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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29

that this plan will be followed. They have pointed out that if no agreement is reached by Congress the President in hIs message transmitting the two re- ports of the board, has given notice that the administration will proceed with the construction of the lock canal.
 Engineers who have been before the Senate Committee have not agreed as to the feasibility of constructing at Gatun the flight of three locks pro- posed by the minority plans and on this has hinged in large part the ex animation of the engineers. All of the advocates of the sea level project were outspoken against the safety of the locks at that point, but the friends of the minority plan have been greatly encouraged by cablegram from Chief Engineer Stevens, declaring that there could be no doubt concerning the sue cesss of the Gatun locks.
 The testimony given by Engineers Bates, Burr and others to the effect that the hill in which it is purposed to build these locks is not long enough to provide for three locks with unseal- able lengths of 900 feet, was cabled to MT, Stevens. He took steps to refute the statements and notified the Canal Commission to deny the testimony upon his authority. Advocates of the lock canal declared today that in view or the fact that Mir. Stevens had exam ined the sites since the testimony was given, he is in the best position to take positive stand.
 The witnesses who have testified be- fore the committee have been about evenly divided as to type of canal. The next witness will be General Davis, formerly member of the Canal Com mission and Governor of the canal zone. Secretary Taft will appear some time next week.
 In view of the fact that the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce is not inclined to accept the testimony taken by the Senate Com mittee, it is believed the House will not be ready for several weeks to take up canal legislation. This adds to the probability that very little will be done at the present session of Congress and that the President and the Canal Com mission will be left free to exercise their own judgment as to the type of canal to be built, in which event the lock level type will ba adopted.
 It is generally believed that the sen timent in Congress is largely in favor of building the waterway by contract. It has been suggested that Congress by joint resolution. may take cetion in this regard if canal bill is not agreed upon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
SUICIDE AN AMERICAN.
Woman Identifies Body As That of Her
 Sister.

Sister.
 London, March 2S.--The mystery which surrounded the suicide of wo- man who, under the name or Marie Der val. poisoned herself in small hoteI in the Pimlico district. March Is last, was partially unraveled today when Gertrude Wood, the wife of Harvey Wood, an American, indentified the dead woman as her sister, Laura Cushing. wife of John B. Cushing or Boston.
 Mfr and Mrs. Cushing, Mrs. Wood said, had been separately from each oth- CT for four or five years. Since the separation from her husband, who was a millionaire, Mrs. Wood explained, Mrs. Cushing had considerable trouble. When she left Mir. Gushing she was no longer able to spend the large sums of money to which she previously had been accustomed.
 Mrs. Wood assured the authorities that she was quite positive that the de- ceased was her sister She pointed out the malformation of one of her fin- gers, which was a characteristic of the family. Mrs. Wood also recognized some of the belongings Of the deceas- ed. The coroner. however. was not disposed to accept the evidence of the identity of the deceased as conclusive and adjourned the inquest for three weeks Mrs. Gushing arrived March 14, at the hotel where sne vied, coming directly from Paris. Five empty lauda mum bottles were found in her room.
 Tn one of the letters left by Mrs. Cushing she said:
 No one can claim me as I am with out family, relations or friends and the name under which I am registered is not my own. am an American"
 Boston. March 2S.--A search of city directories. clubs and family genealogi. cal history failed to reveal today the identity of John B. Gushing, of Bos~ ton, said to be the husband of the American woman who committed sui- eide at a Pimlico hotel in London on March 16 last.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
SHOWS BAD FAITH
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT NOT CAR-
 RYENG OUT PROMISES.
MT. shipoH Takes PesaimIstIc View of the Future of the Empfre-Czar Not Fulfilling Promises to
 the People.

