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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
MIR. MccoRM1cK TALKS.
Russian Policy in Manchuria Not Ini-
 mical to America.

London,( May 2.--Annhassador McCor- mick is here, for a few days on his way from St. Petersburg to America, He sails on the steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm wednesray next with his wife and Miss Patterson.
 The St. James Gazette today prints an interview with Mir. Mccormick, in which he is quoted as saying:
 "One of my last official acts before leaving St. Petersburg was to interrogate the Russian Government on it's policy to- ward Manchuria. I was assured that Russia had no desire to see the Manchu- rian ports closed to the United States or to have its consuls excluded. The Rus- sian Government was emphatic in de- claring that 1t was with America with the open door policy in China and what applies to the United States must apply to every other power. Your government also received and accepted similar assur- ances know that M. Witte is a firm advocate of the open door. and I have every reason to believe that Russia Is quite sincere in the matter. She points out that it is to her own interest to support that policy, and l think that is the case.
 You do not consider then that the situation In the far east Is in any way S6TpOuS on dCCOuIl oL IbuSSiA D pOAtSg hA Manchuria?" queried the reporter.
 q do not" MT. Mccormick replied. "I can see nothing at present which need alarm the United States or any other country
 Mir Mccormick added that the relations between the United States and Russia at the present moment were of most friendly character.
 Do you think the United States will view MT. Chamberlain's policy in regard to protection with disfavor?" was the re- porters next question.
 q do not see why 1t should" answered MT. Mccormick. "We have set you the example The suggestion that you give preferential treatment to the colonies is your own affair. Canada may one day be able to give you all the wheat you want, but not for some time. In the United States, too, we are a growing na- tion and we are consuming more of our own products believe the United States will not always send their raw material in cotton to England, but offer you the finished article"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
VESSELS ARE SWITCHED.
President Will Decide on Warships
 Visit to Kiel.

Washington. May 22.-Ths recent changes in the European squadron has caused a suspension of the plans of the Navy Department respecting the foreign movements of the ships which now com pose it.
 Yesterday the three protected cruisers Albany. Cincinnati and Raleigh sailed from vine Franche for the Asiatlc sta- ton, where with the New Orleans they are to form separate division on the Asiatic fleet The departure of these three ships reduces the European squadron to the flagship Chicago and the gunboat Ma chias, last reported at Marseilles.
 Soon, however, they will be re-enforced by the San Francisco. which has sailed from Santiago for Lisbon. Under the changed condition 1t will depend on the President whether the squadron will go to Kiel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
LEXINGTON ASSEMBLY.
Dr. D. c. Lilly Reports on ColoreG
 Evangelization.

Lexington, Va, May 22.-The second days session of the Presbyterian Gen. eral Assembly began at 10 o'clock after the members had attended special exer- cises in Lee Memorial Chapel at Wash ington and Lee University, where ad- dresses were made by President Lenny, of the University and Dr. Theron Rice of Atlanta, on behalf of the Assembly, The opening prayer of the Assembly was by Dr. Hyde of Fort Worth. pr. Thorn ton Whaling of Lexington, presented Mod orator Hopkins with a gavel sent by Rev. P. F. Price, missionary in China
 The Moderator then announced the standing committees. The chairmen are as follows: Bills and Overtures, w. T. Hall; Judicial Committee. James P. smith; Education, T. E. Converse; Publi- cation and Ministerial Relief, Henry Moore; Foreign Correspondence, R. A. Webb; Foreign Missions. W. H. Mar quess; Home Missions. J. s. Moore: Col ore1 Evangelization, T. +. Rice: Theo- logical Seminaries. D. A. Planck; Sab bath Schools and Young Peoples socie- ties, J. H. Patton; Home and School. w. D. Morton; Benencience. W. H. Perkins;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
ASKED ABOUT MIR. MACHEN
Will Not Say Whether Latter's
 Removal Was Warranted
Officials of Postofice Department De clare That the Superintendent of Delivery Routes Disobeyed
 Orders of MT. wynne.

