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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
CLOSES ITS SESSION
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL PARLIA-
 MENT ADJOURNS.
Meeting Success and Foundation of Gigantic OrganiEntiOn--Next Place of Gathering Undecided
 Resolutions Adopted.

Washington, May 25.-After adopting resolutions on subjects of vital interest to the South, the Southern Industrial Parliament adjourned today to meet in some Southern city at date in octo- Der to be designated later by Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, chairman of the executive committee.
 Todays discussions were spirited and personal. Before adjourning. however, all feeling had vanished and many delegates rose and declared the parlia- ment had been a success and the foun- dation had been laid for a gigantic organization. owing to the amount of business necessary to be concluded, the parliament was compelled to abandon its program. Except brief address by Clifford Pinchot. chief of the bureau of forestry of the Depart ment of Agriculture, who advised the preservation of the forests of the South, no papers were read.
 The resolutions adopted were as fol- lows:
 Urging the government to construct inland waterways in the South Atlantic and Gulf States and to improve the rivers and harbors of the South, re- questing the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to make immediate efforts to relieve the depressed conditions ex- isting with the cotton milling industry; urging the establishment by each Southern State of a Bureau of Immi- grafton; thanking the railroads of the South for their efforts to develop the resources of that section; authorizing the president of the parliament to ap- point a committee of five, of which he shall be chairman. to prepare general statement setting forth the advanta- ges, productions. resources and present needs of the South and instructing the executive committee, together with the permanent president, to formulate plan of permanent organizations: urging Congress to reduce the tax on tobac- co: endorsing the proposed pan-Ameri- can college to be established in the South: urging Congress to make ap propriation for the eradication of the tick fever among Southern cattle; en- dorsing the bill to authorize the com missioner general of immigration to establish at Ellis Island, N. Y., a bureau of information for immigrants urging the formulation of some plan whereby cotton may be marketed as the world needs it. and commenting the bonded warehouse system; com mending the bureau of forestry of the Department of Agriculture for its valuable work and urging the people of the South to save unnecessary de- mutation of their forests.
 Invitations were extended by Raleigh and Asheville, N. C.. Savannah. Ga, and New Orleans, La, to hold the next meeting of the parliament in those cities
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
HYDE TO INVESTIGATE
sTATIsTICIAN WILL MAKE A TOUR
 OF EUROPE.
AgrieuIturaI Departments Expert is to Inquire Regarding Cotton situ- ation Abroad--The DO-
 mestic Prospect.
Advertiser Bureau, 1925 c Street, N. w.,
 Washington. May 25.


 1925 c Street, N. w.,
 Washington, May 25.
 statfstician John Hyde of the Agri- cultural Department will shortly leave Washington for tour of Europe on business for the department. He will visit every capitol on the continent and confer with the proper authorities Of the differknt Fsogermnsnts respecting inc cotton situation. He win espec9s1- iv inquire Into the problem of how far 1t is intended to go and what steps have been taken to achieve an inde- pendence of American cotton produc- ton by those countries that have em- parked in tho experiment of cotton production in their tropical colonial possessions.
 The first week in August there will meet in London a convention of expert statisticians from all over the world, comprising the International Institute, The meeting MT. Hyde says will not have any economic feature Of discuss sion, but will bear wholly upon the methods of collecting and disseminate ing statistical data.
 MT Hyde will spend some time in the great cotton manufacturing district of Lancashire, in England, where there has been a marked revival recently in the cotton mill industry. From the latest information that has come to MT Hyde they are now building mills which course means a larger consump- tion of cotton.
 Students of the cotton problem here abouts are discussing the possibilities of this years crop. Undoubtedly 1t must be realized that the worlds con sumption has grown very considerably and will in the near future continue to grow. The best informed cotton people in the world, as far as concerns con sumption of the staple everywhere, are in England. The fact that new mills are building there and that the old mills are improving their plants can mean nothing else than that more cot ton than ever will be consumed. As to what the price will be, that Is another question. It is generally believed ex- tremely improbable that such another crop as that of last year, with its un- usually favorable seasons, can be raised this year. Last year the condi- lions were excellent for raising a crop and generally ideal for harvesting This year begins rather unfavorably in most of the northernmost cotton belt for cotton production. The spring has been backward and winter hung on re- luctant and frostilty. All in all, 1t is the conviction that cotton will this next gathering command a good price; that it Is inevitable that it should. About in spots there has been a de- crease in acreage. and in many regions which last year nearly or did break the record the untoward season will curtau the crop even where the acre age has been increased
 R. H. Watkins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
REPORT WAS
 HARDLY TRUE Russia Knows Nothing of Naval Engagement. CONSIDERED IMPROBABLE 'Vensky Nowhere Near the
 RumOred Battle Scene. Japanese Cavalry Does Important Work, Reeonnoitering Deep Into
 the Enemy's Rear-FlanI<ing
 Movement Expected Soon.
CONSIDERED IMPROBABLE

