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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
TRADE OF GERMANY
NETHERLANDS DEALINGS WITH
 THE UNITED STATES.
For the Fiscal Year I0OS. s300 O0O,0O Was the AEGreEate--~'he B1l- ance la in FHvOr of Uncle
 sam.

Washington Jan. Trade between the United States and Germany, whos> commercial relations are now the sub feet of negotiations between the two governments. aggregated In the fiscal year 1905 over 00.000. 900.
 A report issued today by the bureau of statistics of the department of com merce and labor. says:
 '"rhe imports from Germany were SIfs.000. .00J in value. and exceeded i'm . ports from that country In any earlier year The exports to Germany were SI94, ,000, 900 in value and exceeded our exports to that country fin any earlier year except 1904, in which the total was little over S214, 4,000. 900, this de- crease in 1905 compared with 1904 hav- ing occurred in raw cotton and being due altogether to fall in price since the quantity in 1905 was greatcr than in 1904. Imports from Germany in- creased $s7 100000 in the period from 1893 to 1905 and the exports to that country increased $1o2.0Oo,ooo in the same time.
 "Germanv stands second in the order of magnitude of our trade with foreign countries both as to imports and ex- ports.
 Manufactures are the bulk of the SIS, ,0OO 600 worth of merchandise im- ported from Germany. These manufar- lures include cotton goods, about $14,- n00 900 in value, chemicals, drugs and dyes, sI5. GOO, 900: iron and steel manu- Sacturers about $4.000. .000: leather man. ufactures. about S3.000. .0O0; silk man ufactures. about $5.000,000; nianufac- lures of fibres about -sS GOO. 900; wooden goods $3.0O0,00O: paper and ma o'fac- lures fhereof over S3 000,000. and toys S4,00O. .000.
 "Raw cotton is bv far the largest single Item In our exports to Germany, amounting in 1905 to sS7, ,000.0 .0n0 in val ne as compared with exports of S43,- 100000 in value in 1895. The increase however. is due In part to the general advance Tn the price of cotton. Lard exports to Germany in 1905 amounted practically to 15.000.000 in value while exports of provisions of all classes ip- cluding lard amounted to $21.000, 900 against about $i3.O0o.00O in 1895.
 ''Breadstuffs form a less important factor in our trade with Germany than formerly. owing to the great falling off fin the quantity which the United states is now able to spare to the out side world
 Imports from Germany formed In 1qn5 fO.7 per cent of the total irrnor- tations into the Tinted States and e~- rorts to the country In the same year c;ernaany's f~uros show that imports 'ror, the United States in 1e04 formed t4s per cent. of her total imnorts and tNat exports to the United States form ed 9.6 per cent. of her total exports,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
Weather Forecast. washiDgton, Jan. 7.--Forecast; Ala bnma--Rain Monday, colder tn north west portions TuesdaS, fair and much colder, variable winds becoming fresh northwest.
weather Forecast.

iy in charge of the machine are forced to admit privately that the outlook is anything but encouraging. What hurts and alarms them Is that Presi- dent Roosevelt secretly chuckled at the overthrow of the machine. The Presi- dent would not, during the struggle, do thing to help the regular Republi- cans, and the other fellows. on account of Mir. Roosevelts wefl-known antipa- thy to Pennsylvania methods, used his silence to convince independent voters that the Executive would be delighted if the machine were crushed. In de- feating the organization, the Demo- crats profited greatly. They expect to follow up this advantage, and when the returns come in next November, II is confidently believed that instead -of having a lone Congressman from the second State in the URion. there w., be nearer len credited to the party now in the minority.
 Indications are that the debate on the Philippine bill will continue for ten days or two weeks. This program suits Speaker Cannon and other House lead CTS to a gnat's heel, because they figure that If speeches intended for campaign consumption are delivered early in the session there will not be so much pressure later on for time. The House hasn't got much to do just now. Few of the committees have gotten down to business in earnest. It will require many weeks yet to put into shape the regular supply bills. As they begin to roll In it will undoubtedly be the policy of the Republican leaders to use them as buffers to prevent leEis'aticn to which the Speaker and his lieuten' ants are unaiterab1y opposed, or which might have a tendency to prolong the session into the summer months.
 Senator Tiliman expects to have tha hardest fight of his life for reelection Reports reaching Washington from South Carolina are to the effect thai his opponents are organizing this fal in advance of the pr maries to encom' pass hts defeat. They are using tns dIspensary issue for which he Is re sponsible, to break his influence witf the farming element of the state. Grad ually these places for the sale of liquol on the part If the commonwealth ars being abolished and the claim IS m stantly Set Up that every Lime als pensary Is wiped out 1t means the ios of a county for the Senator. So Tar however, we'll informed South Caro iInians wonder how Mir Tillman Is t be retired with no strong man yet ou against him in the race for the Sena torsbip. Senator Tillman is in bette health than he has been for seTera wears and his activity in Congress s' far indicates that 1t is his intention t' remain constantly in the public eye.
 Alfred J Stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
THE wITHERsrooN PLAN.
Mississippi delegates VIII Work fo !. .a !. Ifs AdOnfion.

