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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14
THE MAYOR AS ARBITER
HARRISON WILL BE CALLED ON TO
 SETTLE STRIKE.
Police Onlcials Prefer Charges Against Justice, Alleging that He Discharges Rioters Whom
 Evidence Prove Guilty.

Chicago, Aug. 13.---There were few developments in the packers strike to- day and It Is not probable that there will be any before Monday, when a committee of retail dealers will call upon Mayor Harrison and ask him to act as mediator in the strike
 The Mayor declines to say what he will do until after he has received the committee. but expressed himself as anxious to do anything in his power to end the strike.
 The strikers declined to say this af- ternoon whether or not they would &C., cept the mediation of the Mayor. They intimated very plainly. however. that the answer they had given to the com mittee of retail dealers when they de- clined to have any further conferences with the strikers. was not likely to be modified under present circumstances.
 Chief of Police O'Neii and Police In- spector Hunt who has direct charge of the stock yards district. laid formal charges before the Mayor this after noon against Justice John Fitzgerald. who it Is claimed by the police has dis charged the great majority of the riot CTS brought before him, no matter how strong the evidence against them might be. He yesterday. the police claim, dis charged twenty out of twenty-three men brought before him. The Mayor sent a summons to Justice Fitzgerald. calling upon him to appear at the City Hall and answer the charges made against him. The Justice failed to ap- pear during the afternoon and will be called upon Monday.
 Monday also the report of Building Commissioner Williams and of Health Commissioner Reynolds. who have com pIeted the inspection of the sleeping quarters of the non-union men at the stock yards will be made public. It is said that they will make no recom- mendations but will submit some strong evidence against the advisability of al- lowing the men to be housed as at present.
 Discovery was made today that four of the largest packing companies af- fected by the strike are operating with out a license from the city of Chicago Approval of all license to slaughter must be made by the municipal Health Commissioner. The strikers ares hop ing that the absence of licenses may possibly have a bearing on the success of Mayor Harrison's attempt to inter- vene for a settlement of the strike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14
DENIED NY TAFT.
Has Not Intimated That United States
 Will Free Philippines,

St. Louis. Aug ,3.-Secretary Taft, tonight made the statement to the Associated Press that he did not inti- mate or intend to intimate in his speech at the exposition grounds today that the United States Government might in the future transfer the Philippines to another.
 T never had any such thought" said he. T alluded to the fact that in all the colonies railways have been constructed by the Governments of those colonies or the Government as- sisted in their construction by guaran- teeing the income on the investment. Consequently in the light of this state- ment. we may not look for the con- struction of railways in the Philippines except through governmental con- struction of railways in the Philippines that the government construction would involve the country in greatly more debt than the mere guarantee of an income for a number of years.
 'The bill which passed the House of Representatives authorized the Phillip pine government through the commis- sion to guarantee the income, not ex- ceeding 5 per cent on the amount act uaIly invested in any railroad for 30 years but also stipulates that provis- ion must be made in the contract of guarantee by which there shall be se- cured to the government ultimately the repayment of all the money paid under the guarantee.
 Tn order to accentuate this ex- planation." said Secretary Taft, T went on to say that should the Philip pines be transferred to another country the terms of the charter could impose this obligation on the neg government and could not in any way bind the United States from the time of the breaking off of it's relation to the Philippines. By this I think it is made plain that I did not intimate that the United States government does con template giving up the Philippines. ] shall not take further trouble to deny having made such intimation."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14
RUSSIANS, GREAT BRAVERY.
Squadron Refuses to Abandon its Ad-
 miral and His Ship.