St. Petersburg. May 25.-The Admi- ralty has no information confirmatory of the Manila report of the defeat of Admiral Togo south of Formosa. While 1t is considered possible that there may have been a brush between scouts, the idea of an open battle with Togo Is not credited in the best-informed naval circles, where the opinion is expressed that Admiral Togo would not dare risk bringing his battleship division so far south to meet Admiral Rojestvensky It Is believed Togo will try to keep in touch with the Russians by means of fast cruisers and await his approach off the Japanese coast. According to the admiraltys calculations. Rojestvensky should now be far out In the Pacific, almost a thousand miles northeast from where the battle Is reported to have occurred.
 An admiral of high rank said to the Associated Press this afternoon
 We have known for some time that Rojestvensky would not attempt to pass through the Straits of Formosa, where the waters are shallow and could easily be mined ahead of his ships, Rojestvensky will undoubtedly keep far out to sea in order to avoid tor pedo attacks. A wide detour will also make 1t harder for the Japanese scouts to communicate with Togo. However, I expect news of a battle within ten days"
 The evening papers have got out extras on the report of Rojestvensky s victory and the newsboys crying the tidings on the Nevsky prospect were almost mobed by the people in their eagerness to learn the details.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
DIaauietInK News .


 St. Petersburg. May 26.-The most disquieting news regarding the inter- nal situation and of the renewal of hos tilities between Armenians and Mos lems in the Southern Caucasius has reached St. Petersburg. Simultaneous with the assassination Wednesday of Prince Nakachidze, Governor of 13aku, came news that the province of Erivan is aflame with racial strife. The will lagers there are arming themselves with bombs and revolvers and are gath erlng in hostile camps. paying no heed to the efforts of high officials of church and state to restore order.
 Several encounters have already ta- ken place in which seven persons were killed and a number wounded. Fur ther bIoodshed Is feared as the number of troops there is inadequate for the preservation of order. The government Is sending endorsements. At Gomsl where anti-Jewish riots took place last year a clash is reported betw cen strik- ing workmen and Cossacks in which one workman was killed and several wounded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
CRAwFoRD,s TRIAL.
Charged With Conspiring With Machen
 and Lorenx.

ana LOreuy.
 Washington, May 25.---Accounts and checks which passed between the Pos- tai Device and Lock Company and the Government were presented today in the case of w. G. Crawford. who is on trial in Criminal Court No. 1. under an indictment charging him with conspir- ing with A. W. Machen and c. E. Lo- renz. The accounts were identified by employees of New York banks who were on the stand for that purpose. It was stated by counsel for the Government that the accounts were put in to show that Crawford deposited to his own ac- count funds received on contracts with the Government and had checked on the account. A large number of Crawford's s personal checks on, the accounts were offered as evidence and accepted over objections by tho defendants counsel Thomas McGregor, a former employe of the Postofficc Department, who was convicted In Baltimore on charge of Irregularities, and is serving term in the Maryland penitentiary, testified that he prepared the specifications for the contracts for letter carriers satch- els by direction of Machen and that these specifications permitted the re- ceiving of bids for satchels to be made of material other than leather.
 Spencer Trask. the New York banker who financed the Postal Device ana Lock Company. testified to the rela- tionship of Crawford to the company. MT. Trask said he believed Crawford's s salary was $200 month. It was brought out by the prosecution that soon after Crawford entered the employ of the Postal Device and Lock Com pany he asked MT. Trask to discount a note for friend. MT. Trask said he told Crawford his bank was not in the business of discountiEg notes, but that Crawford said 1t would be an accommo- dation to him. The note. said Mir. Trask, was given by August W. Machen and was for s200 or $500, and the wit ness said has never been paid.
 Court was adjourned for the day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
secret LObying Denounced.

