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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
RESCUED FROM GALES FURY.
Ten Persons saved From Death by
Life savers

Norfolk, Va. April 7.-Ten persons.
two of whom are women, were rescued
from death by Captain Ethering and
his crew of life savers at tho Mays
Head, N. c.. station early today
when the four masted schooner Lous
Rossert was blown ashore by the
heavy northeast gale that has prevail
ed along the Virginia Carolina coast
for the past forty eight hours.
The schooner was bound from New
York to Virgins. S. c.. and was
swept out Of her course by the storm.
Shortly after midnight she ran on
the beach and was discovered in the
breakers by a coast guard from the
Mays Head station. A line was shot
over the schooner and the breaches
buoy was run out. When the surf
men pulled 1t in they were surprised
to find young woman among It's
passengers. She is the daughter OF
Captain Fletcher of the wrecked craft.
Then one by one the seven members
of the schooner's crew were baud to
safety through the seas and On the
last trip Captain Fletcher came in.
Reports from Mays Head say the
schooner Is high on the shore, but
seemingly In good condition. wreck
ing tug is on Its way to the scene.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
THREE TOWNS DESTROYED.
Central City, Clayhatchee and water
ford LevelIed.-Scores Hurt.

Central City, Clayhatchee and Water
ford LevelIed.-Scores Hurt.
Enterprise, April 7.-(Special) AS
communication by wire and telephone
Is reestablished details of the wreck
age left by Fridays storm are reach
ing Enterprise which place was for
some time without communication to
the outside world.
The storm struck Coffee County
about o'clock Friday afternoon. 1t
was accompanied by severe hail and
rain.
Cotton was destroyed by hail, corn
was beat into shreds. and gardens were
almost completely demolished.
Central City, a village Ave miles
south of Enterprise. was destroyed
Houses were blown down, trees up
rooted. and the whole country was laid
waste. 1t is impossible to ascertain
full particulars. A Mr.. Odom was in
stantly killed and about a score of
people were seriously injured. One
negro man. had both his legs crush
ed and his face considerably mashed
The families of Messrs. Carnley,
Whitehead. Miller, Rudd and others
were all more or less seriously injur-
ed
The main streak of the cyclone
seems to have been about one-fourth
of a mile wide and extended from
Central City through Clayhatchee, and
Waterford, completely demolishing all
three places.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
Ten Inches Deep In Leto-
hatchie.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE
TO GROWING CROPS.
Delayed Reports Show Disasters
By fridays Storm.
Central City In Coffee County Was
wiped Out And One Man Killed
Death and Property Loss
In Hale.

Letohatchie, April 7-(special. y
Never in the history of this commun-
ity has any weather conditions prevail
ed to equal the terrific hail and wind
storm that passed over Letohatchie at
e:25 o'clock this evening.
The storm began to gather northwest
Of this place approaching rapidly and
ATTENDED by a constant electrical dis
play. At 1928 o'clock 1t struck the
town in full and terrible force. Lam
guage is simply inadequate to describe
It, Hail fell for fifteen minutes. many
of the stones being as large as hen
eggs. On porches and in drifts the
hail is now piled UP eight to ten
inches high. The ground is covered
and every thing has the appearance of
being we'll covered with snow. Shrub
berry and small trees are stripped to
switches.
1t is impossible at this hour to get
any particulars from the surrounding
country but 1t is safe to predict that
the damage done is very heavy.
Crops that are out of the ground will
be a total wreck.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
FIREMEN ARE KILLED
SEVEN MEN LOSE LIVES BY FALL
ING walls.
Early Morning COnnagration mt Power
House of Metropolitan Street
Railway, New York, Does
Great Damage.

