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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
SHEET TABOvEDANGERL LINE
Watch is Kept Night and
 Day.
Active Measures Taken at Memphis f.. Guard Against the Approach
 of the Water-Some of
 Streets Over1iowed.

Memphis, April S-The Mississippi riv- CT at this point now registers SIS feet, a rise Of AS feet in the past three days. This stage is AS feet above the danger line, and prospects now point to 3S feet, or possibly higher water by Sunday.
 The strain upon the levees continues to increase with the increasing height of the flood against which an unceasing watch must be maintained night and day.
 Captain Lucas and Chief Engineer Pharr express firm conviction that the levees with careful watching will stand the ordeal. Active measures, however, are being taken to guard against every approach of the water.
 number of streets in North Memphis have been overflfowed with backwater from Bayou Gayoso, delaying traffic to some extent, but no damage has occurred Railroads have experienced no interrup. tion whatever, and it will take 4o-foot stage f water to give them any serious trouble.
 Notices have been given to steamboat captains passing the exposed levee in the vicinity of LuXora, Ark, to reduce speed or keep on the opposite side of the river in order to prevent damage to the levce from wave wash. The water at this point is high upon the levee and is causing con siderable alarm to the inhabitants of that vicinity.
 The levees at Golden Lake and Bradley 8 Landing, Ark, are under a very severe strain. and forces are at work topping and strengthening them. The water on the Arkansas side, opposite this city, cov- CTS the lowlands to a distance of from l5 to 20 miles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
HEPBuRN-DoLL1vER BILL.
Clayton of Alabama Files a Favora. hla Report. ts

q
 Washington. April S.--A report favoring the passage of the Hepburn and Dollivef bill. granting the States police power over original packages of liquor shipped within their borders as interstate com merce. was filed in the House today by MT. Clayton of Alabama. The report says:
 There has arisen considerable Fnisap- rrehension as to the meaning and pur- pose of the proposed legisiafion. II has been said by some to be & prohibition measure and by others to be an attempt to deprive the individual citizens of the right to have beer, wine and other liquors shipped to him from another State for his own use and enjoyment.s Neither of these assertions is true as i've thinll has been demonstrated
 This bill is not intended 10 prohibit the sale and use of beer. wine tor other intoxicating liquors which have been un- iformly held by. the United States to be legitimate articles of. conrsn nor is the measure designed to a0riHAe tlae light .. citizensof one State to inkpoTt from another State such beverages as he may desire for his own use as beforesaid. The purpose of this prohibition law and It's sole purpose Is to allow each State to carry out its own domestic or internal policy in regard to the control of intox- icating beverages within the boundaries O. the State. The sole effect will be to permit the State if 1t so wills, to cir cumscribe the safe of intoxicating bev- erages within its boundaries to the full extent that 1t may desire to restrain such traffic or to regulate the sale of the same through the medium of its own laws including local option laws. high license laws or dlspensary laws"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
THE STATEHOOD BILL.
The Majority and Minority Views are Filed.

at Filed. z Washington, April s-Majority and minority views on the Statehood bill, re- gently reported from the House Commit tee on Territories were filed today by Representatives Hamilton of Michigan and Moon of Tennessee, respectfully.
 Mir. Hamilton reviews the provisions of the bill at length and urges the necessity and justice of admitting the four terri tories as two States. The minority views are signed by Representative Moon, Lloyd. Robinson of Indiana and Thayer. After lengthy discussion of the bill the minority concludes with this express sion:
 Should the Republican party pass this bill, wicked as 1t is. in the denial of equal rights. in representation and par tisan in all of its material details. 1t will but afford another indecent example of the suppression of tke individual, ter ritorial and national rights to subserve partisan ends. Even more than that, It is surrender of the power that sover- eign States would exercise in the Union if the constitutional methods were fol- lowed in the admission of States. It minimizes the influence of the West and Southwest in the citadel of federal power --the United States Senate.
 I've are of the opinion that if ulti- mately will be better for the Union that the territories opposed to consolidation shall be denied Statehood under the theory of this bill indefinitely than that conditions which will be forced by an unnatural union should exist.'
 The Republican members of the House are to meet in caucus on the Statehood bill early next week to agree respect ing consideration of the bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
THE REoRGANIzED CHURCH.
Latter Day Saints Will Meet Next at
 Lameni, Ia.

