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The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
Joke ncsults tn Murder.

New York, June 24.-Crazcd by ical-
ousy Anthony Bulat has shot his
wife AT their home in Hobokcn. She
is thought TO be fatally wounded.
lie then surrendered to the police
The shooting is said to have grown
out of joke, an acquaintance having
told Rulat that his wife was flirting
with a bOurder
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
COLLEGE Totally DESTROYED

Bay st. Louis, Miss, June 23.--St.
Stanisiaus college was totally de-
stroyed hy fire. The flames spread
so rapidly that the students generally
lost their trunks and clothing. Loss,
$65 .OOO; insurance, $4,000.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
A Great Days Work.

Chicago, June co.. Bonner, a
former Chicago tcamster, with three
companions, washed out $2O5, 600 in
gold from 81 Klondike placer claim,
breaking the record for days
"clcnn-np."
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
First American Child.

New York, June 10 .\dviccs from
Guam announce the birth there of tho
first American child on he island. II
is a girl and its father is Paymastcr
f,yan. The christening was marked
by big celebration in which the en-.
tire community Joined.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
Thirty Drowned. .

Belgrade, June ga cloudburst
occurred Sunday at the village Of
Zenom, near Knaizevas, and 81 houses
were demolished. Thirty persons
were drowned.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
scnirolding Gives Way.

Rome, June 24.-Thc scailnlding of a
Palestrina gave way Tuesday, with the
result that five men were killed and 20
were niurcd.
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27
CARDINAL VAUGHAN DEAD.
Well-Kn"Hn English Prelnte Passes
Away at LondOn-i;aL been
Ill IL Long Time.

London, June 2o.-The Very Rev.
Herbert Vaughan, cardinal and arch-
bishop of Westminster, died at mid
night
The Irish standard., 1903-06-27

Cardinal Vaughan was born April
Is, 1892. lie became archbishop Of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
LOWEST EVER KNOWN
COTTON CROP CONDITION ONLY
 TAI PER CENT.
Last Year at the Same Time it Was o5.1--New York and New Orleans Markets are
 Effected.

Washington, June &--The cotton bulle- tin of the Department of Agriculture is- sued today is as follows
 'sThe seatistician of the Department oi Agficuiture estimates the total area planted in cotton in the United States this season at 2S. .907 ,000 acres, an increase of l,029,000 acres, Or 3.7 per cent on the acreage planted last year.
 '"The average condition of the growing crop on May 26 was TAI as compared with a.5l on May 26. 1902; SIS on May 2. 1901, and a ten year average of S6.9
 '"The per centage of increase in acre. age in the different States Is as follows: Virginia, 70; North Carolina. 7.2; South Carolina, 5.3; Georgia, A; Florida, 20; Alabama, 2.S; Mississippi. 4.5; Louisiana, 2.S; Texas, 1.5; Arkansas, 1.5; Tennessee, so; Missouri. no: Oklahoma, 5.9; Indian Territory, 103.
 ''The condition of the crop by States an May 26 was as follows: Virginia. 72; North Carolina, "A; South Carolina, 76; Georgia. 75; Florida, S1; Alabama, 8; Mississippi. 7S; Louisiana, 76; Texas, 70; Arkansas, 78; Tennessee, S3; Missouri, S3; Oklahoma, p; Indian Territory, 76.
 ''The condition now reported is, for the cotton belt as whole and for the States of Georgia, Alabama and Texas in par ticular, the lowest condition ever report ed at this season of tbe year. The crop is almost everywhere from ten to twenty days late.
 (Signed.) John Hyde,
 "Statistician."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
THE OUTLOOK
 IS IMPROVED The Flood Situation Much
 Better. WATERS RISE AT ST. LOUIS Saturday or Sunday HlS n Point Will Be Reached. Armourdale Kas., Issues an Appeal for Aid-order Coming Out of
 Choas at Kansas City
 and Topeka.
WATERS RISE AT ST. LOUIS
.as., Issues an Appeal

