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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-17
OFF TO THE FAIR.

resident Eli Whitney, of the board
 education, and Thomas Hooker will |rt for the St. Louis exposition to- !.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-17
me most perfecJ poWuer Hlauc loE
 BABY AND TOILET
lFTER HE TAEITnE ]?

After the theatre the proper thing is
 the Hof-Brau. restful, delicious lunch or dinner, amid nice surround lings. Take ladies entrance through main corridor on Church Street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-17
CORPORATION COUNSEL GIVES TWO OPINIONS

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-17

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Alderman Maxwell moved that when the board adjourned it should be for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
RECOVERING THETR NERVE.
Russians Seem Inabned With New
 Activity. 4

Activity. St Petersburg, April l8.--The authori- ties here are recovering from the de- pression which followed the last weeks disaster. They seem imbued with new and ,feverish energy. The greatest activ- ity prevails.
 The public is more aroused than at any time since the war began and now is thfrsting for revenge. Crowds gather on the streets. The Russ extra bulletin boards are constantly surrounded. al- though little fresh news is posted.
 The vivid eyes witness picture of tor pedo boat fight and the PetropavlovslE disaster transmitted from, a Russian cor respondent of the Associated Press, un- def date of Lao Yang, Manchuria, last night, is reprinted here, and is the talk of St. Petersburg and of official and pri- vate circles. being the first connected ac- count published.
 It also contained the first definite in- formation that Vice Admiral Makaroff was at his post on the bridge when the explosion occurred. Besides. 1t put at rest all doubts as to where the ship was struck She went down bow first, as the Victoria did, and exactly as Maka- roffs own model did when, during a lec- ture which he delivered in 1894, he dem onstrated the instability of heavily arr mored ships and the impossibiIity at the time of disaster by collision mats or otherwise of restoring the equilibrium of such steel monsters.
 The admiralty still lacks definite data as to the cause of the catastrophe, all though the talk of boiler explosion and submarine boats continues. The public shows an indisposition to accept Vice Admiral Togo's version that his mines were responsible. Members of the naval stan frankly admit that they do not know the cause of the disaster. but some of them already are inclined to admit the probability that the enemy's avowaI Is true.
 Perhaps the mystery will be like that of your Maine" said a member of the naval stan to the correspondent of the Associated Press. Ut will take an ex- animation of the hull to determine whether the explosion was internal or external"
 The reason the naval stan was disin- clined at first to accept the possibility of Togo's claim, was because if true, the mines were laid not only without dis covery. but without even arousing the falntest suspicion.
 Togo's report. as telegraphed to the Russian. papers, dates the loss of the Petropavlovsk as April 12. whereas 1t oc- cured April l3. Togo also claims that night attack was made on Port Arthur April Il. which is officially uenied here.
 The general stan has no information in regard to the rumored appearance of Japanese transports oil Yin Kow. the port of New Chwang.
 A special telegram from Port Arthur says the cruiser Bayan exceeded her trial speed when she went out to rescue of the torpedo boat destroyer Strashni.
 The same dispatch reports that Jap anese cruiser was sunk, adding that the cause is unknown.
 The Novoe vremya, publishes an ex- pert article showing the impossibility and futility of trying to raise the Petro- pavlovsk.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
TOGO IS NOW RULER OF SEA JapS Can Land Troops at
 DaiQuiri. FLANK MOVE LOOKED FOR Attempt May Be Made to Cut
 Off Port Arthur. St. Petersburg Flooded With Rumors in Regard to the Operations
 of Their Enemies
 on Land.

