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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
Hanged for Murder of simmona.

Raleigh. N. C.. May 19,-Alfred Dan- iels, colored, the murderer of F. G. Simmons. father of United States Sem ator Simmons of this State, was hang ed for his crime to-day. Daniels said nothing on the scaffold except that he had been forgiven for his crime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
Cbancery Court in Session.

The Chancery Court convened this morning in regular session. with Hon. Thomas H. Smith as Chancellor, and Chambliss Keith register in chancery. The docket is small and contains no important cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
Gen., "a. B. Mnnon sicx.

D. NJ E<ennen received a telegram from Athens. Ala. this morning stating that General R. B. Mason was danger ously i'll and would not probably live through the day. General Mason was member of the stan of General Cor don in the Confederate army. He is considered one of the most prominent planters in North Alabama He Is we'll known in Birmingham, having a number of relatives here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
coutract for New BuiIdInE.

P. B. Thomas has let the contract for the erection of a five-story brick build ing on Twenty-hrst Street, next to the Title Guarantee Building. The new building will be used for general of fees
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
WORLDS FAIR,

Tickets at low rates now on sale For particulars apply to MT. P. s. Hay $. E. P. A., M. and O. R. R., Mont. gomery, Ala adv-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
pr. snndera I,ec,ur..

tuscaloosa. May 1s.-(Special. )--Dr. w. H Sanders. the State Health officer. gave a splendid lecture before the fa- culty of the Tuscaloosa Female College Last evening. He said that air, water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20

Hn nTs Write to us for Free !rlal E hEG Package og pr. Miles, Anti p.Io pIlis. the New Scientific Remedy for Pain. Also Symptom Blank. our EnecialIst will diagnose your case, teiA ,l,, e,,slssf ia wrong and how to right it, ksree DR MILES MEpl0Als CO.s LABORATORIES, ELKHARL IND
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
The News of Selma.

a f with the graduating class exercises a, II o'clock May 25th. ell school.
 May 2l. p, m. A play from
 shakespeare. by Senior class. May 22. p. m. Baccalaureate ser
 mon, by Pres. R. T. Pollard. p m. Sermon before the Carey
 Missionary Society, by Rev. M. N. M
 May 2s. ga n, Public examination.
 exhibition Sewing Department. p. m. Exhibition of the Musical Department.
 May 24. s:so a. m. Farewell meet
 sp, m. Laying corner stone of New Chapel by Building Committee and
 Board of Trustees. p. m. Annual reunion of Alum
 nae association.
 May 25, II a. m. Commencement day; Baccalaureate address by Rev. A F. Owens. D. D.. Mobile, Ala. Personal and Local. Louis Benish and Robert Coleman.
 representatives of Selma Lodge No. 167. B. F. O. E.. have returned from the state Reunion In Birmingham. R. L.. Hooper and Ludwig Erlenbach went
 from Birmingham to St. Louis. John J. Babcock went to the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek today on
 business for Camp Jones, U. c. V. Mir. Babcock went with an old Veteran who
 has been in the Soldiers .home in Sel
 ma which is now vacated. Major s. H. Hopkins, of Anniston. was today the guest of his daughter. Mrs. J. T. Chapman and was given a cordial reception by his many old Sell
 ma friends. , Mrs. J. A. Logan and little daughter. of Birmingham. are visiting her pa-
 rents, Mir. and Mrs. T. w.. Barker. H. s. Daniels. commercial agent for the Louisville and Nashville, went to Montgomery this afternoon. Hon. Paul Carson. formerly of Selma. spent today with his many old friends here. -4 MT. and Mrs. H. T. Bledsoe, of Greensboro, were in the city today. Theo Lacy has returned form a visit
 to his old home near Burnsville. J. c. Bender has returned from a weeks visit to Cincinnati. Hon. J. B. Christian, of Uniontown. was in the city today. L. E. Jeffries has returned from Spartanburg, s. c.
 Hon. J. J. King, of Consul, was in the city today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
CulIman Rerrlea.

Cullman has shipped twenty carloads of strawberries by freight already and have fifteen more cars placed on the side-track at Cullman to be filled with berries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
Brareal Typewriter Co.,, Agents.

