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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
TO CHECK REBEL ADVANCE
Turkey Lays Plans for a Decisive
 Engagement.

Constantinople. Sept 2.-The Turkish war office has planned to crush Colonel Jankoff, commander of the insurgent forces. in a desperate general attack which will be speedily made. and which the government hopes will decisiveiy check the rebel advance towards this capital.
 Colonel Jankoff with strong follow ing Is operating southward of Demotyka. and has been entrusted with the task of destroying the larger bridges of the railroad running from Dedeagatch, on the south coast. to Kuleli Burgas, over the Maritza and Arda rivers, so as to cut off communication with Adrianople from the south and delay the troops who are on their way to the threatened city.
 The palace officials were in constant communication with the authorities at Adrianople throughout Monday formu- lating plans to master the situation in the vilayet. The crowds which witness ed last nights illuminations here in hon or of the anniversary of the accession of the sultan was not so large as usual.
 The police recently have been exercis- ing great severity towards the Mussul- mans suspected of melting trouble in the disturbed vilayet and have arrested and banished large numbers While the Russian squadron was in Iniada bay no less than 142 Mussulmans were ex- pelled on account of their unconcealed hostility to Russia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
ASK FOR DISMISSAL
DEFENDANTs MOVE IN THE
 NEWARK TRIAL.
Attorney Lindabury Urges That the State Has Not Made Out a Case Against the Railroad
 Magnates.

Newark. N. J.. Sept. 2.-At the trial of officials of the North Jersey Street Railway Company. accused of man. slaughter in connection with the Clifton avenue crossing accident, Frederick Evans. former secretary of Vice Presi- dent Robert, and now secretary of the public service corporation, was called upon to produce the books containing the bylaws of the North Jersey Street Rail- way Company. From this the prosecu- tor read selections on the duties of di- rectors and officials, showing how the various duties are delegated from one to another. but they all are responsible for the carrying out of the rules of the com pany.
 W. J. McFarlane. chief engineer of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. was called to tell what he knew about contracts made between the Morris and Essex Railroad and the North Jersey Street Railway Company for the placing of derailing switches. The witness admitted that he had objected to the placing of a derailing switch at the Clifton avenue crossing because 1t wuid have been interlocked with the signal system of his railroad and would have held up trains whenever a trolley car crossed the track. Mir. Riker asked whether the derailing switch was u QcVlCc lHdl WdS TSduily OOtdllittOtC whether it was useful for the prevention of accidents and the witness answered both in the affirmative. The State then rested.
 MT. Lindabury. for the defense. moved that the court direct the jury to find a verdict of not guilty.
 Argument was opened immediately by Mir Llndabury. In arguing for the dis missal of the case. MT. Lindabury said the allegation that the defendants had allowed the car to be so crowded that the motorman could not work his brake had not been upheld but disproved, as 1t had been testified by the State wit nesses that the motorman had suffi- cient room. It had not been shown that the defendants had any Knowledge of the crowding of the cars. He argued that the State had failed absolutely to show that there was any connection. be- tween the acts of the defendants and what occurred.
 Justice Gummere reserved decision on the motion to dismiss until tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
ALASKAN BOUNDARY CASE.
Arguments Submitted by Counsel oi
 the Governments.


 London. Sept. 2-The arguments of the United States and Great Britain based on the cases and counter eases in the Alaskan boundary arbitration already filed were submitted today by counsel of the two governments to the Alaskan boundary commissioners One of the Canadian counsel said after reading the American brief that 1t was a strong docu- ment, but he thought Great Britain had a fighting chance.
 It is expected that the meeting of the commissioners tomorrow will be brief and merely for the fixing of a date for hearing of the oral arguments, though 1t is possible that applications relative to measure connected with the Alaskan question may be made at the meeting. which will be private. Then 1t will be determined If the subsequent meetings shall be public or private.
 Ambassador Choate tonight gave din- ner to Chief Justice Alverstone and all the boundary commissioners. Judge John M. Dickinson. representing the American consul and Sir Robert Finley and Sir Edward Carson representing the British counsel.
 Chief Justice Alverstone will tomorrow be chosen chairman of the commission which will assemble in the cabinet room of the foreign office. An adjournment for a fortnight will be taken to allow counsel to prepare their oral arguments. Three counsel on each side will address the commission.
 There Is a disposition on the part of some of the commissioners to hasten the conclusion of the case and 1t Is now believed that the award will be rendered in the middle of October.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
FRAZIER TALKS POLITICS.
Says Platform of 1904 Should Not
 Be Written in 1903.

Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 2-Speaking of the recently adopted Ohio Democratic platform today. Governor Frazier said:
 lhe utterances of that platform on national questions are sound Democratic doctrine. do not believe it Is wise, however to undertake to write the plat form or lSo4 Tn 1903. It is best for the country and for the party, in my iudr- ment, to work this year and talk poll tics and write platforms next year
 And when we come to write the plat form of 1904, hope and believe that the representatives of the great Democratic masses can and will, without surrender Ing many principles, write a platform so truly Democratic, and yet so conserya- tive, that all Democrats can stand upon 1t. The party should strive to adjust its past differences and unite upon and nominate some man with whom we can defeat President Roosevelt, who has done our section such infinite harm by his un- wise and untimely agitation of the race question:"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
SHERIFF AssAss1NATED.
Dallas Hunter Murdered as Result oe
 Old Eend.

Little Rock. Ark. Sept. "A special to the Gazette from Fl Dorado says:
 Dallas Hunter, a deputy sheriff of this county was assassinated this morning about four miles west of town, wh.le on the road from his home to Fl Dorado. A posse with blood hounds went to the scene. The bloodhounds took the trail and at last accounts were still running
 The assassin stood behind a tree at distance of about thirty feet and shot Hunter from his horse.
 It Is believed that the killing was the result of an old feud. Hunter having been a close friend of w. P. Lee who was assassinated July G. last.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
BRYAN ON MR. CLARKE
THINKS LATTER WOULD MAKE
 GOOD SENATOR.
The Nebraskan, in His Statement, Says the Cumulative Theory of Money Has Been Estab-
 lished Since 1896.

Columbus. O., Sept. 2.-W. J. Bryan was the guest today of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture and this afternoon delivered a non-partisan address at the State Fair grounds John H. Clarke of Cleveland. endorsed by the Democratic State Convention for United States Sena- tor, spoke from the same platform. MT. Bryan left late in the afternoon for Ma rion, O., where he addressed Demo- cratic meeting tonight.
 While in Columbus, MT. Bryan gave out the following statement relative to the endorsement of John H. Clarke for United States Senator:
 T would have preferred the nomination of some one who had been active and earnest in the support of all the blanks of our platform, but the delegates who endorsed the Kansas City platform also endorsed MT. Clarke, and, after talking with him and listening to his speech last night, l am satisfied that his sympathies are with the people in their fight against organized wealth. and that if elected Senator. he can be trusted to stand for the reforms for which the Democratic party Is contending.
 AS an evidence that his sympathies are with the masses, l point to the fact that he has long advocated the election Of Senators by direct vote-a reform without which other reforms are impos- sible. He Is opposed to government by injunction, and this question is a good test of his sympathies. He is in favor of an income tax-another proof that he is not the representative of plutocracy. His views on imperialism and the tariff are also sound, and in line with Demo- cratic purposes. His one difference Is on one phase of the money question-metal- lie money-and on this question I believe he was grievously in error in 1896.
 But since that time the quantitive theory of money has been established and the arguments made in favor of larger volume of money have been vindicated. Believing, as I do. that his sympathies are right, shall trust him to carry out his platform on all questions that come before him."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
FOUGHT FOR 6 HOURS.
Bloody Engagement Between 1nsur-
 gents and Turks.

