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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
ABANDONS THE RELAY
OR. SANDERS MAKES ORDERS AS
 TO GRAND BAY STATION.
Danger from New Orleans Has About Passed But Pensacola is Still Regarded With Some
 Suspicion.

Beginning tonight all passengers go- inr to and coming from New Orleans will not have to encounter the incon- venience of transferring at the Ala bama State line. Dr. Sanders yester- day ordered the discontinuance of the quarantine relay station at Grand Bay near the State line.
 The station was established soon af- ter the yellow fever made its appear ance in New Orleans. Dr. Sanders, at the time, spent a week in its location and in experimenting the construction of platforms for the comfort of the passengers. The recent cool weather, together with measures taken by the authorities of New Orleans, have de- creased the spread of the yellow scourge in New Orleans to such marked degree that Dr. Sanders now considers 1t safe to dispense with the relay station.
 In It's incipiency. the station was es- tablished so as not to allow coaches, which had been in New Orleans. to pass through the State of Alabama. Many people believed that 1t might be possible for an infected mosquito to be brought into the State in one of these cars and especially in sleeping car
 The louisville and Nashville passen- ger train No. 3, due here at 7:SS p. m tomorrow night, and the one which leaves for New Orleans at 9:35 p. m. will be the first train not to be relayed
 The relay station established for pro- tection against Pensacola and located about eight miles south of Flomaton, will be maintained until danger of i'm lection from that source has passed. It is believed that it will now be only a few days when the temperatures will be low enough to justify the raising of all ouarantine" restrictions.
 pr. Sanders has returned from a frfn to Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
REPORT OF AINswoRTH.
Military Secretary Thinks Canteen VIII
 Not Again Be Established.


 Washington, Oct 29.--Major-G General J. c. Ainsworth, the military secretary. in his second annual report. devotes considerable attention to assertions from the army and says:
 Many remedies have been proposed, but none seem to be worthy of very serious consideration.
 Those who know how the canteen came to be abolished, he states, are not hopeful of its restoration; there Is no Likelihood of such increase in the sol- diers' pay as will offset the greater in- ducement offered in civil pursuits: the comforts and even luxuries that are furnished to enlisted men in our ser vice are even now criticised by some as being not only extravagant, but irl- furious in their effect on men whose real business 1t is to march and fight encumbered with few comforts and no Injuries ;and the discipline and in- struction to which the soldier is now aubtected are not likely to be relaxed In the future.
 "Enlistment in the army In time or neace ia not uncommonly regarded as syidance of worthlessness on the part of the recruit and desertion In such time is generally looked upon as noth- tno- y,ore cuIpable than the breach or a civil contract for service.
 "Tt is safe to predict that assertion from the army will continue to be ex- ssssive until there shall have been radical change of public sentiment to- wards inc army and until the deserter shall come to these regarded as the criminal that he IS. ..,
 General Ainsworth says the actual ..rength of the entire military estab- Sisbments June 30 last was $500 ofn- cers ana 57,433 enlist ed men in the reg ,,Iar army: 26 officers and $50 enlisted men in the Porto Rican provisional reg ,1sant of infantry, and 10S officers and s n9a enlisted men in the Philippine scouts. making a total Of S'SS4 omcers and ss.O22 enlisted men.
 The maximum strength or the army ,ot incIuding the horse corps, Is now sTed bv executive order at 6O'475 enlist ed men. ,,,o. a,,o,, d,r-
 The losses in the regular army dur- ing the fiscal year were:
 0N9cers: Killed in action or died or ,,,onnds disease, etc, 2l; resigned or discharged, 20; dismissed, IS; deserted q. retired, 59; total, ll9.
 Enlisted men: Killed in acton or dled o, bounds. disease, etc. 37; discharged ,,ro, o. exniration of term of service, 22,- oFI discharged for disabilities by sen- ton tonoe of courtmartial and by order, a tso. deserted, 6,553; retired, 1S9; to- tai 3SS13.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
TAFT AND sHoNTs.
Both Said to Wish First Place in Canal
 Hufldfur.

