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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
TOWN OF HENNEGER
 IS COMPLETELY WIPED
 OUT BY CYCLONIC Xl'0RM

ed. Three other ho1ge belonging to Williams were removed from their foundations.
 A couple of brick building residences were destroyed. One room of one of the buildings was occupied by sleepers and they escaped from the debris without injury. Barns and shade trees were swept away. some cedars sufficiently long and large enough for telegraph poles, being wrenched off like riding switch and carried acroos the streets.
 The handsome new home of Mayor Clements in course of construction, was demolished, causing loss of more than S1,000. The home of Dr. Westmore- land was seriously injured. almost all his shade trees were destroyed The home Of R. Nj. Rawle. was seriously injured. some fine trees being swept away. The handsome new home of Berry BEnfora was severely damaged.
 The wind was followed by heavy rains which did great damage The de- structIon is the worst Athens has ever suffered. The path of the storm was only a few hundred yards wide and people living within block of the storm did not realize what had happen ed until the morning told the story. The fact that no one was injured is remarkable. The people who were, in the path of the tornad owin never for- get the horrors of the storm and the apparent proximity of death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
FOR SPECIAL JURY
JEROME SERVES NOTICE Ol
 THAWss ATTORNEYS.
Prosecutor Announces He Will Request Panel of 15O Names to Try Slayer of StandfOrd White
 December 2.

New York. Nov. 19.--District Attor- ney Jerome today served notice upon counsel for Harry K. Thaw that the. prosecution would appear in court to- morrow and ask for a special jury be- fore Recorder Con on December to try Thaw for the murder of Stanford White. A panel of 150 names will be requested. MT. Jerome adds that the case Is one that requires attention and dispatch. Thaw is charged with mur- der in the first degree.
 D. 1. Demas and J. B. Gleason, of counsel for Thaw. called on their client in the Tombs late today. The object of the visit, 1t is understood. was to confer with the prisoner on the matter of a story published this afternoon. and which was to the effect that three alienists retained by the defense to examine Thaw had reported to his counsel today their conclusion that Thaw was insane when he killed White.
 The experts credited with this finding were Dr. Charles S. Wagner, Superin- tendent State Hospital at Binghampton Dr. c. c. Beling. Superintendent of the State Hospital of New Jersey, and Dr. B. w. Evans, head physician of the latter institution.
 Following the visit of the counsel to the Tombs. 1t was reported that they had told Thaw to pay no attention to the sorry regarding the alienists as 1t was without foundation. Tonight, how ever, A. R. Peabody, also of Thaw's counsel, declared emphatically that the published story would neither be con firmed or denied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
PREFER STATELAWS
EMIGRATION THINKS NATIONAL
 MEASURE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
DOea Not Place Faith In Legislation Proposed by Beveridge--Unions Decide to Fight Alabama
 EsOycOtt Statute.

Minneapolis, Minn, Nov 19,-Despite Senator Albert J. Beveridge's announce ment at Richmond. Ind, Sunday eve- ming that he intends to introduce bill In the Senate prohibiting the employ ment of child labor, the American Fed eration of Labor, now in convention here, decided today that national law would be unconstitutional and there- fore agreed to urge the passage of State laws that will stop the crush ing out of child life in the mills and factories and turning it's life blood into dollars upon counters of commerciai- ism.
 The convention also urged favorable consideration of the proposed amend ment of the federal constitution pro- viidng- for woman suffrage The Fed eration extends a helping hand to the postal clerks in the resolutions adopted, are characterized as helpless to bet@ ter their conditions"
 The boycott law of Alabama Is to be fought: the employment of Chinese sailors on American vessels condemn ed; action urged regarding prevailing rate of wages by government con tractors the taking of steps to stop the employment of foreign "cheap" musicians and the boycotting of sev- eraI large firms and a resolution reaf~ frming the boycott against many large concerns were disposed of.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
woRsn THAN spRPosED.
Floods From Heavy Ralns Rende
 Many HomeIess.