8VssS9 NAAAs & &0A 1&s
 Sofia. Sept 1.-The report published by the Dnevnik of a general uprising In northern Macedonia is denied both in official and revolutionary circles. We'll informed persons. however, assert that the report was correct. but that it's pre- mature publication disarranged the plans of the revolutionists and therefore 1t is denied.
 ' According to reliable reports from Mon- astir. thousands of Buigarians in that Ivilayet are confronted with famine in addition to Turkish persacntion. The news Is published here of an eight hour fight which occurred ih the village of Smilovo. August 26 between 500 insur- gents and eight battailions of Turkish troops supported by artillery. Thirty-fvs insurgents are reported to have been killed, while sixty Turks were killed or wounded. On the following day the Turks returned and burned the village. Seven other villages in the neighhorhood are said to have also been burned by the Turks
 The insurgents in the district of Adria- nople appear to be less active. The Turks are pouring in In an overwhelming force and the revolutionaries are taking refuge in the mountains. The Bulgarian leader has been wounded and has fled to Burgas.
 The Russian Government has declined to receive the visit of the deputation of Macedonian fugitives in Bulgaria who proposed to % to St. Petersburg and in- form the Czar of the pjkable condition of Macedonia and bea- for the interven- ton. The deputation has been informed that the Russian Government quite un- derstands the purpose of the deputation. The insurgents, 1t is said have captured the seaport of Ahtaboly near Vasiliko on the Black Sea and the Turkish population has fled to Constantinople.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03

shouted: You muss go with me. If you do not elope with me I'll see that you go with me anyway"
 Mrs. Pullen started to run from the room. She had gone on.y a few steps when four pistol shots rang out. The first bullet tore Mrs. Pullen's left cheek and the second entered the right side of the head. killing her.
 Fell at Woman's Feet.
 According to Wood. Edson looked at the woman for moment and turned the re- volver to his head. firing two shots. Both bullets entered the middle of the forehead and he fell. his head striking and resting on Mrs. Pullen's feet
 Coroner Jackson, after making a thorough examination of the house said that the evidence showed that the murder and suicide were premeditated. that he had found letters and other papers in Edson's possession which showed that he had had love affair.
 Mir. Pullen. who is vestryman of St. Michael's Church, made statement to- night. in which he branded Edson as . defaulter and forRer, and said that he had stolen from the funds of St. MichaeI's Church. He also declared that Edson had attempted to kill Mrs. Edson. but missed and killed Mrs. Pullen by error. tE
 Mir. Pullen's statement was borne out by the investigation of Coroner's Physi- clan O 'Hailon, who found powder marks on the dead woman's face, showing that the pistol must have been close to her.
 pr. Edson tonight said that the inti- nations of improper relations between lutely false. His brother, he said, had recently been acting strangely. and had admitted that he was involved in finaI cial difficulties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
VESSEL IS
 DYNAMITED Bulgarians Said to Be Re-
 SpOnsible. 2o PERSONS ARE KILLED Legations in constantinople h
 Danger. In Valley of smiloxa, Turks axA Rebels Wage Bloody 1ighs sss Hours-AdriAnopls ssia
 to be Burning.

Constantinople, Sept. 2.--Thrse expIp. sions today on the Austrian steamer vas- kupa soon after 1t left the Bulgarian port of Bur0asen en route for Constsntin0rlo. killed twenty-nine persons Tha. vesuel caught fire and had to be beached.
 A telegram conveying this news wns received by the agent of the Hungarian Levant Line. to which the vaslxupa be. longs. The telegram said the vaskupa had been destroyed in the Black Sea. The captain and officers of the steamer and six of the crew were killed.
 The vaskupa sailed from varna, BuI- garia, and after calling at Burgas waa steaming through the Black Sec to Con- stantinople when three explosions took place on board. The deck of the vesae1 took fire and she had to be run ashore ct Misiveroa Bay, north of BurEas.
 The opinion Is expressed that the BuI. garian revolutionaries were responsible for the explosion.
 The Porte has sent note to the for. eign embassies and legations informing them that according to police informa. tion. the Bulgarian agitators are project. ing outrages against the embassies, ieka- tions and other public buildings in Con- stantinople.
 The note says the Ottoman Government has taken precautions and requests the heads of foreign missions to do like wise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
LIBEL LAW IS
 DENOUNCED Pennsylvania D lOcrats Assall M1< Are. STATE CONZs1 aTION HELD A. G. DefSt Heads Ticket NamA y Reclamation. The Fight will be Made on the Grady-Salus Act, and the Aid
 of Republicans is In-
 vited.

