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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
coMMENT oF EoLsrON.
Aged Phisasopher Dfseusses the sEeagre
 Reporfs He Has Heard.

AKE0 HsMftHNHRHEk AfAH1tl1HEN N4D AANs~EA "
 Repcrta He Hna Heard.
 New York. Fob, LA dispatch from Moscow to The American says Count Tolstoi has made fIie following com ment on the recent outbreaks in Rus sia, meagre reports of which nave reached the aged writer at his home in the country.
 Neither the working classes nor the Intelligent classes cf Russians are true opponents of the real desires and needs of the people.
 sThe program which they submit to the governsnent tot the program of the peop1s. nhntAry measures w tEcf4 tley sSesnnkd 5f the GoveFnment --such as freedom of person, freedom of speech and freedom of conscience, etc, though essential conditions for life of culture, do not touch the problem of the crying need of the people which lies solely in the standardization and communism of land. ts
 "On this point neither the working men nor the educated classes raise the cry, nor do we hear any such cry from the peoples of other lands, despite the apparent freedom of those countries, In other countries there exists the so- called independent press, but its inde- pendence is only apparent.
 "The only possibility of a change in the general policy of civilization lies in perfecting the individual morally and religiously. Then through the development of the individual, through moral improvement, through inocula- tion of real respect for others, through hatred of force, cruelty and Injustice will disappear"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
HMPnRoR REoErvns woRKMnN.
Makes Address to Delegation, Treating
 Them Mest PaternalIy.

Them Mest Externally.
 St. Petersburg. Feb. 1.-Emperor Nicholas this afternoon received at Tsarskoe-Selo . deputation of thirty. four workingmen representing the em- p1oyes of the factories and workships of St. Petersburg. The deputatIon was accompanied by Minister of Finance Kolsovsoff and Governor General Tre- potk and proceeded from the Imperial railroad to Tsarsko-SeIo where car- riages were awaiting them and they were driven 70 point near the inner tai pavilion. Un arrivlng there fhe workmen were admitted 10 one cfst he halls Of tne palacc. The Emperor en4 tered the hall accompained by Grand Duke George MikhaIlovitch, General Hesse, the minister of the imperial court and the commandant of the pal- ace. The workmen bowed deeply to the Emperor who said:
 Good day. my children"
 The workmen replied: .
 We wish yoar majesty good
 The Emperor then said: 'T have summoned you in order that you may hear my words from myself and com munlcate them to your companions. The recent lamentable events with such sad but inevitable results have 
 selves to be led astray by traitors and enemies 60 our country. When they induced you to address a petition to me on your needs. they desired to see you revolt against me and my govern ment.
 They forced you to leave your hon. est work at a period when all Russian workmen should be labortng unceas- our obstinate enemy. Strikes and dis graceful demonstrations led the crowds graceful demnstratons led the crowds to disorder which obliged and always will oblige the authorities to call out troops. As a result, innocent people were victims.
 'T know the lot of the workingmen IS not easy. Many things require im- provement, but have patience. You will understand that it is necessary to be just towards your employers and 10 consider the condition of our in- dustries.
 But to come to me as a rebellious mob in order to declare your wants is crime. In my solicitude for the working classes, I will take measures which will assure everything possible will be done to improve their lot and secure an investigation of their de. mands through legal channels am convinced of the honesty of the work inEmen and their devotion to myself and pardon their 'transgression. Re- turn to your work with your comrades and carry out the tasks allotted to you.
 May God assist you"
 At the conclusion of his speech the Emperor told the members of the depu- ration to carry his words to their com rades and said he would supply them with printed copies of his address.
 After leaving the palace, the deputa- tion proceeded to neighboring church where they prayed and after kissing lkons, placed lighted candles before the shrines. Subsequently they were given dinner in building which formerly was the high school of the Tsarsko Selo. One of the members of the de- putation proposed the health of the Emperor which was drunb with cheers.
 At 4:30 o'clock the delegates drove to the imperial pavilion whence they took a train for St. Petersburg.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
BATTLE or THE HUN RIVER.
Russians Fall to Make Impression Upon
 Jkpanese Works.

