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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
SOLE SURVIVOR LOST.
Saw All His COmpnnlons EnguIfed By
 Tropical Tidalwave.

Saw All His Companions Engulfed By
 Tropical Tidalwave.
 New York. Oct. 2s-The solitary sur vivor of thirty-three men who went adrift on the barge boat Halfy from Lower Matacombi Key. on the coast of tober IS. was brought into this port today by the steamer Fl Paso.
 He Is John Russell of Salem, Taylor County. Fla. and he declared that he saw eight men of tn.: thirty-two others. drowned. and believes that all Of them went down when the barge foundered.
 Russell was adrift in a stormy sea for nearly two days ani one night. clinging to bits of the barge which he gathered together 70 form a raf. When the Fl Paso. bound from Galveston to this city. was off Alligator Light House on the Florida coast last Friday af- ternoon, the lookout sighted Russell still hanging to the raft. almost too exhausted to call for help. He was quickly taken on board and received the best of care.
 Russell said that he was engaged in railroad building at Lower Matacombi Key. and was attached to the dregie Oyama when the gaie swept down up- on them. Thirty-thrce oi :he men who were employed with hom took refuge on board the Halfy but the frail craft quickly was smashed to pieces.
 Eight of the men were rendsrcd un- conscious from injuries suffered in the smashing of the barge or weer beaten insensible by the driftwood among which they were thrown after the barge went down. He saw other mem bers of the party who had survived the sinking of the barge. clinging to a small skin. He believes that they were lost
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
TRIAL OF B. AND D.
Railroad Ia Alleged To Have Discrimi
 mated in Car Service.

Railroad Ia Alleged To Have Discrimi-
 mated Tn Car Service.
 Clarksburg, w. Va. Oct 23--The cases of the Baltimore and Ohio, and Grafton and Ellington Railroads. for alleged discrimination of cars was ta- ken up today before Judge Nathan Con. at special session of the United States Court. called for that purpose
 The allegation is that there has been a violation of the interstate commerce act As the cases are said to be the first of their kind In the United States the trial is attracting wide attention.
 >.>...i." Jonn C. Wilson, of Balti- more. counsel for the railroad, alleged in his argument. that the indictments were defective because the district at torney had made up the information from testimony given in his presence before the grand jury. The indictments were strongly objected to by the 4ttor- ney, who made a motion that the rec ord be so amended as to strike out the information which would mean the quashing of the indictments.
 When the afternoon session was re- stunned. Judge Blizzard, for the gov- ernment argued at length against the motion Of the defendant. Judge Ma than Goff then took the matter under advisement and court was adjourned for the day Should the motion be overruled, the jury will be called and the actual trial begun tomorrow morn- ing,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
SEIZURE or HEADQUARTERS
Democratic Place of Business Held By
 Hearsts Enemies.

Alabany, N. Y., Oct 23-Investiga- ton today of the reported seizure" of tn. armament Headquarters of the Democratic State Committe in this city by Democrats opposed to the candidacy and election of William Randolph Hearst, developed one of the most in- teresting phases of the present extra ordinary State campaign.
 The main facts learned today are that the rent of the present State headquarters at number A. State street had been paid since July, and in al- vance until next May. by ex-Mayor Thomas NJ Osborne of Auburn. who has from the outset been one of the most earnes opponents of MT. Hearsts candidacy: that yesterday afternoon. State Commissioner Pat E. McCabe ard the Democratic County Committee of fiCers, moved their Cnects a th" County Committee re com in smother builoLig. and then hurried tJ New York to re- port the situation to Mir. Hearst and State Chairman Conn1rs. and that this morning d large force of stepographcrs is at work m thoState secret head uuarters III a cIIIpaign declared by tEoses directing it. to hc for the best interests of the Democratic Party"
 This work, it is alleged. is betrg done practically under the direction of Mayor Osborne and other Democrats whose opposition 10 MT. Hearst has been constantly avowed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
PYTHIAN INSURANCE CHANGES.
Recommendations Were Adopted B
 C,Qmmlffee Al fha XNholn