Harrisburg. Pa.. Sept. 2.-The Demo- cratic State Convention today nominated the following ticket by acclamation:
 Auditor General, Senator A. c. De- walt; State Treasurer. Senator J. C.. Hill, Judges of the Superior Court, form CT Judge Calvin Reyburn and J. A. Ward. The platform adopted Is briefer than usual and is devoted entirely to State is- sues. The greater part of it deals with the last Legislature and its work and the conduct of the State government.
 The convention was well attended for an off-year In State politics.
 The nominees for Auditor General and for State Treasurer and Senator W. L.. Grim. permanent Chairman of the con- vention were members of the last Legis- lature and voted against the Grady -Salus libel law which will be one of the prln- cipal issues in the campaign.
 The platform follows:
 The Platform.
 The organized Democracy of Penncyi- vania, addressing Pennsylvanians of all political parties, again calls upon them to unite with 1t in a supreme effort to rid our commonwealth of that selfish, cor rupt, extravagant and debasing rule which still controls it's affairs. Today we wit ness the astonishing spectacle of almost the entire Republican press of the State Aul CuuItIy uSHOuHCitlS thO SOtCIuot his approval of the Grady -Salus libel law. the product, as they declare, of the worst motives and purposes of the Republican machine. This law, they charge, was de- iberately intended by its authors and promoters as an assault upon the freedom of the press.
 ITO the repeal of this measure the State can safely count upon the vote aad ef- fort of every Democratic member of the -l-N- Atr- HAAA AR hA candidate who stands for the purposes behind it and the methods of it's adoption. we pledge the best efforts of our party and invite the aid of Republican voters.
 Secret Ballot Demanded.
 we denounce the Republican or8api- xation for it's repeated and persistent dis regard of it's pledges to give the State a fair ballot law and on behalf of the peo- pie of the State we demand the enact menr of ballot law which shall provide for personal registration of voters in the cities of the State: insure free equal secret ballot and the opening of the bal lot boxes obligatory when demanded by citizens charging contemplated or accom- plished frauds.
 We depfore the continued existence of labor troubles. and express the hope that through concession. moderation and fair dealing early adjustment may be reach ed. While we concede to capital and to employers the utmost protection guarded by the constitution and the laws. we also declare 1t to be our conviction that labor has the right to that protection which comes through organization and union"
 The platform opposes the present sys- tenn of taxation and favors the repeal Of all mercantile license taxes and return into the local city. County and Borough treasuries of all other license taxes col lected therein.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
DEPUTY WAS GAME.
Killed a Burglar, Wounded One and
 Captured Two.

Baldwin, l.. l.. Sept. 2.-Deputy Sher- if Louis J. Cook early to-day ehot and killed one burglar probably fatally wounded a second and captured two oth- CTS.
 He discovered them trying to break into a vacant house at Baldwins Park near here and a desperate fight follow ed but Cook escaped injury The men are supposed to have belonged to a gang which has been active for several weeks in this section and the deputy had been on the watch for them.
 Tine man who was killed had attacked Cook with corn knife. but after a struggle the deputy managed to draw his revolver and fire. the ball piercing the mans side. killing him instantly. After shooting the second man, Cook was joined by Charles Crowley, resi- dent. and they soon captured the two fleeing men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03

scufiie attracted the Presidents atten- ton. He appeared at the door overlook ing the driveway from the veranda as Weilbrenner was taken into the sta bles. but returned to the library almost immediately.
 Weilbrenner had been practicing with his revolver recently, but he would give no reason for his interest in marksman- ship and to-day said he could not shoot very well.
 It appears that one of his brothers. who attended the examination this after noon, is a metal worker and belongs to a labor union in Brooklyn. Some time ago he lost his position and went with his wife to his fathers farm at Syosset. The farm is a good one. but the family Is in debt for it, and the father, Henry Weilbrenner, and the son who was ar rested last night. have been working hard to lift the indebtedness. The son from Brooklyn is said to have talked a great deal to his brother recently about labor unions and about the loss of his position. It is thought that the hard work and the trouble over the farm in- debtedness had something to do with un- settling Weilbrenner's mind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
Freight Rates Discussed.