ttn A0OHAhous
 Jackson, Miss. Jan. 1-The MISS issippi delegates to the New Orleans cotton convention. which will he held this week. will so with instructions to try to secure the adoption by the convention of what Is known as tfe Withersponn plan This was decided an at the meeting of tho Mississippi divisions this week.
 The Witherspoon plan in brief is that a corDoratior. to be known as the Southern Cotton Company shall be formed with capital of S1I0. .000 to begin business as soon as the capital is paid in. The shares are placed at $l00 each. and are payable In cash or cot ton at $50 per bale. The Corporation is to purchase. $l00.000.000 worth of cotton at ten cents per pound regard 1esss of the market price. and is not to Dc sold till the price shall have reached 11seents when 1t shall be sold for Il cents---no more. no less.
 The domicil of this gigantic eorpo' ration Is to be New Orleans, but there are to be branch houses at Jackson Meridian. Vicksburg. Natchez. Mobile Montgomery, Birmingham, Atlanta and other places over the South. Funds are to he deposited in local banks in such sums as the citizens may subscribe fo' stock, and are to, be loaned at the Highest rate of interest obtainabl' when. not In use for the purchase al 10 cent cotton, but the loan is to be so arranged that 1t may be called in al moments notice should the cotton being held go below ten cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
FINANCES oF RUSSIA.
Paris Bankers Arranging to Make Ten
 mor1rv Advancement.

Paris Bankers Arranging tO Make Tenn
 porBry Advancement.
 Paris. Jan. I'M Kokosoff, former Russian minister of finance, who came here to negotiate another Russian loan practically confirms the state- ment made in these dispatches yesterdav that the loan having been postponed. French bankers are now considering the making of temporary advances In order to support the stab- Ility of Russian finances.
 In the course of a.i interview today RI. Kokosoff made statement relative to Russia's real commercial position. He said:
 .SThe budget for 1906, which Is about to be presented to the council of the empire comprises an extraordinary bud get of $246.500,0 ,000. of which only $5.- 0OO. 900 is covered by the excess of revenue from the ordinary budget. Thus 41.50o 900 remain to be provided. Three of the heaviest items included therein are provisions TOT repatriation of the troops in the Far East; their maintenance until their return to Rus eia. and the reimbursement of Japan s outlay for the Russian nrisoners of war. Other smaller extraordinary expenses Include the maintenance Of the families of the reservistss succor for the victims of distress, railroad construction; the mobilization of troops owing to the strikes. and subventions for the nartha industry.
 NJ Kokovsoff said Russia could with out difficulty issue an internal loan tc meet these expenses. put it was con gfdered preferable not to float 1t until the second half of the year. in order not affct the proper administration of tho rational resources Therefore. he said it was thought desirable to arrange fol foreign operations similar to that indi cated yesterday. which would be quit' normal character. In conclusion h. said:
 ''The dificulties through which W, have just passed. though grave wert eian credit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
THHoUTLooE
 IMPROVED Isolation of Germany at
 A1geciras. APPOINTMENT OF VEN0STA Indicates That Italy Will Stand
 With France. In Paris the Talk of War Is Not So Loud. Though Natior VIII Be
 Ready for Any Event- uality.

