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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
MINERS ARE WARNED
STRIKERS FORBIDDEN TO TREs-
 PASS AROUND WILLIAM.
Hard Fighting Between Tennessee | Coal and Iron People and Union Men On AccOunt--An Inter- ureter'n Arrest.

Birmingham, Dec. 24.-tSpecial.)--- The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company has served notice on about twenty leaders of, the United Mine Workers of Afnaftca-- sil thss vicinity or Wylam. in the western part Of the county cautioning them against tres- passing on the property of the com pany. ConstabIes have served the fol- lowing notice on some of the leaders of the union miners, who are out on l strike:
 Birmingham, Ala, Dec. goth, 1905. Mr.------You are hereby notified | that the Birmingham Southern Rail- road Company has delivered to the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company possession of all of its right of-way and tracks between 18th street, Ensley, and the end of it's tracks above the tippie at No Pratt Mines. includ- ing all tracks and sidings at No. 1, No. 5 and No. Pratt Mines. You are hereby forbidden to enter upon any of said property. You are further for bidden to enter upon any of the lands of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail- road Company, and specially any of the lands of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in the vicinity of any of its Pratt Mines You will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law for any voilation of this warning.
 Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company, by Edwin Ball, General Man ager of Mines. This morning Joseph Schlessenger. an interpreter who Is in the employs ica, was arrested at Wylam, charged with tIespassing. A lumber of the lenders of the miners this afternoon called at the county jail to locate their agent but the prisoner had not been brought to the city. Considerable hard feeling prevails in and around Wylam though there are no fears that trouble Is going to follow. Schlessinger speaks half dozen languages and his work Is to get in communication with the foreign labor being brought to the dis trict to take up the work of the strik ing miners. The strike of the miners began in July. 1904 and has been quiet all along. The serving of notice of warning against trespa esing at Vivian as given above indicates that there Is some feeling being aroused One of the leading, members of the union orga- nization among the miners asserted this afternoon that the members of the or ganization were a law abiding set of men and that many owned their own homes at Wylam. He further stated that the notices just received was an outrage and that the first arrest made on a charge of trespussing would be followed with suits for damages.
 Women Charged With Murder.
 Deputy Sheriff John c. Burgih re- turned from Memphis this morning. bringing back and incarceEating In the county jail here Rozena Gill. aged IT. and Maggie Gill, aged 52. who are &C., cused of murdering an infant some months ago. An indictment was brought against the two women. On a description sent out by the sheriff's department in this. city. the police of Memphis arrested them and the Gov ernor of Alabama issued requisition papers. The women deny the aceusa- ton against them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
STREET BATTLES CONTINE.
Hundreds of Rev0lutiOnaries Died In
 MOscOyy'S ThOr0uxhfares.

NkOScOw'S lmOEuuSnIaEeSs
 Moscow, Dec 24.-( p. m.)-Artil- ued throughout the day, but the noise of the battle has now somewhat abated. The guns have been lombard
 Ing one barricade after another. the
 cannonade being followed by charges by the dragons who set fire to the
 debris.
 The area of the fighting today was
 more extended and included ''Trabnois Square" Sadivia, Karetnaia and many other streets.
 The revolutionaries apparently have
 not in the least lost heart, notwith- standing Saturdays heavy casualties. It Is now known that 500 is the mod crate estimate of the losses and many more persons fell today.
 The revolutionaries had few sue cesses. They surprised a force of gem
 darmes in Karetnaia street today, Kill ing or wounding twenty of them. Since then artillery has been firing uninterruptedly in that section of the city.
 Tn many cases dragons fired into private houses where they suspected revolutionaries had taken refuge. In nearly every district large num- bers of innocent persons were acct- dentally killed or wounded. Late this afternoon it was reported
 that fighting was proceeding in the outskirts of the city and that there were heavy losses on both sides. During the day bombs were thrown in the streets.
 The troops hold the railway stations but the plundering of freight cars con tinues. Three hundred of these cars have been entirely stripped on the Casaan railway siding alone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
CRITICISED THE BOARD
GOVERNOR FOLK REPLIES TO CON-
 vICT INSPECTORS.
Says that His Critics should Read Law In Reference to Their Duties and Act In Accord
 anEe.

