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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
REPLIES OF
 RAILROADS Knapp Gets Little Satis-
 faction. SAY DEALERS ARE TO BLAME Hill Ayers They Should Have Laid
 in Coal. Does Not Deny That His System Lacks
SAY DEALERS ARE TO BLAME
Does Not Deny That His system Lacks CaR Motive Power and Every~ ahism Elsu nut wsn't shouI~
 Ger Responsibility

Washington, Dec. 17.--Three mora responses have come te the fnterstafa Commerce Commission from the Nogth~ western railroads in response to Chair man Knapp'a telegram of last week calling attention. to the reported shert- age In cars and the complaints of | lack of transportation for the necesss- ties of life aud of fuel.
 TeleKrams were sent by the chalr- man to the presidents Of six of tha great westsrn and Northwestern roads and replies now have been received from all of them. From the infcrlna~ ton conveyed ky the railroad compa~ nios today the commissioners expreas the opinion that enc cause for taa shortage in fuel is that the dealers have not stored up in advance Bufa~ eient quantities for the winters sup ply. but have, as stated In the reply by President James J. Hill of the Great Northern. ordered only sufficient supp ply to last from day to day.
 Whatever shortage may exist tn car equipment they say is aggravated by lack of motive power, inadeauate ter~ minal facilities and insufficient traek~ age to properly move the great volume of business pouring in on the rail- roads.
 These are supplemented by the de- lays on the part of ths shippers in loading and unloading their cara. Re- piles were made public today from President Hill of the Great Northerns A. J. Farling. of the Chicago. Milwau- kes and St. Paul, and President Hew~ ard Elliott of the Northern acifle Cons- pany.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
AVENGED SISTER
BROTHERS USE REyoLvERs ON
 HEIR sEDUCER.
Man Married Girl at Her Sick ned and Then Announced He Would Leave Her--Fuailade
 Followed.

Chicago. bscl l7--A dispatch to The Tribune from Culpeppers Va, says:
 A few minutes after he had been forced to marry her while she lay Tn bed weak from an operation, her hus- band. VIII Bywaters. was killed by two of her brothers. Bywaters was shot eleven times as he tried to escape from the girls room, in which the marriage was performed Saturday night The girl Is expected to GIe from the shock
 The story leading up to the tragedy was told by French strothers, third brother of the girl.
 T eama-te culpepper Frieay." he said. "because we haa reason to believe something had happened to my sister anG the name of my family. told my sister what we suspected and told her if 1t was true would ki1 the man on sight.
 house and I told him what suspected and that I had about proved my sus- picions correct. lie protested inno- canoe and told him I did not believe him and that I would kill him Then he asked te be permitted to see my sister, who was in bed suffering from the results of an operation that had been performed in Washington.
 "I finally let him go to her room and they both confessed. Then he asked to be permitted to marry her. told him did not want him to marry her. But ho pleaded. promising to marry her and take good care of her.
 T finally consented to the marriage and told him that 1T he ever deserted her or mIstreated her would kill him. My sister also pleaded that she be per mltted to marry him. I knew that with my sister In the condition she was, if killed him then and there might as well kill her. so left the place"
 After French Strothers left home, Bywaters, James and Phillip Strothers' two other brothers of the girl, came to Culpepper and got a marriage li- cense. The Rev. J. W. Ware, of the Episcopal Church. performed the cere- mony.
 After tho marriage Bywaters said that. having married the giri, he thought he had done his duty, and then an1 nounced his intention te leave her. Rel atiyes remonstrated with him and Inc rushed to a window leading from the bedroom to the roof of the porch. At this Instant both brothers of tho girl drew revolvers and fired repeatedly. The man fell dead, his body falling near the girls bed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
 VACATES
 HIS PALACE Cardinals Action Was Voluntary. A GREAT DEMONSTRATION Coach is Hauled Through Streets.
 by Men. Archbiahsp of Paris Appears Much Af- fected and Blssaes the Multitude About Hin--Free Thiakers
 Were Quiet.
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION

Paris, Dec. 17.--CardinaI Richard. Archbishop of Paris. today voluntarily vacated the Episcopal palace and tenn porariIy accepted the hospitality of Denys Cochin, the conservative depu- ty at the latter's residence In the Rue de Bakylone.
 The departure of the primats was the occasion for an imposing manifesta- tion on the part of the majority of the bishops and priests of Paris, HfaRy members of the nobility and about 5000 men, women and children. The gathering completely blocked the and those present sang the Credo and ether canticIes as the cardinal was assisted into hls carriage.
 The venerable prelate was much Af- fected and arose and blessed the mulz titude. A number of young Catho1icS thereupon approached tue carriage, de tached the horses, and with difficu1ty dragged 1t through the dense masses of people lining the streets. On all sides were heard cries of Tong live Plus xF and Hong live the cardinal"
 About three quarters of an hour was consumed in pullingkt the carriage from the palace to the tesidenca Of M Cochin. distance of about one mile. Detaohments of mounted Republican guards preceded and followed the pyo- cession ip order to prevent and possi- bic Gigerdsr. but there was not the slightest attempt on the part of the crowds to make any counter manifes. tations
 The clerical crowd subsequentlyfol- lowed Monssgnor Athletic to the church of St. Francis Xavier, where the co. adjuter celebrated a hensdietipn seg- vice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
MR. MOODY SWORN IN
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF
 SUPREME COURT.
Medieval Ceremonies Attend the Tak- ang of Oath By Former Attorney GeuernI--Ex-Secreta Bona-
 paete is Presented.

Washington, Dec. 17.--William Fl. Moody, formerly Attorney General, en- tered today on his duties as an AssS- ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, thus bringing the court up to It's full membership.
 Having, as is customary In such cases, taken the regular oath of of- flee in the robing room before entering the court chamber. he was preceded tn- to the latter apartment by all the other members of the tribune.
 When he reached the desk of the clerk of the court, he stopped, while the other members continued to their seats. Mfr. Moody was gArbed, As were all the other justices ia a long flowing robe, and prepared to begin the 6uties of his office when the ceremony Of inc aueuration should be completed.
 As soon as the opening of the session had been announced by the court crier. Chief Justice Fuller proclaimed the presence of the new Associate, saying that it gave him pleasure to present him to the members of the bar. Un- der instructions from the Chief Justice, the clerk then read Mir. Moody's com- mission and administered to him a sec- ond oath, commonly known as the judi cial oath.
 In this affirmation, MT. Moody made solemn promise to administer justice without partiality, to do equal right to poor, and rich and to properly perform all the duties of the office in accord with the constitution of the United States. He was then escorted by Mar shal Wright to his seat on the extreme left of the bench, and after the Chief Justice and all the Associates bowed to him, and Justice Holmes. his im- had Axfanda6 fha hand of welcome, the court proceeded with the business of the day.
 Former Secretary Bonaparte was then introduced to the court by the So- licitor General as the new Attorney" General
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
BLEW OUT BRAINS
CAPTAIN or TOURIST STEAMER
 TAKES LIFE.
Attempted To Pilot His Own Vessel And Piled Her Up On ROeIHs-Pns- senEers Were All
 Saved.

Kingston. Jam, Dec. 1.-The Ham, burg- American line tourist steamer Prinzessin Vivtoria Luise from New York December l2, for this port went ashore last night off Port Royal while on her way back to New York.
 The passengers were landed here safely today. Captain Bruinswlg. who was in charge of the Victoria Luise when she struck, committed suicide by blowing out his brains in his cabl1
 The German cruiser Bremen has gone to the assistance of the stranded steam CT and the French training ship Du- euay-Trouin is preparing to leave port with the same object in view.
 The Victoria Luise is pounding heav- fly and the seas are breaking over her but hopes arc entertained that she will be saved. She is resting on a rocky ledge. The body of Captain Bruinswig is still on board the steamer.
 In accounting for the stranding of the steamer, it is explained that she was without a pilot and the captain was in charge He followed a wrong course and piled her up on the rocks just under the lighthouse. Two hours later the captain locked himself in his cabin and blew out his brains.
 The officers of the ship and the Ger man consul here made intellectual ef- forts to hush up the news of the trag- edy. The focal police are arranging to take charge of the body and perform an autopsy. The body probably will be sent to New York for burial
 When the Victoria ran on the rocks, the sea was calm, the present heavy weather coming up later.
 The passengers were thrown into 8 state of panic and greaS confusion pre- vailed until 1t was learned that there was no immediate danger. The offi- cers succeeded in restoring order and the transfer of the passengers to King ston was affected without accident.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
FOR STATES RIGHTS
TWO RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN
 SENATE.
NEaryIandera Were Both Eager to Give the Strenuous Executive . Call on Hls FFiscO-Jap-
 amese stand.
Washington,