New York. April S.--Fire whicr
broke out in the Metropolitan power
house early this morning threatens the
destruction of the place.
At 2:3O o'clock this morning 1t was
reported that a number of firemen had
been caught under the ruins. -Four
or Ave ambulances have been sent to
the scene.
1t Is definitely known that the fire
caLtain, John Ryan. was killed and
that several fremen are buried under
a wall which fell on the Seventh Av-
enue side of the building.
The fire is in the combined car barns
and power plant of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company, which covers
the block bounded by Seventh and
enox Avenues and 146th and 147th
streets.
Seven of the firemen of Engine
Company No. 8 were killed under the
falling wall on Seventh Avenue. in
Guiding Captain Ryan.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
TRIAL NEARSITS END
DIR. HAMILTON WILL RESUME TEs-
TIMONY TODAY.
Argument by Counsel to the Jury May
Begin in the Thaw
Case This AZ
feruOOu.

New York. April when Judge
Fitzgerald tomorrow morning an
nounces formally the findings of the
commission in lunacy which inquired
into the present mental condition of
Harry K. Thaw. the curtain will rise
on the last act of the long case.
DR.. Allan McLane Hamilton, who was
on the stand when District Attorney
Jerome asked for the appointment OF
the commission will. it is understood,
be recalled and allowed to retire with
out further examination. Mr.. Delmas
it was said, will ask an adjournment
until 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. 1t
Is because he finds 1t impossible to
make his address to the jury in one
day that he will make his opening to-
morrow afternoon to leave him the full
day Tuesday in which to conclude his
summing up.
District Attorney Jerome is expected
to occupy three or four hours of Wed
nesday and his summing UP may take
more time. There will then remain
only Justice Fitzgerald's charge before
the case goes to the jury which can
hardly be later than Thursday. unless
unforeseen obstacles arise.
Most of the members of the jury have
had previous experience in criminal
cases where the charge was other than
a juror previously. OF the three men
who have sat in homicide cases one
was on a jury that brought in verdict
of acquittal; the second man served in
two cases in each of which the verdict
was murder in the first degree and the
third man was on a jury that brought
in a manslaughter verdict.
The following statement was made
tonight by Mr.. Delmas:
DIR. Allan McLane Hamilton Will be
the first witness called when the trial
Is resumed tomorrow. His examination
had not been finished when the pro-
ceedings were postponed by the appli-
cation for the appointment of COM
mission in lunacy by the District At
torney. 1t has not been decided by the
counsel for the defense whether Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will be called to
the stand"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
DIR. TAYLOR IS DEAD
HE WAS FATHER OF MOBILE MED
ICAL COLLEGE.
Venerable Citizen Of TalladesR and
Leader in Many Public Move
ments Puts Life's Cares
Behind Him.

Talladega. April Especial DIR.
William Taylor died 10 this city this
morning at 3 o'clock, after having been
with a cancer which had grown un-
til 1t finally attacked the brain.
The funeral services will be held
at the family residence tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock.
OF his immediate family. DR.. Taylor
children; Mrs. E. l.. Jones OF Allan
ia; w. e. Taylor and John R. Tay-
lor Of this city, and J. j. Taylor Of
Selma. He is also survived by three
sisters. Mrs. william Baker. Mrs.
Lucius Boswell and Mrs. w. v.
Harrell.
DR.. Taylor was one of the most
remarkable men ever residing in Tall
ladega. His mind was that of a
philosopher and in material things
no man knew better and appreciated
more the advantages of Alabama's re-
sources than he. For years long be-
fore the great Industrial development
of the State was under way, he was
q strong advocate Of Alaba ma posi-
bilities.
DR.. Taylor was a native of Sumner
County, Tenn, and was born August
Is, 1926. In 1899 his parents removed
to Talladega. and with the exception
Of few years spent in Louisiana anc
California he was resident of this
county all his life. He entered the
Confederate army as surgeon of the 7th
Alabama Regiment, and after 1t was
disbanded was chief surgeon of will
cox's Brigade, and subsequently pro-
NOTED to chief surgeon of division.
which position he held until the close
of the war.
The foundation of the Mobile Medical
College was due to DR.. Taylor. As the
chosen orator to appear before the
Alabama Medical Association in Mobile
in 1856, he selected as his subject, THE
eligibility of Mobile as a site for a
school of medicine" The Grafton prov
ed the inspiration which founded the
school, and under the wise management
of Drs. Mott. Ketchum. Anderson and
other physicians of that city the COL
lege was launched.
DR.. Taylor was one of the incorpor-
ators of the Alabama School for the
Deaf, which was founded in this city
in 1858 and for over thirty years hah
been chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees. He was also a member of the
Alabama Legislature in 1875 and 1880.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
SHOTS ARE FIRED
AT STREET CAR,
Bullets Came From Darkness on
Pickett Springs Line and NO
Damage Was Done.