Jefferson City, Mo. Dec. 24.--Gov-
 ernor Folk tonight issued a statement
 in reply to the criticism contained in
 the report of the Board of Penitentiary
 Inspectors of the methods pursued in
 the appointment of penitentiary off,
 cials. That section of the report was
 as follows:
 "On account of the recent attempted escape of the four convicts from the State penitentiary, the Board of Prison
 Inspectors has conducted an extended and careful investigation to the man agement and discipline of that institu- tion. Although you, Governor Folk, are not charged with any direct responsi- biIity for the conduct and management of the State penitentiary, yet in view of the fact that you appoint the war den and that the apnQintment of the other officials in. charge of the penf-
 tentiary has been made without the ad- 1 vice or approval of the Board of the Prison Inspectors you have, in fact, direct, and complete authority over the conduct and management of l the affairs of the penitentiary. We. therefore. submit to you the re-
 suit of our investigations, ih order that
 you can, through your appointees, cor
 rect abuses that may exist in the dis l eipline and management of that insti- tuition.
 "Of those appointed to the position of guard by the present warden a large number have, according to their own statements. had no experience, either in handling of prisoners or in
 the apprehension of criminals. Some are over the age of 60 and some are
 under 25. <
 Tn accordance with a custom which
 has existed for number of years. these appointments have been made as
 rewards for political service. and with
 out particular reference to the qualifi- cations or efficiency of the appointee.
 The policy of using the patronage of the state penitentiary as rewards for
 such service has resulted in. the selec-
 ton of many incompetent men, has
 lowered the standard of .eficiency and resulted in lax discipline among the
 guards and other employees"
 Governor Folk replies by quoting the law which gives the board of inspec-
 tors full power to manage the peniten- | tiary, makes rules and regulations for its government and required to report to the Governor monthly. The Cover
 nor then points out that since this is | the first report made by the board, 1t has been lax in its oflcial duty" | Governor Folk says that he has ask ed the board to establish civil service
 rules for the selection of guards and
 to refuse to approve appointments un- l less they come up to the standard of efficiency, but the board has not done so. The Governor denies that he has paid political debts by penitentiary ap- pointments and declares that with but two exceptions he has made no recom- | mendations to the warden for appoint ments.
 The Governor also declares that 1t is tn duty of tn board 70 recommend
 the discharge of all incompetent per-
 sons and states that ae will see that
 all orders made by the board are car | ried out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
scoTTsBoRo pRosPERING.
Farmers Spent Large Sums of Money
 For Christmas.

scottsboro, Dec 24.-(Special. )--rhis is a most remarkable qulet Christmas in Scottsboro. The country people are spending lots of money and after mak- ing their purchases are returning to their homes Trade Is better than in years. Cash Is being paid for nearly all goods purchased and but very lit- tie credit business is being done by the merchants. Everybody seems to have plenty of money. Less whiskey Is being received here by the railroads and express company than in long time and there is very little drinking going on. Scottsboro merchants are greatly pleased with the Christmas trade.
 Mrs. W. C. Wright died at the home of her son. J. H. Wright near Sweran- zine, Thursday and the remains were taken to Aspel for inserment and ten- derly laid to rest at Smiths Chapel cemetery. The deceased was one of the oldest citizens In vne county and highly esteemed by her neighbors. Mrs. Wright was in her 74th year, and Aspel had been her home for a number of years. She leaves a large family con- nection in the county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
BAXTER REMOVED.
President sunimarily Gusts District Att
 tOrney of Nebraska.

tOrney of Nebraska.
 Omaha, Neb.. Dec. 24.--The Omaha Bee will tomorrow announce that Irv- ing Baxter has been summarily re- moved from the office of United States District Attorney for this district by order of the President. Mir. Baxter refuses to confirm or deny the state ment. Mir Baxter. however, made pub lie tonight letter which he sent on December 21, to the Attorney General in reply to one asking for his resigna- tion. In his reply Mir. Baxter said:
 Having faithfully and honestly per- formed the duties of the office to which I was appointed in April. 1904. for a four year term and being in no way responsible for the sentence imposed in the Richards and Comstock case out of which the request for my resigna- ton has come, decline to resign. !. While I am mindful of the President s power to summarily remove me, cam not understand the circumstances or recognize the justice of such an act by my resignation"
 The removal of District Attorney Baxter is one of the results of the prosecutions started by the govern ment three years ago of Nebraska cat tIemen for illegally fencing the public domain. Bartlett Richards and W. F. Comstock, two of the weaIthiest cat tie men in the State were indicted on the charge of unlawfully fencing about 22 .OO0 acres of public land. They re- gently entered a plea of guilty and were fined $500 each by Judge Munger and sentenced to six hours in the cus- tody of the United States marshal.
 United States Marshal Matthews deputized the attorney for the prison CTS to carry out the latter part of the sentence and the time is said to have been spent at the Omaha club. The President is said to have been dissatis- fled with the results of the prosecution and week before last Marshal Mat thews was removed and last week the resignation of District Attorney Bax- ter was asked for.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
THREE MEN SLUGGED
ROBBERS GOT BUSY IN COLUMBUS,
Two White Men And Negro Were Waylafd and Robbed and Two or The Unfortunates
 Were Murdered.