Recommendations Were Adopted By
 Committee of the Whole.
 New Orleans, Oct 23-The question of insurance changes was taken up today for consideration by the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias.
 The recommendation under consider ation contemplates the creation of a new class in the Pythian insurance plan to be known as the fifth class and subdivided as follows:
 Plan A to be known as the level life plan; plan B to be known as twenty year payment plan; plan e to be known as the modified step rate plan; plan 'D' to be known as the level plan to age sixty-hve."
 These plans are based on the Amer fcan experiment table of mortality; the rates proposed average less by one-half than those on old line com panies and in all except the modified step rate plan, there is san ac- emulation of a reserve
 The recommendations on insurance changes were adopted by the commit tee of the whole. Supreme Lodge. They are yet to be voted on by the Supreme Lodge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
SOCIETY OF EQUITY.
Farmers Meet Tn St. Louis to Exchange
 ThefP Ideas.

East St. Louis. H.. Oct 23-The first national convention Of the American Society of Equity. composed of farm CTS, began here today with more than 500 delegates present from Illinois. Kentucky. New York. North Carolina Utah, Wisconsin. Ohio and Indiana.
 The convention seeks to regulate values of grain and farm products by regulating the supply in relation to the demand.
 In his annual address. President Drayton said:
 This is not a trust nor a combine to force extortionate prices. but rather an organization to get profitable pricss for farm products. It Is composed of local unions of farmers establish. d dt shipping points. The unions from these points form the State Association.
 These combined form the National Association. Our idea is U establish granaries In the grain country. cold storage plants, hay barns and places to store all sorts of farm produ cts.
 If the market is low the society will hold the product until the demand cre- ates profitable prices. when the goods may be sold The poor farmer wh' cannot afford to hold his grain will b" given a warehouse receipt. good for two-thGds the face value of the grain repreSented."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
ADOPTED TWO SECTIONS.
t-eopie's Lobby is Rapidly Formiu
 Plans for Work.

Washington. Oct. 23.-The govern ing committee of the newly organized People's Lobby today adopted tw. sections of its constitution outlining the scope of its work as fellows:
 The collection and dissemination of information regarding pending natioai legislatio and the attitude of members of congress thereon.
 The keeping of an accurate record of the official acts and votes of meni bers of congress together with other information pertinent to their official records and from time to time the making public of these records and securing for them the widest possib.u publicity"
 means was appointed and will repo... at the next meeting 10 be held in about a month in New York. Chicago or Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
Grand Jury Exonerates
 Independents.
MERE CAMPAIGN GOSSIP
Would Not Dignity Proceedings by
 Stating Result.
Nothing Wrong In An ORer Made by Congressman Goulden to Pay
 Expenses of Securing Iade-
 pendence League Signatares.

New York, Oct. 23.--At the conclu. sion of an investigation ky the grand jury of charges made by Charles E. Murphy. the Tammany leader. that Tammany Hall candidates had been held up for cash consideration" by the managers of the Independence League, 1t was announced today that the charges had fallen through com pletely.
 The official announcement to this ef- feet declared that the charges were merely campaign gossip" and the grand jury would not dignify the pro- ceedings by making q presentmcnt as a result of It's inquiry"
 The grand jury announced that In its opinion there was nothing wrong in an offer made by Congressman Goulden to pay the expenses incurred in getting signatures to the Independ- ence League petition in his behalf. William Astor Chanler. wno had been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury was not called upon to testify.
 Congressman Goulden was the first witness After MT. GouIden left the grand jury room, he said ne had been shown a letter which he admitted he had written to Francis E. Shoeber, dlSo u cdnuludte TOT congress-, aRrees ing to pay $500 for the expenses of gathering endorsements of his nams to petition to be presented in the name of the League.
 MT. Goulden said he considered it no more than right and proper that he should make such all offer to cover what he deemed legitimate expenses.
 On leaving the grand jury room. Al, derman Reginald Doull said that he, as manager for Mir. Fornes. had never been approached with an offer of money nor had Mir. Fornes. John II. Allen, Independence League candidate for Congress against Mir. Fornes. said he did not know anyone acting in behalf of the Independence League who had proposed to Charles V. Fornes that AL len would withdraw as a candidate for Congress against Fornes in consider ation of q payIpent reported to be from s200 to s25.O01. &
 Mir. Allen said he did not believe any such offer had ever been made. and that. if so. IL was without his au- thority.
 MT. Allen declared that he had never been nominated for Congress, that some petitions for his nomination was circulated. but he ordered them stopped. He offered reward of Si.000 for the arrest and conviction of the person who made proposition to withdraw his name for money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
CHANGES IN
 THE CABINET Shaw and Moody to
 Leave. STRAUSS AND, MEYER ENTER Secretary Bonaparte Will Become
 Attorney General. Cortelyou Will Be Treasurer, Metcalf Secretary of Navy-F'irst Jew 10 Secure Position In Presi-
 dents Cabinet.