St. Petersburg, March 2S.-Dmitri shipoff of Moscow, who is generally rec onized as one of the most rational of the liberal leaders. takes anything but an optimistic view If the future of the empire. M. Shipoff took a middle position af- ter the manifesto of October 30. seced- ing at that time from the radical com stitutional wing of the zemstvoists on the ground that the people must be gradually prepared for self government He regarded the promises of the mani festo as sufficient for tho present. Now. however, M. Shipof believes that the government is showing bad faith In the course of an interview to- day he severely condemned the mani festo of March 6, saying that 1t did not make of the council of the empire second chamber of the national parlia- ment, but interposed between the mon arch and the people the same old bur eaucratic barrier, robbing the peoples branch of the parliament of the rights which 1t is supposed to exercise and not realizing the promise of a responsible ministry, leaving the parliament at the mercy of the government through the sovereign's power of propagation.
 He predicted that tho struggle be- tween the government and the people WntCn WnilS ndNlHB DSSH lOHS III uh- folding. was far from being ended. He saw only strife ahead when the parlia- ment meets. The peasants will become the easy prey to the propaganda of the revolutionists, who will convince them that they cannot get justice because their masters control the parliament. Only a parliament elected on the basis of universal suffrage, M. Shipoff declar- es will satisfy the peasants land de- mands.
 M. Shipoff bewalls the lack of moral consciousness and sense of responsibili- ty among the Russian people as whole but says that this is only the natural result of long oppression by the bureaucracy. He says that 1t Is al ready apparent from the progress of the elections that the peasants are possess ed of a single idea, the getting of land and together with the small land own ing class are combining against the big land owners. Tn a large number of the provinces, M. Shipoff says this com bination will be able to elect members of the parliament. As a consequence the parliament would become a tower of Babel. On the other hand the forces of conservatism by which M ShipofG does not mean the reactionists. are inert.
 Consequently he fears the intellectual domination of the parliament will fall to the constitutional Democrats, who include many of the most brilliant men in Russia but who have been hypno- tized by abstract Utopian theories and have none of the practical wisdom of which the empire stands in such need.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
 KNOX SPEAKS IN SENATE.
Thinks BafIey'a Amendment Will No
 stand Test of Courts

ThAuk9 baff&y'A AmeM@mSWN WNh NOe
 stand Test of Courts
 Washington. March 2S.--Mr. Knox made his first set speech in the Senate today. He spoke on the railroad rate question and dealt almost exclusively with the legal features of the problem. He indicated several provisions of the house bill which he considers uncon- stitutional and expressed the opinion that MT Bailey's amendment depriving the United States circuit courts of the power to grant temporary injunctions would not stand the test of the courts. The speech was awarded the most care- full attention and at It's close the speaker was very generally con- graduated by his colleagues.
 When MT. Knox concluded the senate entered upon the consideration of the conference report on the bill regulat ing the final disposition of the affairs of the five civilized tribes of Indiana and much objection was expressed to many of the charges.
 Some of these were criticized on the ground that the conference committee had transcended it's authority by the Insertion of new matter. There was a renewal of the discussion of the dis posal of the coal lands in Indian Ter ritory and several senators, including La Toilette. Clark of Wyoming and Tillman, expressed disapproval of the conference provision authorizing the secretary of the interior to lease lands
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
Tr,,I ot Inc New Jersev.

Rockland, Me, March 2S.-The stan dardization trial trip over the Owls Head mile course today of the new battleship New Jersey was considered very successful. The contract require ment of nineteen knots an hour was exceeded, a maximum speed at the rate of 19.4S knots per hour being attain ed. The mean of the five runs at top speed was 1902 knots. The trial board determined that the mean rev olutions of the screws corresponding .tO the contract speed was 1245 per minute. The battleship will be placed in commission during May under the command of Captain Kimball. a native of MainA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
sneclnI Rule nrourht In.

Washington. March 28.--The House today, in order that the legislative. ex- ecutive and judicial appropriation bill might be considered without being sub jected to limitless points of order. pass ed a rule prohibiting that method of lighting the bill. Notwithstanding that this appears to have been the first special rule ever reported to Commit tee on Rules directly affecting an ap- propriation bill, it's necessity was re- garded as paramount to precedent. It was adopted after an Illuminating de- bate of an hour by a vote of 169 to 10e. twenty Republicans voting with the minority. The remainder of the day was devoted to consideration of the bill and more progress was made than in all the days heretofore given to the measure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
weaver sIgnN, Ordinnnce.

Philadelphia, March 28. Mayor Weaver today signed the ordinance granting the Philadelphia Rapid Tran sit Company an extension of three years for the completion of its Market Street subway. In consideration for this extension the company filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth at Harrisburg and with the city solicitor of Philadelphia. a full surrender of all other franchises of corporation ac- quired several years ago with the ex- ception of those for the Broad Street subway and for the elevated railroad to the northeastern section of the city. The company also agrees to pay to the city $4O0,000 to be applied to the. cost of removing railroad grade cross inRs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
Negro Confeanen to AneauIt.

Richmond, Va, March 2s.--After confessing to an assault upon Miss Maggie Perkins, aged fourteen. step daughter of James Barnes. a prominent farmer living eight miles west of Rich mond, Charles Francis, a negro. was taken to Lexington this afternoon for safe keeping. The prisoner was brought to Richmond at noon today and lodged in jail, where he made a full confes- sion. Fully soc people were at the jail when the officers, arrived with their prisoner and for time 1t seemed that Francis would be lynched. Mise Per not survive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
Henvr Lonn RY Fire.