Another street car was Aired upon
last evening shortly after 10 o'clocf
on the Pickett Springs line.
So close has been the patrolling Of
the system during the past few days,
that no opportunity was given the
mischief-makers TO cause trouble.
similar to that of one evening last
week
But last evening an outward bound
car, while near the trestle work on
the line to way to Pickett Springs.
was fired upon from out of -he dark
ness. None of the shots, so it was
reported. struck the car.
The car was run on to the Springs,
whence a s>lephone call was sent to
police headquarters shortly before IL
o'clock. Captain of Police Miles
Smith, Special Officers Taylor and
Graham and Bicycle Patrolmen Cantey
and Curtis repaired at once to the
scene of the shooting. but no trace
of the miscreants could be discovered.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
DENEEN WILL
HELPTEDDY
Will Investigate Alton
Manipulation.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OPINION
Actions Of Hartman and Asso-
GATES Are Questioned.
Illinois Governor seems to BE Planning
to Back Up President Roosevelt
BY Inquiry Into Rail-
road Financicring.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OPINION

Springfield, ILL.,, April THAT Gov
ernor Deneen is planning to second the
efforts of President Roosevelt in inves-
tigating the manipulation of railroads
by e. II. Hartman and other railroad
managers is evidenced in an opinion
handed to Governor Deneen today by
Attorney General Stead.
The opinion treats of manipulation of
the Chicago and Alton Railroad proper
ties within the last few years by Har-
riman and some of his financial asso-
ciates, including G. J. Gould, James
Stillman and Mortimer l.. Schiff. 1t
is given in response to request from
Governor Deneen and Attorney General
Stead following a conference with
President Roosevelt at Washington.
The Attorney General was asked to
advise what were his conclusions in
the matter and what action, II any, Is
contemplated by the legal department
of the State.
After setting out at some length the
various manipulations to which the
railroad corporations and properties
forming the Alton system. were sub
jected, Attorney General Stead con-
cludes there Is not the least doubt that
civil remedy exists against the
'hnanciers who have wrecked this
prosperous railroad company. and at
the expense or the innocent Stockhold-
ers and bondholders, have gathered to
themselves a harvest of millions of dol
lars"
Mr.. Stead is doubtful, however
whether 1t is the province of the State
of Illinois to enforce the remedy. The
revocation of the company's charter,
which apparently would be the natural
procedure on the part of the State.
would bring most of the suffering upon
innocent stockholders, Hartman and
his Wall Street friends having already
unloaded part of their holdings.
Mr.. Stead inclines to the belief that
the remedy lies with the company itself
or in the event of its refusal to act
with some one or more of its stock
holders. This conclusion, however. is
not final, for the Attorney General spe-
cifically states that II he should be-
come satisfied upon further investiga-
ton that an effective remedy can be
enforced by the State. he shall not
hesitate to institute proceedings
No opinion Is expressed as to whether
the members of the Hartman syndi-
cate are criminally liable under the
statutes of Illinois.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
THE WEATHER.
Washington, April 5.-Alabama:
Occasional showers Monday and Tues
day, fresh variable winds.

held several sessions in Washington in
the past few days. during which the
work of the various members was laid
out.
President Bailey in his letter, says,
in part: The occasion for the Great
ing of the commits sion lies in the fact
that, in the very rapid evolution of ex-
perimentation and research in agricul-
ture duties, there has not yet arisen a
clear understanding of mutual limits
and relationships or a settled policy in
relation to many large public questions.
We need to work out principles of ac-
ton.
There undoubtedly seems to be CO.
relating and harmonizing of subjects
and methods; an understanding of the
proper scope, function and limitations
of national and State agencies"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
CULBERsON sIDE-sTEPs.
Texas Senator Does Not Authorize Use
of His Name.

