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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
AUTOMATIC MARTIAL LAW.
Imperial Ukase Which May Precede
 VIRorOus Action.

St. Petersburg. Dec. 17.-An imperial ukase. issued today, empowers all Gov ernors-General and municipal authori- ties In the event of railway. postal or telegraph communication being inter fered with, to proclaim martial law. Under the ukase. military commanders will automatically become Governors General Martial law may be ended only by order of the Minister of the Interior at St. Petersburg. The pro- vision already made to enforce com plianee remains in force.
 The Governments issued n communi- cation. stating that it considers the demand and complaints of the railway employees to q large extent Justified. and the Minister of Ways and Commu- nications is. therefore, drafting meas ures for the amelioration of these con ditions of the service
 In view of the extra expenditures that necessarily will be entaiIed there by, the communication says, all these reforms cannot be carried out simuI- taneously, but the Minister Of Ways and Communications is devoting his attention to the most pressing among them, and the Council of Ministers has sanctioned the inclusion of S7.500, 900 in the 1906 budget estimates to meet the extra expenditures under these meas ures
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
No cLUn To HIaHwArmEN.
Robbery of the North Const Limited in
 Washington.


 North Yakima. Washington. Dec. 17. The roobbers who held up the North Coast limited at Hillside siding at Yakima canyon. eleven miles north of here, evidently boarded the train while at this place. as the train did not stop until 1t was compelled to dc so by the robbers at Hillside siding
 A boy Is being held at Ellinsburg who was on the blind baggage. He sayR tlis two men got on top of the mail car at this place and rode to Hillside siding At that point they climbed down from the car to the rear of the rern1er whiia the train was running at full speed
 The engineer and fireman did not see them till they pointed guns into their faces and demanded that they stop she train. The fireman was ordered back to cut loose the express and mail cars which he did. The engineer then pull ed the two cars about half mile uD the road. he ard the fireman being taken back to the express car.
 The engineer was ordered to place stick of dynamite under the door This exploded but two shots wero necessary to blow open the safe The engineer was forced to enter the car ahead of the robbers ana five shots were used before the two safes were blown open. After gathering up thc valuables and placing them in his pock- ct, tho robber jumped out of the ear. and. joining his companion, the two started down the track toward the passenger coaches.
 This morning a glove was found on the hillside and two caIrs of overalls were picked up in the car. As each man was dressed in overalls. 1t is be- lieved they discarded them and then boarded the passenger train and went with It to EIlsenburg or farther west. The sherins posses have not yet found any clue to the identity of the two men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
STORMS ON THE ATLANTIC.
Vessels Reach Port Hours Late and Tn
 Damaged Condition.

New York. Dec 17.-Incoming coast wise and West Indian trading steam CTS reported today having weathered during Thursday and Friday for the past week succession of the most violent storms ever experienced off the Atlantic coast. All the steamers from ports south of Norfolk were from twelve to thirty hours overdue. Many of the vessels came In with deck houses. boats and pipe badly damaged as a result of the heavy seas shipped
 The Holt and American line steamer Prince Wilhelm I. from Port Au Prince December 10. in today, reports having passed Friday. while off the Virginia coast, four masted schooner with most of her sails gone.
 The Savannah Line steamer City of Memphis from Savannah December IS, came in today badly battered. many hours behind her regular schedule. One of the officers, Quartermaster Nelson, was removed to hospital with three of his ribs fractured. the injury hav- ing been sustained while he was on deck during the helghth of the gale
 The Clyde Line steamer Comanche from Jacksonville December IS. and Charleston the day following, was fif- teen hours late.
 The Mallory liner comaiin from Gall weston was more than a day late.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IS
 NOW FIGHTING FOR ITS LIFE