1Veo odhu t0 Whsn FEf9t fI0Ce Tn C4u0l Building.
 A special to the New York Herald from Washington says:
 Upon MT. Tafts return from Panama what is at present a much unsettled condition of affairs in the Canal Com mission will definitely adjusted. There are many strong indications that as between Secretary Taft and T. P. Shonts. Chairman of the Commission, each desires to be the supreme author ity under the President and to have an absolutely free hand.
 On returning from the Philippines Secretary Taft expressed his wish to turn the Canal work over to the State Department He agreed to retain the direction of 1t only on the condition that he was to be supreme in authority, and that the Chairman of the Commis- sion was to be subordinate to him. should carry out his instructions and be answerable to him for the work.
 This was while Mir. Shonts was on the Isthmus. The Chairman came back to find that Secretary Taft had taken pains to impress upon the President that he was to be supreme, and had planned trip to the Isthmus without waiting to hear the result of the in- spection made there by Mr Shonts and the International Engineering Board.
 Mfr. shonts has had little communi- cation with Secretary Taft since he re- turned. He declared tonight that af- fairs had reached the point where he would retire unless he had full powers. with accountability only to the Presi- dent, and that his position had not changed since he accepted the Chairman ship.
 This is taken to mean that Mir. Shonts still believes he should have the full swing" he is understood to have stipulated as necessary to his &C., ceptance of the Craftsmanship
 Mir. Shonts takes the position that this work Is in his line as a promoter of railroads and great business enter prises, and if he Is to be responsible for 1t his judgment must be unrestrain- ed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
JUMPED FROM WINDOWS
FIRE IN PRIESTS HOUSE RESULTS
 IN CASUALTIES.
Theological Student Attempts to Res. cue Two Persons and Is Hurt Doxen Have Narrow Escapes
 from Death.

Raleigh, N. C.. Oct. 2s.--Three per- sons were seriously injured. one of whom subsequently, died. and dozen others had a narrow escape from the flames in a fire that destroyed the priests house at Nazareth orphanage, a Catholic boys institution. three miles from Raleigh. early this morning.
 The fire broke out this morning be- tween and o'clock and spread rap- idly. Three persons jumped from the second and third story windows. Ed. Buffalo, aged 30. and John Glavish. aged Is, were hemmed by the flames on top of the building. forty-five feet above the ground. Timothy Wallace of New York, who has been studying for the priesthood. climbed the but tress of the building to rescue them. was cut off from the stairway and the three jumped, all being injured seri- ously, Glavish fatally. He died to- night.
 Dr. Lamb of New York and Rev. Fathers Price and O'Brien jumped from the windows thirty feet to the ground. but are not seriously injured. The property less Is over $25,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
WENT TO THEIR DEATH
FIVE PENNSYLVANLA MINE OPEL
 GALS LOSE LIFE.
Went Into Entry Which Had Been on Fire--Preferred to Risk Own
 Lives to Those of Their Mon

Pittsburg, Pa. Oct. 25.-Five officials of the Pitsburg and Westmoreland Coal Company gave up their lives at 12:30 o'clock this morning when they entered the Hazelkirk Mine No. 1, of the com pany at Hazelkirk, Pa, eighteen miles east of this city, to ascertain is por- tion of the mine was still on fire as a result of an explosion two weeks ago.
 The dead:
 John Hornical, superintendent.
 Daniel Griffith, foreman.
 Joseph Hunter.
 John Lavey.
 Henry Claiborne. fire bosses.
 All were married with large families and were men of considerable means.
 Two weeks ago an explosion In the mine caused the death of two men. The entry in which the explosion occurred was closed up and water turned oh Instead of sending the foreign miners employed by the company to fnvesti- gate and see if the fire in the entry had been extinguished, it was decided that if any risk was to be taken those holding responsible positions should take the chance instead of the miners.
 As the five men approached the por- tion of the mine which Is burning, they became aware that the water had not extinguished the blaze. They de- cided to tear away the bulkhead erected to confine the fire to one entry of the mine. Just as the covering. was re- moved there was a terrific explosion and the five men were blown different ways, all being instantly killed.
 Andrew Roder, who was some dis tance behind the unfortunate men, es- caped instant death but was badly burned. He died later.
 The mine is on fire and those in- terested say the loss will reach thous- ands of dollars and the mine may be doomed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
DEATH OF J. H. LINDSEY.
Prominent Man of OpeliIka Dies of Ty'
 uh0f6 Fever.