St. Louis, June At St. Louis the rate of rise will continue rapid and 3S.5 feet will be reached Friday morning and s45 feet Saturday morning. A stage of $ feet is fsrecasted for Saturday night or Sunday. |
 Measures to protect property from a ss-foot stage by Monday should be taken.
 Edward H. Bowie,
 Local Government Forecaster." The above local river warning was is- sued tonight by Forecaster Bowie and indicates that the crest of the boodtide will not reach St. Louis for four days. The Wabash suburban tracks which run along the top of levee and which yester- day marked the boundary line Of the ad- vancing water. are covered tonight and the water extends to the sidewalk and in depressed places laps the foundations of the buildings. The wharf boats have been drawn in so closely that blanks fot dry tooting extend from the doors of build ings to the boats.
 The river stage has reached a height that makes 1t impossible for the larger steam boats to pass under Eads bridge. which at low stage has eighty-eight feet clear below its middle span.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
MASSACRED BY TURKS
INHABITANTS OF VILLAGE OF
 soMERDASH SLAUGHTERED.
Chakaroff's Rebel Band Had Fled to the Mountains, But the Bashi Boz- ouks Took Revenge on the Helpless Women and chil-
 dren.

Monastir. European Turkey, Sunday, May M.-HorrIble details are arriving here of the slaughter of the inhabitants of the village of somerdash. south of Lake Presba. May 21 by Bashi Bazouks.
 It appears that on the arrival of the Bashi Bazouks. Chakaroff's band of in- surgents withdrew to the mountains without sustaining any loss. As no rebels were left in the village, the in- habltants experienced no anxiety until at sunset the Turks. who had completely surrounded the place, commenced a regu- lar bombardment whereupon all the vil- lagers assembled in the streets. Though the artillery ceased firing during part of the night. the Turkish infantry fired all night long. The artillery bombardmcnt was recommended at daybreak, but as it was ineffective the Turks set fire to the village on all sides and commenced a general massacre, slaughtering women, children and the aged.
 About 300 houses were burned and up- ward of 200 persons, mostly women and children, wero kills1. The women and girIs were murdered while resisting o'it- rage. Whole households were slain. One family of seve were slain and their bodies were heaped on the hearth. Not living soul was left in the village. The survivors, many of them half burned or otherwise injured, fled.
 Some of the fleeing villagers were cap tured and had their ears and noses cut off before they were butchered.
 The report adds that 1.5Oo villagers were in the mountains. without clothing or fod. One band of these, consisting of forty women and children, were caught Inv sold,ers in a ravine and were killed | after horrible treatment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
FIVE KILLED IN FIGHT.
Battle Between Berry Family and
 Cowboys.


 .- Cowboys.
 Lincoln. .Neb.. June IA special from Superior. Neb.. gives the story of the fight at St. Francis. Kas.. between the Berry family and some COW boys.
 Land had been taken up by old man Berry as a homestead. The fences of the cattle company interfered with his pas sage to and from the road. Wire cutting on the part of the Berry family in order to get the shortest possible road to town Is said to have been the original cause of the quarrel. The COW boys in the De- war ranch had threatened ta kill the family.
 The fight, which resulted in five deaths. came after a recent trip of the Berry fam il yto town. The father and four sons were returning home. Eight miles from their destination they stopped to cut their way through a wire fence. The COW boys came upon them just as they completed the work The Berrys mounted quickly and the COW boys fired. The oldest boy, John, was wounded. but stayed in his saddle. The farmers had the fresher mounts and soon were out of accurate range. The cowboys kept up scattering fusillade of shots. Arriving home the Der rvs did not think they had been pursued all the way and they were in front of the house when the party of COW boys rode up the hill a few yards totheno rth.
 The. shooting began immediately. Two of the Berry boys were killed before they could reach their rifles. There were abant twenty COW boys and they started on the rallop for the house intending to fire il and burn the defenders out The old man and the boys attempted to escape from the other side of the house but were shot down. Three of the cowboys were killed by the farmers while defending the house
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
Machan,a caas snhmittsd.

