davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
SHERIFF DISQUALIFIED.
Judge Dunne Holds he Is Pretudieed Co
 Ruef Case.

San Francisco. April 15-For the sec- ond time since the trial of Abraham Ruef for extortion was begun. superior judge Dunne today formally disqualif- jed the sheriff and coroner of San Francisco as unfitted. by bias. preju- dice and personal interest to perform any of the functions of the formers of- fices in connection with this trial: and for the second time appointed and ad- ministered the oath to William J. Big gy as ElIsor.
 Biggy is now charged not only with the custody of Ruef but also with tho summoning of the jury. when 1t shall have been selected and sworn.
 In the course of today's proceedings. both the defense and the prosecution submitted three motions: for the dis qualification of shheriff O'Niel and cor oner Walshh. as officials prejudiced in favor of Ruef; for the Issuing of a special venire and for the appointment of the elisor to summon it.
 Against these motions the defense objected with much spirit and was sustained by the court on one point Judge Dunne refused at this time to or der a special venire holding that thera appeared no good reason why an ordf- nary venire shoiuld not be summoned from the jury list, on which 1,47S names remained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
ORTY IS DESTROYED.
Earthquake Causes Terror at ChlI-
 pancing0.

Earthquake Causes Terror at Chil-
 pancingO.
 Chilpancingo, Mexico, April 15.-This city has been completely destroyed by one of the most furious earthquakes that has ever visited this section.
 Up to this hour the known dead number eleven and the badly injured twenty seven. Among the dead is the wife of Postal Inspector Leopoldo To- peg Guerra and the child of Jose Ale man, the postmaster of the city. Jose Lopez Martinez, manager of the Fed eral telegraph office, was struck on the head by a block of stone and badly !n- 1ured.
 The utmost panic prevails every where and people are fleeing to the open country. The earth continues 10 rock at half hour intervals and many minor shocks are completing the work of destruction of the first earthquake.
 All telegraph communication with the outside world ceased shortly after ll:30 o'clock last night when the first shock was felt The telegraph opera tors have installed temporary quarters in an open square and are working with the sky for a roof.
 Word has reached here that the town of Chilapa, forty-two Kilometres to stroyed. As yet no details have been received as to the number of the dead and wounded, but it Is feared that the number will be large.
 This city is the capital of the State of Guerrero and four 'esrs ago was R1Aited bX an earthquake which killed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
GREELEY IS
 IN COMMAND At Head of Thaw's
 Counsel. HE ANNOUNCES HIS PLANS Evelyn Nesbit Will Again Tell Her
 Story. Lawyer Says It Will Be strensthe,eA by Documentary Evidence-In- sanity Win Again Be Plea
 of Defendant.

New York, April 1S-'If another trial Is held 1t has been agreed that the same line of defense as that used an the first trial will be followed. Eve- lyn Thaw will tell her story again, but her testimony will be greatly strength. ened by documentary evidence, thsa was not used before.
 This Is the statement credited e Lawyer Daniel O'Reilly of Harry K. Thaw's counsel tonight. It has been reported that oReiIly would be chief Of the defense when the trial is called again. but this report was not con. hrmed today and 1t was even stated emi-offcially that none of the lawyers who oftciated at the last trial had been dispensed with by Thaw.
 On the other hand 1t was said that several of them had been paid the stip- ulated fees, and while there would be no formal announcement of their dis- missai by Thaw. they would not re- appear in the case.
 As to MT. OReilly's reference ,o documentary evidence. 1t was said to. night that he referred to letters writ ten to Evelyn Nesbit by Stamford White.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
WuLFIGHT HUNDLEY
OPPOSITION TO THE NEW JUDGE
 IS ALREADY ACTIVE.
Comptroller of Treasury Has to Decide Whether ohio jJurist Not Yet Confirmed May Draw
 His Pay

