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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
kurocnted or Crushed.

When a man falls from the top of a sAyscraper. or from the edge of a noun tain cliff one is apt to say by way of Copsoiation: "Ohy he was dead long be- fore he reached the bottom" The Idea Is that the rapidtty of the fall aspnyx- iates the victim. Dut this is very doubt ful. The speed gained in a fan of 1TO feet is not equal to the pace at which fast express travels through the air, and ye: one never hears of an engineer or fireman being suffocated. If another proof is wanted, look at the heights from wkich bridge jumpers, like Brodie. have dyed. such as, the Brooklyn Bridge; or at the two children thrown from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in England. who both survived that fall of 25c feet. In the Island of Oahu native is certi- fled by the missionaries to have fallen from a verified height of 900 feet. His fall was broken by palms. ferns and other tropical vegetation. and he escaped with only few wounds When asked what his sensations were he said he only felt daZzled
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
Life's Change. Much Suffering at This Critical Period Saved by Dr. Miles
 Nervine.

Change of Life" i5 one of woman's greatest and most dangerous troubles.
 Often 1t is not recognized. and the distressing symptoms are mistaken for Dyspepsia, Liver. Womb Trouble. etc.
 The depressing constitutional effects of Change of Life. and the female Dis orders so common at that period. are best treated with a general nerve re- storative which will give tone to the entire system-Dr. Miles Nervine.
 The beneficial effects of this celebrated medicine are very quickly felt, and the constitutional disturbances tided over. Pain and anxiety arc relieved. and fresh energy infused into mind and body.
 It is the medicine which acts on the nerves which regulate the organs of the body.
 Such distressing troubles as Backache, Headache. Bearing g-down Pains. Bloat- ing. Indigestion, Menstrual Irregular ities. Irritability, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite. Tired Feeling are relieved and Cured by Dr. Miles Nervine.
 My wife was a sufferer from an at- tack of nervous prostration, brought on by female weakness, and was in very poor health. After reading one of pr. Miles advertisements. she concluded to try pr. Miles Nervine. She oDtalneo good results from the start. and now after taking second bottle enjoys good health. Words cannot express our ap- preciation of what 1t has done for us. -- E. J. AUGUSTINE. New Orleans, La. EPTT Write us and we will mall 9 4SGa2 you a Free Trial Package of pr. Miles AntI-Paln Pills, the New, Scientific Remedy for Pain. Also Syfnp- tom Blank for our Specialist to diagnose your case and tell you what is wrong Address: DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO, LABORATORIES. ELKHART, SIND.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
EvACUATIoN COMPLETE.
Little Trace of the Russfans Left
 New Ch~aun

Little Trace of the Russfans Left In
 New Chwang.
 New Chwang, May 16.--In contirma- ton of recent Associated Press dis patches. the Russian evacuation of this city has been completed. Nothing re- mains but the destruction of the gum boat Sivouch. which, 1t is expected. will take place early in the morning. The Russian troops marched out in perfect order, General Kondratsvitch leaving with the last regiment. Tke Associated Press correspondent has re- ceived exclusive information from the highest Russian authority, that the Japanese advances will be resisted at Hai-Chong. whence the Russian forces will fall back upon Liao Yang, where they will make a determined stand. with fighting strength there availa- ble of 10000 men.
 If defeated no Stop will be made at Mukden. but the retirement will be continued to Thioling. a town at the head of navigation for native craft on the Liao river. 200 miles north of New Chwang. At the same time the Cos sack regiments will be employed in the rear of the Japanese army of the Yalu. harrassing the troops and interfering with its communications. It Is not be- lieved that the Japanese will move in to the interior until they have thor oughly established their base here, re- beating the movement which they made during the war with China.
 The Russians admit the advance of the Japanese army to the point within fifteen miles of Hai Cheng, many of their wounded entering there.
 The nearest fighting expected before the Japanese reach New Chwang will be at .Tashi Chao, but 1t will not amount to much. This city Is now guarded by 300 Chinese police and everything is quiet. The Japanese force at Kai Chau is rpeorted 10000 strong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
BOIL wEEvII,s seRrAD,
Ultimately May Double the Price


