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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Iron aud steel Men Meet.

Pittsburg. Pa, Oct. 15.--A meeting seemingly of great importance to iron and steel interests has been held here. Heads of all of the United States steel corporations subsidiary departments country. For two hours the steel manufacturers discussed business and Trom one of the conferees it was learned the strikes at Youngstown. O. were the principal topics Nothing definite was given out. but 1t Is said the fight will be continued.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
BATON ROUGE CONVENTION.
Professor Ross of Auburn, Speaks of
 the SOuth's Syrup Industry.

the SOuthb syrup Industry.
 Baton Rouge. La. Oct. 15.-The con vention of the Cotton States Commits sioners met at Il o'clock and heard the following:
 "The syrup industry of the South" by Prof. B. B. Ross. State Chemist. Auburn. Ala; discussion by Capt. R. B. Rose. State Chemist of Florida.
 Growing and feeding of live stock" by Prof. c. M. Conner. Agrlculturist of University of Florida.
 Forestry and its relations. to agri- culture" by MT. Alfred Gaskill, United States Bureau of Forestry.
 Others were also heard. A letter from the President of the Cotton Grow ers' Association of Texas to Commis- sioner Lee of Louisiana. was read. ask ing the commissioners to issue an open letter to the farmers of the States to hold their cotton at 10 cents per pound, which was referred to the Commmlttee on Resolutions.
 The Commissioners left this evening for St. Louis to hold session there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
REMEMBERING TO RUSSIANS
Public Convinced that Disaster to Ku-
 ropatlkin Is COmplete.

EoPutAAh hs (Oupletcs
 St. Petersburg. Oct. 15-(5:22 D. m.) The silence of the Russian authorities at this critical hour Is heartbreaking for the public. Not a single official word has been given out to relieve the suspense and anxiety for over twenty four hours and the public Is convinced that 1t can only mean that General Kuropatkin's world-proclaimed ad- vance has ended in complete disaster with such frightful losses that they will stagger Russia, even after Liao- yang. Most circumstantial stories. at- tributed to court circles are told of the failure of the Russian left from where Kuropatkin aimed his chief blow
 The Russian commander is stated to have had two and half army corps there with one and a half corps in re- serve, and they are said to have been beaten and thrown into a state of con fusion bordering on rout, 1t being now only a question of the magnitude of the defeat According to these sto- ries Kuropatkin was really feinting on his front having only three corps with one general in reserve aionR the whole center and right.
 The Japanese turning movement westward which the general stan had repeatedly declined to consider dam gerous is also said to be developing force and strength enough to be a real threat against the Russian communI- cations in the rear.
 It is impossible to trace these stories to responsibility. The general stan prOnounces them to be wild, attribut- ing them to the general feeling of panic. Yet the members of the stan reluctantly admit that they can offer no official news to contradict them. Submarines Loaded at Newport Newa.
 Newport. News, Va. Oct. 1.-Two of the lake submarine torpedo boats. built at the ship yard here and believ- ed to be destined for the Japanese or Russian navy. were hoisted on board the barge Kennebeck today Accord ing to the foreman in charge of the 20 Ome nengaged in loading the craft. the Kennebeck will sail for Boston be- fore daylight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
GOVERNOR IN A WRECK.
Connecticut Executives Train is Rur
 Into From the Renr

Into From the Rear.
 Nashville. Tenn, Oct. Ex-Governor Chamberlain of Connecticut and party narrowly escaped. a very serious wreck this morning.
 The chief executive and two com panies of the Governors Foot Guard have been to St. Louis and left there this morning in their three special trains. Just after pulling out of the Union Station at St. Louis, the first special was stopped by block signal. and the second crashed into 1t. The second train was moving at a low rate of speed, or the result might have been very serious.
 About dozen members of the guard were bruised more or less, but none was injured seriously. The Governor was in the third section and conse- quently was not in the wreck. The party reached here at noon today en route to Chattanooga to take part in the dedication of monuments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
sIocunn,s PiIot Relnntated.

New York, Oct. 15.--Edward Van- wart. pilot whose license was revoked by the steamboat inspectors because he was officiating on the steamer Gen eral Slocum when 1t was burned has been reinstated. The supervising in- spector of the district rules the statute regarding fire drills. for the disregard of which Vanwart was held responsible, does not apply. for the pilot was never actually in command of the vessel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
scAFFoLD GIVES WAY.
Five Men md Nine-TOn GIrders Are
 PrecipItated Forty Feet.