Madison, Wis, May Ex-Governor LaFollette today sent to the Legisfa- ture a message urging legislation that would destroy secret lobbying. He strongly denounces the "impudent rail way lobby" which he says has cost the State millions of dollars in the last six wears and Is a nuisance and disgrace
 The Governor declares members of the Legislature were dogged to their hotels and their lives made miserable inc past winter by agents of railroads
 the book trust and the telephone trust
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
pr,sto,v Sees President.

Washington, May 25.-J. L Bristow, former fourth assistant postmaster general. who is now a special commis- sioner making an investigation of the commerce of this and other nations as 1t relates to the Panama Railroad Company and to the isthmian canal, had a conference with the President today.
 with the exception of about one weeks work in New York Mir. Bristow has practically completed his inquiry, He says it will not be necessary for him again to visit Panama and the Pa cific coast He expects to complete his report and have il in the hands of the President by the 1st of July.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
Japs Reconnoitering.


 Gunshu Pass, May 25.--A squadron of Japanese cavalry which has been reconnoitering deep into the Russian rear encountered and defeated a small detachment of Russians northwest of Gunshu Pass, twelve miles from the rail road on May 22 and on the following day penetrated almost to the station of Tanziatun, twenty miles north of Gun shu Pass.
 The appearance of the Japanese so far from theIr basesfs taken as an i'm timation Of their desire for infornaa- tion preliminary to turning their flank. Reports of the movement of the Japa- nese in the direction of Tsitsihar, 300 miles west of Harbin. have been re- ceived. Chinese bandits are active on the Mongolian border. They are ham, pering the Russian scouts, preventing the purchase of supplies and attacking cattle purchased by the Russians. one Russian detachment which has been buying cattle travelled 270 miles in eleven days. There are daily skir- mishes with the bandits. The attitude of the Mongollan princes is changing. An important prince whose territories touch the border is said to have for bidden Russian merchants and recon noitering parties to enter his country. Gen. Kuropatkln arrived here on his special train. The platforms were crowded with brilliantly uniformed generals and members of their staffs who greeted the former commander in chief As the generals train entered from the south the mail train from the north arrived with the Princess Reuss. who is to become a ngrsing sister and with Lieut.. Gen. Sakharoffs wife who 'is also to become nurse. The crowds on the platforms of the stations near est the Japanese lines at train time are as elegant and as well dressed as those which assemble at the St. Peters burg station on the departure of the international express.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
s.nator TiIIman InIured,

Charleston, S. C., May 25.-While re- turning home late last night to Tren- ton in a carriage after attending the commencement exercises of the South Carolina Co-educational Institute at Edgefield Senator Benjamin R. Tillman was driven over an embankment about fifteen feet high near the campus and painfully injured. sustaining two urgly cuts on the top of his head and being otherwise bruised. In the carriage were Senator Tillman's daughters and Miss Bryant. None of the ladies was injured.
 Senator Tillman's injuries were given Drompt attention and 1t is understood today that he will not suffer any se- rious consequences from the fall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26

