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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
CAPTAIN SCOTT TALKS.
Says That the Winter Was Passed
 in Comfort

Christchurch. N z., April J.--Cantafn
 \. x, Scott of the Discovery says ths yufns
 ter of 1905 passed pleasantly, and that the
 men of the expedition enjoyed much
 greater comfort than in fs02 sledrinx operations began in September under se- were conditions. owing to extremely low
 temperatures. which frequently feii fa
 sixty degrees below zefo.
 In November one party reached a poink leo geographical miles southeast of the
 snip There was no trace of land. and evidence was obtained showing that thlx was vast floating ice plain
 Captain Scott, with another party. made
 two excursions westward ln octoelacier.
 They gained the summit October i, and crossed the magnetic meridian October %, In longitude ls5 IA east proceeding
 stiil westward, the party reached poinx H0 miles from the ship in latitude 7s.
 south, longitude iM i-2 east The Interior
 fl 1Scath Victoria is evidently vaat con
 tinental plateau. The glacier valley af-
 lords magnificent scenery
 i In tho middle of December the marty attempted to cut a canal through the ice which was seventy to eighty feet thick. but the effort was futile, owing to the constant freezing. and the party dcsisted. Open water was then seventeen nilea from the ship. The relief ships arrived simultaneously January 4 The ice be- gan to break at the end of January as- Sisted by systematic dynamiting Febru- ary F a general breakup brought the rs- lief ships to Hut Point, and February iS. two hesSy charges of dynamite placed the Discovery in open water.
 Tn the succeedinS days the heavy gale drove the vessels apart, and the Discov- cry was driven ashore where she rs- mained for eight bours in a critical p5si- ton before she freed herself
 February l9, said Captain Scott .'wc got seventy-fiye tons of coal from the relief ships. Before a fresh gale which drove us north, we kept close along the and partey company with the other ships at Cape Washington, with a clear sea to the north. We entered Wood Bay at Robertson Bay, but in attemptinx to pass around Capc North. We met with heavy Ice.
 We found that we had not sufficiens coal to enter SmithIand. skirted back fo the east and the north and proceeded west along parallel 69 1-2. latitude ana March found, that Balieny and Russell islands were identical. We passed through he group and continued west to Iongi- Jude 156. where want of coal obliged us 10 turn north. The report Of a coasfilna In this direction we found to be a mis- take. as no such land exists.
 We arrived at Auckland Island March s. with only ten tons of coal in our ounkers. The Terra Nova and the Morn- ng rejoined us on March %, after expe- fencing terrible weather"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
RAILROADS ARE ACCUSED.
Charged With Violating Sherman
 Anti-Tr,ist Law.

Chicago. April 1--Eight specific charges. each one pointed cut as violation of the Sherman antl-trusk law, are brought against twenty-six leading railroads run hing into Chicago. In q bin prepared for the Chicago Coal Shippers Associaton, to he filed in the United States Circuit Court. The acton is an attempt by the coal dealers to put the Chicago Car Ser vice Association out of business on the ground that 1t is an illegal combination of railroads.
 Its acts are said to be the enforcement of a uniform system of demurrase and per diem charges on cars. which adds to the freight rates.
 The bill to be filed Is petition for in- junction against each of the railroads re- straining them from continuing their membership in the organization, and from combining to form similar organization. The charges are summed up In the last clause. wherein 1t is alleged that "the purpose and object of said association. and the direct and necessary effect of It's quotations. Is artificially to restrain trade and commerce among and between the several States and Territories, and the maintenance of abnormal unreasonable ana arbitrary regulations for the conduct of the business of the different railroad companies. to the manifest Injury Of the people and in defiance of the law" The pstition was placed. in. the bands |of United states pstrct Attorney Bet1ea SIX weeks ago and forwarded to Attor- ney ueneraf Knox, who instructed Mfr. Bethea to hear both sides, and to prose cata the Association if it appeared un- lawful The railroads will be given their nrst nearing before the District Attorney Apri IS. Charles W. Sanford. Manager of the Car Service Association was a1- vised today that the legal departments of the railroads would defend the suit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
THE HOUSE.