Floods From Heavy Rains Render Many Homeless.
 Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 19.--As more detailed reports are received from those portions of Alabama, North and Central Mississippi and West Tennessee, swept by the wind and rain storms of the past forty-eight hours, the situation increases in seriousness. Following the windstorm of Saturday night, rain has fallen almost continuously throughout this territory and practi- cally the entire district is under water to a depth of several feet.
 Creeks and small streams are leav- ing their banks and many of the poor CT white persons as we'll as scores of negroes have been forced from their homes by the rising waters seeking refuge in many instances in trees.
 Every effort is being made to re- move them to places of safety but be- cause of the continued rainfall the work of rescue is proceeding slowly.
 The weather is becoming bitter cold and much suffering Is anticipated. From Winona, Maben and Mathiston, Miss, more complete reports increased the damage to the three towns to SS00,- O0O. Many small settlements have been destroyed and historic plantation homes have been either completely wrecked or badly damaged. Wreckage of cot- ton ktnHR GdW IuiAA& anu AGCb CFCAE kind of plantation structure Is strewn throughout this district What unhar- vested crops were in the fields are now believed to be a total loss.
 Tn Memphis the precipitation from Friday night until this afternoon had reached q maximum of 7.42 inches.
 Miles of railway trackage and bridg- es have been washed away, telephone and telegraphic communication demor- alized and street cars traffic on several lines has been temporarily suspended.
 Wolf River is out of it's banks. the overflow having already carried with 1t ten thousand logs valued at $1O0,- GOO. Rossville, small town on this stream, is completely submerged.
 It is believed that fully $1o0,000 dam age has been done ot the road and turnpike systems of this county by the floods Up to tonight fourteen bridges had been reported destroyed and about nine miles of levees washed away. The monetary loss to the farmers through out the submerged district will reach many thousands of dollars from the loss of live stock drowned and unhar- vested crops destroyed.
 Besides the loss sustained by the county lev0es, 1t is estimated that levee outfits have been damaged to the ex- tent of $25.0o0.
 Probably never before has trafic on the rallroadscente ring in Memphis suf- fered such complete demoraiization.
 On the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, trains are being detoured over the tracks of the Louisville and Nashville system via Mckenzie and Humboldt, Tenn. South ern Railway trains are being detoured over the same route by way of Chat tanooga. The tracks of the Illinois Central Railroad near Jackson, Tenn, are covered with water and trains are being detoured via Holly Springs Miss.
 Besides the collapse of the railroad trestle at Nonconnah creek, near Memphis, on last Sunday night, when two trainmen were drowned. no acci- dents or wrecks have occurred so far as can be ascertained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
FORTY-TWO DRAGGED TO WATERY CRAVE IN
 STEAMBOAT COLLISION

the car reached Chicago, informed ofii- cer FItzpatrick, who was standing near the foot of the stairway leading up to the elevated station.
 The robbers had already mounted the stairs and Fitzpatrick and the condue- tor followed them. Fitzpatrick ordered them to halt and they at once opened fire on him. Fitzpatrick was struck several times and fell down the stairs. After reaching the bottom, however, ne raised himself on his elbow and emp tied his revolver at Hanson who ran down the stairs in the effort to escape. Hanson fired several more shots at the officer, and when Fitzpatrick was taken to the hospital he was found to be suf- fering from seven wounds He died in short time.
 Policemen Birch and Wilson. who had heard the firing between Hanson and Fitzpatrick, hurried up as' Hanson was running away and Birch shot him through the back. inficting a fatal wound.
 After being taken to the hospital Hanson admitted he had taken part in the robbery of the grocery store and some of the papers and money were found on him. He said he was born in Bloomington, H., in 1872, and had served saetences in prisons at Fort Madison. Ia, Rusk. Texas. Nashville, Tenn, Columbus. O.. and Michigan City, Ind. For several years Hanson said, he was a member of gang that ter- rorized the people in the neighborhood of Rusk. Texas.
 The companion of Hanson. whose name is thought to be Guy VantoseI. escaped by sliding down one of the supports Of the elevated road ,and has not yet been captured
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
BROOKLYN WIPED OUT.
Two Women May Die From Injuries
 Received in storm.

