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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
GILES NOT DISMAYED
WILL MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT
 BEFORE COURTS.
Has Decided to Attempt to Secure Damages Because of His Fail--
 ure to Get Certificate of '-'- Registration.

Washington. May 2s.-Jaclson W. Giles, the colored man of Montgomery County, Ala. whose suit in equity to test the validity of the suffrage provision of the new constitution of that State, was recently decided against him by the United States Supreme Court, will have two more opportunities to make the test in that court which will come as the result of writs of error allowed today by Justice White.
 One of the suits was brought to compel the Board of Registrars of Montgomery County by a writ of mandamus to enter his name as a voter upon the resignation list, and the other, for damages because of the failure of the board to make this entry. Giles Is represented by Milford Hall Smith. a negro, and the aplication was made to Justice White as the pre- siding justice of the fifth circuit. There is no possibility of hearing in the cases before the beginning of the next term of court in October. Both of the present proceedings were instituted in the State courts and both came up from the Ala bama Supreme Court whose finding was against Giles.
 When Giles's equity case was decided by the Washington court, an intimation was given that his only channel of relief was in a suit for damages and he has now decided to avail himself of that chance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
yENALITY THE RULE
FEARFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS IN
 MISSOURI LEGISLATION.
Report of St. Louis Grand Jury Says That for 12 Years at Least Corruption Has Been the Thing
 in the State Legislature.

St. Louis, May 2s.--In making Its final report the April grand jury reviews the evidence concerning legislative boodiing and among other suggestions, strongly recommends that more stringent laws be enacted for punishment of lobbying at the State capital and that the statute on limitations be extended to seven years. It recommends that franchises obtained trough boodling methods be forfeited.
 The report says in part:
 .sThe testimony we have heard has shown a state of affairs most amazing We have listened to the confessions of State Senators and were we at liberty to make known all they have told. the recital would appal the citizens of this State. The venalty existing among the makers of our State laws is alarming to those who believe in free government
 Our Investigations have cone back for twelve years and during that time the evidence shows that corruption has been the usual and accepted thing in State legislation and that too, without inter- ference or hindrance. The tendency has been to hide or to ignore, rather than to expose and punish the infamous crime.
 Laws have been sold to the highest bidder in numerous instances that we have evidence of. We believe that laws should be passed making 1t unlawful for lobbyists to ply their profession in the manner that some of them now operate and providing for the forfeiture of fl an- chises procured by corrupt me5h Ods.
 We have found some indictments for bribery and there would be many more were 1t not for the statute of limitation which should be extended to seven years from the date of the crime"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
NOW ACCUSES TULLocH.
Postmaster Merritt Answers tc
 Charges of Ex-Cashier.


 Washington. May 29.-Postmaster Gen eral Payne today made public the reply of Postmaster Merritt of this city to the Tulloch charges. The Merrill response makes serioues accusations against for mer Cashier S. W. Tulloch of the Wash ington postoffice, saying that a transac- ton in which MT. Tulloch was concerned in 1898 appears to comprehend the pre- sentation of a false voucher which is made a crime by the statutes"
 MT. Merrill's reply further alleges that receipts were signed in blank on the pay rolls during MT. Tulloch's regime as cashier and that the files do not indicate any complaint of irregularities against the Washington postofffce filed by MT. Tulloch while he was in office. MT. Mer- Till says the general practice of giving employees duties seemingly incompatible with their positions Is no abuse and that the practice of paying certain expenses of the Postoffice Department out of the Washington city postofice fund has all ways existed and Is proper.
 Mir. Merrill says the removal, of Cash fer Tulloch was no mistake; that the ac- counts were in a tangled condition and that Tulloch refused to straighten out less paid $500 MT. Merrill asserts that a number of the irregularities to which Tulloch called attention were due to Tul- loch's own neglect or ignorance. MT. Mer- Till says he had discretionary authority to remove Tulloch whom he charges with being arbitrary in manner. occupying much of the time with important private
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Will Admit Cattle.