Washington. April 15.-(Special J. Within a few weeks the Comptroller Of the Treasury will have to pass upon the question as to whether or not Fed eral Judge Slater of Ohio is entitled to draw his pay.
 The Comptroller naturally has noth- ing to say upon the subject until the question comes before him. This is case similar to that of Oscar R.. Hundley of Alabama. Both were ap- pointed after the recess of Congress although each could have been appoint ed before Congress adjourned if the President had quietly made his selec- tion.
 It is learned here that even so far in advance of the meeting of the next Congress that influence Is being brought to bear to have Hundley confirmed. :. When he was here he said he gas certain of his confirmation. This same claim was made by former Congress- man Ewart of North Carolina, who was a recess appointee, but the lat ter did not get through the Senate and James F. Boyd is now on the Federal bench in his place.
 The Hundley case is attracting much attention in legal circles and all the indications are there will be big fight over, it when Congress again meets.
 A. J. Stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

and wounded many of It's inhabita z and destroyed large part of the t The population of the town is and until the panic. into which tF .- tzens have been thrown, abates ie, 1t will be impossible to stap .cu- rately to just what extent tn scent earthquake has decreased it.
 The population of the city ailapa Is 15,000 and that place is 6me of the Bishop of the Catholic sch. who administers to the ecclesis Il affairs of the entire region. ord has been received from thex nops pal ace and 1t is not knoye ( this time shock.
 Midway between the Sities of Chill pancingo and Chilpa,,' is located the city of Tixtla. This is prosperous and progressive community and. as no word has been received from that place 1t is feared tn it also has been de- stroyed. According to the movements of the earthquake, TixtIa would be in its direct line and if the city has es- capped, 1t has been only by . miracle.
 The following message was sent to the Federal telegraph ofiice in Mexico City from Chilapa:
 Our boys are working in a public garden. A terrible panic prevails us the earth continues to tremble nt regu- lar intervals Send us tents that we may establish an office out in the country"
 All communication with the west coast has been cut off since. the mo- ment of the first big shock and 1t is not known to what ektent that region suffered. The nearest big town, Aca- pulco, which is 131 Kilometres to the southwest of this place, has not been heard from.
 Both the volcanoes of Colinma and Jorullo are in this region and the peo- pie fear that the recent, eruption of the earth may cause thrse mountains to become more active and to destroy much property and many lives. The first named volcano is in the State of Colinna along the coast to the north west of this city. Jorullo is much nearer and Is located almost due north in the State of Michoacau. The inhab- itants of this section are known as "Pintos' because of the spots" on their faces. They are noted for their hardy warlike spirit and for their stoi- cism and fanaticisnI, but the recent ca- tastrophe seems to have completely un- nerved them. as they have up to date lost all discretion.
 The city is located ninety-seven kill ometres from the nearest railroad line and 1t will be impossible for the people to flee except on foot or on horseback. This fact has caused. a considerable amount of anxiety because the State is inhabited by great number of Amer icans who are engaged in prospecting g for mines. The nearest railroad ter mihal Is at 1guala which is across the Rio Balsas and ninety-seven kilome- tres to the northward of Chilpancingo.
 The total distance between Chilpan- ciqgo and Mexico City is 335 kilome- tr&.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
ASK FOR A HEARING
EDDY TRUSTEES TAKE THE AG-
 GRESSIVE SIDE.
Call on "Next Friends of Founder of Christian Science tO show Hands --Matter Taken Under
 Advisement.

Concord, N. H., April 15.-Counsel for the trustees of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy in the suit brought by George w. Glover and the other next friends" of Mrs. Eddy against Christian Science officials to compel the latter to give an accounting of Mrs. Eddy's estate, took an unexpected course today by filing a motion for an immediate hearing
 The motion which was filed with the Clerk of the MerrimaHk County Supe- rior Court, asks that the next friends be ordered to show cause why the mo- ton of the trustees for leave to inter vene as plaintiffs should not be grant ed and that if MT. Eddy's relatives have any obtectifn they make them known at once
 Later in the. day the trustees filed an answer to q supplemental bill filed on April 6, by Glover and other next reserve the right to object to the maintenance of the proceedings insti- tuted by the next friends" Among other reservations they retain the right to apply to the court ut any stage of the litigation to determine whether the proceedings instituted by the next friends" were brought in mics of Mrs. Eddy. The answer denies that the original defendants induced Mrs. Eddy to turn over her property to the trustees or that the trustees have been agents of the original defendants
 The trustees aver that to their knowledge no combination of persons has existed for the purpose of seclud- ing Mrs. Eddy and deny the allegation that sine wus not competent to execute the deed of trust,
 The trustees state that It Ia their duty if the charges in the bill of the next friends are true, to prosecute the ten defendants for the TeeoVegy ee all money and property, if any, misaps proprlated or diverted from Mrs. Eddy's estate. It ic expected that the court will hold conference tomorrow with counsel for bosh sides foP the purpose Of nxing date for sn early haarin1R
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
FIVE MEET DEATH
WRECK OF THE GREAT NORTH.
 WESTERN LIMITED.
After Smash Up the Gas Tank Explod- ed and Debris Caught Fire, De- stroyfng Seven Passenger
 Coaches.