Paris. Jan. 7-Public uneasne5s over the Moroccan conference has under gone distinct Improvement. This Is due mainly to the confident attitude of officials of the foreign office. who consider the election by the Italian Government of Marquis V'scounti Ve- nosta to head it's deleSation as strengthening the position of France It is evident that the officials hold the view that if France can secure the support of the great powers having tangible control on the Me iitterrea- mean. and in Morocco, 1t will be diffi- cult for Germany to stand against the force of moral influence. Therefore. Italy's choice of the Mar duis Visconti Venosta. who was one ef the earliest advocates of the Franco- Italian entente. strengthens the gov ernmn. expectation of the united sup. port of t..e leading Mediterranean | powers
 | The martial tone of the press has | considerably diminished and the sensa- tiona1 branch of 1t no longer prints | alarmist reports af the frontier prepa- | rations. None the less. the public and ! the press continue. though with greater ] calmness, to discuss the imperative need of completing military prepara- 1 tions
 France VIII stnd Firm. | Now that .he French d'lecates are preparing to start for Algeciras. there 1 is evidence of the grestest firmness In | aphofding the French position. the es- l sential feature of which is that Francr | through her geoR :aphical proximity to l Morocco, which Is analogous to that | of the position of the United States | towards Cuba. and through her vast
 Algerian borders, is justly entitled to have special privileged position in ' Morocco
 | Germany, while yielding much. has l never clearly yielded the claim of 1 France to a special position in Nor | occc, This is the vital issue and the | minor questions regarding police, cus- toms. finance and contraband can be | adjusted once 1t is definitely settled
 whether France has or has not a spec ial and privileged position in Morocco
 If the French position is upheld, the I conference. 1t Is expec.ed. will charkc France with the police, customs and
 other duties. Against this Germany ! will seek to secure international con
 trol of the police. customs and othev
 matters. thus giving all nations, in-
 cluding Germany, the same status in
 Morocco as that of France.
 The French delegates will start
 without the slightest thought of yield. ing or compromising the essential
 principles of Frances privileged DO. sition. and therein lies th' danger oi
 the Franco-German outlook.
 The Berlin correspondent Of ths
 Temps says that Germany. followins
 the action of the United States anC
 Great Britain. is sending squadron {,
 Algeciras. The paper says that France
 thus far. has not ordered a squadron
 to the neighborhood of the conference
 and r: dds, that three British squad
 rons. comprising the Channel Home
 and Crusier squadrons will rendezvous
 In Cadiz Bay near Algeciras Tn ths
 middle of February.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
GREENE AND
 THE GAYN0RS The Cases Will Be Called
 Tomorrow. BOTH SIDES ARE READY
Believed That There Will Be No
 Delay of Hearing.
Government Does not Intend Again to Try Captain Carter, and He probably will Not App
 pear as Witness.

Savannah. Ga, Jan. 7.--The cases against John F. Gaynor. Ben1amin F. Greene, William Gaynor, Edward gay nor and former Captain Oberiin M Car- @ ter will be called in the United states Court for the Southern District or Georgia Tuesday. January g.
 Judge Emory Speer, wno is " pie court officials are expected tomorrow from Macon and all is in readiness Tor the trial of the defendants, who are charged with having defrauded the Tinted states Government out or some $2 900 .o00 in the carrying out or the oa : vannah harbor contracts. Garrard ana MeIdrfm, and Osborne and Lawrence or thts city represent the defendants ana .Janes eavnor of New York. attorney and brother of the defendant Gaynors, is alsa here. Special Assistant unlted states Attorney General Marion Erwin. .esisted by Assistant District Attorney Alexander Alderman. will prosecute. =.
 Tf is understood that both sides will announce ready for trial. though de- murrers to the indictments le."tN ,,, . found against the defendants VIII De submitted by the defendants attor- neys.
 The defendapts will seek to have the court admit them or their attorneys when the names of the jurors to tIy the cases are drawn from the box. The court is yet to pass upon their petitioh to secure this concession.
 It is the hope of the defense that iurars may be secured from this d. vision of the district. their idea being to obtain jurors who may in some \ measure be familiar with harbor work. Tho e,in,moning of the jurors will con s,,s -avera1 days. so 1t is believed that if he the latter part of the week or 1e first of next week before the cases come to trial. It has been ad . roitted bv the Special Assistant Tinted states Attorney General that former Cartain Carter will not be brought to trial again. and there Is specula ton as to whether ar not wiiliam}and Edwari C4avuor will be tried. It is possible that the indictments agasnst them will be dismissed and that John F, Gavnor and, Greene will be the only defend ants.a
 8rigadter General Thomas Francis Barry. retired. who was judge advocate in the court martial of Captain Carter eight years ago arrived today as a witness for the Government R. H [. wvman, detailed by the Attorney Gen eraI as official stenoRra Dher to report cases. also arrived. It is not thought Captain Carter will appear as wit ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
NEW PREMrnR,s STAND.
Election Address Mainly An ArraISn-
 ment Of UniOnistS.

