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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
PRINCESS ENA's CONVERSION.
It is Supposed to Be PrOgresing Under
 Father Vaughan.

Rome, Jan. 3.-Reports in circula- tion to the effect that negotiations are proceeding at the Vatican regarding the forthcoming marriage of the King of Spain to Princess Ena of Batten- berg are without foundation.
 The Vatican has not yet been off, ciaIly notified that such a marriage is to take place. It Is supposed here that the Princess Is being instructed with a view to her conversion to Cath oclicism by Father Bernard Vaughan, of the Jesuit order. a brother of the late Cardinal Archbishop of Westmin- ster.
 It is expected that the Princess will come to Rome after her conversion. and before her marriage, on a visit to the Pope. as she will be unable to do so when she becomes Queen of Spain because of the relations between the Quirinal and the Vatican.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
FIVE SUSPECTS ARE HELD.
Big Reward Causes Vigorous Search fo
 Murderer.

Boise Idaho. Jan. 3.-Hogan. the sus- pect under arrest at Caldwell, in con Eect1on with the assassination of form er Governor Frank Steunenburg. was arraigned before the probate judge at Caldwell today charged with the mur- der of Steunenburg.
 Hogan had formally demanded his re- lease and this was done as necessary to hold him. The hearing was set for Saturday
 Beside Hogan. four other suspects are ls,Id in Jail. Two of these men are known to have been sn consultation with Hogan at Nampa. nine miles from Caldwell, the day before Stelnenberg was assassinated. They are known as Frank Campbell and Warren, alias, Harron.
 The big reward of $25, ,oo0 offered for the arrest of the assassins is causing some friction between the local officers and the private detectives who have come to work on the case.
 Among other things found in Hogan's effects is a new years card addressed to "the President of the Federation of La bor." Hogan refuses tc explain his possession of this card
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04

and Irondale and the lowering of sev- eral grades between Birmingham and Chattanooga. The road is in splendid shape now but 1t is believed with the improvements noted above still better service can be obtained. Near Valley Head. Trenton, Fort Payne and other points between Birmingham and Chat tanooga a number of grades can be lowered without much trouble and the entire road put in such condition as to permit of the fastest as we'll as the heaviest trains In the entire South. W. A. Garrett. General Manager of the Alabama Great Southern and Cin- einnati Southern, headquarters in Cin- cinnati, Is in Birmingham. having just made tour of inspection over the line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
HALEY IS CAPTURED
SLAYER OF MIR. RAsT IS IN MONT
 G0MERY JAIL.
Lewndes i'm Autuga-WiH Ask For q Speedy
 Trfn

Alfred Haley, the negro who shot and killed Herbert Rast a prominent young planter at Lowndesboro Tuesday morn ing at g o'clock. was captured in Au- tauga county about 12 o'clock yester- day and he Is in the Montgomery coun- ty jail where he will remain until he faces a court to be tried for his life.
 Citizens of Lowndes county who have been much excited over the mur- der of Mir. Rast will ask for a special term of the Circuit Court of the coun- ty in order that a speedy justice may be done.
 Readers of The Advertiser will re- member that MT. Rast, who was about twenty-four years old, was killed by the negro with a shotgun. The trag- edy occurred on the Rast plantation which lies about half way between the railway station and Lowndesboro prop CT. Haley is young negro. He Is about twenty years old and was reared on the Rast plantation. He had had trouble with a negro woman and had shot at her running her into the Rast residence Young MT. Rast went out ton followed and the young man was shot to death. After killing Mir. Rast the negro picked up the shot gun of the dead man and shot him again leav- ing the scene with the gun of his victim.
 