Dallas, Texas. April Limited
States Senator Charles A. Culberson
tonight declined to discuss the use that
Is being made of his name through
the North and West in connection with
the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency next year:
II know nothing about 1t except what
see in the newspapers" he said Il
have had no communication with Ma
tional Committeeman Johnston nor any
one else and do not know how the use
of my name was started"
Men who are close to Senator Gull
berson insist that the Senator recon-
mends Mr.. Bryan to be the next NOM
inee In the event that Mr.. Bryan be-
comes a candidate they feel that Gull
berson will support him enthusiastical-
Iy. Senator Culberson will address the
Texas Legislature next Friday and he
will probably discuss National Demo-
cratic principles.
National Committeeman S. NJ. john
ston reached Dallas tonight from New
York, Chicago and st. Louis. He says
he has an appointment to see Mr., Gull
berson tomorrow. Mr.. Johnston in
sists that Democrats in the West and
North desire Senator Culberson to be-
come a candidate;
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
NARROW ESCAPE IN LEE.
Cyclone Committed a Queer Prank ut
Home of Mr.. Wynn.

Columbus, Ga, April 7.-(SpeciaL)-
The cyclone which did damage in
several middle Alabama and Georgia
counties late Friday afternoon, COM
mitted freaks that seem part of atmos-
pheric disturbances.
A young son of Lemuel Wynn of Lee
county, Alabama, was leaning on
sewing machine in his fathers house
when the storm came. The house was
wrecked and the machine was torn to
fragments but the boy was unhurt He
had just taken off his shoes and they
were carried a hundred feet by the
wind The head board of bes in that
house was caught by the cyclone and
tossed into a swamp a half-mile away.
A considerable portion of the house
was lifted by the wind and deposited
in the public road a short distance
away.
A great many out-houses were des-
troyed. One or two persons in Lee
county were injured, but not very Sc
riously.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
BODY CUT IN HALF.
Negro Man Killed by switch Engine
In the Yards

negro man, whose name VAS Cowel,
was run over and instantly killed by
a switch engine in the Louisville and
Nashville yards in North Montgomery
at II o'clock yesterday morning.
Cowel. it seems, was crossing the
tracks when he either fell or was
knocked down by the engine. He was
dragged under the wheels of the To-
connective and his body was cut half
in two The remains were alter taken
to an undertaking shop.
Cowel was about IS years old and
resided in North Montgomery. His
remains may be taken to dayneville
for interment.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
INCENDIARY FIRE.
Flames Result In Loss of $iO0. 900 In
Norfolk.

Norfolk Va. April Fire of incen-
diary origin destroyed the Raisy Roller
Mills early today, entaining a loss Of
$500 600 practically covered by insur-
ance. The burned structure was stu
ated on the water front adjoining the
eastern pier and warehouse of the
Clyde Line docks, which were threat
cned by fire.
A negress, who conducts an eating
house across Water Street from the
mills, informed the police that she saw
two men pouring the contents of a bot
tie against the sides of the mill build
ing Just before the fire started. The
police are seeking the men.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
JEWS ARE IN FEAR.
Outrages Anticipated IL Parliament is
Dissolved.

Odessa. April IA sensation has
been caused by the result of the mu-
nicipal elections just ended, which re-
suited in a victory for the Union of
True Russian People. Out of seventy
two members OF the town council sixty
seven are new members of he union.
The previous liberal council was re-
garded as the only safeguard against
anti-Jewish disorders and the only
body capable of interceding with the
authorities against the Black Hundred.
The Jews are in fear of fresh out
RACES and believe these will occur If
parliament is dissolved.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
BIG JEWELLERY THEFT.
George - Cox and Wife Robbed of
&35.()lO Worth

Cincinnati, April 7.-Information has
leaked out in police circles that while
soJonrning in New York, Mr.. and Mrs
George B. Cox. of this city. were vic
Tins of sneak thieves and that the light
fingered crooks carried of large num-
Der of jewels and ornaments belong
ing to Mrs. Cox, valued at S35. 900.
Although the Jewels were stolen over
two weeks ago and the police of Gin
cinnati and New York have been work.
ing on the case, they have. 1t is said.
SO far failed to find the slightest trace
OF the treasures.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE.
Views of l.. II. Bailey Connected Witt
Government Commission.

