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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
M,CURDY WILL RETURN.
Former President of Mutual to Piac
 Himself at Jerome Disposal.

Former President of Mutual to Place
 Himself at Jeromes Disposal.
 New York. May 2s-That Richard A. McCurdy, former President of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. states a morning paper, has made arrange ments to return to this country, is re- ported on good authority, which says that he will reach here in about three weeks and put himself at tho disposal of District Attorney Jerome.
 Later he will devote himself to de- lending the suits brought against him fin his absence by the company he for merly headed.
 MT. McCurdy sailed from Cherbourg on March 1. He was accompanied by his wife and their son -in-law and daughter, MT and Mrs. Thebaud. Mir. McCurdy made no statement of his in- tentions prior to sailing, but his at torney. Deiancey Nicoll. said that the trip was necessitated by the condition Of MT. McCurdy's health.
 Some time before his departure MT. McCurdy made arrangements whereby service of process In civil action would be accepted by his attorney. He also. 1t was reported. entered Into writ ten understanding with District Attor- ney Jerome to return when his pres ence might be desired and to return by September in any event. Three weeks after MT. McCurdy's departure DeIancey Nicoll accepted service of an action brought by the Mutual Life to recover $3,370,e00 alleged to have been expended by him without proper au- thority.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
WANT or JURISDICTION.
Supreme Court Passes on Cases oi
 Hodges and others.

Supreme Court Passes on CAhes VI
 Hodges and others.
 Washington, May 2s.--The case of Reuben Hodges and others vs the United States. was decided by the Su- preme Court of the United States to- day. which refused to take Jurisdic- tion in the matter. The decision was announced by Justice Brewer. but ow- ing to the fact that the dissenting opinion in the case was not ready Tor filing the controlling opinion. also was withheld
 Hodges and a number of associates were tried in the United States dis trict for the Eastern District of Ar kansas on the charge of intimidating a number of negro laborers. who had contracted to work for numbering firm in Poinsette county, in that State. to the end of compelling the into give up the undertaking. The proceeding was instituted on the theory that the men were being persecuted because of their color and was in violation of sections 1917, 1878 and 350s of the re- vised statutes.
 The defendants were found guilty and sentenced to Imprisonment for a year. They attacked the laws as un- constitutional and also urged the want of Jurisdiction on the part of Federal courts
 The court held that the punishment of such wrongs as were charged is not committed to Congress by the thirteenth amendment, prohibitinf slavery and involuntary servitude. but must be sought in the tribunals of the State. Justices Harlan and Day dis sented.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
EIGHT DEAD
 FROM WRECK Flange Breaks and Splits
 aSwitch. a ACCIDENT NEAR LOUISVILLE Bodies of the Slain Are Difficult of Identification.
 - Front End of the Ladies Coach Stove ia for Twenty Feet and wat CT Heater K,lIs Man in
 Its Flight.
ACCIDENT NEAR LOUISVILLE

Louisville, Ky, May 2S.--Eight per- sons were killed and twenty-two in- Jured by the derailment of two coaches of passenger train on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad today. The train left Knoxville last night, was on time and was nearing the Union Sta ton in Louisville at a moderate speed when a ffange on a wheel of the smok- ing car broke. throwing open a switch and causing two of the coaches to 'side-swipe' cut of box cars on a siding.
 The dead: Howard B. Coleman. Stanford. Ky. a salesman; T. w Thorpe. Broadhead. Ky, bridge carpen- ter for Louisville and Nashville; George W. Ponder. Brcadhead. Ky. bridge carpenter; William Pruitt. colored. Leb- anon. ky, everseer of Railey's farm; John c. Black. Louisville, coal mer- chant; Francis Weaver. Broadhead. Ky, carpenter; Martin Hilton, Broadhead, Ky. bridge carpenter; unidentified white man, about 30 years old, laborer. supposed to be Lee Miller of Broad head. Ky.
 List of the Injured.
 The injured: George R. Cooper, Stanford. Ky; John McChord, Lebanon. Ky, brother of State Railroad Commis- sioner c. c. McChord; Charles Speiss. New Haven. both legs fractured: Josie
 