 St. Petersburg, Aug. 14.-(3:40 a. m IA Russian account of the last naval battle between the Japanese and Russian fleets indicates that the Japa- nese torpedo boats sustained their pre- vious reputation for daring by making a daylight attack upon a squadron in battle formation and admits the effec- tiVeness of these frail. daring craft, which seriously impeded the move ments of the Russian fleet.
 The wording of the official report is that the battleship turned" to try to go in the direction of Vladivostok arcuses some comment here. Assum- ing, as the report seems to indicate, that the battle was off the Shantung peninsula. the turning of the Czare- witch to go towards Vladivostok would most probably indicate that the re- mainder of the squadron was going back in the direction of Port Arthur. At the same time, the report that the day after the battle four Russian battleships were sighted off Shanghai makes 1t possible that the battle oc- cured further south in the Yellow Sea than the report of Captain Matouoe- vi:ch indicates and that when the Czarevitch lost sight of the remaind- CT of the squadron" the Russian fleet was actually proceeding. This opens an interesting question as to the ulti- mate destination of the remaining Russian battleships.
 The fact that the crushing nature of the blow to the Russian fleet was largely due to the feeling of comrade- ship which prompted the squadron to halt for the purpose of protecting the disabled Czarevitch is viewed here with grim satisfaction. and regret is mingled with admiration for the brother officers who threw away their only chance of escape rather than de- sert the crippled flagship.
 The distress caused by the squadron S
 failure to get away, has heightened If possible. the bitter resentment felt over the conduct of the Japanese in the Ryeshitelni affair. and the Mikados s orders to allow non-combatants to leave Port Arthur merely deepens the painful impression. indicating, as it does, the belief of the Japanese au- thorities in the imminence of the fall of Port Arthur.
 The humane motives behind this move of the Mlkado are largely dis counted here by the anger caused by the Japanese attack on the dismantled | torpedo boat destroyer at Chefoo. Viceroy Alexieff in a despatch to the Emperor, gives the following report I | miral Withofts chief of stafr under | date of August 12:
 At dawn of August 10th our Port | Arthur squadron began to make for l the open sea and emerged from the port at o'clock. The squadron con
 sisted of six battleships. the cruisers
 Askold. Diana, Pallada and Novik and the torpedo boats. The Japanase op- | posed us with the following force: A | first detachment consisting of the bat | tleships Asahi Mikasha. Fuji. Yashima and Shikishima and the cruisers Mis- shin and Kasuga; a second detachment | consisting of the cruisers Yakumo. Kasagi Chitose and Takasago, and a | third detachment consisting of the | cruisers Akitsushima, Idzumo. Mat sushima. Itsukushima and Hashidate and the battelship Chin Yens with | about thirty torpedo boats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14
TO BE KEPT IN HARBOR.
Germany May Not Permit Departure of
 Russian Warships.

Chefoo, Aug. 13.-The Russian tor pedo boat destroyers Bezposhtchadni and Bezschumi, both slightly damaged. took coal today at Tsingchou. The destroyer Bezstrashni has not been in jured. When the coaling operations were completed, the German cruisers Fuerst Bismarck and Hansa cleared for action It is believed they will not allow the departure of the Russian ships.
 It is now reported that Admiral Mes sevitch has died of his wounds in a hospital Two officers and eight sail ors, all seriously injured, are at pres ent in the hospital.
 The rumors current here of fighting at Tsingchou are not believed, as the latest messages from there make no mention thereof.
 The German cruiser Thetis left Tsingchou hastily today. An Italian warship also left. The destinations of these vessels are unknown.
 Admiral Togo is said to be with the main portion of the Japanese fleet which has gone toward Shanghai This portion of tho fleet includes all the battleships. The whereabouts of the Russian cruisers Pallada and Novik is not known here. It Is believed that if these vessels are still afioat they will undoubtedly endeavor to connect with the Viadivostok squadron.
 A cipher telegram received here from Osaka, Japan, confirms previous reports that the Japanese main squad ron is bound for q southern destina- tion, lon an active campaign"
 Launches containing sixty Russian sailors are said to have entered Wei haiwei today. The sailors belong to two torpedo boat dcgtroyers which are reported to have gone ashore in the vicinity of Weihaiwei. These vessels presumably are the same which re- ported yesterday to have been cap tured.
 According tc Chinese authority the Russians had six and the Japanese four warships at the beginning of the fight off Shautung promontory. The Japanese, however. were soon rein- forced but to what extent is not stat ed. The rudder of the Russian battle ship Czarevitch was carried away by a torpedo Her other injuries were due to shells.
 The coal secured by the Russian war ships was taken from three British steamers which had beun at Tsingchou for some time past. Their original destination was Port Arthur.
 The steamer Dagmar arriving to- night from Tsingchou had on board the harbor pilot who Steered the Rus sian battleship Czarevitch into that port. He confirms the reports of the Associated Press regarding the dam age to the CZarevitch and adds that her rudder shaft was broken during the fight. but that her engines are not badly injured. He expressed the opin- ion that the fighting days of the Czar- eviteh are over and that she probably will be dismantled.
 Chinese dockyard labOrers who left Port Arthur on the night of August s, and who arrived here confirm the re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14
PARKER WILL
 TAKE A REST For a Time Politics Will Be Forgotten. GOING TO THE CATSKILLS Plan to Have Him Make
 Speech Abandoned. Hoke Smith of Georgia, One of the Callers at Rosemount-Thinks That Democrats VIII He Victorious.
GOING TO THE CATsKILLs

