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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
STAR TURNS ON ROOSEVELT Washington Paper At tacks President. ALLIANCE WITH MIR. PENRoSE Effort to Force Barnes Upon People
 as City's Postmaster. Pennsylvania Politician ResoluteIy Backing Up Chief Executive in All the whitewashing Neces-
 sary After the Mrs. Nor
 ris Incident.
ALLIANCE WITH MIR. PENR0SE

Washington. June 11.--(Special)-- The Star of this city. a Republican newspaper and hitherto a staunch ,ad- ministration organ, contains this even ing most savage attack upon Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania and President Roosevelt because of an alleged aili- ance between them in behalf of Barnes, the recently nominated postmaster at Washington. Barnes was the princi- pal In having Mrs Minor Morris vio- lently thrown out of the White House some time ago.
 The name of Senator Pettus appears in the editorial. It being alleged Pen rose treated him disrespcetfully- when Senator Pettus tried to secure a hear ing for certain witnesses in behalf of Mrs. Morris. There Is a mistake as to this. though Senator Pettus thought that Mrs. Morris had not had a square deal and exerted himself to obtain for her a fair hearing.
 Senator Penrose with his political life at stake in Pennsylvania, has resolute- ly backed up the President in all the whitewashing work made necessary by the outrageous treatment Mrs. Morris received at the White House. The stars indignation would appear to have been imparted by its reporter who for years has been stationed at the ex- ecutive mansion. For several days af- ter the. event this reporter could not talk about the Morris affair without weeping. He had seen 1t from begin ming to end.
 Senator Bailey Is going to make a resolute fight to include the Pullman system in the provisions of the rate bill. There Is much talk under the rose In Washington as to why this cu- rious exception was made by the Con ference Committee. This talk all goes back to Senator Cullom of Illinois. who Is candidate for re-clec- tion and the Pullman Company through the senators kin and the officers of the company are power in that State. There-aiwill he souls plain speaking when the question is brought up In the Senate.
 With all respect to the good peo- pie of Dothan, there Is much amaze ment and sympathy, too. over their disappointment at securing only s40.- 900 for a public building This Is far in excess of the amount given any town of the like size in the United States. The remonstrants may reduce the appropriation, but they are little likely to increase it,
 George H. McCombs and family of Montgomery were deeply interested ob- servers of the proceedings in Congress today.
 MT. aqd Mrs w A. watford of Do- than are here on a bridal tour.
 Charles Valentine postmaster of Clayton has stopped here returning from a trip to New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
MR. PIERCE NOT PRESENT.
Delay in Missouri Custer PrOceedings
 Against OH Companies.


 St Louis, June 1.-The hearing of evidence In the Missouri custer pro- ceedings against the Standard and Wa ters- Pierce oil Company was resumed here today before Special Commissioner CT Anthony
 H. Clay Pierce, of the Waters Pierce oil Company, was expected to be the chief witness. He is now in New York and when this fact was elicitAd from General Counsel Johnson for the Wa ters-Piercc Company. who asked a con tinuance of the hearing on the ground that H. S. Priest. leading counsel was i'll. Attorney General Hadley sharply continuance and threatened to have an of ,Pierce asserting that the illness of Attorney Priest was made subter- fuge.
 The court inquired when Mfr Pierce would arrive from New York and At- torney Johnston replied that he would ascertain by telegraph. Thereupon re- cess was taken.
 when the hearing was reconvened after the recess. Attorney Johnson made a statement to the court to the effect that Judge Priest had been ad vised by his physician to go to French Lick Springs this week and rest for d week and would follow the advice. In view of the enforced absence of Judge Priest. as leading counsel and of the nrobable inability of Mir. Pierce to come from New York at the present time he requested a postponement until two weeks from today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
I,ZKER DIES Y IN THE CHAIR Murderer of Mabel Page
 Electrocuted. HARD FOUGHT LEGAL BATTLE Desperate Efforts to Save Life to
 the Massachusetts Man. Governor Guild Declines to Interferc and Appeal to President Roose-
 welt Is without Any Effect
 --History of the
HARD FOUGHT LEGAL BATTLE

