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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
THREW ACID
 AT DRIVERS Method gf Teamsters' \ Union. z >GGER ON WITNESS STAND Caused Horses of Non-Union Men . to Bolt. Was Given His Instructions by Shea As to How to Handle "Finks"
 .-Schenre Worked Most
 satisfactorily.

Chicago, Dec. 5.---A startling expos- ure of the methods employed in the teamsters' strike was given in the trial of Cornelius P. Shea and his fellow
 labor leaders before Judge Ball, In the criminal court today, when Joseph
 Schultz, alleged slugger. who with Al-
 bert Young turned States evidence,
 was on the stand as witness for the State.
 Schultz declared that Shea had told
 him to break the legs and arms of the
 strike-breakers and especially to att tack the negroes. When this means of bringing about desired results did not work satisfactorily, Sch&iltZ as- serted, that Shea ordered the hired pickets to throw eggs filled with acids at the horses being driven oy non union men. The acid throwers, accord ing to Schultz. were responsible for many runaways and were considered 8 great aid in the fight against the em-
 In referring to the eggs filled with acids Schultz said
 Myself and other pickets were called into the picket headquarters and our captain gave us a number or eggs. The contents had been removed and the shells filled with acids. Shea was there and told us that if we carrted out the plan proposed 1t would create a stir among the strike-breakers. Shea said that if this scheme was not successful he had another in mind that he believed would do the work. He said he had seen a man squirt acid from a syringe at a team of horses being driven by a non-union teamster
 and that six policemen were unable to
 stop the runaway that resulted in State Street which was crowded with traf- flc at the time.
 Hired by Shea.
 Schultz declared that he was former .Af he HrtVnFQf
 union and said he was hired by Shea
 during the strike to act as Q picket. His work, he said, was done in the vi- cinity of the store of Montgomery,
 Ward and Company.
 T was hired by Shea" the witness declared, ''by the request of Timothy
 Finn. a saloon keeper"
 The witness declared that he res ceived instructions from Finn andg that Finn told him not to allow any wagonl
 to deliver goods to Montgomery Ward and Company. He saId that he was told by Finn to get busy" He said that he stopped about ten wagons on one day.
 Schultz testified that he received $2
 per day while acting as picket and
 said that he worked in a squad of ten men. He also testiged that he heard Stephen Sumner, business agent of R
 milk drivers union, who is on trial ih the present case, tell of how Sumner had beaten up "a lot of Finks."
 The witness was asked to define the
 word Fink" His efforts to do so caused much laughter in the court. Schultz declared that in labor circles the meaning of the word was a nom
 union man who took the place of a union man on strike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
MESSAGE FROM MOTHER.
Says She Wm Be At sOn's Side DurIna
 Ordeal.

Herkimer. N. Y. Dec. 5-chester E. Gillette. who last night was found guilty of the murder of Grace Brown, at Big Moose Lake. today received d telegram from his mother, Mrs. +. S.. Gillette of Denver, Colo.
 The mother urged her son to have courage and trust in God, adding that she had wired to his attorneys to ap- peal the case. She promised that she and his father would be at Chester ( side when his next trial took place
 Former Senator Mills. Glllette's sen.. for counsel, stated thls afternoon, thai he will be present in court tomorrow. the day set for the sentencing of his client, and make application to have the verdict set aside.
 should the court over-rule our mo- ton, we win at once file notice of ap. peal" he said. There is always a chance of getting another trial. you know. Yes, the appeal will be brought on rather unusual grounds, but l am not at liberty to talk about it until Mir. Thomas and have completed our plans"
 Gillette shows little concern over his position.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
HAVE FLED
 TO MOUNTAINS Town of Clifton is
 Inundated. MANY LIVES ARE LOST
Fatalities Mostly Among Mexican
 and Italian Laborers.
Eighteen Persons Are Known To Have Pefished But List will Prob- ably Be Larger--Communi-
 cation Cut on.