Received in storm.
 Cullman, Nov 19.-(Special )-The southern part of the county was visited by a destructive cyclone Sunday morn ing at o'clock. The storm struck at Brooklyn, on the Blount County line, and went northeast. The first house struck was that of Dave George. His residence and all outbuildings were blown away. Mir. and Mrs. George were seriously injured by failing tim bers.
 It then touched at Boatright Hodges, carrying his barn away. Widow Georges house was totally destroyed, the Widow McGriR's house was par tially wrecked, and the barn blown down. Nat Hays residence and barn were blown away, all the family being more or less injured William Bright's residence. store and all buildings on his farm were swept away. Mrs. Bright is very seriously injured and may not recover.
 The church at Edison's Chapel was blown down. The buildings on Har- vey Glenn's farm were partially destroy ed. Joe Hyatt's mill. residence and tenement houses were blown down. John T. Hyatts buildings were to- tally destroyed. At John Harrison's farm all the buildings were razed and Mrs. Harrison baldy hurt. The Widow Benneheld's residence and several tene- ment houses were blown down. John Hooton's residence was blown away and his wife is in a critical condition from the wounds received from flying timbers. Tom Hays residence was blown away and his wife seriously in- jured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
CYCLONE wRECKs ATHENS.
Path of Ruin Leads Through Residence Portion of City.

Athens, Nov. 19.-(SpeciaI. )-Ath- ems was visited Saturday night by the worst cyclone in its history. The storm broke a few minutes before 2 o'clock yesterday morning in all it's fury, visiting the south and east part of the city. going through the resi- dence portion, and missing entirely the business district and the northern part of town.
 The storm came from the west and in it's path desolation was left. It lasted, perhaps, a minute, but long enough to make those living in its wake think 1t an eternity The worst loss. is, perhaps. the handsome two story State school building which is demolished.
 Several miraculous escapes were re- ported. the most wonderful being that of Norman Todd, who was left stand ing on the ground where his cottage stood. with nothing left of the bulld- ing. He was not injured. Not a bit of his furniture. house or anything was left to indicate a residence had stood there.
 P. c. williams had just completed A handsome two-stpry residence. The entire lower part was blown away. leaving the building twenty feet from its original foundation and a total wreck. None of the family was iniur-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
SHONTS PUT
 IN CHARGE President Changes Plan of Organization. TO APPOINT COMMISSION Executive Committee Abolished and Departments Created. Chairman to be in Absolute Control of Situation With Chiefs of Bureaus
 subOwdinate--stevena
 Second.

Washington, Nov. fs.--An order Signed "Isthmus of Panama" by Pres Ident Roosevelt, making radlcal changes in the organization of affairs of government for the Canal Zone. was made public today at the office of the Canal Commission. The effect of the order is to place the canal work and thes government of the zone under thS direction of Chairman Shonts, aided by Chiefs of Bureaus. who will report directly to the Commission, thus elim- mating the office of Governor.
 The order gives to Chairman Shonts supreme authority over all depart ments. It recognizes. the entire work ings of the Commission, in accordance with the Presidents views of controll :. ing the situation under his plan to press the excavation as rapidly as pos- sfble
 The executive committee of thres members each the head of depart ment, has been abolished, and in It's stead seven departments are created. and the chief of each will report and receive instructions from tho ehair- man of the commission.
 These departments will be under the direction of !. F. Stevens. chist engineer; Richard R. Rodgers, general counsel; William c. Gorgas, chief san- itary officer: J. William, disbursing officer: D. W. Ross, chief purchasing officer K. S. Benson, general auditor and Jackson Smith, manager of labor and quarters.
 The President will take up thu question of the appointment of a new commission on his return to Washing ton. It is believed here that in addi- ton to Mir. Shonts. Messrs Stevens. Rogers and Gorgas will be members.
 At present, the acting commissioners are Messrs. shonts, Stevens, Rear Ad- miraI Endicott. B. M. Harrod and Brigadier General Haines. There are two vacancies. It ia said that Endi- colt. Harrod and Haines are slated to retire.
 Chief Engineer Stevens will be sec ond in uthority, and will act in Chair man Shonts's absence. The general counsel will exercise the authority heretofore vested in the Governor of the Zone,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
.FRIENDLINESS OF NATIONS Root Speaks of New
 Diplomacy. BASIS POPULAR OPINION Closer Commercial Relations Make
 Possible World Peace.
 - Secretary of state ana south American Representatives Talk on Line of
 Trade Extenaion Between Hemispheree.