Ruasians Fall to Make Impression Upon
 Jhpanese Works.
 Russian Headquarters, Juan Mountain Feb. 1.-The i've days combat which will 20 down in history as the battle of the Hun River was fought out on a seemingly intending plain which Is broken only by southern annathest mountains around Yientai, the solitary eminence of which is the Liaoyang tower of bloody memory.
 The sun reflected from O dazzling ex- panse of snow was painful to the eyes. aud 1t was with difficulty that one could follow here and there black streaks marking the Russian columns or wayer- ing slsirmishinK lines dashing against what resennbled dull gray rocks. but sE ni idil n reality were the xillagHs Uf IAdtaton aud Tahlepu. and the exten- sive hamlet Of Sandepas. bastioned by Chinese defenses and converted by the Japanese into veritable fortresses, sur rounded with wire entanglements and earthworks.
 Exposed to the, intense cold of a ManchurIan winter, the mounds of earth had become like granite and as impenetrable as tho steel sides of a modern battleship.
 For five days Russian soldiers hurl- ed theEnselves against these defenses and field artillery pounded them until the frosty air reverberated with the thunder of cannon, the din of bursting shells and the rattle of musketry. But neither steel pointed shell nor nickel bullets Rvailed against the frozen earthworks. The gunners actually wept with despair at the impotence of l the attack.
 Mortar batteries came up at gallop in the hope of demolishing the forti- hcations. Night and day the stream of shells was poured against the earth works but it had very little effect. The men seemed indifferent to hunger or cold. which latter was of arctic intensi- l ty. Their fingers, hands and feet were benumbed, while stinging snow and dust blinded them.
 The slightest wound caused exeru- ciating pain. Warm blood no sooner exuded from lacerated flesh than 1t be- gan to freeze. The wounded could not be left exposed and if they did not re- ceive attention within an hour they died. The surgeons, their assistants and nurses were almost powerless in the bandaging of wounds, for they were obliged to wear leather gloves or nit tens in order to resist the cold.
 The men seemed to be living again the horrors of the winter campaign of 1872 against the Turks. Everything that could be done was done. But man was powerless in the face of nature, which heaped tortures upon the troops.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
Picked Out ms BaIlot.

Denver, Col, Feb. 1.--There was n dramatic scene this, afternoon in the committee room where the gubernatn% rial contest Is being heard. when Fred- erick HummeI, a Democratic precinct committeeman, identified his ballnt from . bunch Of seventy or eightg which an expert had reported was fraudulent.
 Mfr. HummeI gave the number oe his ballot Snd wrote the word Dem ocratic" as he had written 1t in the election booth,
 Took over those ballots and pick out yours" saId Attorney Ward, for the contestant.
 MT. Hummel began to turn over tho ballots, rapidly scanning each.
 ''rhat is my ballot. sald Mfr Huxa~ mel. straiEhtening up. The ballot wap turned and on the reverse aide was found the number which corfesDonded Co aaat fm the pom book
 Several other AgitnasEeg were on the stand but as the ballots from the pre- cincts In which they voted were not in the room they were not crcss-ex- amined.
 Today marked the opening of cover- nor Adams's side of the contest, and the Supreme Court chamber, where the hearing Is held, was crowded.
 Before the witnesses were examined today there was a long discussion cp the matter Of procedure in opening the seals on the ballots It was finaI- ly agreed that the ballots alleged to be fraudulent ballots should be turned over 10 openers" half of whom should be represented by the Democrats and half by Republlcana. -Openers' win work in groups of two, one from each party under the eye of a watcher ap- pointed by the committee and report at subsequent sessions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
TRrUMPHs FOR SURGEONS.
Statistics of Oku's Army Shows sIkIII oi
 JaPanese Doctors.