Solomonville, Ariz., Dec. 5.--As a re- suit of thirty hours steady rain over Southern Arizona, the mining town of Clifton with 3,000 population, is swept by terrific flood and hundreds of peo- pie have fled to the mountains for safety.
 Owing to disabled wires details are hard to obtain, but the known dead reaches eighteen and will be doubtless much larger. A large majority of the population are Mexicans and Italians, who live in squalid huts now fnundat- ed.
 The town is built in three sections. Chase creek and North and South Cliff ton. The catastrophe commenced with the breaking of a big reservoir in the mountains above, precipitating a vast flood upon the Chase Creek section.
 The principal street is near the stream and was completely destroyed. It was there was the fatalities as the flood came end engulfed the people without warning. The dead are most ly foreignem whose names cannot be learned.
 Two Americans are known to have perished, one being caught on pile of wreckage and drowned. North and South Clifton are swept by the current of the San Francisco river. A new school building and scores of houses are washed away
 The railway bridge is tottering. All information is sent out from a tele- phone office surrounded by the water. The great smelling works of the Arizona copper works were inundated and the companies loss will be heavy. The Arizona and Mexican railway loss also will be heavy its shops and yards were inundated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
NO ACTION TAKEN,
Negro Troops Resolution Was Passed
 by Senator FOrmker.

Negro Troops Resolution Was Passed
 by Senator FOraEer.
 Washington, Dec. 1.-The resolutions relative to the discharge of negro troops of the 18th Infantry were called up in the Senate today by Senator Foraker of Ohio, who proposed the adoption of his resolution, which calls on the Secretary of War for informa- aion as a substitute for that of Sena- tor Penrose which calls on the Presi- dent.
 Senator Warren of Wyoming offered substitute for both, which was ad- dressed to the President. To his sug- gestion MT. Foraker was opposed He did not want to disturb the President about the matter. The information he desired was. he said, in the possession of the War Department and could be secured there without difficulty.
 Senator Penrose was not present and MT. Foraker, not desiring to put the resolution of the Pennsylvania Sena- tor aside in his absence, asked that his own resolution be considered indepen- dentfy and not as a substitute.
 Senator Culberson offered an amend ment to the Foraker resolution calling in addition for the order issued to Ma jor Penrose in command of the 25th Infantry, directing him not to deliver to the civil authorities of Texas certain members of his command charged with assault to murder and murder.
 This was accepted by MT. Foraker, who was about to demand a vote on the question of immediate considera- tIon when Senator Spooner called at tention to the fact that Senator Pen rose was absent from the city, and it was unusual to press matters in which a Senator was especially interested in his absence. MT. FOraker at once ac- cepted this view and after the Warren substitute had been formally offered and read, the whole question went over until tomorrow
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
FINLEY IS NAMED
BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE
 SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Successor to the Lamented Samuel Spencer Was SecOnd Vice-Presi- dent of Company and ExDeri-
 enced Railroad Man.

New York, Dec. 5.-The directors of the Southern Railway, today elected W. w. Finley of Washington. president of the company to succeed the late Sam ueI w. Spencer.
 MT. Finley has been second vicepres- ident of the road since September 10, Is96. He has been active .n railway work since 1875.
 Prior to entering the service of the Southern, Mir. Finley was second vice. president of the Great Northern Rail- road; before that, he was third vice. president of the Southern Railway for two years. He was chairman of the Southeastern Passenger Association at Atlanta Mr. Finley was at times asso- ciated with James J. Hill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
at the negro. sending a Outlet through his heart.
INQUIRY INTO WRECK.
Statements Of Telegraph Operators do
 Not Conform.

Not Conform.
 Washington, Dec. 5'-officials of the Southern Railway today began for mal investigation into the causes of the wreck on that line Thanksgiving morning in which President Samuel Spencer of the Southern System and severeal other persons were killed.
 The inquiry Is being held at the gen. eral offices of the Southern Railway in this city, and probably will not be con cluded before tomorrow or Friday. The investigation Is being conducted by General Counsel A. P. Thom and Gen eral Superintendent F. H. Copeland.
 The accident occurred on Superin- tendent Coapman's division. The hear Ing is being held behind closed doors and all statements of witnesses are De ing reported by stenographers. The inquiry will be very rigid. R. J. Ja- cobs, the Southern telegraph operator at Lawyers, Va, and c. D. MattoX' the tower operator at Rangoon' upon one of whom 1t generally Is supposed the responsibility for the disaster rests, were witnesses at todays inquiry.
 Their statements do not agree ana one of the purposes of the inquiry IS to ascertain if possible which is cor rect.
 In addition to Jacobs and Mattox, all of the Southern operatives who had anything to do with the running of the two trains which were in collision VIII he examined exhaustively.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
APPOINT RECEIVERS.
Atlanta Judge Issues Restraining Of-
 der to Insurance Company.

