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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
ONLY WANTS
 MEDICATION Prophet Dowie Then
 Will Retire. WARRING FACTIONS CONFER Some Money Also Desired by the
 Deposed Leader. @ According to the Tentative Agreement, Elijah IL wm Get About s1,- ooo,oO and the Church the Sum of s1e,o0o,00o.

Chicago, April 13.-Peace hovers over the warning factions that are endeavor- ing to secure control of Zion City. This statement was authorized by the legal advisers of both pr. Dowie and General Overseer voliva. After an all-day conference, Emil C. Wetten. represent ing Dowie. said:
 of this question tonight than we have been at any stage of the proceedings. We have changed our minds relative to the filing of a bill in equity declaring the transferring of the ownership of the property of Zion City by Voliva to Deacon Alexander Granger to be void, and will await further developments.
 Today. as a matter of formality. we filed a paper in the Circuit Court of Lake County, of this State, declar- ing that the power of attorney granted to General overseer voltva by the First Apostle John Alexander Dowie, was absolutely void. inasmuch as Voliva had not acted in accordance with the instructions given him in reference to the execution of the powers delegated to him by Dowie."
 At the termination of today's con ference, which was participated in by Judge V. V. Barnes, legal adviser of Zion City, Jacob Newman. counsel for NOIlNd anu HiS loIttS, anu httokhCy Wetten, representing Dowie. MT. New man said:
 'Dowie and his advisers admitted to- day that we have in our possession documentary evidence to the effect that his advisers admit than ninety five per cent of the property belongs to the Christian Catholic Church and he has furthermore acquiesced in the proposition that if he Is given five per cent of this property, after he has been installed in temporary control. both ecclesiastical and financial. he will retire.
 Tn other words, Dowie desires to be vindicated, reinstalled with the full powers attending the first apostleship of the Christian Catholic Church. whereupon he will issue an edict de- claring that ninety-five per cent of the property of Zion City belongs to the church land that five per cent be- longs to him tDowie) According to conservative estimates given out by the two factions this would give to Dowie S1 900 900 and to the church $l9,0oO, 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
CURE DEFEATS SUTTON.
Willie Hoppe Runs Away From Morn-
 inRstar in the Contest.

New York. April 13.-Louis Cure, the Parisian bllliardist. played his third game in the worlds championship 1s-2 tonight and defeated George Sutton by A score of 500 to 427. This was the Frenchman's first victory here. as he had been beaten earlier in the week by Morningstar and Slosson.
 Cure played a very steady game and at the end of the tenth inning was 249 points ahead of Sutton. The latter is noted for his nurse plays and he gave a fine exhibition of nerve and skill when he made the high run of the weeks exhibition in his sixteenth in- ming scoring 16s points.
 It was a hard fought uphill game on Sutton's part. and in his twenty-seco inning he got within II points of tho leader. But Cure had not played his half of that inning. and when he did so he had added 59 to his total Sut. ton then got 19 and the French expert ran out with an unfinished 22.
 Willie Hoppe. the boy champion. by winning from Morningstar In the after noon contest proved that he is still in the front rank and must be considered as a very likely winner of the cham pionship. The score was 80 to POT and the game was finished in the twenty sixth inning.
 Hoppe played in masterly fashion all the way through clearly demon strating his knowledge of the game. His best run was l05 in the twelfth inning during which he resorted 70 every shot known in balk line billiards. Neither man scored in the opening at tempts. but Hoppe got the balls roll ing nicely in his second inning, which was productive of ninety-three points. His nursing and strategic driving for position were frequently applauded
 Morningstar did not play as well as in his previous games this week His best effort resulted in a run of thirty seven in the ninth inning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
RETIREMENT OF BATES.
He Will Be Succeeded As Lieutenant
 General COrbln.