Precipitated Forty Feet.
 Little Rock. Ark, Oct. 15.-A special to The Gazette from Cotter says
 While in the act of placing glrders weighing above nine tons on the Crooked Creek bridge. under course of construction twenty miles west of this place, today, the scaffolding gave way and five men and the girders were pre- cipitated in a heap to the ground 40 feet below. Three of the men were instantly killed and the other two were severely injured.
 The dead: J. w. Chelwood. Estill Springs, Tenn; Frank Gibbons. St. Louis: A. Reese, Cotter.
 The injured: W. F. McKelly, J. W. BrennOn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
preuldent wlII Attend Wenhinr.

Washington, Oct. 15.-President Roosevelt. accompanied by Mrs. Rooso- welt. Secretary Loeb and Mrs. and Miss Hitchcock. left in a special car over the Pennsylvania at 10 o'clock this morning for Valley Forge, Pa. to att tend the wedding of Miss Rebeka Page
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
OYAMA'S MEN BEAT BACK 1
 INDUCEMENTS BATTALIONS

in number. The bodies left after the fiehting of October IA are very numer- ous. Our casualties October II and 12 were fifteen officers killed. fdrty- six wounded and l.25o men killed and wounded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
CARS ARMY'S LOSSES
 ARE PLACED AT 5000
Driven to Sakhe River, and
 End is Not Over.
The Milkado's Triumphant Troops Ex- pect to Compel the Enemy to Cross the Hun--Russians Leave 2,0Oo
 Dead on Field Lost by Them.

Tokfo, Oct. 16.--l0 a. m.)-The latest adyhces are that tne hussians leIt 4,ovv desa an rrOnt Of senerai nurokIs arm, aione. lhe htussian losses are esgA- mated at 0O,Ovv men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
Submarines Loaded at Neunnrt rs,.
Brumby was Unintere.tinr

St. Louis. Oct. l5.-In the cham pionship pool tourney tonight, Thom- as Hueston of St. Louis defeated R H. Brumby of Atlanta. Ga.. 125 to AS. The game was uninterestinE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16
wEATHER FOREoAsT,

Washington, Oct. 1Bs--EaR Alahanla--- Fair sunday and SIondays frenh casa ts -Aaahsaak Windss
The sun., 1904-08-15
Mr.. Warren Of Buffalo.

Mr.. WILLIAM G. WARREN's newspaper
in Buffalo prated part Of THE Suns
editorial Of Aug. IA declaring for RoosI-
WELT and FAIRBANKS, but omitted the
final paragraph, which read:
In the politics OF tho Empire State % Tar -
they concern state matters, We shall support the
candidate. whatever may be the partisan designa-
ton of his ticket. who seems TO US the more likely
70 give tho people Of New York tho honest and
competent administration their public Affairs 90
s1evously need and to wipe out the shame and evil
Of existing grocery conditions AZ Albany
For six months and moro before the
Chicago convention Governor Chairman
ODELL declared that his personal friend,
Mr.. WILLIAM c. WARREN. should sup
plant Mr.. GEORGE R. SHELDON as Repub-
lican national committeeman for the
Empire State. Meantime, Mr.. WARREN,
hoping to please his chief, assailed
In his newspaper old friends who had
been taught to believe him fair
sort OF person. At Chicago Governor
Chairman ODELL ruthlessly abandoned
Mr.. WARREN and flung him over.
To add bitterness to the dose, Cover
Chairman OpELL forced Mr.. WARREN
to get up in the meeting Of the New York
delegation and present WILLIAM L.
WARD OF Westchester as Mr.. SHRLpoN's
successor.
The sun., 1904-08-15
What Il Education ?