Esopus, ". Y.. Aug. 13.-Judge Par ker has determined to take rest from politics for a couple of days, and to that end will go to a mountain club in the Catskills to spend tomorrow and Monday. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Parker. The club is known as the Winnisook and Is situated at the foot of the Slide Mountains. It was organized twenty years ago with Judge Parker as it's first president and con- trols about 1900 acres of land The annual meeting of the orgari- zation which will be held Monday fur nishes the occasion for the visit. Mem- bers of the club had planned big din
 ner and they expected to be addressed by Judge Parker, but the Democratic candidate convinced them 1t was rec-
 reation and not work he desired. Con- sequently the dinner will be postpon- ed until the evening after Judge and
 Mrs. Parker have left.
 Judge and Mrs. Parker will attend divine service tomorrow morning at Kingston.
 Will Go to St Louis. Judge and Mrs. Parker expect this fall to go to St. Louis where they will be the guests of Mrs. Daniel Manning and visit the exposition. It Is Judge Parker's purpose to eliminate politics
 upon that occasion aiso but plans have already been laid to hold a public re- ception so that the Western Demo-
 crats will be able to make his &C., iQuaintance.
 Harry B. Hawes. President Of the lJefferson Club of St. Louis and a lead CT in the Missouri Democracy. called
 at Rosemount today and endeavored to
 get promise from Judge Parker that he would visit St. Louis during the campaign. When he came away he said Judge Parker had not named a
 date to go to St. Louis. but the out come of, his visit WAS perfectly satis- factory.
 Wesfernern Await Candidate. | He had learned that Judge and Mrs Parker would attend the exposition
 and the Western Democrats are will
 ing to take the chance of meeting the
 candidate for President at that time Hoke Smith. Secretary of the Inte-
 rior under President Cleveland. ac-
 companied by his son. Marion Smith visited Rosemount this afternoon. He told Judge Parker that he would make
 u number of speeches during the cam
 paign. To the newspaper men Mir.
 Smith said he believed the people
 would awaken to Judge Parker's sterI- ing character and that Democratic suc- | cess would be the result.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14
wIHOFT,s FATAL MOVE.
Desperate Dash for Liberty Ends in
 Disaster to Squadron.

Desperate DuHn TOT IiDcrty r<Mus Ah
 Disaster to Squadron.
 St. Petersburg. Aug. 14.-t5:10 a. m) Not since the beginning of the war between Japan and Russia has any things so obviously affected Russian spirit as the gradual comprehension Of the Port Arthur's squadron'S reverse.
 Reports of Rear Admiral Withofts fatal sortie are not known to the pub lie even at this hour, though the re- port of Captain Matoutsevitch, Admiral Wihoft's chief of staff, to the Emperor generally permeated official circles in the course ot the day. and the captains s statement was issued late tonight ;n the form of an official report.
 Captain Matoutsevitch makes 1t clear that the Port Arthur squadron fought what was probably the greatest battle of iron clads since steel replaced wood in naval construction.
 The effort of the Russians to fight their way through the Japanese would have been successful had 1t not been for the disaster to the battleship Czare . witch. which compelled the squadron to fight q second battle. ending in the dispersal of the Russian fleet in the darkness.
 The Associated Press learns that the awful mortality among the officers of the Czarevitch which were merely stated in the official report. is due to the fact tiiat Admiral Withoft and most of his officers were gathered on the bridge during the action in order to set an example and to encourage the men instead of remaining in compara- tive safety in the protection of the con- ming tower. A Japanese shell burst beneath the bridge, wrecking that part of the ship and killing or wounding every officer on duty thereabouts.
 One of the most important features of Captain Matoutsevitch's dispatch is the detailed statement of the makeup of Rear Admiral Togo's fleet which consisted of six batteships. eleven cruisers of various classes and approxi- mately thirty torpedo boats.
 According to this statement there were in line of battle some ships previously reported destroyed. This gives an indication of Japan's naval force. which Admiral Togo has hitherto concealed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14