 Washington, May f7.--some sisnifi- ravaees @ % of the cotton boil weevii are made in a report written by w. ID. Hunter. who has charge of the ento- mological part of the boil weevii az ricultural departments investments investigation in which hall hundred experts are now engaged. MT: Hunter says that conservative authorities'agree appear ae fss the pest iiihi soon viii cause an in- crease in the price of cotton through out the world. By living within the fruit of the plant, the weevil Is well be applied; 1t takes only fourteen days for development from an egg to adult, and the progeny of single pair in a uals: it adapts itself to climatic con ditions and is remarkably free from parasites and disease, all these facts combining to make efforts at control
 The report estimates that the presence of weevil practically doubles the area of land required to produce a bale of cot ton. The insect caused the planters a less of about $l5.OO0,000 In 1903 Assuming S5G0. 000.0o0 as tho value of the normal cot says the probable ultimate damage when the pegt has become spread over the untire belt, would approximate $260. .000, ,000 annually, provided nothing were done to CLCCh HOWGNCfs duOpt~ Ing changes in methods that tend to min lmize the damage.
 The report predicts that the weevIl eventually will be distributed all over the cotton belt advancing into new terri tory at the rate of approximately 500 miles a decade and says 1t probably will be as destructive in a series of years as it has been in the past since 1894. The re- port suggests that the probability of its being carried to West Africa or else where abroad is not at all remote since in case the seed happens to be sacked Or even shipped in bulk there Is nothing to prevent the weevlls from being car- ried long distances on shipboard as they are able to adapt themselves successfully to climatic conditions. It is pointed out. however. that danger could be avoid eI by the fumigation or by leaving the seed sacked in store rooms isolated from new cotton for year previous to ship ment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
DIVIDENDS ON COMMON.
A StOckhoIder Seeks to Collect
 Law.

A StOckholdcr Seeks to Collect by
 Trenton, N. J., May 11--Argument was begun to-day before Vice Chancei- Tor Stevenson in the suit brought by Alfred F. Stevens to compel the Unit ed States Steel corporation to pay div idends on it's common stock. The case was before the court on a demurrer filed by the corporation.
 R. v. Lindabury, counsel for the United States Steel corporation, open ed the argument. He made the point first that the suit should have been brought against the directors and not against the corporation itself. His sec ond point was that it was fairly with in the discretion of the directors to de- termine whether the dividend should be paid or not. The allegation had been made in the bill of complaint that the company had received $66, 900 ,000 last year. that 1t had reduced the October. 1903. dividend on the common stock to 1-2 per cent. and had entirely drop ped the dividend since.
 MT. Lindabury based the power of discretion of the directors to skip divi- dends on the law of 1901, amending the general corporation act. The act requires directors to distribute in dlv- idends annually their accumulative profits.
 Mir. Stevens, representing himself, started to reply but had spoken oLly a few words when the case then went over,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
AVAILABLE CASH Low.
A Look at the Books of the United
 gtntea Treasurv

Look at the Books of the United
 States Treasury.
 New Orleans. La. May 17.-A special to The Times-Democrat from Wash
 With the payment to the Treasury on May 20 of f10,o00.000 under Secre- tary Shaw's third call on the deposi- maining 5000, ,ooo to % the Republie ID lf ref ef Panama, which will be made Whenever that republic is ready to receive the money. the transactions connected with the Panama Canal payments will be closed. So far as this government is
 The available cash balance, which stood at the first of the year at s22s.- S79. This decline of over $50, ,O0o, ,0Oo in the available funds of the Treasury IS made up of the s40.00o,ooo paid to eoe sash sresdy cpsa pad fomgany Io Psnss the soc. 900 advanced as a loan to the St. Louis Exposition and large number of defciency appropriations made by ing $1.e11.741 paid to the State Of Massachusetts on account of an old war claim. The remaining payment of Ss.0o0.ooo to be made to Panama and various deficiency payments still re- maining will probably carry the avail able cash balance down to $165, 900, 900 in June.
 The current calendar year opened on SoHac%J Whtu q cuEpiuS OI TeCeiDlS over expenditures for the preceding six months amounting to $s.6l6,06s This has been wiped out and replaced by a deficit of $40. .sS7. s7o. This will be increased by the remaining payment to Panama and other heavy payments in sight, including large increase in the pension expendi- lures as result of the executive order establishing service pension.
 The excess of receipts over ordinary expenditures in June, however, ought to enable the Treasury to close the fiscal year with net deficit of less than s4o.- 0oo0o0.
 Almost as marked as the decline in the available cash balance has been the re- auction in the amount of public moneys deposited in the national bank deposi- tories to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States. These amounted on January l to t15s, ,27s,Se7. As a result of tie first call of Secretary Shaw for 20 per cent and of his second call for an additional 10 per cent, the total amount of deposits has been reduced to $1l5S4S- S99. The Secretary's third call for 10 per cent. payable on May 25, will make a still further reduction and bring the total down to $105. 5.00o.000.
 The condition of the Traesury during the late summer and fall will have an important bearing upon the ability of the administration to afford relief in the event of a monetary stringency during the crop moving period.
 The Republican campaign managers will dread stringency in the midst of Presidential campaign and Secretary Shaw has made his plans accordingly. It Is not probable that he will be able to largely increase Government deposits in the national banks this year unless there should be an unexpected improvement in revenues. The Secretary is relying, therefore. upon increasing the available supply of currency in the fall by stimu- iating an increase in national bank cir- culation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18