 ized by Sheriff Will Dickson and the negro was pursued into Autauga coun- ty where another posse had been or ganfzed Search for the negro contin- ued all through Tuesday, Tuesday night and yesterday morning.
 About 12 o'clock yesterday the Au- tauga county posse saw Haley cross ing a field between the river and Au- taugavIlle. He went into the house of a negro which was quickly surround ed His arrest followed without re- sistance The negro was taken to Prattville where he was lodged in jail and the Lowndes county posse was mo- titled of his capture.
 Sheriff Dickson of Lowndes county brought Haley to Montgomery on an afternoon train and he was confined In the county jail.
 Haley is sullen and declares he knows nothing of the tragedy.
 The body of MT. Rast was inferred at Lowdnesboro at 2:30 o'clock yes terday afternon. a large crowd of sympathizing friends being present to pay respect to the high character borne by the young man.
 The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. J. Elliott, of Montgomery, and the body was laid to rest in the family burial ground. The pall-bear- FITS were: Frank Gordon, Warren Reese. Henry Howard, Fred Bushman, Toe Powell and Eugene Meadows.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
Texns Grnwera Meet.

Austin, Tex, Jan. 3.-At a meeting of the cotton growers of Texas held to- day. officers were elected for the ensu- ing year and strong resolutions were adopted urging the farmers to reduce the cotton acreage in Texas during the coming season and insist upon ton notch prices for their goods. Tn limo with the suggestion made hy the ex
 ecurive committee yesterday. t..e con vention lined up strong in endorsement of the proposition of building ware houses in which to store cotton. 1t was suggested that these warehouses be built at numerous points in the State and that farmers should form a close com pact to assist one another financially while waiting for prices to advance. It Is believed that such an arrangement and marketing the cotton slowly prices can be held at about fourteen cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
SHOT BY POLICEMAN.
ALLEN COLLINS RECEIVES WOUND
 WHICH MAY BE FATAL-
Applied for Job at Avondaie Cotton Mills, and Attempt Was Msde to Arrest Him as Fugitive
 From Justice.

Birmingham, Jan. s.-(special.l l-- Allen Collins. white. was shot anu oan- gerously wounded this afternoon at tne Avondale cotton mills by Officer Room net of the Avondaie police force. Cor lins with Robert Rutledse. 1rieho, ap nlied at the cotton mills for position when the officer stepped up and inform ed them that they were wanted Tn Si- luria, Ala, on a charge of assault with intent to murder, it being charged that they stabbed fellow workman in the mills there yesterday.
 Collins is said to have broken away and attempted to escape, when the or ficer fired on him. the bullet striking him in the hips and ranging to the body. The wounded man was taken to a hospital where hasty inspection was made of the wound and the an nouncement given out that 10 all lna'- cations if was matter of time when death would come.
 Rutledge was sent to the Birming- ham city jail and the authorities at Si- Iuria were notified of the arrest and shooting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
Many Rnmorr Prevail.

All kinds of rumors prevail as to changes in the management or opera lions of the Tennessee Coal. Iron ana Railroad Company and Republic Iron and Steel Company. close kinsnip .o prevail in the future. It is heard on all sides today that one general sales agent will be named for he two com panies F. A. Burr. the general sales agent of the Tennessee Company. mas been called to New York and this gives rise to considerable talk. It was heard several days ago that D. M For ker, now sales agent for the Republic Iron and Steel Company at Cincinnati. woulL be placed at the heid Of tue sales departments of the combined company No verifca.ion is to be had as to the rumors and there Is every indication that the full program of operations to be carried ou+ has not yet been formulated. Other rumors prevail as to changes to he made and the names of higher officials are men toned.
 The Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail road Company will by Saturday have their No i furnace at Bessemer and the Oxmoor furnace in Hast again. These furnaces have had fires banked because of the holiday season. As soon a they resume operations the Tennes- see company will have ten iron makers at work. The Republic company has two of its three furnaces at Thomas in blast
 The statement is made that before the 18th of this month tfe sorch will be placed at the Alice furnace of the Tennessee Company. located in this city, and shortly after that date the new pudding department of the big Birming Sam Rolling Mills. belonging to the Republic Iron and Steel Compa- ny. will resume operations. The oll pudding department at this plant has been on for some time. The demand for bar iron and finished iron in gen. eral Is reported to be very good. IL is understood that a large number of rolling mill men will be brought to the city from the north. The Gate City rolling mills are working on full time and conditions at that point are in splendid shape.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
MectIur nj c,oIumb,a. .. q.