Atlanta Judge Issues Restraining Of-
 der to Insurance Company.
 Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 5.-Judge Pendle- ton, in the Superior Court here today, apointed John M. Slaton of Atlanta, temporary receiver of the Atlanta and Birmingham Insurance Company and granted also a temporary injunction restraining that company and the Pru- dentia1 Fire Insurance Company from interfering with or changing the status of it's assets, which were transferred to the Prudential by the Atlanta Bir- mingham Company.
 The case will be heard December i5. The petition, filed by the Providence Washington Insurance Company, The American insurance Company, O. W. Carr & Co. of North Carolina. alleges that the Atlanta Birmingham Company is insolvent, as the result of losses sus- tained in the San Francisco disaster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
REAL ESTATE LOAN
NATIONAL BANKS ARE GIVEN AD-
 OPTIONAL POWER.
Minority Leader Williams Declares That Bin WiII Ala Farmers Great Iy and Have Tendency To Re-
 duce Stock Speculation.

Washington. Dech B--The House to- day passed the bill permitting na- tional banking negotiations so make loans on real estate as securtty and limiting the amount of such loans. The vote was III to fifty-one.
 The bankers in the House urged the passage of the bill, while the oppoh- ents of the measure insisted that real estate was not a proper security for national banks. They contended that the system had proved failure where ever tried.
 MT. Dearmond, of Missouri. thought the bill was bad legislation as 1t would tend to limit the power of the State banks. Any man who has unincum- bered real estate can get a loan at a lower rate of interest from loaning companies than he can from bank" he said.
 Mir. Williams, of Mississippi, the mi nority leader, was enthusiastic in fa- vor of the measure, urging that the bill would aid the farmers very greatly and have a tendency to reduce stock speculation,
 Representative Hill of Connecticut. took the position that the bill had not been asked for by many national banks and expressed the opinion that 1t was a dangerous precedent to establish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
RIVER IS REcEDING.
No Further Damage at CHftOn is Ap-
 prehended.


 No Further Damage at Clifton is AP-
 prehended.
 EI Paso, Tex. Dec. A special to The Herald from Clifton. Ariz., the first authentic news out of that town since the flood prostrated all the wires is as follows:
 The river is receding rapidly and the weather has cleared, hence no further damage is apprehended. The bodies ssrexaarsooveEe from the wreck along Chase Creek, but the number of deaths cannot be told. Toe Throm, who was rescued from the flood and whose wife was lost was taken to the hospital in q serious condition, but will probably recover.
 Three men were caught In the act of footing, and when thew refused to sur render to officers, were shot and fa- tally wounded. The flood in Chase Creek was caused by the breaking of the dam of the Detroit Copper Com pany, impounding vast amount of tailings, which ran down the creek with a seven-foot breast.
 Only one business house on Chase Creek escaped damage, and many were entirely destroyed. North Clifton was badly wrecked. Nearly all of the resi- dences in that section were destroyed or damaged.
 The Coronado Railroad suffered dam age all the way from Clifton to Met calf, and 1t will be several weeks be- fore the trains can pass over its lines. So many restaurants and hotels. have been destroyed that 1t Is almost im- possible to find place to eat or sleep in the town, but there will be no shortage of provisions, as many stores have escaped-the floods.
 The railroad bridges are so badly damaged that it will be impossible to cross for some time.
 The Herald office and building was swept away and The Era has been put out of business for a couple of weeks. its building being flooded to a depth of six feet and the plant greatly dam aUad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
InternnI Revenue ReceIntn.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The monthly statement of the receipts from inter nal revenue sources shows that for the month of October. 1906. the total col. Iections wehe $24,S25,2S3, a gain over October. 1905, of $2,500,594.
 The receipts from the several sources of revenue are given as follows: Spir- it's, S15.23s,955, increase, $l,736,904; to- bacco, $4.s00,517, increase, $55S,5SS; fermented liquors $4,622,0S5. increase $206,SS6; oleomargarine. $69,49S. in- crease 2S,936; adulterated butter, $4O0i decrease $1,401; process or renovated butter, $16,S71, increase, $6,s5S; mis- oellaneous. $77,O44: decrease. $35, 779.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
Government Right of Review.