London Jan. 7.--The erection 'd- dress of Sir Henry Campbell Baf r. man the premier. is wholly devote to a severe indictment of the late govern ments record and its policy on crotec- tion and to referring the electors to his public declaration on assuming of flee for an exposition of his govern ment's intended policy.
 The premier declares that the last decade represents q well nigh unbroken expanse Of mismanaSement and lcgis- lation conducted for the benefit of privileged classes. of wars and adven- tures abroad hastily embarked upon and recklessly pursued, and that the legacy the unlonists ueduedthed to the successors in the main Is a legacy of embarrassment, an accumulation of public mischief and confusion absolute iy appalling in its extent and ramif- cations.
 He declines to regard Mir. Balfour's free trade tenets as having more than
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
FLOUR WILLS MAY CLOSE.
Emect of the Chinese Boycott Is Plain
 ly FcIt.

Seattle Washington. Jan. 7.--Unless the Chinese boycott on American goods is removed within the next thirty days. tho plant of the Centennial Milling Company. with a capacity of 240 bar rels of flour per day, and that of the Hammond Milling Company, with a daily capacity of 1000 barrels will be forced practically to close down
 The boycott has been felt for the past few months by every flour milling con- cern doing an export business on the Pacific coast and the outlook for the flouring industry unIes the boycott is removed Is believed to oe anything but rosy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
wITTE LOOKS FOR PEACE.
Does Not Believe Friction Will Occur
 at AigeciFaH.


 st. Petersburg. Jan. 7.-Count Witte today declared that he cannot believe the reports that Germany will resort to aggressive policy in the Moroccan con- ference at Algeclras.
 Throughout Emperor Willlams's re- markable reign. he said, Germany's eff forts have been consistently pacific. He believed It woul1 remain so. and that the conference would terminate without any untoward incident, partic- ularly between France and Germany. It was his belief that the rumors to the contrary were spread for the purpose of influencing the bourses
 Turning to the situation in Russia, Count Witte protested against what he characterized as the unbounded and sensational reports spread In the for eign press and expressed the convic. tion that Germany would emerge from the present crisis rejuvenated. He concluded that France continued to display toward Russia sentiments of friendship and good will which Rus sia reciprocated
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
CHRISTMAS PASSES QUIETLY.
Russian Factions for she Time Forge Their Troubles.

St. Petersburg, Jan. 7.--Fine snow sitting down from cold sky furnish- ed ideal weather for the Russian Christmas so far as St. Petersburg was concerned All the theatres and other public amusement. even the restau- rants, were closed. and the day was was given up to the proverbial Russian nos pitality.
 The dissensions which have torn ana distracted the country seemed to have disappeared for the moment anc the radical newspapers, animated by the sentiment of peace and good VIII. sflenced their guns
 The day passed quietly, and without untoward incident. The religious ser vices in the churches were largely at- attended
 At the palace at Tsarskoe-Selo. the Emperor himself presided at the Christ mas tree Later. accompanied by the imperial children his Majesty, visited the quarters of his Imperial Cossacks es- cort, to the members of which he dis tributed presents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08

"a nominal place in the estimation of the majority of the unionists whose fiscal reform policy he holds is fraught with incaicuIable mischief to the na- tion and the empire, He characterizes protection as immoral and oppressive based as he says it must be. on the ex- plotation of the community in the in- terest of favored trades and financial groups, and declares the policy of his Government will be ts hold fast to the time honored ideas of liberalism, peace, economy, self government and civil and religious liberty. and to pur- sue a substantial continuity of the For eign policy without departing from the friendly and unprovocative methods adherd to by previous liberal adminis' trations. Ass
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
MAN AND WOMAN DIE.
Nine Empty Bottles of Laudanum Tell
 of Suicides.