Washington. April 1.-The House to- day passed the sundry civil appropriation bill after voting down Il proposition by Mir. SulZer to recommit it with instruc- tions to strike out the appropriation of $136.6 500 for the New York custom house The remainder of the day was devoted to discussion of the conference report on the army appropriation bill. With the ex- ception of one amendment providing cer- tain increases in the signal corps. the House disagreed to all other important Senate amendments and the bin was sent back to conference. The proposition to consolidate the office of the adJutant general with that of the record and pen- sion division and make Brigadfer General Alnsworth chi>t of the latter division, mil itary secretary with the rank of major general, and put him in charge. and the amendment to allow officers who served in the Civil War who retire or may have retired. to retire at the next higher trade were debated at length and met strong opposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
MASSACRE IS REPORTED.
Japs Alleged to Have Slain Russian
 Families.

St. Petersburg. April IA correspond ent of The Novo Vremya at Viadivostok says he has been informed by an officer that following the bombardment of March 6, Japanese marines landed on the Ieland of Putia Tina, thirty miles from Vladivostok and killed fourteen Russian families. This information was brought by Chinese, and Is unreliable.
 It is also reported. the correspondent says. that the Japanese on their retire. ment from Vladivostok dropped floating mines.
 The correspondent charges that the Japanese, who were acquainted with the situation of buildings in Vladivostok. de- liberately pointed their guns toward a hospital where there were 250 sick The hospital was not struck. Another hospi- tai was also endangered by a Japanese shell.
 A correspondent of the Associated Press stationed in Manchuria. writes un- der date of March G. that the only per sons opposed to the Russians in Man churia are Manchurian bandits, whom the Russians prevented from expressing the people.
 Manchurians friendly to Russians. this correspondent says, have petitioned the Russians to accord protection, which they say they cannot expect under Chi- nese rule. Following the torpedoing of Russian ships. the news of which was circulated by the Japanese, placards were posted, saying that the opportunity had arrived to exterminate the foreign CTS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
MExIcAN CONGRESS.
President Diaz Devotes Attention to
 Sanitary Matters.

&4AAAt&A4 0A0bICASs
 Mexico City. April 1--President Diaz opened Congress this evening. being es- corted to the hall by the presidential guards. His message covered a period embracing the past half year. Among other things he referred to the circum- spection of the government In its inter- nal relations and to the good accom- plIshed by the sanitation works at the Federal capital.
 The President devotes much attention to sanitary matters. and shows that at Vera Cruz the authorities expect to stamp out the yellow fever.
 The message says that the mining in- dustry shows steady progress; that a large amount of work has been done on the port works at Manzanilla, Salina Cruz, Catzacoalcos, and at other points: that the railways in Mexico have in the past half year been augmented by S03 kilometres and that the Postal and Fed- eral telegraph service shows q continual increase.
 The financial condition of the national government is satisfactory, both stamp taxes and customs collections showing an increase.
 The army has many improvements to show. and additions arc to be made to the navy The President thanks Cons gress for tits efficacious aid in the great work of national transformation now fortunately very far advanced and which in the end will elevate Mexico to the en- viable place reserved by destiny for her among the nationss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
CHANGES IN EFFECT.
Kru schnitt Assumes New Duties
 With Southern Pacific.

San Francisco. April l--The recently announce changes in the Southern Pa clhc went into esfect today Julius Kruttschnitt assumed his new position as director Of maintenance and opera tion with hesdquarters in Chicago. He Is still in San Francisco. but circulars issued by him to-day are dated Chicago. One of these appoints q. E. Markham general manager of the lines of the com pany west of -4i PasO. Texas, and Wads- worth, Nev.. and south of Ashland, Ore gon. with headquarters at San Francisco.
 Similar circulars were telegraphed to Omaha. Salt Lake City. Portland and Houston. One informed those 1t might concern that the Salt Lake division has been put under the management of w.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
RESERVOIR ENDANGERED.
Apprehension That Banks win Give
 Way to Waters.