slept last night witb his two bull dogs in his room. At o'clock the dogs growled fiercely. awakening him. and sprang through window. He got up in time to see a negro jump over fence. He fired at him twice without hitting him.
 Charles Bush, who lives on East Highlands. heard two burglars trying to get into a window late last night. He secured his pistol, crept noiseiessiy out of the house. dipped up behind them and aiming the pistol at tho head of one of the men pulled the trigger. The weapon snapped. He tried again to fire but the weapon again snapped. The negroes jumped over q fence and escaped
 Burglars visited waveriy Haii. Ga. last night, and secured S15 at the home of John M Griffin. They also entered the home of c. W. Kellum, but se- cured nothing. Several burglaries have occurred at Cusseta, Ga. south of Columbus, this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14
UNCLEAN STREETS or CUBA.
Town Claims They Have No Money ts
 Better Them

Town Claims They Have No Money to
 Better Them
 Havana, Aug. 13.--The continued re- fusal of the authorities of the cities of Eastern Cuba to clean tho streets on the ground that no money was appro priated for the purpose. has resulted in decision by President Palma to reform the system of municipal tax col lections and to have new asses sments made throughout the island.
 The result of this action will. 1t Is expected. be an increase in the munf- cipal revenues. The United States Gov ernment has repeatedly directed Prest- dent Palma's attention to the neglected condition of the streets in the cities of Eastern Cuba.
 While the President deplores the lack of action on the part of the city off, cials. he is not willing, since he is working under budget. to appropri- ate money by executive order. and he is also anxious to avoid urging Con gress to make appropriations for spe- cial purposes outside the budget.
 President Palma has decided to ap- point Carlos Ortez Secretary of State and Justice. Carlos Alberto Smith will be appointed Secretary of Agriculture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14
AN EDUCATED HORSE.
Remarkable Accomplishment of a
 Equine of Berlin.

tAeunrkuDie Accomplishments of an Equine of Berlin.
 I Berlin, Aug. 13.--WfIhelm won Os~ ten. who has for a long time made fn- lvestigations of the intelligence of an- finals. has reached results in educatsrr m Orfelon stallion that has cat amusement among scientific m
 Some of those who have tested
 mental powers of the animal are
 Studt. the Prussian Minister of .lp4 cation; Prof. George Schweinful -.: the famous African traveller, Prof.
 Stumpf. of the Berlin University az Herr Schillings. the naturalist. The horse besides adding subtf ing. multiplying and dividing s
 does examples involving severa those operations. finds square mum
 and not only simply repeats what
 taught but does fresh problems pt him by examiners fin the absenc
 his master. showing grasp of t.. principles of arithmetic. | The stallion also forms little a
 tences, remembers them next day :. discriminates twelve colors and shades giving their corresponding names. The
 animal distinguishes musical tones. in- dcating where they are situated on the Ichromatic scale and picks out dis-
 cords, designating which tone to omit
 in order to restore harmony. The horse communicates py system or hoof beats representing the alphabet.
 When the exercises are prolonged the
 horse becomes nervous and inattentfve land mistakes become more frequent.
 Prof. von Oston affirns that the horse
 Is as we'll educated as boy who has
 gone to school for the same number of years and the Professor desires that a
 commission of specialists be selected
 to take the horse under observation for ff.rp FAnlr0
 done with the view of determinin9 whether the conventional idea Is true
 that animal instinct and human intei- Iligence are essentially different.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14
WITHefT HIT BY A SHELL Russan Admiral Blown Lla. to Pieces. FLAGSHIP AT TSINGCH0U Suffered Terribly in Naval
 Battle of August 10. Rudder Shaft Broken and Masts Badly Bent, While Many Projectiies
 eierced Her sides-Probably
 Will be Dismantled.
FLAGSHIP AT TSINGCHoU