poston June 12.-Charles l.. Tucker was electrocut.d at l2:12 thls niornihs for inc murder of Mabel Page. Tucker was officially pronounced dead oy the prison doctors at 12:19 a. m. Three implications of the current were maoe. when Tucker arrived m tront ol @ death chair he drew from his trousers nocket a brief statement, which ne read. The statement was:
 .I hone that God will forgive me TOT a,l tbe wrongs I have ever done Tn my mast fife. I forgive everybody wno mas wronred me. I am at peace With my Maker. May God have mercy on my soul. ]" .,~ .na after the guards had adjusted the straps the warden raised his hand as signal to the electrician.
 After the first application or cleo tr,city, Dr. Joseph Mclaughlin, the prison surgeon. made an examination and announced that the pulse was SUI heating. After the current had been ap- piled a second time the surgeon ae. tected a movement of the neart .Du. when the current was applied tnlro t,n,e Tucker was pronounced dead. This announcement was made at 12:l3.
 The surgeon stated that Tucker was unconscious from the moment the hrst shock was sustained,
 In his letter to Dr. Whey, Tucker said:
 says He is Innocent.
 "I nave been misJudged and wrong fully accused of a crime that knoW nothing about, one that I am entirely innocent of.
 "rhis peculiar case was purely cir cu,1stantiai and I did not get the Den- eft of the doubt Some of the members of the jury signed letter to the GOV ernor for communication, which snows that they had doubt in their minds
 arhe Governor has no right to bring up my past life to connect ms with thls crime. A man may steal. but there are limits to everything
 .rt is awful to die when one Is so young. e6od-hcarted and bealthy. Oh. I am so glad that I am innocent one feela much better when ones conscience is clear. I would tell you willingly IT I were guilty and I would make my peace with my God, but am not, and die innocent as a child unborn of this crime. The Governor, whom think very unjust. has gone against me, and f nothing turns up to Interfere. Will have to die, and assure you l will die brave and like a men. l have nothing to confess. I am entirely innocent. l have been asked If guilty to confess but to the people who have asked me said: I have nothing to confess do you want me to tell Her
 'I am go sorry for my dear parents. They are SO good ana faithful. I can not say any more. Tears fall from my eyes so fast that I can hardly see to Ten these words to you.
 My last words to you are that am innocent and they will be the last swords that will have on my lips when, I die '"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
THE ACREAGE OF COTTON.
Explanatory Statement Issued by AZ
 rfculturaI Department.

Washington, June 1l.-Assistant Sec retary Hays of the Department of Az riculture today gave out the follow ing abatement regarding the cotton acre age report of June 4:
 "The Department Is convinced that the estimated planted acreage In cot ion of about 2S.626.000, issued June A, Is near the truth, but the increase of 1,sS6. .O0O or 62 per cent, it should be understood, is not all of this year. The Census Bureaus final report of the crop of 1905 was about 100000 bales more than was estimated by the Blu reatt of Statistics on the 4th of Decem- her. last Due weight must be given 10 tais source of information and fully one-third of the estimated Increase re- ported last month is attributable to iectifcation of last years work to bring 1t into harmony with the census report of the amount of cotton ginned In the respective States"
 The statement was approved by Sec retary Wilson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
WEATHER FORECAST.
 washinGton June 11.--For Alabamss Showers Tuesdays fresh to brisk north winds on the const; Wednesday fair.

house. figured in the trial. the govern ment contending that the handwriting on the postal card and the note were Identical with specimens of Tusker's handwriting.
 The police learned that Charles L.. Tucker. an Auburndale young man of rowing habits. had been seen near the Page house on the day of the mur- der.
 They found Tucker and on taking him to a police station questioned him but released him. About three weeks afterward the officers searched Tuck CTS home. There in an old coat, they found broken knife blade stained and scared. the scars indicating that an effort had been made to destroy 1t by means of a file. stick pin of pecu- liar design was also found It was soon learned that Mabel Page had owned pin similar to that found in Fuckers coat.
 This. together with the fact that stains on the knife blade were sus- pected of being those of blood as we'll as Fuckers act of breaking the blade in three pieces caused his arrest In- dictment for murder in the first de- gree followed. The evidence at the trial was largely of circumstantiai nature.
 Since Fuckers trial and conviction, Edwin Page. father of the murdered girl has died. as has Professor E. S. Wood. of Harvard University who was the expert analyfst for the prosecu- tion
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
WHITE AND PETTUS
SENATOR'S SHAKE
 HANDS IN CHAMBEH.
Aiabsmfan ana New soion From Mary land Introduced to Each other After Swearing in Ceremony
 --Heflin's Amendment.

