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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
IS LABORERS KILLED
FORTY OTHERS HURT IN COL. LESION.
Accident Occurs on the Belvidere Division of the Pennsylvania
 Railroad-Work Train Run
 Into by . Gravel Train.

Trenton. N. J., Oct. l7-Fifteen persons were killed and about forty more injured in q collision which occurred today or the Reiyidere division of tls Pennsyivanls Railroad Company, near sxsshinston's Crossing.
 The persons Killed and Injured were Id. borefs who were on work train and were on their way to work at Wakfinr- tons Crossing to repair washouts along the road. -
 Fourteen bodies have been taken iron, the wreck and one more Is known to be under the debris. The dead men with one or two exceptions. are Italian Iaborers who reside in this city, the others being negroes.
 The train bearing those killed and in- Jured was made up of two coaches, in which the men were riding and two nat ears in the rear. The train stopped near Washington's Crossing to receive orders. While standing on the track 1t was run into from tine rear by gravel train. The two flat cars telescoped the two coaches. There were about 1s0 men on the cars As soon as the accident happened the Ital- fans became frantic and made an attempt to do bodily harm to the crew of the gravel train. Word was sent to Trenton for police assistance. but the men were finally quleted by the foreman.
 The railroad officials here are reticent as to how the accident occurred, but 1t is believed that the gravel train failed to see any adverse signal or that the flag man of the first train failed to go back a sufficient distance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
cABLEaRAM FROM POPE.
Sends Greetings to Ameri.an Eederal
 tion of Catholics.

Chicago. Oct. 17.-Anthony Matre. Ma tional Secretary of the American Federa. ton of Catholic Societies, has just. re- ceived cablegram from Rome which. he says. will be received with reioicina by one million members of the Amerfca, |, Catholic Federation.
 The cablegram is addressed to Bishoa Messmer of Green Bay. Wis, one of the . founders of the federation, and announces that Pope Plus x very joyfuliy imparts his apostolic blessing to the American Federation of Catholic Societies ami deeply appreciates the filial love ana greeting of it's members."
 Secretary Matre recently sent a ennS of the resolutions adopted by the Fedora. ton at the Atlantic City convention. re. ferring to Christian education,' .'tern. poral power of the Pope "Socialisua.'s
 divorce" Catholic Indian schools.
 prosecutions in France and ''PhilIppins questions" to Pope Plus x. which has been duly received at the Vatican.
 The resolutions were accompanied bs copies of the letters of President Roose- Welt. Apostolic Delegate FaIconio. Arch. bishop Elder. Archbishop Ryan, Archbish. op Chapelle and flfty-six other archbish. ops and bishops. who have expressed their hearty endorsement of the Federa. ton in the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
ART1LLERYMEN RETURNING
Last of United States Troops to Leave
 Cuban Shore.

Havana. Oct. l7.-The two companies of American artillery which occupied Santa Clara and the No. 5 batteries here boarded the United States transport Fitzpatrick today for the return home
 The program as previously arranged by Ma jor Brown, commanding the troops in Cuba, and the Secretary of Government, carried out A company of Cuban artillery, consisting of ninety men and 100 mounted rural guards headed by the municipal band paraded on the Punta at l p. m. Twenty minutes later the Americans appeared marching up the Avenue of the Republic from Vedero. Major Brown at the head of the troops. who marched in pla- toons and ported arms when passing the Gu bans. the later presenting arms
 The Cuban band and artillery then took the lead followed by the American soldiers with the rural guards coming last and proceeded in column down to the palace, past which they marched President Palma and his wife the members of the cabinet United states Minister squires and Miss squlres here re- viewed the troops.
 The Americans then boarded launches and were transferred to the Fitzpatrick ProbAbIV 1000 persons were assembled at the Punts and 900 more at the palace. The Americans were not greeted with much cheering.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
WASHINGTON IS PLEASED.
Alaskan Boundary Left Where il
 Has Been. 5