Washington. April 13.-Lieutenant General Bates will retire tomorrow at noon, and Major General Corbin, at present in commands Of the Northern division. with headquarters at St. Louis. will succeed to the rank of Lieutenant General He will serve in that place only during the summer, however, and will in turn be succeeded by Major Gen oral Mac Arthur, who will probably be the last of the Lieutenants General at least until there is another war.
 General Corbin does not relieve Lieu tenant General Bates of his duties of chief of staff, but these will be assum- ed by Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell. who Is already in Washington Tbe promotion of General Corbin will not leave any vacancy in the grade of Major General as he stands alone In A class as Adjutant General of the army. a title which dies with his promotion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
POLICE CHIEFS ADJOURN.
Cassidy Resigns and Is Succeeded b.
 TennY.

Hot Springs, Ark. April lS.-The convention of the International Asso- citation of Chiefs of Police adjourned sine die this afternoon after an hour session, taken up principally in dis posing of unfinished business
 Chief Frank J Cassidy of Grand Rapids, Mich. who defeated Chief George Tenny of Elizabeth. N. J.. yes terday. for the office of Second Vice President. rendered his resignation of that. office and requested the re election of Chief Tenny. His resignation was accepted and Chief Tenny was elected the secretary casting the vote of the convention In his favor.
 A ge leral discussion favorable to the association cooperating with State prisons and peniteutlaries through their bureau of Identification at Washington took place
 No report was made by the commit foe appointed to select the next meet ing place. but it Is understood if sat isfactory arrangements can be made Norfolk. Va. will be selected some time during the Jamestown Exposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
BLEW THE RAMS HORN.
Then the Feet Washing and Breath
 ing in of the Spirit.

Plainfleld, N. J.. April 13.-The re- ligious services of the negro sects which calls itself the Church Of God and Saints of Christ" began tonight. The sect claims among other things that negroes are the real Jews and their service Is strange mixture Of the Hebrew and Christian rites. At the opening of the service tonight not only were Jewish rites simulated, but communion was partaken of. The ser vice was called the Feast of the Will derness."
 It was opened with the blowing of the rams horn. Then followed the eating of unIeavened bread and the par taking of the flesh of lamb which had been killed by Prophet W. Crowdy The communion was of bread and water.
 Following this there were baptisms, the washing of each others feet and the breathing in of the Spirit. This afternoon there was parade of the mere enthusiastic delegates. The hous- ing and feeding problem which looked serious for time has been solved with the aid of other colored people here, who, regardless of religion, have taken the strangers in. A majority of the visitors are well supplied with money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
HAS PASSED DANGER POINT Volcano Vesuvius is
 More Quiet. DESOLATI0N OF THE DISTRICT Bodies of Victims Now Being Dug
 Out of Ruins. Publication of Message From Director Matteucci Brings Joy to the
 Hearts of the Panie-
 stricken Peasants.
)ESOLATIoN OF THE DISTRICT

Naples. April f3.--No better evidence of the improved condition of affairs in the section affected by the eruption can be presented than the following telegram from Director Mattcucci. sent this evening from the Observatory on the s!de of the volcano:
 Last night and today the activity of Vesuvius and the agitation at tho surface of the volcano sensibly dtmin- ished. Electric discharges ceased today and the discharge was less abAun- dant From the presumed formation of the crater and the other indications, and if the news coming to me is true. of the cessation of lava at Boscotre- case. predict with reserve that within two or three days the volcanic calm will reign"
 The publication of this reassuring dispatch has brought joy to the people and tonights Good Friday services at the churches, which were attended by large congregations took the form of fervent thanksgiving for danger past.
 Conditions at Naples were so muck better today that the people were ai- most incredulous of the tales of terror told by those who had escaped from ths gone of devastation. The weather was fine and the wind had shifted so that the clouds of ashes from the volcano instead of involving Naples. were car- ried in the direction of Caserta. The apprehensions of the popuiace gave place to a smiling confidence in which there was no reflection of the terror which had prevailed for the past week But In bother quarters there is no escaping from the awful evidences of the volcano's fury
 At Boscotrecase the elimination ot the dead is being carried on by sold- iers who, owing to advanced state Of decomposition of the corpses. are unable to work more than an hour at a time. The work is one of great financial cost, as well as of danger and arduoue- ness to those engaged. in 1t. Many of the bodies are merely shapeiess. un.s recognizable masses of flesh and bone. while others are little disfigured. As quickly as possible they are bur led tu onicls5iTns. to lessen as far az may be the danger of epidemic. None of those engaged in the work of re- covering the corpses are permitted ir the vicinity,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
300 BILLS ARE PASSED.
Senate Puts In Day at Work on the
 Calendar.