BraxeaI TypeWFfteF Co., Agents. Smith Premier Typewriter. Dearborn Cabinets and Tables. Typewriters Rented and Repaired. Phone 793. Room 63 First Nat. Bank Bldg.
 eod-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20

Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Rail- road. with headquarters in Cincinnati: {: Ralph Peters. General Superintendent southwestern division Pennsylvania Lines, headquarters in Columbus, o. |: James A. McRead, Superintendent southwestern division. Pennsylvania Lines, headquarters in Cincinnati, O.. H. M. Waite, Superintendent Cincinnati division. c. N. o. and T. F., headquar- ters In Lexington, Ky; W. A. D. Short, Superintendent of Signals. c. N O. and T. F, headquarters in Lexington, Ky. {; M. w, Mcguire. Superintendent Chatta- nooga division, c. N. O. and T. F., head quarters in Somerset, Ky
 There is no special significance to the visit other than that Mir. Garrett ad- mires the Birmingham district and is anxious to have his railroad friends in spect the properties hereabout.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
Funeral of Mir. PerkIu..

The funeral lof Constantine Perkins
 who died suddenly last night about g o'clock from heart failure, took place here this afternoon, interment in Oak Hill Cemetery The deceased was one or the oldest citizen sof Birmingham and had many friends
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
The News of Birmingham

Birmingham, May 19.-(Special.)- Tn the Court of Referee in Bankruptcy, Fred s. Ferguson, W. s. Gucker, recent ly moved to Birmingham from Ohio, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy said to have been caused by the pay ments he was forced to make in ali mony to a divorced wife. The judge of referee dismissed the petition and Gucker caused considerable surprise by filing a second petition in bank ruptcy on the ground that the costs of the case he had just lost had left him without money to pay his debts. This petition was also denied The case was so much out of the ordinary as to attract much attention.
 No News for Pool Room.
 The telegraph instruments in the al- legged pool room in the Morris Hotel building have been removed by the To- cal management of the Western Union in compliance with the general order issued by Robert .. Clowry, President and General Man ager of the company. The removal was quietly effected without interference or incident. The significance of the affair is apparent. No matter what decisions court may render. no pool room can operate without wires which are con- nected with telegraphic service. Tho action of President Clowry Is causing a great deal of talk and speculation In local sporting circles. The affair of the alleged pool room here are in the courts now, a raid being made by the police on Saturday last, and two em- pIoyes being arrested. The facts in the case were submitted in the Infe- rior Criminal Court and were taken under advisement by the judge. The constitutionality of the city ordinance prohibiting the posting and calling out of horse races is being argued. A de- cision either way would be of no avail to the operators of the alleged pool room.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
s.Im. IJn,ver.ity Progrom.

The following general program is announced for commencement exercises which will begin May 20th. and end
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
Personal and Local.

Louis Benish and Robert Coleman. representatives of Selma Lodge No, 167. B. F. O. E.. have returned from the State Reunion in Birmingham. R. L.. Hooper and Ludwig Erlenbach went from Birmingham to St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20

John J. Babcock went to the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek today on business for Camp Jones, U. c. V. MT. Babcock went with an old Veteran who has been in the Soldiers shome in Sel- ma which is now vacated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20

Major s. H. Hopkins, of Anniston was today the guest of his daughter Mrs. J. T. Chapman and was given a cordial reception by his many old Sel- ma friends. ,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20

Sold Everywhere, $1.oo per bottle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20

Mrs J. A. Logan and little daughter. of Birmingham. are visiting her pa- rents, Mir. and Mrs. T. w.. Barker.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10
WEST AND SouTH

The Illinois state normal university
at Normal, H.. will have as students
six Filipinos. who will take a course in
pedagogy, preparatory TO returning to
the Philippine islands as tea, hers. The
government pays their expenses.
Gov. Peabody. of Colorado. has re-
ceived a letter from Sheriff Edward Bell
formally declining the services Of the
state militia TO preserve order IN the
Cripple Creek district.
Representative Bartholdt,. Of Mis-
souri,, fears thar politics will kee, many
members of congress away from the in
ternational peace conference at st.
Louis.
An organization known as the CONT
mental party nominated Gen. Charles
II. Howard. OF Chicago, for president
Of the United States.
Chicaso's population. according to
the new school census. Is 1,714,I44.
Chicago fears meat famine prices,
as a result OF extension Of the strike to
the independent plants.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10
THE EAST.

