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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-17
ARGUMENTS RESUMED.
Mr.. Purdy Again Addresses Jury in
Post Office Case.

When court met this afternoon at Las
o'clock Justice Pritchard. acting on sug-
gestion advanced by Attorney Kumler an
nounced that he would not direct an ad-
journment today until 4 o'clock. Assistant
Attorney General Purdy. who was speaking
at the hour of adjournment yesterday, then
resumed his address to the jury. He pro-
ceeded to comment on the checks that
passed from D. B. Croft to George E. Lor-
enZ and the drafts sent by the latter to
Machen. Mr.. Purdy called attention to the
methods alleged to have been pursued by
LorenZ of drawing on several of his bank
accounts, in order to make up remittances
to Machen of one-half the amounts sent to
LorenZ by Croft.
WAS there purpose in these combina-
tions?" remarked the speaker. Fraud de-
lights in subterfuge."
THE method pursued by LorenZ in max
ing those remittances to Machen," Assist
ant Attorney General Purdy declared, was
skillfully devised for the purpose of con-
cealng the truth. But footprints were left
that could not be covered with sand 1t has
all been figured out and the facts dOvetail-
the facts fit the truth. A falsehood is our
of joint with everything"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-17
FINLAND WOULD AID JAPs.

assumed to have been an excusable mis-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-17
Russian Ships Torpedoed.

LONDON, February IA dispatch to
the ST. James Gazette from Kobe, Japan
in reporting the japanese attack on Port
Arthur February Ii. says the Russian
suar6shIp In the harbor and another Rus
sian warship. lying outside the harbor, were
toTpedoed. and that the japanese retired
without sustaining any injury
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-17
Russia's Answer to Be Made in a Few
DAYS.
To Give Adherence.

The Russian authorities have now been
made acquainted with the replies of the
remaining powers, including that of japan,
and it has now practically been decided to
give adherence in principle. Russia ex-
planned that she was as anxious as the
other powers to prevent disorders in China
and to preserve rs integrity, but that owing
to Russia special interests in Manchuria
difficulties are presented.
Her railroad must be protected and Rus
STA will make a reservation on this point.
The government does not desire her posi-
ton in this respect to be misunderstood
hereafter, and for this reason her words
will be explicit and not equiVocal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-17
Port Arthur Ready for Siege.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, February IA St. Peters,
burg cablegram says; An official dispatch
from Port Arthur declares that after
fight at Chemulpo about 10000 Japanese
were landed. with the view of entering
Manchuria. The fortress of Port Arthur
has been put in a state of siege and is
ready to serve Russia as stronghold.
General Stoessel has issued proclamation
reassuring the popuiace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-17
No Permission for Military Attaches

Russia has not yet given permission for
any military attaches to join the Russian
army in the field. Requests have been re-
celved from all the powers. including the
United States. and it is understood that
Niceroy Alexieff. to whom the question was
referred, would prefer that foreign attaches
should not join in the Russian field opera
lions until March. explaining that owing
TO the unexpected suddenness of the out
break of hostilities it is difficult to make
arrangements for their comfortable ac-
commodation. especially during the severe
weather, until that time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
AN 1NJupIcIoug Ex-oFF1oA1.
MT. Charles Emory Smith and the Postoface Department Scandals.

MT. Charles Emory Smith and the
 Postofice Department Scandals.
 Pittsburg Dispatch
 The comments which Charles J. Bona .parte directs upon our esteemed con- temporary, MT. Charles Emory Smith, may, In view of the latest deliverance from the ex-Postmaster-Gener be char acterized as severe but. justified by the facts. If Mir. Smith had been content to recognize the golden value of silence with regard to matters of which the least said the soonest. mended, no such scoring would have been called for.
 : No one believes that Mir. Smith was willingly a party or shield to crooked ness. But ft 4e. .ifffoFtunately beyond dis pute that as Pcstnaas ster- General. he clos ed his eyes to warnings and was blind to practices that he ought to have stopped in thelr inception. At tho outcropping of the postal scandals he steadily denied their existence The climax to this IS capped wihef1 after the proof of the job beryi is before the whole country, an ar ticle in his paper panders to the wrath of Congressmeh caught in their own trap. and makes a bitter attack on the men who have been active in making the ex- nosures. This puts MT. Smith in the un- fortunate light of cherishing- a grudge for the uncovering of 'crookedness.--
 That disposition Is especially fragrant in the case of Gilmer. Gilmer was Treas ury subordinate detailed to do a specihed duty. As the subsequent events proved he did that duty. honestly, and because that honest discharge was unpleasant to some great influences he was punished That MT. Smith should put himself in the attitude of pursuing man still furtner for the offense of honesty Is much to be regretted-on Mir Smiths account
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28