To rHl EDITOR OF TIM SuN-sir. The inter.
esting reports which you are publishing about the
educational value Of the St. Louis exposition bring
out point which seems to be Almost q universal
belief and yet which, when examined closely. ap-
pears 70 be popular mistake.
The use Of the word education has become 50
broad that II includes anything from Q college
education 70 trip 10 Bergen Beach. Is education
% much the absorption Of inform alton or know
edge a. the manner Of acquirementt We hear
every ono say travelling is tho best education.
Rightly they could say II Is tho best nstfuctor but
II Is clearly wrong TO say that II necessarily edu
Gates. The dictionary makes this plain when II
says that education is not so much communication
of knowledge A. discipline Of the intellect, estAb-
llshent of principles and regulation Of the heart.
In this view Is not educ more the proper or.
eaniEation. classification and presentation OF al
most any kind OF facts than tho absorption like
sponge OF heterogeneous informstion1 The
clear and painstaking scientific article which pro-
sents facts orderly and systematically and finally
draws logical conclusions Is more Of an educator
than q trip witb a guide through westmin inster
Abbey with all Its confusing names, dates and
events jumbed together.
In a like manner docs tho walk through the St.
Louis buildings and a trip down the Pike do more
than give one q brd's-eye view OF the worlds ao-
oomplishments products and people. which with
out any further effort on the part of the visitor,
make him more educated except In 50 far as hi 8
mind has been trained to orderly thought and
habits, Jumping the mind from soap making TO
Irorrote games and then back TO the products
OF Kansas would. in this view. be demorallsing to
most minds.
Therefore In the strict meaning OF the word, Is
not the mere absorption Of knowledge IN instruc
tion rather than an educationt L. d. @.
NEW YORK, Aug. H.
The sun., 1904-08-15
r.u,p,n. Victim Of H., r,v,r.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-str: was struck
by the statement OF physician" In TIE SUN that
he cured himself of hay fever by the use Of pair
Of smoked glasses, and more by his astonishing
conclusion that II was mostly q nervous disease,
caused by the action OF tho suns rays on the eyes
Surely II must be 80. with him Al least. II he was
cured by using smoked glasses!
Is he never nervous In the winter. and how does
he account for the fact that one can have severe
attack Of hay fever withoi going into tho rays
OF the sun at all, and thLt tie attacks are always
worse at night when the In Is on tho other side
OF the earth, His case sLggests that OF the woman
who was so thoroughly satlshed that the odor Of
roses gave her the hay fever that when handed an
ar,incisl rose she Immediately began TO snee2e.
II Is 10 be hoped that he will also nnd q cure for
the second and worst stage OF hay fever. which Is
asthma, perhaps an ear trumpet or . course Of
WarneYan music would be a suggestion that he
could work up.l
have been sufferer from the disease for four
teen summers. and In defiance OF popular belief
have plucIcd armfuls Of golden rod tanother cause
OF hay fever. In some peoples BELIEF, and had II
In my roomsintil II withcred: yet did not have
worse attack than In those summers In which I
did not even 90 out In three months and slept
In q room with the windows closed. to keep out
tho humidity. because humidity. ~ least In my
belief, always gives me an aggravated case Of hay
fever or asthma Perhaps mine. however, Is also
an Inflammation OF the imagination"
YoNKERs, Aug. .. FRANCES ScHHLLHAUA
The sun., 1904-08-15
Foreigu Notes OF Real Interest.

Victor Hugos granddaughter. Jeanne. having
divorced two husbands already. Is now suing e
divorce rom her third husband, NJ, A. Edwards who
was the brother in law Of the late N. VALDEZ,
Rousseau. Her two previous husbands were the
sons Of Alphonse Daudet and Of Charoot. Rcf
career and that OF her brother. Georges. wn pro
vide strange notes to her grandfather's charming
"LArt detro Grand -perc."
EngIands oldest cr,cketer. Mr.. Herbert Jenner
Fust, IL dead at the age OF over e years. He
played for Eton eighty two years ago and for
Cambridge University from 1895 10 1877, being cap
tain In the last year. AZ the age Of as he oowicd
He practised In Doctors Commons till the court
was abolished. and then lived As q country squire.
cretinism, which Is one form OF idiocy, Is cur
able according TO Prof. Won Wagner Of Vienna.
He has treated nfty two cases with thyroid gland
and nnds Improvement In body and mind In all
cases, even when the patients had passed the age
Of growth All improved in their power Of speech
and some OF the children were made nt 70 attend
school.
NJ Gustsve vapereau. who compiled the e1,
tremeiy useful "Dictionnsirc des ContemporainS.
has Just celebrated his diamond wedding. He Is
Is years OF age. Tho nrst edition of the dictionary
appeared In 1858, tho last eleven years ago, In
lsas,
London may soon see MAcsulay's New Zesls nd"r
sitsinx on Its bridges II 10 to have Maori CONT
opera By = New Zealand composer. with iibre''n
by an Australian journalist The piece Will hH
called "TApu. and twenty -four native Maori dancers
win take part In u.
civic celebration for . literary critics ann
verssry viii be novelty even In France. BouloSne
sur Ner 10 70 hold ous In memory Of Sainss bouNe
whs wss born there hundred ysass ~
The sun., 1904-08-15
A seagoins somnambulist.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-,Sfr: This corre-
spondenoe about sleep walking and sleep talking
reminds me OF an experience had some years
ago. when going out to India, The man who had
the berth under mine was a skinny. pale faced
fellow. but good natured. There didn't seem 10 DO
anything abnormal about him. until ono night
the captain OF the ship was nearly frightened out
of his life by seeing this same gentleman come into
his cabin, take down some books look them through
and then return them 10 the shelf. As he was In
his nightwown. the captain guessed what was tho
matter, SO he told me TO keep watch on the SOM
nambust. did.
l Arranged with the man next door. or rather In
the next cabin, that II our friend showed any de-
sire TO take a nocturnal trip would knock on the
partition. and he would come In. Ono night
little later the opportunity came. Our somnambu-
list got restless. and gave the knock. Presently
the sleep walker got up-it was pitch Oakland
proceeded toward the deck. Once there he took
q turn round the ship stepping over everything
very carefully. whereas We were stumbling hero
and there not knowing where We were going. Tho
next morning the man had no Idea he had been out
OF his bed. But worse was to follow.
when we got 70 the Mediterranean he developed
moro OF . restlessness. This eliminated In his
getting up ono night and throwing everything he
could lay his hands on through the port hole. We
squelched this by shutting tho outlet and then no
went back TO bed For a Joke VIC piled my mat
trcss on top of him. and the blankets as we'll
We thought probably that this would wake him up.
1t didn't for presently he got UP and asked for
the key OF tho door In quite q rational manner.
I had previously locked the door. and gave him
wrong key He tried the door for some time. and
then went wearily back TO bed.
Tho next morning asked him how he had slept
-oh.- said ue, very well but had funny dream
thought was In he'll. and asked the devil for tho
key to get out As IL was so Internally hot. Well
the fool gave mo tho wrong key. and 30 had 10
remain there" After that We locked him In cabin
by himself. and his dolnCs were known only to him
self. L. T. II.
NEW YoRV. Au4, Il,
The sun., 1904-08-15