Columbus, Miss, Dec 24--Three highway assaults and robberies were reported to the police last night.
 Two of the victims, one a white man and the other negro. are now dead from the assaults, and the third owes his life to the merest good fortune.
 The first case was q negro who was picked up early last night near the hosiery mill with his head badly bat tered and his pockets rified. He never regained consciousness. At o'clock the police department was notified that a man had been run over and Killed by the Mobile and Ohio train. Upon investigation, 1t was found that the man had bullet hole and knife wound in the breast
 The dead was man identified by a Mir. Frederickson as A. F, Kelly. whose home was Scranton Penn. The eoro- sner's verdict was that he had been robbed and murdered, then the body placed on the track for deception. The third case was that of Mir. Wells. who reported to the police that he had been knocked on the head In the same locality. He handed over his pocket book after having been struck. There is no clue to any of the assaults and murders
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
LOS ANGELES
 HOTEL FIRE Occupants Made Hasty
 Escape. LOSS WILL BE $20O. .000 Guests of Broadway HosteFy
 Lost Everything. One Fireman xniea and Several Othess Were Seriously wounded By Col lapse of New Hotel Yes
 terday Morning. i-
LOSS WILL BE s2oo.ooo

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 24.--In the largest hotel fire in the history of Los Angeles. the Van Muys Broadway Hotel. one of the first class hostelries of the city located at t12-t2 South Broadway, in the heart of the bust ness district was almost completely de- stroyed today
 One hundred and sken guests, mso of whom were still in bed at the time the fire broke out, escaped in scant cloth- ing to the street. Many of them got out in their night clotfAs and practi- cally all suffered loss of their entire
 baggage and personal belongings. Five firemen were injured during
 the progress of the flames by the col- lapse of the rear of the second floor. They were precipftated into the base
 ment and all suffered more or less
 serious Injury.
 Fire Chief LIpps was also seriously cut by broken glass but had his in
 juries dressed without leaving the scene of the fire. The total loss will
 approximate about s2oo,000
 Martz Etate and August winstel.
 owners of the hotel building will lose
 $f0e.000, insurance S75,000.
 Very few of the guests were able to
 get out any of their effects.
 T. H. Benton, former State Auditor. of Nebraska, wife and daughter. oc- cupied rooms on the fourth floor and parely escaped with their lives, losing
 all their valuables. baggage money. valued at $5,000.
 The origin of the fire has not been definitely ascertained. The fire was not under control until i0:30 and was not extinguished until afternoon. Almost the entire building collapsed shortly before one o'clock carving down everything in the hotel
 rooms which was not already damaged
 by fire into the basement. filled with water.
 Those dead and injured are: Dead:
 !. Lawson. fireman, Hose Company No. .. Injured: C. Nj Stewart fireman
 bruised and cut; J. l.. Lafi1ds. fireman lacerated scalp and bruised about the body W. e. Philips, fireman. bruised
 burned and cut: Thomas Lane. fireman,
 shocked, bruised and cut. still uncon-
 scious, may die: Richard Hanley, fire
 man, bruised, cut and suffered from shock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
PROMINENT oIUBMAN KILLED.
Wife and Son Saw Fatal AutomobiIs
 Accident.

