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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
FRISCO CAR STRIKE
FIRM STAND BY GOVERNOR IS
 HELPFUL.
United Railways Were Able to Operate With Protection of Poiice-There is very Little Dis-
 order.

San Francisco, May 12-Fifty street cars were operated today from 10 O. clock in the morning until five o'clock in the evening over two of the twenty odd lines composing the United Rail- ways system.
 For the first time since the com mencement of the strike, last Sunday cars were run today to the ferries About 10000 passengers patronized the service. There was very little disor- der during the day compared with the five previous days. Thousands of per sons evidently regarded the published iniunctions and private warnings and remained indoors for the Sunday crowds were much smaller than usual.
 Unquestionably the firm stand taken by Governor Gillette when he announc- ed through moring's papers that he would judge the San Francisco situa- ton by the acts of the people and would not hesitate moment to call out the militia if rioting should be continued mad a sobering effect on hundreds of trouble makers whose acts of violence made the history of the past week a disgraceful and bloody occasion.
 Five hundred police guarded the streets through which the fifty cars were run but they had little to do. Is- plated instances of misconduct on the part of the entire force of the depart ment gave adequate protection to the two lines that we're in operation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
CHURCH ASSESSMENTS
 RAISED BY THE BOARD
Methodists Decide On Great Extenaion. Will Build Mouse Of Worship
 In Washington.

Louisville, Ky. May 12.-Assessment on the churches of the Methodist Epis- coial Church South for the church ex- tension were raised 25 per cent by the board of church extension which finished its annual meeting last eve ming.
 This means that. about $175.000 will be collected from the Methodists for the present fiscal year which ends March 31. 1908 whereas last year only Sl4o, 900 was raised The board appro- priated s5s.s25 for donations and granted S70. 900 for loans to aid congre- cations in building churches. It also pledged itself to raise s50,000 for the building churches in Oklahoma with the provision that the people in Okla homa raise an equal amount.
 The board also agreed to raise a special donation of $10.0O0 as gift toward the erection of a church in Baltimore. Md. at cost of $150,00o. to be known as the Alpheus W. Wilson Memorial Church in honor of Bishop Wilson, the oldest active bishop in the church. Although no defipite action was taken, the board indorsed the movement to build a church in Wash ington. D. C., at a cost of $250,0O0.
 The Methodists of Washington have agreed to raise s75,0OO of the sum and the board must raise the balance. Bish- on E. E. Hoss, Bishop w. A. Candler and w. F. NcMurray. corresponding secretary of the board of church exten- sion, were appointed committee to take charge of the work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
OHIO IS WAITING
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEES WILL
 MEET WEDNESDAY.
Until That Time Nothing Can Be Told Of fAIignments--Burton May Op- pose FOrakeR For the |. Senate.

Cleveland O., May 12--No political gathering held in this State in months has excited so much interests as that of the joint meeting of the Republicans State Central and State Executive Com mittees to be held at Columbus on We'd nesday of this week.
 Senator Charles Dick of Akron, Chair man of the State Central Committee, and Walter F. Brown of Toledo, Chair man of the State Executive Committee, have sont invitations to the Ohio Re- publican members of Congress and many other Republican leaders in the State, asking them to attend confer ence and to give their views on the best means of maintaining harmony in the party and reconciling clashing po- Iitical interests.
 It Is predicted by political leaders that the gathering, while not as large as the State Convention at Dayton last fall, will be none the less interesting and important, both from State and expected to take a long step toward shaping Ohio politics of the present as well as next year.
 The friends of Secretary of War Will liam H. Taft led by Arthur Ivorys of Columbus. and Congressman Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland. according to authorized statements of those in the 
 insist on an unqualified endorsement by the committees of Secretary Taft as Ohios choice fo rthe Presidency and will stubbornly oppose the linking of the endorsement with the prospective contests for either United States Sena- tor or Govrenor. The report that Sen at'r Dick would favor resolution in the committee coupling together en- dorsements of Senator Foraker and Governor Harris both for reelection was denied by Senator Dick today. He said;
 T have not contemplated introducing such a resolution and do not expect to do so''
 Senator Dick declined to further dis cuss political affairs in advance of the Columbus conference. He will attend the committee meeting and he and John R. Malloy of Columbus will be among those who will look after Senator For aker's interests, but along just what lines. they are not ready to disclose. who left here Sunday evening for St Louis, where he is to deliver an address on Monday, positively declined to make a definite statement as to his position in connection with the Senatorship. Close political friends of Mir Burton say il will probably be several weeks before a formal announcement as to whether or not he will become a candidate against Senator Foraker will be made
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
New Venire Ready for
 w. D. Haywood.
OTHERS ARE RESTLESS
Reported Plot to Kill Harry
 Orchard.
Confessed Assassin of Governor Steu- nenberg Continues His Religious Reading and Is Prepared For
 His Fate.