phoid Fever.
 Opelika, Oct. 29.-(SpeciaL) )--One or the saddest deaths that has occurred in this community for some time was that of ]. Harvey Lindsey, which oc- cured last Thursday evening at 2 o'clock at the home of his parents MT. and Mrs. R. H. Lindsey, from the ef- fects of a spell of typhoid fever. He was a member in good standing of the Opelika Lodge of Elks. The funeral was held at the residence of deceased s parents at g o'clock Saturday morning, Revs. W. F.. Dickinson and W. B. Arrent officiating. The remains were inferred in the city cemetery, a num- ber of Elks representing the opelika Lodge forming an escort. He leaves a grief stricken wife. his parents, two brothers and three sisters to mourn his loss.
 The ten-months-old infant of MT. and Mrs. J. c. Moore of Junction City, Ark, died at the residence of its grand parents. Mir. and Mrs. Jesse Ellington of this city early Friday morning.
 Rev. J. P. Hunter occupied the stand at Wallace's Chapel this morn ing at II o'clock.
 Circuit Court, which has been con- stapffy in session for the past two weeks. stil has a large number of cases to dispose of Up to this time three murder cases have resulted in life Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
ENGLIsHMEN IN DUELs.
Famous Men Who Fought With Swords
 or Pistols.
London Daily Express.

London Daily Express.
 The earl of Kimberley's much-dis- cussed challenge of Col. SapWen reminder that though the days or duel- ling are considered to have passed m England, the fighting spirit VIII sun break out on occasions. -,,,
 Not so very long ago MT. winston chnrchilI was challenged to an en- counter a routranco by an irate con S+Ituent at oldham. One hesitates 10 think what ould have happened hao MT. Churchill had leisure enough 10 re- sume his martial role.
 ISord Beaconsfieid once challenged o,Conneli to duel. but the famous Statesman found himself bound over to keep the peace in a police court in. stead of departing across she Channel to blow out the brains of his political
 o'Correll himself fought a duel with a member of the Irish house Of com mons named D'Esterre and killed his opponent.
 Another fatal duel was that in which Ford Camelford. one of the most con firmad duellists of his day and man who had the death of mora than one fellow creature on his hands. was killed by MT. Best. Both were excel- used was supposed to be slightly more perfect thar the other. A piece of money was tossed up to decide the choice Best won. and In the result Lord Camelford fell mortally wounded.
 The last duel fought in Ireland was between a mayor of Sligo and a mem- Der of the legal profession, but honors were declared easy, for nothing hap pened.
 Mir. Tierney charged Pitt with "ob- structing the defences of the country" and that oratorical observation sound ed so terrific in the ears of the emil
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
IN FEMININE HAND.
Message from 'Dr. Smith" Evidently
 Written by Woman.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 29.--Morris Ma than. Secretary of the manager of the shepherd King" Company. playing an engagement in this city, believes the suit case victim was undoubtedly his sweetheart. Susan Geary, known on the stage as Ethel Durrell.
 The company played in Boston the week of September 4. On the Saturday night that the engagement closed. Miss Geary was escorted to the subway station to take the train for her home by Nathan and another of the chorus girls. Miss Geary was never heard of after she left her betrothed at the de- pot at 12 o'clock that night.
 When the company reached Lowell, Mass. their next stopping place, Miss Geary failed to appear. A few days later letter was received by the man. agement of the company purporting to have been by a physician, and written in a feminine hand. It contained a doctors certificate that Miss Geary was i'll with stomach trouble in Boston. On the fingers of the hands of the vic- tim were rings, whose descriptions tal- lied with Nathan's recollection of those worn by Miss GearY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30