New York, Dec. 24--James F. Martin, prominent in New York society. a mem- Der of the New York Yacht Club, the Metropolitan Club and the Country Club. was instantly killed, near Flush ing. L. I. when his automobile plough ed into a strip of loose dirt on the side of the road and turned completely over. Stacy Clark. who was In the car with him was seriously injured.
 Mr. Martins skull was fractured. The accident was witnessed by Mir. Martins wife and his son and daugh- ter-in-law. who were following in an- other automobile. In the machine in which Mir Martin was riding were Mir Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Townsend. MT. and Mrs. Daniel Daton and Alex Fiori, the chafeur. Tn the second ma chine were Mrs. Martin. and MT. and Mrs. James D. Martin jr.. and Mrs. Will Ham Marice. The party had spent Sunday at the Golf Club at Bay Side. Long Island. and it's members were on their way home. when the accident occurred,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
coMMIsssIoN DEPARTS.
Many MandarIns Attended Formal De- --. narfnrA nf RnrOn k0murn.

partuFe or buEOu MOmurus
 Pekin. Dec. 24.-The Japanese com missioned headed by Baron Komura which negotiated the China Japanese treaty left today on a special train for Tien Tsin on It's way to Japan.
 At Tien Tsin the commissioners will be entertained with great ceremony by the Viceroy Yuan Shikai. The fare well at the station was a picturesque one.
 Many Mandarins. dressed in their ceremonial robes. were present and a detachment of crack troops acted as guard of honor.
 The negotiations of the Chino-Japa- nese treaty makes it clear that Yuan Shikai has inherited u Hung Chang place as the mainstay of the throne as he attended all the meetings of the commissioners and led in all the dis cussions notwithstanding the fact the foreign officers nomInally conducted it themselves. The ceremonies observed by Baron Komura and his retinue while in Pekin greatly imposed the Chinese. Baron Komura was accom- panied by General Fukushima and H w. Denlson, and the negotiators never moved about without a large and i'm posing escort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
DEPUTY MURDERED.
Law officer shot Down In Dark By
 Negro.

Beaumont, Tex, Dec. 24-Johnnle Harris. aged 24. deputy constable of Hardin County, was brought to this city late last night fatally wounded with buckshot.
 Harris was at Deargorn, a saw-nill station near Saratoga, to serve some papers, and some negroes engaged In aimless shooting were arrested and dis. armed by Harris. Shortly afterwaTd Harris was standing near salooG talking to group of people when he was fired upon from the darkness. A shotgun leoded with bucksllot was dis charged within thirty feet of him. Part of the load entered his back and the rest passed and struck a negro standing near. The negro died In about two hours and Harris died this morning. Harris assaiIant escaped.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
ORIENTAL TRADE rasrRoviSG.
Bureau of Statistics shows Big Busi'
 ness With Eastern Enterprises.

ness With Eastern Enterprises. Washington. Dec. 24.--No feature of the export trade of the United states in 1905 has shown larger growth than trade with China and Japan. says bulletin issued by the Bureau of SSt- tistics of the department of commerce and labor.
 i In the ten months ended with Oc- tober exports to China aggregated more than $50.000,000 in value against S20, ,00O, ,000 in the same months or ISo4, Exports to Japan were $46.50O,Vo against little less than $22.Oo0.Ooo for the same period in 1904 and $l6,- ooO. 1000 in the corresponding months of 1903. No other countries of the world to which our exports are sent show gains approximating those of China and Japan.
 . The growth in exports to China from the United States Is especially marked in copper, clothing, flour. sewing ma chimes, locomotives, paper. canned beef. manufacturers of tobacco, and lumber though cotton cloth and cop per are by far the most important of these items. To Japan the growth oc- cured in flour, carriages and other vehicles, raw cotton, electrical ma chinery, sewing machines, locomotives leather. paper, canned beef. tobacco and lumber. Cotton cloth exports to China in the ten months ending with October aggregating in value $21,4O5,- 450 against $9.e57.707 in the same months of 1904.
 Flour is about the only important article of export to China showing any material reduction this year, while manufactured tobacco shows small increase.
 Cotton exports to Japan for the ten months ended with October aggregat' ed in value s13,7s5.3s9, against $2.- 7l6,529 last Year. American cotton is popular with the Japanese spinners became it has a long staple. but the cotton grown in India and China which Is of a shorter staple, is considerably less in price and in the years of high prices of cotton in the United States. Japan purchase little. cdtoh in this country but draws largely on India and China.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
REPORTS FROM vALDosrA.
Number of Fatalities in Turpentins
 Camp Riot StlII Unknown.