in August, September and October of 1892. needs as much explanation as the trans- action itself
 Even conceding for the sake of argu- ment, that your competitor who com plained to the l.. and N. R. R. Co. zha. you were underselling him in the Bir- mingham market on flour. misrepresentei the facts, and that you did not in fact re- celve any pecuniary benefit from the | fraud which was being praeticed during the three months mentioned, upon the l.. and N. R. R. Co.,, do you think you were doing the proper thing to remain silent all that length of time, and permi this fraud to be sperpetrated upon the l.. and N. R. R. Co.,, when you of all men, had It in your power to prevent this fraud? You admit the irregularity, and you admit your knowledge of the irregu- larity, but you say, the irregular ship ment was no benefit to me, nor designed to be-" Do you think in permitting this fraud to go on for months. without giving hint to the parties on whom the fraud was being practiced, was carrying out the golden rule?
 As you would that others do unto you do ye even so unto them?' ft@
 l note that you say, T have never from your road. or from any Other. without the consent of the road, derived any advant- age from irregular shipments" After q very careful investigation fail to find even one man who was at that time or is now connected with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, who gave consent on the part of the company for these or any other irregular shipments and the fact that the bill for these un- der-charges by reason of this false classi- fication and false weight, amounted to $129.S6. was made immediately upon dis covery of the irregularities by a repre- sentative of the company, presented, ani paid by you, is, 1t seems to me, convinc- ing proof that no authorized agent or official connected with this company had given its consent.
 Do you think that If your prejudice against this common carrier is so great as to permit you to sit quietly by and permit a fraud to be worked upon this company, you could sit as an impartial judge in passing on the right of this company where it's interests might be am tagonlstic to yourself or to any other shipper?
 Did you deal fairly and honestly with your fellowmen in these transactions? |? Does not your conscience snlite you when you reflect upon the transaction in its entirety? And what enabled you at or about the time of these Irregularities to so Breatly unuerSeH your competitors in the -four market of Birmingham
 It is hard to reconcile your statement, that you were not benefited by this false classification and false billing. with the statement of the actual facts of these transactions as set forth in my letter to Mir. E. Wilkinson of the 21st inst, which was published in The Birmingham Ledger on March g. and in The Age-Herald on March 2. Yours truly,
 W. E. KNOX.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
HEARST NOT A TRUE DEMOCRAT
Not Available, Therefore, as a Presi-
 dential Candidate.

dential Candidate.
 Atlanta Journal.
 We do not believe that Mir. Hearst stands for true Democracy. We do not believe that he stands for the things that our people-regardless of party we might say-reverence and hold dear. We have seen no picture drawn of him (and on his payroll are panegyrists of brilliance ana persuasion) that makes us think him or presidential mold. ---#
 Our opposition to MT. Hearst from the first has been based upon his availability. We said at the outset that to nominate him meant party suicide, and that if he should by any freak of politics secure the nomination he would be SO hopelessly de- feated that 1t would take the Democratic party twenty-five years to recover from so crushing a blow.
 We believe even more firmly now that such would be the case We have 1t from no less an authority than Senator Car mack of Tennessee, that every Demo- cratic Senator Is opposed to his candi- dacy. We know of but one Southern Con gressman who favors his nomination and we do not believe that there are ten from all the State of the Union who look win anything like favor upon his candidacy.
 The simple, sad fact of the matter s that Democratic representatives of the people seem to regard as a calamity to the party not the possibility of his nom ination and election, but the fact that he Is being seriously considered.
 But even supposing. which does not oc- cur to us as being within the realms Of possibility, that these Democratic Sena- tors and Congressman have no good rca- son for their hostility, how does it hap
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
MR. KNOX ASKS coMER
 SOME INTERESTING AND