Boise, Idaho, May 12--The summoning of the special venire or talesmen In the Haywood case will be finally completed tomorrow morning and the 100 men who have been called by Sneriff 'Shad" Hod- gin, will present themselves in Judge Woods court when at o'clock tomor- row afternoon the case will be resumed.
 General expectation Is that not more than two of the regular venire already examined will be retained in the jury box, and that the bulk of the jury will come from the quota now being called by the sheriff. The eleven men confined since last Thursday in the jury house. will be very glad to see the case re- sumed. A majority of them know that they are not to serve on the jury and although they have been comfortably housed and well fed. they have grown very restless under the confinement.
 Interest in the trial continues to cen ter in the personality and testimony of Harry Orchard. who Is alleged to have killed Governor Steunenberg, and upon his associates in the directorate of the Western Federation of Miners were in1 dtcted.
 Speculation as to the time of his ap- pearance is idle until the jury is formed, and 1t is believed that he will be called after the death of Steunenberg has been proved and that his testimony will be the main foundation upon which the prosecution will build.
 Meantime Orchard is a closely guard ed prisoner in the State Penitentiary, a castle-like structure built and walled with stone. Various reports as to at tempts to reach or kill Orchard are in circulation, the last being a tale from Lewiston of plot alleged to have been formed months ago to shoot Orchard from the hills back of the prison. These stories lack confirmation. but they serve to tighten the vigilance of Warden Whitney and his deputies.
 Reports from the prison say that or- chard is in good health and condition; that he will unquestionabiy repeat his confession in court and that he is ready for the fate made certain by his con- fessionss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
Fire Catches Men in Bowels of Earth.
FLAMES ARE STILL RAGING
Copper Workers in Mexico Meet
 Terrible Death,
Property Is owned By Guggenheim, And Ia situated In Remote Noun tain Secfion-Thirty-Fiye
 Bodies Recovered.

Mexico City. May 12.-According to a special dispatch which was received from Torreon, Coahuila. by the Assso- ciated Press at late hour tonight. ninety lives were lost in a fire which occurred in the Cornethas shaft of the Terne Ras group of mines in the town of Velardena. State of Duragon.
 The fire started early Friday night in an abandoned shaft. At the time there were 107 men working another part of the mine and from what can be learned at this time but seventeen of them escaped. Thirty-fve bodies have been recovered, according to lat est reports received from the scene of the disaster. but as the fire is still raging 1t is feared that few others im- prisoned will be found.
 The origin of the fire is supposed to have been due to the carelessness of a miner who was smoking a cigar cite in an abandoned shaft through which he was passing. This section of the mine, it Is said, was exceedingly dry and 1t Is believed that the man fin throwing away his half burned cigar cite allowed 1t to drop into bunch of oiled waste. A blaze was the i'm mediate result and this quickly con- veyed itself to the adjoining timber ing. The fire had gained great head way before it was discovered by the men in the near vicinity. They found that all avenue of escape to the sur face had been cut off. Seventeen, how ever, who were in a favorable posi- tion made a dash and reached the outer air.
 Rescuing parties have been working heroically but only charred and unre- cognizable remains have thus far re- warded their efforts.
 The shaft in which the fire is still raging and said to be beyond control, is one of a mine which Is a group of the largest copper producing mines in the northern section of Mexico. The Guggenheim interests are said to own the property.
 owing to the remoteness of the re- gian 1t has been dificult to receive de l<tails of the catastrophe and a list o the dead is unavailable at this time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
GOLD IN THE WEST
TREE AND BUSH FRUITS ARE
 KILLED.
Gulf states win Have To Provide The Northern And Western Markets Later This Year Than
 UeuaI.

