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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
MINERS CONVENTION
REPORT OF SCALE COMMITTEE
 IS CONSIDERED.
Charge Made That Locals Have Been Accustomed to Make False Re- ports to National Bsdy as
 to Membership.

IndsanMpollasz Ind. Ham aE -The Natian- hl convention of the United Mine Work CTS before adjournment to-day went into executive session to consider the report of the scale committee. which was ar- nounced by Chairman Reynolds as ready.
 During the consideration of proposed minor amendments to the constitution to-day the charge was made on the floor that some locals had been instructing their secretaries to make false reports to the national organization concerning the number of members in good stand ing President Mitchell took the floor and pleaded for the honesty of these of- ficers, denying to any local authority the right to instruct its officers to make a false report concerning the number of members in good standing.
 The convention decided that any officer that should make a false report should be deposed and should not be permitted to hold office again.
 Probably the most important feature of the consideration of the constitution committees report was the decided ac- tion taken by the convention against adopting the stamp system for the col lection of their per capita taxes and dues. By an amendment the initiation fee of the organization is fixed at $1O for practical miners. For others the fee is left to the discretion of the district In case any member wishes to attend school for the purpose of obtaining an educa- ton leave of absence will hereafter be granted by the local union and on re- turning to the mine he will be received in full membership without initiation fee There was considerable discussion dur ing the morning also as to proposed leg islation on transfer cards. New members will have to work three months in one district before transfer by card to an- other district will be permitted.
 But few changes were made in the constitution. An amendment providing for the election of national officers by direct vote of the delegates to the Ma tional convention was defeated. A reso- lution was offered to introduce the Aus tralian ballot system and another was introduced providing for the increase of salaries of the national officers as fol- lows:
 President, John Mitchell, 5000; vice president, Lewis. 5000: secretary-treasu- Ter, Wilson. 5000. Both were defeated.
 A resolution introduced by the colored delegates petitioning the national execu- tive board to use their influence against any further legislation tending to dis franchise the negro, resulted in a heated discussion. substitute providing that the organization go on record against disfranchisement because of race, color or previous servitude, was adopted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
THREE PASSENGERS KILLED.
Denver Express Runs Into Local on
 the Rurlinrton.

St. Louis, Jan. 25.-The Denver express on the main line of the Burlington road due here at 6:S5 D. m. was run into from the rear by local passenger train while taking water at Garden Creek, about four miles north of here tonight and three passengers were killed. four seriously and seven badly hurt
 The wreck occurred on a bridge over Garden Creek. The bridge and two cars of the local train and the local engine were burned.
 At 12:SO o'clock a train was expected in over the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road bearing the dead and injured and two 0mbulances were ordered to the union station in readiness. But apparently the train was snowbound for at 1 o'clock it had not arrived and no definite informa- tion of names of the dead and injured could be secured until the train came in.
 A long distance telephone message from St. Charles at midnight was to the effect that the rear sleeper of the Denver ex- press stood on the bridge when the cOl- lision occurred. The sleeper was badly smashed but not demolished. The loco motive of the local train was crushed and set fire to the bridge and the structure and two cars of the local train were burned
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26

the engineers employed by the Allegheny Coal Company. tried to get into the mine by way of the stairs through the air shaft. They managed to grope their way some distances but were finally driven back by the foul air.
 The main shaft into the mine, 22o feet deep, was made. useless by the explosion was within thirty feet of the bottom of the shaft, through the tipple, thirty feet above the suffnce. Shortly after clock a temporary rigging had been put in place over the moktfh of the main shaft and a small bucket capable of carrying three men. fastened to the tackle.
 i The first to try with the new rig was Selwyn Taylor. the mining engineer who had been summoned from Pittsburg. and an assistant. !. M. Rayburn. A crowd of anxious rne1 and women were gathered at cred into tine black shaft on the work of rescue.
 Game Up Alive.
 There was silence of fully forty min utes and then came the summons to haul up slowly. When the cage reached the top Rayburn whs there and with him was Adoiph Gui11a still alive, but gasping for breath and evidently seriously in- jured. Again the cage went down into the darkness and this time it carried with 1t E. Taylor, an assistant of Selwyn Taylor, and also Robert North and J. McCann, who had made the first attempt. There was @ call for volunteers to aid in the work of rescue.
 The little village of Hardwick that sur- rounds the mining workings has been horror stricken all day. The wives and relatives of the eEtombed men have crowded abouf the entrance to the pit, crying for news of loved ones, below but only to meet with the same sad answer: We do not know yet; if We find him we will send him hos1ie.'
 The little school house was prepared as a hospital and morgue. The benches were removed and eight girls from the highest class at the school impressed as nurses.
 Doctors have been summoned from sur rounding towns of Springdale and Denny and also from pittsburg.
 Mir. Sheets. tho manager of the mine, said tonight:
 There are at least 150 men in the mine; there are several men on the pay roll who did not report this moraing."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
RESERVES IN READINESS,
Significant Movement Made by
 Russia

London. Jan. 26.-The St. Petersburg correspondent of The Daily Mail says that the first reserves resident there have been warned to hold themselves in read mess for service. This is possibly with the object of preparing the public for eventualities. the correspondent says and for obtaining the support of public Opin- ieR which the war party hitherto has lacked Nothing approachinn a war fer* err however. Is yet discernibles
 The Chee Foo correspondent of The Daily Mail says that vicercy Aiexief1's illness is graver than has been supposed and that his absence has caused a vast accumulation of matters with which his subordinates are unable to cope. Mflf- tary preparations, the correspondent adds are only half completed.
 Cabling from Tien Tsin a correspond- ent of The Standard says that 2,0OO Chi- nese, who had been enlisted by the Russ sians, deserted on being ordered to Port Arthur.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
Indictments Charge Boodline,

Kansas City, Jan. 25.-Ten indictments were returned tonight by the special Grand Jury which was called in Wyan- dotte county, Wis. to investigate charges of boodling against members of the school board and other public officials for violations of the anti-gambling and liquor laws and other alleged infraetions of the law in Kansas City, Kansas. The names of the indicted are withheld.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
Root and Tiff.

Secretary Root is packing his green bag to quit office in Washington and Governor Taft is speeding hither from the Philin- pines to take command of the War De pertinent. By the end of the week Taft will be here and well ready to assume the duties of his high position.
 Mir. Root has been eager to get away to begin absorbing the delights of a lucra- tive law practice, and by special au thoritative importantly Taft's transporta- ton to Washington from the other side of the world has been expedited as swiftly as possible.
 Root has been much much esteemed AS the ablest man in the cabinet; also as undoubtedly to be trusted as the stoutest and wiriest foil for the errors of the ad ministratiOn. In Republican minds he is for that very reason a great and safe statesman. For this and other reasons based upon the records Root is in Demo- cratic minds the most interruptions Sec retary of War the country ever had,
 Governor Taft. himself regarded as a man of signal and versatile ability, will in the general estimation go far to Ieaven the cabinet lump which. otherwise, would be a weak aggregation of ministerial per Sonages.
 40 1t was that at Honolulu Governor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
4s Degrees Below Zero.

Milwaukee. Jan. 25.-The present cold wave in this vicinity seems to have spent its force, there being rise in tempera- ture this morning of 31 degrees, the thermometer at g o'clock tonight point ing to above zero.
 New Richmond, Wis. reports all cold weather records in that region broken to- day by temperature of 46 to 4S below zero. Low temperatures from other points are reported as follows: Mondovi, 35 to 40 below; Portage, 35 below; Rhine- lander. 33; Plymouth, S2; Plainfield, 2S, and Waukesha 25 below.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
THE JAeERs ON TRIAL.
Promoters of Mines Said to Have
 Defraudad.

Chicago, Jan. 26.-Hearlng of the cases of Frank and John lager, officers of the Model Gold Mining Company and for merly connected with the Jager oil Com pany. who are charged by government of- fcers with misrepresenting their proper ties in advertising matter sent through the mails took place before United States Commissioner Foote to-day. Up- wards of $5OO,0OO is involved in the case.
 J. J. Harding, former superintendent of the Jager on Company, and John
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
HOPE FOR PEACE.
Prospects for FavorabIs Issue of
 Pending Negoti cations.


 Pending Negotiations. London, Jan. 25.-A dispatch to Reutera Telegram Company from St. Petersburg says that while the Bourse there has been nervous owing to the uncertainty of the situation. the progress of the ne- gotiations inspire increasing confidence among those who are well informed and in some quarters there Is confident be- lief in favorable issue.
 The principal danger now, according to this dispatch, is said to be confined to the disorderly elements in Corea- The latest news received here represents a great majority of the coreans as sympathizing with Russia and hostile to Japan. Other dispatches say that the Japanese are embarking' ten thousand laborers at Tfen Tsin, fin order to hasten on a com pletion of the Seoul-Fansen railway. Some anxiety has been expressed in St. Peters burg regarding the military movements of China.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
At Worlds Fair Grounds.