G- ..E
 washington, Oct. r.-Secretary Hay to night received a cablegram from London announcing that the Alaskan boundary commission expected to hand doWn q decision Monday. but that no final agree ment had been reached. NO further oe- tails of the cablegram were given out.
 Commenting on the Assoclated Fress dispatches, high administrator ornciai said: .,
 state department officials are natural ,v nrofoundly gratiied that an agree ment has been reached favorable to the American contention. AS was pointed out tonight by a high official, the de- cision is a complete Justification of our claims, an evidence of the skill with which the American case has been pre- scented and a tribute to the fairness and broad d-mindedness of the British mem- her of the commission, Lord Chief Jus tice Alverstone."
 The affect of the decision, it is stated here is to leave the Alaskan boundary nractically where it is now The main noint of the Canadian contention involv- cd the outlet from the Klondike gold fields at the head of the Lynn Canal. in cuding the ports of skagway and Dyea, through which the Klondike business is transacted. These ports remain Ameri- can territory.
 The decision is taken to concede the American claim to a strip of territory ten leagues in width from tidewater and ex- tending from the head of Portland canal to the fist meridian west longitude. The Americans laid especial stress upon their contention that this strip 'ould be meas ured from the heads of estuaries or bays while the Canadians argued that the measurement should be from the main water of the ocean. The control of the sites of Skagway and Dyea was involved in the controversy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
MORGAN CALLS ON HAY
SEES SECRETARY REGARDING
 CANAL MATTERS.
Declines to Talk of the Conference. Herran Still Confident Panama Route Will Be Eventually
 Settled On.

Washington. Oct. 17.-(specIal. )--sena- tor Morgan, who is back in Washington for the approaching session of Congress. had a talk today with Secretary Hay on canal matters, but he refuses to say any thing on the subject for publication.
 The conviction is that there is no pros- pect of an early determination as to what vii be done President Roosevelt is ex- trennely partial to the Panama project, and 1t is quite likely that he wil go the limit in allowing a reasonable as pro- yided for in the treaty act.
 The Colombian Congress is Tn session and is still considering the subject
 pr. Thomas Herran. Charge d Anaires for Columbia. is sanguine tact the Pan- anna. route will be settled on He said to your correspondent:
 We have quite number of Senator Morgans in Congress and there is no telling how long they will discuss the project"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
BABES SLAIN, WITH HAMMER |Dr. J. V. Jay Murders 0ffSprings. HE TALKS OF THE CRIME Knew He Was Murdering HIS
 Children. Had Run His Wife Away from Hsns and She Returned With Ala,
 But Too Late to Save
 Little onea
IE TALKS OF THE CRIME

Asheville. N. C.. Oct. i7.--one, of the most terrible crimes ever committed in North Carolina occurred to-day when Dr.. J. V. Jay. a we'll known physician 6f Burcombe county, living at BarnardsviI1e. twenty miles north of AsheviIIe, killed with claw hammer. his three children, aged two. four and six years. J 1t is alleged that Jay had forced his vile to leave home. Mrs. Jay returned this morning and was preparing break fast when her husband attacked her axniu and ran her out of the house. She started for a neighbours to get help and left the children crying on the porch.
 Killed With Hammer.
 While the mother was gone. Jay Killed all three of the children with hammer. Mrs. Jay soon returned with assistance. but arrived too late to save the chil- dren whose lifeless bodies were found lying on the porch.
 Aiter committing the deed,. Jay went into the house and attempted to set 10 on fire, but the men who returned with Mrs. Jay extinguished the flames. Jay was brought to AsheviiIe tonight by tho sheriff.
 pr. Jay, when asked tonight if he dld not know he was killing his children. ssld that he knew he was, but that he juSf could not stop; that he loved his children and knew he was going to kill them. ffs says he is sorry he committed the criuie. but that 1t cannot be helped and that there Is no use to grieve over 1t.
 After the tragedy Dr. Jay wrote to hls wife. saying:
 have committed an awful crime, viii you forgiven, To this Mrs. Jay replica; T forgive you and hope to meet you ip Heaven" =.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
THERE WAS NO FRICTION.
Wayne Nracveagh Tells of veneu- alan Arhritation.


