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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
PLEA OF THE BLACKS
ASK FOR THE soPEN DOOR OF 0P-
 PORTuNlrY.
Resolutions of the National Negro nasiaesr I.eass~ sssokesg T.. ss Wahington of TIskcgee Again
 is Elected President.

Indianapolis, Sept. 2.-The National Negro Business League today elected officers and selected New York city for next years meeting place. The fol- lowing officers were elected:
 President, Booker T. Washington. Tuskegee, Ala. vice. president, F. A. Payton, New York; secretary, E. J. Scot, Tuskegee. Ala; national organ izer, Fred Moore. Brooklyn; treasurer, q. C. Harris. Boston; chairman of ex- ecutive committee, T. T. Fortune, Red bank, N. J.
 A plea for the "opeh door of oppor- tunty" was made at the close of the meeting.
 In the resolution adopted by the league after reciting the progress the race has made in recent years, the resolution continues;
 we may reasonably be encouraged in the good work we are doing for the day cometh' and to appeal to our more favored and fortunate fellow citi- gems for helpful sympathy and for the open door of opportunity without which, as merchant, as skilled artisan, as manual laborer our efforts will be difficult beyond the measure of other men If not impossible of ultimate suc- cess.
  Divine Our right to live is wrapped up in and is assured to us by the law of God and by the law of man. The public opinion or the private rule whichinfringes that right not only menaces our success as business men, but throws back upon us a volume of poverty and crime with which we can not single handed cope and upon which rests the character and tone of the communities in which we reside.
 we have our pauper and criminal classes, but we would have the public charity and the legal processes of the law and public opinion deal with them as other like race clements of the na~ tional population are dealt with.
 We havS sensibilities and desires like other men; we have virtues and vices like other men. We ask that we be judged in public opinion and in law as other men are judged. As business men, we believe in the supremacy of the law. as the surest safeguard of health. business development and cf- fective industrial effort"
 The resolutions cite the fact that the balance of trade of the United States is largely due to the exports of cot. ton and cotton goods, and that much of the labor on this Is colored labor. It says:
 Negroes should enjoy the fullest pro tection of the law, while on the other hand the criminal element should be dealt with rigidly and impartIally."
 The resolutions point out that the race has been losing many lines of val uable employment and gives the cause as a lack of proper training.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03


 of s5,oo0. I see no reason why we should rot increase that majority this fall. Of the four congressional dis tricts now held by the Democrats, I think we shall capture at least one"
 Among the other callers today were Henry B. Hall. an attorney of St. Louis, who desired to enlist the Pres ident's interest and. if possible, his aid in the case of Ignacio Loperenas, an American citizen who resides in St t. Louis. Loperenas's father owned large properties in the City of Mexico, but the son never has been able to obtain possession of them. The case is pending in the Mexican courts, where 1t was said Loperends appears to be a victim of the statute of limitation which was made retroactive and it was enacted.
 MT. Hall maintains that the enforce ment of the statute amounts to a seiz- ure of his clients property, and an ex- tinguishment of his rights. He told the President he believed the Mexican government would remedy the difficult ty if it were brought to It's attention by the State Department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
BOLD MIR. BEVERIDGE
MAKES PREDICTIONS AS TO ELEC-
 TONS RESULT.
He Thinks that Roosevelt :SilI Be Elected by the Greatest Majority Given Since the Civil
 War