count represented an order for the Liv- erpool firm to buy. It was ordered solf through Sully & Co.
 The witness did not recall any othei future dealings with Zerega & Co. He said the spot cotton transactions with zerega & Co previous to 1904 were or his personal account, except in cases such as that of Harris, Gates & Co. After January 1, 1904. the dealings were for F. W. Reynolds & Co. through Suily & Co. Sully & Co. in turn bough through George H. sMcFadden & Bro The McFadden firm took the Liverpoo cotton on consignment and advanced the money to Daniel Sully & Go. The cotton was sold when MT. Sully directed He did not recall getting a check foi $194,000 about the time he delivere, cotton to McFadden. and neither he noI any member of his firm notified Zeregs & Co. to sell the $194,oo0 account. Or the contrary, he said MT. Cutcheon, at torney for F. w. Reynolds & Co. noti. fled Zerega & Co, through the latter agents. McFadden Bros, not to sell 1t If it was done, 1t was against tho wishes of the F. W. Reynolds Company It belongs to Daniel J. Sully & Co. excepting the equity of F. W. Reynold, & Go.
 "McFadden told me on the mornins following my suspension that Zerega & Co had sold the futures" said tn. witness. He. showed me cablegran or copy of one. McFadden ordered the sale. It was of futures I had ope, with McFadden."
 MT. Suliy said that three weeks az, he had been succeeded by David H Thompson as President of the F. w. Reynolds & to. The company is capi. talized. he said. at s25o.o0o. all paid in He, the witness, holds $5.o00 and Mrs Sully $219.000 of the stock.
 Sully said F. W. Reynolds and Com pany were cotton merchants and be- ginning In August. 1903, acted as agents for Sully and Company.
 Mir. Sully said that Reynolds and Company operated independently of Sully and Company, though the latter firm. during January. February and part of March. operated largely for the Providence firm.
 When and where were the arrange ments made for Sully and Company to purchase for Reynolds and Company"
 ''In my own head" said Sully.
 Any written contract between the two frmsT
 No"
 You sold as an official of the one and bought as an official of the other?"
 ''Yes, and Daniel J. Sully loaned Sully and Company the money to do 1t with"
 What about interest and commits sions?"
 Interest was charged, or should have been. The rate of interest was not fixed so far as I remember. The went to Sully and Co."
 The examination was adjourned until May 26.
 The schedule of liabilities of Sully and Company, it was announced to- night, will be filed in court next Mon- day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
SULLY AGAIN SWORN
CONTINUES TO TELL OF HIS FIRMS
 DEALINGS.
Says He Does Not Recall Getting Any Cheek for s104,O0O for Cotton
 scld By Zerega and Com-

New York. May 1.-The hearing in the Daniel J. Sully & Co.,. bankruptcy proceedings was resumed today before Referee Coxe. instead of United Statei Commissioner Alexander. MT. Sully
 who at the last hearing before Commis' sioner Alexander, was on the stane nearly three hours. was again sworn. He said that the account with Zerege & Co. of Liverpool. which appears II
 the Sully & Co. books, was of transac- tions for Harris, Gates & Co.,, a GUS toner's account. It represented deal. ings in futures for Harris. Gates 6 Co. as customers. but the dealings were In the name of Sully & Go. The ac-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
WEB DAVIS MAKES COMPLAINT.
Alleges ~snapfcfon of BlacI<maflr by
 Ex-Boer warriors.