 New York, Oct. 17.-Wayne MacVeagn senior counsel for the United states iu the Venezuelan arbitration arrived today from Europe.
 Mr. MacVeagh replied in part to q piibiIsheti dispatch from Washington al. ieging that while at The Hague he wrote a letter to the executive council of the tribunal in which he said that if the members of the court had beenl lawyers instead of diplomats. they would have been better qualified to decide the Ques- tion on it's merits.
 Mir. MacVeagh said:
 '"There is no truth in the story that there was friction. While I will not go into the question now, I will say that the sitting of the tribunal was agreeable throughout and the arbitrators were most courteous. That dispatch from Washing ton Is most misleading and incorrect. The members of the administrative coun- ell of The Hague tribunal are diplomats. accredited there. We differed before the meeting of the tribunal as to some mat ters of procedure, but there was no ufi. pieasantness.
 Mr. MacVeagh admitted that d letter had been written on the subject, but of that he said:
 "send a copy of that washington dis. match 4o my home at Bryn Wawr, Pa.s and I will go into the matter later.
 Speaking of the tribunal. he said:
 '"The counsel for the other nations will make their arguments for the blockading nations-Great Britain, Germany and ItaIy--and after that six more arguments wIil he made for our side. I hope that fudge Penfeld. the solicitor for the State Department, will have a chance to argue Alter all have been heard the tribunal will consider the case"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
couRLEY IS BLooDTH1RsTY.
Makes a Bitter Speech Against the
 Mother Country.

Ottawa. Oct. 1.-The Canadian Gov ernment has not yet received onicial notl- fcation of the proposed decision In the Alaskan boundary case. If the decision Is as reported, namely. that Portland Canal is to remain In Canadian territory. there is a feeling in official circles that the Dominion has not much to be thank ful for. Canada in holding the Portland canal retains Wales and Pearse Islands, which overlook Port Simpson, the pro- posed terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific.
 It would be inconvenient to have lost these islands. but as they were clearly marked on Van Couver's map as being in Canada. 1t is difficult to see how this could have been done. North of oPrt simpson, Canada will have no harbor or no outlet on the Pacific coast from the Yukon gold fields.
 In the House of Commons this evening, MT. Gourley. member from Colchester, Nova Scotia, whose speeches in the House have gained for him considerable noto- riety, took occasion to refer to the de- cision in the Alaskan boundary case. He said:
 'Jf the news is correct that we heard in the corridors, and hope it is not, all that the United States has got to do is to make a claim for Canada and they will get IL uy DOdslIuluSoS anu uiShOneSt eI- forts. If 1t is true we might as we'll throw away our national aspirations. The last two generations of EnglIshmen were degenerates and towards. They have had no leader since Pitt died. Thank God. Chamberlain is Ealvanizing them and putting new blood in them"
 MT. Ross (Victoria, B. O protested against speaking about Englishmen in this way and MT. Gourley retorted that they went around with binders on unfit to drive sheep across the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
WALKING DELEoAr1sa WORK.
Blood Money Obtained From Nsw York Building.

New York. Oct. f7.-ffenry Farley. d walking delegate. who is awaitlnx trial on an indictment for perjury aiierSd fo| have. bsnn committed. h feA1imony he gave befaFe the trial or samuel Parks is aAnoinced bS inc World fo lave nsa.;6 q startling confession Nu1nefpHs easea gre enun1eTated in his etaternenf Of w4fk- ing delegates in this city and surrnuf1i1k towns having successfully conspirad fo extort money from contractors and htlid-
 CTS to avoid strikes or have them called of
 Farley asserts that in one instance &s0.-
 600 was procured from W. F. piAles to
 stop the interference with the building of
 the Ansonia Hotel at 7srd Street and Broadway.
 The confession was made to District Attorney Jerome in the presence Of sev- eral assistants.
 Farley asserts that the perjury with
 which he Is charged was committed at the instance of prominent lawyer. He said
 his confession was given purely to relieve his conscience and was only accepted by the District Attorney in that spirit and with the distinct undcrstanding that it did not involve immunity. The District Attorney Is in possession of the name Of the attorney in the case together with the names of all the walking delegates alleged to be involved. and disbarment proceed ings are promised in connection with otia- CT developments. M &
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
Tha Favar sitna4io,.