St. Petersburg, April iS.-St. Petersburg Is flooded with rumors from all directions regarding the plans of the Japanese now that the Russian fleet at Port Arthur is unable. longer to interfere with their troop transports. The Associated Press in a dispatch from Port Arthur Sunday last, gave twenty as the number of Japa- nese transports reported as having been sighted steaming in the direction of Yinkow. the seaport of Newchwang.
 ofhcials in the general staff. while hav- ing no information In this respect, would not be surprised if the number should turn out to be correct. or even that a larger number is steamlng there They anticipated this movement at the time of the breaking out of the war. but the in- activity of the fleet and the large army in the vicinity of Newchwang 1t Is be- lieved made the Japanese abandon or at least postpone the landing of troops and caused them to continue their advance towards Msnchuria through Korea.
 Togo Commands Sea.
 Vice Admiral Togo's immense superior ity enables him to hold the Russian squadron in Port Arthur and these trans ports therefore can safely pass through the straights of Pc Chi u and attempt to land at the head gulf of Liao Tung. under the guns or the war ships and dis charge the army at Diaquiri. If this should succeed. the Japanese will be in an excellent position to execute a flank movement of Lao Yang and cut of Port Arthur.
 General Kuropatkin recently inspected Newchwang. He is familiar with the strategic position there and has disposed a strong force to contest a Japanese move at that point and if such move Is made 1t is believed he will be able to check 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
THIS TRIBUNAL UNIQUE.
Damage Case of Sportsmen Decided
 by Congsnial Spirits.

Damage Case of Sportsmen Decided
 by Congsnial Spirits. New York, April 1S.-With two men well | known to the sporting world as plaintiff and defendant, with two others equally we'll known as judges and jury and as witnesses, half a dozen other men whose faces can be seen any race day on the bookmaker's line in the betting enclosure at the Metropolitan race tracks, there has been tried and decided a s3o.00O damage suit. There will be no appeal and the Judgment was paid two minutes after the verdict was announced. Thomas McAulieff, known about the race tracks for years, was the plaintiff in the case and the defendant was Gott- fried Walbaum. the bookmaker. Joseph Vendig and Max Blumenthal, both mem bers of the Metropolitan Bookmakers' as- sociation, were the judges and the court was a private room in an uptown hotel.
 McAulieff has but one arm and sev- eral months ago. while departing from the Astoria Club, he walked through half-open door leading to a stairway. In his fall he was severely injured. He fell face downward, cutting his face and his neck. besides breaking several ribs. He was under medical treatmbent for some time.
 Upon his recovery he made a demand on Walbaum for compensation for his in- juries, alleging that It was the negligence of the club that caused them. Walbaum disputed this and both sides had hired attorneys to engage in law suit when they met a week ago.
 'I don't want the thing hanging over me for three or four years," said the de- fendant Let's settle it."
 McAulieff wanted S30.000. There was an argument over the terms and finally the plaintiff said.
 Let's leave it to the boys and do with out any court. You pick one man and I'll pick another. Let them hear every thing and what they say goes"
 Walbaum agreed.
 In another day Vendig had been chos- en by the plaintiff and Blumenthal by the defendant as judges; witnesses had been notified to be at the hotel at cer- tain hour and both sides began prepara- ton.
 Vendig and Blumenthal went to room alone and called the plaintiff. de- fendants and witnesses one al a time.
 At the expiration of two and one-half hours the judges came out "Walbaum give him $400O," commanded one and the other nodded approval
 Without a word the defendant pulled his pocketbook out. and four one thousand bills were handed to McAulieff and the case was declared closed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
NELSON GETS EXCITED
USES A REAL BAD WORD IN THE
 SENATE.
Only Apology from tae Minnescta Man is That Adjectives Some
 time Come Straight from The Heart.

