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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
GASOLINE MOTOR CAR
REVOLUTION OF RAIL TRAVEL IS A
 PRoBAnsErTY.
New Method Proves Satisfactory at Preliminary Triai--Greatent Fea- ture the small Expense of
 Operation.

Omaha. Neb., April 16.-Railway of- ficfals today who made 2OO-mlle trlp in the Union Pacific gasoline motor car which will be placed in commission by that road tomorrow, express the opin- ion that the success of the car will re- suit in a revolution of suburban ana branch line passenger and freight ser vice. Today's test of the Union Pacihc car was the final one before placing 1t in service between Grand Island and St. Paul. Neb., where it will make two trips daily as a branch train
 The car. which was built purely in an experimental way seats twenty per sons. and in the forward end, where IS located the gasoline motor, Is space reserved for baggage. The regular ser vice cars, of which several will pc punt shortly, will be 50 feet long' carryihs 5 fifty-five passengers and thelr Dassase' The cars will have a motor or sut- ficient horsepower to haul one or tWo "troilers'' when 1t is found necessary to use extra equipment. ..
 Possibly the greatest feature is the snoalI expense of operation. This, It Is believed, will be about one-sixth the cost of operating regular passenger trains The idea of a railway motor oor aervtce was conceived by Vice-Pres- tdept Mohler of the Union Pacihc ana tba dovelopment of the car has been tnder inc supervision of Superintend- e,t of Motive Power McKeen of that roaG. .,a .t,o ,ootor car would place railroads in fair comnetition with electric suburban lines ond give small branch towns service ennai to. that of the main lines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
Whereabouts of Opposing
 Fleets Unknown.
INFRINGING NEUTRALITY
Russian Squadron May Make
 Trouble for Itself.
China Warns Its Southern Provinces ts Maintain Strict Neutrality-PrOb- able Place of the Coming
 Fight.
Fight.

London, April 17.-There Is yet no news of a naval battle in the Far East, or of the whereabouts of the rival fleets. The HongKong correspondent of The Daily Mail sends a rumor of a small engagement, but there Is no confirmation of this report.
 | Details regarding the Russian ships in Kamranh Bay, Cochin China, are too meagre to be instructive. According to The Daily Mails Singapore corre- spondent. the North German Lloyd steamer Prinz Heinrich, saw five battle ships and six cruisers In the bay, but the dispatches to other of the London morning newspapers are not so precise.
 The Daily Telegraph's Singapore cor- respondent, like the Associated Press, merely reports eighteen vessels" and adds that the captain of the Prinz Heinrich stated that possibly more war ships were inside the harbor, but that they were invisible from the offing.
 The presence of the Russian squad ron off the Annam Coast Is arousing keen interest here in view of the pos- sibility of their infringing the Chinese neutrality and of the likelihood of Ro- jestvensky having had to split the squadron.
 The Morning Posts correspondent at Shanghai telegraphs that China has in- structed the governors of the Southern provinces to maintain strict netrality in view of the possibility of Russian ships sheltering there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
PRESIDENT LAUDED.
Cruu, hacker Says This is Day of Rad
 icmlfsm and Roosevelt.

Crum packer Says This is Day of Rad-
 icmifsm and Roosevelt.
 Washington, April 16.--(Special.)- )--- "It ia not to be wondered at that the President has made a great hit with the people of the South" remarked Representative E. D. Crumpacker of Indiana today.
 "The President could not have failed to impress the Southerners favorably, for the great mass of the people of that section realize that he is their true friend in spite of the foolish up- roar that was made about the Booker Washington incident. They not only concede his willingness to promote their best interests. but they recognise in him a man of lofty motives and ab- solute integrity.
 'Tn my opinion we are entering upon an era in our national history that will shape our future destiny. Today we are face to face with the question of the people governing the railroads and other corporate interests, or of be- ing governed by them. For one have no doubt of the result. I believe the American public is bigger and strong CT than any and all of these cOmbina- lions and that 1t will be ruler instead of being ruled. The temper of the people is unmistakable. This popular trend toward stronger government oon- trol is seen in the late municipal eiec- tion in Chicago. Could the people of my own State have a vote on a similar question the verdict would be just as pronounced. This is the day of radf- Roosevelt, and much of the popularity of the executive Is due to the fact that his countrymen believe in his radical fem
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
sa.aan situntIon Precnrioun