VaIdosta. Ga, Dec. 24.-The latest reports from the fight between ne- groes at Ewing on Friday night show that one negro was instantly killed, five or six seriously wounded and one at least mortally wounded, the last having ben almost dIsemboweled by a load of buckshot. He was carried to Jacksonville. in dying condition.
 This negro, whose name is given as Will Johnson, Is said to be the man who began the row.
 He is reported to have entered a house where a party of negroes were having a festival and whipping out . big pistol with the declaration that he proposed to kill the crowd, began shooting.
 Emma Baldwin. one of the women who was shot in the fight came here today suffering from a wound in the head but was not able 10 talk and 1t Is impossible to secure names or particu. lars.
 All of the negroes belonged to a tur- pentins camp near Ewing. It Is said that four men were unaccounted for this morning. and 1t is believed they were shot and fled to the woods where they have probably died.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
cnffnn Farfnrx Fire.

Newberry. 8. C.. Dec. 24.-one of the most disastrous fires that ever vtsite'l this lace occurred this evening in which tho Carolina Cotton Manutac- turing Company, in which the blaze originated was damaged to extent Of S75,0o0. Several smaller concerns sut- fered severaly, among which were:
 w smith. dwelling; Miller and Kemp son, groceries; Haid ana Havird. dry goods; Booser Brothers, groceries. All aRgregating about s25.ooo Insurance amounts to about $2v,Uo0. There Is no cine to the origin of the fire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
HOT SHOTS DowIE.
Gonzales Says Zionist Prophet Wanted
 Thingsy For Nothing.

TninKS For NOthtn8.
 Mexico City, Dec. 24.--Manuel Con- zales, IT,. has published a long letter detailing his negotiations with John Alexander Dowie. the Zionist prophet of Chicago. who he says was nego- tiating to purchase a great tract of land for the purpose of establishing a Mexican Zion colony. t.
 Mir. Gonzales claims the prophet has greatly damaged him by his methods of doing business and by alleged er- roneous statements
 MT. Gonzales ayers that the prophets s terms were unbusinesslike and that his demands upon the government for special rights and privileges would have involved eight or ten million dol lars expenditure by the federal gov ernment so that fis application for a concession was refused. t
 MT. Gonzales alleges that the prophet wanted to come into possession of a great tract of land for an insignifi- cant cash payment and long deferred payments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
Mr. nru.IlIa Joh..on De.A.

Northampton, Mas. Dec. 24--Mrs- Drusiila Johnson. daughter of a soi- dier of the American Revolution. died at her home in this city to-day aged 100 years Her father Aaron Hall, was taken prisoner by the British during the struggle for Independence and car- ried to England. Up to within a few days ago Mrs. Johnson's health has been remarkably good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
.-naaa.4.a c..

New Orleans, Dec. 24-John Mccall. ]. H. Wells and Jim Bestree were found dead in Broderick's rooming house on St. Charles street tonight. They hailed from Lumbeton, Miss. They retired about o'clock this morning and blew out the gas. They were found when the porter went to the various rooms to prepare them for the night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
Inmen A. Lockhart bend.

Charlotte. N C.. Dec. 24.--Former conKressnian James A. Lockhart, of Wadesboro, died in the Presbyterian Hospital here early this morning, after a prolonged Illness from gastritis. Mir. Lockhart was fifty-seven years old. He was lawyer and served in both houses of the General Assembly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
Dewey,s Message to Taro.

Washington. Dec. 24.-Admiral Dew ev has prepared the following Christ mas message to the officers and men nf the Navy throughout the world which, it is expected. will reach prac- ticaily every American warship some lime Christmas day:
 .aNfv Christmas greetings to the of- aosrs and men of the Navy:
 Let us have neither cliques nor .,rndees. but all stand together for the good of the country and service.
 George Dawey.s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-25
down his remarks or he would stop the

down his remarks or, he would stop the meeting.
 The interruption caused a Hurry, which was increased when Edward Moore of this city. chairman of the meeting. took the floor and denoun .ed the policeman. and said his action was an infringement upon the rights of free speech. The policeman summoned a detail of men from a nearby station house and when the squad arrived. a New York Socialist was making q speech in the Russian language. The policemen, not being familiar with the language. did not interfere, and the remainder of the meeting was not in terrupted.