St. Paul, Minn. April 15.-RunnfnR g at a speed of forty miles an hour on . straight track, the Great Northern westbound Oriental Limited, which left here for the Pacific coast Sunday morning. was derailed nt 1:15 this morning at Bartlett. N. D.
 Five persons were killed and a score or more injured, some of them seri- ously.
 After the wreck, a gas tank expiod- ed and the train took fire, seven pas senger coaches being destroyed, the sleeper and observation cars escaping the flames. .|
 There Is said to be some evidence thatathe 4rails had been tempered q si oficials of the railroad say that the track in this vicinity had been In ap- parently first-class condition and they are unable to account for the wreck on any other theory than that 1t was the deliberate attempt of miscreants to wreck the train.
 The dead: W. B. Jones, mail clerk; Grand Forks; four unidentified for eigners. believed to be Greeks.
 The wreck occurred on the line di- viding Nelson and Ramsey Counties the mail car jumping completely over the engine and landing in Ramsey County, while the balance of the wrecked train burned in Nelson County.
 There were many thrilling escapes reported and acts of individual heroism on the part of the passengers and train crew who escaped injury are numerous.
 Mail Clerk Jones of Grand Forks was killed, but was taken from the car by Mail Clerk Forness, who entered the burning car three times to rescue the body and only succeeded after nc himself had been severely burned about the head. The body was carried over Into Nelson County. where 1t was found by Coroner Cowher of Michigan when he arrived.
 The train carried large number of passengers and that lSsre were not more fatalities is miraculous. Every car except the observation car left the track. but the sleeper was pulled on again before the flames reached 1t. The cars went over a 10-foot embankment and 6 few moments after sthe accident a gas tank exploded. setting fire to the wreck. The report of the explosion was heard here. a distance of four miles
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
DEATH LIST WILL BE LARGE.
Earthquake Covered an Area of 24,O00
 Square Miles.

City of Mexico, April 15.-Word from theN center of the great destruction of the earthquake of last night was first given to this capital by the Associated Press after repeated trials made dur ing last night and this morning to es- tablish communication with the strick- en districts. As yet, wires to the sea- tion are working badly and no exact estimate of the number of the dead has been receiy ed. It is believed. how ever that the total death list will be large.
 There were no deaths in Mexico City and beyond damaged plaster and crack ed and fallen walls the property loss will be insignificant Owing to tho long duration of the shock, this Is con- sidered most remarkable and is only accounted for by the peculiar swell like motion of the earthquake, whica was regular and from east to west.
 The Federal telegraph office in this city has informed the Associated Press that the earthquake of last night has interfered with the working of the wires in all parts of the republic south of a line drawn from Acapulco on tho west coast to the City of Tampico ofr the Gulf coast. The Director of Tele- graphs however, states that communi- cation has not been entirely cut off from any point except Acapulco.
 From messages received at the tele- graph offices here up to noon, 1t ap- pears that the entire southern half of the republic, including the lower coun- try and the Mesa" belt, felt the shock of last night.
 Messages from as far north as San Louis Potosi and as far south as the City of San Juan Bautista, in the State of Tabasco, report feeling the shock in varying degrees. But at no place, up to date, has loss of life or great destruction of property been reported except in the State of Guerrero. From these intelligences, 1t would seem that the last earth tremble was greater in extent than any that has preceded 1t during the last half century. The boundary line of the northern zone of the present earthquake shock, accord Ing to reports received up to this time, show 1t extended across the country Tn a northwesterly direction for a dis tance of over 400 miles, and that the southern extent of the shock covered a distance of over 500 miles, making in all 24,o00 square miles of territory af- fected by the last shock.
 The country which suffered most se- verely from the shock is of a very warm climate although 1t is 3,1s5 feet above the level of the sea. If fur thor investigation should prove that many more people have been killed than as yet reported, 1t is, feared that, unless the bodies aresoon buried, . pestilence will follow. Up to this time no word has been received of the death Of any Americans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