ConstantinOple. April 16.-News re- ceived here from Hodeidais Is to the efrect that the situation at Sanaa is precarious. necessitating a new relief expedition because General Riza Pacha, aide de camp to the Sultan, lost all his guns and stores in recently fighting his way into sanaa.
 A dispatch from Constantinople April said that Riga Paeha with a strong force of men had reached Sanaa of the nrovince of Yemen. Arabia, on March go. On March 3. 1t was reported that sanaa had fallen into the hands of the insnrxents and on March IS, dispatch stated that Sanaa had capitulated, but subsequently, this was denied by the military authorities at Constantinople.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
.GEORGIANS'
 BLACK PERIL Two White Men Are Slain
 by Negroes. MARSHAL MANIER'S DEATH Killed in Attempt to Arrest Desperate Coon. Neor Broushten Two White Boys Arc Fired Upon, One Being Killed aad the Other Wounded.
 Excitement Prevails.
 
MARSHAL MANIER'S DEATH

Covington, April 16.--News was re- ceived here this afternoon of trag- edy near Broughton, a station on the Central Railway, fifteen miles east Of Covington at a late hour Last night.
 Kelsey Cranford, white, twenty-two years old, accompanied by his young CT brother, Walter, while walking along the public road near the home of John Clack. was fired upon by four unknown negroes. Twelve shots were fired.
 The elder Cranford was killed out right, falling in the middle of the road within few feet of his assail- ants.
 Walter Cranford received the con- tents of one load of buckshot in his left arm. He outran the assassins ana gave the alarm.
 Young Cranford was not able 10 Identify the murderers, but suspecion points to family of negroes with whom the Cranfords had been at outs over a plantation road.
 Much excitement prevails in the community. At t2 o'clock today no errests mad been made, the arrival of officers from Madison being awaited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
DIR. HIRsoH,s WARNING.
Jews Should Not Marry Outside Their
 Own Sect.

Chicago, April 16.-Words of warn ing of the dangers apt to follow mar riages of Jews with non-Jews were spoken today by Dr. Emil G. Hirscn, in his sermon in Sinai Temple. Diff ferences in views of religious matters and of other Fundamental things of life" the speaker said. constituted great obstacles. His subject was mixed marriages"
 T have shown my sanction of such marriages by performing the ceremony myself and such marriages are sancti- fled but they should not be encouraged actively" he said.
 The present day tendency to disre- gard parental advice was deplOred and the climax of the sermon was reached when Dr. Hirsch said:
 "At the best, marriage never is smooth sailing and when young per- sons feel brave enough and strong enough to follow when love has bridged a chasm caused by 1s500 years of persecution of the Jews and do SO in the face of parental objections. they often find this way has bitterness worse than agony
 Continuing he said:
 "So, I say, even If all other consid- erations are forgotten and for the sake of the world. if not for the Jewish faith. the hand of warning should be raised against the mistaking of the flash of passion or infatuation for the love which should be guided by wts- dom. The Jews should guard jealous lv against the marriage of Jew and uon-Jew except in the case where a true affinity based on agreement in the fundamental things of life has been found and tested"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
PANAMA RAILROAD.
Secretary of War Taft Talks of It's
 Affairs.

SGCEGNAEg OA A"AN @e~-H~@ VI
 Affairs.
 New York, April 16.--Secreta:y of War Taft, who is here to attend the annual meeting of the directors of the Panama Railroad Company in this city tomorrow, had this to say tonight on the affairs of the railroad.
 'The annual meeting will result in a complete reorganization of the company. The government is now In control of all the stock. It is abso- lutely essential for us to control the affairs of the railroad in the interest of the work of constructing the canal We desire to have the affairs of the road conducted in harmony with the Commission, which will have charge of the general construction work. With this end in view the directors of the Panama Railroad Company at their meeting Monday will elect Theodore P. Ghonts, the new Chairman of the Pan- ama Canal Commission, President of the Panama Railway Company.
 With Mir. Shonts at the head of the company 1t is certain that its af- fairs will be conducted most satisfac- torily His experience as practical railroad man will enable him to oper- ate this railroad just as the Panama Canal Commission may desire. while the work of construction Is in prog ress The entire official board or the company will be comprised of either members of the Commission or men who are interested in the work of con- structinR the canal. By official board I mean the officers and directors of the company.
 we expect to have this road in readiness at the time the work Of the canal construction begins and man aged in a manner so as to facilitate this great task"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
TRIAL OF NAN TODAY
FOR THIRD TIME ACTRESS WILL
 FACE A JURY.
Alleged Slayer of BOOkmaker Caesar Young Attends Religious Ser vices and Says She Is
 in Good Spirits.