Washington, Oct 23.-The following statement regarding prospective changes in President Roosevelt's cabi- net was made public at the White House today:
 October 23. 1906.
 On the retirement of Secretary Shaw and Attorney General Moody from the Cabinet, the following changes will De made:
 Secretary of the Treasury. George B. Cortelyou; Postmaster-Genera George von l.. Meyer; Attorney General. Charles J. Bonaparte: Secretary of the Navy. Victor H. Metcalf: Secretary Of Commerce and Labor. Oscar S. Strauss
 The general understanding for some time has been that Attorney General Moody will retire on the nrst of tho coming January, and that Secretary Shaw will follow him on the 4th of March.
 On the first of the year. therefore. Mir. Bonaparte, who Is now Secretary Cf the Navy. will succeed Mir. Moody as Attorney General, and he will. in turn. be succeeded by MT. Metcalf, Secretary of Commerce and Labor. the latter place being filled by MT. Strauss. MT. Cortelyou, now Postmaster-Gereral, will take Secretary Shaws place on the 4th of March. at which time Mr. Meyer Is to become Postmaster-Gen- eral.
 The announcement of the prospective changes in the cabinet was made late in the afternoon, following a protracted Cabinet meeting earlier in the day. at which, it Is understood. the whole mat- ter was considered fully. The changes contemplate the introduction of two new men in the Cabinet, MT. Meyer and MT. Strauss.
 The fact that MT. Meyer was to have a place in the Cabinet has been known for some time. but the name of Mir Strauss has been msStioned only inci- dentally. if at all. in connection with the circle of the Presidents advisors.
 The transfers of Messrsf Cortelyoa to the Treasury, Bonaparte to the At .orney- Generalship and Metcalf to the Navy have been. EepeIsJly accep&ess as among the probabilities for some ttme. although 1t has been shown that both MT. Bonaparte and MT. Metcalf werH for a time loath to leave their present positions because they had come so fully identified with the work of theii departments.
 MT. Meyer. who will become Post master General, is Ambassador to Rus sia. to which place he was appointed March 6, 1905, having been promoted to that office following his services as Ambassador to Italy from 1900 to 1905: He Is a native of Massachusetts and has been well known as a business man.
 The alpointment of MT. Strauss caused considerable surprise as 1t will be the first case where citizen CT Hebrew faith has been made member of the Presidents Cabinet. He was born December 3. 1850, and Is we'll known as il merchant, diplomat and author.
 He represented the United States as Minister to Turkey on two different occasions. and was appointed by Pres idcnt Roosevelt to fill the vacancy caused by the death of ex-President Harrison as member of the perma- nent court of arbitration at The Hague.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
BRYAN ON TOUR,
Tells steel Mill Employees to Eigh. tn.
 Tru.t

Indianapolis. Oct. 23.-William Jen- nings Bryan left here early today for speaking tour through Central and Northern Indiana.
 He was scheduled to speak !n nine cities the day to close with night meeting at the Indiana! oils baseball park. MT. Bryan today trarcled Tn d special elcctriH ear over traction lines.
 MT. Bryan m de a special stop at Kckomo and spoke to the emoloycs of the steel mill at the request of its own CTS who are paying heavy duty on steel billets. Mir. Bran said
 You have here steel mill that you are proud of You think that you can possibly compete with the steel trust You may for a while. but the only way you can do 1t successfully is by making t possible i.r the Demo cratic Party to makt 1t impossible for a private monopoly to exist in the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
REMEDY DIVORCE EVIL
Preposed Measure for BriBVing About
 Uniformity of avs.