Oyster Bay, L. l.. Sept. 2.-Presi- dent Roosevelt passed the day quietly at Sagamore Hill After taking his usual morning horseback ride, accom- panied by Mrs. Roosevelt he worked in his library with Secretary Loeb for two hours. He is resting systemati- cally now, preparatory to the hard work of the autumn and winter ahead of him.
 He manifests the deepest interest and concern in the situation in the Far East and follows carefully the press reports of the operations of the con- tending armies, but very little official news from the Orient Is being tran s- mitted to him.
 Drafts of annual reports of some de- partment officials have begun to reach the President. but it is yet too early for the reports of the heads of depart ments on which to some extent he bases his annual message to Congress, Because of the pending campaign these reports will be later this year than usual
 Senator Bevcridge of Indiana was one of the callers at Sisamore Hill to- day. and after his conference with the President which he said was princt- na1lv. of q personal nature. the Senator said:
 "I told the President of some of my exnertences fin the Maine woods, one of the features of which was a trip of 22O miles in q cdnoe'
 '.I dislike to make political rredic- ttons hut it appears to me that the fight practically has been won by the Renublicans. Unless there should be a Democratic landslide, and there are m indications of such thing, I be- lieve Roosevelt will be elected by the biggest majority President has re- ceiyed since the civil war. think Parker will be defeated even more de- eisiveIy than Bryan was in either of his campaigns.
 As to Indiana, l do not care to talk. We have been steadily increasing our gains in the State for several years In the last election we had a majority
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
MIR. FAIRBANKS SPEAKS
OPENS REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN IN MISSOURI.
Chairman of the Meeting Declares that Had Mckinley Lived Fairbanks Today Would Have Been
 Nominee for President.

Kansas City. Mo. Sept. 2.-Senator Fairbanks formally opened the Re publican campaign in Missouri to- night. The ceremony took place In Convention Hall. and that immense building was filled in honor of the occasion. The event was rendered memorable by the presence not only of the Republican candidate for vice president. but by the presence of many Missouri Republican leaders. including the cadIdates for most of the State offices.
 Tho day was devoted largely to a visit to Kansas City. Kansas, where he made a brief address. For an hour or more in the afternoon he stood in parlors of the Midland Hotel and shook hands with citizens who pre- sented thmeselves. among them being many former residents of Indiana.
 At the meeting in Kansas City, Kan sas. reference was again made to Sem ator's Fairbanks availability as a presidential candidate It came from State Senator Culberson who presided over the meeting and was Tn the fol- lowing terms.
 If President Mckinley had lived Senator Fairbanks would almost cer- tainly have been the presidential nom inee at this time, put under .the cir cumstances all we can do for him now is to elect him to the vice presidency and to nominate and elect him presi, dent four years hence"
 In his response Senator Fairbanks spoke in high terms of President Roosevelt. saying that Among all tse splendid men who had occupied the high office of president, none had man ifested a higher purpose than Theo- dore Roosevelt to serve well all the people of the entire countrI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
IMPOSED ON ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Reporter Wrote the Speech Accredited
 to Hill

New York. Sept. 2.-An investigation by the Associated Press discloses tho fact that a number of serious errors were made in its report of Senator D. B. Hill's speech at Deposit. N, r., on Thursday, August 25. It seems that a reporter of a local Democratic paper, upon which the Associated Press de- pended for a report, failed to attend the meeting. but instead, he invented a speech for Senator Hill which contained several statements wholly misreprs- senting the Senator's views and which are quite at variance with his utter ances Among the phrases inserted as a part of the speech was one to the effect that Senator Hill had charged President Roosevelt with fraud Sena tor Hill said,nothing of the kind This correction Is made without the knowi. edge of MT. Hill or any of his friends. but in the interest of the accuracy Of the Associated Press.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
COLONEL CHEM REPRIMANDED.
Put S423,OO0 Beyond the Reach of the
 War Department.

Washington. Sept 2.--Col. John M. Glenn. Chief Quartermaster of the Phil ippine Division, has been reprimanded by General Humphrey Quartermaster- General. for his action in turning into the United States Treasury the sum of $423.000 as ''unexpended balance" of the appropriations for the last fiscal year, when. as stated at the War Depart ment, the lmoney was actually needed to meet necessary expenses for army | transportation and other work of the Quarantine Department
 The money having been turned into the Treasury Is now beyond the con trol of the War Department officials, and will have to be reappropriated by Congress to meet existing obligations. It Is not unlikely that Colonel Clem will be relieved of his present duties and recalled to the United States. Col onel Glenn is one of the heroes of the war between the States and Is known as The drummer boy of Chickamauga," because of his gallant conduct during that battle while serving as a drum mer in the End Michigan Volunteer In fantry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
Ex-JUDGE UNDER ARREST.
Lyman S Burr Charged With Embex
 element from an Estate