Columbia, S C., Jan. S.-The South Carolina division of the Southern Cot ton Association met in annual session here today E. D. Smith. president; H. B. Tindall, vice president: H. F. Wes- ton. secretary and F. H. Hyatt. treas urer. The old officers were unanimous ly reelected. Resolutions providing for a fiscal agent, the reduction of twenty five per cent in acreage. except where 1t had been made in 1905. and where there was only one blow to ten acres and a ten cent tax on each hale were adopted. Eight delegates at large were elected to the New Orleans con vention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
Labor Question.
The Sea sid

The Seaside (Bayou la Batre) Whistler.
 Let communities band together, choose citizen, provide him with York to obtain whatever help Is need ed for the community. More can be accomplished by seeking this foreign labor. entirely ignorant of conditions in a strange country. than by expect ing it to come to our door. The pro curement of labor in the agricultural section of the South is veXatious question. A spirit of prosperity is inn planted in the bosom of the Southern people, but the dearth of labor will surely bring disaster to them unless something is done to abate 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
SLOW IN PAYING TAXES.
Many Are Delinquent on Polls gn M
 UaN,

Knn County.
 Decatur, Jan. S.--(Special )-Up to date there have only been 1,135 poll taxes paid in this (Morgan) County There are over 4.OOo registered voters in the County, and of this number per- haps $500 are subject to poll tax.
 Under the new State Constitution, all male citizens of poll taxable age must pay their poll tax by February 1, or they will not be entitled to vote. This tax cannot be collected by law.
 To the present time the special Coun- ty School tax outside of the Decaturs, collected, amounts to nearly $3.0o0. Of this amount the Southern Railroad paid S123.74. The telephone companies and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company have not paid this tax outside of the Dscaturs. The Decaturs are special school districts and are not included in the special County School tax column.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
Tax CoIIectlonn.

Figures showing the amour of state and county taxes collected during the yeai 1905 were completed this after, noon. They show that total of $4s0.- 942.0S has already been collected. with several hundred thousand yet to be paid in by property owners before March 1. The total amount collected during the year 1904 was s441.aS1.56. This gives an increase of $SS.e6l.52 for the calendar year.
 Tax Collector Tarrant announced that a more comprehensive statement could be made later on in the year It is expected that the collection of taxes for 1905 will be wound up by June l. The books will be open for the payment of 1906 taxes next Octo- Der.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04

have to possess their souls with pa- uence until there are more converts to the law of progress and beauty. The City Council had passed an ordinance depriving the town COW of the privi- lege of pasturinR on the front yards and flowers of the town. but a petition went before the body asking for the right to vote on the matter and the Council following the Democratic rule or allowing home rule, granted the re quest with the above result.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
Tn. Red-Liwht p,.trIct.r

The representative body of citizens of the Seventh ward. who banded themselves together as a committee to oppose the establishment of a red light" dictrict in their ward, have pre- pared a lengthy statement in which all details of the fight are made pub lie. It Is somewhat sensational in character and Is in the nature of an expose. the object being to show that the authorities have apparently thwar- ted them in their attempt to prevent the objectionable citizens from locating in one section of the city.
 Besides giving all the facts in the case from the time it became known early in the spring that property in the territory lying between Twenty-first and Twenty-Fourth streets and Ave- nues A and B was selling for $100 per foot, up to the latest charge against the police. tho papar calls on the citi- gems of Birmingham to come to the rescue of the residents of the Seventh ward. In order that 1t may be under stood who is most vitally interested in the location of the district" the names of persons purchasing property are given in the petition, which con- tains about l.65e words. It also tells what improvements have been made and whose money was used.
 The statement tells Of the citizens of the Seventh ward getting together and organizing for the purpose of pre- venting the attempt, as they put it, to legalixe vice and crime. The docu- ment then gives all details of the nu- merous conferences with the Mayor Chief of Police. certain Aldermen. the Police Board and others. Correspond ence between the Mayor and Chief of Police is embodied, and certain reso lutions adopted by the City Council and the Police Board are quoted from the minute books.
 In conclusion the paper ayers that '1t is apparent that there has been, and Is now. a concerted effort on the part of some of our officials to over ride the wishes of the people of this ward and to establish the district"
 The last paragraph reads.
 We appeal to the people of thIs city and ask them to aid us in our effort to crush this effort to locate these dens of vice and corruption and crime with In the limits of the Seventh ward"
 The statement Is signed by the fol- lowing; H. A. Tomppert. Joseph Ru- pert. s. 4. Massey. J. M. Tuck, J. w. Barclay and J. W. Altman.
 It is announced that the entire peti- tion will be printed and spread broad cast throughout the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
COMPLETE TREATMENT
Consisting of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills

May now be had for one dollar. A single set is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfguring, itching, burning, and scaly humors, eczemas, rashes, and irritations, with loss of hair, from in fancy to age, when all other remedies and even the best physicians fail.
 Cutcura Soap, Ointment and Pis are sold threuEhout the world Potter Drug Chem Cop Boston, Sole Eropa
 e5- Mailed ETsa. skiA cad Bleed PaxiAeatisna"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
Furniture Factory Burned.

Mexico City, Jan. 3.-Fire today com pIetely destroyed the furniture factory of Augusta de Albert, situated at In- dianalla, near the power plant of the electric tramway company. In less than one hour the structure was com pletely destroyed. The loss Is esti- mated at $100,000 and there was no in surance on the building.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
} The ..virrlnian, Tnken a wife

Chicago, Jan. 3.-A dispatch to The Tribune from San Francisco. Cal, says: The original of Owen Wisters, The virginian," John Henry Hicks. manager of the great CT. O." ranch in Mexico, was married yesterday to Miss Kath- crime Adams. daughter of Edward F.
 Adams, editorial manager of a San Francisco newspaper. Hicks first met
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
bud Mr. comer Ha. That JOb UntlI 1oOO.

ANHISIOU StaT.
 The Star would like to say, however, that Captain James Crook of Calhoun County made Alabama the best Pres ident of the Railroad Commission that any State has ever had. and that Cap tain James Crook is our candidate for the Presidency of the Railroad Com mission. and he doesn't know. until he sees this, that we have nominated him for the DOSitiOn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
High Reeord at cIearing Hou.e.

New York, Jan. 3.--The last years heavy interest and dividend disburse- ments at this center were reelected in today's bank exchanges at the clearing house which aggregated $6S6, ,844. S91. This Is over $8S 5000, ,O00 in excess of the previous high record May 10, 1901, tho day following the Corner" in Northern Pacific.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
BouaDarte VIII Visit Charleston.

Washington, Jan. S.-Secretary Bon aparte has decided to attend the cer- emonies at Charleston, S. C.. next week idents of that city of a silver service to the new armored cruiser Charleston. now at Norfolk. The celebration will cover three days. beginning next Tues day and ending Thursday evening.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04

her when she was a school teacher at Tempe. Ariz. Mexican friends of Hicks sent him a, box of dozen collars, dressed to represent characters in Wis ters' story. Hicks and his wife will live on ''T. O." ranch. which is south of the Rio Grande 150 miles from Fl Paso
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
southern Buys s,72o Frelgat Cars.

Atlanta. Ga, Jan. 3.-The Atlanta Constitution will say tomorrow that the Southern Railway has just placed an order for 8.729 freight cars. involv- ing an outlay of more than five million dollars. The delivery is to begin in March in five hundred car lots and will be increased each month until all shall be received.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
Armntrong to Prepnre Report.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. Estate Senator William M Armstrong, chairman of the joint special legislative Investigating committee of life insurance. said he had been delegated the duty tc prepare a report for submission to the commit tee, and he will begin york with Charles F. Hughes and Mir Mcqueen, counsel for the committee, tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04

Adam To-day-"If it were not for my wife. growled the first man at the reception, 'I wouldent be here Neither would l." replied the other man, If it were not for my wife. I'm the hostesses' husband. delphia Press
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
Friends of the Cows Victorius.