Speaking for the arbitration and peace congress he declared himself a con- vert to the League of Peace idea--the formation of an international police. never for aggression; always for pro- tection, to the peace of the civilized world.
 Secretary Straus was followed by Professor Hugo Munsterberg of liar yard University.
 T am here to express a hope of peace md discuss peace from the standpoint. of the German" he said. T feel 1t Is my duty to speak against some of these things with which the missionaries of peace are weakening their arguments. Germany is prosperous and the German householder looks to military duty as he looked to paying for fire insurance. And. even in war, no matter what the result were, Germany would not be crippled. American railroads have killed more people than American can non.
 These arguments which so many friends of peace use are weakening to their own cause. Universal peace IS not a material issue; 1t Is a moral one.
 Germany Not BeIicOse.
 T want to deny the stories that have been used for so many years to the effect that Germany is a menace to tho
 
 has no more arrest supporter than Germany. as America, l believe, has no more sincere friend"
 Professor Munsterburg said that to- day Germany was at perfect peace with all the world and that a calm under standing of Germany's position would do more than anything else to promote peace. ConscriL ton, ne said, was not a burden in Germany.
 bn ala Af n0ta ta.s. burg's address, Mir. Carnegie repeatnl his statement of the afternoon to the effect that the German Emperor had 1t in his hsnds to enforce international peace. In reply to Professor Munster burg's statement that conscription was rot a burden, Mir. Carnegie said:
 That statement was one of the greatest surprises that have ever had. I wish he would go to our mills at Pittsburg and ask the thousands of men there why they came here. It Is too late in the day for any professor to tell me tha. conscription is not j burden"
 w. T. Stead spoke from the top seat on the stage.
 "I do not represent the British Gov ernment," he said, T never represent the British Government, and I hope l never will. No; I represent the people. l am here to ask you, nearly all of you English speaking people, to join with us to make the coming Hague confer ence a greater success than the first.
 There has been all sorts of talk about disarmament. l have heard Ii in every country in Europe. and l have come to hate 1t as the devil hates holy water. No Government in the world IS going to propose any such thing at The Hague conference. or anywhere else. What probably will be broached is a halt In this maj haste to increase armaments and still again increase them in a nonsensical degree"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
D. A. R. PASS RESOLUTIONS.
Designate Hobson to Present Measure
 to Peace Congress.

-
 to Peace Congress.
 Washington, April 15.-The Conti- mental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution today adopt ed, by a unanimous vote. a resolution in favor of international peace. This was the principal feature of the after noon session. the greater part of which was taken up with the roll call of the delegates.
 Representative Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama, who addressed the Con- gress in behalf of peace. was delegated as the special envoy to present reso- lutions to the International Peace Congress in Nv York.
 The resolution sets forth the regret of the Daughters Congress that. on account of Its present meeting. 1t could not accept the invitation to partici- pate directly in the arbitration peace congress; indorseb the Bartholdt reso- lution adopted at the London congress of the Interparliamentary Union in 1906 and adds:
 Resolved, That the President Gen. eral is hereby authorized to appoint a committee to present the Peace Con- gress of New York copy of the res- olutions, and also to present to Mir. Andrew Carnegie the great peace flag rendered to him as an appreciation of his services to the cause of peace.
 That tht Continental Congress advo- cate the proposition in regard to the nations contributing to the cause about one-tenth of 1 per cent. of the sum 'devoted to war and endorse, as well. the peace pilgrimage recently suggested by William T. Stead of London.
 The reports of the Credentials Com mittee by Mrs. Charlotte E. Main of this city, chairman, and the Program Committee, by Mrs. Alexander E. Pat ton of Pennsylvania. chairman. were read and approved.
 This evening the Daughters attend ed a musical reception by the Memo rial Continental Hall Committee. the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the general building fund.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
REMARKABLE RECORD.
Quake Was Observed at University of
 California Observatory.