before Chief Justice Mitchell and Jus tice Potter of the State Supreme Court and applied for supercedeas suspend ing the operation of the injunction granted yesterday by the County Court. After hearing the appeal, the court is- sued an order allowing the supercedeas and further directed that nothing in this order is to be taken in any way as delaying or interfering with the hear ing of the case in the Court of Common pleas No. on motion to dissolve or continue the said injunction" .
 Assume Charge Again.
 The Supreme Court order was quick ly taken to the Mayors office and Shell don Potter and A. l.. Acker, the new directors, were notified by the Mayor to assume charge of their respective de- partments, which they did.
 The Mayor, in a talk with newspaper men before going to his home, said he had received assurance both directly and indirectly from the councils that the vote on his veto will be changed from that of last week, when the gas lease ordinance passed councils.
 Have you the necessary number of votes to sustain your veto?" he was asked.
 T sincerely hope so." he replied.
 Do you think the lease will be de- feated?"
 'I sincerely hope so. If 1t Is not, there will be many persons in Phila- delphia who favor 1t who will live to regret it."
 The offices of United States Senator Boise Penrose were the center of in- terest for men identified with the or ganlzation. Commissioner Durham, Senator Penrose and State Senator Mo- Nichol spent nearly the entire day there in consultation with lawyers and ward leaders The army of lawyers were also kept busy preparing for the com ing legal battle. With Elihu Root of New York leading one contingent of lawyers and J. G. Johnson of this city at the head of the opposing array of counsel a great legal war is in pros- pect.
 It was reported today that President Roosevelt will be asked to issue a special warning to Federal employees to keep out of the gas lease fight. IL is charged by some of the anti-gas lease people that the organization Is calling upon Federal oficeholders to use their influence with councilmen in behalf of the gas lease. This is de- nied by organization leaders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26

''The Jews make our lives unbeara- ble. The Jews want to own Russia ana rule 1t and massacre the Christians. The Jews are all anarchists and op- pose the Emperor" etc.
 The Christians then set upon the Jews, many of the latter being killed with stones and clubs. The Voskhod further complains that the authori- ties and the Christian population are generally indifferent. Russian student, 1t is further asserted, was killed because he tried to protect the Jews.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
wInd Crenten Havoc.

Beaumont, Tex, May 25.--A heavy wind storm partaking of the nature of a tornado swept over Southeast Texas late today. There was no damage done tn this city, but In the outlying ooun- try districts the wind created havoc with fences and outhouses.
 At Votaw fifty miles northwest of this city, the storm was of unusual severity. One child was killed and several persons injured. Telephone and telegraph wires were badly crip- Jalad-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
lha,,nnnnrn nnnks ConsoIldnte

Cybaftnnoogn Tenn. May 2a---Iho c0n~ soIJdstion of the First National Bank and fine Chattanooga National Bank was effect ad today by the payment to F. Montague. nresident of the former bank. by c. A. EvarIv. president of the latter, of q check
 r large amount by which Mr. tI.yeriy and associates acquired all the interest of Mr Montague in the First National The hank will be known either as the First Na- ,ional Bank or as the First Schattanooga National Bank, which of the two wili be do- tsrmined within the next thirty days. Tho consolidated banks will have capital or ssoO. 900 with a surplus ot approximately s1oo. GOO ana deposits exceeding tt.ooo.9e0. YnaEing 1t the third largest bank ia tho state Of Tsnncsese.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
,PatkiU,. HenIth.

St Petersburg. May 25.-The report that General Kuropatkin would return to his old position as commander in chief has been considered impossible for some time on account of mutual recriminations between Kuropatkin and Linevitch, but the war office sayS that Linevitch has not demanded his recall. Kuropatkin's health undoubt- edly is much shattered and General Zaroubaieff is expected to succeed him as commanded of the Fist Manchurian army, although he had not yet beeh appointed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
A Negro Jubilee.

Nashville Tenn. May 25.-This Is the fortieth year of the freedom for the negro in America and the first ten days in July have been set aside as a "holy convocation unto the Lord" On these days members of the race are called to meet in halls. churches. school houses. colleges, etc, to consider de- velop and put into practice measures for spiritual and intellectual advance rnent of the race. call for the tubl- lee has been issued by Rev. Edmund Bib. Wadley, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
scrtnn in Attendance.