Autkt8 "HW8HHGHOM OA ah4<@n& " Ex-Boer Warriors.
 New York, May 17.-General Samuel Pearson of Scranton. Pa. who served under General Louis Botha, in the Boer. war, and Cornelius w. vanderhoodt. foreign correspondent of Baltimore and Washington, D. C.. were arrested in this city today on the complaint of Webster Davis, who was Assistant Sec retary of State under President McKin- ley and were held in s1.5oo bail each by Magistrate Cornell. charged with suspicion of biackmail"
 Mir. Davis claimed to have received letters from General Pearson and also a letter, unsigned. threatening his life unless ys0,000 were forthcoming. The two letters written by General Pearson were simply requests for an audience. The arrests were made in MT. Daviss apartments. where the two prisoners had come by appointment. the police having been previously notiaed.
 Mir Davis says that on their arrival he asked the men what they wished to see him about, and they told him they were seeking an accounting of certain money belonging to the Boer govern ment.
 After reading the threatening letter. Magistrate Cornell said that while he did not see what the defendants had to do with the case, he would hold them on short affidavit to give the police an opportunity to investigate. When seen In the Jefferson Market prison, Gen eral Pearson said:
 T understood that the Boer Govern ment entrusted to Webster Davis about f4o, 900 in gold bullion. have war claim against the Boer Government for s5e. 900 and when I learned Mir Davis knew something about the gold. de- termined to ask for an accounting. If he has got the money. want to know it. I did send MT. Davis a note or two simply asking for meeting with him. Tn the second letter I think demanded an accounting of the f4o.0o0 of gold bullion. threatening legal steps if such an accounting was not forth coming"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
nIngnosls md Treatment.

PhIIadeIphId LeuBtI:
 The late Judge Dykman once had before him a respectable looking man who was charged with the theft of tewelry. The man pleaded guilty. but 1t was urged that there were exten- uating circumstances. The defense in- troduced a medical expert who swore that the prisoner suffered from klep- tomania.
 riously.
 'Tts-a-er disease. your honor"
 What kind of a disease?"
 "Well-it's a--mental disease, that causes the subject to appropriate prop erty not his own"
 Makes him steal?"
 Yes, your honor; that is generally
 T know the disease" said his hon. or, T know the disease, and I am here to cure it."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
Moody Party nt N-,v o,Ie,n..

New Orleans. May 17.-secretary Moody and his party went over the na-
 val station and dock today. took an automobile ride around the city and were entertained at a banquet and re- ception tonight. While no official yer dict was given out, the party were im- pressed with port and harbor and the possibilities of the station and their expressions at the banquet confirmed this The Secretary left late tonight for Washington by rail The rest of the party, including Senators Hale. Penrose and Bacon and Representa- tives Dalzell and Hemenway leave ear ly in the morning aboard the Dolphin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
COULD NOT FACE DISGRACE.
Hoboken Man Cuts His Throat With
 Pocket Knife.

New York. May 17.-Rather than face the disgrace of public trial. John D. Budd, a weil-known resident of Hoboken. N. J.. slashed his throat with pocket knife and will die He was arrested few days ago. together with a lawyer and four other resi- dents of Hoboken. charged with having abused young children. Fifteen charges have been made thus far against them. The expose caused a great sensation.
 Budd, who is a bookkeeper 45 years old had been released on s5.00O bail after a night in fail. He went at once to his bache- Tor apartment and barred the door to all callers. After breeding for several hours he slashed his throat repeatedly and had bled almost to death when found and taken to the hospital.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
ENCOUNTER WITH COssACKs.
FusiIade Witt Japs Lasted Hour and .
 Half.