oUbGEbAtOEys
 Berkeley. Cal, April 15.-Perhaps the most remarkable shock of earth quake ever recorded at the students observatory at the University of Cali fornia was registered on the Omey seismograph at an early hour this morning.
 The shock lasted for more than half an hour and on that account it is be- iieved that the local station IS much nearer the center of the shock than the Eastern stations, the duration of the earthquake being much longer.
 Tt is a we'll founded fact that the shock is always shortest at the nearest point to the center of an earthquake" |" said Professor Leaschner, director of the students observatory and head of the department of astronomy at the /. University of California this afternoon. "The shock felt in the East was very plainly recorded on the Omey seismo- graph in the students observatory. We did not take the record off until 3 o'clock in the afternoon although it was much earlier than our regular time for making observationsA which are taken every twenty-four hours The record of the heavy motion Is fol- lowed by that of additional heavy shocks"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
PEACH CROP INJUREDD.
Thermometer Dropped to Twenty Eight
 Tn Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ga, April 15-The cold weather of the past three days. extend- ing throughout the State of Georgia and reaching as far as Jacksonville. Fla. apears to have done enormous damage to fruit and vegetables, and in- turing cotton to a considerable ex- tent.
 The lowest temperature for April ev- CT recorded here in April twenty-eight and one half degrees, was reached sun day morning. Sunday night freezing point was reached. Ice was formed here and killing frost Is reported some distance south of Macon.
 Reports to the Journal report great damage to peaches throughout the en- tire northern part of the state temper atures as low as twenty-six degrees were reported from several points.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
LEAVE MANCHURIA
VAST COUNTY ONCE MORE CHlN-
 ESE POSSESSION.
Russia Qrits the Ground Where it Met Disastrous Defeat at Hands of Japanese Two Years
 Ago.

wasem. April 15-Dispatches receiv- ed from St. Petersburg. Tokio and Pe- kin show that the evacuation of Man churia by the Russians and Japanese as agreed to under the Portsmouth treaty and the re-possessioh of that vast domain by China, has been accom- lished under the terms Of the agree ment between Russia and Japan fixing yesterday, April 15, as the limit of time for the actual transfer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
CONSULATES MERGED.
Nicaraguan ard HOndugans Will Have
 the Same RenreNentatiNeN.

New York, April 15-Following the cessation in hostiuties in Central America, announcement is made that the Honduran' authorities have appoint cd all Nicaraguan consuls, consuls gen eral. charges d'affaires and ministers both of this country and abroad also to represent. Honduras.
 The policy of the new government of Honduras Is to retrench and this is stated to be the main reason for merg- ing the consulates, etc. of both eoun tries.
 Pic Bolands, consul general of Nj caragua in this city will hereafter serve in a dual capacity for his country and Honduras, Dr. Salvador Cordova, con- sul general for Honduras at this port having resigned,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
GLASGOW CUT OFF.
Flood of MILK River Completely Iso.
 lates Montana Town.

Great Falls, Mont. April 15.-Advices from the North state that Glasgow is completely out off from the outside world by the flood of the Milk River, except by boat.
 Stock interests will suffer severely in the vicinity of Glasgow. Malta and Culberson, hundreds of cattle perish ing in the bottom lands
 Great Northern passenger trains are being pushed through three feet of water in some localities. Freight traf- fic Is practically at a standstill.
 Meagre advices from the outlying sections tell of many ranch families being compelled to abandon their homes to seek safety on higher ground. There are also unconfirmed reports of loss of life.
 The crest of the foo6 is believed to have passed