According to the report OF the
committee for the relief Of sur
yivors of the General Slocum dis
aster. 95S bodies have been recoy-
cred and s109.543 was collected and
expended. One hundred and twenty men
lost their entire families in the disas-
ter, and in u families q children were
left orphans.
At Liberty. n. y, occurred the death
OF Dr. Thomas Herran. who represent
ed Colombia at Washington for severa,
years and up to the time OF the Panama
incident.
Fire destroyed the large packing
plant Of Street & Corkran. at Baltimore.
Md. The loss is estimated at between
$4,000 and 100000.
An elevator in the Park building. at
Pittsburg, Pa. fell and five persons were
hurt. one Of whom may die.
The explosion Of 500 kegs Of pow.
der in the pressroom of the Latin G.
Rand powder works, two miles east OF
Punxsutawney Pa. instantly killed one
man, seriously injured three others and
caused costly destruction Of property.
Fright at a narrow escape from a
fast auto caused the death of woman
at Newport. r. I.
The West Side Belt line. OF Pittsburg
has been sold to the Gould interests for
100000 This affords the Wabash
railway an entrance into Pittsburg
More than 1900 Smiths gathered at
Peapack TO celebrate the annual re-
union Of the famous family in New
Jersey. Every county in the state was
represented, and there were visiting
Smiths present from many other states.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
filed by Carson ]. Newwitter, doing
business as the Imperial silk mills In
New York city and Astoria, l. l., with
liabilities of S123,7OO and assets Of
SOS, 500.
Nan Patterson, indicted in New York
for the murder OF Caesar Young. has
been admitted to bail in the sum Of
$4,000. fixed by Justice Amend in the
supreme court.
Gov. Odell. of New York, has ap-
pointed Judge Edgar NJ Cullen. Of
Brooklyn. chief judge of the New York
court CT appeals, to succeed Judge Alton
B. Parker. resigned.
The largest number Of steerage pas
sengers ever brought from Great Brit
ain in a single vessel arrived in New
York on the steamer Baltic. which
brought 1000 passengers in the steer
age in addition TO GIL in the cabins.
making a total Of 1924 persons on
board.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10
OTHERWISE UNNOTICEl,

The Labor day crowd at the Worlds
fair is estimated at 10000.
NJ Picard. ambassador extraordinary
TO the Worlds fair from France, has
arrived in st. Louis
Five men were killed by the explo-
sion Of the boiler of threshing out
fit near Bricelyn, MINI.
St Petersburg denies. the report that
Sasseneff, assassin of Minister Won
Plehve. escaped from Jail.
The daughter of Rev. Sam Jones. the
well-known evangelist, has been sued
for divorce at Paducah, Ky.
Orchestra musicians of Washington.
D. c., are out on strike, demanding
20 per cent. increase in pay.
MIS- Kate Carl. who painted En-
press Ans picture in Pekin, has ar
rived in St. Louis TO visit her brother.
A Wabash train was held up by
swarms of bees. attracted by others in
cascd for shipment, at Edwardsville.
III.
Successful wireless Geographic COM
munication has been established for the
first time between st. Louis and
Springfield III.
The thirty-seventh annual Trades
union congress opened at Leeds, Eng
land, Monday under the presidency of
Richard Bell, NJ. p.
Typhoid fever has been declared to
be the cause Of the death of eight sea
fso-e a. tbo Irooopl,aol- ..l,r.r.- On Tho
Pike at the Worlds fair.
Five thousand members of the Mod
srn Woodmen of America are en-
camped on the Worlds fair grounds.
this being Woodmen's week.
Senator Platonoff, a member of the
council Of the empire. has been APP
pointed minister Of the interior of Rus
STA, to succeed NJ Won Plehve.
Labor day riots were caused in In
dianapolis, Ind, when street cars
broke the line of the workingmens
parade Many cars were damaged.
Editors of religious weeklies in St.
Louis are arranging for an information
al religious press congress, which will
be held al the Worlds fair next month.
General elections in Arkansas show
the state remains overwhelmingly in
the democratic column. Party man
ayers claim 10000 plurality for Davis
for governor.
Joseph w. Folk. democratic nomi-
nee for governor Of Missouri. in La
Dor day speech at Kansas City, urged
that arbitration be employed to set
tie labor disputes.
The National Newsdealers'. Book
sells and Stationers' association IS
holding its twenty-second annual con-
yention at Library hall at the Worlds
fair grounds inN ST. Louis.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10
THREE FINE FOREIGN BANDS
The Garde RepUbIicaine, the Grena-
der and the Mexican Bands Are
Now At the Worlds Fair.