Washington, June A--The case of Au- gust w Machen, late superintendent of the free delivery service of the Postof- ice Department. who is charged with having received bribes to the amount of S2O, ,000 in connection with department con tracts. was presented to the grand jury today.
 It was stated at the Postofiice Depart ment today that if the grand jury tomor- row reports an indictment against Mir. Machen, the preliminary hearing sched- uled for Saturday will not be held. His trial in that event will take place in the term beginning next October.
 Postmaster General Payne said today that there was no foundation for rumors in circulation that investigation of the affairs at the department had disclosed a large percentage of routes. particularly in the South, where the receipts fall very largely below expenses and where car- riers do not perform the amount of ser vice for which they are paid. He said that question has not yet been taken up.
 A encouragement of the divisions Of the rural free delivery service, however. is one of the possible results of the investi- gation and the Washington division of special agents which comprises what might be called a flying squadron; of inspectors. who. while reporting Greet to the department. investigating cases in any of the other divisions. may be eliminated and these agents transferred to other work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
MR. MITCHELL TALKS
DISCUSSES UNREST IN ANTHRA.
 CITE REGION.
Declares That by the Award of the Strike Commission the United Mine Workers Were Granted e.1'
 Recognition

- Indianapolis. June 4-with regard to the probability of a resumption or the strike in the anthracite region or Penn- syIyanja. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers this morning was unWill- ing to make any statement
 q do not wish to anticipate" he said' Concerning the chief point to the con- troversy that now seems likely to pro yoke a renewal of hostilites. that Of whether or not the men selected by the miners organizations should be members of the Board of Cancellation, authorized by the Board of Arbitration. he said:
 'sThe statement that the question Of recognizing the United Mine Workers was never submitted to the strike commission is entirely untrue. That was one of the important awards in our favor. the word ing of it being that the miners organi- zation,' which is of course the United Mine Workers. should have three repre- sentatives on the Board of Consolidation, one for each district. Naturally. l ap- peared for the anthracite coal workers before the Strike Commission, but 1t was as President of the Mine Workers that l was given the right 10 do so.
 'The argument of District President Fahey, in which he says that it would be as logical for us to demand that each stockholder of the coal companies be consulted with regard to the selection of the operators members of the Board of Cancellation as that all the miners in the region vote on the men to represent them. is very sensible. However, the award of the strike commission specifi- cally provides for that.
 Tt is true that conditions in the wyo- ming Valley are very had. Our reports are to the effect that the men are com- pelled to work on Sundays, and that in few particulars have the operators lived up to the decisions of the Strike Commits sion. No. do not wish to anticipate the possibilities of another strike"f
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
"A CAMP AIGN
 OF EDUCATION Russian Desire to Cul-
 tiyate Friendship. JOHN HAYS ANGLoMANIA Complaint That Bears Ser vices are Not Appreciated. st Petersburg Newspaper Suggests Publication of Records of Rela-
 tions of America and Russia
 Since Time of Catherine.
JOHN HAYS ANGLoMANIA