New York, April 16.--With her third trial on the charge of murdering Caesar Young, a bookmaker, set for to- morrow, Nan Patterson attended re- ligious services in the Tombs for the first time, 1t Is said, since she was placed in prison after the tragedy last June. With her sister. Mrs. J. Morgan dictment charging conspiracy to extort money from Young. the Patterson girl went to the Catholic chapel and lis- tened to the sermon preached by the Rev. Father Luke Evers.
 Nan Patterson declared that she was in excellent spirits and was anxious that the trial should go on tomorrow without further delay.
 The first trial of the girl was sus- pended after several days had been consumed in securing a jury and after the taking of testimony had progressed to a critical point. One of the jurymen became i'll, the attack becoming so serious as to necessitate the declara- tion of a mistrial.
 The second trial went to conclu- sion, but ended in disagreement of the jury after the twelve men had de- liberated for an entire day and night. It was said afterward the jury stood six for acquittal and six for convic- tion.
 The third trial was set for Monday, April 10, but was postponed until to- morrow at the request of the District Attorney who desired to have the mat ter of the extradition of the J. Morgan Smiths from Cincinnati settled before the hearing should proceed. It is said that Hyman Stern, the pawnbroker from whom 1t is alleged the pistol with which Young was killed was brought, has been unable to Identify Smith and a serious question has arisen at the District Attorneys office as to whether or not the Smiths will be called as wit nesses at the forthcoming trial. The law officers, however, decline to make an official statement on this point.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
STRIKERS TROUBLESOME.
Porcelain workers fn France Running
 Amuck.

Porcelain Workers in France Running
 Amuck.
 Limoges, France, April 16.-The ex- citement among the porcelain strikers is becoming more violent and manifest ing itself principally against the Amer ican firm of Haviland, which has taken a leading part in. the lockout. The So- cialist Mayors attitude of inactivity and his appeal to the ministry not to send troops appears to encourage the workmen to continue their demonstra- tions They now refuse to listen to his advice to remain calm and conse- quently representative of the Haviland concern went to Paris to in- terview the Minister of Interior who or dered endorsements to be sent here. In the meantime the strikers exploded package of cartridges before the house of the manager of the Hayiland works without causing much damage. The barricades which were erected on Saturday are still in place.
 A procession of several thousand men, some of them armed. paraded the streets this morning and proceeded to the prison, whese thay unsuccessfully attempted to force the doors. The mob then destroyed a religious stature. A picket of troops endaavored to break up the demonstratiou.#but the strikers resisted stoning the spiders and hoot- ing the officers. The crowd finally dis persed on the arrival of cavalry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
Bureaucracy Denounced.

St. Petersburg, April 17.-(12:45 a. m.)-The Sun of the FatherIand, now the leading exponent of constitutional ism, fiercely denounces the manner in .whichp pt alleges the bureauegscy is try- ing to defeat the war which all Russia is waging against it. It charges the bureaucracy with inaugurating sys- tematic campaign to gag public opinion, instancing the recent action against the barristers' congress here and the prohibition of meetings of other professional bodies in Moscow and elsewhere, all of which 1t declares is in direct contravention of the spirit of the imperial ukase of March 8, giv- ing individual and societies the right to freely petition the throne on the subject of the general welfare.
 At the same time the paper charges the bureaucracy with inspiring the local authorities everywhere to fight the reform movement by setting one class of the population against the other, the Armenians against the "In- tellectuals." Tt is," the article says, "the old game. divide ct impera, which served the autocracy so well in the past, but cannot longer succeed. All theefforts of the bureaucracy to still public opinion will be in vain, all the old tricks will be unavailing. It has sown the wind and will reap the whirl- wind"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
Russinnn Driven Back.