Washington. D. C.. June 11-(spe- cial)-It was what is known as Dis trict of Columbia day in the House and practically do nothing day in the Senate so that not much of gen. eral interest went in the national leg islature
 At the beginning of the Senate's session. the venerable William Pinkney Whyte, successor to the late, Senator German of Maryland, took the oath of office. It was short affair being over in about four minutes.
 Although Senator whyte Is only a few weeks younger than Senator Nor gan he is quick Of step, erect in car riage and looks many, many years younger than he really is. Senator Morgan. Allison and Teller are the only members of the upper branch of Congress who served with Senator Whyte during his last term. which ended March 4, 1881, when the late Mir German succeeded him. As many statesmen remarked today 1t seems the irony of fate that a quarter of a century later William Pickney whyte should once more find himself a mem Der of the Senate.
 Shortly after the swearing fin of MT. Whyte, General Pettus. the most ven erable of the Senators, walked over to the seat that had been assigned to the new senator from Maryland and was introduced to him.
 They had a pleasant chat of a few minutes and the Alabamian went back to his own desk. General Pettus has evidently thoroughly recovered from the effects of the dangerous fall he had on the Ice last winter and looks better than at any time during the past year.
 Speaker Cannon said today that if Congress did not dispatch business faster he feared the session would last until August 1. MT. Courts, the well posted clerk of the House. appropria- tion committee usually quite accurate in his prognostication does not see how an adjournment can be brought about before July 12.
 In the House today bill was con sidered applying to the buthchering bus mess in the capitol city on Sunday Mir. Heflin (Alabama) tried to get in his provision against Sunday work generally as an amendment, but an objection from MT. Babcock (Wis) 1t was ruled out Then the Ala bama member moved to recommit with instructions to report the bill back with his bill as an amendment. He was voted down. Most of the Demo- crats voted with MT. Heflin The Re- puolicans nearly all stood by MT. Bab- cock.
 Stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
DEBATE ON AGRARIAN QUESTION
Promises to Continue for the Rest of
 the Week In Russian Parliament.

the Week In Russian Parliament.
 St. Petersburg June 1.-The debate on the agrarian question in the lower mousse of Parliament promises to con tinue throughout the week. and when It is finished the solution of the ques-
 tlon will hardly be much further ad- Vanced than when the debate began.
 Whatever fighting occurs will come on the election of the commission which Will consist of eighty eight members.
 While the commission will be supposed to follow the general direction of the Views expressed during the debate It's size will make 1t easy to reopen discus- sion of all the disputed points.
 Therefore there Is little prospect that the bill will be ready for submission before July 1, at about which time 1t is the governments intention to de- clare Parliament adjourned until Sep- tember Tor the summer vacation. The members of the House dare not return to their constituents after a fruitless session of two months and undoubtedly will resist any attempt to adjourn. Nevertheless the House will be power- less if the government persists. The governments plan is clear.
 The House having failed to offer a solution of the agrarian question. the Emperor under the authority reserved to him by the Fundamental law. will the governments agrarian program as temporary law in the hope that the peasants, disgusted at the failure of Parliament to give re- lief, will accept 1t. Once the govern ment's statement for land distribution is put In operation and generally &C., cepted. the government calculates thaa 1t will create further support to pre- vent the House from attempting to re- place 1t by its own plan in the autumn.
 In the meantime the upper house is doing nothing. having virtually re- solved to await the executive initiative of the lower on all questions, To forestall any attempt of the govern ment to interrupt any work of the Par liament before any work Is accom- plished, NJ. Vozovic of Yekaterinoslav, at the opening of the session of the lower house today proposed that the house adopt a resolution to continue It's sittings until the agrarian, death pen alty and other important questions are settled The resolution was ruled out of order and the House proceeded with the consideration of minor mataers be- fore resuming the debate on the agra rian question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
sIr rhomn. wilI ca