New Britain. Conn.,. Sept. 2.-Judge Lyman s. Burr. former Judge of the City and Police Courts and for more than twenty years d practicing attor- ney of this city. was arrested today charged with embezzlement of $5.943 from the estate of Timothy L. Loomis.
 The Judge retired from the bench because of deafness two years ago. He attracted attention on the day of his last sitting in the court by giving vent to certain ath"istic utterances which were widely printed.
 He was detained under S5,0O0 bond
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
In St. Petersburg It is Not Believed the Enemy
 Has Entered.
Troops of Both Armies are Worn Out After the Many Days of Carr mage, and . Temporary Lull in the Fighting Would
 Not Be Surprising
 to the Experts.

The lack of definite information from the seat of war continues up to this tsaturday) morning, and nothing fur ther regarding the situation at Liao- yang, is known beyond the fact that Kuropatkin has withdrawn the main portion of his forces to the north or right bank of the Taitse River, and that. according to the latest advices, the action is still in progress.
 There is disinclination in St. Peters burg to believe that Liaoyang has been abandoned. and at the same time 1t is declared that the position Kuropatkin now occupies Is the one he has pre- pared and fortified, and where he has all along planned to make his second stand instead of directly in and around Liaoyang with the river at his back as has been believed.
 Russian Position Strong.
 It is thought by Russian experte that in attacking Kuropatkin's present de- lenses, the Japanese will attempt an almost impossible task, especially with their forces divided by the river.
 Advices reaching Tokio say that the Taitse is flooded and cannot be forded and therefore it is pointed out in the Associated Press dispatches from St :. Petersburg, The river itself becomes an important factor in the general scheme fd EuSs4an def0hce.
 Dispatches fom both Russian and Japanese sources indicate that the troops on both sides are jaded and weary after the many days fighting and 1t is pointed out that. in conse- 1uence. temporary lull in the active struggle would not be surprising.
 Fires Raging in Lia0yang.
 dispatch received at Tokio says that great fires are raging at Liaoyang. believed to result from Japanese she'll Ing or from the efforts of the Russians to destroy their stores preparatory to the evacuation of Liaoyang with the additional hope of injuring the city as future Japanese base.
 The opinion prevails in the Japanese capital that the Russian casualties in the recent fighting will reach 30,00O.
 The report from Field Marshal Oya- ma that he was engaged on Thursday with the Russian center would indi- cate that at least a portion of Kuro- patkin's army was still on the south bank of the river.
 It Is not yet definitely stated that the Japanese have occupied Liaoyang.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
sToDDARD REACHES FRISCO.
Grand Master of th- Knights Templa
 of the United States.

San Francisco. Sept. 2.-Henry B. Stoddard, Grand Master of the Knights Templar of the United States. arrived here today to attend the triennial con- clave of the order.
 He was met at the ferry by Eminent Commander Codok of Golden Gate Comma ndery and stan, and a de,ega- ton of the California Commandery, headed by Eminent Commander c. M. Plum.
 After a few words of greeting the Grand Master, with the Reception Committee, entered a carriage drawn by four white horses and was escorted through several down town streets to the Palace Hotel by 300 Knights, mounted on black horses, music being furnished by band of forty pieces.
 The guard of honor was under com nand of Captain R. P. Hulbdt. Thou sands of persons lined the route and the Grand Master was heartily cheered as he passed under the waving flags and other street decorations.
 Nearly a dozen Eastern commander ies will arrive here before tomorrow morning, and many others are, en route. At lease 35.ooo Sir Knights are expect ed to attend the conclave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
Il" MEN VOTE
 FOR A STRIKE Will Quit Work, If
 Necessary. THE WAGES OF MOTORMEN Interborough Company Gives
 Its Side. OmciaIs Confer With Police Commis- sioner McAdoo to Arrange fer Protection in Case of Trouble
 During Strike.
THE WAGES OF MOT0RMEN