Celina. Ohio, April 1--The apprehension that has been felt today regarding the banks of the Grand Reservoir has in- creased tonight. The water continues rising. but the greatest danger Is believed to exist on account of the high wind that has been blowing since sundown. and Is continually getting stronger. The gale Is from the west, and is driving the water against the east bank around St. Marys. where the bank has already been weak ened.
 A very large force is at work tonight trying to save the locks at the buikhead St. Mary's is at the east end of Reser- voir and Celina at the west end. Flood signals have been given not only around the Reservoir, but also to people along the canal to be ready to vacate. St. Mary.s River has broken it's record. do- ing much damage to the railroads and other property The exodus of people from the Reservoir district tonight Is largely on account of the high winds which make the waters surge along its banks.
 These people know that if there Is q break at any point . great calamity will follow. The superintendent of the canal notified the people occupying houses on the south side of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad In this city to vacate at once,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
Proeress on Fair Buildings.

st Louis. April 1-Director of Works Taylor of the Worlds Fair. says that the following buildings were s9 I-2 per cent. completed on March F: Education. Electrical. Machinery, Variei Industries, Liberal Arts. Manufacturers. Transpor- tauon, Horticulture. Mines and Metalluc- gy. Art, Festival Hall and Forestry. Fish and Game. The buildings of Louisiana. Oklahoma, Kentucky. West Virginia. Ar kansas and seven or eight other States. with the exception Of Maryland. Georgia and Oregon. the other State buildings are mere than sS per cent completed. Mexico and Canada are the only foreign build lrgs nnished. although the majority of ths others are more than 75 per cent completed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
SURGEONS SUDDEN DEATH
Expires While Operating on 6
 Patient.

New York. April 1.--Just at the critical moment in a dinlcult operation he was performing in a Brooklyn hospital, pr. Steuhen P. Truax, widely known gyne- cologist, was seized by faintness, stag gered into an adjoining room and in nf- teen minutes was dead
 Dr. Truax had been Ill from grippe complicated by heart weakness, but upon an earnest call went to the hospi- tai to perform difficult operation in obstetrics. Interest in the case seemed to arouse him and he quickly took up the operation. Suddenly he became faint and staggered back from the operating table. handed the knife to another sur geon. whom he urged to complete the work.
 While his substitute was saving the life of the patient. Dr. Truax, lying on a cot near by. diagnosed his own aiiment as heart diIation, called for strychnine and oxygen, cav the restoratives fail to work and prcnouncing his case beyond human aid. passed away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
MIR. BRYAN IS NOT C0k, k,ISTENT His Spx3Ort of Hearst Out < of Order. GORMAN FAvORs PARKER Probably Would Accept the National Chairmanship. Johl c. Carlisle Says He Would Work Actively for the Elec-
 tiOn of the New York
 Judge.
GORMAN FAv0Rs PARKER
Advertiser Bureau.
 Colora1a Ruilfftnr


 Washington. April 1. William R. Hearst supported William J. Bryan in 1896 and 1900 as the editorial columns of his newspap pers will show. Members of Congress have been refresh ing themselves with examination of the Hearst papers files to see in what man ner Mir. Hearst supported MT. Bryan. They have found that the very day in November, 1900. 1t was seen that Bryan ist had overwhelmingly again been licked, an editorial contained this as one of the things that defeated the Nebraskan,
 Free silver was dead. and so unpopu- lar that even its corpse was enough to drag any man down to defeat"
 Mir Bryan and those who still profess to believe in him are thus necessarily committed to the free silver corpse of the Kansas City platform which he says must be reatiirmed. yet they are lending them selves to booming a man for President whose newspapers repudiated the car dinal issue of Bryanism. Mir. Hearst was always a gold standard man. Mir. Bryaa made speeches, one of them at Birming- ham, in which he declared that all the powers of earth. hell and hea.en could not make him support a Democratic can didate who stood for the gold standard. Yet 1t is generally remarked that Mr. Bryan has eliminated every other man from the list of his ellgibles except Will liam R. Hearst
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02

H. Bancroft. another tells of Mohler,s appointment as general manager of the Union Pacific lines east of Green River; another announces that F. B Calvin is general manager of ,..e Southern Pacific lines tn Oregon and still another to Houston confirms the appointment of T. Fay as general manager of the lines south and east of El Psso with head quarters at Houston.
 General Manager Markham Is at Hous- ton and will remain there until relieved by Fay. He will t.,en come to San Fran cisco to relieve Kruttschnitt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
100000 TROOPS IN EAST.
Russia Has Enormous Force to op-
 pose Japan.