New York, June 11.-R. A. c Sm.,,. was an arrival from Liverpool on ,h, Celtic. While abroad he spent se,,sr al days abroad the steam yacht Eri. with Sir Thomas Lipton while tba Irish barone who was cruising in tLs Mediterranean. He made the interest' ing statement that Sir Thomas wauid visit the United States during the com ing summer but could say nothInr of his yachting plans either with resnert to the possibility of Shamrocs TIT starting in the Kings cup race of Newport or with regard to a chal,cage for the Americans cup.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
Terroriuta XII Two.

Warsaw, June 1.-The terorists of Poland continue to wage relentless war against the State. municipal and police officials. Hardly a day elapses with out an assassination. Last night the Mayor of Siodlce. the chief of the Gov ernor's office and the Secretary of the Police Board were walking in the streets of Siodcle when a band of ter rorists armed with revolvers attacked them. The first two officials were mortally wounded and the third was seriously injured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
.,n For Erich NIuenter

New Orleans, June ll-Ihe police an nounced today that search for Erich 1,,Sfa died under suspicious circumstan- cas and who a few days ago mailed twn letters from New orleans. has been ex- tended all over this section of the south. Circulars describing him have been posted in nearly every small town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
BUTLER EXPERIMENTS.
Light saltInE nnd Low Temperature
 Hest for StOrnEe PurpOsea.

Washington. June 11.-The extensive experiments in the making and stor- age of butter have recently been concluded by the dairy division of the bureau of animal industry. United States department of agriculture in an effort to solve some of the difficul- ties encountered in the butter trade.
 A bulletin containing report of the experiments has been issued. The con- clusion Is that light salting and low temneratures and the use of cream re- ceived at the creamery In a sweet con- ditIon give much the best results for storage butter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
x,,1,NG OF MABEL PAGE.
x,t..orx of the Crime for Which Tuck
 CT Was ElectrOcuted.

Boston, Mass. June 1.-The cleo, trocution of Charles L. Tucker marked inc final chapter in the history of the rnurder of Mabel Page at her home in XWaston Mass. March 31, 1904. and al- go marked the close of the most des- perate legal battle ever waged In Mas sachusetts for the life of a convicted murderer.
 Mabel Page was murdered at her home in Weston on March s1, 1904 Her body was found several hours later by her aged father. On nearby tahIe was found a note but was sup posed to have been written by Miss Page. stating that she had been called fo Roston because of illness of her brother. It later developed that her brother, Harold. was not i'll and the handwriting on the note and a postal card which was also found in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
WOMAN KILLS HERSELF.
Mrs. Felix Dunwoody Commits Suicide nf Macon. Ga

Macon, Ga. June 11.-Mrs. Felix Dun- woody. wife of Felix Dunwoody. 8 leading citizen of this city. shot her. self shortly after midnight, while locked alone in a room at her home. Her husband belcSgs to the Dunwoody family, to which President Roosevelt is related.
 The suicide. who was IS years old. was Miss Mary Parker of Ozark, Ala. niece of H. I. Martin of Alabama. She had been married eight months. No cause is given for the suicide.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
JUDGE BROWN DEAD.
WaS Counsei I'm Triel of Packers
 Federal Couuf

Chicago, Jun e11.-Former Trdo VI, P. Brown. recently one of the cou,scj In the trial of the packers in inc Federal Court died last night of . complication of diseases. '
 He served two terms as county Iu,e . Tn Dupage county two terms as cir of the appellate courts of the second and third district by the Supreme Court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE.
The BeveridEe Amendment To the ARri-
 cultural Bill.