Statistics of Oku's Army Shows Skill of
 JaPanese Doctors.
 General Oku's Headquarters, Jan. 29 .-(Via Tien Tsin. Feb. 1.)-Japanese field surgeons and field hospitals have accomplished a triumph. according to statistics obtained by. the correspond ent of the Associated Press from the Chief Surgeon of General Oku's Army.
 There have been In the entire army since the landing on May 6, only forty deaths from disease.
 The figures show that up to Decem- Der there were treated 24,642 cases of disease. Of these forty resulted fa- tally, 1s.57S patients recovered, 5.6O9 were sent to Japan and the remainder were undergoing treatment when the figures were compiled.
 It is believed that these figures are unequalled in the history Of warfare.
 There were only 193 cases of typhoid and thirty-four of dysentery, while of beri berl there were SOTO. The other cases of disease were not serious.
 The casualties In General Oku's army from May to December 19. were as follows:
 Killed-omeers. 210; men, 4,2s7.
 wounded-omcers, 743; men, 2O,s37.
 Missing-omcers 4; men, AO2.
 Sixteen per cent. of the wounded died, 19 recovered in the field, and s5 per cent. were sent to Japan. Eighty five per cent of the wounds were in- fioted by rifle shots, per cent. by artillery and per cent. by cold steel. The largest percentage of reooveries was in the cases of chest wounds. Most of the recoveries were due to the small ealibre of the rife bullets.
 The percentages of the other Japan ese armies are believed to be about the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
WEATHER FoREcAsr. Washington, Feb. 1--For Alabama. Fair and colder Thursday, freezing temperatures to the coast. Friday. fairs fresh north 1vinds.

expected that 1t will make them con- tent to wait for the promised reforms
 Like a wave caused by the falling of a stone, the strike movement, however is spreading over the great sea of Rus sian industrial life: and while St. Pe- tersburg and Moscow. where the trou- bles began. are now placid, the north of Poland and other provinces are not calm ana the ripple has reached to far off Irktusk and totother Siberian towns
 Emperor Nicholas adopted the tradi- tional fatherly tone in his talk with the workmen yesterday. He chided them for allowing themselves to be misled Into engaging in a movement imperiIine the internal order of Rus. sia and aiding f!fa foreign foe and for attempting to demand by force what he otherwise would be willing to do voluntarily.
 The workm6n received the royal as. surances of reform with cheers and after lunch at the imperial table re- turned to St. Petersburg in the best of humor to report to thelr fellows, as enJoined. the words of his majesty. No attempt was made by them to present their desires which already are sum- ciently evident. The action of the St. Petersburg nlanufacturers in piac- ing themselves h the hands of the government in the matter of adjust ment of the main points of the dispute and to grant the men pay for the time they have been on strike not as mat ter of right. but as favor, and their contribution in sid of the sufferers among the families of their workmen are expected to add to the prevailing good feeling.
 The current gosslr to the effect that M. Bouligan. former governor of Mos- cow. will succeed Prince Svlatopolk- Mirsky in the Ministry of the Interior is another straw tending to confirm the surmise that Grand Duke Sergius is the dominant influence in tHe Grand Ducal faction. The appointment of General TrepofE to the Governor Gen. eralship of St Petersburg. who was Sergius's nominee narrowed the pow CT of the Afinfster of the Interior and 1t is believed precipitated Prince Svia- topolk -Afirsiky's resignation, and that those who are posted should pick an- other Moscow man and a friend of Grand Duke sergtns to receive this portfolio, indicates a growing appre- ciation of the influence of the Emper. or's uncle. a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
FAIR PLAY FOR ADAMS
 --s- Call Issued For Mass
 Meetings.
 ---s--- THE COLORADO CONTEST
 -----s--- Charge Made That It is a Huge Farce.
 -----s---- Dramatic scsne whsa sezaeerss Ticks out Hss nanlot from TAeas Declared hy Expssts to Be
 Frauaulent.
THE COLORADO CONTEST

Denver, Col, Feb. 1.--A call has been made by labor organizations ce this city for mass meetings of ilbsrtyr lovers throughout the state to 'ide- mand fair play" for Governor Adams in the settlement of the contest inati- tuted by former Governor Peabody for the Governorship.
 The Liberty League was orKanized during the late campaign and It's nienAT b&rship consists mainly of union workmen.
 Several labor unions have adopted resolutions asking the Legislature tQ discuss the gubernatoviaI contest.
 Resolutions adopted by the carpeu- ters, union of this city declare that "the investigation beggars all desorlp- tion for falsehood, baseless inunendo. perjury and corruption. and is only intended to deceive the public by care rying out gigantic conspiracy against the people under cover of q righteous indignation against known election practices ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
NEW DAM COMPLETED.
Largest Piece of Masonry Except
 RuIns of Egypt.