Kirtland. Ohio, April S.--It was decid- cd at to-day's general conference of the reorganized church of Latter Day Saints that the next meeting should be held at Lamont, Iowa, in 1905.
 Charles Fry was elected for three years on the board of auditors and c. | Carpenter, who was assistant general recorder, was elected to the office of general church librarian.
 The greater part of to-dAy's session was given over to the discussion of the report of the Missouri district, relative to the relations the reorganized church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Sainte shall bear to the Mormon Church. The Missouri district reported resolutions that were regarded as too radical and they were not auopted: instead a com mittee of three was appointed to revise the report. that committee to report tc the conference tomorrow. In effect the Missouri district report recommended that Congress be petitioned to legislats against the Utah Mormons. and that they be disfranchised for violating the State and national laws.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
rn raunr nf the L- & N.

Washington, April S.--The Interstate Commerce Commission today announced it's decision In favor of the railroad in the case of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The Commission holds that the railroad in carrying out all exclusive contract with the Bourbon Stock Yards Company is not violating the interstate commerce law and that the law does not authorize the Commis- sIor to make an order aftirmatively re- quiring a carrier to ship carloads of in- terstate freight to a connecting carrier. The Commission says 1t is not unlawful discrimination between commodities for the defendant to deliver carloads of dead fl eight to the Southern Railroad for con- signees in Louisville and to refuse to deliver live stock to the Southern Rail- road at Louisville when consigned to the Ctntral Stock Yards. The Commission points out that its jurisdiction does not extend to enforcing provisions in the Con stitutlon of the State of Kentucky
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
CABINET IS COMMENDED.
English Press Approves New Treaty
 With France.

Wltn Gx0nCcs
 London, April g.-The Government has long been stranger to- such chorus of universal approval and congratula. morning in all the London newspapers be. cause of the happy conclusion of the An. glo-French negotiations for a colonial treaty.
 This approval is none the less whole. hearted because 1t Is recognized that France has obtained substantial conces- sions while surrendering little of real value King Edward Is again hailed as a successful diplomatist, and the greater portion of the thanks is accorded his ma. Jesty for having Initiated the approach ment and to President Loubet for having received the overtures in correspond ing spirit.
 Lord Lansdowne, the British Foreign Secretary. and M. Delcasse. the French Foreign Minister are equally compliment ed for their notable services to the cause of peace between the two countries
 An exception, however. is found in The Morning Post, which expresses amaze- ment at the moderation of the British Government and deplores the lack of dip- lomatic skill which Premier Balfour and Lord Lansdowne have displayed, adding
 Never in, our recollection has Great Britain given away so much for noth- ing"
 The Morning Post contends that much better terms might have been obtained in exchange for what is virtual recogni- ton of the French right to protectorate over Morocco, and complains that the New Foundland settlement also unduly favors France. sf
 Much satisfaction is expressed over the liberality of the funds of the Egyptian debt which can now. be expended on rail- roads and other public work needed for the development of Egypt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
Observers Not Wanted.

Chicago, April S-Secretary of War William H. T..ft arrived in Chicago to- night from Cincinnati. He will remain over tomorrow when he is to speak at the Appomattox day banquet given un- der the auspices of me Hamilton Club.
 Early in the campaign now in pro- gress in the Far East" said Secretary Taft tonight, 'I sent Brigadier Gener- al Allen, chief of the Philippine con Gtabulary force to Manchuria, hoping to have him observe the operations of the Japanese as a military attache They informed him that he was not wanted. He returned as far as Seoul and cabled to me. I ordered him to return to Ma nila. He got closer to the field of oper- ations than any one else from this gev- ernment.
 'The four officers sent to Russia have been stalled ever since at St. Peters burg, and the four sent as attaches of the Japanese army are now gracing the clubs of Tokio. That is probably as near as they will get to the seat of war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
THE VIEW OF MELDEN.
Says Southerners Should not Be Left
 With Negro Problem.

