty between United States and Co., lombia CTreaties and Conventions, lSS9, p. 1S6). Article IT,
 Treaty between United States and Hayt. (Treaties and Conventions. 1889. p. 5D. Article 20
 Treaty between United States and Peru, (Treaties and Conventions, 1SSo, p. 1,sO1), Article IS.
 '"Treaty between United States and Sweden and Norway. CTreaties and Con- ventions, 1889. ?. 1.042), Article o."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
TRIAL OF ED BATSoN.
Charged With Murder of Six Mem
 bers of Earl Family.

Lake Charles. La. April 1S.-Ed Bat son, who is on trial here for the murder of six members of the Earl family near Welsh has been positively identified by a dozen witnesses as the man who at- tempted to sell Ward Earl Y mule at Lake Charles February IA.
 Among the witnesses was Miss Maud Earl who Is one of the two survivors of the Earl family. She testified as to the ages of the family, her father, mother, and four brothers being the persons mur- dered. and she also related the finding of the bodies, ten days or two weeks after the murder was perpetrated.
 Batsons mother is regular attendant on the court and her son is very affec- donate toward her
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Louis A. Balensi Will Be Met With
 Warrant at Prison Door.

warrant at Pr1Son Door.
 New York April 1S-When Louis Alfred Balensi leaves Sing Sing next Saturday he will have served a siX-years' sentence, made shorter by communication for mis- appropriating 900 worth of jewelry.
 His freedom will be brief. according to The Herald. At the door af the prison he probably will be served with a Fed erai warrant charging him with the em- bezzlement of approximately Sl,beo,ooo Tn France.
 Louis Alfred Balensi. or. as he Is bet ter known in this country. William A. Bellwood. was born in Paris 49 years ago. In 1891 he organized the 'Societe Francais de Banque ct de Change" purporting to do general stock of exchange brokerage business Balensi was the managing d. rector.
 All went we'll for five years; then Ba- lensi disappeared. Two weeks later the Tribunal of Commerce of the Siene de- clared the society bankrupt, and a sim Balensi. The investigations proceeded. and finally the chamber of indictments Of the Court of Appeals of Paris declared on July 16, 1S97 that Balensi had not only misappropriated 6.s0o,000 francs. but also had converted to his own use large quantity of valuable jewelry which had been entrusted to his care. His arrest was ordered
 BaIensi located in Philadelphia. where under the alias of William A. Bellwood, or William S. Redwood. he opened jew elry store Early in 1897 Bellwood obtain ed $25.OO0 worth of jewelry from New York firm on a memorandum. and pro ceeded to hypothecate 1t at one of the largest pawn -brokering establishments In the metropolis. He was arrested and sent to Sing Sing for six years.
 It had been discovered in the meantime that Balensi and Bellwood were identical. and during his larceny trials a United States marshal lowered near bY with a Federal warrant which had been Issued after an investigation had been made of the embezzlement charges in France, by the I'nitnd States Ambassador. General Horace Porter,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
LABOR LEADERS CONFER,
Chinese Exclusion Legislation Under
 Consideration.

Washington, April 1S-The American Federation of Labor Executive Council was in session today from o'clock this morning until nearly midnight A con- ference was held with Congressman Kahn of California and others upon the sub ject of the Chinese exclusion act now pending in Congress and several alleged defects in the Platt amendment as adopt ed by the Senate were pointed out. par ticularlv that feature of the re-enactment of the Scott act. the validity of which is now being attacked in the Supreme Court.
 It was decided that Congress be re- quested to re-enact the essential pro- visions of the Scott act by the specific terms of the act in regard to several pro- visions of that act so as to lift 1t out of the realm of contention as to its le- gal existence or noL-eXistence.
 Reports were made regarding the all lcged fragrant use and abuse of wrts of injunction. particularly in West Virginia and Virginia in inc mining districts. The Executive Council will endeavor to arouse public sentiment to demand from the hands of Congress an effective bill to prevent the liberal issuance of injunc- tiong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
NEWS IN BRIEF