Tokio, April 16.-(Noon.)-The fol- lowing official announcement was made today:
 "The force advancing northward from Singking driving the enemy be- fore them. occupied Yingecheng' thirty eight miles north of Singking, at l o'clock on the afternoon of April IA.
 "A detachment of the same force CO., operating with cavalry, occupied Pa chiatzu at o'clock in the evening or the same day
 ..The enemy's force near Pachiatzu consisted of seven companies of cavalry and one battery of artillery. They hrst retreated toward Yingecheng' then came back to Pachiatzu. Flnolng It occunied. they were thrown into con fusion and they retreated in great dis order over Peling Pass, two miles north of Pachiatzu. ,
 .~rhere is no change elsewhere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
WANTS SEPARATE SYSTEM.
Hungary Working for Individual Gus
 toms Tarin.

Buda-Pest, April 16.-The movement to establish a customs tarif for Hun gary alone, as distinct from the pres ent Austro-Hungarian tariff, is gain- ing strength and popularity here and Is becoming an important factor in the serious question of the Austria-Hun- garian relations.
 This matter came up prominently in 1898 when Hungary even got so far as to prepare full rates for the pro- posed independent tariff. Hungary to- day is able to take this step of an in dependent nation under the so-alled law of 1899, passed by the Hungarian par lament and signed by the King that year, which empowers Hungary at her own will to establish an independent customs tariff and abrogate the exist ing commercial treaties in so far as she was concerned therein, which had
 been previously made by the monarchy. and make independent commercial treaties with foreign states.
 The supporters of this movement de- clare first, that all details as to rates
 of the new tariff can be prepared with in a month; second, that as certain commercial treaties between the mon archy and foreign states expire Jan
 uary, 1906, and the existing commercial ausgleich between Austria and Hun gary expires December 31, 1907, conse- QuenIly IneTS IS dn ol |" "o years which may be bridged either by extending the foreign treaties two
 years and then making new ones, or
 by abrogating the ausgleich in 1906 and
 immediately starting negotiations be- tween Austria and Hungary and for eign states for rates to become opera tive in 1906; third, that Hungary can only obtain a successful settlement of
 her customs situation by excluding
 from her treaties with foreign states a general application of the favored
 nation clause; fourth, that national
 Hungarian bank should and can be es-
 tabilshed; and, fifth, that Hungarian and Austrian commercial relations can
 be entrusted In the beginning to Hun garian and Austrian officials attached | to existing Austro- Bulgarian embassies, legations or consulates.
 It Is also proposed in order to con- tinue the present Austrian market for Hungarian agricultural produce to ad- init certain Austrian manufactures into
 Hungary at low rate in exchange for equal concessions in the admission of
 Hungarian products into Austria. Hungarys liberty and ability to un- l dertake and carry out such steps as the | foregoing are recognized and the be- I lief nere is growing that Hungary wffl do this and yield to the crown for the
 present in the matter for the use in l the Hungarian as the army command | language.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
CONGRESS OF
 RAILWAY MEN Unique 0.Sanization Will
 Meet Washington. QUNT!s MAJ SESSIONS Was Invited to America by
 President Mckinley. Discussions are Secret and fin French.
 Thorough Inspection of United States Lines Is to be