Washington, Dec. 17.-Senators Whyte and Rayner of Maryland each presented resolutions in the Senate to- day touching the States rights Ques- tion involved In the Japanese contro- versy.
 The resolution of Mir. Whyte resolves that there shall be no increase in Fed eral power by a strained construction of the Constitution at the expenses of the rights of the States.
 The Rayner resolution provides that the functions of the executive shall be limited to the performance of the du- lies as assigned to him by the Consti- tuition and the legislation enacted hereunder. aDd that there shall be no interference by the executive in the legislative or judicial branches of the Government or with the rights of the States. It also resolves that the States have nc authority to surrender any of their reserved rights under the Consti- tuition. Both resolutions were laid on the table for future action.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
WILSON ACT IS BAD
SUPREME COURT KNOCKS OUT
 QUARANTINE LAW.
HOlds. that Secretary of Agriculture Did Not Have Right to Fix BOun- dnries Within State
 of Kentucky.

Washington, Dec. 17-In deciding today the cases of the Illinois Central Railroad Company versus T. e. Ed wards and j. U. McKendree of Ken lucky, the Supreme Court of the United States today held to be unconstitu- tionaI the Agricultural Departments quarantine order because the line fixed by it was made applicable to the State as well as the interstate movement of cattle.
 The courts opinion was announced by Justice Day and reversed the finding of the Circuit Court of Carlisle County. Ky, from which the case was ap- pealed.
 The case grew out of a claim for damages made by Edwards and Me- Kendree against the railroad company on account of the contraction of Texas fever by cattle owned by them through contact with cattle brought into Car lisle County by the railroad company.
 The suit was instituted under the act of Congress of 1908. authorizing a na- tionaI quarantine to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among live stock. The Carlisle County court awarded demages, and the railroad company appealed the case. claiming the law to be unconstitutional in that i delegated too much power to the Secretary of Agriculture in allowing him to fix lines.
 The case was originally heard during the last term, submitted to the court on printed briefs, and did not at first appear to be anything more than an effort to secure small damages, but when the court discovered the attack on the constitutionality of a national statute, it ordered a rehearing with an oral argument An the Senate and called the attention of the Attorney General to the matter.
 The result was a decision distinctly holding to be invalid the act of the Secretary because of it's interference with interstate commerce, The finding applied only to the one feature, but the court held that the order could not be divided, and. therefore. decided the en- tire act to be unconstitutional. The effect was to compel reversal of the verdict of the court below in the cases at bar, notwithstanding they wers based on interstate shipments.
 Tn opinion Of Justice Day quoted Secretary Wilson's order No. 107 of March 37, 1908. making a quarantine line and accepting the line in Tennes- see fixed by that State. his order would, he said, apply to all cattle transported from the South Of line tJ all parts OA tuS Culteu States' npFll of it.
 Tt would, therefore" he proceeded, include cattle transported within the State of Tennessee from the south of the line as well as those from outside that State There Is no exception in the order and in terms 1t includes ali cattle transported from the south of the line. whether within, CT without the State of Tennessee.
 seXUa fhfuK that this order of ha Secretary undertaking to make a strin- gent relation with highly penal con sequences is single in character and commerce wholly within the State. thereby exceeding any authority which Congress intended to confer upon him by the act in question, If the same is a valid enactment"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
TNsuRANCE LEcTToxs.
Counting Of Ballots Tn Two Cempanies
 Begins Today.

New York, Dec. i7.---The election cf trustees for the New York Life. the Mutual Life, the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company and the Equitable Life Assurance Society will take place tomorrow at the home offices of tho companies in this city.
 The polls win be open from 10 a n... | to { ?. In.. and immediately after the polls are closed, the task of counting the ballots and proxies win begin,
 There has been no contest fn the Equitable and Mutual Reserve and the election of their administration tickets is a certainty but a remarkable cam paign has been waged among the pei- icyholders of the New York Life and the MutuaA Life for control of the aK~ fairs of those two companies. It is es~ timated that more than 40o.oo0 votes will be cast In the New York election and about S50.000 In the Mutual It is expected that 1t will require several weeks to count the ballots and that the courts will be resorted to on many oc- casions to settle the validity of votes and proxies.
 Otto Kelsey State Superintendent of Insurance. today appointed these in- spectors, who will supervise the counts ing of the ballots.
 For the Mutual--Aiexander Rico Me- Kim, architect; J. Bayard Packus, law- yer; Joseph A. Arnold, e. S. Ludlow. lawyer; M. H. Dahlberg, lawyer. all oe this city.
 For the New York Iafe--J. Earla Lawshe, lawyer; A. G. Koelb1e, Fred- erick w. Marks, merchants; Robert S. Huse. lawyer of this city, and Ellis Ca Kinkead, lawyer of Cincinnati.
 It was announced tonight by the inc ternational policyho1ders commltfee that its general counsel, Samuel Unter- myer, would serve as e watcher tomor- row at the Now York Life polls and that Louis Marshall would act in O slime liar capacity at the Mutual polls,
 The tickets to be voted tomorrow ia tho New York Life are known as tha Administration and the International Committee tickets, Theres are threo tickets in the Mutual Life known as tho Administration. the United Coma mittees and the Selected Fusion tick- cts.
 Samuel Untsrmyer tonight issued a statement in which he said that what- ever tho outcome of the elections to- morrow, the International PolleyhoId- CTS Committee would ask for legisiae tive investigation of the manner in which the New York Life and tho Mu- tual endaavored to get votes for the Administration tickets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
STATE Is UPHELD
AfrssIssIpPI COMMISSIONS RULING
 SUSTAINED BY COURT.
Bedy Has Right to Fix Freight Rates vyfxhAn Boundaries sf the Conn menwcaIth Says Associate
 Justice Brewer.

Washington, Dec. 17.--Tn the cane of the Alabama and Mississippi Railroad Company versus the Mississippi Rail- road Commission, the Supreme Court of tue United States rendered a decis- ion teddy in support of the contentious of the State.
 Tho case involved the right of the Commission to fix a hat rate of Ia cents per mile per hundred pounds on car load lots of grain from Vicksburg to Meridian, both in Mississippi. The water rate to Vicksburg figured in the case, but the action of the Commission tn making the rate was based upon the allegation that the Yicksburg read was in the habit of giving that figure to patrons who also gave their busi- ness to Shreveport and Pacific read, an allied concern. while the rate to ether patrons was 10 cents per hundred.
 The Mississippi Supreme Court sus- tAined the action of the Commission CTS and that finding was upheld by to- days decision, The opinion of the Court was handed down by Justice Brewer.
 In the course of his opinion Justice Brewer said:
 "In the present case we are not construing an act of tho State of Ms sIssippi or passing upon the powers which by it are given ts the State Railroad Commission. Those matters are settled by the decision of the Su- prsme Court of the State, and the aues- ton we have to consider is the power of the State to enforce an equality of local rates as between all parties ship- ping the same distance over the same railroad.
 That a State has such power ean- not be doubted and 1t cannot be thwarted by any action of railroad company wEich does not involve an ac- tual interstate shipment. although done with a view of promoting the business intereets of the comp any. While a State may not compAl railroad com pany to do business at Q loss, and while a railroad company may Insist ss against the power of the state as to the rights to establish such rates as will afrord reasonable compensation for the services rendered, yet when 1t fvoIuntarily establishes local rates for some shippers 1t cannot resist the pow CT of the State to enforce the same rates for all. The state may insist upon equality as between all it's citi- gems and that equality cannot be de- feated in respect to any local ship ments by arrangements made with or to favor outside companies"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
SHORTAGE OF CARS.
GPressdent Roosevelt Is Taking Great
 lnterest In situation.

Pressdent Roosevelt Is Taking Great
 Interest In Situation.
 Washington, Dec. 17.--President Roosevelt Is taking a deep interest in the situation as to car shortage com pIaints regarding which have come from many sections of the United States.
 He has talked with the members Of the Interstate Commerce Commission about the matter and in one case where the statement was made that1the peo- pie in some parts of North Dakota were freezing because of a lack of fuel due to the scarcity of cars, he referred the communication to the commission with directions or prompt inquiry.
 Among suggestions that have been made to the President is that he recoIn- mend Legislation by Congress empow- ering the government to take charge of the railroads and operate them under certain contingencies especially in B case like the present where the short age of cars affects the transportation of fuel and the necessities of life. This proposition, however, 1t is stated at the White House. has never been even remotely considered by the President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
OPPOSED ROOSEVELT.
Was Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Only
 After Fight.

New York. Dec. 17.---According to advices received by The Times. the Norwegian Storthing dld not bestow the Nobel peace prize on President Roose- veit without opposition.
 For some months before the bestowal of the prize. 1t Is stated, there had been considerable agitation in favor of awarding the peace prize to the so- called "Karlstad Commission" the group of Swedish and Norwegian statesmen, who arbitrated the differ ences between Sweden and Norway at the time of the breach and who nego- tiated the peaceful separation of the two countries.
 The we'll known Norwegian authoress, Elizabeth Schoyen, led the fight on the Norwegian side. The keynote of her argument was that an ounce of pre- ventton was better than 8 pound of cure, and she pointed ou& that the joint commission, which would have led to a war that would have been disastrous in its conseuqences to both of the Scandi- navian countries. while President Roosevelt merely was the means of ending a war after all the damage had been done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
vATlcAN TuRNnp poWN.
spaniah Gevernment Refuses to Eater
 Into Dlnnuta.

AAGD OAHUA&s
 Madrid, Dec. 1.-The Spanish Gov ernment has notified the Vatican that it objects to taking charge at present of tlla archives of thA papa1 nuncia- tura at Paris owing tb the rupture of eipIomakic relations between France and the Vatican.
 Spain certainly would have accepted the task is reduested by the vatican to do so when the papaf nuncio at pa- ris, Mgr. Lerenzelli, was recalled, as France then could not have had any objection.
 But after the expulsion of Mgr. Mon tagnini, the secretary of the nunciature. and the search of the archives such a step as taking charge of the papal in- terests in France might be regarded as hostile to the French Government, which would be contrary to the policy of the Spanish Government.
 It is said in this connection that the vatican authorities made a mistake in not applying immediately after the search of the archives to Count TUrni- eIli, the Italian Ambassador at Paris. not as the Ambassador of Italy, but as dean of the diplomatic corps. whose duty 1t is to protect the privileges of the corps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-18
NO RECONCILIATION.
Head of Volunteers VIII Not Unite
 With salvntln.. -

Head of Volunteers win Not Unite
 With Salvation Army.
 New York, Dec. 17-GeneraI Ealing ton Booth, head of the Volunteers of America, who was reported in a story today to be on his way to Tngland In company with his wife, Maud Balling- ton Booth, to visit General Booths fa- ther, General William Booth, head of the Salvation Army, with a view to re- conciliation and to consolidation of the two religious bodies, said today that there is no truth whateveg in the story.
 The only foundation for the publica- tion for such a story, he said, lay in the fact that his son, Charles Brandon Booth, is now in England. and has vis- tied some of his mothers friends anl relatives. General Booth said that there could be no possible cOnsolida- ton of the Volunteers with the Salva- tion Army, there being no common ground on which they could come to- gether. He added alst that there is no present possible of reconciliation ne- tween himself and his father.