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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
IN ExncpTIvn sEssIoN.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
 COntinues It's Work.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
 Continues It's work.
 Los Angeles, Cal, May 1e--rhe conven- tion of the Brotherhood of Locomotive today and adjourned without having made public any proceedings of the day.
 Although several days will eiapse he- fore the convention will reach the work of eiecting grand officers there is much talk of the probable candidates.
 The present Grand Chief Engineer, w. S. Stone. is a candidate for reelection. Other candidates for the position are J. F. Wills of Pittsburg and M. H. Shay of Youngstown. Ohio. It is denied that J. C. Currie. present Grand Assistant Engineer will be a candidate for the of flee of Grand Chief. notwithstanding that he has been frequently mentioned for the office. The convention has by unaniInotIs vote passed resolution requesting Presi- dent Roosevelt to publish the report of the Investigating committee ih the case of Third. Assistant Postmaster General F. c, Madden who Is an honorary mem Der of the order. The resolution Is as follows:
 "In the case of Hon. E., c. Madden. Third Assistant Postmaster General. Mir. Madden being an honorary member of this body, we note by reports in the daily press that the courts have sustained Mir. Madden fully in every particular.
 Therefore be 1t. resolved. That the honorable President be requested by this holy, if not incompatible with public in- terests to cause decision to be rendered by the Investigating committee in the case of Brother Madden, relieving him from the suspense that has hung over him for so long a period"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
PLOTTED TO
 KILL CAR Plans of DynamiterS Are
 Rolled. WOMAN HAD A BOMB Daughter of a Leading Rus- sian Priyy Councillor. Rumored That She Has Been Hanged. Attempt on Emperor's Life Was to Re Made in st. Peters
 burg Streets

Breslau. May 1s.-The St. Petersburg correspondent of The Breslau Zeitung reports that the authorities detected and thwarted a plot to attack the Emperor with bomb during the spring parade in St. Petersbrg May 10.
 The Emperor always reviews the pa- rade on horseback, taking a position be- fore and slightly to one side of the pa- vihon from which the Empress and Grand Duchessc view the pageant. The municipality erccts grand stand, tick cts to which are sold publicly. the names and addresses of the buyers being noted.
 As the persons in the ioges or front rows could easily throw an object to the place where the Emperor stands, the au- thorities naturally reserve the right of cancelling the sales Of tickets if the buy CTS are not known to be absolutely trust worthy and they subject the occupants of the grand stand to the closest scrutiny
 Woman Had Bomb.
 Just before the Emperor arrived on the parade ground May 10, 1t was not ed that Miss Merezhevsky, daughter of leading Russian privy councillor, Professor Merezhevsky, who occupied one of the loges nearest the pavilion was nervous and excited.
 RiskinE scandal should their sus- picions prove to be unfounded, the au- thorieies ordered her arrest which was effected unohtrusively.
 A search disclosed skillfuI con- structed bomb concealed in her cloth ing The girl did not deny her ir- tention of hurling the missile at the Emperor. but refused to give any oth- CT information. Miss Merezhevsky has been an attendant at the courses in the womens university. It Is rumored that ahe has been hanged and her aged father is completely prostrated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA, THURSDAY MAY 19, 1904

him the runner has to pass through the Japanese lines already thrown across the narrow neck of the penin- sula, just above Port Arthur
 The passage of the runner was dan gerous. but the task was light com anese forces closely invest Port Ar thur. Nevertheless, the authorities ex- press confidence that arranrennents e have been made to insure the fre0uent transmission of dispatches which. if captured. are unintelligible to the jap- the reasons for the desperate efforts off the Russians to get to Port Arthur what is officially called an .amnn,ini- tion train" has been revealed by infor- nation which leaked out to-day.
 There was little need, 1t appears. for ing stored In the fortress. but General Stoessel was exceedingly anxious to be provided with balloons. The high. est point of the fortress Is the fla gle's Nest" from which much of fine surrounding, country. can be seen, but lore the war the Russian authorities loaded on a vessel complete balloon equipment for Manchuria, but if was captured by the Japanese, who will ,,se IT, perhaps, in their operations arainst Port Arthur. Recognizing the need of providing General Stoessel with all the requisfte tnstruments with which to conduct the defense of Port Arthur General Kuropatkfn is believed 10 have sent balloons on the J.samnunffinn train The Russian balloons are sta-
 If the Japanese try to drift bal plosives on the fortress" an osicer sald to-day, "the world will hear of fba nfst battle in the air." "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
To Solve NeEro Questlon.