0eary was i'll and would be unable to join the company for some days yet. An expert penman declared yesterday that the handwriting was that or man who had endeavored to disguise it. The certificate was signed "Dr. F. A. Smith," His address was not givens however. and the paper was part Of letter head. the printed matter on the top having been torn of. 'Dr. Smith is believed to be fictitious name. but who 1t could be Nathan declared he did not know. He said he know of no doctors. medical students or other druggists who were acquainted with the girl. He declared that he had known her for over a year and that she was a good. virtuous girl.
 The members of the company sym pathize deeply with Nathan and believe him innocent, but heartbroken over the girls death.
 Miss Geary. or Ethel Durrell, as she
 was known on the stage, was a good
 looking girl. but not of the strikingly handsome type. She had light brown
 hair and brown eyes. She was about
 five feet four inches tall and inclined
 10 be plump. Her engagement to Na-
 than was known to the other mem bers of the company. The members
 saw nothing of her after the close of the show on September 9.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
Few Ameracma Flags Aaeat.

New York Sun.
 Clyde ship builders booked orders in September for more than 100000 tons of shipping and launched 10000 tons of new ships, mainly, if not entirely. for foreign service. More than four years have passed since any American sfipyard received an order for even q single ton of shipping for foreign trade Look at the record of the port of New York for the week before last. Thirty-five steamers arrived from tho British Isles and Europe only one of which carried the Stars and Stripes at its masthead. Norway, Holland. Por- tugal and Austro- Hungary did as we'll. Denmark twice as well, France three times. Italy four times. Germany six times, and Great Britain fifteen times as we'll The largest cargo of lumber. 2,170, 900 feet. ever taken from the Co., iumbia River. has just cleared from Portland, Ore. Was it carried on an American shipf The British bark This- tie dipped into our freight money cash box for that transaction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
LoNDox's POLICE AND CRIME
The Great City is One of the Safest
 Urban Communities i'm the World. Ia T.aHoar

The Great City is One of the Safest Urban Communities i'm the World. Philadelphia Ledger.
 The report of the London Commis- sioner of police for 1904. though pre- senting figures which in the aggregate seem to show that life and property are very unsafe in tho worlds metrop- oils, in reality proves that the great capital is one of the safest urban com munities in the world. The authorized strength of the London metropolitan police force is nearly 17,O00 men, who are expected to protect population of about 100000. Yet of this huge population only 126,bso were arrested during the year. In addition to those arrested, 112.723 defendants were '.summoned' before magistrates for trivial offences.
 One Londoner in twenty-eight ap- peared before a magistrate in obedi- ence to some form of compulsory pro- cess. In thousands of instances the of- fences charged were of such venial types as riding on the steps of omni- buses. cleaning carts in the roadway and neglecting to sweep cnimneys. an fectif,r the fire risk. The many arrests for petty breaches of the law show that the London police keep very close watch on the streets. The activities nav seem meddlesome to Americans accustomed to ignore certain minor orr Enhances, but the comfort. safety and convenience of the public are probably more carefully considered in the streets of I.ondon--aliowance being made Tor the great congestion of trafiic--than in those of any large American city.
 The most interesting feature Of the report Is the emphatic approval of the finger print system of detecting crim- ,nais a system whose value is now fuIIy recognized throughout the United Kingdom. There were 2'sie finger tha netronolitan police. The commits sioner says that the result obtained is ten times larger than the highest fs. ures secured by the "anthropometric method. which was abandoned in 1901. The finger prints of criminals left on cash boxes, window sills, bottles, glasses and other things have been the means of enabling the police to present to fine courts valuable corroborative and circumstantiaI evidence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
NATHAN HELD FOR MURDER.
Treasurer of Theatrical Company Ta-
 ken Into Custody.