 Uniformity If avs.
 Philadelphia. Pa. Oct. 23-Judge Staake. of this city. secretary of the divorce congress. has received from Its committee on resolutions and forwarded to the varioEs delegates d proposed measure for bringing about uniformity In the pre:ent divorc, laws of the United States.
 The proposed statute is the outcome of deep study on the subject by emin- ent lawyers and jurists and promin- ent church men, all of waon are con- versant with existing conditions with SO called divorce evil and proposed new act is calculated to insure re- medal results all over the country. Its completion Is entrusted to the re- solutions committee, which consists which re-assembles in this city No vember 23.
 The proposed new act is divided int |, three chapters. The first consists of turisdictional provisions; the second procedure, and the third general pro- visions and is entitled An act re- Euiating annulment of marriage anI divorce" While little or no change h made in the given causes for di- vorce as now existing certain provis. ions of the new act were evidently made with a view of increasing de- mand for legal severance of marital bonds.
 Under these stipulatfons secret or star chamber sessions for hearing di vorce cases before masters or other representatives of the courts are done away with. and all hearing and trials shall be had before the court and shall In all cases be public" It is also pro- $ided that "4 decree disolving tkA marriage tie so completely as to per init the re-marriage of eithe: party should not become operative until the lapse of q reasonable time after hear ing or trial upon the merits of the case"
 The Wisconsin, Illinois and Cali fornia rule of one year is recommend cd Another enactment Of .le propose new law. prohibits the solicitation of a divorce case by advertisement. cir. cular or otherwise and prescribes for such an offense a fine of not more than $1.000 and Imprisonment of not more than one yenr.
 Annulment of the marriage contract as distinguished from divorce will be made for the following causes: i'm CT marriage. fraud, force or coecion insanity and illegal age, Divorce. It Is provided, shall be of two kinds absolute and divorce from bed and board. Under the first classification, the grounds shall be adultery. bigamy. conviction and sentence for crime fol- lowed by two years continual impris- oment; extreme cruelty. vilful deser- 'tion and habitual drunkenness for two years. The same causeg will pre- veil ln5s1re sssconS class with tho ad- ditional cause of hopeless insanity of the husband"
 No divorce shall be granted If 1t appears to the satisfaction of the court that the suit has been brought by collusion or that the plaintiff has procured or connived at the offensa charged, or has condoned it. or has been guilty of adultery, not condoned The new law also makes some inn portant changes In the practice ani the procedure necessary in divorc. cases and their trial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
He Pleads for Pure Judiciary.
ADDRESSES BIG MASS MEETING
Endeavors to Expose Hand of
 Tammany Boss.
Ask Who Would Have Thought Man Pictured as Convict Would Sup-
 port Editor Who Printed the Cartoons.

New York. Oct. 23.-Alton B. Parker. at mass meeting of the Judiciary nominators here tonight. after saying that he had left the bench never to re- turn. paid tribute to his former as sistants and the present members of the State Courts and appealed to his audience to vote for judges who were political bosses.
 "A machine.' he said. Is not the proper place from which to select judges and the reason of 1t is very plain. A political machine--otherwise an organization which received its sole control and direction from one man and the will of one man-is a machine organized on this principle.
 That the men within 1t give to the machine in order that they may receive and the boss in turn gives to them in order that he and the members of the machine may receive in return.
 Difference in Machine.
 Now. there is no difference between Republican machine and a Democratic machine. but in this particular can- vass our work Is directed against a combination of a Democratic machine and Independence League machine.
 Our Republican friends, while not able to endorse our ticket altogether. have nevertheless endorsed twelve out of the thirteen candidates, and I sup pose we ought to be satisfied with that But, if the gallant leader of the Repub lican machine, himself a man of learning, of character. of great ability. and. as I believe, lofty, patriotic pur- pose, was unequel to the opportunity to arise to that full height which the occasion offered him. what. I should like to know, could you expect of machine that was dominated by Mur- phy or a Heart. both in combination:
 Evidence Unmistakable.
 The evidence is unmistakable, continued Judge Parker. that the lead CT of Tammany Hall realized that the only opportunity he would have for Judicial ticket.
 Did you dream. or did I-did any one suppose for a moment that there could be an inducement which would lead him to place his hand in the hands of the man who had denounced him as a corruptionist and as a crirSinal and had pictured him with stripes on him and a ball and chain at his feet?
 And yet he did 1t. He did more Aspiring to be the leader of his party in the state he nevertheless wen to convention and there by his will and by his force. by his ability to command this man and that man to break his promise, he turned a minority into majority. He made a convention which had a valid title, fraudulent one. Those things were done which in busi- ness is a crime and politics ought to construe 1t a crime Was there any him except the judges? None at all
 May God in his infinite mercy and goodness incline the hearts of these his people, to fight for our indepen- dent ticket as they severally would fight for their birthrights. for then the dreadful calamity with which we are threatened will pass by on the other aide"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
O.b.ruc Make. statement.