New York. April s.-In the New Yors conference of the Methodist Episcopa Church, the session being held under the auspices of the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society. the Rev, Dr. c. M. Melden of Providence, R. l.. formerly President of Clark University Atlanta, Ga., discussing the negro prob lem. said in part:
 Unfortunately there are many peopla in the North who think that the business of solving the negro problem ought to bo left to Southerners. Do you know wha, that means? It means that if such work was left to Southerners like Senators Till man and Money and Governor vardaman. the colored man would be reduced to vir- tual peonage. They threaten a massacre rather than allow the negro his rights under the constitution Senator Money is a man of the same stripe as Tillman. but not such loud talker. But the men have mentioned represent a loud-mouthed and large class in the South.
 ITO me 1t seems to be a national ques- tion. It is impossible for America to take high place among the nations while millions and millions of the colored people are sunk in darkness. and. like fester- ing mass. are breeding disease that Is like moral malaria. Because of this menace to the country the subject Is a national one"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
MANY HURT BY WRECK.
Train on Missouri, Kansas and Texas
 Railroad Jumps Track.

Railroad Jumps Track. Kansas City. April 8.-Missouri, Kansas
 and Texas Flyer No. 5, which left St. Louis last night for the South, was
 wrecked four miles south of Fort Scott. Kas., at 4;3O this morning by the rails spreading. The engine left the track first and following it the baggage car and the mail and express cars piled up. The smoker and chair cars were also over turned and badly damaged. Many per- sons were injured but no one was killed.
 As soon as the first excitement had sub
 sided, those of the passengers and crew
 uninjured set quickly to work to aid the unfortunAtes, who were laid beside the track until physicians arrived from Fort Scott Two physicians left Fort Scott for the scene on a hand car and following them closely a wrecking train borrowed from the Frisco Railroad started for the
 wreck. The injured were taken to Fort Scott
 Sixteen passengers arc reported to have 1 been injured by the derailment of the train. none fatally, however.
 The injured are: Rev. N. W. Parma
 lee, Fort Scott; G. G. Raikter. St. Louis
 news agent; Michael Malloy. Syracuse. N. Y: George Bpmwault, Watseka. III. A. F. Bush. Chicago; Mrs. R. c. Calla- han, San. Antonio, Tex; J. Streeter, Ce- dar Falls, la; E. s. Dawson, Durant, I. IT.; w. c. Carson, St. Louis; c. T. Mount, Kansas City: J. D. Thompson.
 Cedar Falls, Ia Thomas NJ. Sparks. Gin
 cinnati: Mrs. W. w. Sparks, Cincinnati:
 Mary Fosdick, Carthage, Mo; G. w. Hoyt, Watseka, III.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
GOT AWAY WITH $25, ,ooo
George Dewhurst is Accused of Em-
 bezzlement.

Lawrence, Mass. April S.-George Dew hurst, formerly clerk of the Arlington Cooperative Association, was arrested today on a warrant charging the larceny of $25,00O from the Assocla atlon. He fur nished s15,Oc0 bail for his appearance in court tomorrow.
 The Arlington Cooperative Association is a local profit sharing body composed of several hundred mill operatives It conducts one large grocery store, five branch establishments, several small clothing stores. a coal packet and wood yard. The Association was formed twelve years ago and tor several years paid con- siderable dividends.
 Dissatisfaction with the management resulted recently in the resignation of Clerk Dewhurst and other officers An investigation of the Associations's af- fairs was then instituted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
DEFIED ARREST.
Students of Kentucky Atate College
 Back Up Fellow Pupil,

Lexington, Ky. April S.-Coley Hay den. 19 years old. was shot at State Col lege baseball park to-day by Leo Ander- son, a State College student. who was acting as guard at the park. The bull let entered Hayden's left shoulder and inflicted a serious wound
 Police Captain Brown went to the park to arrest Anderson. As soon as An derson learned his mission, he pulled his revolver and declared that he would not submit to arrest. A crowd of 200 State College students backed him up in his refusal. Captain Brown rushed in be- fore Anderson could shoot and disarm- ed him. He was placed under arrest and the students made no further attempt to capture him from the police. He was later released on bond.
 Central University and State College were engaged in a game of base ball. and Hayden was looking on through a crack in the fence. Anderson ordered him away, when 1t Is said, Hayden cHrsed him. Anderson thereupon shot hNn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
necides Aaainst Farr

Washington. April S-Chief Justice Claybaugh of the District Supreme Court to-day dismissed the petition of William Farr of Nashville, Tenn, who sought to obtain release from custody through ha- beas corpus proceedings. He said he was head of a college at Nashville which conferred degrees. 1t is alleged. at the rate of S16 each. He was indicted in the Eastern Judicial District of Tennessee for violation of the postal laws, and af- ter his arrest here last December, was held under bond pending removal to Tennessee. His counsel will appeal from the courts action to-day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
The Beloved of Tim Younger.

St. Paul, Minn.. April s.-Miss Alix J. Muller, a newspaper writer and author, for love of whom James Younger, a bandit. committed suicide is dead in Oklahoma of consumption. She was 29 years of age. At the time of the suicide of James Younger, 1t was said that one of the causes leading to the act was his inability to marry Miss Muller. She at one time edited a weekly paper in Los Angeles and was later on the staff of a Salt Lake City newspaper. She was the author of several books.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
CONFESSED UNDER DUREss
Henry Morgan Says He Told Story
 With Rope Around Neck.

Preston, Ga, April S.--The trial of Henry Morgan upon the charge of incen- diarism was concluded today but the jury has not returned a verdict, Morgan in- atroduced no testimony and in his state ment to the jury declared that the al- legged confessions made at the time of the burning with which he is charged were ms1e under duress and with a rope around his neck.
 Witnesses for the State deny Morgan's statement as to the threats used to se- cure the confession. The trial of Sidney Harrell. similarly indicted with Morgan may be entered upon tomorrow.
 A few weeks ago the business section of the town was wiped out by fire. Nor gan and Harrell were arrested charged with having started the flames in re- venge for some wrong, real or fancied. done Morgan by one of the merchants. The company of seventy was sent here from Americus to take the prisoners to that city for safe-keeping as it was re- ported that threats had been made to lynch them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
Sailed for New York.

Pensacola. Fla, April S.-The battle ship Massachusetts of the North Atlan- tic fleet sailed to-day for New York, where she will take on board the cadets of the Annapolis naval college for their annual cruise. The vessel has been en- gagged in record target practice for the past ten days. and the scores while not made public are understood to be very satisfactory though not as high as either the Kearsarge or Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
Russia Has Money.

St. Petersburg, April 9.-Regarding the Czar's declination to accept village con- tributions toward the war, The Novosti says that authoritative communication is thus given the fact that Russia has suff1- cIent financial strength to carry on an expensive war which threatens to last for 8 long time. The paper adds that this is another evidence of the faith which the Czar has in the patriotism of his sub jects and that it is a proof of his wish for their welfare.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
British Steamer Stranded

Norfolk. Va. April S-The British steamer Rosewood. bound from Gulfport Miss. to Europe, via Lambert's Point, stranded on the coast between Cape Henry and Virginia Beach during a dense fog to-day. Norfolk wrecking tugs sue ceeded in partially pulling her of to- night The Rosewood. commanded by Captain BicGregor. is carrying a valuable cargo of Southern timber for European manufacturers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
IN PURSUIT OF eAMMoNs.
Believed That Double Murder Will be
 Apprehe ended.

Memphis. Tenn. April S-A special to The Commercial-Appeai from Water Val- lev. Miss. says:
 Edward Gammons, who is wanted for the killing of Miss Fannie Kimsey and J. I. Kimsey. her father. near this place yesterday. Is being pursued by three posses of armed men.
 Gammons has been traced to a point near Delay in Lafayette county. and re- ports tonight indicate that his capture is imminent. It Is not believed that Gam mons will be lynched. although public sentiment is much aroused over the dou- ble tragedy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09

aged Indian, who lived on the Couer D'Alene reservation. seven miles from Tekoa, has been brutally murdered by his squaw. The story says the squaw decapitated the body and was burning the remains when discovered by other Indians. The squaw was allowed to go to her home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
Strike Made General.