MRS AUGUSTA SYKES,S suit against the Montgomery Street Railway Company had not been completed when the civil division of the City Court adjourned yes- terday afternoon. All the evidence had been heard and two of the attorneys in the case had made their arguments. The remaining speeches will be delivered this morning. The case has been a hard fought legal battle. Mrs. Sykes Is suing as administratiX of the estate for $50000 for the death of her husband. Captain William Sykes, of the Montgomery fire department, who was killed last May in a collision on Hull Street between the hose wagon of Steamer Company No and a Cloverdale car. On the wagon with Captain Sykes were Bremen James c. Searcy and Henry Gland. both of whom were injured Their suits against the company resulted in verdicts for damages of $500 and $T75
 MAYOR E. B. JOSEPH has appointed Clarence J. Pullen to the vacancy in the City Health Department created by the death of Sanitary Inspector Clarke Lanier. MT. Pullen has entered upon the discharge of his duties. The new Sani tary Inspector has been for over two months working as extra Inspector He was put on with the three other extra
 
 | smallpox occurred two months ago. The present force of Sanitary Inspectors num- bers only four. Smallpox in Montgom cry has so abated that the extra men are no longer needed
 MARY DAVIS, who is a negro school teacher and lives a few miles south of | the city, was arrested yesterday on a warrant sworn out in the court of Justice R. H. Jones She is charged with obtaining goods under false pretences. It l is alleged that she procured from prom inent Montgomery dry goods merchant l $50 worth of clothing under the pretense | that she had some cotton stored in a warehouse in the city. Her claim to the cotton proved fictitious and the swearing out of the warrant followed. The case | will be heard by Justice Jones today | THE BOARD of Registrars of Mont | gomery County will adjourn tonight for | a weeks recess. The session of the Board will be prolonged to o'clock tonight as it was Friday and Thursday. The night l sessions are for 1abOring men who can. not find time for registration during the | day. The Board has registered about l 2.400 voters of Montgomery County. which | the members estimate is half of the total number that will be registered.
 | CAMP HOLTZCLAW, United Sons of | Confederate Veterans. will meet tonight to elect delegates to attend the Dallas Reunion. The meeting, which will be held in the office of Judge J. B. Fuller, | has been called by Commander Tennent Lomax Other business in addition to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Effected A Compromise.

Wheeling W. Ba.. April 1S.-A compro- misc has been effected in the Amalga- mated Association regarding the lodges which failed to pay the recent strike assessments The Contested Scat Com mittee report upholds the constitutional ity of assessments and the action of the executive officers In making them is en- dorsed. The exact nature of tue report in respect to the rebellious lodges Is not disclosed. but it Is known that some were eXonerated and given clean bill and the difficulties with the others were so adjusted as to give to them a redson- able time to pay up their delinquencies which they agreed to do. The report was unanimously adopted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
STEAMER LINES UNITE.
New Combination Designed to- Bring
 About Harmony.

London. April l9.- The Daily Tele- graph this morning announces a. new combination among the steamship lines involving no change in officials ana nt- tle change in management. The lines in- volved are the White Star, the Dominion. the Leyland, the Atlantic Transport the American and the Red Star lines. It Is intended to secure harmonious arrange ments with American railways
 The Daily Telegraph continues: we understand the hearty cooperation or the North German Lloyd line and the Hamburg-Amercan Steam Packet Com pany is also assured
 The Telegraph in an editorial says: "We shall be spared a war of British against American capital. or what could be far worse commercially and political ly. war of bounties between two gov ernments."
 The Times considers significant the statement that the combination will work in unison with the American railroads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Route of the M, K. & T.

Guthrie. O. T.. April 1S-Thc route of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas through Oklahoma was made known today. The extonsion will be direct line southwest from Stevens. I. T.. through the Cherokee and OsaGe Nations to Cushing and Film, O. T.. where the line divcrges into Guth- ric, then on southwest through Fl Reno, Anadarko and Mangum O. T.. to Quanah, Tex. distance of 800 miles From Cushing a line will bc run to Oklahoma City and near Hominy in the OsaGe Ma ton, the extension from Muskogce. l. T., will connect with the Stevens-Guthrie branch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
SLEW AGED HUSBAND.
Bride of Four Months Kills Husband
 in Family Quarrel.

Knoxville. Tenn. April 1s.-,A special to The Sentinel from Kingston says:
 Abraham May, aged 60 years. was shot and instantly killed last night by his wife whom he married four months ago. She was Mary Christenberry. aged 95 years.
 Mrs. May confessed to the murder and stated it resulted from family quarrel. She is now in jail here.
 May was highly respected. He was a Federal veteran and drew d pension of SIP per month, and 1t is believed that the discussion of disposition of pension mon ey led to the murder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
RIOTS IN BELGIUM.
Five Persons Killed in Demonstration
 in Louvain.