Kansas City, Mo. May 12.-Reports from all parts of Kansas. Western Mis- souri, Oklahoma and Indian Territory indicate almost complete destruction by frost of tree fruit crops and serious Injury to bush fruits, grapes and straw berries.
 Tender garden plax.s throughout ths Sotithwest were dastroyed. but tnis causess small direct losses and the growers have already replanted. The replanted fields will not be yielding produce until summer. however. and the Gulf States will send vegetables and small fruits North for several weeks longer than usual this season.
 At the beginning of May there was hope that the late blooming apples would escape but the killing freeze of May 3, when the temperature fell to 27 degrees with snow crusted on the trees, completed the havoc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
GIRL DIES, RESULT
 OF NEGROES ASSAULT I
Miss Taylor succurnbs To Prostration, Caused by Johnson, the Negro Who
 Aroused fsovernment.

Chattanooga, Tenn. May 12--Miss Nevada Taylor the young girl who was criminally assaulted by Ed Johnson, a negro, January 2s, 1908. and for which crime the negro was lyncned by mob on the county bridge two months later. died tonight at her childhood home in Findlay. Ohio, of nervous trouble brought about by the awful crime.
 Miss Taylor was the 19-year-old daughter of the Superintendent of For est Hill Cemetery. and the crime was committed at the entrance to the cem- etery.
 The case has become celebrated since the Supreme Court of the United States now has Sheriff J. F. Shipp. several of his deputies and alleged members of the mob, under the charge of contempt. as result of the lynching. / Miss Taylor died at the home of her sister. having gone to Ohio about six months ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
Five Negroes Are Killed
 in RuSton. La.
BODIES TORN TO PIECES
High Explosive is Put Under Building.
No Motive for Terrible Crime is Known and Coroner's Jury Ia Rnvesti- gating Into the
 Tragedy.

Ruston, La. May 12.--Unknown peS- sons set of a charge of dynamite or some other high explosive here under the house of Sam Cook, negro. be- tween and o'clock this morning blowing the house to pieces and killing Cook and four other negroes sleeping in front room,
 Four negroes, said to have been sleep ing in another part of the house. es- capped.
 Cooks body was blown about eighty feet away, mass of flesh and bones in the fork of a tree, The body of woman was blown a hundred feet or more into the air. fallin gthrough the branches of a high tree and snappine the wires of a telegraph line before Il finally struck the ground. The body of a young baby was blown into . street near by and two girls were blown into fence corner some dis tance away, where they were found one still alive, short time later. The girl found alive never regained con- sciousness, and died in a few hours.
 The entire town was shaken by the explosion and for time much excite ment prevailed. There Is as yet no clue to the perpetrators, but coro- ner's jury was impaneled soon after the explosion and is making every ef- fore to get at the bottom of the crime
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
A MOB IS FORMING TO
 LYNCH PASTORS SLAYER
Minister To Negroes Is Killed And Man And Woman Are Held
 ln Jail.

Carlisle. Ky. May 12.-Rev. William P. Richards. pastor of the First Chris tian Church. a negro church. who was called to his door last night and shot five times died this morning from the effects of his wounds.
 Tonight mob is being formed for the purpose of lynching his alleged assailants. Jesse Merchant and Her mania Duryea. both of Louisville. who are in Jail here, Merchant is a son of n former pastor here.
 In his dying statement Pastor Rich ards said Merchant did the shooting, but Duryea insists she shot him because he betrayed her while she was living in Tennessee and while she was be- trothed to Merchant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
SHOW IN A WRECK
IT R. MADDEN OF PARKER CON-
 PANY IS KILLED.
From Escaping From Cages. Central Railroad Trains
 I'm Collision.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 12.-In a wreck on the Central of Georgia Rail- way at Rome this morning, T. B. Had den, of Florida. an empioye of the Par ker Carnival Company. received in juries that proved fatal and four car loads of paraphernalia of the show were damaged.
 The first section of the special train was standing on the main line prep aratory to starting when a southbound freight train met 1t ou a head end col lision. A few moments later the wrecker ran into the wreck. Cages containing the Hons were thrown to the ground and heroic work had to be done to prevent them from escaping.
 Several attendants were badly scratched and bitten by two of Che lions. while repairing the cages
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
WHOLE FAMILY HELD.
Result Of Murder Fly Boy Ten, Yeara
 nId

Chattanooga. Tenn. May 12.-An en- tire family is being held al the county jail tonight as the result of the killing of Joe Mccormick. aged ten years, by David Pendleton, who gives his age as ten. but who appears to he not over six.
 The boys were playing with pop guns in East Chattanooga a suburb this afternoon. when the Pendleton hoy. be- coming worsted. ran to his home, se- cured shot gun and fired into his playmate's abdomen. Mrs. Pendleton who with her four children. Is being held, Is alleged 10 have told hs$ boy td shoot Mccormick. This is denied by the woman who claims that she was not present when the act was commit ted.
 Although the shooting occurred early in the afternoon, no report of 1t was made to the authorities until tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
THE MEXICAN STRIKE.
Men Are Leaving District To Work
 EIse-yhere.