Washington, April 13-Owing to the fact that none of its members were prepared to speak on the railroad rate bill, that measure was temporarily laid aside today in the Senate, permitting the devotion of the entire time to the consideration of other bills on the call endar. Of these more than 300 were passed, most of them being private pension bills.
 Among the general bills passed was one increasing the pensions of ex- soldiers who lost limbs in the service: and retiring and pensioning petty off, cers and men of the army, navy and marine corps after thirty years of ser vice at three fourths their regular pay and a third bill increasing the pen sions of ex-Mexican war soldiers to $20 per month and making the attain ment of g years of age evidence of disability.
 Among other bills passed were those amending the act of 1875 relative to right of way for railroads through pub lie lands; increasing to $20 per month the pension of soldiers of the Mexican war over 75 years of age; providing for the retirement of enlisted men and petty officers of the army. navy and naval corps; authorizing the acquisi- tion of land for the United States lega- tion in Constantinople: authorizing the construction of demands and power stations on Bear River, Tishmingo County, Miss; authorizing the con struction of bridges across the Cumber- land River at Clarksville and Nash vile, Tenn; authorizing the accept ance from the heirs of Andrew John son the land at Greenville, Tenn, on which Is located his grave: amending the law authorizing the Choctaw. Ok lahoma and Gulf Railroad Company to sell It's property to the Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company; increas- ing the pensions of exsoldiers who have lost limbs; authorizing the refund ing of money 10 Madison County. Ken lucky, collected on account of the inter- nal revenue taxes 1869 to 1872.
 A large number of private pension bills were also passed. A conference report on the pension appropriation bill was presented and adopted. The Sen ate went into executive session at D m. and at 4:1G adjourned until p. m
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
INJUNCTION DENIED.
Bridge Company Fails to Restrain Sec
 retarY Taft

Washington. April 13.-Justice Staf- ford in Equity Court today. denied the application of the Monongahela Bridge Company for an injunction against Sec reta-y of War Taft to prevent him from putting into execution an order requir- ing alternations to be made in a bridge belonging to the company and span ming the Monongahela River near Pitts burg.
 The court held that it was without Jurisdiction and decided that it the act of Congress under which the Secretary's order was issued Is unconstitutional that might be made a plea in defense of a criminal prosecution which is pro- vided by the statute for failure to make alterations after demand
 Tn asking for an injunction the bridge company claimed that the act of Congress was null and void as 1t am ounted to confscating their prop erty since the changes required would cost more than the bridge is worth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
PERIOD OF DANGER OVER.
Only Desolation and Slowly Declining
 Panic Remain.