Grand Encampment, Wyo.. March 2s. The great smelting concentrating and electric and steam power plant of the Pennsylvania wyoming Copper Company, was almost completely de- stroyed by fire today. entailing loss of (estimated) s30O.000 to $500,O00, par tially covered by insurance. The smelter building was saved after a hard fight by the fire department. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. The plant had been closed down for the winter on account of the deep snow and improvements under way. Prepa- rations were on foo, to resume next month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
LOCK CANAL FAVORED.
Legislation by Congress Will Be To-
 ward This End.

Washington, March 2S.-Canal leg islation at the present session of Con- S.ess is regarded as extremely im- probable, even by the members of the senate Committee. which for two months has been meeting nearly every day to investigate conditions on the Isthmus of Panama and prepare Itself to report a bill.
 Several weeks ago it was decided to postpone temporarily the investigation of criticisms that had been made against the management of canal af- fairs and to devote the time to a dis cussion of the type of canal to be con- structed. The committee Is divided on this subject and there Is no indication that the witnesses called and the tes- timony taken have tended toward har- monizing the views of the members.
 Advocates of the lock canal, proposed by the minority of the board of consult ing engineers, are apparently confident
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
nougere nt Lenven,rnr,h,

Leavenworth, kas., March 2S.-Jean Bougere, a second lieutenant in the second Hussars, a son of General Bou- gere, chief of staff of the French army. arrived at Fort Leavenworth today to enter the infantry and cavalry col lege. An invitation was extended Lieu tenant Bougere to enter this fnstitu- tion by President Roosevelt as recog- milton of courtesies paid General Chaf.- fee Bell and Crozier by General Bou- gere. at the visit of the generDs 70 Paris last yea
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
wreck on the santa Fe.

Las Vegas. N. M. March 2S.-Santa Fe passenger train No. 10, eastbound. was wrecked at Rivera. thirty miles south of Las Vegas. today by colliding with the rear end of a freight train. Several passengers and the fireman. on the flyer were injured. the latter se- riously. number of cars were de- stroyed. The track Is blocked and all traffic is at a standstill. The accident is said to have been caused by the fail ure on the part of the freight to carry a flag on the caboose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
WILL QUIT ANNAPOLIS.
Resignation of Minor Merriweths
 Will he Accepted.

Resignation of Minor Merriwether
 VIII be Accepted. Washington, March 2S.-Secretary .Bonaparte decided today to accept the resignation of Midshipman Minor Mer- riwether from the naval academy.
 He will instruct the superintendent of the academy to dismiss the sentence of one years confinement to the acad- emy grounds hanging over Meriwether because of the death of Midshipman Branch as the result of injuries sus- tained in a fight with Merriwether. The Secretary was informed that Mer- riwether probably would not pass in his studies and advised to accept the rcsignation.
 It Is known that life at the academy has become unbearable to Merriweth- CT. and his poor record in his studies is said to be, the result of a desire on his part to leave Annapolis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
gIrxIco,a C.oId stnndnrd.

Mexico City, March 2s.-The eX- change and currency commission up to the middle of thls month had sold '266, ,744.50O silver pesos for the account of it's own fund and also for the ac- count of sundry banks and has secur- ed the equivalent in gold. The commis sion had secured up to March 12 the sum of $4O,57S,OOO in gold or gold bars The commission now considers that the gold standard is firmly established.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
Exnloslvea Not Found.

Pocatello. Idaho. March 2S.-The search for a deposit of explosives which Steve Adams says he buried here in September. 1903. was complet- ed today without unoOvering any of the .so-called "Pettibone dope" A glass stopper that Adams identified as being identical with those which he says were in the bottles buried by him and a tin can which may have held the bottles were unearthed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
TROUBLE IN BUCHAREST
ROumanIan COIIegians Are Angry With
 The French.

The French
 Bucharest, March 2S.-There was a continuation yesterday of the student demonstration which were begun Sun day night and which resulted in two deaths and the wounding of several hundred persons.
 Crowds gathered before French shops hooting and destroying sign boards. The mob thence proceeded to the French legation. They sent delega- tion to the minister to assure him that the demonstration was in no way di- rected against the French demanding the dismlssals of the directors of the national theatre, declaring that unless the minister complied with the demand within three days, the university stu dents would go on strike.
 The disorders were renewed last night. The authorities contemplate keeping the troops out of sight, there by decreasing casualties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29

Former Justice W. N. Cohen. William R. HornbIower and Adrian H. Joline. amounting to s50,o0o, s45.o0o and S25.- 900 respectively. for services render ed to officers of the Alexander-Hyde administration. are in the hands of an arbitration committee which has not yet submitted its report.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
Prnnoaea LevrIlInR nf CInnnea.