St. Louis. Jan. 25.-The blizzard to-day caused general cessation of outdoor work at the worlds fair grounds for the first time since last winter. Contractors on the fair grounds are apprehensive that the sudden melting of the snow may in- terfere seriously with their building by making the ground unstable. R. H. Henry. Mississippis commissioner gen. eral, arrived in the city to-day to inspect his States buildings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
Must Show Cause.

Trenton. N. J.. Jan. 25.-Vice Chancel- Tor Stevenson granted an order to-day for cause to be shown in Jersey City, February 8, why receiver should not be appointed for the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelling Company. The ap- plication was based on a proceeding in- stituted in the Court of Chancery a few weeks ago to restrain the consolidation of the Old Dominion Company and the United Globe Mining Company at Globe. ri
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
Negro's Sentence Commutsd.

Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 25.-The sentence of William Smith. a negro murderer, who was to die next Monday at Clinton Tenn.' has been commuted to life imprisonment Smith killed hts bunk-mate, James Harr S. in a dispute over one cent. In his com mutation. Governor Fraser says: "IntoXi- cation is no ecuse for murder, but facts and circumstances should have some in- huence n
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
Peace and War Alike Dis
 cernible.
JAPAN TAKES RAILROADS
Ordinance Permitting Govern ment to Operate the Lines.
In St. Petersburg Feeling is One of Calm and Peaceable Settle ment of the Trouble is
 Hoped For.

London. Jan. 26.-The Tokio correspond- ent of The Daily Telegraph has sent In the following cablegram:
 ''The Official Gazette publishes an im- perial ordinance. empowering the Govern- ment to assume control of all private railways, etc.. for military purposes.
 The situation is very grave and de- velopments are hourly expected
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
Mexican PresbYterians.

Meico City. Jan. 25.-The Presbyterian missionaries in the republic are holding thelr annual session here. There Is large attendance of missionaries and teachers of the denomination. The se5- slons are held in the Presbyterian Girls Normal School,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
CLEVELAND IS cAUsT1c.

Says Bryan Has the Stage and May
 "Go It."
 Princeton. N. J., Jan. 25-Former Pres- ident Cleveland. who was asked tonight by the Associated Press correspondent for his opinion on William J. Bryan's state ment that no man who voted the Palm er-Buckner ticket can be nominated by the Democrats, smiled and said:
 have not a word to say on the mat ter except that Bryan has got the stage, let him go it. guess that's definite enough"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
|. G N. Rridea namarsd.

New Orleans, Jan. 3.-A schooner smashed into the Pearl river bridge over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, due ring blow and the structure was wreck ed. Repair crews with material were close by, q new bridge being under way not far off and traffic will bs resumed tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
WHEELER AND LEE.
Guests of the Confederates of New
 York.

X0fk.
 New York, Jan. 25.-The Confederate Veterans Camp of New York held it's fourteenth annual dinner tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria having for its principal guests General Fitzhugh Lee and General Joseph Wheeler. Mrs. Jefferson Davis sent regrets on account of i'll health.
 With two exceptions the flags which draped the room were the stars and stripes, the exceptions being the white satin banner of the camp and the last flag adopted by the Confectionery,
 The presiding officer was Commander Edward Owen. Among the guests were J. E. Graybill. president of the Georgia Society: Robert l.. Harrison, president of the Southern Society and General James McGill, former commander of the Vir- ginia Camp. The toascts were: Virginia? Her Washington-her Lee," responded to by General Fitzhugh Lee.
 "The United Daughters of the Confed- eracy," J. F. Graybill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
Gold in Memnhis-

Memphis. Tenn. Jan. 25.-The first severe snow and sleet storm of the winter is raging in this vicinity tonight.y A slow rain during the day was changed into a downpour and snow tonight. Tele- graphic communication is hampered to a considerable extent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-26
WAS PLUGGING CORPSE.
Young Woman Had Arm Around
 Dead Man.

Anoke, Minn.. Jan. 25.-A party of young people, among whom was Lewis Flicker. a young farmer, started on a sleigh ride to Blaine last night. The young woman accompanying Picker had her arm around him and after a long silence on the part of young Picker she discovered to her horror that he was dead. The coroner decided that death was due to heart failure.