Kansas City. Mo, Nov. 1e.-A world wide peace. substantial and enduring. made possible by closer commercial and friendly relations between nations, was the keynote of a speech delivered here tonight by Elihu Root. Secretary of state,
 Following Mr. Root. the diplomatic representative of Ave Latin-American republics made speeches along the same line. offering trade extension between the countries of North and South countSies Into cA and lasting rela- tionS
 The occasion was the twelfth annual banquet given by the Kansas City Com mercial Club in eonmemoration of the signing of the John Jay commercial treaty. Five hundred plates were laid and many notable persons were pres ent.
 'In this time of vast immigration" 1" said Mfr. Root, this time of interna- tional investment and ownership. of opportunities for enterprise and en- lafged peaceful intercourse, and above all, of steadily progressing popular government, a new diplomacy has found place. It is a representative di- plomacy, and answers not to the Judg- ments of courts or soverelgns, but to the judgment of great popular masses. It grows continually more true that the sentiments, feelings and opinions of the people determine policies; decide upon the issues of peace and war, and es- tablish those sympathies between na- tions which are more powerful than written and signed treaties of alli- ance.
 We already realize that the same rules of right conduct which obtain in our individual intercourse with each other apply also to our internal politi- cal actions and the exercise of powers of self government.
 'Tn the relations between nations which the great body of the people now control, there should be general ll-prevat1ing and controlling sense. that the same rules of conduct atlghi to be followed.
 @Afediatioh and arbitratioa are use controversies without recourse to war, but the true preventive of war is the willingness of the people of the worl to be just towards one another; the strong desire of the people of the earth to be kind toward one another"
 Bes. de Secretary Root, speakers in the order of their rank were:
 Ign bsio Calderons minister of Bo- livia; Felipe Pardo, minister of Peru; Enrique Cortes, minister of Colombia, SyIvino Gurgeldo Amaral, first secre . tary of the Brazilian legation; Alberto Yoacham, charge, Chilean legation; John Barrett, United States minister to Colombia; D. H. Hartman, president of the Union Pacific, who talked in- formally on trade conditions generally.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
I ORDER IS SUSPENDED Taft Stops Discharge of
 Negroes. DELUGED WITH PROTESTS Not Safe to Have Them in Army" " Says Oliver. Acting Secretary oliver Says Preserve taon of Discipline in Army De-
 nanaa that Black Treeps
 ne Musterea oat.

Washington. Nov. I9.--Acting under orders of Secretary Taft, Major Gen. eral Afnsworth, Military Secretary, has directed that further discharges of the mon of the three negro companies of the s5th Infantry, on account of the shooting at Brownsville, Texas. be sus- pended pending further orders.
 The action, it is stated tonight IS Tn order to await the return of Secre- tary raft to washington tomorrow. and is pending further adyices from Pres ident Roosevelt. who has been commu- nicated with on the subject. The War Department has been deluged with pro tests against the order directing the discharge of the three companies. It is reported tonight that further in- vestigafion will be made, and that cer- tain officers may be called on for an explanation in connection with the movements of these men at the time the Brownsville incident occurred.
 '@rhe three companies of the 25th In- fantry were ordered discharged because 1t Is not safe to have them in the army. They cannot be trusted and for the protection of the public ana the preservation of the discipline of the army their discharge is necessary Acting Secretary Oliver of the War De- partment said today.
 '"The idea seems to prevail that the men were ordered discharged because they refused to tell on their compan- ions and because they are black Noth- ing could be further fro-l the truth. These soldiers shot up a town. All of them refuse to tell anything about the disgraceful affair at BrownsviiIe. which resulted in murder The compa- nfes are shielding murderers. There are men in the companies who are criminals of the worst sort Every effort possible has been made by the War Department to find the guilty men without avail. If these companies were permitted to remain in the service and were to shoot up another town and again endanger the lives of citizens the War Department would hs in an indefensible position. It iA rossSDie Aa esurtnHrtiHf each Of the fnen ir these companies. for q charge cannot bs preferred against every one Of tho members of the Companies The Gov ernment has no means of punishing the crime except by discharging all the men e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
SHOT SEVEN TIMES
CHICAGO OFFICER KILLED IN PIs-
 TOL DUEL.
Attempts Arrest of YeEEman Who Fires Wish Fatal EHect-In Mak- ing Escape Latter is Fa-
 tally Wounded.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-Pollceman Luke Fitzpatrick is dead and Charles Han son. an ex-convict, is dying in St. Ber- nard Hospital as the result of fight which took place early today on the station of the elevated road at Sixty third Street and Madison Avenue.
 Hanson and companion last night entered a grocery store in Hammond, Ind. kept by a man named Haustgun, blew open the safe and escaped with several hundred dollars in money, and negotiable papers worth a considerable sum. officers of the Hammond police force pursued them out of town. but the robbers escaped after exchanging several revolver shot with the police men.
 Later the robbers boaNied an electric car bound for Chicago and the con- duetor, who had heard of the robbery. being suspicious of them. as soon Ra
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
Afro-AmerIcans Dlaaprrove.