Charlotte, N C.. Jan. w. II. Hood, aged 33 merchant of Raleigh, and a son of ex-Register of Deeds W. Fl. Hood, and woman. aged 22. committed sui ride in 2 rented room at Raleigh to- day. Hood leaves wife and two chill dren.
 He left an insurance policy on the table for his wife and two children, and ring and lorket for his chil- dren. Nine empty bottles of laudanum were found In the room. Hood it is aucted. had been drinking since Christ ,1as day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
THE POSITION OF ITALY.
Will Work Only For the Consolidation
 of Powers.

Rome. Jan. 7.-Premier Fortis today received the Marquis Viscoutf Venosta, who was accompanied by the Marquis San Guiliano. the foreign minister. The three discussed at length the attitude to be taken by the Italian representa- lives in the Moroccan conference.
 Italy's delegates will to Algeciras with full moral and diplomatic liberty, animated only by a desire to eonciliate the different interests.
 Italy is acting as an honest broker in the hope that the conference may define the international position of Morocco. granting to that country It's independence and the territorial integ rity. but insurlng all countries free trade therein. on the principal of the open door.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
EARTH IS SHAKEN
SHOCK FELT THROUGHOUT EAST
 ERN KANSAS.
The TremOP Lasts for Several Seconds, But no DamaPe Has Been Re- ported-BuiIdiuR Shaken
 at Wamego.

Kansas City Jan IA slight earth. quake shock was felt in this city about o'clock this evening. No damage was done, but the movement which appeared to be from north to south lasted about twenty three seconds and was suffi- cientIy strong to shake chandeliers and rattle dishes.
 The shock was felt most distinctly in the resident districts in the northeast ern and southern portion of the city.
 However. an occupant of the Rialto building, five story office structure at Ninth and Grand Avenue. the busi- ness center, reported having felt a slight tremor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
SANFORD CASE AGAIN.
Defendant iR Murder Trial Has Filed
 Suit for Divorce,

Rome. Ga. Jan. 7.-Vinccnt T San ford will be placed on trial ageln to- morrow for the killing of George wright This will he the second trial cf sanford for the Killing of Wright. The jury in the case when it was tried last fall failed to agree and Judge Moses Wright declared a mistrial
 Sanford recently filed suit against his wife for total divorce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
THIEF AND MURDERER.
Police Believe that Constantine Stole
 Diamond Hing.


 Chicago, Jan. That Franklin Con- stantine was a thief before he became a murderer and in order to divert sus- picien, posed as a son of wealthy pa rents who sent aim money regularly, is a theory upon which the police are working In their efforts to solve the mystery surrounding the murder In her home here yesterday of Mrs Arthur W. Gentry.
 Constantine's possession of a dia- mond ring which was much too large for his own Anger and which he pawn ed in a place in Clark Street is be- lieved by the police to indicate one theft, Letters found in the fugitlve's trunk written by his parents from New Rochelle, N. Y, seem to Indicate thai Constantine fled fem his home, which now appears to have been located lr that city. as the result Of n crime. Tnat his parents did not know what caused him to leave home is clear.
 Efforts to locate the driver of tn, cab that conveyed Constantine to tn, pawn shop have been unsuccessful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
na..r,L.t. Attnck FoIice,

Guovoa,lil. Ecuador, Jan IA hndy ~, rcservists attacked the police sta .iop here this afternoon The police ersd disperslng the reservists. one oi uLeu. ,,ibor, was killed and two wounded Bart of Colonel IArrea's troops have gone over to the revolutionaries. Col. onei Larrea has returned to Quito
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
s.nnnh shnrIZ reIt.

Topeka. Kas.. Jan. IA light shock of earthquake was distinctly observed here and throughout Eastern Kansas this evening at 6:15. At several places a second shock was felt. Neighboring towns report similar conditions. the most severe apparently being at Man haitian. where citizens left their houses in alarm. No damage is reported.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
DRUMMER KILLS HIMSELF.
Message from Wife Miles Away Caus
 the nfNcnYerY.

Message from Wife Miles Away Caused
 the Discovery.
 Chicago, Jan. 7.--Jesse W. Hall of Detroit, Mich. a traveiing salesman, committed suicide here today by taking carboIic acid.
 The discovery of the suicide came about through a Iong-distance tele- phone message from Halls wife in De- troIt to the clerk of a hotel where Hall was staying. Mrs. Hall stated that she had received peculiar message from her husband which caused her to fear he meant to destroy himself.
 Investigation showed that Hall was already dead