and the discontent of a large portion of the soldiers with the program of Socialist leaders who wished to force them into open collision with the royal troops.
 After meeting late this afternoon. two battalions and machine gun de- tachment deserted. The mutineers ski, saying they had returned to duty. imploring his pardon and volunteering to enter the barracks and seize the revolutionary committee, so as to prove their repentance. .k
 The ring-leaders endeavored in vain to hold the other two battalions in line. but the defection Of their com tents. Upon General Plavoffski's ulti- matum that he would open fire unless they immediately surrendered. the re- nlaining mutineers laid down their arms and delivered up Private scfiaba- rolf and other members of the revolu- tionary committee as we'll as several civilian. agitators who were in the bar racks The officers then resumed com mand of the rewiment.
 It is expected that other disaffected regiments will return to duty. The troops actually loyal are practically confined to the cossacks.
 The Rostoff regiment formally pre- sented to General Plavoffski. the divi- sion commander. a series of demands, princiraify relating to the service, but including also political reforms and they issued an appeal to the soldiers of the earrison to join in the fight for improved conditions. The text of the sn~esl issued by the mutineers is as folIows:
 "All Russia has risen against the Government which has involved the country in useless war and brou~ht 1t to the verge of ruin. We soldiers aref firmly determined to break down the tyranny of our commanders and to cor-nel reform, fin the army.
 Now is the time for us soldiers to awake. Comrades. we summon you to dismiss your officers and to assume redressed. All for one and me for alI.'
 ''Hurrah for free peoplel Hurrah for the army!"
 The formal demands of the soldiers included amnesty for all particinarts in the mutinv, freedom of soldiers meetings. abolition of death penalty, reduction of service to two years. abo- Iition of military courts. exemption of reservists and their families from paw nnent of taxes, increased pay and the retention of the army from Manchuria.
 There was serious affair in the Streetenka Boulevard in the center of the city last night. A squadron of cossacks fired on band of revolution aries. Killing or woundine a dozen per sons. The revoiutfonaries killed two Icossacks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
ssoo,ooo FOR MOBILE BUILDING.
Representative Taylor Introduces
 Measure In The House.


 Measure in The House.
 Washington, Dec. 17.--(SpeciaL)-- The nomination of Erastus j. Parsons to be attorney for the Middle District of Alabama will not be. considered by the Senate, 1t Is learned on good authority. until after the holiday recess. In the meantime, 1t is quite evident that his opponents will work like beavers to in- duce tho President to withdraw the appointment Failing in that 1t Is sure they will do their utmost to hold up the case in the hopes that eventually the nomination will be rejected.
 A report is going the rounds that in all probability the President will send for Judge Jones to come on and some of the Alabama Republicans say 1t would only be natural for the Presi- dent to consult the judge in the event he is thinking of withdrawing the nomination.
 District Attorney Reese says he does not expect to start for home until Monday. Former Marshal Cooper and ex-Coliector Bingham have gone to Alabama
 A great many bills and resolutions are being introduced in Congress re- garding the naval acamedy. Yester- day MT. Heflin offered a resolution requesting the Secretary of the Navy to make a thorough investigation of hazing and to take testimony from fourth class men and ascertain if the upper class men disturb them during study hours and to take such steps as will correct the evil if 1t Is found to exist. MT. Heflin says he has heard complaint to this effect.
 The Senate has passed a resolution of Senator Carmack calling for a gen. eraI investigation of the academy.
 Representative Taylor introduced yesterday the following bills:
 Appropriating S300.o0o for enlarging the public building at Mobile
 To provide for the safety of Ameri- can coasting vessels and barges and their crews by providing q load line, increasing the number of the crews and requiring gasoline or steam en- zines for relieving leaking vessels.
 The President has nominated George w. Griffin to be postmaster at Tus- kegee. Ala, taking place of Postmas- ter Webb.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
will be elected first vice president of the Schioss Company to succeed Jos- eph Bryan of Richmond.
SPEECH or CLAYTON.
Talks on Insurance and ReguIation of Frefghf Rates.