7 Auburn. \. Y. oct 23.--In reference to g dispatch from New York relative to the alleged seizure of the pemo- cratic headquarters at Albany. Thomas NJ Osborne gave out the following statement today:
 "The present headquarters were es- tablished several years ago by Senator uin and have been maintained by in dividual contributions. ny own among others. As the present Democratic State Committee was making no use of them and believing that they could be made availe ble adjunct of the reg ular democratic organization, I nave paid the rent and secured q further lease of the rooms
 There was no seizure and therc Is no necessity for any one to get excited over the matte. Every one who has any right or title to any oi the prop erty there can get II without any trouble; and the headquarters will cor tinuc tn be used for furthcring the best interests If the Democratic party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
JUDGE PARKER PLAYS
 MURPHY AND VIM. R. HEARST

rom keeping their employees or iabor unions. held that Sectiop of the act Is void because 1t is n' reg ulation of commerce within 4 moan Ing Of the commerce clause of the constitution and therefore beyond the power of Congress to enact
 The court sustained the demurrer to the indictment against Scott and dis charged him from custody. The suit was brought in the lower court on in- structions from the Attorney General of the United States and an appeal taken. Scott had discharged an op- orator in the employ of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the rail- road telegrapher's union took the mat ter to the courts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
ISLE OF PINES SUFFERED. Troublesome Cuban POssessiou Did Not Escape Hurricanes Fury

Havana. Oct. 23.-Contrary t,' the statement contained In the report re- ceiVed by the government. il now ap- pears that the Isle of Pines suffered considerable damage from tLr storm
 Many houses at Nu, va Gcruna anu santa Fe and in the intervening cuur- try were blown down, much .Itmag was done tn the fruit crops. and tn, wireless station was wrecked. Tn steamer Cristabol Colon. q s;nai; cooastiug steamer plying between the lsl1 of Pines and the mainland. whicn made the passing during the storm. reached her destination without any loss of life.
 Tn" garrison of American marine. rendered valuable service at th, height of the storm in saving lives and property at Nueva Corona.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
CONFER WITH CONTRACTORS.
Secretaries Root and Taft Discuss Pa
 anna Project

Root and Taft were In conference to- day at the War Department for sev- eral hours with representatives of some of the great public contracting firms, respecting the form of contract and specifications to govern the Panama Ca nal construction.
 Col. N. F. Thompson of Chattanooga also was given an opportunity to ex- ploit his theory of settling the race question in the South by rounding up all idle negroes and sending them to the Isthmus to work on the canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-24
rmi..> WEI, HE nE>iG>ED.
Ex-Prracher says There Is No KciIgion
 in Mod: I'll Church

St. Loujs. Oct. .3. .-p"v. Willard w.. Boyd. who resigned from the pastor ate of the second BI3tist Church in December. 1904. and soon after went abroad, recently returned and last night g,,v, out his reason for having quit the ministry.
 "It x impossible fer the preacher to preach his convictions" said he. "The tendency of the modern fashion able church is wholly to subserve the interests of the rich. That is why l have uiut the ministry.