Washington. April 1S-The Senate con. tinued consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill, but did not conclude it A number of bills were passed during the day, including measures ratifyinR agree Inents with the Indians of the Dey ls Lake. Rosebud and Flathead reservati ms, located respectively in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.
 The conference report on the army ap. propriation bill will be considered tomor- row.
 When the Senate convened a bill was passed, providing that the Circuit Court of Appeals for the, Fifth Circuit shall hold one term of court each year at Birm- ingham. Ala. F
 The following bills were also passed: Ratifying the agreement with the Indians Of the Rosebud agency in South Dakota for the sale of l6,000 acres of the land of their reservation; To accept from the State of Texas the statues of Sam Hous- ton and Stephen F. Austin to be placed in statuary hall of the national capitol.
 The conference report on the army ap- proprfation bill was read and discussed and then laid over until tomorrow. The discussion turned on the need of wagon roads in Alaska, MT. Nelson saying that there was not a single wagon road in AAob tCiilAOiy anu lGIleT abSGftlnR that if $5OO,000 could be spent in the building of such roads there would be rich return in the gold production.
 Messrs Proctor and Quarles said that 1t had been impossible to secure more than $25,000 from the House conferees.
 MT. Nelson related many details of his observation In Alaska while visiting the country as member of the Senate Com mittee and aroused much interest as he told of its resources, the hardships to which the settlers are subjected and the little that has been done for the people He grew especially jealous in his presen- tation of the production of precious metals, furs,l etc. and his zeal in this connection was scarcely exceeded by in- dignation he exhibited as he depleted the niggardlineSs of the government in deal ings with the Alaskans. At last. com pletely forgetting himself. he exclaimed "All this they have done, Mir. President and in return we have not done a d-d thing for them"
 The statement was a surprise to all present, apparently as much to the speak CT as to his audience. There seldom has been as spontaneous an outburst of laughter in the Senate as the exclamation provoked.
 Mir Nelson joined in the merriment. though with many evidences of embar- rassment. His only apology was the re- mark that sometimes adjectives come from the heart" and with that he closed his speech.
 Further consideration of the conference report was postponed and the following bills passed:
 Authorizing the further segregation of coal lands in Indian Territory, to correct a mistake in leases: Interpreting existing law relative to the exportation of lead ores; incorporating the American Insti- ute in Paris.
 The Senate at 5:2o went into executive sessinn and nt S.25 ndin,,r...a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19

burg -Pennsylvania interest controlling the Chesapeake Transit company's electric line from Norfolk to Cape Hen ry and Virginia Beach. means that the Norfolk and Southern. controlled by the. Vanderbilt interests. has been se- cured by George J. Gould. president of the Wabash system of Railways. giving the Wabash an outlet at Linn Haven inlet The officers of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad were summoned to New York last Wednesday, A meeting was held in that scity Friday at which the Norfolk and Southern, with it's tracks and properties in West Virginia and North Carolina passed into the control of Flynt. Bacon & Company. and the continental company of Pitts burg. who were said to be the repre- sentatives of Gould in this transaction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
FEAR DEATg OF MIR. VLXNER :,S No News EgSsived From
 Ev,Aorer. IA CITIZEN OF ALABAMA Sent to Africa by Worlds
 Fair Officials. cablesram Should Have Been Re- ceived from Him in March, and It is Possible He Has Met Death.

St. Louis. April 1s.-(SpeciaI )--oficiais Of the anthropological department of the Worlds Fair who have for several weeks been extremely anxious for the safety of Rev. s. T. Werner, head of negro school at Tuscaloosa, Ala. stated today that they feared he has been killed by savages.
 After waiting in vain two months for some word from him. they have about ceased expecting any.
 The pigmies discovered in the interior of the Orange Free State by Stanley have thus far been hostile to every at tempt of civilized man to visit them and the exposition officials feel that their hostility to Mir. Werner. when he called upon them to invite them to participate in the Worlds Fair was probably just as great as their hostility to former visitors, and possibly more effective
 Last Word February 2.
 The last word received from him was written on board the steamship City of Antwerp and was dated February ?.
 MT. Werner expected to spend a month in the interior, taking with him a big party from Leopoldville. in order to make the journey through the jungle. He had notified the Worlds Falr authorities that he would send a cablegram as soon as he returned to the coast, stating the nuFn- OCA OL pASthtGS nc HdQ SCCuAGu. F4I1E mission had been successful, cablegram would have been received month ago,
 In his last letter. MT. Werner said he had met with every encouragement from the Belgian Government, but had been discouraged by missionaries familiar with the hazards of his mission.
 The Primitive Pigmies.
 The pigmies he wished to obtain are among the most primitive people in the world. They wear no clothing and use bows with poisoned arrows for weapons They live in matched houses in trees and are more at home in the trees than on the ground. y Rev Mir Werner was an esteemed citi- zen of Alabama For many years he. was missionary in Africa, and 1t was owing to his knowledge of the country and its natives that he was chosen to make the attempt to secure the pig mics
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
slo,ooo Damage to the Missouri.