ExExk44 48tc4s
 Washington. Dec. i7.--(SpeciaL )--- Representative Clayton spoke for an hour yesterday afternoon in the House, the matter under. discussion being that portion of the Presidents message rel- ativc to insurance. Mir. Clayton. in view of the fact that the Supreme Court has decided that insurance. is not an interstate business. said there was some doubt as to whether action by aud he thought 1t better therefore that the whole matter should be referred to the Judiciary Committed for careful investigation.
 MT, Clayton devoted some of his re- marks to the railroad rate question. reviewing the history of iegisiation and other events in this connection He stoutlv contended that for ten years after the nassage of the act creating the Interstate Commerce Commission. the railroads observed the requirements of the statute closely enough to afford much relief to shinpers. but then came a decision of the Supreme Court to the effect that>the commission had no pow CT to enforce rates After that MT. Clayton insisted that discriminatfons and exorbitant rates were the natural result
 He recalled the platforms of the Democratic Party in 1896. 1900 and la04 which demanded that power be given the commission to fix rates and said that all the while the Republican nlatform was silent on the subject. Not until President Roosevelt came out in his message last December could the Republicans be induced to make any move in this direction.
 The Democrats had asked. MT. Clay ton contended, the Republicans In Con- gress to take up the question. but so far they Lud only befogged the situa- tion. The Democrats, he declared would support the President in his ef- forts to bring about legislation giving the commission power to take reason- able rates or to set aside unreasonable rates. the same to prevail until over ruled by the courts.
 Alfred J. stoffer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
KILLED BY AN ANCIENT RIFLE.
Collector of Relics Is Martyr To His
 Eufhusiasna.


 St. Louis, Dec. 17--Charles B. Flames founder and vice president of the st Louis Credit Clearing House, was in- stantly killed tonight at his residence by shot from an old rifle which re- gently came into his possession.
 MT. Eames had quite a local repu- tation as a collector of ancient fire arms He purchased an antique mug gle loader yesterday and while exam ining it today, noticed that the stock was in poor condition. Failing in his efforts to remove it, MT. Flames decid- ed to burn it off.
 From its appearance had not probably been shot for fifty years, and MT. Flames took it into the cellar and placed tho gun in the furnace. Hard ly had he done so when there was a loud report and when members of MT. Flames family reached the cellar he was lying in a pool of blood with a hole in his forehead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
MExIco's FINANCES.
Report of Llmant0ur Shows Them in
 ExceIIent Shape.

Mexico City. Dec. 17.-Finance Minis ter Limantour has submitted to Con- gress two important financial docu- ments. One Is a statement for the fis- cal year ended June 30. and shows the normal revenue In cash to have been sa2,0Sa.8s6. with disbursements of S79.152,795.
 The surplus with allowances made for disbursements belonging to the fiscal year not charged in accounts amounted to $9,T92.41O which is very satisfact- ory. Estimates for the coming fiscal year to begin July 1. show the probable revenue to he S90,O73,500 and expendi- lures $ss.Sp7.39O.
 The budget will be acted upon by Congress at the April session.
 The financial position of the govern. ment is exceedingly strong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
DEMANDS OF THE REBELS.
Ask for Independence of the LIthuaniaa T
 Republie.

Riga, Dec. 17.-After notifying the nobIes, the municipality entered into negotiations with the rebels. -l
 The latter demanded a set price for the surrender of their seventeen host ages including four German subjects. that the Lithunnians' republic shall be recognized. that it's entire independence from Russia be admitted, and that martial law be abolished.
 Fighting is proceeding at Mttau uu- der the leadership of bands armed by Socialists
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
GoT sso,ooo IN sEoURIrIEs.
Bank Robbers Make Haul iu sufFieId
 Conn.. After Rfndinnr VNnfchn,nn

Conn.,, After Bfndlng Wafchman.
 Suh1eld. Conn. Dec. 17.--After bind ing the railway watchman, William Jones. and his 12-year-old son to the chairs in the railroad station here this morning before daylight. six bank rob- bers ptied their way Into the suf,aId Savings Bank, blew open the safe after the fourth attempt, and made away with about $50,000 worth of registered bonds and stocks. not negotiable. ac- cording to President M. T. Newton of the institution.
 They overlooked $3OOO in cash ana negotiable bonds in drawer nearby The safe was wrecked and the ernIo- sion was heard for a quarter of n mile The robbers made their escape
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS- Panama Canal Bill Will Be Passed. INSURANCE IN THE HOUSE Expected That D. bate Will
 Continue. Little Real work wm Bc Done Untr After Reconvenlns = Adjourn ment for the Holiday.
 Next Thursday.
 