Springfield Ill. May 2e.-The Illinois Board of Live Stock Commissioners today passed a resolution which will take effect at once al lowing cattle to enter Illinois from the Coun- ties of Childress. Cottle. Hardeman, Foarr Wilbarger. King. Knox. Haskell. Glasscock. Sterling. Ilon. West. Tom Green. Stonewall. Jones. Fisher. Scurry Garza. Borden, Howard, Mitchell Upton and Crane. in the State of Texas. and from the Counties of Beaver Woodward Woods. Kingfsher. Garfield. Grant Kay and Greer in the Territory of Oklahoma, after the cattle have been inspected and found free of infection by duly authorized in spector of the United States Department of Agriculture. provided that every such ship ment shall be in cars free from Texas fever infection. and copy of such permit issued by the inspector shall be forwarded promptly by mail to the Secretary of the Illinois Live Stock Board at Springfield. Such cattle may be unIoaded for water and fed at the Fort Worth stock yards.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
TEXTILE WORKERS OUT.
A 55-Hour Week is Demanded in
 Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, May 2s.--Although the strike of the textile workers of this city for 65-hour week was set for Monday the suspension was practically inaugu- rated at quitting time tonight.
 During the day the employees of eight additional mills stopped work before the closing hour. making twelve mills al- ready on strike. The hands at one mill were locked out. Reports received at the headquarters of the Textile Workers up to midnight show that thirty-seven firms out of nearly 300 in the city had agreed to reduce the hours of the workers from 60 to 66 week. Members Of the Textile Workers Executive Committee claim that the strike will be more general than the manufacturers believe. They claim that fully 5000 workers will refuse to so to work on Monday unless their demands are granted.
 The manufacturers feel confident that the men will not win the strike. Charles H. Pardin. Thomas Broomley. Jr. and Frank Leake. representing the Manufac- turers' Association, in an Interview to- night said that 1t was financial impos- sibility for the employers to grant the request of the employees. The manufac- turers say they are at a disadvantage with manufacturers of other cities be- cause the latter do not pay as high wages as the Philadelphia employers. In the South the manufacturers claim many mills work 72 hours a week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Ldves Lost in oklahoma.

Guthrie, Okla, May 29.-Reports of de- structive storms throughout the territory continue to arrive. At Harrison. the flood killed five persons, Mrs. Bryles and child. child of John Alexander and two persons whose bodies have not yet been recovered. The drowning of several h. dians is reported from Anadarko. In Gay County tornado killed Mrs. Isaac Jones, wrecked four postoffices and near Little Robe demolished farm house At Wellston the storm is reported to have injured fatally one woman and destroyed several buildings. Near Hobart, all but three of a herd of fifty-two cattle were drowned in the flood.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
MORE TROOPS NEEDED
CALL COMES FROM COMMANDER
 AT JACKSON.
Danville Company Will Proceed to the Scene This Morning-Be- leved That Mountaineers are
 Assembling for a Rescue.

Lexington, Ky. May 29.-orders were issued at midnight to send more troops to Jackson. Colonel Roger Williams, who Is in Lexington tonight. received a cipher message from Major Embry AL len. who is in command In his absence at Jackson, stating the necessity for more men. Colonel Williams immediate ly conferred with Governor Beckham. who approved the call. Colonel Wll- liams then ordered Captain Lillard of the Danville company to immediately as- semble his men.
 The company will leave here for Jack son at TAO a. m tomorrow, reaching there at II o'clock. Captain Billiard said he could bring forty men. Colonel Will Hams later sent an order to Louisville for company there 10 be held in readi- ness. The message from Major Allen did not state what prompted the requisition for more men.
 Many people at Lexington construe the call for more troops as confirmation of the rumors that a force of men who proposed to rescue Curtis Jett and Tom White was being recruited in the interior of Breathitt County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
OPEN WARoN
 REE9 al 9SAoor PreSbyte' slS Demand His
 expulsion. LOS ANGELES ASSEMBLY Unanimous in Its COndemna-
 tion of the Apostle. Southern Church Rejects Overture from Tuscaloosa Presbytery Re- garding Change of Creed Re-
 garding Infant Salvation.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 29.-The Pres- byterian General Assembly today uani- mously adopted resolutions calling upon the people of the United States and the Senators themselves to use their utmost endeavors to secure the expulsion of Apostle Reed Shoot from the National Senate
 The preamble declared that the Mormon church persists in the active encourage ment and practice" of polygamy and that Senator Smoot is "a direct representa- tive of polygamy, born of its system and in cordial sympathy with 1t as a Divine institution, revealed as a law of primary obligation and made mandatory by the most solemn sanctions and has encourag- ed it's perpetuation and practice ',y his personal influence as an apostle and that in doing this the apostle Senator aids and abets criminals. menaces the American people, Is unfaithful to the laws and con- stftution of the United States; pays his first allegiance to the first presidency and apostolate to which he belongs and Is a reproach to the honor and dignity of the American Senate"
 The resolutions also call upon the people
 