New York. Nov. 1s-President Roose- welt was arraigned yesterday from the pulpit of Afro-American churches in this city for his order dismissIng with out honor three companies of negro soldiers from the 26th United States Infantry. Resolutions. of which the following is an example, were adopted by several congregations by a rising vote:
 That the action of the President of the United States Is most heartily dis approved by us, and is so much the more disapproved by us because of the high regard we have hitherto cherish cd for him"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
AMnRIcAN PRoTECToRATE.
Counsel for Cubans Declares Plan is
 on Foot.

Counsel for Cubans Declares Plan is
 on Foot.
 New York, Nov. 19.-Prominent men of the Liberal party in Cuba, according to Captain Cassilly Cook. a lawyer of this city, who says he Is counsel here for certain Liberal interests. have a plan afoot for the establishment of a permanent protectorate in Cuba by the American government. He says it is supported by the foreign interests of that company. and 1t Is purposed to petition the President and Congress early in January to pass bill making Cuba a protectorate.
 Another bill is to be presented in the Cuban Congress for the same purpose. Captain Cook declared yesterday in an interview that bills to this end have already been drawn and forwarded to Cuba for the approval of those inter ested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
ROosEvELTs RETURN.
President Expected to Reach Waah-
 ingtOn November 24.

President Expected to Reach Wash
 ingtOn November 24.
 Washington, Nov. 1s.--The latest word received at the White House from President Roosevelt before he left Co., lon on his way 10 Ponce. P. R., indI- cates that he wiIl reach Washington on his return on November 24, and probably twenty-four hours earlier than the original itinerary of the trip contemplated He gained a day at Panama. leaving there Saturday night insted of Sunday night, and Is expect cd to finish his visit to Porto Rico and embark on the oLuisiana from san Juan by Wednesday night.
 It is expected the vessel will arrive at Hampton Roads and transfer the President Co the Mayfiower in the low CT Potomac in time for him to reach Washington late Sunday evening or Monday morning next The dispatch from the President announced that his visit of inspection had proved success ful
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
H. F. MCINTOSH PUT UNDER BAIL OR
 91,OOO.
Director of Standard oil Company of Ohio, Charged With Violation of Valentine Anti-TFust Law
 Others Bonded.

Findlay, O.. Nov. 1s--H. P. Mcintosh of Cleveland, director of the Standard oil Company of Ohio, oneo the men indicted by the grand jury last week. today pleaded not guilty to the charge of violating the Valentine antitrust law, and was released on $1 1000 ball.
 NJ. J. Villas and J M Robertson, treasurer and secretary. respectively. of the Standard oil Company of Ohio, fn- dicted with J. D. Rockefeller and H |. P. Mcintosh, appeared in court this af- ternoon. They did not plead, but each signed 8 bond for S1.000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20
STATE SCHOOL DEMOLISHED.
Great Damage To Telegraph and TeIe-
 phone Wires.

Nashville Tenn- Nov. 19.--A Deca- tur Ala, dispatch says thousands of dollars of damage was done to the long distance telephone and to the telegraph companies through that section by the Sunday morning storm. Long distance telephone wires are down and no point outside of the Decaturs could be reached yesterday or today.
 At Athens. fourteen miles north of that place, the storm developed into a cyclone and wrecked the State Agrt- cultural School and blew down a mum bar of residences. No one was killed.