 not expected to live: Boyd Burford, Ma hon. student ct male high school, in- jured about the body; Murray Samuels, Lebanon Junction, right leg broken and internal injuries; Samuel Hilford, Crab Orchard, arm and head bruised; V. c. Frances Price, PineviIle. Ky; $. B Buchanan. Crab Orchard. Ky; Eugene Ray, Louisville, news agent: Harry Price, colered. Pineville, Ky; Mrs. Fran ces Price, colored. Pinevilie, Ky; Hen ry Buttrama colored. Pineville, Ky; Lucy Buttram,. colored, Pineville, Ky; John K. Carpenter. mail clerk. Louis vile; c. H. Shredder. mall clerk, Lou isville: L. A. Spa1ding. Lebanon. leg hurt; Miss Lena Meyer. LouisviIie. sren of J.-JE schnettsf. Louisvilles
 Flanee Threw Switch.
 The locomotive and combination baggage. a mail car, passed the switch safely but a fiange on the forward truck of the smoker broke, throwing the switch open. The rear trucks of the smoker ran in on the switch, fol- lowed by the ladies coach and two sleepers. The smoking car did not break loose from the front of the train and was dragged two hundred feet along the ties until the side of the car struck a string of freight cars. IHe IIOHl OI lhO cliOhth8 Soa WoS dAh- injured. but the right side of the car was demolished. and the roof torn of.
 The front end of the ladies coach, which was vestibuled, was stove in for twenty feet, seats being torn up and all the windows smashed out. The hot water heater which was Tn the forward end of this car was torn loose from its fastening and hurled to the middle of the car, killing Mir. Coleman in its flight.
 The bodies of the dead were so bad iy disfigured that Identification was not made until late today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
MUST REFUND MONEY
COURTS DECISION WILL COST THE
 GOVERNMENT S4,OOO,OOO.
Supreme Tribunal of the Nation, De- spite the Vigorous Efforts or the United States, Declines
 to Reverse Itself.

Washington. May 2s.-The Supreme Court of the United States today reite- rated it's decision of last term in the Philippines cases of Warner, Barnes and Company and Frederick W. Lin coin, involving the validity of tariff under the executive order of 1893. The opinion was delivered by Chief Justice Fuller.
 The case involves about s4,00o, 900.
 This was the second decision in these cases which have become somewhat famous because of the determined ef- fort of the government to secure a reversal of the court by itself. The cases involved the right to collect a duty on imports into the Philippine Islands from the United States be- tween April Ii, 1899, the date of the ratification oof the treaty of peace with Spain, and October 25. 1901. when Congress passed an act providing a civil government for the Philippines. The collections were made under the executive order of July 12, 1898. au- thorizing the levy of tariff duties as a military contribution.
 The sum involved is about x4 LOGO 900, all of which has been paid into the treasury. The Court of Claims sustain ed the action of the Executive Depart ment on the ground that the customs service was properly administered un- der the executive order during the in- surrection of the Filipinos. The Su- preme Court reversed that finding In its decision in the last term, but grant ed rehearing for the present term in response to the urgent solicitation of the Government, on the point as to whether Congress. by its action, ratified the collection of duties under the ex- ecutiva order.
 On account of bis previous official connection with the Philippines, Secre- tary Taft has taken an active part in the presentation of the Government side of the controversy None of the money collected was ever converted in to the United States Treasury but 1t was all used in the administration of Phil ippine affairs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
WALL CAvED IN.
Many New York Workmeu Rarely Es-
 caped From Being Drowned.

caped From Being DFOWhegs
 New York, May 2S.--One man was killed and five others injured yesterday by cave-in on the site of the addf- ton to the Trinity Building, on Trin- ity Place.
 4 broken water main flooded the whole place so quickly after the accf- dent that, but for the desperate en- ergy shown by their comrades to work of reecue, the five other workmen who were caught under he debris would have been drowned.
 The man killed was Domenlco Casi. aged 27. gang os forty was att tacking the basement wall of dis mantled building when tons of sand slipped away from under the pavement, burying the six workmen who were loading a wagon. Tie driver cut the traces. jumped on oae of his horses, applied the whip and raced the team up the runway to 2 place of safety.
 A minute later twenty feet of the old wall fell in. followed by shower of paving stones. four-tEch water main was broken and poured q flood of water on the buried men. Cast was dead before he could be reached. The police. firemen and comrades had all they could do to dsg out the other live men before they were Crowned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
WORK or THE SENATE.
The Railroad Rate Hill Is Sent To Com
 ference.