 and Congress of the United States in both houses and each member of each house to employ and exhaust all legal means to secure such an amendment to the federal constitution as will name polygamy a crime against the United States, punishable by adequate penalties. including disfra nchisement and disqualii- cation to vote or hold office in the United States or in any State or territory under the Jurisdiction of the United States.
 Dr.. Henry Van Dyke presented from the Bills and Overtures Committee a fes- olution submitted by the Committee on Home Missions reciting the pitiful !condi- ton of several thousand Indians on the Maricopa and Pama reservations in Ari- zona because of lack of water and urg- ing the Secretary of the Interior at Washington to take steps without delay for the erection of reservoir at San Carlos on the Gila river" The resolu- tion was adopted unanimously.
 The Assembly completed its work this afternoon and adjourned sine die.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
KANSAS AND MISSOURI.
Both the Streams are Rising at Rapid
 Rate.

Rate.
 Kansas City. May 2o.--The Kansas and Missouri Rivers are rising at an alarming rate and tonight the indications are that all previous high wauer records at this point will be broken during the next two days. ~ ssef
 Much damage has already been done to property in the low lands along the two rivers and much apprehension is felt for the safety of property in the west bottom disSrict of this city. Super1n- tendent Conner. of the Weather Bureau predicts a rise of 8 feet during the next twenty-four hours.
 At the little town of Harlem, inhabi. tants in the flooded district were rescued tonight from their houses in boats. The embankment of the Burlington Railroad Is holding the flood from the rest of Iar-. lem but rise of a few inches will carry the water into the town. The Kansas river had forced hundreds of families to leave their homes in Argentine and ya- rious parts of Kansas City, Kas. The basements of the packing houses and many other large business concerns are flooded.
 The river has forced the Missouri Pa cific Railroad to abandon its bridge be- tween Kansas City. Kas.. and Kansas City Mo, and heavily weighted cars are holding 1t in place. The water is level with all other bridges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
J. W. PACE ADMITS BUYING AND WORKING NEGROES

five from Coosa County Constables du- ring the past year
 Whenever he had vore conyicts than he could use Pace said he sub-let some of them to Fletcher Turner a Tallapoosa County farmer and that some of the ne- groes had been worked on Turner's place.
 Got Two From Dunbar.
 Pace said the laborers he secured from constabies were not desirable and in each instance he thought he was accommodating the negroes.
 He said he frequently lost money by negroes escaping and declared that he had not treated them brutally Some time ago. he said City Marshal Dunbar of Goodwater brought him two negroes, John Caldwell and a negro named Pat terson-not Joe Patterson. He paid Dun bar SO each for the negroes and they signed contracts. It was always under stood, he said and stipulated in the con- tract, that when relatives or friends de- sired to reimburse him for the fine paid they might do so. He said these negroes, Caldwell and Patterson, told him that their people would pay their fines. Cald- well and Patterson he saide left his place in about two days and Ne lost $40 on them.
 Pace said he was too i'll to talk of other
 
 character.
 It developed that Pace has served a term as sheriff of Tallapoosa County. He Is said to be influential and wealthy.
 May Have Early Trials.
 The government it is said. will under take to prove that negroes held in ser vitude in Taalapoosa County have been treated In the most shocking manner. It is said that one negro woman was killed and that men and women have been com- pelled to work In a nude condition; that they have been mercilessly beaten and otherwise illtreated.
 Owing to the gravity of these cases it is understood that the Department of Justice has asked Judge Jones to try them at the present term of court. The ruling of Judge Jones yesterday that Faces bond should not be returnable to the De- cember term Is taken to indicate that Pace will be tried early in June.
 The grand jury is still in session with no indication of an early adjournment. It is said to be probable that an interest," ing report will be submitted to the court by the grand jury touching the peonage cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
TO SPEND $25,OOO,OOO
DOUBLE TRACKS FROM WASH
 ING TO ATLANTA.
President Spencer Says Removal of the General Offices Is Not Con- templated and There Will Be
 No Charges in Personel.