Washington. May 22-Capt. Henry A. Castle. Auditor for the Postoffice Depart ment, and Comptroller Tracewell of the Treasury. had an interview with Post. master-General Payne today regarding the postoffice investigation.
 Mir. Tracewell submitted his answer to the Postmaster Generals recent request for supplemental information regarding the Tulloch charges These answers will be made public tomorrow.
 Postmaster General Payne today de- clined. with some warmth. to say wheth- CT the circumstances surrounding the de- ficit in the free delivery service warrant cd the removal of A. W. Machen, .the General Superintendent. who was re- lieved recently. Mir. Payne said that in his opinion the question was impertinent.
 He was questioned by the newspaper correspondents regarding the discrepancy between the $20,000 reported by MT. Ma chen as the deficit and the $227 300 subse- quently reported by the inspectors.
 $20,000 and 9227, 300.
 Mir. Payne replied that promptly on the receipt of the report from MT. Machen that there was a deficit of $20.000, he gave instructions that this deficit should not be increased, and that expenditures should De curtafled so as to eliminate 1t, if pos- sibly, by the end of the fiscal year, June 30, next
 Then" added the Postmaster General, T immediately got the report that the deficit was $227,000. A subordinate off, rlu hos o.tfh tn ta dafo without the authority of his superior of ficer. care not who that subordinate officer may be. If he knew on May 1 that there was a $20.000 deficit and then ap- pointed a large number of carriers which would largely increase the deficit, the action was objectionable.
 The Postmaster General said that he had not yet sent any communication to MT. Machen.
 Disobeyed Orders.
 It developed today that May First As sistant Postmaster General Wynne, through his chief clerk John J. Howiey, asked MT. Machen whether there were under his (Machen's) division any other items than that of the map making work. in which the appropriation was likely to be exhausted before the end of the fiscal year. MT. Machen then reported a defi- ciency of $20.000 in the item of the rural free delivery and. 1t Is alleged. indicatea that there was a surplus in the city free delivery appropriation. May by order of the Postmaster General. MT. Wynne sent a peremptory order to General Superin- tendent Machen directing that no more maps of the rural free delivery service should be received or paid for until after July 1 and inhlbiting the establishment of any additional rural routes prior to that date.
 It is charged that MT. Machen did not obey the second order.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
MUSIC WHILE HE BURNS.
The Queer Will of Louisville Mil-
 honaire.

Q0na1re.
 Louisville. Ky, May 22.-rhe will of the late Capt. W. F. Norton, Louisville 6 eccentric capitalist and landed proprietor who died recently at Coronado Beach. at California, was filed for probate today.
 The estate is valued at $1.0Oo.00o. Be- quests to friends here amount to s71.000. and the residue, which probably will be $90O, 900, Is left to the Baptist Orphans Home of Louisville.
 Captain Norton was not C member of any church.
 Dr. Joseph A. Sweeney. who attended Captain Norton. Is left s13,0o0, the family ing from $1. 900 to 1000, and the Coronado Beach property and 5000 Is left to Doug lass w. Robinson of Indiana. "a friend"
 A bequest of $10,000 previously made to Miss Augusta Savage sf North Madison, Me, is annulled.
 The executors would place no definite value upon the estate. as Captain Nor ton owned property in several States in addition to his Kentucky holdings.
 The will, which Is characteristic of Captain Norton, opens with quotations on life and death by Shakespeare, Byron and Prior. and It's second clause provides for his funeral in the following words:
 ''In case I should die in Louisville, in which dead town have been buried alive for. so many years, I wish special Pull man car to be engaged to carry my body to Cincinnati, O., for cremation, taking along the receptacle for my ashes which will be found in my private office. wish the buffet of the Pullman. which will carry my body to Cincinnati, to be well stocked with nice things. bth to eat and drink, so that my friends who will do me the honor to see me we'll started on my last and long journey to that bourne from whence no traveller returns may not want for anything to ease their hunger or to slake their thirst.
 ''As 1t takes abut two hours to cremato body and while my body Is undergoing the process of cremation. wish my exec utors to engage at the cost of s200 the Bellstdt concert band. of Cincinnati, to render a fine concert program. composed of favorte musical selections; copy of said concert program will be found in the same envelope which contains this. my last will It will be noticed in said con- cert program there are two intermissions of fifteen minutes duration each and dVr- ing said intermission I wish my friends who will be the witnesses of the incinera- ton of my body to invite the musicians to join them in drinking my bon voyage in Montebello Brut champagne, several cases of which will be sent to the ere matory from the Pullman car"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23