Chicago. May 1s.-The establishment of centers in all large American cities on the plans of social settlements was offered az a solution of the negro question at to- days session of the Western Unitarian Conference. The proposition which was received with much favor was discussed at length by the delegates present. It was argued that to meet the race ques- ton in a just manner it must be done with organized kindness. The establish cal settlements 1t was declared would place the race question upon wise and civic basis and bridge over the differences between the colored race with common sense.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION

pr. FeIlenosa of Mobile Delivers Aa-
 dresss on the orient.
 Worlds Fair Grounds, St. Louis, May IS Routine business characterized the session of the National Editorial Conven- tion today. The convention listened to an address by State Senator H. S. Earl, of Michigan. who is also State Highway Commissioner The convention then sent a telegram of condolence to R. c. Page of Bayonne. N. T.. who is stricken with illness. and elected him an honorary weni- bef.
 The Resolutions Committee reported a resolution urging more strict enforcement of the postal laws to exclude publica- tions characterized as merely advertise ing handbills. The resolution was ulan- imously adopted.
 Prof. E. F. Feneilosa of Mobile. Ala. formerly President of the Tokio Univer- s.ty, was introduced and made an ad- dress on The Responsibilities of the Ori- ent." He said the present war did not mean the extermfnation of Russian civi- lization or of Japanese civilization. no matter which nation was victorious.
 There is no yellow peril. = he said, land all talk along such lines is without foundation. This war is the culmination o: conditions. and was bound to come. I. is just step nearer to the ultimate merging of eastern and western civiliza- tien.'' "
 John Ferguson of Ceyion. was then in- troduced as the oldest newspaper man in Asia, and the oldest member of the National Editorial Association. He made a brief address. The session was con- cluded with an address by Hon. Charles M. Skinner State Superintendent of Pub I;c Instruction, on Responsibilities of the press in the education of citizenship"
 Adjourned until tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
rre,rht claim Agents Association

Savannah, Ga, May 1S-The thirteenth annual convention Of the Freight Claim Agents Association assembled in this city this morning Nearly 100000 miles of transportation lines in the United States, Canada and Mexico was represented by 240 members An address of welcome on, behalf of the city was delivered by F. NJ. Oliver. alderman. President H. c. Barlow, of the Association of New York responded. Routine business only was transacted today. Receptions were held tonight at various clubs. The annual convention will occur tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
NO REVISION OF TARIFF
Dingiey Schedules Are the
 Ones Favored.
In Wisconsin, the Baensch Factions Bolt After Being Out Voted By the Followers of LaFonette--No
 Chansc in Illinois.