Washington, June 1l-For three hours today the House Committee on Agriculture devoted itself to the prep aration of a meat inspection amend nlent to the agricultural appropriation bill It was announced that the frs; two paragraphs of the Beveridse amendment had been gone over and one or two minor amendments. relatinP to the vcrbiage, has been agreed upon. T. Is expected a whole week will be ce nsumed in the consideration,
 The statement of the cattle men last week that the President would have to be suited in all bills which ars passed, Is being observed by the committee and 1t Is understood that he was in commu- nleation with the committee during the session today.
 The committee looks with favor. i Is said. upon several suggestions made by MT. Cowan representing the Texas Cattle Raisers Association In the hear ing last week and submitted to the committee in writing today
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
niIl. Pns.ed hr sennte-

Washington, June 1.-The Senate to- day passed the following bills: Making Port Arthur. Tex. port of entry and giving to the deputy collector at Sa- bfne Pass all the powers of a collec- tor, the district to be known as the Sabine district
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12

The indictments were returned last December. When the cases were call ed today District Attorney Van Walk neburgh stated he was convinced that the two railways had been imposed upon and were ignorant of the nature of the shipments made. until the in- dictments agaiost them were reported. The shipments, it appeared, had. he stated. been billed for export but were diverted after reaching New York. Kresky's discharge was ordered be- cause under the circumstances One dis- trict attorney said 1t would be impos- sible to convict him.
 The cases dismissed today are dis tinct from those against the Chicago and Alton and J. F. Faithorn and F. A. Wann. charged with paying rebates on packing houses products which will be resumed tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
DemnDdIsF FIctItIous

Wulemstadt. June 11.-PassenKers arriving here from Venezuela say ths demand that General Castro return to the Presidency is fictitious. They As- sert that Venezuelan officials are ,om- pelled to sign the petitions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
v,r. i'm Hendrlck, Oklahoma.

Iawton. Ok. June 1.-Two banks. four mercantile establishments and other smaller buildings in the town of Headrick, fifty-two miles west of here. were destroyed with their contents by fire last night. The loss is esti- mated at over $50.000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12

In this city two detectives are detailed for the search and in addition. the po- lice are watching outbound trains and steamships.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
Sremphian stabs Another.

Memphis. June I1.-Hon. Thomas B. Collier, member of the lower house ne the Tennessee Legislature and a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
REBATE CASE DISMISSED.
Action Taken on Suggcstion of AttOr-
 ney for the Government.

AcftOm TnKem on SuBBcStiOm OY AItOr"
 ney for the Government.
 Kansas City. June 11.--In the United States District Court here today the cases against the Chicago and Alton and the Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul Railways. charged with granting rebates on export shipments and against D. H. Kresky. Kansas City freight broker. charged with conspir- acy to obtain rebates for shippers, were dismissed at the suggestion of A. s. Van valkneburgh. the district att torney.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-12-06

Ii occurred 10 Us as We ran over
our exchanges TO note the moral tone
OF then, says tho Press and Printer.
These papers are OF all sizes and
grades, from every variety OF to~n,
and are edited by men wbo are pFac-
tically pretty well acquainted With
the world, the flesh and the devil.
In not one Of them did we tind de-
Tense OF immortality. In none Of
them was there q trace Of yulparity,
and none taught or Justified dishon-
esty, Neither could We find q sneer
at purity, at religion, at the better
things Of life. In many OF them
were bits OF excellent advice, little
homely sermons on temperance, fru-
gality aud industry. All OF them
were loyal TO the home town and ad-
vocated honest principles 10 govern
ment aud individuals. Wherever
there was mention of public schools
IL was In terms Of praise. To be
sure here aud there was some fun
poked al shams, some scorn nc pre-
tense. But the note 10 every one OF
these papers was for decency, pro-
gress, enlIghtenn,ent, morality. And
| OF these editors, we know many OF
them personally, and OF all those We
know not one Is drinking man, not
one is a gambler, net one Is liber-
tine. Most OF them are well read,
rnos, OF them good Judges Of people
and events. A pretty good decent
lot they are; IN fact We doubt II any
other profession can offer a higher. =.
or even ~ hlgh--a showing. Resides
all this, the country editor Is p'ovef-
bially liberal, freehearted In every
way. No stray printer goes away
hungry III he has quarter. No pub
lie subscription list ever passes with
out his mite. lie gives freely OF
time and space TO the public welfare.
This Is not an effort To thfow . bon-
auet ut our contemporaries, but
With Paul, We believe every man
should magnify his calling and VIZ
are proud OF ours. - x.