Narrative, J. L. Caldwell: Bible Cause. A D. Mcclure; Church and Christian En- deavor, J. R. Bridges; The Sabbath, M {. V. F'rierson: Auditing. W. Pipes; Devo- tional Exercises. Thornton Whaling; Leave of Absence, T. R. Walker.
 The ad interim Comittee of Home Mis- sions made a report through Dr. s. L. Morrie. Secretary.
 Dr, D. c. Lilly. Secretary of the Ex- ecutive Committee on Colored Evangeliza- ton, followed with the annual report of that committee. The remaining time of the morning session was consumed in reading large number of bills and overtures of Importance from various synods. presbyteries and churches. which were all referred to their proper com- mittees for consideration to be reported back to the Assembly for final action.
 The annual report of the secretary, Dr.. Joseph H. Lumpkin of Memphis, of the Executive Committee on Education for the Ministry, was then read.
 Records of the Synods of Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas and North Carolina were then given out to the assembly for consideration. The treasu- rer's report of the assembly showed that the total funds collected were s2,s30. ex- penses s2,455. leaving a balance on hand of $375. The report of the permanent committee on Sabbath observance fol- lowed Sixteen presbyteries reported success attending efforts for better observance of the Sabbath day and recommended that popular meetings be held. The report said hopeful reaction was assured. Encouraging reports were read from the boards of the various theological seminaries within the bounds of the assembly and all were referred to the Committee on Theolosic Seminaries The peports consumed the major portion of the afternoon session.
 The assembly. in heu of night session held a popular meeting. Rev. Dr. L. A. Wallace of Bristol. Tenn. presided and Rev Dr. A. L. Phillips of Richmond. Va, and Rev. pr. R. A. Webb of CIarksville. Tenn. addressed the meeting in the interests of the Sabbath schools The standing committees are now engaged in arranging for the laborions tasks be- fore them. prior to submitting action for consideration of the assembly.
 The synods of Tennessee. Alabama. Mis- souri and Fort Worth. and Red River. Brazos and Maryland Preshyteries sub mftted overtures to the assembly asking that al, organic union between tine pres bytsrian and Dutch Reformed churches be considered The matter was referred to the Foreign Correspondence Commit tee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
SEARCH FOR A RAPIST
INDIANA POSSE LOOKING FOR A /. NEGRO.
If Caught, He Will Likely Be Lynch ed-Assaulted and Murdered Young Woman and At-
 tackled Her Father.

Lawrenceburg( Ind, May 2e.-Possees with bloodhounds today. are securing the country around Manchester for a negro who waylaid and assaulted Martin Kali ser and his daughter. Rose. aged l7 years. near Manchester last night.
 Kaiser was found near the Big Four tracks early this morning :nsan uncon- scious condition.F After regalnlfg con sciousness Kaiser said that a negro had assaulted him with @ club and carried his daughter into the woods near by. The girls hat and umbrella were found near Tanners Creek today and 1t Is believed her body was thrown into the creek by the negro after he had assaulted and murdered her.
 Kaiser, who. is 70 years of age. is in a critical condition tonight and 1t is not expected to live.
 Kaiser and his daughter had been to the Catholic Church at Yorkville to at- tend Ascension Day services. They pass ed through Manchester shortly after [ o'clock last evening and the attack must have taken place shortly afterward. A colored man seen near Manchester yes- terday afternoon is suspected. Excitement is at fever heat tonight and If the guilty man is apprehended he probably will be lynched.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
Allgood Ranked Brown.

Washington. May 22.-By request of the Postmaster General the Civil Service Commission investigated the appointment of John c. Allgood as rural carrier at Gallatin. Tenn, the purpose being to de- termine whether Reuben b. Brown. also 4n applicant for the position, passed the examination one point higher than All good and therefore was entitled to the appointment. The Commissions report states that on the face of the record Brown stood highest of the available men, but that an error found in making the examination showed that Brown's s rating was wrong The report finds that Allgood was entitled to higher average than Brown.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
TALKS FOR LARGER NAVY
G. A. R. and Spanish War
 Veterans Present
The President Invites Man Who Han Been With His Regiment in Cuba to Scat on the
 Platform.