New York. Sept. 2.-President Will liam I. Jencks of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. tonight an nounced that ahe elevated railroad employees of Manhattan and The Bronx at their all day meeting today voted as a unit to strike if such action is deemed necessary.
 In the afternoon. while the men were voting. E. P. Bryan. vice presi- dent and general manager of the In terborough Rapid Transit Company which controls the elvated lines and the subway, and Frank Heeley. super intendent of the same company. held an hours conference with Police Com missioner McAdoo and discussed the question of police arrangements in the event of a strike being called.
 After this conference, Mir. Bryan gave out a signed statement in which he reviewed the whole trouble of the Interborough company with the ele- vated road employees growing out of the company's decision to pay motor men in the subway. when it opens. three dollars a day for ten hours work instead of ss:5o for nine hours. which motormen on the elevated roads re- ceive.
 Voted for Twelve Hours.
 From ten o'clock this morning until ten o'clock tonight the members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen voted on the question of a strike on the elevated with the result announced by President Jacks.
 An all day meeting of the Amalga- mated Association of Street and Elec- tric Railway Employees of America was also held and the members of that As-
 HRrra tive Committee of the Amalgamated Association if the Committee should decide to stand by their agreement to support the engineers and firemen i< the event of a strike.
 ''The vote was unit to strike" Pres ident Jencks said. That does not moan a strike. but 1t means that the men declare for strike If no concession is forthcoming
 He said that 750 or more members of the engineer and firemens' unions had voted on the strike proposition. either personally or by proxy The Amalgamated vote was nearly 1000.
 Mahon on the Ground.
 W. D. Mahon, the national head of the street railway employees, arrived in this city tonight but owing to the lateness of his arrival the proposed meetings of the different national of ficers and the executive committees of both local organizations interested was postponed until tomorrow morning.
 delegate from the Central Eeder- ated Union notified the members of the Amalgamated Association today that no matter what their action might be as result of the present diflculties, the Central Federated Union would stand by the men. It was also stated authoritatively that there will be an- other conference between the represen- tatives of the men and officials of the 1nterborough Company looking to a peaceable solution of the question at issue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
CLAD IN FEMALE ATTIRE.
Sevcnteen-year-oI Youth Taken From
 Train by Police.

Atlanta. Ga, Sept. 2.-Clad Tn a black worsted walking skirt and a striped calico waist. his head covered with large white sunbonnet. Robert Smith. a youth of IT years who says his home is in Paris. Texas. was taken from Southern train bound from At lanta to Memphis this afternoon by the police.
 The boy says he nursed several chll- dren for a lady who was travelling from Paris, Texas, to Spartanburg. s. C.. some time ago and that necessitated his dressing like a girl. He was on his way back home. No charges were preferred against him. but he will be held until the Paris authorities are heard from.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
ALL ARE WHITE MEN.
List of Republican Nominees for EIec-
 tors in Georgia.

Atlanta. Ga. Sept. 2.--Colonel w. II. Johnson, chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee today an- nounced the Republican electors for the State of Georgia Every man on the list Is white man. They are as follows:
 From the State at large: Hugh I. Mckee and J. c. Hendrix of Atlanta First District. Henry Blun of Savan- nah; Second District, J. H. Paterson of Fort Gaines; Third District, w B. Seymore of Cordele; Fourth District. A. H. Freeman of Greenville; Fifth Dis trict J. H. Stamand of Atlanta Sixth District, Charles Akerman of Macon; Seventh District. A. D. Hull of Rome Eighth District. c, I. White of Greens boro; Ninth District, w. T. Day of Jasper; Tenth District. s. B. Vaughn of Augusta Eleventh District. o. w. Cole, of Brunswick
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
OPERATIONS OF LAPS.
Resume of Reports up to the Evening
 of August 31.