St. Petersburg. June A-The relations between the United States and Russia are much discussed here. The Novoe vrem- va. prints signed leading article. head cd Russia and America" which says:
 '''rhe United States. from time to time enters the arena of the anti Russian pro- paganda, which finds favorable soil In It's politically unripe population without gov ernmental traditions and carried away by thu successes of it's new imperialistic policy. .
 The Siberian prisons, the Manchurian %>ven door. the Kishineff disorders, all of these serve as a pretext for the anti Russian meetings. so advantageous to Russia's enemies.
 while Secretary Hays stubborn An giomania lends governmental importance to the claims of the various groups of American traders and missionaries in the Far East our diplomatic agents activity in America must take a different course from the diplomacy of Europe. We must create a party and explain our designs and position not only to Mir. Hay but to the people also, which is always the same.
 Press Leads Opinion.
 They must act through the American press which, notwithstanding its defects, seems to be not only the mirror but the leader of American public opinion"
 The editor of The 6yromiatnokoff says:
 Thrice in America have been Found hearty Russian sympAthies. but Russia remains dumb while the American papers are filled with all possible accusations against Russia from English, German and Jewish sources. Count Cassini ex- cellently defends our political interests. but he cannot undertake a newspaper controversy, so the accusation remains unanswered"
 The article further complains that the American school histories contains noth- sag refsxring to the friendship shown by Eussia Co the United 9taktcs at the foun. dAtion of and in defense of the Union.
 The editorial concludes:
 '"The Russian foreign offices should pub fish in English sketch of the relations between the Russian and American gov. ernments. beginning with the time ot Catherine and ending with the Spanish American war, from both diplomatic ar chfves and American published records and send the same to 5000 American pa pers. If third of this number notice the book a sympathetic movement would be inaugurated in the country. With its tre- mendous importance 1t is a great error to desI1se the American press in conduct ing our foreign affairs"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
AGAIN BECOMING NORMAL.
Conditions at Kansas City are Great
 ly Improved.

Kansas City. Mo. June 4-With the ranid fall of the rivers. business IS as s,,ninR it's normal condition The water works are pumping black water from the Kansas River, not it to drink. and the danger from fire is over. Electric street ear lines are in operation The tele- nhone and telegraph connections will De established between the two Kansas C,itvs tomorrow. Gangs of railroad re nairers follow close upon the heels or inc retreating flood. and the tracks are clearing of mud where covered and brought to grade where washed out At dark tonight the water was beginning to leave the floor of the union station
 At the stock yards. 2.5o0 hogs and 300 cattle were drowned. A force Of men began today to remove the carcasses where lodged in drift The current through the stock yard districts flows len miles an hour. This makes-be be- difTi- crlt to get about. the water being still deep. but the stream carries away the refuse promptly.
 Most of the missing persons have been accounted for, and It is now thought that the total dead will not exceed eight per- sons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
NORTH TOPEKA A WRECK.
Fl Bodies Recovered, and Many Per
 sons are Missing.

SOAo AAC 404S94Aks
 Topeka, Kas., June 1.-The bodies of seven more flood victims were found to- day. The list of known dead now reaches seventy-one, with thirty identi- fled. It is the belief that many bodies are yet in the wreckage. Scores are re- ported missing and there is no way of immediately locating them. The Union Pacific depot has been improyised as a morgue and there the bodies are gathered to await Identification.
 The river today fell B inches. This makes a drop of over five feet from the high water mark. It is just now that the devastating power of the flood is be- coming known. -N
 North Topeka is a total wreck. There is a town there-the plaything of the clements, which seem to have worried 1t until they tired and then left 1t standing. The water Is still over a great part Of the town In the residence districts It Is seven feet deep in most places and there is considerable current. But the current is no longer strong and flows along as if only anxious to get back into the bed if the river. The damage is done and the subsiding of the waters will make little difference, simply the lifting or the veil which now hides the wreck of the undercurrent.
  sorry looking place the damage of the waters being almost complete. The fronts of most of the stores have openings broken through. The contents Of most of the stores are ruined. The currents came rushing through with such force that they upset counters and boxes ana whatever came in their way, and drag Red goods stored high on the shelves into the water. In nearly every building which was not washed away the contents ars niled on the side the furthermost down stream and over all there is slime of fine sand mixed with a little mud. This deposit varies from few inches to two or three feet and is over every thing.
 In the residence districts practically the same sights presented themselves.
 The greatest difficulty now exists In the wretched sanitary conditions. The health hoards are busying themselves with the uroblem of sanitation and will do all pos sihIe to prevent an epidemic. To this and stringent regulations are being en- farced The city water will probably oe turned on some tonight and this VIII greatly relieve the situation.
 From Manhattan, Abilene, Sallna' FloI ence, Lincoln, Cen-er ma fu-ch'ilS 'n comes reports that the water mas aooul snent its ferca and that he towns gre slowly recovering.
 The yield of wheat will be mueh sniaiieI as inc result of the flood and the financial loss will be great. However the state has great resources and is bearing up Well under the stunning blow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
MUST SERVE SENTENCE.
Supreme Court Afirms Jordan Tarver
 Case.