More cider Is produced in the United
States In single year than In all the rest
OF the world In fve years. But although
American cider takes everywhere q high
rank as q wholesome and pleasant bev-
erage. 1t is nowhere accepted as ma
tional drink, though in southeastern Eng
land and northwestern France cider Is the
staple beverage, and has been such for
many years In England last year cider
became what Is known as the "smart drink,
and there arose in consequence some con-
troversy as to the merits Of this refreshing
and healthy beverage. some persons e1.
tolling It In the form Of cider cup and others
as cider diluted with soda water, but with
out ice, said to cloak Its zest and destroy
the SNAP Of the apples. beverage that
improves the complexion and brightens
the eyes Is certain to be favorite, and
cider is said to do both things. 1t Is not
fattening and 1t suits rheumatic persons
better than wine. beer or punch.
The sun., 1904-08-15

1sT's report the department made a
complete investigation of the city's
81, 900 tenements. The initial eIamina-
tion was necessarily slow on account Of
the great amount Of time that had to
be given to the inspection Of work or
dered in neglected houses. Some idea
Of the extent OF this wSlk may be OBJ
tanned from the fact that, in pursuance
OF orders issued by the department,
2l,5s4 repairs were made to plumbing,
1887 waterclosets were cleaned, 29,o9o
walls and ceilings were put in proper
condition and As houses were vacated as
unfit for habitation.
The law demands that tenements in
which rents Of apartments average less
than s25 month shall be inspected
monthly. Tho force at the disposal Of
the department has at no time been
large enough to admit Of literal COM
pliance with this provision, but, accord
ing to Mr. DE FORESTS report, It should
be possible after the first general clean
up to repeat the periodic inspections
every three months.
Citizens complaints are investigated
by special inspectors. Tho substance
Of the complaint is typewritten on an
assignment card, which gives tho in
spector no clue as to the identity Of
the sender. In tho Board Of Health
the original complaint was handed
to the inspector. Under the present
system the complainant, If a tenant,
is in no danger Of having his name dis
closed to the landlord. Active coopera-
tion on the part Of tenants is thereby
encouraged, and between January /,
1902, and July 1, 1908, nearly $4,000 citi-
zens' complaints were received, Of which
only II per cent. were found to be with
out foundation.
From the Department Of Health re-
ports are obtained every morning Of
the cases OF contagious diseases closed
on the preceding day, cases being closed
when the contagion is ended and the
premises have been disinfected. The
connection, for example, between de-
fective plumbing and such diseases as
diphtheria, scarlet fever and typhoid
fever is obvious and special tests are
made for sewer gas and other insidious
sources Of contagion in houses that have
had diseases Of this kind.
Finally, the Tenement House De-
partment's method Of fling all in
spections in an ingenious but simple
card catalogue enables it to keep CON-
slant lookout for houses with high
record OF legal violations or contagious
diseases.
Thus organized. the sanitary inspeo-
tion service is model Of It's kind. It
HAS banished forever the danger Of Cpl
demic diseases and checked the cease
less waste Of life resulting from filth
contaminated dwellings. The city has
been made clean in the obscure recesses
of its buildings. as we'll as in the public
thorouehfares, and the fact is announced
in fall Of the death rate from 20 per I, 900
Of the population in 1901 to 1918 in 1908.
The sun., 1904-08-15
Spirit Levels IL Prohibition state.
Hyorn fhs IndfdnaDolts Netns

