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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
MANIFESTO WAS ANONYMOUS
Cuban Generals Satisfied With Prass
 Ant GoVernment-

Havana, Jan. l6.-Ths manifesto which was issued here yesterday settling torth that the nberating army Of Cuba wau not wait later than March for the com. pletion of the work for the payment cf the soldiers and that if longer time is asked. the army will re-unite and occupy every town from Point Maisl to Cape San Antonio pscihcally, was an anony- nous one.
 General Gomez and the other generaln bava expressed themselves as being per- fectIv satisfied with the attitude of the Cuban Government regarding the pay ment of the army. Gomez is still revis- inx the lists of those who are entitled to pay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
The Wilcox Trial.

Hertford, N. C.. Jan. 18.-Thers were no sensational incidents today. in the trial of James Wilcox. Ollie Cropsey related the relation betwen Wilcox and her sis- ter and of their quarrel. Leonard Owens who met Wilcox on his way from the Cropsey home on the night the girl disap- peared. testified that Wilcox had about twenty minutes to dispose of. from the time he left the cropsey home until Owens met him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
AND GLOBE swIHpLE.
Meeting Held to Raise Money to
 Prosacuta the Guilty.

Prosecute the Guilty.
 London. Jan. 1s.-At q meeting today of the supporters of the movement to initiate the prosecution of Whitaker Wright and others connected with the failure of the London and Globe Finance Corporation. limited. in which corAidera- ble American money was lost, 1t was re- solved to raise . fund of s25.0o0 for the purpose.
 Arnold White. w1ao presidsd. gnnounr- cd that $10.000 already had been promised and said that unless the homer of the administration of English law was to remain under cloud. immed late steps must be taken to sift the scaTldaI.
 Mir. White said he understood q royal duke had invested his monby in the company and be believed thikt 'certaan hangers on ct court" were usirtg the name os the King and others for the purpose of hiding their own nsfaribus deeds. Other speakers declared that the share holders of the London and Globe were victims of one of the most terrible, hsartless and gigantic swihdies of the present ege."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
Dies of Tomahawk Wound.

Memphis, Tenn. Jan, ls.-George Mil- lard, an ex-poteemani died today from injuries received on December S1 in fight with Creeping Bear, a full blooded Choc- taw Indian. Creeping Bear, who claims to be e graduate of the Carlisle Indian school assaulted Willard with toma- hawk. infilcting severe cuts on the head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
RETURNS OF STATE ELECTION
 CANVASSED BY LEGISLATURE
2 sssSSSs S ssssss
LEGISLATURE IN BRIEF.

The two houses in joint session
 canvassed the returns of the No- vember election and certified to the result, according to law. Ten bills were introduced in the
 Senate including a proposed law
 ] by Senator Screws of Montgom-
 cry providing for punishment of bank frauds.
 The session of the Senate was
 uneventfui and the upper House adjourned to meet at l0:30 o'clock this morning.
 The Rules Committee of the
 House reported the rules to gov
 -ern that body and they were adopted without change. They provide for a rule of the majority
 in all cases. The majority may call a' bill from the adverse call ] endar and the majority may change the rules.
 The report provided for the Standing Committees and added a new Committee to have charge of
 bills relating to improvement of the State Capitol. The Standing Committees were not announced and the House ad-
 tourned until 12 o'clock today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
HEAVY ExPENUE ACCOUNTS.
Statement of Money Paid to Mem
 bers of Canal Commission.

Washington. Jan. le.-The Secretary of State has supplied Senator Morgan. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter- Oceanic Canals. . statement of the expenditures made on account of the Isthmian Canal Commission. It shows that each member of the Commission has been allowed compensation at the rate of s1.0o0 . month with travelling and incidsn- tai expenses added.
 These salaries were fixed in 1899 when the Commission was created at the sug. gestion of the President.
 In the cases of Colonel Peter c. Haines and Lieutenant Colonel E. H. Ernest of the army. the allowance was equal to the difference between their regular salaries and s1.000. Under this arrangement the aggregate amount paid to the nine com nlissioners as salaries up to February 2s, 1902 amounted to S22b. .2o9. The travelling expenses of the Commissioners at that time had averaged about $i.soo each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
Yrexican Brewsries Combine.

Mexico iCty, Jan. 1s.--The managers ef the principal breweries are combining tO establish uniform prices. length of credit given to retallera. etc. While the hraw- ers do nat contempiats establishing Q trust, they want 70 effect a comblnatloa oe anssreasA to protect thalr now 9raaa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
Tavlor Not Yntereatsd.

Indianapolis. Jan. 16.-Former Governor w. s. Taylor of Kentucky. who is prac- ticinR law in this city, said this afternoon he had no idea who the detective that is said to have approached Juror Riddsll at Frankfort could be. He had no detectavo friends, and he was not interested im Youtsey's testimony.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
WILL RAT1Fx TREATY.

Senators Assure President of This
 Fact.
 Washington, Jan. 1e.-President Roose- welt was assured today by Senators Aid rich, Lodge and Spooner of their belief that Cuban reciprocity would be ratified by the Senate
 The three Senators had conference with the President prior to the cabinet meeting and went over the sttuatton with him carefully. It was stated that the treaty as amended by the Foreign Rsla- tions Committee was satisfactory prac- ticalIy to every Republican here and that the opposition now was confined to the Democratic side.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
TOOL OF THE FRENCH.
wang Chi Chum Permits Brigand-
 age in His Territory.


 Nauv Work Ian. 16.-In reference to the rsnorted serious rebellion in the, Kwang- sI Province a dispatch to The Times from Shanghai by way of London says that the native press states that the provincial Governor Wang Chi Chun' pur- noHeIv permits an increase of brigandage. +oa gntsvinp the operations of the local banditti into a serious rebellion with the deltberate purpose of afterward invok- Ing inc assistance of the French troops.
 Stress is laid upon the Governors form ei.syvber4 ard his notorious capacity for vensIftv. His recent decoration by the French Government does not escape com ment- |,
 The dispatch also announces that in response to the memorial presented to che throne by Viceroy Yuan Shih Xxi. sbeng Ia permitted to retain control of fine government telegraph system to al- Hovz of his winding up the financial year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
MEETING ALL DEMANDS.
Mount Vernon, N. F., Bank With,
 stands a Run.

Mount Vernon, N. T., Jan. 16 A run that began yesterday on the East Chester Savings Bank in this city was continued yesterday. All claims were promptly paid and the officials say they have ample funds and are ready to meet all demands.
 Up to noon yesterday between slcO. 900 and s150.0O0 had been withdrawn. The run resulted from a mistake of numerous
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
noesn,t Want the Job.

Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. 1s,--MortimeT Levdrlg of this city, who was elected preaident of the American Show Asaoeia- Hon at Kaneas City last night. aaid to. day that he would decline to ancapt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17

WASHINGTON, IAN. I6.-- WEATHER FORECAST FOR ALABAMA: RAIN SATURDAY; SUNDAY FAIR AND COLDER; VARIABLE WINDS, BECoM- ING FRESH NORTHWEST.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
COLD WAVE COVERS THE WEST.
Railroads Badly Crippled-Many Camps Cu'
of-Cattle Dying.

Chicago. Feb 16.-Reports to-day show an eN-
tersiye cold wave covering the West from 1eAas
10 Lake Superior and extending into the AoCh9
Mountains Williston. y D.. with a record oi
- below is the coolest spot in the country
in the mountains of Wyoming the temperature
ranges from - TO 81 degrees below Mining
operations have ceased. cattle are perlshlhs anu
many small camps are cut of.
Memphis. Tenn Feb. 1G.-one Of the worst
sleet storms in years set il. at an carry houl
last night and continued unabated to-day h"
ports from Mississippi. Arkansas Ohlahonna anu
Texas say that the storm is general me ran
roads are badly crippled and many trains nave
been taken of
Reno Nev Feb. 16.-This has been the cold
cst February in Western Nevada in many years
For the last week Tho mercury has gone to zero
nd > below.
Santa F6 Y. NJ. Feb. 16.-It was - degrees
below zero here this morning, the coolest Tor
years All over the Territory the snow Is from
Two inches TO two feet deep
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17

against Venezuela, win he paid in1Ine6 e
partly in cash and partly in short term ul'i''
Continuing the Chancellor summarized 'n'
terms of the protocol and concluded with sayhis
the blockade would be Immediately raiseu anu
that diplomatic relations with Venezuela "ouiu
be resumed.
The newspapers generally have htue u soy
about the Venezuelan settlement Ihose which
reflect the government views affirm thal 1ei
MANY came out of the affair measuraoiy "eii'
insomuch as she obtains at the end OF the teso-
tiations all she asked for at the beginning lhe
papers which are Independent of ofiiciai mhu-
ence notably the Pap-German exponen'S anu
certain papers of reactionary tendencies say
that the only power which has come out OF the
affair with heightened prestige is the Chlteu
States. that no one Of the European powers mas
strengthened it's position and that the TWO
great powers have been standing In the eyes ol
the world for two months in a deferential aIu-
tude toward the United States. practically ask
ing permission to coerce an impotent State.
Various newspapers aliude to the Monroe DOC
trine in careful language. affirming that Europe
can only recognize the doctrine as international
law after a congress of the powers mas Deel
held on the subject
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
RELMON7rS NAN TAKEN.
His Secretary Charged 7cith Rais-
inc. Il Chcch.

George c. Hall. thirty-fo years ola, prlFale
secretary to Perry Belmont was arrested last
night at Thirty -fourth-st. and Fifth-ave. by De-
tectives McAuley and Deevy, of the Central u
fee on a charge of forgery. The police say tnat
the arrest was made in connection with the case
of Waldemar Barth. head gardener for MI BEL
mont at Newport. who arrested on friday
of last week charged with embezzlzing about
ST 800 which had been sent him at various times
TO nav hands employed about the place. lie
waived examination before Magistrate Mayo in
jefferson Market Court yesterday afternoon on
a charge of grand larceny, and was held in
$1,000 bail for the grand jury. Ihe ponce Say
that Hall raised checks which were TO be sent 10
Barth and that Barth cashed them ana the
money was divided between the two.
According to a statement made at Headquar-
ters last night by McAuley, the specihc charse
against Hall is that he raised check maze out
in the name, of Barth for S49S2o to 81, ,i9S 20
after the check had beer, signed by Mr.. Belmont
The detectives say that Hall, when ne mace
out the check, left space between the words
four and nine " and it had been signed
by Mr. Belmont filled the space in to make the
number read fourteen hundred instead or
-four hundred" This check dated January
e 1t could not be learned from the police how
the affair was discovered They said that Mr
Belmont had been swindled out of between so,-
coo and $4,000 in this way
The detectives according 10 their story, nave
been looking for Hall since Saturday. They say
that when he Is arraigned in court this morning
an additional charge of grand larceny VIII prop
ably be lodged against him.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
TO SETTLE PEACE POWERS CLAIMS.
The United States Protocol To Be Signed
First

Washington. Feb. 16-Preparatiens were
made to-day at the State Department for
the signing OF protocol Iroyiding for the
settlement of the claims Of the United States
against Venezuela. it being the desire of Venez-
uela that the agreement with the United States
shall be drawn up first. The protocol will be
signed as soon 1t has been approved by the
State Department. 1t will be brief consisting
of only three or four articles, 1t will provide
for the appointment of a commission. one mem
ber TO be appointed by President Roosevelt and
the other by President Castro. TO pass on the
American claims and in case of disagreement
the King of Spain is to appoint the umpire.
For the satisfaction of these claims the protocol
will stpulate that 80 per cent OF the customs
receipts of La Guayra and Porto Cabello be
set aside to be held in trust until The Hague
tribunal shall decide in what way this amount
is to he distributed among the creditor nations.
1t will probably provide that the claims of the
United States must he passed upon by the COM
mission within six months.
When this protocol has been signed those
with the other creditor nations will be drawn
up They will conform in all essential details
to that of the United States.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
CIR FIRES TERMINAL.
Structure at Buy Ridge Utmost Des-
t,-0ma-Nofor Efpi0dcd.

With a dazzling fash of light. the motor OF
Bay Ridge train which was at Tie terfi'inal
Sixty-third-st. and Thrd-ave.. Brooklyn. eHploo-
ed last night. setting fire to the car ana the
tracks The terminal statoA large double
building. standing in The centre of the TRACKS
caught fire and was almost destroyed Inc eA-
nIosion occurred at II 30 p. m completely stop
ping all travel aver the Bay Ridge division, and
after hasty examination last nihgt it was said
that the prospect of any service On that line to'
day was doubtful 1t was thought that the
snow and ice had affected the motors.
The train had entered the terminal, after eX-
perjencine difficulty from the storm, and the
passengers were leaving the cars, when there
was A binding fash. similar TO that Which
proceeds from the third rail, but more brilliant
This was followed by the explosion OF the
motor Almost instantly flames broke OUT
under the car. The passengers crowded IN
fright from the train.
An alarm was turned in. but the fremen we're
DELAYED by the storm. and the fire had ignlteu
the station long before they arrived. In the
mean time another train has reacher the terhi-
nal. and coupling to the burning car hauieu
il from the station. Two dead" trains, stand
ing on siding. were also hauled out OF
danger.
The damage to the station estimated al
$500 and to the car at $1,000.
Trolley and elevated railroad service in BROOK
lvn was at skies and sevens all day yesterday
as a result of the sleet storm of Sunday nlsh'
and the snow that followed it. After trying 10
operate the third rail service with little sue
cess on Sunday, the engines were again SUD
stituted for the motorcars. Then at i O'CLOCK
yesterday morning a jumped the track pc
tween the Adams-st. and the Bridge-st Stations
and tied up all OF the lines on lower Myrtle
ave. for two hours and half. Half a dozen
passengers were imprisoned in the cars for an
hour or until the cars that did not jump the
track were detached from the remainder of the
train and drawn to the Adams-St station IL
was O'Clock before the track was cleared.
There were slight biockades at various points
during the day, causing the passengers much
ANNOYANCE Just at the rush hour, when the
sncw had become fairly deep, many trolley
cars were taken off all of the lines. 1t was
said that this was necessary so that the crews
might be used in manning the snow pows and
keeping he tracks clear in other ways. 1hlS
caused unusual congestion in all of the cars
Superintendent Clarke in charge OF the Street
Cleaning Department. in Brooklyn. was busE
until a late hour last night sending out IN
structions to his men for making start on
removing the snow from the streets to-day.
At II o'clock a long section OF the UOlleN
wire on the south roadway of the bTldge 1ell
on account of the heavy coating OF Ice ana
snow 1t tied up all the trolley traffic. ana
hundreds OF passengers were obliged TO aneh'
and walk through the heavy snow to Man
haitian or back TO Brooklyn. The wires were
renaired after some time, and bridge traffic
resumed.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
FATHER ROBINSON DIES SUDDENLY,

The Rev. Thomas Vernon Robinson died sud
deuIy yesterday morning i'll the Paulist House.
Fifty-uinth-st. and Ninth-ave- Father Robin
son was born on July 16, 1910, in Rich
mond, Va lie belonged tn we'll known
Southern family In the Civil War he was
in a battery of artillery in General Lees army
After the war Father Robinson became a convert
to Roman Catholicism. He came to the Paulist
community in 1868 student for the priesthood.
and was ordained in May. 1872.
Father Robinson feet inches i'll height
and was large in proportion Until his health
failed a few years ago. he was often seen in this
city and was we'll known preacher Though
chiefly engaged in parish work in his earlier years
In the priesthood he went several missions.
Father Robinson suffered from diabetes For six
or seven years he had not been able to do much
work and for two weeks lie had been confined To
his bed.
The funeral will be held in the Church of St.
Paul the Apostle No. 40 West Fifty-ninth-st., on
Thursday at 10 a with solemn mass NeSpers
for the dead will he sung tomorrow at s p. m.
Members of the Holy Name Society and The Spald-
ing Literary Union will watch the body tomorrow
night.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
LOW ATTACKS CORRUPTION.
Says He Hopes Under the Blanket Govern
ment Will Never Return.

'It is to he hoped that the day will never
come when government under blanket VIII be
restored in this city" said Mayor Low III a
speech at the sixth annual dinner of the West
End Board of Trade o. Brooklyn. in Parshall s
Hall. Third-ave. and Fiftythird-st. last night.
He was the guest Of honor and spoke on the
work of the administration.
The Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
he said previous TO this administration held its
meetings in corners, in the Mayors office or
hidden away somewhere else. Only the results
of the meetings were known. But now the meet
ings are held in the old Common Council cham
ber where all those interested in the matters
under discussion can be present
Mayor Low SPOKE at some length on rapid
transit problems and plans. He said that on
Thursday the Rapid Transit Commission would
hand in an important report, outlining an en-
large1nent of the rapid transit facilities in Man
haitian Brooklyn and The Bronx. These plans
would then be open for discussion, and he hoped
all the various boards of trade would give their
intelligent judgment of the plans.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
A TRIBUTE TO JOHN D. HICKS.
Very Flattering Resolutions Passed by the
BoWerY Savings Bank.