Washington. May 2s-The Senate today sent the railroad rate bill to conference. listened to long defense by Senator Kittredge of sea level canal and three Democratic speeches on the resolution relating to the npr- chase of canal supplies in foreign mar kets and devoted the remainder of time to the passage of the appropria- tion bill.
 No objection was made to the ap- pointment of the ranking members of the interstate commerce committed as conferees on the rate bill and they were Aot instructed in any manner. They are Senators Elkins. Cullom ana Tillman.
 Consideration of the Panama supply resolution was interfered with by the canal type bill. which was laid before the Senate at o'clock as the unfin- ished business.
 The postoffice appropriation bill was read partially for committee amend- ments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
Allowed to See AmaavIt.

New York. May 2s.-The application of Edward E. Smathers, the owner of Major Delmar, in the replevin suit brought by the Memphis Trotting As- sociation with reference to the alleged doping of Lou Dillon two years ago when Major Delmar won the gold cup, to see the affidavit of George Spear. was granted by Justice Bischoff In the supreme court today. Justice Bischoff refused to permit Mir Smath- CTS to inspect the affidavit of a man named Sanders, saying he believed 1t had been destroyed and that Smathers's counsel had never seen 1t, but merely an alleged copy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, May 2s.--For Alabamas Fair and warmer Tuesday and wednes- day, light north winds becoming vari- able.

every crisis seems to be hesitating as to which course to pursue.
 The emperor refuses to yield to the counsels of the court camrilla but his attitude continues to be negative and affirmative. M
 He seems to cling to the idea that a compromise is still possible. Several official notes have been issued denying that the government intends to resort to force but at the same time there is no evidence that the emperor Is ready to yield to the demand for the supercession of the present ministry with one from the majority in the lower house of parliament.
 There is virtual deadlock, the pro- longation of which can only serve to diminish the chances of peaceful Set clement.
 Two plans for extricating the gov ernment without meeting the direct is- sue are suggested by the emperors moderate advisers. One is simply to al- low the lower house to talk until the end of June, when the summer vacation will be scheduled.
 The other is to desolve parliament and order a new election. But either course, In the opinion of >, best judg- es of the situation, will only increase the danger of an explosion in the coun-
 
 centered on parliament. undoubtedly will be profoundly stirred by the gov ernment's refusal to distribute the crown and church lands and recognize the principle of the appropriation of private holdings and many people ex- pect to see the destruction of their hopes followed by an immediate up- rising of the peasants against the mo- bles.
 The correspondent of the Associat- ed Press has talked with a number of landlords from various parts of the country who declare that the peas ants are frantfcally attached to par liament and that between the dictum of the emperor and of parliament, they will obey the authority of the latters. The revolutionary leaders and the pro- letariat organizations of the cities are sure to profit by the deadlock and a terroristic campaign Is already in full swing.
 Nj. Shipoff. of Moscow, who last week was considered a possible compromise premier, is out with an interview de- claring that after the action of the lower house on Saturday he could not accept the premiership. The only hope now of saving Russia from revo- lution is the formation of a ministry of constitutional democrats, which would throw on the dominant party in the lower house the responsibility of fighting the extreme elements.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
PORT ARTHUR WINS.
John w. Csates's Texas Town is Port
 of Entry.

Washington. May 2s.-The House Committee on Ways and Means today settled the long pending controversy t~twsen ctt Arthur and Sabine Pass. Texas. in their desires to each become a port of entry. in favor of Port Ar- thur.
 A bill was authorized favorably re- ported which accepts the offer of John W. Gates. made on behalf of the Kan sas City Southern Railway, and which gives to the United States the Tide water Canal at Port Arthur said to have cost $1,300,000.
 The bill authorizes the Secretary of War to acquire title to this property . a SO 10 ac lulre from the State of Texas the control of the waters of the port. With these acquisitions accom- plished. Port Arthur will become a port of entry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
ANTI-PAss AMENDMENT,
Commended As a Piece of Monumental
 Folly.

awshington, May 2s.-Ten minutes after the Senate conferees on the rate bill were appointed today Chairman Elkins called a meeting of the joint conferees and they assembled in Sem ator Elkins's room.
 The meeting was only preliminary though there was some discussion of the bill. The House conferees were asked to present any objections they had to the wisdom of the Senate in amending the House bill We com mend you." said one of the senators. 'as piece of our monumental folly. the anti-pass amendment but you maS do as you will with S.
 The conferees will meet again to- morrow at ? o'clock and will continue to meet until some conclusion Is reached.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
sHIPP NOT ALARMED.
Chattanooga sheriR Says He Is Sure
 He Did His Duty.