Paris. April 2.-The Figaro's St. Peters burg correspondent telegaphs as follows
 "A detailed list of the Russian troops fl: the Far East was semi-officlally com" nunicated to me tonight, and though am forbidden to betray the secrets or mobilization. am allowed to give ths general figures The list was drawn up oa the evening of March 2S. by the gen orai staff at Harbin. There were then in Manchuria 170.0OJ infantry. 1TO00 cavalry and 256 cannon. Of this number 2O,OOo nl- fnntry. 5,0O0 cavalry and g cannon have toeE detailed to guard the railway.
 Although the bulk of the troops is concentrated opposite Korea. the strate- gical front extends 1.6O0 miles from Vlad- iS ostok to Newchwang, on the left banh of the Ldao River. the right bank 5ting regarded as neutral territory.
 By June B. 130.OG0 more infantry, S0,0cn cavalry and 25O cannon will have beer sent out.
 Tt is estimated that the Japanese trocps landed do not exceed 5000. and that 10000 are waiting until the com m,fsiarat is improved before being trans ported. as 1t is impossible to feed them in Korea
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
BACK FROM
 COLD REGIONS The Discovery Reaches
 New Zealand. CAPTAIN TELLS OF VOYAGE Some Times 1hermometer was 50 Degrees Below Zero. No Signs of Land at the Farthsst Point South Reached by the
 Explorers -Reiisf ships
 Arrivsd Feb, IA.
CAPTAIN TELLS OF VOYAGE

Lyttleton. N. c. Aprfl 1.--The British Antactic steamer Discovery and the re- lief steamers Morning and Terranova ar river here today. v
 The relief ships. which left Hobart Dc cermer 5. reached the Discovery Feb- ruary iA and found all the members ot the expedition in excellent health and spirits. There was great excitement among the crews of all the ships when they sighted each other and the rescuers' belief that all are we'll on board tha iong-absent Discovery. Scientific work was continued by the explorers tfroueh- out the winter of 1908. They established the fact that the interior of victoriaIand continues at a height of 5000 feet and evidently a'vast continental plateau, A new route to the West was found and depot was established 1000 feet up the glacier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
VAN HoRNE's PARTY.
Will Return to New York on the
 Steamer Mexico.

Havana. April 1.-Sir William Van Horne returned with his party. including T. F. Ryan. who is a director of the Cuban Railroad. D. A. C. Smith and oth- CT New York capitalists. and Lieutenant General Samuel B. Nj. Young. retired. af- ter having toured Eastern Cuba. The party was amused at the report that an effort would be made to domicile the Northern Securities Company in Cuba. Sir William Van Horne said the visit had not been to secure any Cuban Railroad loan. but that the visitors were impress cd with the various opportunities for in- vestments in Cuba.
 Asher Bruyer, General Manager of the Cuban Railroad, has received eonhrna- ton of the burning of a passenger train au the way to Santiago last night. as an- nOunced in a dispatch from Santiago
 The Ward Line steamer Mexico. whi n leaves on Saturday for New York will have the party of New York capitalists sS passengers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
FLOOD IN INDIANA.
Situation in Many Towns is Much
 Improved.

1mpEoNe0s
 Indianapolis, April 1---while the flood situation throughout Southwestern In- diana Is considerably improved. the heavy rains of yesterday and last night have almost duplicated the Hood stage of last week throughout Central Indiana
 White river. near this city. has risen 13 feet above the low water mark and Is still rising Manufacturing interests and many homes in the river district are menaced. At Portland only three or four business houses are above water and at Delphi the Wabash Railroad was washed away in two places. The suburbs of Al exandria are threatened by the high wa ter. and the inhabitants have abandoned their homes. Rockville is isolated. At Marion. Muncie and Newcastle the sit- uation is almost as bad as last week.
 The crest of the food h the south western part of the State has moved ai- most to the Ohio. and it is believed the rivers will now carry off the water. which covers several hundred thousand acres of valuable farm land. without fur ther damage
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
A Joke of Rad Tn.ts

Rome April l-The apocryphsi plot against the life of the Pope. which uaN reported in a London newspaper a few days ago and promptly ridicuied by the Vatican authorities. had a sequel to-day in an April fool" story, published by a newspaper. This story was to the effect that two anarchists, who intended to make an attempt on the Pope's life. had been arrested at a door of the Vatican. with bombs in their possession. The os- servatore Romano, the Vatican organ. tn- dignantly contradicts the story and points out the bad taste of such a joke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
schroeder Has a seheme.