San Antonio, Texas, May 12.--A spe' cial to The Express from Orizaba Mexico, says:
 The strike situation here Is practi- cally unchanged with the exception that great numbers of strikers with their families are leaving the district to secure other work Safety precau- tons are still observed as formerly though there has never been any or ganized effort at violence.
 All kinds of business interests have suffered from the strike. Not the least of these are the mills themselves which are completely paralyzed and will experience tremendous difficulty in se- curing other men. Want is gripping the strikers, who are still here. but they are firm and there Is apparently no hope of a compromise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13

will be the chief topics considered Monday morning when the National Congress of Mothers reassembles. Mrs. Frank R. Hili of Tacoma. president of the Washington Congress of Mothers will lead the discussion. An excellent program has been prepared for the tenth anniversary session Monday ev- ening. The scheduled speakers include Margaret P. Sangster. Mrs. Frederic schoff, president of the congress. and Mrs. Theodore ". Bfrney of Atlanta the founder and first president of the congress. The work of the congress during the ten years of it's existence win be reviewed and plans for It's future activities discussed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
FAST FLYER WRECKED.
Spreading Rails Causes Disaster in ArkGnsas.

Spreading Rails Causes Disaster fin
 Arknnsas.
 Little Rock, Ark, May 12--A special to The Gazette from Haskell, Ark. says:
 Rock Island passenger train No. 5. the fast flyer from Memphis and Lit- tie Rock to Hot Springs, was wrecked about two miles northeast of here this afternoon, shortly after three o'clock |. The wreck was caused by spreading rails. No one was killed. but several were hurt.
 The injured: W. s. Britt. express messenger and baggageman, Little Rock, left leg fractured and body badly bruised: Mrs. Bertha kellton. Little Rock, seriously injured; Engineer B.. NJ. Webster. Argentina. Ark. shoulder dislocated; Fireman w. P. Surrett. Argentina, Ark, ankle dislocated and badly bruised. Several passengers were bruised. The injured were taken to Little Rock on a special train.
 The engine; tender, baggage car and two coaches turned over and were bad ly smashed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
CALIFORNIA WRECK
 SNUFFS OUT 3ILIVES.
OFFICIAL LIST
 OF THE CASUALTIES

. The following Is list of the ( . dead now In the Santa Barbara { = morgue: : :. Douglas Nipple. Potentate . Rajah Temple, Reading. Pa; H. { = K. Gitallman. Reading; A. L. = Rolph, Reading: c. Gilbert Steffe, . Reading; s. Snyder. Reading; { . Louis N. Ellenborgen, Allentown. { . Pa; Howard Mover, Hazalton. Pa. = A. D. Wasson. Ismalia, Temple. . Buffalo. N. Y.; Charles S. Henry, . Lebahon, Pa; John w. Cutler. . Binghamton. N. Y.; Charles M. :,
 Lowing. Pullman conductor, Buff > falo; G. W. Austin, New York . Agent for McCanns Tourist Com . pany; John Lacey, negro dining { . car waiter; R. W. Sweeney, negro { z dining car waiter; George F. . Reading; Bent. stoltze. Reading; . Harrison Hendel, Reading. = Thomas J. Brumbach. Reading, . Pa. | Following are the names of the . women who met death in the . wreck: = Unidentified woman, probably . Mrs. Mary c. Wins, Reading. Pa. = Mrs. William w. Essick, Read-s' = ing; Mrs. S. Snyder, Reading: Miss , = StoitZe, Reading: Mrs. J. w. cut < Ter. Binghamton, N. r.: Mrs. Lewis = N. Ellenboger. Allentown. Pa; ' Mrs. Henry J. Fisher, Cleveland. . ohio; Miss Cora Young. Cleveland: . Mrs. Brumbach, Reading % The following dead are at San { v Luis Obispo: . Richard Essick, Reading; oliver . T. Kaufman: Henry Miller; Alonso . B. Rogers. St. Paul, Pullman car l, . conductor. . Injured at San Luis Obispo-- , . Engineer Champlaine. badly scala . ed; Brakeman Bickford, back { ( broken; Fireman Glen Thompson. { . face and arms scalded and inter- ( nally injured; Ex-Mayor H. A. ( ( Hartzell. Eastern. Pa; injured. not ( . serious; Mrs. Hendrel and daughter ( . Helen, of Reading, not serious; . A. R. Reefel, Bennis Point, Ore. > scalp wound. right hand and leg > hurt; J. Calvin Hoffededig, Read , ( ing. Pa, left shoulder fractured; > Martin Henry, Shamoxin, Pa. ( scalded: MT. Boyd, Reading, leg ~sbroken; Mrs. Fred Greenwood, < Binghamton, N r.. leg broken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
FELIX KIDD KILLED.
Fireman Believed To Have Been Shot
 Ky An Enemy.