MT w E. Knox of Anniston was in the city last night and upon being shown the aIternoon papers containing an antdayft from c. A. Tyson, stating that ne, Tyson, curing 1892 was broker for Maury Mills, Carters Creek. Tenn, and as such had soid considerable" flour to B. B. Conner. delivered at Birmingham. and that any Iunderoiiiing or Justification on the same would have accrued to the benefit of the shipper. stated that MT: Tyson's g amdavit was indefinite and >skiifully drawn for the purpose of deceiving the honest voter. for whose eye 1t was evl- dcntay intended He further said:
 careful reading of MT. Tyson's affi- davit and his failure to say that he sold the nine cars of flour referred to in Mir. Hunters affidavit, dated March 22. 194. Is too potent to need comment. am in- formed that MT Tyson did sell B. B. Conner or the Birmingham mills for B. R. Conner. in July. 1892, some 300 barrels of flour, some few cars of bran and prob ably car or two of corn, to be delivered during the months of July and August. I have no information as to whether t is particular flour. etc. was sold delivered at Birmingham and construe the word considerably in this affidavit to refer to the shipments sold prior to August Il. ls9y
 Now, in order to convi7ce the people
 
 to August 31, 1892 let Mir. Conner get Mfr. Tyson to make an affidavit that he sold the identical nine cars of flour. referred to by date, initial and car number in my letter addressed to F. Wilkinson, dated March a. 1904. and published in The Age Herald March 24 and that said nine cars of flour were sold by him delivered at Birmingham. Ala. Nothing short of positive affidavit to this effect will in my humble opinion satisfy the people that Mir. Conner dd not reap pecuniary benefit from these fraudulent transactions.
 T arn advised that MT, c, A. Tyson in- formed Mir. deFuniak, general agent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company on October 34, 1892, and has re- gently confirmed same. that this sale of nine. carloads of flour was made by the Maury Mills to Mr. ,B. B. Conner direct and over his; CTyson's) head, as broker for said mills and without his knowledge. consent or allowance for his brokerage commission. and that he Tyson), as soon as he learned of the sale in question made a demand, both in person and by correspondence for the commission or brokerage claimed by him under his agreement. or contract, with the Maury Mills and that he CTyson), had to threat en suit to recover his brokerage charge before the Maury, Mills would pay same
 If MT. Conner did not tsreap the pecuni- ary benefit of these fraudulent trahsac- tions why did he permit them?
 If MT, Conner did not reap the pecnni- ary benefit of these fraudulent transac- tions how was he able to undersell his competitors ?--1t.s -3.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
Mr. Conner to MT. Knox.

BHminsnams Ala, March IF, 1904 MT. W. E.. Knox, Superintendent Louis vile and Nashville Railroad, Anniston
 Ala:
 Dear Sir.-I understand you are circu- lating in Gadsden a report that I shipped flour as meal. making difference for me of four tD cents per hundred pounds. l suppose you refer to a transaction some twelve years ago with MT. Hunter of Tennessee. There was filed at the time with your Mir. deFuniak a correct statement of the transaction with all cor respondence regarding it, showing that 1t was nothing whatever to me.
 would suggest that you get Mir. de- Funiak to inform you, as you would cer- tainly do reasonable duty to me in cor recting the charge. I have never from your road, or from any other, without the consent of the road, derived any ad- vantage from irregular shipments. I have always understood you to be fair man, and I don't think you would knowingly circulate an unfair report.
 The entire correspondence in this matter was referred to MT. deFunlak, and of his own knowledge he can say that I have had no interest In, or benefit from, this irregular shipments. Yours very truly,
 B. B. COMER.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
COLD KILLS THE GERM.
Lieut.. Perry Says There Are No Bald
 Heads in the Arctic Region.