Tver, March 2S.-M. RoDerti, who par ticipnted in the proceedings of the Zem- stvo congress at Moscow Tn November of last year. created sensation today in the assembly of Nobies by offering a resolution declaring that in the sense of the nobles of Tver. the coming parliament would be forced to yield to the demands of the whole people for the abolition of the privileges which separated the different clasess and that therefore 1t was the duty of the mem- bers of the council of the empire from Tver to advocate the leVelling of the ranks of the classes The resolution after stormy debate was rejected, but secured tMentV-eight votes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
wright to san April 20.

Washington. March 3S.-Gen. Luke E. Wright, the newly appointed Am bassador to Japan, will sail from Se- attle for his new post April 20. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Wright and is due in Yokohama May IS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
Lawyera' Bilis Held Up.

New York, March 2S.-Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society at a meeting today elected John N
 Beach a dry goods merchant. as a member of that board. It was anuounc- ed that the accounts of three lawyers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
Morrnn ana the pone.

Rome, March 2S.-The Observatore Romano. the Vatican organ, contradicts the statements made in British newspa- pers that J. Pierpont Morgan of New York gave offerings to the Pope at the last audience granted hiIn by His HoIi- ness,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
MIn Meet fn Hartford.

Hartford. March 2S.-Following the worlds convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Uufon in Boston, the national body will hold It's nation al convention in this city October ss to 31s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-29
wEArHER FORECAST.

and somewhat colder Thursday: Friday fair: fresh north to northeast winds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-16
IT MIGHT HAVE.

Where the elad-heerted bathers made
merry
/ saw her plunge into the sea;
There was glorious grace in her move.
ments,
Her beauty gave pleasure to me.
Her laugh was a liquid-like music, i
And thrice. as-I stood on the shore, !
She looked at me, causing my pulses q
TO leap as they ne'er had before.
l watched her go playfully splashing.
The breakers roared round her small
feet;
Her eyes had the lure of a SIRENS,
Her lips looked en~chantingly sweet.
The moist wind blew in from the ocean,
The sails in the distance were furled,
And high on the beach the white break
ers
With thunderous anger were hurled.
BUT the treacherous undertow didn't
Go dragging her out to the sea,
ana she had no occasion for calling
In tones that were plaintive to me.
waded ashore, and the gladness
l had she perhaps. never knew;
Gee whiz, she was pretty to look at,
And she seemed to be glad of it, too.
Chicago Record-Herald
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-16
The Treatment of
Convicted Criminals

ny r1aehuate C. &. F. WAFFLE of New York lily
- RIMINALITY is broadcast; it extends to every walk of life
and in all nations and creeds. The thief is found among the
heather and among the religious, among the poverty stricken
AND AMONG THE WEALTHIEST. The degenerate
is found among the morally stunted and physically deformed and
among those of the highest literary pursuit and attainment.
Prisoners are now graded and classified according to the ofense
they have committed and the frequency with which they return to i'm
prisonment. Is the confirmed petty thief each time to be subjected to
the same treatment as the man who in a burst of anger Stays his neigh
Dor, BUT HAS OTHERWISE LED AN UPRIGHT LIFE?
We are today applying reform methods to some SO called first
offenders who never can be reformed under the present methods and
are refusing reforms to some unforunates who have fallen a number
OF times because reform was never PROPERLY applied. The rea-
son for this lies in the fact that we have failed to grasp that which lies
at the bottom of the whole problem, that just as each man commits a
crime a a result of his environment, Of temptation, of proclivHy or
whatever the weakness may be called, SO that special weakness be
treated IN AN INDIVIDUAL MAMIE Ninetynine thieves
may all be thieves and yet each one of the ninety-nine be a thief from
different causes, and each should be subjected to different treatment.
The discoveries of Professor Benedickt established the correctness
OF the claim that mental treatment and development j, the sure method
OF reformation. If the prisoner be amenable to this, he should be dis
charged AT THE PROPER TIME and not until then.
My conclusions, then, are these:
That the same care which is exercised in deprivinp a nerson of his
liberty should be employed in returning it to him.
That the judicial function should cease when a person has been
adjudged guilty of a crime and that then the presiding Judge should
simply commit the defendant for such treatment as a commission Of
experts shall advise and for so long a time AS MAY BE NECES-
SARY FOR HIS REGENERATION MORAL Oh MENTAL.
That our present prison keepers should be replaced by officials
trained in penology, psychology and kindred subjects and that records
be kept so that from the initial arrest until the turning over to the cor
recional authorities scientific observation records may be made.
THAT TIE PRESENT SYSTEM OF CLASSIFYING OFFENDERS
AGAINST THE Law ACCORDING TO THE CRIMES THEY COMMIT
BE ABOLISHED AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED Ac.
coRDING TO THE MENTAL OR MORAL CONDITIONS WHICH
THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIME.