The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-25

AesAs' rep. N.-TdrIsiaHs SS'OsAosS~ Mardi Gras with the usual enthusiasm. Early in the afternoon the bomevards were thronged with merrymakers, engag- ing with much zest in the sport of con- fetti throwing, while all the windows were filled with spectators watching the gay scene. It was only toward midnight that the crowds thinned sufficiently to permit the omnibuses to resume their usual routes along the grand boulevards.
 Rome. Feb. 24.-Several duels between deputies are expected as the outcome oi disorderly scene in the Chamber this afternoon. A heated debate followed ar interpolation by SgnorMontignarrie upon the alleged expression of Italian subjects in Austria. The Republicans and Con- servatives indulged in frequent recrim' nations and the sitting had to be tenn porarily suspended.
 St. Louis. Feb. A-On the plea that the turf cooperative investment com panies were simply gambling schemes and that all investors were partners in the business and must have known the nature of the business, the first attachment suit of the many filed against John J. Ryan & Go. was dismissed by Justice Kleiber today. The suit was to recover money in- vested.
 Washington, Feb. N-The National Leg islNive League, whose object is the inn provement of the condition of social and moral condition of married women is holding its annual session here today. All the old officers of the league were re- elected today with one exception. Mrs. Little Devereaux Blake is the President of the league.
 Richmond, Va, Feb. 2L-The State Senate today passed a bill prepared at the suggestion of the Attorney General and the Governor, providing for an increase Of the appropriation to defend the suits brought by negroes to test the validity of the constitution. The bill amends the bill passed last December and increases the amount from 5000 to $10o0o.
 Ballston, N. T., Feb. M.ZThe Ballston High School Class of 1902, fourteen girls and boys. were refused admission to the school today. They became insubordinate yesterday afternoon because there was no observance of Washington's birthday and giving the class yell and shouting Washington" left the school room.
 Newport News Va. Feb. A.-The United States battleship Maine arrived here today. She will be in port several days, during which time she will be coaled and provisioned, preparatory to sailing for West Indian waters. where she will join the North Atlantic squadron
 Raleigh, N. C., Feb. N.-The Watts anti-liquor bill. prohibiting the manufact- ure and sale of whiskey in the country districts and allowing local option in in corporated towns. passed the State Sch ate today. It had previously passed the House.
 New Haven, Conn, Feb A.-John Page an inmate of the soldiers home in Noro- ton. who was charged with having ob- tained a. pension by impersonating his father. a soldier in the civil war, was to- day sentenced to three years in prison.
 Washington, Feb. A.-Representative Greene. from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, today favorably reported the joint resolution providing for a joint committee to investigate the policy of international navigation.
 Havana. Feb. A.-The anniversary of the uprising at Baire, which was the beginning Of the Cupan reVolution against Spanish rule which finally resulted in Cuba's freedom, was gaily celebrated in Havana today.
 , Evansville, Ind, Feb A.-The river fell today but farmers in the bottoms will not be able to move into their homes for an other week. A great deal of stock has been drowned.
 Washington, Feb. A.-The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a dividend