Chattanooga, Tenn. May PA special to The Times from Bristol. Tenn. says:
 Felix Kidd 2s years of age. and a fireman for the McArthur Brothers Con- struction Company, was shot and killed at Alta Pass. N. c. this afternoon. No details can be learned tonight.
 Kidd left here this morning for Alta Pass. after arranging for his wife and two little sons to go to their home in Wise County. Va. Mrs. Kidd was call ed back here this evening and is heart broken over the news She will be un- able to learn anything as to the cause of the tragedy before tomorrow.
 The claim is made that Kidd was kill ed by an enemy. He had zen employ ed at Alta Pass for two months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
LouisIana suing TlaiIrond.

Baton Rogue, La, May 12-The case of the State of Louisiana vs. The Texas and Pacific Railroad will come up for argument in the district court tomor- row. The case is an appeal taken from the State Railroad Commission, which imposed a fine of sl00 on the railroad company for having, it Is alleged, vioI- ated the rules of the commission in not posting on its bulletin board at Alex andria, La. notice that a train was more than thirty minutes late,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
WEBSTER STILL ASLEEP.
Georgia Man In Hospital In KaBsas
 

Kansas City, Mo, May l2.-T. c. Webster, who was taken from an east bound train here on April 2. uncon- scious and removed to the city hospital, has slept constantly for the past forty days and is still asleep. Physicians say he is suffering from acute melan- cholia.
 Webster is sixty years of age He was travelling from Horseshoe Bend, Idaho. to Gainesville. Ga. None of his relatives or friends have visited him since he was taken to the hospital
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
storm in Mexico.

San Antonio, Tex. May 12--A special to The Express from Monterey. Mex. says:
 A furious windstorm struck the country north of here on the Interna- tional Railway last night, blowing down all of the telegraph lines near Hidalgo. Asa result traffic was at a standstill for time until a single wire could be rigged to carry its dispatcher's mes sages.
 Early today repair crew was hurried out and tonight the lines are all work ing.
 The high wind caused considerable damage to property and crops.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
J. II. HOLLIFIELD DEAD.
We'll Known Georgia Newspaper Man
 Passes Away.

Atlanta, Ga, May 12.-J. I. Holli- field, of Macon. died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Custis Anderson. here today. aged 61 years. At the time of his death, Mir. Hollifield was city edi- tor of The Macon Telegraph.
 Death was the result of rheumatism, an attack of which brought him to At lanta two weeks ago. He was well and widely known throughout the State of Georgia and through the south.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
MiII EnIenh strike.

New York, May 12.-President Pat rick Connors. of the Longshoremen' 8 Union. expressed the opinion tonight that the strike against the trans-At- lantic steamship companies would be extended to the Boston and Philadel- phia docks if the companies sent their vessels to discharge and load at those ports. This, the steamship officials here said they would do, if sufficient help could not be secured here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-13
Intured iu Mexican Wreck.

El Paso, Tex. May l2-The seriously injured in the wreck on the Mexican Central at Bermijillo yesterday morn ing and being taken to the hospital at Chiahuahua and their train Is due to arrive there at 10:30 tonight.
 Among those most seriously injured are pr. w. H. Knapp. of Chicago; S. D. Jackson, of Virginia and J. M Baker, of this city. who are badly hurt but may recover.