 Jordan Tarver, a negro of Montgomery County, will have to serve forty years in the penitentiary for the murder of his wife Ann Tarver. The Supreme Court of Alabama declared yesterday that Tarver had been duly and legally convicted and that there was no reason why the action of the lower court in convicting him should be reversed.
 Tarver is a country negro. He had trouble with his wife about another man and from quarreling they went to ight- ing. Tarver struck his wife with Are shovel and she stabbed him with com mon table fork. Tarver then pulled a pistol and shot the woman, inficting wounds from which she dled.
 Evidence was introduced to show that Tarver endeavored to make his wife say before her death that the shooting was accidental. Some Of her relatives swcre that in her ante-mortem statement she said she was shot in a, playful struggle for the pistol. hut other testimony was introduced to show that she contended 10 the last that she was wllfully shot by her husband during a fight.
 The case was appealed to the Supreme Court on evidence and pleadings. The action of the lower court was endorsed in the Supreme Court opinion handed down yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
New Orleans Went Wild.

New Orleans, June 4.-At the opening of the cotton market the ring went wild over the reading of the bureaus report on acreage and condition. It became i'm mediately known that 1t was the worst on record. Prices. however, did not make any sensational advances principally be- cause the effect of the report had been discounted during the last week. The re- port was just what every one. bulls and bears alike, expected. Heavy liquidation followed the reading of the report, but everything was quickly absorbed and the profit-taking had no lasting effect on prices. In the trading of the morning. September advanced 12 points above the closing of Tuesday. to l045; october ad- vanced points to 9.6O and December ad- vanced points to 93S.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05

complaint with the Interstate Com merce Commission against the Dequeen and Eastern, Kansas City Southern. the Texas and Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroad alleging that the roads are exacting unjust and discriminating rates on the products of the complainant company. The complainant alleges that the defendants on May 1. last put in effect a rate of s5 cents per 100 pounds on through shipments of barrel itayes. car To dds, minimum weight ,o.,oo pounds, from Provo, and other points on the line of the Dequeen and Eastern to Pacific coast terminals, but they left he old rate of D cents in effect from other points in Kansas to the coast
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
WORKING FORCE INCREASED.
Outlook for Lowell Cotton Mills is
 Much Brighter.

Lowell. Mass. June 1.-The report of the cotton mills today showed an in- crease of the working force in three of the six corporations and an increase in the number of looms in operation in ev- cry mill MT. Southworth of the Massa- chusetts stated that the situation was so satisfactory that no more daily bulletins would be issued this week. After this week. he stated. the agents will go out side of Lowell for skilled help if they re- Quire 1t.
 The Executive Board of the National Loom Fixsr's Association met here today and voted to double the amount allowed weekly to the local loom workers on strike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
Synod of Lutheran Churches.

Baltimore, June 1.-The fortieth biennial convention of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Uni ted States was organized for business to- day. Two hundred and forty-six dele gates were present. The chief business was the election of officers which result ed as follows: President, Rev. Dr. E. Wolf, Gettysburg. Pa. Secretary, Rev. pr. H. K. Finner. Louisville; Treasurer. Louis Manss, Cincinnati.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
Venezuelan BcndhOlders Meet,

Paris. June A general meeting oi Venezuelan bondholders was held today A committee was appointed to watch the negotiations affecting their claims be- tween Venezuela and the powers, with power to take concerted action with the other bodies of Venezuelan bondholders if necessary to protect their common in- terests.