Des Moines. la, May 1s.-Iowa's long ngnt between stand pat Republicans and liberals upon issue of tariff revision and reciprocity, ended in complete victory for the former in today's State Convention. of twenty-six delegates chosen, twenty are stand patters and only six liberals. The resolutions adopted contain no sent sment whatever in favor of tariff revision put declare that protective principle
 touno US nigh fuifillment' in the Ding ley law. is& & ~sf s,
 As to reciprocity the platform, declares that 1t is ''unwise to seek markets abroad d ov sacrificing some parts of the markets at home"
 The convention was unanimous in nam inS It's delegates and adopting its plat form but the Committee on Resolutions disagreed in the recommendations. A minority of three, headed by ex-Con- gressnan >eorge c. Perkins a possible candidate for Governor, stood for, a lib- eral plank declaring for reciprocity This minority refused to accede to the plat form of the majority as to the tariff and so reported to the convention. The mi nority plank is supposed to have had ap- proval of party leaders at Washington.
 Resolutions Reported.
 LaFayette Young of Des Moines, was chosen chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, which went into session at 12sS The resolutions endorse President Roosevelt. oppose trusts and has the fol- lowing to say on the tariff question:
 We believe in the protective tariff which builds American factories, makes possible great and small American in- dustries and gives employment to Amer lean labor. We believe in the American home market for the products of Amer tcan farms, factories and shops We believe 1t unwise to seek markets abroad by sacrificing the market at home and. equally unwise to legislate in a manner to provoke American industries to nalS-a ing war upon each other. Under ,the pro- tective system newly inaugurated in 1897 the country has enjoyed unusual pros- ptrity. Protective tartff has kept work and wages at home and has furnished the revenue with which to pay the ex- penses of foreign war; with which to rebuild the navy; to enlarge and newly equip the army; to extend our coast de- fences and has made possible the nations expansion. Fortified by the advantages and benefits of a great home market the American manufacturers have thus had the courage and the capital with which to invade foreign markets. Our tariff system by giving assurance to the world that the revenues are ample has ad- vanced the credit of rdle nation to the first positions The same policy has con- verted our people into lenders instead of borrowers. We declare for faithful alle- glance to the system which found high est fulnilment in laws bearing the names of William Mckinley and Nelson. Ding ley"
 The delegates at large named were Unit ed States Senator William B. Allison, Du- buoue; United States Senator Jonathan F. Deliver, Fort Dodge; J. W. Blythe. Burlington, and Governor Albert B. Cum rrins, of Des Moines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS.
TiIIman, HeyVyard. Rhett and Jones .- ChOaen k)eIexatea at Large

TiIIman, HeyFard. Rhett and Jones
 Chosen Delegates at Large.
 Columbia, s. C., May 1S-The South Carolina Democratic State Convention today elected as delegates at large to the St. Louis convention Senator B R TiIlman. Governor D. c. Hayward Mayor R. c. Rhett of Charleston and General Will Jones, the State Chair man of Columbia. The Senator and Governor were elected by exclamation. The only other candidate was United States Senator Latimer, who was not present in the convention. The dele gates were not instructed but the unit rule was adopted. A resolution was passed after the elections calling for expressions from the candidates as to the Presidential nominee.
 Responding Senator Tillman declared that Judge Parker was not objection able to him, but he could not tell now how he would vote because conditions might change in a night. Governor Heyward Mayor Rhett and Colonel Jones and the fourteen district dele gates declared that as at present ad- vised they favored Judge Parker.
 Ex-Governor John c. Sheppard IS among the district delegates.
 The platform comments the adminis- tration of Governor Heyward and the
 
 Senators and condemns the President for the appointment of Dr. Wm. D. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston. On National issues 1t de- clares for such a tariff as will com pei the manufacturer to sell as cheap ly at home as abroad and demands economy in public affairs. There is no reference to the platforms of 1896 and 1900 and none to the financial question.
 Of the eighteen delegates 1t is cer- tain that not one is a Hearst delegate. and in one or ewo district caucuses where Hearst men were candidates they were defeated.
 The convention was harmonious and there were no outcroppings of former factional divisions. E. NJ. Fucker of Anderson was temporary chairman and D. s. Henderson, of Aiken, permanent chairman, the later having defeated Ex Governor NJ B. McSweeney, of Hampton, for the position.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The Republicans Put Out Fall State Ticket.