ANE Olu AhAA DuAys
 Birmingham. Ala, May 2S.-John F. Shipp of Chattanooga, sheriff of Ham ilton county, Tenn, against whom steps have been taken by the federal gov ernfnent in connection with the lyncn- ing in that city in March. spent yester- day and today in Birmingham. Captain Shipp says he is not alarmed over the news from Washington, and continues:
 "The Supreme Court of the United States was responsible for thls lynch ire. l had given that negro every pre- lection that I could. For fourteen days I had guarded and protected him my self. The authorities had urged me to use one or two military companies in doing so. but I told them I would land the negro In jail. which 1 did. individ- ually.
 Many nighte before the lyncnlng there had been a man on duty suf- flcient guard around the jail: l had looked for no trouble that night. and on the contrary, did not look for it until the next day That night no one was on duty except the jailor. which is the usual guard at the jaili in our, as well as other counties.
 "In my poinion the act of the Su- nreme Court of the United States ip not allowing the case to remain in our courts was the most unfortunate thing iu the history or iehheSSee' was ue- termIned that the case should be put in the hands of the law, as 1t was. The iury that tried tho negro Johnson was as good as ever sat in jury box.
 ''The people of Hamilton county were uyiiIIng to let the law take it's course until 1t became known that the case would probably not he disposed of for fonr or five years by the Supreme Court of the United StTes. The people would not submit to this, and do not wonder at 1t.
 "These proceedings in the United States Supreme Court recently appear to me to be only matter of politics. do not wish to appear in the light of defying the United States Court. but did my duty, I am conscious of 1t. thoroughly conscious of it; and I am
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
GIVES A MILLION.
John ID. Rockefeller to Aia ReforTna-
 tories In the South.

John ID. Rockefeller to Aid Reforna~
 tories i'm the south.
 Chicago, May 2s.--A dispatch to The Tribune from New Orleans says
 pr. Crawford Jackson, Chairman of the Central Juvenile Protectory Com mittee of Atlanta. which has started a propaganda for juvenile courts and greater rsformatory facilities for the boys and girls of the South. am nounced yesterday at a meeting of in- terested persons in New York, that John D. Rockefeller had decided to give $1 900. 900 toward the building of re- formatorIes. The only condition, it is understood. which Mir. Rockefeller has stipulated is that the fund shall be applied in the South as well as In the North
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
WILL PRAISE GENERALLY.
War Department VIII Not Single Gu
 San RranciscO Heroes.


 San RranciscO Heroes.
 Washington, May 2S.-Army officers and privates who played an important part in fighting and relieving the starving and suffering in Gan Fran cisco will not he singled out for spe- cial praise by the War Department
 It is contrary to the policy of the army to mark few men for iridi- vidual commentator unless their ser vices be such that lts demands instant recognition.
 General Funston and General Greedy and their associates were so busily engaged at the time or the California diso ster that they had no tina 10 pay attention 10 reports of heroic deeds bv soldiers and to make recommenda- . ti.rs. The general praise of the troops and officers of the aFmy is believed by the War Department to be rrefer- able to an attempt aJ individual conn memdation. which might work injus- tict to many deserving officers and men whose herolsIn was unknpwn TO tht Department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
nrrnnt Deaerts DoMie.

Chicago. May 2s.-John Alexander Dowie suffered a severe loss in his supporters in Zion Church today when Deacon Daniel Bryant arrived in Chi cago from South Africa. Deacon Bry- ant has for several years been general overseer for South Africa and was one Of the men upon whom Dowie counted most strongly. On his arrival he at once declared against Dowie and went over completely to the Voliya forces.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
AUSTRIAN CABINET RESIGNS.
Failure of Overtures to Settle Customs
 Tariff of Austria- Hungary.