st. Louis, Sept 6,-The arrival of
the famous Garde Republicaine, the
great French band, which is acknowl-
edged by every bandmaster TO be one
Of the finest organizations Of its kind
in the world, increases the number Of
celebrated foreign bands now giving
daily concerts at the Worlds fair to
three.
These are the Grenadier band. from
London, the official musicians of King
Edward. which arrived at the exposi-
ton week ago; the Maxican band of
60 pieces, and the Garde Republicaine.
which has just arrived.
Seldom have the great official bands
of three nations met in one city. and
their presence at the Worlds fair
grounds, contemporaneously, is the oe-
casiOn for considerable friendly rivalry.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10
.DOINGS Or WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
Of the Past Seven Days in This
and ALI Foreign Lands.
!, WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

Another $500, 900 semimonthly pay
ment TO liquidate the government loan
of $4,000, 900 has been made by the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition com
pany. The total amount refunded TO
date is S2.40s.149.19.
To take effect October /. parcels post
convention has been concluded De-
tween the United States and Norway.
Hon. William ]. Bryan has rendered
his services to the democratic national
committee for October.
1t is reported by Gen. Lee, of the de-
partment of Texas, that the abolition OF
the canteen increases drunkenness in
the army.
The United Irish National league
unanimously reelected President John
F. Finerty and the old officers.
A train struck Perry Lundy and Mrs,
Woods. OF Lincoln. H., near Lawndale.
ID and both were instantly killed.
Recent reports show a total Of 260,'
905 Protestant Sabbath schools, 2,414,-
ISL teachers and 23.442. 99S scholars IN
Europe, Asia. Africa. North and South
america and the iSlanus OF the seas. ue
United States leads with 1887 Sunday
schools. 1,419.SO7 teachers and 11,493,-
591 enrolled scholars.
The public debt statement shows that
at the close Of business August 81, 1904.
the total debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to 1857 1893. $50. an increase for
the month Of $6.G11.s69.
In a hospital at Washington Hon.
Kerr Craige. of North Carolina, died
OF valvular disease OF the heart. Mr..
Craige Vas third assistant postmaster
general during President Cleveland's
second administration.
The comptroller OF the currency re-
ports an increase in circulation Of ma
tional bank notes
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10
nErRnATINe ~ GOOD ORDER.
The Russian Retreat is Said 10 He
Carried On Orderly.

Mukden, Sept. 6-1:40 p. m.-The re-
.reat of Gen KurCpatkin's army is be-
Ing carried out in good order. despite
The terrible condition of the roads, rem
dered sodden by heavy rains. which
mire the numbering guns and heavy
transport trains. Long lines of COM
missariat wagons, drawn by steaming
mules. horses and even bullocks, are
straining their way north over the
soaking. cut-up main road from Yen
tai. Behind them come long trains OF
artillery. and back of them still come
KurOpatikn's army The japanese are
hanging on KurOpatkin's tanks, keep
ing the Russians engaged in a contin-
uous rear-guard action. The progress
of the retreating army has been slow,
owing to the necessity OF first getting
through the baggage and guns, but the
heads of the cOmmissariat trains al
ready have passed through Mukden
and are continuing their way towards
the north.
The main japanese army. is march
ing up along the roads eastward of
the Russian lines of retreat, which con-
verge at Mukden. Another Japanese
force is also heading for Mukden from
the westward, coming from the direc-
ton of Lao river Marshal Oyama
seems 10 be making a race for Mukden.
He evidently has great superiority in
numbers. especially in artillery.
AS this dispatch was filed the cor
respondent could hear the booming OF
japanese cannon. which are in play IA
miles from Mukden.
The skies are black and the air is
sitting with the sense Of suffocation
which is felt here before a storm
breaks-strange harmony between the
elements and the menacins attitude OF
the contending armies.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10
SUBSTANTIAL CONCESSIONS
Russia VIII Meet Great lIritnin and
the United States on Their
Ideas of COntraband.