The Republicans Put Out FulI State Ticket.
 Raleigh, N. C.. May t8.-A full State ticket was nominated by North Carolina hepuolicans at Greensboro tonight as fol. lows: e et Governor, Charles J. Harris of Jack son County; Lieutenant Governor, Isaac
 NJ Meekins of Pasquetank; Attorney Gen efai, w. H. Yarbrough of Franklin; Sec retary of States J. J. Jenkins-of Chatham:
 Treasurer, C. c. Bailey of Davie; Audi tor Frank Linney of watauga; Super tstendent of Public Instruction, c. P. Frazier of Guilford; Corporation Com missioner, D. H. Abbott of Pamlico; Com missioner of Agriculture, W. R. Dixon or Craven; Labor Commissioner, J. Y. Hnmriek of Cleveland; Judges Supreme Court, R. M. Douglas, Guilford; W. A. Montgomery, Warren Delegates to Ma ttcnal Convention, Thomas s. Rollins. E. s. Blackburn, E. c. Duncan, B. F. Me- tane
 The nominee for Governor is a wealthy leather manufacturer and miner
 The convention convened at noon today with every county in the State repre- sented. C. P. Frazier, in his address of welcome. evoked applause by declaring that we need two great parties In the South composed of men of the same race dominated by the best men of each
 State Chairman Rollins spoke briefly, arIaisning the Democratic administration Of the State for extravagance and in- competence and concluding by exclaim- ing amid a roar of applause:
 Rip Van Wrinkle politics is a thing of the past in North Carolina for the race question has been settled and ef- forts to revive it. for partisan purposes will be universally condemned
 The report of the@ Committee on Reso- -1ntions strongly endorsed the sdministra- ton Of President Roosevelt and pledges the State organization to efforts for his reelection. Thomas A. Rollins was unan- arnously reelected State chairman. Near ly all the nominations were made by ac- clamation.
 The sensation of the convention was sprung when National Committeeman W. s.. Robinson of Goldsboro. leaped to his feet to protest against the section of the report of the Committee on Resolutions ccndemning the Watts liquor law. say ing:
 God forbid that paths to bar rooms should be made more open than they are"
 He also protested against the impeach- ment of Governor Ayeock's character as ar honest man. saying that aside from his partisanship there was not a more high minded man living A storm of dis approval cut the speaker short.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
Nnws snRvIoE cUT orF.
Western Unioa win No Longer 7CSHect
 Racima Nevn

New York, May 1S.--Following his action of yesterday in disseminating to all subscribers in this city a report of the racing at various tracks fin this country, Colonel Robert C. Clowry to- day notified the general superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Com pany at New York, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco that the collection and distribution by the Western Union Telegraph Company of horse race re- ports would be discontinued forthwith The text of the notice to the superin- tendents reads as follows
 Tt has been decided to discontinue forthwith the collection and distribu- tion by this company of horse race re- ports. You will please act accordingly Acknowledge receipt
 Robert c. Clowry,
 President and General Manager"
 The effect of this order Is far reach ing and will result in the discontinu- ance of what has been called the rac- ing department of the Western Union Telegraph Company. This department has collected and distributed racing news from all the various tracks in the country to subscribers. Hereafter the company will transmit only such messages concerning races as are regu- larly filed with 1t for transmission.
 For the present Western Union of- fees. as has been Nhe habit in the past will be maintained at the race tracks for transmission of press and private dispatches. but these offices may be discontinued later.
 The executive committee of the Wes- tern Union had brief conference to- day. at which were present Chauncey Depew, Morris K. Jessup. Russell Sage, Samuel Sloan and Jacob II. Schiff
 President Clowry reported his action and the executive committee approved it.
 The New York Telephone Company, which also is accused of aiding and abetting" the service to pool rooms ad- vised Police Commissioner McAdoo to- day that 1t would at once remove the telephone wires from the East Forty Second Street house. which was raided yesterday, and which is said to have been the headquarters or Central Telephone Offce" of the pool rooms. Further the company promised to see that both wires and instruments are taken out of the subsidiary places pool rooms which received accounts of the racing from this Central"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
NATIONAL BANK AT PANAMA.
New York Financial Institution Asks
 Termination to EatahIIsh DraMeh.

New York Financial Institution Asks
 Permission to EatabIIsh Branch.
 New York. May 1s.--1nterests iden- tified with tho National City Bank of this city. have. according to The Times. filed with the Comptroller of the Cur rency. an application for permission to establish a national bank on the Isth- mus of Panama within the zone under the control of the United States. It is explained at the banking house that technically the explanation was not made by the National City bank. be- cause of the provisions of the national act Flo rthat reason 1t was said. the application was made by men promi~ nent in the National City Bank, inelud- ing James Stillman, William Rocke- feiler and other representatives of Standard oil interests.
 It is stated by The Times that under existing law, no national bank could be chartered for the canal zone and the is merely. to take advan- tage of an opportunity which may arise in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
ALL WE'RE ONCE BLACK.
Turner Says the White Persons are
 Merely BIeached NeRroes.