Washington. May 2s.--President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway Co.,, who Is in Washington today said that the road would be double tracked be- tween Washington and Atlanta and $25,- oo0.000 spent on betterments, including double-trackage. It will be impossible to complete this work in one or two years but it will be prosecuted until finished. Portions of the line will be double-tracked to relieve the present crowded condition and then the double links will be con- nected. The Washington division will be the first section of the road to get two tracks.
 The shops and yards in Alexandria, Va, will be enlarged aIai the greater portion of the present equipment will be rebuilt.
 Mr. Spencer declared there is no inten- ton to remove the general office of the Southern from Washington to Atlanta or to change the official personnel of the road.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
business and venturesome man in the

business and venturesome man in the field of speculation"
 Concerning alleged Porto Rican abuses MT. Merrill says the final account there- for was settled with the auditor without material loss. MT. Merrill says that what Mir. Tulloch charged were disallowances of the Comptroller of the Treasury in the Washington office in the quarter ended September 30, 1898. amounting to some thirty or forty thousand dollars were not such in reality. They were merely de- mands made by him for explanation as to certain items in the account which his expert examiner had some doubt about. amounting to very considerable sum any of the objections were finally with drawn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
LUMBER MEN LOSE.
Judge Niles Dossolves Injunction
 Against RailroaA

Jackson. Miss. May 2s-Federal Judge Henry Niles has dissolved the tempo rary injunction granted the lumber deal CTS of Mississippi some days ago. re- straining railroads doing business in this State from increasing rates on lumber ? cents per hundred.
 Judge Niles states that the real ques- ton presented was whether the Federal Court, working through it's powers of equity and by its right of injunction. can in effect fix and perpetuate a schedule of freight rates. He did not think the court has Jurisdiction to grant relief sought and for that reason sustained the demur- Ter. dissolved the injunction and dismiss ed the bill.
 The effect of the decision is that rail- roads hauling lumber from points in Mississippi to points out of the State, especially to Ohio River points and be- yond and west of Buffalo and Pittsburg. may increase rates cents per hundred pounds. A similar case is pending in the Georgia Federal Court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Quiet at Jackson.

Jackson, Ky. May 29-The town is per- fectiy quiet at 9:30 tonight A heavy storm has been raging since this evening. The guard has not been increased in numbers the past "A hours, but all roads are under surveillance. There is no press censor ship. The correspondents are kept within the confines of Camp Jackson after sun- down but their dispatches are given to messenger boys who are escorted to the telegraph office, one mile away. by de- tail of militia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Will Surrender Alleged Murderers

Washington, May 29.-The State De- partment today issued a warrant for the surrender to the Mexican government of Leslie E. Hubert. alias c. T. Richardson, and Willis Merideth, alias Mason. These men are wanted on a charge of murder committed in Chiahuahua. Mexico They are now under arrest at Pecos, Tex. The third of the alleged murders, pr. Harte, was surrendered to Mexico several weeks ago. The men are charged with the in- surfing of lives and the committing of murder for the insurance money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Harvard Leads Yale.

New York, May 2e.-Harvard led Yale in the trial events in the intercollegiate games today by exactly one point. the Crimson's total score being A while ale's was %. Cornell Pennsylvania. Sy- racuse. Princeton and Williams showed up well. The intercollegiate cup has been won five times by Yale and four times each by Harvard and Pennsylvania. The semi-fnals and finals will be run off to- morrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Alleged Anarchist Arrested.