Laredo, Tex. Oct. 17.-The ofiicIaI fsvss bulletin issued tonight is as folIowsl New cases p; deaths g.: total eases Ia date. Sso; total deaths to date. q. me cal Of crude oil donated by a Beaumont oil company arrived last night and the oII brigade was out in full force to-day. 9th, CT cities are subscribing olI, Srwo n~~ cases have developed at Minera, malrina total of 90 cases of fever at that pIace- There have only been i've deaths. wet nesday last there were three deaths ana three new cases at Monterey City.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
WILL BE SATISFIED.
British Colombia Merely Wants e
 Just Decision only,


 Victoria. B. Oct. l7.-Pending the receipt of full details regarding the decis- ion of the Alaskan Boundary Commis- sioners in London. British Columbia has suspended judgment and beyond expres- sions of keen disappointment at the de- cision which comedies everything to the United States with the exception of Port land Canal. officials will say little on ;he matter
 The people of British Columbia expect ed to receive much more at the hands of the commissioners, but as one of the 6fficials of the British Columbia Govern ment said this morning. "If the people Of the province find that the case has been decided on its merits and on its merits alone. they will accept the decision frankly, but if. as has been the case in other arbitrations where this province has been affected, and notably the pelagic sealing arbitration, the decision has been reached as a diplomatic arrangement be- tween Great Britain and the United States, 1t win cause extreme irritation in Canada. whose people are becoming tired of being garlanded with flowers and sacrificed to make diplomatic arrange ments between Great Britain and the United States. British Columbia expect ed much more and cannot see on what grounds the decision was given against them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
A INSTR AL TIE RESULT.
 s No Veg ct in Johns- k ller l.(, Case. THE JURY IS DISCHARGED Considered the Evidence for
 Only 6 l-2 Hours. The First Trial to Follow Recent In. dictments for Fraud in Connect
 nection With the Post on-
 ice Department.
THE JURY IS DISCHARGED

Cincinnati, Oct. u.--The jury in the case of Daniel Voorhees, Miller and Joseph M. Johns on trial In the Federal Court here all week on charge of an alleged conspiracy to extort a bribe. reported shortly before midnight that 1t was una ble to agree and was discharged by Judge Thompson.
 The trial attracted unusual attention as 1t was the first one under the many re- cent indictments for alleged frauds in the Postofiice Department. Four days were devoted to the taking of evidence and the fifth day to the very vigorous argu- ments of District Attorney Sherman Nc Pherson and Assistant Thomas H. Darby for the government, and Hiram D. Ruli' son and Charles W. Baker for the de- fendants.
 General Robb and many clerks from the department at Washington. Chief Cochran and many other postofice in- spectors and others from Washington were here assisting in the prosecution and the charge to the jury was an un- usually strong one.
 Favorable to Defendants.
 The disagreement of the jury was gen. orally regarded as sopiewhat favorable to the defendants as the government had shown it's hand full in this trial. so that counsel for the defense could not be sur prIsed as much in the next trial as was the case this week. especially in the tes- timony of Watson, the secretary of Gen. eral Bristow. and the production of cop les of letters and telegrams.
 The jury was considering the case for six hours and a half. It was undisturbed from p. m. until 11:10. when JudNa Thompson sent for it and the jury asked for further instructions. Judge Thompson then told the jurors that he would in- struct them about any matter of law but that they must settle matters of facts among themselves. He directed the jury to retire again and submit It's re- quest for further instruction in writing.
 At 11.35 p. nl. the jury came in again and in wFiting reported as .toIlcWE
 s Unable Co Agree.
 .sWe find that we are NpAbie to agree upon a matter of fact" U ,. ! Judge Thompson then questioned the jury as to the probability of reaching an agreement and oh being advised that there was no such probability without ad- ditional Instruction he discharged the jury from further consideration of the case.
 The defendants renewed their bonds for new trial and District Attorney Me- Pherson was unable to state whether there would be another hearing of the case set for the present term of court. While neither side indicated any gratif- cation over the result, 1t was evident that the many employees of the govern ment who were present were disappoint- ed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
CAME TO AaREENrNr.
Session of Rate Men at Louisville Not
 Without Result.