Washington. Dec. 17.-The Senate will meet the wishes of the House for m adjournment for the Christmas hol- idays Thursday next.
 Meantime. the Senate will probably content itself with comparatively It, tic work. unless there should be diffi- cuitv In agreeing with the House on the terms Of the Panama Canal emer- gency bill. That measure will go to conference committee early in the week, and there will be united effort to reach q conclusion before the holiday adjournment.
 The action of tho Senate in attempt ing to eliminate the bond provision and make ' separate law of it will probably be the principal bone of con- tention in tho conference committee.
 The reorganization of the Senate committees will be announced Monday or Tuesday.
 Senator Gallinger will make an ef- fort during the week to have the mer- chant marine bill made the unfinished business, not with view of securing serious consideration of 1t beforee Christmas. but with the end in view of having it in position to be pressed when Congress convenes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
Fnnr nurnel tn m

LOrain, Ohio. Dec. H.--Four lives were lost in fire which destroyed verbena Theatre here early this morn ing. The dead; James Dwyer. as. dren. The Marsh family had apart ments in the front of the building. William Marsh was State manager or the theatre Dwyer. another employs of the theatre, slept in the basement. The loss on the building is sS0,0Q0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
The Hold Up At Ir,I,,daIe.

St. Paul. Minn.. Dec. IT.-oficers at the Northern Pacific Express Company s headquarters in this city are still with out details concerning the hold up of the west bound north coast limited at Htllsdale, Washington, last night. W. s. Hay. superintendent of the North ern Pacific Express Company is in. clined to believe not over SiOO or $500 was secured
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
TIIE HOuNE.


 Washington, Dec. 1.-The four days before tho holiday adjournment will be dedicated in the House to further dis clission Of Federal control of insu- rance and to completing the enactment of the Panama emergency appropria- ton.
 There are many members who de- sire to talk about insurance. Speaker Cannon has eoncurred in tile general view in.t the House. that the Presidents message furnishes as good basis as anything else for this debate
 Many members will not wait until Thursday to return to their homes for the holidays.
 Committee work will progress dur Ing the debate. The Ways and Means Committee wilI continue its hearings of the Philippines tariff and the Ap- propriation Committee will begin the preparation of the District of Colum- bia appropriations bill.
 The StafehOod 3s.l isft0 be perfected. but will not. under the present plan. be brought Into the House until Jan- -uary 4, when it is expected to consti- ute the first business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
saoo. .ooO iu Furs Dentrove,,

New York, Dec. 1.-TWO hundred thousand dollars worth of fine furs were destroyed by fire and water early to-day in the establishment of Max Piaseekie and Company wholesale fur dealers and manufacturers of au- tomobiIe garments 37 and 39 East 21st street Other tenants in the building suffered heavy damage from water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
TrlpIe Trmxedy Iu Beaumout r.,

Beaumont, Texas. Dec. 1.-The me- gro district of this city today was the scence of a triple tragedy. Bryan Mer- ritt, a motorman, with Elish Perra. a deputy constable. being shot and in- stantly killed by Henry Powell. a nine- teen year old negro, who was in turn killed by Deputy Sheriff Tevis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
WITHOUT LIQUOR.
Dallas Congregation Takes Vote on
 Statehood Question.