Latrobe, Pa. April S.-Headed by a brass band, striking miners of the Loyal Hanna Coal and Coke Companr march, ed to the various plants about Latrobe today and succeeded in making general the strike begun on Monday. It is esti- mated that S50O men are out tonight and operations at most of the plants have been stopped pending settlement of differences.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
Hirh Winds in Territories.

Guthrie, Okla, April S-At Guthrie and In Oklahoma in general high winds and sand storms prevailed during the day. accompanied by cold wave. un- usual for this time of year. In Indian Territory storms are general. accompa- nied in places by rain. At Featherstone on the Fort Smith and Western RaIl- road Frank Ponder. section foreman. was killed by lightning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
Will Act on defensive.

St. Petersburg, April S.-The Vostoo- vinick's Harbin correspondent says every thing shows that on account of the un- preparedness it has been decided to op- crate on the defensive. It is believed the Japanese will never pass Mukden. Fam flies south of Mukden have been ordered north He adds that the regular railroad guard has been supplemented by volun- teers armed by the government and drill- ed by instructors. Troop trains travel thirty miles an hour.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
Mutilated Body Round

Colchester. Conn. April S.-The body of a man with both arms cut off at the shoulders and otherwise horribly mutt lated, was found this afternoon in a bag in an unfinished cellar on the farm of John Marks of this place. The body was identified as that of former helper on Marks's farm. Marks, who Is 65 years of age, has disappeared.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
CREDITORS OF sULLY.
Decide to Continue Committee
 Power.

New York April S-The creditors of Daniel J Sully & Company held meet ing to-day at which Sully's friends, beaten in an attempt to force an imme- diate settlement. retired from the meet ing. Those remaining adopted a reso- lution continuing the creditors commit tee in power and instructed it to con tinue its work of inqulrIng into Sully'e affairs.
 It was said after the meeting that sul- ly's proposal to pay forty cents on the dollar and give notes for three years had been rejected by a large export house.
 The Corn Exchange Bank has turned over to the receivers the 1.730 bales of cotton held as surplus collateral. and this the receivers will sell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
Scheme of the Japs.

London. April 9.-A correspondent Of The Times at Wei Hai Wei, cabling un- der yesterdays date says: 'The result of a weeks cruise leads me to believe that the Japanese fleet is engaged in covering arrangements for a new landing of troops recently mobilized. A close blockade of Port Arthur is not maintain ed, presumably because of information regarding the State of the channel. Ger tainly up to the present no Japanese transports have entered the gulf of Pechi Ii"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
22 Deaths from Plague.

Lima. April S.-The Peruvian consul at Antofagasta. Chile. cabled to-day that there had been twenty-two deaths from bubonic plague there. and that there are now 51 persons suffering from the plague. The consul adds that steamers from the North and South do not touch that port.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
Russia Wants More Ships.

Paris. April S.-A St Petersburg cor respondent of The Echo de Paris says that a French agent is negotiating for the sale of Argentine warships to Russia which is determined to make a superior ity over the Japanese fleet by the end of July
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
LAPS HAD BEEN SIGHTED
Argentina May Sell Ships to
 the Car.
St. Petersburg Government Deter mined to be Superior to their op- ponents on the Ocean by
 End of July.

Paris. April 9.-The St. Petersburg cor respondent of The Echo de Paris says that Admiral Makaroff went out from Pert Arthur this morning, Japanese squadron having been sighted in tho offing. It is rumored the correspondent says. that sea fight took place but nothing concerning it is officially known.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09
ouarreled Over Poker Game.

Wheeling. w Va. April s.-At Proctor, w. Va, D. Benton Huff and Charles Black quarreled over a seat in a poker game and Black struck Huff several times on the head with his fist Huf fell to the floor unconscious and died sev- eral hours later An autopsy showed a rupture of a blood vessel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-09

successor to Judge Hiram Knowles, who rece;stly rendered his resignation as Judge of the United States District Court here Judge Enowless resignation Is to take effect April 1j. He resigned because he had reached the age limit.