Chicago, Sept. 2.-Traffic officials of Western railroads held a meeting in Chi cago today to consider the plea of East ern exporters for an equalization of ex- port rates on flour as between the Gulf and the Atlantic ports. By an arrange ment with the steamship lines southwes tern roads are enabled to make rates which will attract the bulk of the flour shipments to Galveston and New Orleans. Lines of the Gulf ports assert that terri torial divisions entitle them to a differ ential over the Atlantic ports but lines through Chicago and St. Louis and from there eastward are loath to lose traffic whichthey see slipping away from them. No definite resolution was reached at to- days meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
Sible Conference in Atlanta.

Martin Rible Conference met here today and discussed topics of religious and ed ucational interest. The conference was welcomed by Mayor Howell. and w. B. Merrill state School Commissioner. spoke or .,rhe Nature and Use of True Educa- ton" The object of the conference was defined to he to help colored preachers to be better leaders and to scure the co-op- eration of white ministers ana Chrlstan Senator Clay will address the conference tomorrow
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
Miners Get the Best of it.

Fort Smith, Ark, Sept. 1.-The loInt conference of operators and miners of district No 2l composed of Indian Terri tory. Arkansas and Texas adjourned today after being fin session 15 days An agreement was reached on all general propositions except that of shot firing which together with a number of local propositions will he left to arbitration. As a whole the miners have the best of 1t. They have secured an increase of from 9 to 30 cents a ton for all classes of coal. Operators say that the contract signed is fair one but rather higher than the conditions warrant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
THOMAS F. RYAN TALKS.
Denies Stories Regarding His Re-
 cent Deals.

Denies Stories Regarding His Re-
 cent Deals.
 New York, Sept. 2.-Thomas F. Ryan, President of the Norton Trust Company, said today:
 'On my return to New York this morn Ing, after a weeks absence, heard for the first time of the exaggerated. and, in some instances, inaccurate. statements which have appeared during the past few days in the newspapers, regarding the purchase of Metropolitan Securities stock from Messrs. Kuhn. Loeb & Co.
 'On July 30. I concluded negotiations with Messrs. Kuhn, Loeb & Co., for the purchase of their stock, and within two or three days thereafter bought several other blocks of stock. MT. Whitney had nothing to do with the transactions.
 The statement published yesterday that MT. Whitney and I made represen- tations which were inaccurate is absolute ly without foundation. Nor is there the slightest truth in the statement that we were or that anybody else was forced to take back securities or that Mir. Schiff or anybody else ever made such demand"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
auDGER RIDIcULEs REPORTS.
Says Lorenz is a Corpse and Herrera
 Is Dying.

Asheville, N. C., Sept. 2.-H. A. Gud- ger. Consul-General of the United States to Panama, who reached home a few days ago on vacation, stated today that he does not believe the report that General Herrera's followers are mastering in the mountains, because when he saw Herrera recently he was in a most critical condi- ton, ard he does not believe he will re- cover.
 When asked about General Lorenz, men, tioned in yesterdays cables, Consul Gud- ger said he knew positively that he was dead. having been shot just after he was tried by courtmartial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-03
KILLED BY A MINSTREL.
Ball Cartridge Used Instead of the
 Intended Blank.

Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 2.-While the Star Minstrel troup of Birmingham was giving a performance in Library Hall, Bessemer. tonight, tragedy occurred in which Edwin Nicely. South Birmingham boy of 10 years. lost his life.
 Near the close Of the performance tho people on the stage were supposed to fire a volley of blank cartridges from revol- vers. One was loaded and the bullet took effect in young Neey, killing him instant ly.
 Wade La Sale of Birmingham. one of the monstreIs. gave himself into the hands of the authorities stating that af- ter the tragedy he discovered that the chambers of his revolver that had not been fired were loaded with ball cart ridges. He was at loss to account for the mistake in loading.