Tacoma. Wash, May x.-Under . fa- vorabls blue sky. the Presidents train rolled into the Northern Pacific station at o'clock this afternoon. A muItituds thronged the streets about the station and rent the air with cheers. Little time was lost in the oficfal re- ception. While the introduction to the Re- ception Committee were made the revenue cutter McCulloch. lying in the harbor. fired 8 salute of 21 guns. Fifteen carriages swung into line behind the one contain ing the President while an escort of mounted police and cavalry formed a guard.
 The President was taken through the residence section. passing many of tho public school buildings where the chii- dren were grouped to give him an enthu- siastic reception.
 The streets were packed with people and the demonstrations kept the Presi- dent busy lowing his aci<nowIedgments.
 While the drive about the city was pro- gressing the crowd thronged Wright Park, where the President was to ad- dress the people. About the grand stand were massed the G. A. R. and Spanish American veterans. Cheering and college . yells burst forth as the President stepped on the platform and was introduced by Mayor Campbell.
 One of His Regiment
 Looking down at the Spanish American veterans the President said he understood a man who was in alis regiment in Cuba was on the ground and he invited him to come upon the platform.
 Mayor Campbell then presented Otto Winter, whto was Texas trooper in the Cuban campaign.
 The Presidents friendly remarks to the c. 4. R. men and the spanish-A American veterans were particniarsy pleasing irsci+ dents at the park.
 His address at the park was received with frequent applause.
 He spoke as follows. y
 T wish t. say one word this afternoon to you in this city by the sound on our foreign policy and on what must ever be the main prop of any good foreign policy, the American navy.
 "In the old days when first came to the Little Missouri there was a motto on the range. Never draw unless you mean to shoot That is a pretty sound policy for a nation in foreign affairs.
 Be Ready to Make Good.
 "Do not threaten: do not bIuster; do not insult other people above all: but when you make your mind the situation is such as to require you to take given position, take 1t and have it definitely understood that what you say you are ready to make good.
 T earnestly believe. and of course I hope with all my heart, that there will always be peace between the United States and other powers. but wish that peace to come to us not as a favor grant ed fin contempt but to be the kind of peace that comes to the just man armed. the peace that we can claim as matter of right"
 On leaving the park the Masonic Grand Lodge of Washington. together with the Grand Commandery Knights Templar and the Communicates of Tacoma and Seattle. escorted the President to the site of the Masonic Temple where the President laid the cornerstone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
UNION PACIFIC ANSWERS
The Road Denies the Allegations of
 Overcharges.

Washington, May 22.-The Union Pa cific Railroad today filed with the Inter- state Commerce Commission. its answer to the order of the Commission ihstitut- ing an investigation of the alleged re- bates of the Union Pacific to elevators.
 The road admits that 1t has agreement with the Midland Elevator Company at Kansas City and the Omaha Elevator Company at Council Bluffs, both com panies being representative of Pevy & Co.,, under the terms of which agreements the Union Pacific pays 1 IA cents per hundred pounds for receiving, transfer ring and handling all grain which passes through these elevators. The Union Pa- cific says that these elevators are abso- lutely necessary to the commercial and profitable handling of It's grain business. The road denies that the allowance so paid is excessive or greater than similar charges generally imposed for like ser- vices
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
ISXOPTE!D Is*6Y ASSEMBLY Presbyterian Greed Re-
 vision Report. IS NOT A CHANGE OF FAITH Dropping of Phrases of Double
 Meaning. More Explicit Statement of Others. Settlement of the Question for Years-work of the Other
 Assemblies.
IS NOT A CHANGE OF FAITH

Los Angeles. Cal. May 22.-The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church has adopted the report of the Committee on Creed Revision. Touching upon this inn portant question. Stated Clerk Roberts an- nounced to the convention today that the eleven amendments to the confession of faith had been adopted by the Presby- terian Church by an almost unanimous vote. No one overture to creed revision, MT. Roberts said, received less than le affirmative votes. nor more than g nega- tive votes.
 This is said to settle the question of re- vision for years to come, but, as one of the commissioners expresser 1t, 'this does not mean that the church has changed or revised her faith. The revision is in the line of dropping some phrases capable of a double meaning, and the more ex- plcit statement of others"
 After the report of the special Com- mittee on Sabbath Observance was sub mitted to the assembly, the Rev. s. w. Hathaway of New York City addressed the assembly on the resolution contained in that report. expressing the convic- ton that the Sacred character of the Sabbath must be maintained" and con- demning all secular uses of the day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
MAYFLowER ON WAR PATH.
Presidents Yacht Has High Time at
 Navy Yard.