J. r. caIlen has received . peculiar device from
the Prohibition State of South Dakota that may
afford somo comfort 70 those Of Indiana that feel
their nights are endangered by Charles z. Newlln's
threat 10 carry this State for the Prohibionists.
1t Is q spirit level. ruler. calendar and pencil
holder combined, and In the State Of South Dakota
sells two for quarter Al the best regulated hard
ware stores.
"whers there wss one hardware store IN ons
town. there arc now three and all are doing big
business IN spirit levels. says Callen.
Tho most interesting thing about the device
IL the spirit level. with emphasis on spirit" In
the centre OF . square pieoe of wood about eight
inches long Is hole running iengthwtse into which
nts very neatly . glass tuba tightly corked. con.
tanning two ounces Of spirits. Another hole run
ming lengthwise y Just big enough 70 hold lead
pencil. In the middle OF the piece OF wood
two holes running at right angles 10 tho aperture
extraordinary containing the tube. Ono can look
into these smaller holes and see the spirits In tbs
slass tube The tube Is not quite filled and the air
space u visible, while tho owner Of the device /,
looking in to see u he Is standing straight Salts
ned on this score he may, II he chooses, extract
the tube from the frame. uncorf it-and proceed
10 the work Of putting down liquor according to
tho mAnner In vofue In non Prohibition States.
Thereupou the possessor has no more use for tho
spirit level. nor tho lead pencil. nor the calendar
nor tbs ruler.
Prom which II appears that spirits may bs used
IN tho arts and sciences IN Prohibition States. And
necessity - the mother Of invention.
The sun., 1904-08-15
vests Wit Won the Jury.
From the 81, Louis Globe Democrat.

From the 81. Louis GIobt Democrat.
Among the "reminiscences OF the late Senator
Vest Ia by Hunter Ben jenkins. The steam boat
man. concerning the trial OF murder case AZ Lex
ineton, No. which occurred before the war. A
man named Smith. living at lndepc ndence. No,
had given himself UP 10 the authorities for killing
a man named Foster at Kansas City. Smith was
friend OF the late Senator. and the latter, being
cognizant nf the conditions under which the murder
occurred. offered 10 defend him
The prosecution was conducted BY Messrs Com
ings and Sawyer, assisted by Col. Aaron Connor,
who was afterward In the Confederate Congress
In the case Mr.. Vest discredited the statements of
one OF the witnesses. The witness was an unkenp,,
poorly dressed individual who wore a long. M Mt
ting Jacket. Col. Connor In his speech tried to
make II appear 70 the jury that Mr.. Vest attacked
the witness on account Of his Ill ilntting clothes
Mr.. Vest denied this assertion In closing his elo-
quent speech and said: III that man 3 oountenance
ht him a. well a. his Jacket he would be a good
looking man" The jury returned verdict acquit-
sing Smith In ffteen minutes After retirins
The sun., 1904-08-15
Clean Tenements.

Prior to the creation of the Tenement
House Department. in 1902, the duty of
enforcing the laws with regard to clean
illness in tenement houses rested with
the Department Of Health. Owing to
insufficient appropriations, however. no
attempt was made to carry on a syste-
matic house to house inspection. The
health authorities confined their atten-
tion to investigating citizens complaints
and keeping under surveillance houses
in which recent cases Of ntagious dis
ease had occurred.
In consequence of imperfect sanitary
supervision, large proportion of the
city's tenement dwellings had fallen into
a condition of neglect which was recog-
nized as directly responsible for great
waste Of life among the occupants, par
ticularly in the form Of infant mortality.
Besides, for more than a generation
the crowded. filth polluted tenement
districts have been regarded as q source
Of danger to the community at large be-
cause Of the opportunities they pre-
sented for the lodgment and spread OF
epidemic diseases.
None OF the functions intrusted to
the new Tenement House Department
was, therefore, of greater public i'm
portanoe than that OF maintaining an
effective sanitary inspection service.
This work is now conducted along three
different lines. All tenements are in
spected at regular and frequent inter-
walls, citizens complaints are investi-
gated and houses in which contagious
diseases have occurred are thoroughly
overhauled.
During the eighteen months covered
by Commissioner RoBRRr w. DB FoB-