huln1 or EBynGs
 New York, Feb. 1.---After ten years of labor and the expenditure of S9,- 900, 900, the new Cornell dam near Cro- ton on Hudson, in Westchester County. from which the city will draw largely for water supply, has been practically completed. It is the largest piece of masonry in the world except the pyra- mids of Egypt. The flood gates have been shut down for the first time and the dam has been filling with water.
 It is estimated that it will require about two years for the dam to fill When the water reaches the base of its coping, it will make a lake sixteen miles long.
 For the first year New Yorls prin- cipal supply of water will come from the overflow of the old Croton dam. The latter will then be flooded and the water will rise thirty feet above it. The new dam will hold 30.00o. 00O,- 900 gallons of water.
 The original contract price for the dam was $5,000. .O0O, but the contract was broken and the work was done by the cubic yard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
wILL FnoTnCT gAPAN.
England Proposes to See Its Ally
 Not Robbed.

England Proposes to See Its Ally Is
 Not Robbed.
 London, Feb. 1.--W. l.. A. Burdett- Coutts, M. F.. speaking at the Vest minister Conservative Club tonight, said the Government would remain In office until the Rasso-Japanese war was concluded. and predicted the end ing of that conflict during the coming summer He said the Angio-Japanese alliance was the most president act of foreign policy ever achieved by Great Britain. and Premier BaIfour was bound by every consideration of honor and patriotism, to remain in office dur ing the critical period, when. the war being closed. other powers might step in and perhaps rob our ally as shame- iessly as they robbed Japan before.
 With the closing of the war, the speaker said, would come a period of fine diplomacy. and 1t was impossible that that time should find the country in the throes of a general election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
~LITTLE FATHERS" WORD.
It Has Done Much to AmeIIOrate Pre-.
 vAiIing Conditions.


 vailing Conditions.
 St Petersburg. Feb. 2.--(12:4O a. m.) Personal assurances of his intention to ameliorate the conditions and remove the causes insofar as they are econ omic. which led to the recent strike, were delivered by Emperor Nicholas yesterday to workingman representing all the leading factories in st. Peters burg. who. at his invitation, journeyed to Tsarskoe-Selo. and were received in the audience in the hall of Alexander palace. where he has his winter resi- dence.
 This interview face to face with their Little Father" in whom their faith has not been shaken by the events of the bloody Sunday of January, has had far greater and more reassurinE ef- feet than any number of proclamations by Ministers and Governors General and the workmen of St. Petersburg are now generally inclined to accept the promises of Governor General TrepoR and Finance Minister Kekovsoff at their face value. The gift by the lrn- periaI family of s26.OOO to aid the fam- flies of the victims of the conflict on January 22 also has had an excellent effect and as the news slowly permeates the laboring classes of Russia. 1t Is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
oONsULs NOT ATTACKED.
Merely Happened to be In a Street
 Which Was Being Cleared.

Merely Happened to be In a Street
 Which Was Being Cleared.
 St. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-The prelimi- nary official report of the attack made on the British consul general, Mir. Mur- ray, and pro-consul Mucukain, at War saw, has put another complexion on the affair.
 According to the report which has already been communicated to Sir Charles Hardinge, the British ambas- sador. the consuls were in a crowd in A street while 1t was being cleared. the pro-consuI receiving a cut on the fore head, but whether from a Cossack sabre or @ club in the hands of one of the rioters has not yet been made definitely known.
 The consuIs were not attacked. since the action of the Cossacks were not especially directed against them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
LOSES ANOTHER VOTE.
Representative Brown Changes From
 Niedrinrhnnn to PettIlohn.


 NiedringhauS to PettiJ0hn.
 Jefferson City, Mo, Feb. 1.--Repre- sentative D. c Brown of Grundy county who today changed his vote from MT. NiedrinRhaus to Representative Petit john tonight made statement. He said In part:
 Tn some days past have been la boring under a conviction that I was doing violence to my own conscienee and a wrong to the Republican party in continuing to vate for Mir. Niedring- haus, as after a careful considera- ton of the testimony taken before the senate Investigating committee am of the opinion that the disclosures de- veloped involved him intransac- tions that our party cannot afford to condonn
 T have weighed the situation nov confronting the general assembly an am of the opinion that Mir. Niedring- haus cannot and should not be elected senator and feel 1t Is the duty of all loyal Republicans to see that a worthy Republican is speedily chosen
 The ballot today was without re- suit. At Fe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
MIRACLE THROUGH PRAYER.
Woman Says Her sight, Speech aR'
 Hearing Were aestored.