Athens, Jan. 3-(Special.)- )-Athens has just held an election to determine the question of whether cows should be allowed to roam at large on our streets and friends of the cow running at large and destroying the beauty of the town, carried the day. so ladies who are fond of flowers and handsome lawns will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
M. & Q, Salaries Incrro.ea

Meridian. Miss. Jan. 3.-A general increase in salaries of the employees of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was an- nounced today, the switchmen receiy- ing an increase of five per cent, and the foremen of the several switching crews somewhat higher.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04

Yes said the young writer, I've got pretty deep into my new novel now" All" remarked the friend, the plots thickening, eh?" Yes, perhaps that's it. At any rate. I'm stuck. Standard and Times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04

Jollyboy-"W Well, supposing she did throw you over because you lost your money there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it." Saddum-1 know but that's poor consolation Tor fellow who has lost his bait. Lon don Sketch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04

"Aren you afraid of the influence of the railroadsT "Yes," answered Farmer Corntossel; but I must say that l would not like to discourage 'em entirely. They do beat walkin'. - Washington Star
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
Is This Correct.

BlrmlnRham Ledger.
 The Kansas City Journal has a writer who Is worried to know why little. girls are always pulling up their stockings belts and back hair. As to the stock ings and belts. we pass. but everybody knows woman pats her back hair to show her rings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
A Fashionable Wedding :.

One of the most fashionable we'd dings of the season took place tonight at g o'clock at the First Methodist Church. when Miss Rosa Munger, daughter of MT and Mrs. R S. Nun ger, was joined in hold bonds of mat rimony to Paul Hamilton Earle Tke parties to the marriage are members of two of the wealthiest families in Birm- ingham. The church was well filled and the ceremony was full of splendor. A bridal tour to the South, Florida, will be taken. The presents received by the young couple were extensive and expensive. The fathr of the bride is enc of the manufacturers of the Nun ger gin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
New final Minea.

The work of driving the new slope at Virginia mines is to commence i'm mediately and men are already at work clearing off the timber at the place where the slope is to be lo' ated Tho contract for the actual work Is said to have been let and just as soon as the location Is cleared active operations will commence. The new slope is to be located about half a mile from the one now in use and when completed will increase the output at this minc to a considerable extent. New and improved machinery is to be installed and an additional two hundred coke ovens are to be built. This aluable property is controlled by the Southern Steel Company, comprised of the Ala bame Steel and Wire Company and the Underwood Coal Company, recently consolidated, and 1t is said that ths present improvements are but tho step ping stones for more extensive ones which are contemplated and it Is ex- pected that Bessemer will lee beno- ficiary. "~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-04
Improvements on A. G. s. Prop,

Improvements on A. G. s. Proposed.
 A number of Improvements will be made on the Alabama Great Southern Railroad from Chattanooga to Meri- dian during this year, including the co mpletion of the block system between York, Ala, and Meridian. the placing of a block system between Birmingham
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-05-04
NEGROES ARE MISSING
Attempt Criminal Assault on
A<WAite Women.

News has reached here from
Ciarks. ON the Iron Mountain
railroad a few miles south from
Columbia, that. TIVE unidentified
negroes held up two ladies at
that place and attempted Grim
inal assault. The ladies made
a brave and heroic fight. The
fiends Threatened to cut outthe
hearts of their victims if they
refused to submit, but were
frightened away without harning
the ladies. The negroes were.
after q short chase. but
it is not known what became of
them. Some ere Of the belief
that the fiends paid the penalty
with their lives. -.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-05-04
LOW ROUND TRIP RATES
Via Iron Mountain Route.

Daily until May IS. To Den.
yer, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo.
May-To Paris, Tex, Chatta-
nooga, Tenn; Des MONIES, Iowa;
6t. Paul, Mimi; Philadelphia.
Pa; Atlanta, Ca; Mexico City.
June-To Mexico City.
]. July-To Mexico City, Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
August-To Minneapolis,
Minn.; Milwaukee, Wis.
6eptember-To Los Angeles
md San Francisco.
For full information regarding
S1act dates of sale, return limits,
eate<, etc., address. II. G. Fown-
nd. g. P. & T. A. St. Louis,
lo.. or G. A. A. Deane, Dr., T.
Al. Little Rock, Ark.