Naples, April i3.--'rhe period Of danger has passed and only desolation and slowly declining panic remain Mount Vesuvius has ceased to give any sign of life. The volcano seems 10 have spent itself in one enormous convulsion. Director Matteucci who heroically holds his post in the observatory, believes that the eruption has ended and every outward indication confirms this view.
 No more rumblings come from the bowels of the earth giving terrifying warning to the inhabitants The vol cano is hidden behind a thick curtain of smoke. which rises from the crat- CT and then spreads and falls. envelop- ing a vast circle In semidarkness. Naples is just beyond this circle and today the city was bathed in sunshine while the ugly black pail hung to the westward over a belt midway be- tween Rome and Naples.
 Vesuvius today bellies all popular pic lures which represent the mountain clearly outlined against the sky vomit- ing smoke and ashes by day and fire by night Today not the slightest out line is visible of the crater. crest or foothills. all being swallowed up in a dense mass of smoke. There is the same obscurlty tonight, unrelieved by flames or reflected light such as are seen during quieter periods. Vesuvius quiescent is picturesquely grand, but active or smouldering Is terrible only in its blackness and obscurity.
 The Associated Press correspondent travelled today In the belt over which ashes continue to fall. This lies to the north of Naples as the wind now car ries the discharge away from the city.
 At Rome there was sunshine, but twenty miles south a thin veil of smoke made nearby mountains dimly visible, their snow peaks soiled and sooty. The zone of semi- obscurity began twenty i've miles above Naples. Here there was an incanny phenomenon. The sun though shining. was invisible. Its light seemed to come through smoked glass. Everything was covered with powder The locomotives were coated as though they had plowed through tar. Pretty white villas were daubed and dripping with mud and people were busy on the roofs shoveling off the ashes. The crowds at the stations re- sembled millers. their clothing covered with graphite powder.
 Ten miles north of Naples the train entered an area of semi-night. Pillows of thick smoke rolled from the direc- tion of the mountain. The railway telegraph poles became invisible twenty feet away. The train moves with ex- treme precaution to avoid collision. Breathing is difficult and the obscur- ity lasts until A short distance north of Naples. where the sky clears and normal conditions are resumed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
 RUSSIA IS TRACTABLE.
Readily Accepts SuGgestions As T'
 Date for COuferenee.

Date for Conference.
 Washington. April 13.--An important step toward agreement upon the date for the assembling of the second Hague conference was made today when Sec retary Root informed the Russian gov ernment that the convenience of the United States would be served by the selection of any date after September 2e next.
 This date was mentioned because 1t was calculated 1t would mark the con clusion of the Pan-American confer ence at Rio Janeiro and would give the delegates there opportunity to at- tend The Hague convention In cases where they were engaged to represent their governments in both conferences.
 The greatest satisfaction is expressed at the readiness with which the Rus sian government accepted the sugges tion from the State Department for the designation of later date than July for the conference. An important ob- lection to an immediate convention was connected with the proposed represen- tation of the South and Central Amer ican States in the conference
 These States found upon an inspec ton of the invitation to the confer ence that they would not enter at once upon an equality with these that had signed the original Hague treaty. no steps having been taken to give ef- feet to Article K of The Hague con ventions which says: The conditions upon which. the powers who were not represented at the first international peace conference can adhere to the present convention shall form the sub ject of a subsequent agreement among the contracting powers"
 The South and Central American States invited to the second conference ma ke if A condition of attendance that the signatory powers of the first con vention shall give effect to the article quoted and provide means for their adherence to the first convention be- fore the second meeting, all of which will consume some time and probably the coming summer will be consumed before this can be completed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
NO MORE CONCESSIONS.
Now Little Hope of Peace In the An
 thracIte Regions.

Philadelphia, April ls,-There was but little hope for industrial peace in the anthracite region today among the men most interested in the coal situa- ton. One and all seemed convinced that nothing short of an unexpected intervention of some sort can now prevent the declaration on the part of the coming miners workers convention that a strike existed.
 It Is regarded as settled, according to the general belief in the region, that the mine operators have gone as far as they will go. Following was the word which came over the telephone to Scranton from New York today from an important of1cial in one of the larg- est coal companies to the local ofice there:
 There will be no more concessions. That Is definite. That is settled. There will be no counter propositions; just a simple refusal to consider the miners latest proposition"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
BIG FIRE IN MOBILE
FLAMES BREAK OUT IN CORN AND CREST MILL.
Number of Louisville nnd Nashville and Mobile and ohio Box Cars
 DeHsroyed-The Loss Placed at e50,00O.

Mobile, April 13.--A portion of Cleveland Brothers corn and grist mill in this city was destroyed by fire tonight along with number of Louis- vile and Nashville and Mobile and Ohio box cars and some damage was sustained by the Alabama Corn Mills adjoining. AZ
 The fire was in the heart of the wholesale district and threatened big confagration, the heat being so intense that telegraph poles and prem ises on the opposite side of Commerce street were ignited but after an hours hard exertion, Chief Price an- nounced the fire under control.
 The loss is s50,0oo. covered by in- surance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
pLArr HAS ENOUGH.
Will Not Attempt To Return To The
 Senate.