"OMaMn BAyA AAGA 2A81eg 0EEE[AA AAAD
 Hearing Were Restored.
 Chicago, Feb. t.--A miracle brought about by a prayer was sworn to in court by Miss Inga Hanson, a former member of the Salvation Army. who Is on trial here charged with perjury in connection with a personal damage suit by her against the Chicago City Rail- way Company. Under oath today. sine testified that the alleged miracle rec stored her sight, speech and hearing.
 This remarkable explanation came from the lips of the young woman as an answer to a charge that her ail- ments had been conceived to further a S5O,00O conspiracy; had been adroitly simulated through five years of litl- gation and which suddenly ceased.
 The scene of the alleged visitation was in Richmond, Va. and according to the girls claim. was produced by prayer with an intinerant missionary who visited her. Miss Hanson lost her suit against the street railway company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
watson VIII Serve HIs Ti..e

Washington. Feb. 1.--Attorney D. W. Baker today formally withdrew the appeal noted on behalf Of James M A. Watson. from the judgment con victing him of the embezzlement of Watson was sentenced to ten vearss imprisonment on one, of the two in dictments against him In view of the withdrawal of the appeal, the other indictment has been nolle pressed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
HAS NO POLITICAL AGENTS.
Cardinal Gibbons Enters Emphatic
 Denial to Bard'a Statements,

Denial to Bard'@ Statements.
 Washington, Feb, 1.-Cardinal Gib- bons has sent the following statement to the representative of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions in this city for submission to the Senate Commit tee on Indian Affairs:
 Baltimore, Feb. 1, 1905. In view of certain statements made by Senator Bard before the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, I deem it proper to state that the Catholic Church has no political agent at Wash ington or anywhere else; that Profes- sor E. l. Scharf. who Is referred to in Senator Bard's statement. Is not an agent of the Catholic Church or of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions and has never been employed by the church or by the Catholic Indian Bu- reau in any way whatsoever.
 James, Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishop of Baltimore and President
 of the Bureau of Catholic Indian
 Missions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
shIpment Of Torpedo Boats.

London, Feb. LA dispatch from Brussels to The Times says:
 There is curiosity In shipping circles at Antwerp over the arrival in . steamer from New York of ten tor- pedo boats which were shipped in sec- tIons by an American firm for trans shipment to sebastopol. The Japanese consul has asked his government for instructions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02

sandepas and apparently strong force of Russians Is between Sandepas and shaksepu to check the Japanese who seem to be trying to use their former turning movement across the Hun River.
 Nothing further has been heard of the Russian movement against the Jap- anese right.
 The Holy Synod has ordered the of ferings up of prayers to save Russia from internal disorder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
I.erInlntord EInve ! Flcht.

Nashville. Tenn. Feb 1s--geprssent- atives Thomas B. Collier and Albert Benham both of shelby County's leg tslative delegation, had personal en- counter In the corridor q the Capitol this morning. The clash was 6 result of a misunderstanding over g Memphis bill After a few blows friends inter- fered. Mr. Bsnham later apolosized to the House.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
warner's Death Sentence ARirned.

Frankfort, Ky, Feb i.-%he court of appeals today affirmed the Jef- ferson Criminal Court in the case of George B. Warner vs. The Common Wealth. Warner Is under deat hsen- tence for the murder of Pulaski Leeds. superintendent of maCtdnery of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Louisville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
I1 naIorr M OInaIla.

Omaha, Neb., Feb. l.--IWeIVe desfees below zero was the minimum temper ature in Omaha today, It being the coldest of the year. For tonight, clear, cold weather is predicted. with q fur ther fail in the temperature to go be- low zero.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
NIarahaIl Q Game Ahead.

Paris, Feb. 1.-The fourth game be- tween Frank J. Marshall of Brooklyn and I. Janowski, of this city, in the International chess match resulted in draw. The present status of the players Is; Marshall games; Janow- ski l game. The match continues until eight games are won. draws nok eonn- fed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-02
flhIn nlver TrlnneA.

,Evansville, Ind. Feb. 1.--The coIdest
 weather Of the season is expected to- night. when the thermoneter, it is nreNieted will registar aB dngreaa be- foz xera. MACH e c g0fIned oa n . V today ana nAvigatin6 is elosea hsdeHn- iteiy.