Bru ssols April 18.-A serious riot has occurred at Louvain, near Brussels. The Socialists held q demonstration in front of the residence of NJ. Scholaert, the President of the Chamber of Representa- tives. The police, in attempting to dis perse them were received with a shower of stones. The civil guard then fired on the mob.
 A similar riot occurred in another part of Louvain and altogether live persons were killed and twelve were wounded Some of the mob carried the dead and wounded to the Maison -du Protelars. An other riot is reported to have occurred in Bruges. in Flanders Here the police charged the Socialists with drawn swords and ten of the latter were wounded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
STRICKEN AT THE ALTAR.
Groom and Best Man Suddenly
 Seized With Appendicitis

New York April 1S Charles Finck and Mary Mcintyre were about to be mar ried in the Sacred Heart Church, says a World special from Trenton. N. J., when both the bridegroom and the best man were taken suddenly i'll with appendl- citis.
 The priest was at the altar and the bride and groom were advancing toward # when the young man was stricken. As he fell his best man was also stricken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
NEGRO HOUSE BURNED.
Fire on South Union Street Early
 This Morning.

Fire, discovered at o'clock this morn ing destroyed a four room frame cottage and it's contents at 622 South Union Street between Grove and South Streets.
 The fire department was summoned by telephone and the firemen had long run across town. The cottage was in blaze and nearly consumed when they reached the scene. Prompt and effective work prevented a spread of the fire.
 The cottage was owned and occupied by E. M. Vale negro, who last all of his household effects The loss is esti- mated at $500. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Aav.n+i.+s Divide Conferences

Topeka. Kas., April 1S-The national meeting of the Seventh Day Adventists here today decided to divide the two con- ferences of the country into three Lon isiana will be added to the Southern con ference from which Kansas Nebraska and Colorado were taken to be added to the new central conference.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Frogs Eggs for the Complexion.

Two young girls of Berlin found thefa eyesight failing. and their parents sent them to a doctor, where they had to un> dergo a cure lasting for some weeks. Questioned by their parents as to whaN they had ben doing to bring their eyes to such condition, the girls confessed that they had washed their faces in wa- ter mixed with frogs eggs in order to secure delicate complexion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19

possibly many times larger than this amount. General report has 1t that Min ister Witte seriously proposed to charge all Russians, who desire to go abroad three hundred roubles for, the first six months and two hundred roubles for each additional.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
How Boers Fight.

The Forum. -
 Having decided upon the positions they intend to occupy and defend. the burgh- CTS proceed to dig trenches or erect low stone walls. or "schanzes." as they are called. of loose stones piled up some three feet high; or, H the ground is su1t-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Right of WaY Secured.

Guthrie. o. T., April 1S.-Right of way tension from Bla ,kwell. O. T., to Coffey- vile. Kas.. a distance of 200 miles, has been secured and construction on this line will be commenced immediately. The extension to Vernon. Tex. is almost com pleted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
DEATH OF s. J. WHrTEsIDEs.
We'll Known Southern Capitalist Ex
 pires in New York.

New Orleans. April ls.-A private tele- gram from New York announces the death of Major Samuel J. Whitesides, a well known Southern capitalist, who had large interests in New Orleans. Alabama and Georgia. He was Il years "f age and served in the Confederate navy. His home was in Savannah, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Voted to Strike.

San Francisco. April 1S.-The local di, vision of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees voted tonight to go on a strike next Sunday morning; It Is expected that nearly s,OO0 men VIII 20 out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
PASSING THRONG.

Mir N. L. Steele has returned from Marion where he was called by the seri- GUS illness of his nephew. Mir. s. s. Thompson whom he reports to be very much mproveds
 Chancellor w. H. Parks of Troy was in Montgomery yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
Another Chinese Protest.

Washington, April Is-The Secretary of State today transmitted to the SerNte communication from United States Min ister Conger. enclosing protest from the Chinese government against the exclusion of Chinese from the Philippine lslanos.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
selection of delegates is expected to come before the meeting

BY DIRECTION of Governor Jelks. Col. W. W. Brandon, Adjutant-Genera of Alabama, yesterday issued an order granting permission to the Jesuit College Corps of Cadets of New Orleans to enter the State armed and equipped, but with out ball cartridges. on the occasion of their visit in May to the commencement exercises at Spring Hill College, near Mobile
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-19
WANTED.

wANTED-You to know that we have moved our college to the Farley National Bank Build ing public square. special rates to city stu dents for either day night school; instruc- tions thorough and positions secured; call or send for catalogue before entering else where Draughons Practical Business College.
 w D NJ Simmons, Manager. sa-su