Washington, April 16.-Nearly 1000 delegates, the owners and operating officials of upwards of four hundred thousand miles of railway in forty four different countries, constitute the personnel of the International Rail- way Congress which is to hold ten days session in this city beginning
 May {. next.
 At the close of congress the dele
 gates are to make a thorough inspec-
 ton of the railways of the United
 States. particularly with reference to
 equipment of snops.
 The congress is somewhat unique in
 its organization, purposes and manner
 of conducting it's affairs. It was or ganized in 1885 and has held sessions every five years since. Its first ses- sion, held in Brussels, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Belgian railways.
 At the session in Paris in 1900 the invitation of President Mckinley to
 hold the next meeting in Washington
 was accepted. congress at its last
 session enacted appropriate legisla- tion, committing this government to participation in the congress.
 In the absence of President Roose-
 welt, Vice President Fairbanks will ac' cept the post of honorary president and open the congress with an address of welcome, afterwards extending courtesies to the delegates at the White House.
 The preliminary formalities over, the Congress will resolve itself into live sections and proceed to its discussion | in French and in secret. All of the | papers to be presented have been un- | der consideration for some years, all have been printed and the delegates 1 are thoroughly familiar with their contents. All of the topics to be con
 sidered are to be technical and neces-
 sarily devoid of popular interest. The honorary presidents represent 1 ing the railways of this country will | be Messrs. A. J. Cassatt and E. H l Hartman, while the actual President l will be Stuyvesant Fish of the Illinois | Central Railroad. The lines those l gentiemen represent touch one anoth. l CT and form continuous line from the | Atlantic to the Pacific. passing through
 the heart of the continent and extend ing from the Great Lakes to the Gulf | An extensive exhibit of railroad sup plies will be made at the time of the 1 Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
CAPTAIN RIDERS SUICIDE.
Killed Himself in Room Adjoining One
 Where Services Were Held.

St. Louis, April 16.-Captain James A. Rider 66 years old, for four years the ianitor of the St. James Memorial Episcopal Church, committed suicide today by shooting himself in room adjoining the auditorium. where the rector of the church was conducting devotional services. The sound of the shot was plainly heard by the congre- gation. but there was no excitement; 0re of the vestrymen investigated and reported to pr. Duckworth, who an- nounced from the pulpit brief state nent of what had occurred. He request ed that the congregation leave the church at once.
 Little Is known of Captain Riders antecedents. It is thought he was born in Liverpool. England. and that he was a captain in the British merchant ma rine service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
NEGRO KILLS MARSHAL.
omcer Slain While Attempting 70
 Make Arrest.


 Albany, Ga., April 1s.--John Manier. marshal of Pretoria. Ga, was shot and almost instantly killed last night oy Pete Thomas, a negro.
 Thosaas had been creating some dis order his conduct finally becoming such that the officer approached him with the intention of placing him un- der arrest. The officer. knowing the negro to be a bad character. ordered him to throw up his hands.
 Thomas replied by presenting rs- volver. The first shot shattered the marshars arm and the second cut his jugular vein and brought him to the ground.
 Thomas then pumped the remaining bullets in his pistol into the prostrats body of the officer, who was dead when assistance reached him
 As Thomas ran off a white man who had run up fred twice at his retiring form and 1t afterwards developed that both shots took effect. one in the hand and the other in the thi9h.
 The negro was captured about isoon today by Sheriff Edwards. He made inc statement to the officer who ar rested him that Manier was the sixth man whose life he had taken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
RECEIVED BY EMANUEL.
Am1nsnndOr White Reaches His Italian
 Post.

Rome, April 1s.2Henry White. the new American Ambassador to Rome, was received in audience Dy King VIC tor Emanuel today and presented his letters of credence.
 MT. White was taken to the Quiri- nal in a carriage of state by Marquis Korea d'Olmo, master of ceremonies followed by other court carriages, con veving the personal family uf the em- bassy, including former Secretary 1d- dtn9s' Second Secretary Leonard F. Thomas, Lieutenant Commander Will liam l.. Howard, naval attache. and Major Frank A. Richards. military at tache. The party was received by the nrefect of the palace. Count Gianotti, who admitted Ambassador White to inc presence of the King. After the presentation of the letters of credence KIng victor Emanuel engaged MT. White in a cordial conversation, which lasted half an hour.
 This afternoon Ambassador White visited members of the diplomatic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-17
Irop workeru' Suspension.

St. Petersburg. April 17.-Q:45 a. m.) Almost a state of siege exists In the Narva quarter owing to the suspension of the Putiloff Iron Works. Soldiers are stationed inside the works and cos sacks and police swarm in the sur rounding streets The district has the same appearance as during the disturb ances last January The tension yes- terday was great, especially when po- liceman shot a drunken workman who had drawn a revolver on him, but there was no collision during the day.
 The bodies of the two workmen who were accidentally killed at the Iron works and whose funerals their fellows had planned to make a great political demonstration, were inferred at day break in compliance with police orders to avoid a demonstration several smaller demonstrations had been plan ned for other parts of the city, but there were no serious disorders.