Ken lnNO Ou8tOuys
 Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 30.-After a long and searching examination at police headquarters lasting until after o'clock this morning, Morris Nathap' Secretary to the manager of the "Shep- herd King" company, was held on charge of murdering his sweetheart, Miss Susan Geary, the victim of the Winthrop suitcase mystery which have been puzzling the Boston authorities for more than a month. Superinten- dent of Detectives Thomas A. Mc- Quaide and Superintendent of Police Alex Wallace received instructions last night from Superintendent of Police W. A. Peirce of Boston to apprehend Ma than and find out what he knew about the disappearance of the girl.
 Nathan was arrested after a search of several hours in the Hotel Henry and taken to police headquarters.
 Nathan sticks to his story that he has not seen the girl since he escorted her to subway station on the night of September g. Acting Manager Reinold and Stage Manager Forrest were ta- ken to detective headquarters early in the evening by Detective Cole from the Lincoln Hotel. They denied any knowledge of Nathan's whereabouts and after a long session with Chief Thomas McQuaide were allowed to go. Reinold and Forrest went to the Hotel Henry shadowed by Cole. They went upstairs and Cole secured the number of the room and followed. He found Nathan, Kimeo, a Japanese valet, Rei- hold and Forrest coming out Of a room on the fifth fioor' and placed Nathan under arrest
 Nathan was unable to stand when he learned that Cole was from Detec- tive Headquarters. He had been cry ing for the past week and was so un- nerved that Kimeo and Forest had almost to carry him to police head quarters Nathan was much overcome and 1t was with difficulty that he re- peated the story of his connection with the Boston murder mystery.
 Manager Retnolds has the doctors certificate which had been received at Lowell Mass. explaining that Miss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
Cot nven win the Juars.

A barrister named Bushe was trying a case in Limerick before Chief Baron O'Gray, when, in the course of the lawyers speech, an ass began to bray loudly outside the courtroom. the window of which opened on a pasture.
 Walt a moment" said the Chief Baron. "one at time. Mir. Bushe. if you please"
 chance to retort. When OGrady was charging the jury the ass again began to bray, this time at a greater distance from the courtroom window.
 T beg Your Lordship's pardon" said Bushe. May I ask you to repeat your last wordsf There Is such an echo here did not quite catch that sen- tence."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
BULL KILLS BULL KILLER.
Matador Hernandez Meets Death In
 Mexico City Ring.

Mexico. City, Oct. 2s-The department of justice has addressed aRcircular let ter to Judicial officers under its 5uris- diction, referring them to letter ad- dressed by the department of foreign relations to the state governors Judges are urged to prompt performance Of their duties in cases whether Mexicans or foreigners are concerned.
 Foreign journals have of late crtti- oized and sometimes misrepresented the administration of criminal justice in the republic in language calculated to damage the good name of the country obroad. A .as- %t -. ,..3 " s1e,Aaas-7 .,....
 Due activity in trying cases is ad- vised.
 Eighteen thousand shares of the new issue of sixty shares of the National Bank of Mexico have been subscribed in this city. Large amounts have been subscribed in Paris. Activity of in vestment of French capital in local banks is creating much comment.
 Joaquin Hernandez Matador known as ''Parras" was probably fatally gored today by the third bull the fight here. Parras had delivered the death thrust but was caught on the horns of the dying animal. :
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
JEROME MAKES PROMISE
If Elected VIII Hire Hughes to Prose
 cute Insurance Grafters.

New York, Oct 29-In a statement issued tonight. District Attorney Je- rome announced that if reelected he would apply to the Board of Estimate of New York City for money to retain Charles E. Hughes as special counsel to prosecute the insurance men, if any were found guilty criminally.
 MT. Jerome said
 If reelected District Attorney of this County shall go to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and ask a special appropriation which will en- able mo to retain Charles E. Hughes as special counsel. I will then turn over the ordinary routine of office to my chief of stan and I will devote all my own time and that of as many of my assistants as may be necessary to assist MT. Hughes to prosecute every person in connection with the insurance scan- dals who may have done anything to bring him within the reach of the crim- inal law"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
PIEGEoNs sToP TOWN CLox.
Inhabitants, Relying on Timepfece, a1
 Hour Late at Supper.

Logansport. Ind, Special.
 Three pigeons selected the minute mana or the court house clock as roosting place. thereby holding hack the hands of time an hour As a re- scores of timetziwtheIIiu iu menmqvaha suit scores of business men. lawyers and stenographers went without their suppers. Others with diliiculty ex- plained the situation to suspicious families and labor under unjust bur- dens of suspicon.
 The clock has a reputation for ve- racfty. For nearly twenty years It's conspicuous position and illuminated dial have made 1t the ehronoloEical authority in business houses and at- torneys' offices on four business streets.
 At o'clock the birds perched on sne minute hand. The day heightened. o'clock. Shortly before six the birds flew away. Then the clock struck five, and those who depended on it went home to cold supper or none, ana to suspicious relatives.