 Chicago, May 1S.-"God never made a white man. In the beginning all men were black. but fin their wanderings on the earth many of them have become bleached.
 And in their unnatural pallor many of those bleached men now look with contempt and indifference-often with prejudice and hate-upon their broth CTS. the negroes. who have retained the color that God gave them"
 Such was the declaration of the Rev. H. NJ. Turner. Senior Bishop of the African M. F. Church. in an address in Quinn chapel, before one of the ses- sions of the church's annual confer ences. The chapel was packed with negroes who are leaders in the relig- ious work of their race. and all ap- plaudcd almost wildly.
 What we negroes need is more ed ucation." continued Bishop Turner We need not only the various schools now under the control of our church. but we need proper instruction
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
esgEsSELS STRIKE MINES Reported Destruction Of
 Jap Ships. RUSSIANS TELL THE STORY
RUSSIANS TELL THE STORY
Insist It is True, But Their
 Word is DiScredited.
After Driving Russians from New Chwang and Destroying Railroad, the Japanese Re-embark and
 Sail to the southward.

Che Foo. May 1s.-Russian refugees who arrived here today on junk from Port Dalny. say that the Japanese bombarded Pert Arthur Monday. Russian officers Who were on Golden Hill declared. &C., cording to the refugees that during the oombardment Japanese battleship and cruiser struck mines and sank.
 The warships reported. to have been sunk off Port Arthur are the battIeship shikishima and the armored cruiser Asa ma The story is not believed here, but tho Russians who brought the news in- sist that it is true.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
Rural Delivery Carrierr.

Washington. May 1S.-~(Speclal. )-RuraI free delivery carriers appointed; Baileton regulars, James L. Taylor. Loda I. Burkks; substitutes. Ernest F. Burks, Jesse H. Smith Elkwood. regulars, Oscar V. Anderson, Elvin I. Ready. En- terprise, regulars, Nat W. Thornton. octavius Manning; substitutes, Walter A Edwards. James H. Manning. Madison Station, regular Robert E. Fairiey, sub stitute. Joe B. Trottman. Sulligent, regular, Jeremiah IT, Davidson; substitute John H. Brown. Walter, regular. John Yielding; substitute. Felix R. Glasscoclg. Rural free delivery service ordered estab- lished June Is at Elba. Coffee County. with three carriers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19

imparted. We should write books of our own, poems of our own. scientific treatises of our own. in harmony with our color and our race. And don't learn songs like Wash Me and I Shall Be Whiter Than Snow'--a song that I would not tolerate being sung in my presence Q
 T don't want to be misunderstood. though. and will say to the credit of the white man--whose race is at the same time the meanest that ever saw and the best--wherever our race tries ue
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
NInnitor to Re Torn Un.

Richmond, Va, May B.-Ihe United States monitor Montauk Is now. being towed to Richmond from Philadelphia, and Is to be torn to pieces and used for old iron by the Tredegar Company The Montauk was one of the monitors that were anchored in James River near this city for many years. The Tredegar Com pany bought three of the monitors-the others being the Jackson and Nahant
 The latter will arrive here in three weeks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
RUSSIANS BACK IN NEW cHwANa

Japs Drove Them Out and Then Re-
 embark.
 London. May 19-1he Daily Telegraph 8 New Chwang correspondent under date of May 1s. says:
 After driving out 1,5oo Russians and de- stroying the railway, the Japanese re- embarked from Kai Chau, the combined fleet heading southward.
 The Russians re-entered New Chwang with 1000 infantry and two batteries of artillery but all preparations are made for another nasty evacuation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-19
The Nnrfhern F,re.hpa.,...-..

Buffalo. N. r.. May ls.-The nsth gem eral assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States will convene here tomorrow with about 75o Commissioners O. delegates in attendance. The sessions vii. continue for at least ten days The reunion of the Cumberland branch of the church with the Presbyterian Church of the United States will be one of tho most important matters considered.