Ogden, Utah, May 2s.-A. Corn has been arrested since yesterday under in- struction from the secret service men. He is said to be an anarchist and has been distributing literature among laboring men. When arrested he carried a dagger. He came from Butte and 1t is surmised that he is connected with the gang sup posed to be implicated in the Umbria dynamite affair. As soon as the Presi- dent departed Corn was ordered to leave ArryA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Guerry Now an Educator.

Macon, Ga, May 29.-Dupont Query. an attorney of Macon and recently can didate for Governor of Georgia. has been elected President of Wesleyan Female College in place of Rev. J. w Roberts, resigned. The position was rendered pr. Chappell of Nashville. who declined this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
STORMS IN TENNESSEE.
cloudburst at Gallatin Accompanied
 by High Wind.


 Chattanooga, Tenn. May 2s.--Tennessee was visited by heavy rains and high winds today. A special from GalIatin says:
 One of the worst storms in the history. of Gaiiatin was experienced fhis after noon. It came in the shape of cloud burst accompanied by a high wind and lasted throughout the afternoon. All the creeks were swollen out of their banks and the lowlands were covered with water. On account of the high water. the Galltin ice plants has had to suepend business. It Is estimated that thousands of dollars of damage was done by the Hood. During the hardest part of the szpcm lightning set fire to the San ford house, but owing to the prompt re- sponse of the fire department was saved with a.small damage.
 From all parts of the State coma re- ports of great damage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Roosevelt in Wvominp.

Evanston, Wyo.. May 29.-President Roosevelt arrived in EvanstoWn tonight and was given an ovation by 5000 per- sons at the station. The President was introduced by Senator Clark of Wyom- ing and after short address departed for Rawlins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
WAS QUITE THRILLING.
Miss Alice Rooseve1t's Red Devil
 Among Fire Engines.

AMUuS EIIe EHBIHsss
 Washington, May 29.-Miss Alice Roose- velt who left for Albany, N. F., today to become a bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Ruth Pruyn, a college friend. had a somewhat exciting ride to the railroad station. She occupied the seat of the chaffeur in a new automobile of the Red Devil' type. which she had just pur- chased and while proceeding down Penn sylvania Avenue she was overtaken by a number of fire engines and hook and ladder trucks on their way to fire.
 None of them struck the new vehicle, but there were several close rubs. She saved herself by bringing the vehicle to a halt, while the fire wagons rushed on past her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Hanging in Texas.

Memphis. Tenn. May 29.-A special to The Commercial-Appeal from Texarkana, Ark, says: J. E. Shut was hanged late this afternoon at Boston. Tex, near here. for the murder of J. c. Whitener. Both men weee prominent in business in this section for more than twenty-five years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
ON TRIAL FOR SMUGGLING.
Two of Crew of Wrecked BBarken
 tine Are Arrainged.


 tine Are Arrainged.
 Newborn, N. C., May 29.-Manuel Pen- ella and Nuno Fernandinez, two of the crew of the wrecker Portuguese barken- tine Vera Cruz, were tried before United States Commissioner Hill today for vio- lating Section 2S65 of the Revised Stat utes of the United States.
 The law provides that any person with intent to defraud the revenue of the United States by smuggling any goods. wares or merchandise subject to duty by law, or every such person who is his, her or their alder or abetter shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and shall be punished by fine of not more than $500.
 The government was not ready for trial consequently the case was continued ur,- til June Il. The defendants were required to give justified bond for $500. but be- ing unable to do so, they were ordered to jail until their trial.
 The prosecution was assisted by an in- terpreter. as neither of the defendants could speak English.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
NEGROES LEAVING PINE B1UFF.
Lowering Clouds to Them Was Fore.
 runner of Doom.

Little Rock. Ark. May 2a-A special to The Gazette from Pine Bluff says:
 At 9:S0 tonight a terrific electric storm visited this city. It was accompanied by heavy downpour of hail. No serious damage to property occurred. The day dawned clear. but at 10 o'clock this morn ing clouds appeared and remained throughout the day. having the effect of stimulating the exodus of negroes who inclined to the belief that the day of de- struction prophesied by the negress, El- len Burnett Jefferson, was at hand.
 Many left on afternoon trains and the streets presented a deserted appearance. Fully 90 per cent of the negroes residing here are out of the city tonight.