Washington. Dee 5--The bill giving the government the same right of re- view in criminal eases that is allow ed by law to defendants. which was referred to the Senate last session lay the Senate Committee on Judiciary. was ordered recalled today by the committee to secure further consid~ eration with a view to unau'nlous act ion on the floor. The measures grew out of the trial of the Chicago pack ing house cases in which tho packers escaped trial through tschnicalitieS-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
PRoHrBIToRY DUTY.
Cotton Seed Products May Be Barr'
 From Ermrsee

Cotton Seed Products May Be Barred
 From Frpmee.
 Paris, Dec 5.--Cotton seed and cot ton seed oil. of which there is an enor- nous importation from America. are threatened with almost prohibitory duties.
 The subject was not included in the budget estimates, but is being pressed for consideration not only as a new source of revenue. but on the demand of the olive oil industry for protection against cotton seed oil. which Is ex- tensively replacing olive oil. The customs commission of the Chamber of Deputies, has decided to propose a rider to the budget, increasing the tar if on cotton seed to 6 francs and the duty on cotton seed oil to 12 francs per ki1ogram
 The Commerce Commission of the Chamber has protested against the in- ctusion of the proposed new duties In tho budget and having a. reciprocity agreement in view, proposes to bring up the question in Parliament as a separate matter
 The foreign office has received from Ambassador Mccormick strong repre- sentations against the suggested in- creases In duties. The most favorable feature in the situation from the American standpoint Hes in the diff ferences between the two commissions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
FELT IN ENGLAND.
United Kingdom Also Has Anti-AsIatir
 FeeIEng.

London, Dec. 5.-President Roose- velt's declaration in his message to Congress yesterday upon the treatment accorded to Japanese ia the San Fran cisco schools specially appeals to the British at the present time because both in South Africa and Australia a anti-Asiatic feeling has created embar- rassment for the emperial antiquities.
 During the present week the home government vetoed a ''Tsanrvaal ordin- ance further restricting the privileges of British Indians, even those long res- ident in the country, while quite re- gently, the government refused to &C., cept an Australian proffer of a prefer ential tarin" provided the goods were shipped in vessels not employing yel- low seamen."
 The newspapers here point Out here that the Presidents remarks convey Q lesson which might we'll be laid to heart in other quarters than that to which 1t Is directly addressed"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
SERVING SENTENCES.
Canton Rubber Men Begin Their One
 Year Terms.

AaGDgSE NA~h AbGBAM OuS
 Year Terms.
 Chicago. Dec. 5.-Robert -i. Bradley, president of the Canton Rubber Com pany of Canton, Ohio, and Edwin Da- wis, vice. president of the same institu- tion, who were yesterday sentenced by Judge Landis in the United States Dis trict Court, each to one year in the house of correction, today began the active service of their sentences.
 William J. Oby, former officer of the company, who entered a plea os guilty, at the same time as similar pleas were made by Bradley and Davis, was allowed to await his ser. ence until March because of the Illness of his wife He will also be .rtenced to serve one year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
MODEL Is coMPLETED.
Sculptor Completes First Work on His
 Statue, "ReeOnciIiatlOn."

Sculptor Completes First Work on His
 Statue, 'AEReeOnciIIatlOn."
 New York, Dec. 5.-R. Hinton Perry has finished the model for his bronze statue. reconciliation" which will be erected at cost of about $75,0OO under the direction of the New York State Monument Commission for the battle fields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga.
 Mir. Perry has been busy for more than a year on this statue, which is to commemorate the battle of Chattanooga ana will be erected on the summit of Lookout Mountain.
 The two figures in the composition typify the reconciliation and reunited country in the Blue and Gray shaking hands under the flag of the Union. It is expected that the casting of the statue in bronze will be finished in lime for it's erection next spring.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
GLOBE CUT OFF.

No Railway Communication With AFl-
 zOna Town for Week. Globe Ariz., Dec. 5.--Au railroad communication with this city is cut off for a week at least by the carrying away fthe bridge over the Gila River near San Carlos.
 Passengers and mail may be trans ferred in a few days, but 1t may be much longer before freight can arrive here The Old Dominion Company has a three weeks supply of fuel, but oth- CT companies operating here may have to close on account of shortage of oil. It is believed that there is enough of fuel and provisions in the city to pre- vent any famine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
FOR TARIFF REVISION.
Congressman Ames Wants Republican
 AaaOclntea to Wake up.