London, Sept 6.-The preliminary
representations made by Count Benck-
endOrff, the Russian ambassador to the
foreign Office, indicate that Russia is
on the point Of making substantial con-
cessiOns TO the United States and
Great Britain regarding the question of
cOntraband Of war, as a result Of the
submission by Foreign Minister Lams-
dorff of the reports Of the general com
mission to Emperor Nicholas. together
with information transmitted by Am
bassador Benckendorf owing the
views of the British government. The
Russian foreign minister is expected
to present to the British government.
through Sir Charles Hardinge, the
British ambassador to Russia, Wednes-
day, the formal reply of the Russian
government 1t is understood in Off
cial circles here that Russia, while not
acknowledging herself at fault for the
captures made by her ships in the past,
Will more specifically describe the con-
ditiOns under which certain goods,
such as foodstuffs and cotton, become
in her view contraband.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10

The growth of the American navy has
been unprecedented in the annals Of the
world. 1t is good navy, consisting OF
stout ships manned by able men and in
diligently directed. but some Of the
naval officers and officials of the navy de-
partment are beginning TO ask what good
tits to build the ships if there are no men
toman them. Their queries are notunrea-
sonable. There is not ship in the navy
that is not short of men and officers, and
IN order to overcome this lack some ten
or more vessels which are in need of
some repairs viii be put out of commits
sion for the time being.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10
TRYING TO FIX THE BLAME
Inquest Into the Deaths of Victims Of
Saturdays Accident in Progress.
Six OF the More Prominent business
Men of st. Louis Compose the
COroner's jury.

St Louis, Sept 6.-Taking Of evil
dence in the inquest into the deaths
Of the seven vitcims of the Sarah street
grade crossing disaster was begun in
the office of Coroner Funkhouser at the
city hail Tuesday morning. The of.
fee was crowded with witnesses, rela-
tives and frienGs Of the victims and
interested spectators
The jury is made up of the follow
ing prominent business men: Byron
Nugent, dry goods merchant, foreman;
A. A. Aal, cloak merchant: S. NJ. Hit,
department store manager: Thomas ].
Reid, shoe merchant; A. J. Jordan, cut
lery merchant and David NJ Woods
undertaken.
The disaster which is being inquired
into, with the purpose Of fixing the
responsibility, was the worst grade
crossing accident which has ever oc-
CURED in St Louis, with the exception
OF one which occurred at the same
spot u years ago.
The deaths resulting from the acct
dent of Saturday afternoon. when a
south-bound Suburban car was struck
by an east-bound shuttle train are
seven, but three Others are in a crit
ical condition. And the number in
jured was almost %.
The car was stopped at the railroad
track. and the conductor went ahead
to see If il was safe to cross. He saw
the train approaching. but says he was
encouraged by the flagman TO signal TO
the motorman to come ahead and did
so.
The shuttle train crashed into II.
and the dead and dying were strewn
with the wreckage for a hundred feet
along the track
The dead, on whom the inquest is
being held, are Mrs Sophia Aldrich,
Mrs. Bessie Markley. NJ. B. Bristol, An
drew j. Mckinley. NJ B. Culp, John w
Wilson and George w. Major.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10
BEING DISCUSSED At HOME.
views Expressed BY Some of the st.
Petersburg Newspapers.


ST Petersburg, Sept 6.-4:0S p. m
While insisting that Marshal Oyama
missed his main object at Lao Yang,
most of the Russian papers do not dis
guise their profound disappointment
over the result of the battle at Lao
Yang
The Russky Invalid. organ of the
army. however, is OF the opinion that
Gen. Kuropatkin, both strategically
and technically, got everything posi-
bic out of Lao Yang. saying:
ut enabled him to cope with an army
very much superior to his. Field Mar
shall Oyama was compelled to waste
several tens Of thousands of men TO
capture a position which is Of no inn
portance. now that Kuropatkin has
left. It is evident that oyamas plans
miscarried, since he failed to surround
and infiict a decisive blow on the Rus
sian army"
The other view is represented by the
Russ. as follows:
THE view that Kuropatkin was COM
peeled to leave Lao Yang has not only
military but political significance. 1t
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10

st. Petersburg, Sept. G---f;I3 u. M
Russian general stan authorize the
denial of the report which was IN
circulation here Monday night, OF
the annihiIntion of Gen. Kuropat-
InteSt ndViceS OF the stan, no Rus
sian force was cut OF aud It IN be-
IieVed that there il Iittie danger OF
the Japanese intcrceptinE hurOpat-
Kin below MulSden.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-09-10

Campaign managers on both sides CON-
plain of unprecedented apathy among
the people. 1t is but little over two
months to the election and, with the ex-
ception of professional politicians who
have personal interests at stake, nobody
appears to care much about what are the
Issues to be fought over or what the re-
suit OF the battle may be. People are
paying close attention to their business,
finding such attention necessary II It Is
TO continue profitable. and are not in a
mood to welcome the eloquence Of the
partisan spellbinder or the visits of the
solicitor Of campaign contributions.