Louisville. Ky... Oct. l7.-After having been in session for a week rate men rep resentfng all the transcontinental lines ] and part of the southern and southeast. e-n roads reached a conditional agree. ment concerning ,ranscontinentai business originating at southeastern points.
 The problem with which the rate men had to deal was this: About six months ago. the trans-C Continental lines quit mak. ing combination. one pill rate on freight originating at southeastarn points and travelling west by way of New Orleans
 Manufacturers. In North Carolina for in- stance were compelled to take a local rate to New Orleans where the consignment was rebilled to It's destination west of the Mississippi. The local rate plus the rate from New Orleans on to destination prov ed to be almost prohfbftiye to south eastern manufacturers. a to the combina- ton one-bili rate was stiIi maintained ot, freight that passed throush the St. Louis and Chicago gateways and applied to freight originating near Louisville and points north of that city.
 The conflict of interests between The local and transcontinentai lines operating by St. Louis and Chicago and those operating by New orleans proved the dif- fcult proposition, especially as 1t was claimed by some of the northern local roads that he New Orleans one bill rate cut into their business Under an ,aSree- ment made thirteen years ago the one bill rates by way of New Orleans, St, Louis and Chicago were made as nearly as uniform as possible.
 None of the parties interested would an- nounce the basis of the agreement, but 1t was learned that new uniform one bill rate governing freight by way of New Or leans. Chicago and St, Louis gateways had been decided on. 1t was further learned that the new rate as far as southeastern business is concerned will be less than the present two bill rate. but higher than the old one-blli rate.
 The amount of the advance could not be learned. Another meeting will be held at Atlanta before the end of octo- Der. at which it is expected that the re- maining Southern roads not represented at the Louisville meeting will agree to the new rate pending that time south- eastern shipments by way of New Or leans will be billed at the present rates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
BLACKSMITH FILES PETITION.
Asked That He Be Given His Old
 Inh

Washington, Oct. I7.-J. F. Anderson, black smith in the mail bag repair shop of the Post office Department, who was discharged as 2 result of recent investigations, has filed a De- ttion with the Civil Service Commission ask ing to be restored to his old position and charging that notwithstanding he instigated the inquiry. he was made the subject of it and was the only one to suffer as It's result
 He expresses the opinion that he should be restored Ls Miller was In the Government printing office case, but the opinion Is inform ally expressed at the Civil Service office that the two cases do net rest on the same basis as the reason given for Andersons discharge Is that 1t was flor the good of the service.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-18
BROUGHT UP TREASURE
LINERS AND DREDGH RECOVER
 .$I0o, 900 IN BULLION.
Nearly an Acre of Old ocean's Bot tom Covered With Lead and silver--Steamer Went Down
 September 27.

E New York, Oct. 17.-Tales of a treasure
 lost at sea do not generally have the happy ending of that just concluded
 through the, work of divers and dredge
 in Staten Isiand Sound, ofr sewarsn. N,
 !. silver and lead bullion worth sio0,e ,eoo
 has been recovered after lying at the
 botfaxs1 saf tlze sound since Sept, q.
 The bullion came from the Mexicar
 mines by way of Galveston afta Mallory iine steamer and was on it's Way from the East river water front for the plant of the American Smelling and Refining Company near Perth Afaboy. N. J. There
 were 7,67s pigs of the metal on the deck of the barge Harold.
 In company with thirteen light canal boats the treasure ship was taken in tow by a tug. It was the last boat in the line. Under a moon nearly full the night was brighter than many days. There was no wind. Peter Moore. captain of the barge spent the evening chatting with the canalers alongside as the tow drag ged slowly acroas the upper bay and into the Kill Won Kull. The Harold was not as comfortable as might be, so when bed time came he accepted an invitation to sleep aboard the canal boats After all hands had turned in the barge rolled to starboard under the weight of 400 tons of metal and dumped the whole mass except about 200 pigs. into the water. She lighted immediately and went along as peacefully as before.
 Some of the metal landed on the canal deck and Moore was awakened. He hail. ed the pilot of the tug. but had no mega phone and the pilot kept the squadron on the move. Moore failed to notice that a fortune had disappeared from his craft while he slept. The barge appeared to be moving all right and he went back to his bunk. When the boats drew up in the morning at the pier in New Jersey there was surprise awaiting the smelter officials and everyone was sworn to se- crecy.
 Insurance companies were notified and preparations quickly made to search the bottom of the sound for the lost pigs. the waters in that portion of the bay are said to be infested with pirates con- sidered dangerous men and the fears were that they might learn of the affair and locate the treasure. Launches were hurried to the place and finally on Oct. 16 search was rewarded by the sounding line giving metallic answer to the tapping of the lead.
 Divers went down and found nearly an acre of bottom covered with the bull lion. A dfedge immediately was put into commission and the work of recovery went on until nearly s3 per cent of the treasure had been brought up. The divers then went down again and gathered up what the dredge failed to reach.