Heads in the Arctic Region.
 The people who come back from Klon- dlke testify to the fact that no native bald heads are there. The evidence is that the cold climate kills the germs that eat the hair off at the root. Lieu tenant Perry. who went to the Arctic Re gions, gives the same evidence. Newbro' s Herpicide has the same effect as the cold climate. It kills the germ that eats the hair off at the roots, and the hair grows again. Herpicide is the first hair reni- edy built upon the principle of destroying the germ that eats the hair off, Its phe- nomenal sale demonstrates the correct ness of the scalp germ theory. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sample to The Herpiclde Co, Detroit, Mich. E. c. Fowler, Special Agent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28

broker
 Mr. de Funiak states that he was TUT .ner informed at this time, ana since. that Mr. c. A. Tyson threateneo 10 prlns suat against the MaFfy mills Tor ms prok- craze, which he claimed was due on tnis sac under his agreement or contract, and that after some correspondence, and in order to avoid suit, the Manry mills paid his brokerage claim.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28

pen that no one Democrtaic daily news paper of influence in America. outside of his own, is giving him it's qualified suppofk7 It Is a disasreeable duty these Democratic editors are doing. They would prefer to say kind things of one of their own profession.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
Tin Works to Resume.

Newcastle. Pa, March 26.-The tin workers Of this city to-day accepted the twenty per cent reduction In wages demanded by the American Tin Plate Co.,, and the mills win re- sume Monday morning.
 Ten of the thirty hot mills of the/ Shenango Company which have been Idle since last No yember also will resume on Monday. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
Artistic
 Novelties
 For Easter,

I have some rich and beautiful designs in la dies Belt Buckles, differ ent from what you are accustomed to seeing in sterling silver and gold. While they're new, the prices aren't high. Don't procrastinate-see them at once.
 New lot pretty stick pins and dainty little brooches.
 K E k O E B. .
 Jeweier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
Mr. deFuniak Declares Conner Paid the Diff ference When Requested and
 Did Not Explain It,
Mi. Wilkinson Made the Complaint Because Mr. Conner Was Able to Underssl Him by His Method of Cutting
 Rates bJ Shipping Flour in "Jin
 Dandy Meal Sacks.

Following is some very interesting cor respondence between Mir. B. B. Conner. candidate for President of the Railroad Commission, and Mir w. E. Knox, Super intendent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad; also statement from Mir de- Funiak, all regarding the shipment of flour in meal sacks:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDU.
 CATION.

hereby announce myself as a candidate for Superintendent of Education for Monigom. cry County. subject to the action of the Democratic primaries
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
Dan nalv is Dead.

New York, March 26.-Dan Daly. the come dian died suddenly to-day in his room at the Vendome Hotel. For several years he has suffered from tuberculosis His work in The Belle of New York known on two con- tinents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28

I am c candidate for nomination for re-eIec- tion as Superintendent of Education oi Montgomery County. subject to the DeIno- cratic primaries in April. and solicit the support of all Democrats. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
Announcements.
FOR snr.rcIrnp

hereby announce myself as a candidate eos Solicitor of Montgomery County, subject Go the action Of the Democratic primary.
 TYLER GOODWIN.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28

hereby announce myself for reelection for Coroner of Montgomery County subject to action of the Democratic primaries.
 w, H TICE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
FOR CORONER.

hereby announce myself az a candidate Ros Coroner of Montgomery County. subject so the action of the Demo atic primary.
 T. F. LEAK
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28

hereby ennou.lce myself 1s a candidate fo, Solicitor of Montgomery County, subieol 10 the action of he Democratic primary.
 s. H. DENT. IT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28

hereby announce myself as a candidate for fudge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. subject to the action of the Democratic Pri- mary on April lth. lSo4. o,,ro
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
FOR, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

hereby announce myself as a candidate fol iVldRe of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. sub feet to the action of the Democratic Prt' mary on April lith, 1904.
 T. SCOTT SAYRE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
Actress will Pay the Cost.