OI August 1l.
 Washington. Sept. 2.-The Japanese Legation has received the following cablegram from Tokio, dated today:
 The resume of the reports received up to the afternoon of the 31st is as follows:
 Since August 27 our armies are. con- tinuing operations toward Liaoyang. On the morning of the 29th the right and the central columns of the first army occupied positions nine miles ca st of South Liaoyang, on the left bank of the Taitse River. The armies which were advancing with the left column of the first army. took on the 29th a po- sition facing the enemy's line of de- fence. which extended to east and west from the point six miles south of Lia- oyang. On the 30th severe fighting occurred the whole day. and was still continuing on the afternoon of the 3ist.
 The enemy appeared to consist of twelve or thirteen divisions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
Entire Army w,thdr,,,,

St. Petersburg, Sept. 2-UO:14 D mD General Kuropatkln has withdrawn his whole army to the right bank of the Taitse River to meet General Ku- roki's fanklng movement.
 Mukden, Sept. l.-(9:27 D. mD-Tho rain service between Mukden and I,i- aoyang Is interrupted. The roads are Impossible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
BOUGHT BY UNION PACIFIC.
That Company Now Controls the ChI-
 cREo and Alton.

Chicago. Sept. 2.--The News today says:
 The Chicago and Alton Railway has passed into the ownership of the Union Pacific. By the purchase of the Alton line by the Hartman interests. Chi Icago now has another line of railway. in direct connection with San Fran cisco
 It Is at Kansas City that the Union Pacific connects with the Alton, and the latter company, Hartman and his associates secured their through route from Denver Via Kansas City, for com pleting the direct route from Chicago to the Golden Gate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
Tennessee Troops Leave.

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 2.-Ten com panies of tho 1st Regiment National Guard of Tennessee left her at mid night tonight over the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis Railroad for NEanassas Va to particinata ir tha ar- my maneuvers there. The regiment is commended by Colonel W. c. Ia tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
Carroll D. Wright VIII Resign

Washington, Sept. 2-Carroll D. Wright. Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor. stated today that he would resign from ofice the end of the pres ent year He will devote his attention to his duties in connection with the presidency of Clark collsga
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
RUSSIANS IN PURSUIT.
All Those South of LiaOyang Driven
 Back.

Washington, Sept 2.-The Japanese Minister has received the following from Tokio.
 According to te1egraphic advices re- ceived at headquarters this afternoon our army corps on the left by fierce and repeated assaults, took possession of the heights which the enemys right occupied. Thereupon all the enemy south of Liaoyang began to retreat. The Japanese army is now pursuing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
American Murdered in Mexico

Mexico City. Sept. 2.-CharIes Hos kins. an Americap and a man of tenn perate habits, has been murdered in the lumber camp near Tenoriaue. in the State of Tapisco. The local au- thorities are investigating the matter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
COAT OF MAIL SAVES SULTAN
Fight at Doors of Hnrem Between AL
 banian Guard and BOsnIans.

DAnAan OOAEu unu bOSntanN.
 Paris. Sept. 3.-The Paris edition of The New York Herald prints the fol- lowing from it's Geneva correspondent:
 A high official ot the Ottoman court has received news of a serious fight between the Sultan's Albanian guard and BosnIans. which continued almost to the doors of the harem Many were killed or wounded
 It ssaid that one Albanian shot at the Sultan, the bullet glanclng off the coat of mall which he alwa.-s wears, The Sultan has asked the Prince of Montenegro to supply him with A guard
 The affair Is certain to be denied. but hkR truth car hA afirmed."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
Steel Tubes Price Cut.

New York. Sept. "A uniform cut of S5 a ton on all steel tubing was decided on at a meeting of the steel tube pool in this city today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
POWER OF THE GUILTY.
ROcchiglanni Says Man Who stole
 Cope Cannot he Touched.

Cope Cannot he Touched.
 Rome, Sept. 2.-Besides the body of Rocchigianni, the photographer. who was. arrested August IT. in connection with the theft from the Cathedral of Ascoli of a priceless cope, who after wards committed suicide by hanging, was found a paper on which was writ ten with burnt match:
 T am innocent. Search for the guilty. but when he is found he will be too powerful to be touched"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
Win ViaIt th. rn,r

Mexico City. Sept 2.-Arehbishop Gillow of oaxaca left here today for St. Louis to visit the exposition
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
WEATHER FOR TO-DAY.

wnshington, Sept. 2.--For Alabama showers saturday, cooler h the inter- for, sunday fair, light to fresh west to northeast winds.