 Washington, Dec. 5.-Congrehsman Butler Ames of Massachusetts has be- gan a propaganda for an immediate movement in the interest Of the tariff revision.
 He says he Is not undertaking to se- cure action at the present session of Congress, but is urging upon Republi- can members the advisabillty of a gem eral caucus to give concrete express sion of heir determination to immedi- ately revise the inequalities present in our tarlff laws so that all possible mo- tico to the country at large may be given as to the time of revision"
 He thinks that the subject should be taken up immediately aftor 'he fourth of March and would have the caucus determine the best method of proce- dure and whether the whole tariff laws should be revised or only partic- ular schedules amended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
ELEVATOR FELL.
Three Men are Killed and One Fatally
 Injured.

Chambersburg, Pa, Dec. 5.-Three men were killed and one fatally in- jured and five others severely hurt at waynesboro today by the fall of an elevator in the Geiser Manufacturing Company's shops.
 Eleven men were on the life together with 8 five-ton milling machine and heavy truck, when a cable parted. The men were dropped twenty-five feet with the machinery into pit, and George Freeman, John Torson and I.araf Papian were crushed to death. Nicholas Bunson was fatally injured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
ounIke at Klngsson.

Kingston St. Vincent, B. W. l.. Tues day, Dec. IA prolonged earthquake shock was felt here last night. ret lasted fully eighty seconds. The vi- brations were slow. The peorle of Kingston were thrown into a panic. No other shock felt here lasted so long. The island of Barbados (about loo miles to the easD and the Island of St. Lucia (about twenty-five miles north westJ also felt the shock
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
WOMAN SUICIDES.
Repeated Deaths in Her Family Caused
 Rash Act.

Chicago, Dec. 5i-Mrs. Rose Vgral of 1536 West Fifteenth Street, committed suicide today, because, 1t Is believed, of rumors circulated regarding the nu- merous deaths in her immediate family within the last ten months.
 Her husband, Martin Yzrai, died first and then within nine months her four children died, the cause of each death being given by the attending physician as stomach trouble" An anonymous telephone message was sent to the po- lice department saying that 1t was ad- visable that an investigation be made as all the members of the family were insared a short time before death.
 late in the day the police arrested Herman Bfileck, said to be fortune teller, in connection with the case. No direct charge has as yet been made against him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
MURDER D AND ROBBED.
Brooklyn Mans Death in Nashville not
 AecfdenfaIe

AccidentnI.o
 Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 5.-On the af- ternoon of Thanksgiving Day, the dead body of William Ardley, aged 25, a white man from Brooklyn, N. r., was found lying on the sidewalk of Fourth Avenue, this city.
 It was supposed that Ardley, while intoxicated, fell down a stairway and was killed. The coroner's jury investi- gated the affair and returned a verdict of accidental death, and Ardley's body was sent to Brooklyn.
 It has since developed that Ardley was murdered and robbed, and this morning Atkins Harmon, Sam Taylor, Arthur Morton and Grip Jones. white men. were arrested, charged with the crime. It is said Harmon has confessed, impllcating the others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
TEST THE STATUES.
Government tO Investigate Legality of
 Separate School Law.

GOveFnment co InVeAtfBAte Legality or
 Separate School Law.
 San Francisco. Dec. 5.-Under direct orders from Washington. the represen- tatives of the Department in Justice in California have been instructed to begin an action in the courts to test the legality of the State staute which provides that children of Mongolian descent shall attend a separate school
 When the attention of President All- man was called to that por-ion of the Presidents message, made public yes- terday, he said that the utteranceP Of the President on the Japanese ques- tion would have no effect on the action of the board
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
CbiId Labor Regulation.

Washington, Dec. 5 Senator Lodge today introduced bill designed to pre- vent the employment or child lapor Dy ,.rohibfting interstate commerce in any srticIe in the production of which cbild under IA years of age has been emnIoved. and the prohibition extends to children under 16 years of age who can not read and write, The violation oS inc law Is made a misdemeanOr pun isbable by fine of $500 and imprison- - fnr nna wear.