The Board of Trustees Of The Bowery Savings
Bank unanimously passed the following resolu-
ton at its last meeting:
Resolved. That the following address to our
of his retirement the office of president of
the Bowery Savings Bank be presented to him as
the cordial and unanimous voice OF his associate
trustees.
We. your fellow members of the board of trlis-
tees of the Bowery Sa wings Bank. desire to express
YOU high appreciation of your services
to the bank its president, to which position
you were unanimously chosen by this board TOE
four consecutive terms. We thank You IN hchail
of this great and venerable Institution for the
fidelity with which you nave devoted your tlf,'e
and YOUR wisdom the interests of its depos.tors
and 10 the maintenance of its Unblen1ishsd re-
Mowu. Under your administration it has easily
held its place the greatest Of savings Fdnks,
its deposits have grown to vast proportions, IT'S
affairs have been administered with conscientious
care and IT'S name continues to be a synonyult tor
security. And after these more welghty matters
We thank YOU for the nvariabie and considerat te
kindness with which You have fulfilled the duties
that you have shown amid all the divergence
of opinion that arises in the discussion or business,
a shining example of the modest and courteous
gentleman as a of affairs
Outra mixing all in your years OF service ana
UNSURPASSED in their usefulness. you will con-
tinue to be honored. here elsewhere, as rspre-
sentative of the type of men who esta ahlshef the
Powerv Savings Bank the solid rock OF safety.
and who by their sterling qualities built IL up
into a tower of strength; tower that no hnanciat
storms have ever shaken.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
PROTEST AGAINST LUNAcY LAWS.

In memorial the legislature the 1Jedico-
Legal Society enters strong protest against tho
present incoaSruous state of the IuHacy statutes.
This is due, the society says to a. most uuesir-
able change in the management of State asyI1ms.
effected by "the extraordinary legislation Of the
last legislature. in dispIacins local boards of man
ayers, "a system which had been in force for over
fifty years. and whose wisdom had remained un-
challenged all that time" The sudden changing OF
this system sanctioned by legislative approval for
twenty-eight years. gave rise to doubt las 10 the
safety of allowing the insane wards Of the State
to be left under this rash and unJried system OF
supervision: Il system opening the door to that
PRODUCTION of partisan politics into public charities
which former governors. judges Of the highest
courts and legislators took pains heretofore to
exclude.
The society calls the attention OF the legsla ture
the deplorable condition OF the insane and the
still deplorable state of the existing laws
regarding their care and supervision \ board of
Iunacy commissioners should have only advisory
powers. and the chairman should not be a medical
man. the society says, while official. in any way
connected with the treatment cement az
the insane should be selected from partisan DCIit-
cal considerations. Each institution should have a
board of directors. controlling its entire mapage-
meut with power given to the Judiciary TO super
intend the appointments to this board.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
BLIZZARD IN THE SOUTH.
Trains Delayed, Streetcar Lines Tied Up, and
Telegraph and Telephone Wires Down.

Louisville Feb 16-Rain, snow ana Sloet'
combined in many places, with high winds, are
the prevailing conditions throughout the South
tonight Railroad traffic is delayed, ana IN
MANY cities the street railway service is almost
AZ standstiL
Reports from Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi
Northern Texas. Alabama, Georgia ana all
7ar rts Of Kentucky. tell of damage done by the
blizzard Of swollen streams, and suffering on
The part af man and beast; of traffic OF all KINDS
delayed. and in some instances of loss Of life.
In this city. though the snow is only four
inches deep il has driftcd so badly that several
Of the trolley lines have been abandoned In
Memphis the snow and sleet storm which pre-
vailed to-day was one of the worst in years and
interfsred 10 some extent with the operation OF
trolley cars and the telegraph and telephone
wires.
At Fcrt Worth and Dallas, Tex, the snowfall
was the heaviest in years. and general blizzard
prevailed throughout the Southwest. Reports
from Chattanooga, Nashville and Knoxville.
Tenn. state that sleet. snow and wind have
crippled the trolley wires and electric light
plants.
In Atlanta all day a heavy rainfall and high
wind prevailed. The same conditions are re-
ported from many parts OF Georgia, and the
Chattahoochee River is rising rapidly. The rise
fn the Alabama River also continues, ana con-
sidera BILE damage is anticipated. while the
streams in the southern part of kentucky are
~; OF Their banks. The Tennessee and Cumber-
-4and rivers are also rising. Severe wind storms
attended by loss of life We're reported tonight
from South Carolina and Georgia Tonight
throughout the South and Southwest, and in
tenseiy cold weather is feared.