Helena. Mont, March 2e.-The divorce suit Of Rosamond Sullivan, or as she Is better ! John T. Sullivan. the actor. was dismissed in the district court of Lewis and Clark county today, and the costs charged to the piaintiff Miss coghlan. No reason is given sor the dismissAi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
Mr Knnr,a Renlu

Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com
 pany. Alabama Mineral Division, Office
 of the Superintendent. Anniston, Ala,
 March 24, 1904
 Mir. B. B. Conner, Birmingham, Ala:
 Dear Sir.-Your favor of March 12 re- ceived at this office on the 14th and con tents carefully noted. Your supposition that I refer to the transactions some twelve years ago with MT. Hunter of Ten nessee" is quite correct. note; you fur ther state that there was filed at the time with your MT. deFuniak a correct statement of the transaction with all cor respondence, showing that 1t was nothing whatever to me-
 Beg to say am informed by Mir. de- Funiak that you have never flied any statement of the transaction or corre- spondence regarding 1t, and further have not up to Fthis date made any expiana- ton to him regarding same.
 Whatever may have been your inten- tion, and whether you received benefts from the irregular shipments of FLOUR as MEAL or not. there can be no question but that 24s.6OO pounds of flour were shipped to you, and to your mill at Bir- mingham in MEAL SACKS branded as follows:
 Birmingham Mills.
 B. B. Conner, g.,
 Brand, Jim Dandy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
FOR COUNTY TREAsURER.

hereby announce myself as 8 candidate for County Treasurer of Mbntgomery County, eubject to the action of the Democrattq prifnariea W. E. McoEHEE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28

hereby announce myself as a candidate for nomination for the second term to the office of County Treasurer subject to the acfion uf the Democratic primaries. JOHN J. COCHRAN.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
B. B. Conner, Brand. Jim Dandy
Qn very large letters). RiFrnin1ham Ala |"

Ala.
 The freight on these several shipments was not prepaid, but was paid by you or by your authority at Birmingham AT THE MEAL RATE. AND NOT AT THE FLOUR RATE. When complaint was made to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company that you were able 10 sell flour in the Birmingham market cheaper than your competitors were able to sell 1t, an investigation was made by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, resulting in the detection of these irregularities, and your attention was called to them by bill being pre- scented to you for the difference between the rate on FLOUR and the rate on MEAL which was cents per 100 pounds, on large number of shipments, the said difference aggregating $129.S6, which amount you, at that time. paid to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com pany.
 In letter from you to Mir. B. B. Comp ton, who was then general freight agent of the L. and N. R. R. Co, written by you in February. 1893. (the irregular ship ments having been made during the months of August September and Octo- ber, 1S92), YOU DID NOT EXPLAIN how 1t happened that this FLOUR was shipped to you in your OWN MEAL SACKS BRANDED AS MEAL, nor why you did not pay the freight at the time, at the FLOUR rate. instead of paying the freight at the MEAL RATE, when you must have been familiar with the entire trans- action. and when you must have known that the cars delivered to you during those three months did not contain MEAL, but did contain FLOUR.
 The only attempted explanation which you gave in your letter was something to the effect that you were not benefited by these irregular shipments and that the irregular transactions were not intended for your benefit, and that Mir. Hunter had refunded the amount of over-charge paid by you, etc.
 Up to this day, so far as know or be- lieve, no satisfactory explanation has ever been made as to why this FLOUR was shipped in MEAL SACKS, evidently fur nished by you for that purpose. and bear ing YOUR BRAND, as 1t Is not probabls that this flour mill in Tennessee kept on hand stock of your MEAL SACKS | branded:
 1 Birmingham Mills, | B. B. Conner. | Brand Jim Dandy | MEAL,
 l Birmingham, Ala" l I think you will agree with me, there | fore. that your alleged explanation in 1893 of these irregular transactions, occurring
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-28
CENTRAL of GEORGIA
 RAILWAY.

For further information write or apply to Fred B White. Commercial Agent { Com. merca St., 6. 2. suratt. D. q. A., AontgOm- cry. Ala