Dallas. Tex, Dec. 17.-At the con clusion of the sermon by Rev. J. Frank Smith at the First Cumberland Presbv- terian Church this morning the pastor. who has recently returned from a trip rising vote on the matter Of admits ting Oklahoma and Indian Territory ,ss single State without the admission of liquor.
 The whole congregation of 5000 per- sons stood. It was unanimously voted that the sentiment be telegraphed al once to Senators Charles A. Cufbermof, and J. w. Bailey and Congressu1ar Jack BeaIl of this district. asklne their assistance in bringing about such a condition by Congress-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
n,chev tn swcceed Rrva,,

Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 17.-At the meeting of Board Directors of the Schloss-sheffield Steel and Iron Com pany to be held in New York Tues day. M M, Richey, Assistant General Superintendent of the Southern Rail- way with headquarters in Birmingham,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
INTENSE ALARM IN MOSCOW.
v..~. oR a Massacre by the "BIaek
 Hundred" Tuesday.

Moscow, Dec. 17.-(By telephone to ct Petersburg. )-There is intense alarm among the population here over news from St. Petersburg of the inau- Euratiou by the Government of policy of repression.
 There are fears of massacre by the .ssIack Hundred" Tuesday next.
 The mutiny of the Rosstoff Grenadier regiment collapsed ignominousiy to- night owing to the internal disscnsions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
wEATHnR FORECAST.

washington, Dec. 17.--For Alabama, Fair, Warmer Mondnys Tuesday Part ly cloudy and Warmer. Light to Fresh East to south Winds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-30
The Small BOYS Dsy.

1t is probably useless to sigh
for the good old style of celepra-
tion, for the conduct of affairs
on this day as well as upon most
other days has been regulated to
the small boy, and the average
small boy is far from b ing ore
OF the nobleSt works or creation
on the Fourth of July or on the
fourth day of any other month
in the year The only consola-
ton IN the case is that as he
goes forward into manhood minus
a leg, hand, or eye, he may look
back with some regret at his
own breezy idiocy and discourage
the hideous Mongolian ceremony
with which young Americans ex-
press their gratitude over the re-
turn Of the glorious day -Chica-
GO Tribune
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-30
Preach Americsnism

That man is no thorough
American VINO loving his country
and the institutions the flag re-
presents, is ashamed TO put into
language on the Fourth of July
all the affection and pride of cit
lzenship that are in his heart.
The truths about American liber-
~ and our national greatness
have been said so many times
and In so many ways that it is
next to impossible to present
them in phrases that have the
of originality or the
charm of novelty. That is no
reason for not uttering them.
Preach Americanism today of all
days and don't be afraid of being
platltudlnous. Deliver little
Fourth OF July oratlons of your
own:on every opportunity and lis
ten enthusiastically to what the
other fellows have to remark on
the same glorious subject. LII
you are so unfortunate as TO be
deaf and dumb, shoot up a sky
rocket. New York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-30

The college grrduate orator al
one stage or another in the pro
ceedings is reasonably certain tc
bob up with chunks OF wisdom
from his valedictory. Filled with
wise saws from the orators OF
1900 or 1900 years ago, he is
never tired of alluding to what
Cicero said or Caesar did and re-
coglizes no fact later than the
time of Agustus, no axiom whose
wisdom hal not been proved by
Seneca at the very latest. His
skyscrauing oratory invariably
catch S ne boys who are accus-
toned to it, having heard SO
much of it at school. and were
young America consulted the
college senior would bear off the
palm as the prize orator of the
day. = Selected.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-30
The Natal Day.

If the natal day Of American
Independence is to be derived
from the ceremony of the final
signature, then it should be Aug.
2. If derived from the substan-
tial legal act of separation from
the British crown, it should be
3 h of july. Eut conmoa cor
sent has determined to date the
anniversary from the compare
lively subordinate event of the
passage of the Declaration.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-30
" morable 0rations.

The Fourth of July, 1916. will
be remembered as the occasion of
Chas. Summers speech, on the
True Grandeur of Nations. >
which he declared to be peace.
and those respectively of 1858
and 1860 as the occasion of the
forensic masterpieces of Rufus
Choate and Edward Everett,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-30
What Fourth OF July nesns

If the Fourth of July means
anything in the worlds life and
thought. it means liberty inher-
ent right, individual privilege.
human progress ~ a higher id aal
of manhood and government.
1t means government for the
SAKE of the governed and gov
ernment by the governed Chi
cago Inter Ocean.