Washington. April 1s.-Rear Admiral Copps. chief of the Naval Board of Con- struction, who was at Pensacola at the acident to the Missouri, has madesa re- port to the Secretary of the Navy which indicates that the damage as result of the accident is confined almost entirely to the eletric motors in the vicinity of the explosion. The firing. panels fin the turret proper will require renewal and all motors will require overhauling as a result of damage from fire or water. The ramper of the left hand gun is seriously damaged. also the left hand ammunition case. The hull structure itself suffered no material damage. It Is estimated that the cost of repairs will be about Sl00O0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
FOR PORTO RICO.
Efforts to Increase Trade with the
 United States are Being Made.

Efforts to Increase Trade with the United States are Being Made. New York April Ex-Governor Hunt. of Porto Rico. arrived here to-day on
 the steamer Poncc, from San Juan. He will remain in the United States about | two weeks. Governor Hunt said he
 had not heard of his appointment as
 judge of the United States district court of Montana and Wyoming, and would say nothing about his inten- tions in regard to the appointment He will spend considerable time in Washington in connection with his of- ficial duties. and in any event will re- turn to Porto Rico at the end of two weeks 4SM
 Speaking of conditions on the isl- and, Governor Hunt said:
 Just at present strong effort is being made to promote a market in the United statesf for Porto Rico by preparing for an, Extensive exhibit at St. Louis. Coffee will be the feature of the islands exhibit though tobacco fruit and cotton will be we'll display. ed. Americans are planting oranges quite extensively. The groves are do- ing we'll and investors feel encourag- ed. Cotton is attracting attention, too and bids fair to be very profitable. There are no pests to endanger cotton. American capital is finding it's way Into Porto Rico and conditions are generally encouraging in all respects. They will be greatly improved. how ever, If we can better the markets for coffee by securing reciprocal trade ad- vantages with Spain. This we hope may be done before long.
 The coffee crop will be about nor nal this year, for the first time since the hurricane, and if a slightly higher price can be had for the crop. planters will be able to relieve the estates of part of their old mortgages and debts. and will be satisfied.
 Public affairs are in excellent con- dition. It is probable the value of the exports of the current fiscal year will exceed the value of imports by a mill lion dollars. Trade with the United States increases rapidly, and win con- tinue to grow as the sugar, tobacco fruit and cotton are being extended"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
Payne Sails for Washington.

Galveston. Texas. April 1s-The revenue enter onondaga sailed yesterday, bound north. with the revenue cutter Galveston as tow. The latter vessel will be taken to Baltimore where she win be thoroughly repaired and new machinery installed before she is sent back to tbis station. Captain Cushing of the Calves ton has been ordered North to oversee the work
 On board the Onondaga was Postmas- ter General Payne and wife. pr q T Gravsan and Miss Louise Jones, who are on their way back to Washington. Gen eral Payne came South on the onondaga in search of rest and health. He goes back to Washington much refreshed in mind and bodyI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
petroleum Production.

Washington, April Meteorological sur vev statistics made public today place the worlds production of patroieum in 1909 at 1s5. .161, ,0S9 barrels. Of this the United States and Russia produced s1.4i per cent. For years Russia has led in point of production. but an increase of 1o.ST. .722 in the production of the United Statee in 1902 and decrease amounting to 4ss,515 barrels in the production of Russia, caused these two countries to change places and put the United States at the head of the list. The United States produced nearly 26 barrels of refined pro- duct in 1902 for every barrel produced by the rest of the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
POPE IS IMMovABLE.
He Positively Declines to Receive
 President Loubet.