 St. Petersburg, May 17.--Generai Ku- ropatkin telegraphs to the Emperor under date of May 16, as follows:
 May 10 our Cossacks encountered a force of the enemy composed of one battalion of infantry and two squad rons of cavalry belonging apparently to the Japanese guards division near Kuan Dian Sian, and the fusilade last ed for an hour and half. The fire of the Japanese infantry and cavalry was poor. We had one Cossack wounded and one horse killed and other wound ed and two Cossacks missing.
 May 15 the Japanese vanguard occu- pied Haihemenisa, in the valley of the Patae river. Tsiangtae. in the valley of the left branch of the same river. Shi- tsiafulsu and Hitvouchen in the valley of Al river and Kuan Dian Sian.
 May IA the Japanese occupied Po- landion with a detachment of two bat taIlions of infantry and two squadrons of cavalry.
 May IA and 15 the Japanese recon noisances had not pushed beyond four and a half miles from the station of wafadian.
 May 15 there was na. advance of any considerable force of the enemy to the north of Polandien.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
HYsrERIA OF THE PRESS.
BishoD D0ane Says It Is Inimical to
 Nation.

BIshoD DOane Says It Is Inimical to the
 Nation.
 New York. May 17.-Bishop Doane, of AL banv. in hIs baccalaureate sermon at the commencement exercises of the general the ological seminary. said:
 We should oppose the hysteria of the secular press which holds with delight and with magnified importance and an exagger- ated certainty, those so-called discoveries. which succeed and swallow up each other. think 1t is a good plan for men to recon slider the modern popular process of Bible study and to realize that Instead of their criticizing the Bible. the Bible is really criticizIng them.
 Men are rushing rashly into speech and print with an apparent love of what the French call bizarre something striking. something startling. something sensational, something new-and all in the way of des- truction, building up nothing to take the place of what they try to destroy"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
MONTANA CONVENTION.
HearstItes' Efforts for Instructions arc
 UnayaiIinG.

HearstItes' Efforts for Instructions arc
 UnavaiIing.
 Great Falls. Mont. May 17.--Senator w. A. Clark and Paris Gibson and Governor J. K. Toole were unanimously chosen as three of Montana's delegates to the national convention at St. Louis tonight by the Democratic State convention. Three more national delegates are to be chosen.
 The effort of the Hearst followers to secure the endorsement of the convention for the candidacy for the. New Yorker for the Democratic nomination for Presi- dent met with defeat, the Committee on Resolutions, the platform adopted call- ing for an uninstructed delegation to St. Louis. The Hearst contingent Is said to be a strong one and resolutions of instruction may be proposed on the con- vention floor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
BIG BATTLE IMPENDING
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the admiralty says he will certainly proceed to vladivostok and inspect the squadron there. The report that Viad- ivostpk Is blockaded is denied at the admiralty.
 Telegrams received from Rear Ad- miral Pessen do not refer to the pres- ence Of a single Japanese ship.
 It is said that the Russians would not have the slightest objection to a blockade of Viadivostok since it would tie up a Japenese squadron. without causing inconvenience, 1t being Ad- miral Skdydloff's plan not to risk either of the Russian squadrons until the Baltic squadron reaches tn. Pacific
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
PRINCE PU JUN SPEAKS
Chinese Nobleman Addresses schO
 Children of Chicago.

ChIIdrcm or ChHchRWs
 Chicago, May H.-Prince Pu Lun, of China, has made an address to an audi eEce of zoo students at the University of Chicago. His remarks were interpreted by General Wong. a Yale student. The Prince said in part:
 Prom the time landed at San Fran cisco during my entire visit to your coun- try I have been most surprised to find that every man and woman in America Is educated This. believe, is the basis of the success of the American people,"
 General Wong also spoke, making a plea for the easy admission to the United States of Chinese students. He said:
 "One-fourth of the Chinese students who were in this country when I was in college at Yale, have since fallen in bat tie shot in front. To get shot in front was something they learned in America. |"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18
Porto R,ean reaebcrs Coming.

Neyy York. May 17.-FinaI preparations for the trip of 500 Porto Rcan school teachers to the United States in July arc being made by Commissioner of Education Lindsey. says a Herald dispatch from san Juan. Committees are hard at work in all the leading cities obtaining subscr ptions for the fund of s50.0OO necessary. Cornell University has promised to take 200 of the young ladies and Harvard 40O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-18

State of Illinois was represented by Judge Woods. Colonel Bushey and Rev Mfr. Milner. Governor Yates of Ill. nois. who was to have made the princi- pal address, was prevented from at- tending the exercises. Gen. Basil Duke of Louisville, ky. one of the Park cred an eloquent address.