New York. April 13.--The Herald to- morrow will say: Seated at his desk in his office in the United States Ex- press Company's building yesterday morning. Senator Thomas c. Platt de- clared he would make no effort to be reelected 10 the United States Senate at the expiration of his term in 1909.
 "It is true he said, with touch of sadness in tone, that l do not ex- pect to return to the Senate when my present term ends. I will have grat- flied my desire for public office by that time
 Further than this the senior senator from New York would make no com ment on his intended action. Asked whether developments in the insurance investigation had influenced him in forming his decision he withheld an answer. To friends he said. however. recently. that he had made up his mind long ago not to seek another term.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
THE INDIAN BILL.
Reported to the Senate by Chairman
 Clapp.

Clapp.
 Washington. April 13.--The Indian appropriation bill was reported today from the Senate Committee by Chair man C1app. The principal items of in crease are as follows:
 Construction and repairs of schools. $7S,000; new schools and insane hos pitals in Indian Territory, $100,o00; for Kickapoos in New Mexico and Okla homa, $425,235.
 Among the amendments adopted was one to the effect that no army ofiicer shall be engaged in the performances of duties of Indian agent. There are number of amendments relating to the different tribes of Indians in Ok lahoma and Indian Territory, such as establishing court districts and fixing times for holding court, settling all claims, school funds, etc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
AUTHORITY roo EXTENSIVE.
Porto Rican Harbor Work Should No
 Be Left to Governor.

Be Left to Governor.
 Washington, April 13.-Attorney Miguel Guerra. of San Juan, Porto Rico, was heard today by the House Commit tee on :nsular affairs in opposition to the proposition to place the harbor inn provements of the islands in the hands of the Government of Porto Rico ln- stead of in the jurisdiction of the Sec retary of War.
 Both propositions are pending in bills before the committee. As long as Gov ernor Winthrop was in charge. he laid, there would be no need to doubt d correct administration of the power, but the present administration would not always continue and the proposed authority was too extensive to be vest ed Tn the Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
Crumpacker Bill ApDrove6.

Washington. April 13.-The House Committee on Insular Affairs today au thorized favorable report on the Crumpacker bill extending until Aprl II, 1909, the date when coastwise laws of the United States shall go into effect in the Philippines
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
Woman Kills Her Hu.hsrH

Gadsden, April l8.-tSpecial. l-Janie Prince shot and killed her husoand this afternoon at the furnace quarters of inc Alabama Consolidated Coal Com nanv. John Prince, the husband. and Jamie had been quarreling for several days. and today both got drunk. When
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14
Trnmc on CnnaIn.

Washington, April 13.-The House Committee on Railroad and Canals to- day authorized a favorable report on the Williams resolution for information Tn relation to the cost, maintenance, amount of business and freight rates charged on canals of the country. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14

committee considers this information desirable in view of the generally
 known fact that the business of canals has steadily declined for years. The Department of Commerce and Labor is asked for the information.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14

the row was resumed, Jamie seized shot gun and shot away half of Johns head, causing instant death. The wo- man was brought to town and locked up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-14

Notwithstanding that the subsidy had been considered for number Of days the interest seemed to be just as keen as when the first speech was roada m the subject On a vote being taken on the motion of Mir. Moon (TcnnD. to strike out of the bill the annropriation for special mall facilities batween Washington and Atlanta and New orleans the motion was rejected l06 to 206.
 The motion to strike out the special toc,Iities on trunk lines between Kan sas City and Newton, Kas.. was defeat ed without division.
 walter L.. Smith Uowal, offered an amendment permitting periodical nub. iications issued at stated intervals m der the auspices of charitable. ednca- tional or religious institutions to ha admitted to the mail as second claSs matter In support of his amendment
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