Vienna. May 2s.-Premier Prince Conrad Won Hohenlohe Schillingsfuerst and cabinet have resigned because of dissatIsfaction with the proposals for inc settlement of the common customs tariff of Austria Hungary.
 The Prince says that yesterday'c an- nouncement for the Hungarian side to the effect that an agreement had been reached was unfounded.
 Count Von Condenhove, governor of Bohemia. has been summoned to Vien- na It is regarded as probable that he will be charged to form new min- iStrV,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
TENNESSEE CONVENTION.
Fight Between Cox and Patterson is
 Most Bitter.


 Nashville. Tenn, May 2s.-The State Democratic Convention meets here to- morrow to nominate candidates for Governor and Railroad Commissioner. Governor John I. Cox. Hon. Malcolm R. Patterson. member of Congress from the tenth district and Judge John R. Bond are candidates for guberna- toria1 honors and the contest before the convention promises to be as warm as was the campaign preceding 1t. Cox and Patterson have thoroughly canvassed the State separately and the bitterest feeling has been engen- dered, personalities entering largely into their discussions. number eff counties are sending contesting dele gates as between Cox and Patterson, and the fight before the credentials committee Is sure to be long and bit- ted. Judge Bonds instructed vote is not so large, but is understood his friends hope he may develop strength as a compromise man. The candidates for Railroad Commissioner are H. H. Hanna, James Allen. W. B. Gleage and T. L. Williams.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
AIe1ander Grelg bend.

New York. May 2S.--Alexander Greig of Indianapolis, President and General Manager of the Federal Union Security Company, died at a sanitar arium
 ere yesterday of heart trouble. Drought on by a stroke of apoplexy He was 45 years old. Mir. Greig came to this country from Scotland and at one time was auditor of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust Company in Kansas City.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
Hnme Turned Into GarrIson.

TchernigovA Russia, May 2s.--In ex- pectation of an immediate outbreak of Agrarisn disorders, Baron Rudin, Marshal of the nobility, has converted his country house Into a fortress and has installed in it a garrison composed of LoEushians. war-llke race of the Caucasus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
r,onrurred In hv HOuee.

Washington. May 2s.-The House. to- day coucurred in the Senate amend ments to the following bills which had the effect of passing them: For the fortiheation of Pure Sweet Wines an act to amend Section of the act entitled 'tAn Act to Provide for Q pNr- Enanent census ofiot
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
Vlhorn Infnntrv t,etM OrAera.

Noygorad, Russia, May 2s-Tk vi- borg infantry regiment In garrisonhere suddenly has been summoned to St. Pe- tersburg. The officers say the regi- ment will be quartered in the barracks of the Preobrajensky Guard Regiment, which are near the Tauride Palace, and add that they are expected to be used against Parliament.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
TRAGIC SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Wiped Out fin Reagan County
 Texas.

HUWHfhWIu WEDeu WWN m NNtUtsHN Ns'WIlty
 Texas.
 Fort Worth, Texas, May 3s--As a re- suit of @ tragic shooting affraS last night near Stiles, Reagan County, the following persons are dead;
 J. R. Warren. aged 2S, a wealthy ranohman.
 Mrs. J. R. Warren, his wife. Mir. Pierce, of IIillsboro, Texas. guest of the Warren family.
 There were no witnesses to the kill ings. From a telephone message sent to Sheriff Japson at Stiles. it is deduct ed that Warren killed his wife and Pierce and then committed suielde.f
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
ready for any conditions that may come up.
surprise TO Chattanooga.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 2S.---The action of the Attorney General of the United States, came as a surprise, the local grand jury having failed to find an indictment against the lynchers or Johnson. although strongly charged py Judge McReynolds. It is supposed that the evidence adduced was insufficient to make 'out a case against any sus- pect. Ten of the men named by the Attorney Central are officials, the sher- if, and his deputies. The others are not widely known OF prominent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
Increaae In Capital.

New York, May 2S.-It was an nouneed today that the capital stock of the Great Western Sugar Company has been increased from $20,OO0,O00 to $50, 900, 900. The increase. is said to be for the purpose of securing funds to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-29
....ornment Mnioritv ReduceA.

Brussells. May 2S.-The result of tho election to the Chamber of Depu- tron, twenty to twelve. The chamber con,nrises eighty mine supporters of tha government and seventy-seven ,,,cr,bers of the opposition.