Nashville, Tenn, May 25.-The Ma tionaI Association of Secretaries of States md Territories assembled here this morning with only four delegates in atendance: O. c. Ludwig of Ar kansas: w. H. Gibson. Idaho; Joseph w. Power Mississippi, and A. C. Sex ton. Cbiet Clerk to the Secretary of State 6f Alabama
 Captain John w. Morton. of Ten nessee, President of the association, called the meeting to order No bus mess will be transacted until the ar- rival of other delegates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
Ernnce,n sxmnnfhN.

Paris, May 25.-Spcaking at the ban quet of the Franco-Japanese Society to- day, Prince Arisugawa, who came to Europe to represent the Mikado at the wedding of Crown Prince Frederick William, said that Japan knew how to appreciate the sympathy which had been shown her.
 "I am convinced" said the Prince. that the relations existing between Japan and France will not cease. but that they will become more closely knit by the more and more numerous bonds of interest and sentiment"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
BaNKHEAD UNCERTAIN.
He Hasn't Said, However, That He VIII
 Not Run Again.


 Washington. May 25.-(SpcciaL)-- Representative John H. Bankhead of the Sixth Alabama District. who Is here attending the Southern Indus trial Parliament said today of the re- port that 1t was doubtful if he would be candidate for Congress to succeed himself:
 "I have not said nor authorized any body 10 say for me that shall not be a candidate for Congress to succeed myself. Possibly may not be, but that positively depends altogether up- on what may happen between now and the time of selecting candidate. In other words. 1t depends upon condi- tions that will affect me in my envi- ronment. which means I would depend somewhat upon the advice of my friends.
 q am not ready to state that I shall not be a candidate for Congress or any other office" R. H. Watkins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
1e,,a vs. ChrlntInnn.

st Petersburg, May 25.-The Vosk- hod. a Jewish paper, reviewing the recent rioting at Zhitomir today denies that the Jews during target practice ca the banks Of the river hred at a nortraIt of the Emperor. The paper saws. however. that the Jews were armed in self defense, but when they were first attacked the Jews replied with shots in the air. The Christians were melted by agitators who cried:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
CHRISTIANS ATTACKED.
Trouble With Massulmans Occurs in
 Mouteuegro.

Cettinje, Montenegro. May 25-Fight- ing has been in progress for three days between Mussulmans and Christians in the village of Baritz and Krupize in the district of Tashlidzha, Albania and at Kossova, Albania. near the Montegrian frontier. It is reported that num- Der of men have been killed or wounded.
 The fighting continues, the troops are powerless to restore order and re- inducements have been sent to the scenes of the disturbances. The Mus sulnnans suddenly and unexpectedly at tackled the Christians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
Madagascar UprIsinr.

which arrived at Marseilles today. re- ported that an insurrectionary move rnent occurred in the Island of Mada- gascar. in which local troops were re- nulsed with the loss of two officers Later the revoluuonists suffered heavy losses and when the steamer left the island AAe uprising was apparently nrushSR.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
snnnenhed IndeanIteIr.

Stockton, Cal, May 25.-Consequent upon the fact that Cashier Kahn of the Oakdale bank shot himself yesterday, the director of the institution of which Theo. B. Dorsey is the president have suspended business indefinitely. The State Bank Commissioners have been sant for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
Storm i'm Texas

Fort Worth. Tex, May 25.-A storm cloud having every appearance of A tornado swept over a wide area in North Texas today. Many houses were damaged and three persons were in- iured. but no fatalities are reported.
 The storm touched Waxahachie, En- his. Dennison, Temple, Gainesville, CIe- burne. Fort Worth and other towns.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
WEATHER FORECAST. washfngton, May 25.--For Alabama, Showers and thunderstorms Friday and saturday, light, variable winds.

badly frightening persons who are ap- nrehensive as a result of recent tor nadoes in this section. The town of Chichita, near Texas City, which was reported damaged by the storm was not in the path of the heavy wind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
Dunne,s Congratulations.

Philadelphia. May 25.-Mayor Weaver today received the following telegram from Mayor Edward F. Dunne, of Chicago:
 'I congratulate you upon the firm stand you have taken in behalf of the people."