He Positively Declines to Receive
 President Loubet.
 Paris. April 1s-The Rome correspond ent of The Echo de Paris affirms posi- lively. despite all denials, that the French government has made strenuous. though unofficial. efforts for the recep- ton of President Loubet at the Vatican during his visit to Rome-first through the French ambassador to Italy. with the connivance of the Italian government: Eext through Cardinal Rampolia, who positively declined to become mixed in the question, and finally through a French archbishop and a French cardi- nal. only ceasing when 1t was found that the Pope was immovable.
 The chief reason for the Pope's re- fusal." says the correspondent, .Is not he wants disasreeabie relations with the French republic. but that he desires to make peace with the Quirinal. which he certainly will if he reigns long enough. The Pope is determined to effect his pur- pose directly and not through an inter- mediary. as which President Lonbet would be considered if he was received at the vatnan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
QUARREL ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
|Ignats Romonso Fatally wounds
 Thomas TAtrio.

Chicago. April IS. .--Ignat1 Romonso. 25 years old, has been shot and killed. and Thomas Tatrio. aged 22 years. fatally wounded. during a quarrel over young woman. whom they had left in Austria.
 The men are employed by the Stan dard oil Company at Whiting. Indiana. Romonso came to America six months ago and Tatrio followed about two months later. They met in saloon and their first topic was the girl whom they both loved. Finally Romonso fired a revolver at Tatrio, the first shot striking him in the left side. Tatrio fell to the floor and Romonso, thinking he had killed him. turned the pistol upon himself. firing a bullet into his brain. His death was instantaneous.
 Tatrio was arrested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
May Transfer Cooper.

Representative Richardson of Alabama
 on account of objections made to the re- cent assignment of Thomas Cooper, a
 negro railway mail clerk to a run on
 the Southern between Memphis and Chat tanooga. called at the Postofice Depart ment to ascertain if there was any chance of a transfer removing Cooper to service where he would be less objec- tionable. No complaint Is made of the efficiency of Cooper. the objection being based solely upon his necessary business association with whites. From the man.
 ncr in which Judge Richardson pre-
 scented the case and the spirit in which
 it was received. it Is not unlikely that
 Cooper will again be transferred to a run where race prejudices operates less.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
May ha R.aconciled.

Washington. April lS.-It Is the opinion of members of the special committee ap- pointed by the President to inquire into the affairs of the Red Cross Society that the opposing factions will effect a recon ciliation. Senator Procter. the chair man of the committee said today: "It looks as though the opposing factions of the organization would get together. Things seem to be shaping themselves that way and it Is likely that a recon ciliation will be brought about inside the committee room which will give satisfac- ton to both parties involved in the dis pute"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
D1sTILLERs MADE coMpLAINr
Will Ask for . Change in the Fedsr.
 al Statutes.

Louisville. April ls.--A meeting of ff- teen distillers was held here today. At gress for the amendment of Section s2la of the Federal statutes. The most im- portant change asked Is the alteration of the clause governing the labelling of rectified goods ss to require them and all high wines aided by any substitute for natural processes be labelled ''rectt- fled high wines."
 Under the present statute the recti- dcers' goods may be labelled "whiskey' and few persons note the difference be- tween the package and the one on which the governments bonded warehouse stamp appears.
 It was decided by the distillers to file q protest with the proper authorities of the revenue department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
GIFT OF $4oo, ,ooo, ,ooo.
Czar's Personal Contribution to Rus
 sian War Fund.

Paris. April 1S-The Petit Parisienne this morning publishes the following from it's St. Petersburg correspondent:
 The Emperor Is withdrawing s00, ,OOO,- 600 roubles. part of his private fortune deposited in 0 foreign bank. This money will be received by the Bank of Russia within a month. His majesty is deter nned to lend this money to his country without interest or guarantee should 1t be needed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-19
stilI Hold the yaps.

New Chang, April Is--On account of the declared gravity of the offense the authorities have not yet found an op- portunity to dispose of the case of the Japanese servants who were taken from the press boat Fiwan which was detained here on April 2. The Fiwan having on board two newspaper correspondents and two Japanese servants were detained at New Chwang recently by the Russian authorities because she had passed be- tween the lines. having come Indirectly from chemulpo. The newspaper corres- pondents were released drought repre- sentations of United states Concui 6. H. Miller, but the Japanese servants were held