 New York. May 22-Trailing along be- hind a navy yard tug, the Presidents yacht, the Mayfiower. rammed battle ship, cruiser, d coal barge and ferry boat, on her way into the navy yard yes- terday.
 The last collision might have been seri- ous. There were half hundred apprentice lads on the ferry boat and dozen visitors among whom were several women.
 Fortunately the ferryboat had just reached her dock on the mainland side and although everybody saw the May flower and the coal barge of which she made a football. crashing toward them. the apprentices preserved perfect discip- line and held back to allow the women and the other visitors to make a landing before the smash.
 The Mayfiower had been at Whitestone, and the Markeeta and the Powha ttan, the two navy yard tugs, were sent after her She was to be prepared for the summer cruise.
 When the tug boats and the yacht ar rived at the entrance to the navy yard It was seen that there was not room for the three to go in abreast. The big Kearsarge lay alongside the entrance on the mainland cob dock side and the Brooklyn on the other side.
 The pltoI III coHiildHu oi ttle FpWildlIdh cast off his iashings and went ahead with a hawser from the Mayfiowers bow. The Markeeta backed out astern.
 When the hawser tauted and the May flower began to forge ahead it became ev- ident that she had too much impetus. She came on at speed greater than that of the Powhattan and struck the Kear- sarge a giacing blow. -., s, d .ss,s <, sA,si
 That sent her off. and she swung over to the Brooklyn, the Powhattan making futile efforts to hold her. She hit the Brooklyn a smart tap, and made bow on for the coal barge. Under the blow the iashings of the barge parted, and the yacht buffeted her down the channel until they both landed up against the little ferryboat. Total damage slight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
Berlin Corn Market.

Berlin, May 22.-The corn market was again excited today. May corn rose marks, after similar rise Wednesday.
 Yesterday a holiday. The dealers com plain of double loss on the damaged corn and on their inability to fill contracts. which compels them to charge much higher prices. The loss on the latest ar rivals of corn at Hamburg was $7.50 per ton. bitter tone exists among the Ber- lin dealers at what is regarded as being the remissness of the American inspectors in passing corn unfit for ocean shipment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
Condemn Parrx,s Speech.

Indianapolis, May 22.-The American Federation of Musicians by an unani- nous vote. today declared against the statements of D. M. Parry regarding or ganized labor. The utterances of Mir. Parry are held to be un-American and revolutionary" J. N. Weber, of Cincln- natl. was elected president of the Ma tional Federation. A committee was ap- pointed to make the circuit of all of the railroad managers and to induce them to put bands on all their excursions, es- pecially the low priced Sunday outing trains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
POLL OF THE EDITORS.
Cleveland Has a Clear Majority
 \ Over All Democrats.

Anniston. May .-(Special.1--A further poll of the Alabama Press Association to- day makes a total of 67 who express pref erence for President. For Cleveland, 8: Parker, 6; German, 13; Olney, 2; Bryan, 2; Hearst, 2; Watterson, l; Carter Harrison. 2; E. M. Shepard. 2; Hanna, 1: Roose- welt, 2: Cleveland's clear majority is three over all Democrats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
switchmsn,s Convention.

Indianapolis, May 22.-The revision of the constitution of the Grand Lodge is occupying the time of the meeting of the Switchmen's Union of North America. It is probable that a reduction will be made in the number of vice grand mas ters, from i've to three. their places to be taken by district presidents who will have direct charge over the lodges in their districts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-23
Killed in Collision.

Knoxville. Tenn. May PA collision between two freight trains on the At lanta, Knoxville and Northern Railroad occurred near Ducktown, Tenn. this morning. Master Mechanic S. D. Ander- son, who was riding in one of the en- zines, was so badly scalded that he died in a few hours after the accident. Fire man c. Smith of the southbound train was badly crushed. His right leg has been amputated. Conductor Castle was all so painfully hurt. The accident was due to a heavy fog