Chefoo. August 13.-The Associated Press correspondent at Tsinschou wires that the Russian battleshfp Czarevitcn received A terrible punishment in the fight off Shantung promontory August 10, lasting from noon until evening.
 The Czarevitch bore the brunt or the fighting until 4 o'clock in the afternoon when Admiral Withoft was hH py shell which blew his body to pieces, only one of his legs being found after the explosion. The Czarevitch lost fif- teen men killed and forty-five wound- ed.
 At four o'clock in the afternoon or August II, a Russian torpedo boat de- stroyer, badly damaged, steamed slow lv in Tsingchou and half an hour later the protected cruiser Novik, slightly in tured. entered port. No dead were on board either vessel. They took coal and departed at o'clock on the morn- ing of August l2.
 Flagship Badly Battered.
 The battleship Czarevitch arrived at Tsingchou the night of August II. steaming at the rate of four knots an hour and burning immense quantities of coal to make even that rate of speed. Her rudder shaft was broken, one gun was disabled, lifeboats had been lost. her masts were badly bent. her fun' nels were riddled and her bridge had been twisted out of position. The pro- jectile holes above the water line were covered with makeshift stoppers of wood.
 The same night. August II. the cruiser Askold, with five of her crew dead and twelve wounded. and one tor pedo destroyer attempted to enter Tsingchou, but were kept out by a Japanese cruiser, whereupon they pro- ceeded to Woosung.
 Japanese Also Suffered.
 The officers of the Cgarevitch are of the opnion that the Japanese vessels undoubtedly suffered severely in the fighting as the pursuit of the Gzare- witch was maintained for a short time only. The dcks of the Russian battle- ship were slippery with blood and the men on board were almost deaf as the result of the concussions of firing.
 Several Japanese cruisers are now reported to be at present off Shantung promontory near the scene of the fight ing while destroyers on scouting duty are watching the mouth of the Tsing- chou harbor.
 The German warships at Tsingchou tonight are the cruisers Fuerst Bis mark. Geir, Hans and Heretha, the gunboats Luchs and Tiger and two tor pedo boat destroyers. They control tho harbor exit absolutely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-14
FIGHTS FOR C0NGREssMEN
Presidents Desire for 'sDOers''
 is the Cause.
Many Steries of How Dlstrists Asa to Be wea Are Tsla re o. taia Aeeess ts the Ra-
 ties Bsx.
Advertiser Bureau.
 Colorado Building.

Waenlu8ton Au8uoS 11s The federal office holders In the
 South. who constitute the frame work
 of the Republican party in that section.
 have been beguiling the president ana
 the friends of the administration hero
 with a story that while they may not
 be able to pull down any electoral
 votes for the national ticket this year.
 they are preparing to give the Demo-
 crats some annoyance by putting up
 an unusually stir light In several oon- gressional districts.
 Yarn Tichles Roosevelt. This yarn is said to have tickIed the president greatly for as represented by
 his friends, he wants Republicans who
 ''can do things" as he has no patience with the party follower who is satis-
 fled to draw his salary from the federal government and keep his little private organization intact for descent on tha White House offices when there fa something better doing.
 He tipped off the Southern Repubu~s con to this effect two years ago, during the congressional elections. and is said to have then told them that he would
 keep a memorandum of the pie grab- bers without fight and the pie grabbera
 with backbone and scrap. so that when he had something good to pass around he would have no difficulty from his little list in determining where the nice thing should go.
 | It is understood that he so informed Chairman Frank Williams and a couple of other Southern Republican leaders who called on him today.
 Ustng Humphreys Words. The recent interview of Representa- tive Humphreys of Mississippi in which he was made to say that the Demo- crats would have to get up and hustle. otherwise the Rpubiicans in the state
 would be given the opportunity of cap- 1 turing congressional district or two, on account of the seeming apathy of the Democratic voters. has furnishad
 the leaders of the party in that state
 with string on which to hang a story or probably Republican success. Similar yarns from Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Tennessee. Alabama and nearly all the Republican States. Agreeably to the President'a
 wishes. the Republicans in that section have promised to put up a stiff fight. Falling to do which. they will, 1t, ia
 said. be called up with a round turn
 by the chief executive when inc Repub-
 lican ration box Is opened. But that Ia another story.
 R. H. WATKINS.