Paris. April 1.-Lieutenant Schroeder passed through Paris today bound for Pert Arthur. with an apparatus consisting of a car suspended from several kites which he says will enable him 10 fly above a warship to the mast of which will be attached a light cable. containing a telegraph wire. By means of this ap- paratus he thinks he will be enabled to take observations at a great distance anu to convey the result and information f, the ship
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
The Miami Highest Ever Known.

Troy. O.. April 1.-The Miami River to- day reached a higher stage than ever known before. About Il o'clock the levee above the dam broke and the water came rushing down on Troy. That quarter of Troy known at Ninevah was soon ln- undated and the water tonight stands four to six feet deep in the streets.
 Residents were rescued in boats and many had narrow escapes from drowning. The roads leading Into Troy from tho north and east are impossible on account of high water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
Along the Ohio.

Evansville Ind April 1.-Flood eondl- tionr along the Ohio River are not im- proved tonight. The river has been sta- itonary here for thirty-six hours, and stands now at 3s.3 feet. but enough water Is coming from above to make the big gest river, this year. There is much alarm among the farmers who already have suffered heavily. Most of the side. streams O. the Ohio are still pouring out large volume of water and it is estimated that over one-half of the wheat crop along the Ohio River and two-thirds of the crop along White River will be entirely ruin ed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
Distress from High Water.

Vincennes. Ind. April 1.--Great dis tress prevails In this section because of the high water. Tonight appeals for help come from Russellvile. where the gro cery stores are without provisions. steamboat will be sent from here to their relief Families of James and Leonard Jordan were brought here tonight in an emaclated condition. They had beea ahoat in a skin for three days without food It is reported here that Jacob Kel- lunt and Mrs. Alice Christi have been drowned in their houses
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-02
ALEXIEFF AT
 PORT ARTHUR VicerOy on Tour of h.
 SpectiOn. SWORDS OF HONOR GIVEN Japs Reported to Have Mas sacred Russian Families. Tho Story is Told by Chinese and is Unreliabls-Marakof Keeping
 Close Watch ar Port
 Arthur.
SWORDS OF HONOR GIVEN

St. Petersburs. April 1.-viceroy Alex fen is at Port Arthur on tour of in. spection. He arrived there yesterday. With Admiral Marakoff and General Stoessei, he visited the battleships Petro- povoIsk. Retvizan and Czarevitch, the protected cruiser Pallada and other ships fin the harhor and later conferred gold swords of honor, with St. Georges ribs bonds Inscribed, For Gallantry." upon the captains of the cruiser Bayan. Novik and Askold.
 Lieutenant Newton A. McCuily. assign ed as United States naval attache, with the Russian navy at Port Arthur, and Captain W. V. Judson of the United States engineer corps. to be attached to General Kuropatkin's headquarters, left here this evening accompanied by Colonel 'Papdaroff, the Bulgarian military attache, and two Swiss attaches. They will go direct to vice-Admiral Alexieff's head. quarters at Mukden. where their future movements win be determined. Both the American officers speak in the highest praise of the treatment. accorded them here.
 Marakeff on the Watch.
 Vice-Admiral Marakoffs capture of a Japanese steamer near an island between the extremity of the Liea-Tung peninsula and the Shan-Tung peninsula proves that he is watching the entrance of the gulf of Pei-Chi-L. It is not believedl the Ja- panese will attempt to debark on the shores of the Liao-Tung Gulf while Max aroff's fleet Is uncrippled
 The Novi-Krai of Port Arthur, dated March 8. has just arrived here. It con- taiHs telegram from Captain Reitzen- stein, commanding the Russian squadron at vladivostok. referring to the Japan csc attack on vladivostok. from which 1t appears that his squadron was not only in port when the enemy was sighted. but that 1t got up steam. went out and en- gagged the Japanesp, who turned tad, Captain Rsitzenstein, according to hts tel oRram to the commander-in-chiek pairsu- ing tsse JapenEss hmSA ? o'clock. when they returned to viadivostok A letter from the island of sakhaTln says that sng time-expired convicts have been enrolled for the defense of the island. They hope to be allowed to return to Russia after the war as a recompense for their ser vices.
 Admiral Skridloff considers the ultimate victory of Russia to be ce7tSIn. denomln- ating this as patriotic national war.