Washington, April 1.-THE nature and
scope of the work of the commission
recently appointed, to inquire into and
report as to the organization and poll
icy that should prevail in the expendl-
ture of public moneys provided for
scientific experimentation and research
in the interest of agriculture. are dis
cussed in a letter from L. H. Bailey of
Cornell University, to President David
Starr Jordan, of Leland Stanford Uni
versity. just made public. Mr.. Bailey
is President of the Association of Agri-
cultural Colleges and Experiment Sta
lions. which the commission repre-
sents, and Dr. Jordan is chairman of
the commission. This commission has
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
ARBITRAToRs DECIDE.


San Francisco, April 1.-The board
of arbitration, which has been con-
sidering the dispute between the
Southern Pacific Company and the Or
der of Railway photographers, handed
down its decision awarding the tele-
graphers seven and one half per cent
Increase in pay and half days work
on Sunday or in lieu thereof n vaca-
ton of twenty-six days in each year
with full pay The Southern Pacific
gains it's contention that the tele-
graphers should not legislate for train
dispatchers, and that station agents,
whose salaries or commissions equal
or exceed $1,000. should be eliminated
from the agreement between the COM
pany and the telegraphers
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
DISTINGUISHED WOMAN DIES


Richmond. Va. April Mrs. Charles
1 bruce OF stanton HILL daughter OF
Thomas Seldom of Fredericksburg died
here today.
she was sister of James A Sed
don, a member of the Confederate
states Cabinet. and widow of Charles
Bruce, prominent legislator and SOL
der of South Side. Va. She was the
mother of Thomas Seldom, Albert Cas-
son. Charles Morelle. ex-Secretary and
Governor pro tempore of Arizona Ter
ritory; Philip Alexander, the Virginia
Historian; William CabeU. CITY soIIc-
itor of Baltimore and James Douglas.
Professor of English in the University
OF Tennessee, and Of Ellen Carter, wife
of Capt. j. p. Baylor, OF the United
States Coast Survey. and Anne Seldom
first wife of DR.. Thomas Nelson Page,
the author
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
AFTER TRAIN wRECKERS.
Pennsylvania System Offers a Big Re
ward.

Pittsburg, April la statement is
sued tonight from the headquarters OF
the Pennsylvania Lines West, says
that the company is making every eff
fort to capture the person or persons
who attempted to wreck train No.
322 on the Cleveland and Pittsburg d.
vision near Hudson, Ohio, last night
and for whose arrest reward of
$4,000 has been offered with en- addi-
tional $4,000 If they are taken within
the next twenty-four hours.
The sheriffs of Summit, Portage and
Cuayhoga counties with their depu-
ties and the chief OF police o. GIeveI.
the train wreckers, but no arrests
have been made thus far.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
MILLIONAIRE FATALLY INJURED.
SOAP Manufacturer Thrown From Bug
Ky and Cannot Live.

Chattanooga. Tenn, April Rob
ert, Scholze, millionaire soap manufac-
turer and tanner, was thrown from
his buggy this morning and received
injuries which will certainly prove
fatal within a few hours
Hemmorhage of the brain was caus-
ed by the force of the fall and the
physicians pronounce his recovery i'm
possible. Mr.. Scholze came here as
young man from Saxony without
money and started a small tannery
which rapidly grew to its present
dimensions.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08

He WINS Chief Of Engineers During the
SIege of Enrt Smmler.

John johnson. u. D., LII, D., rector
emeritus of ST. Phillips Church. Major
OF Engineers in charge at Fort Sum
ter during the siege OF the SOS. au-
thor of The Defense of Fort Sumter"
and other historical works, died to-
night at the age of rs years. He leaves
a widow and several sons and daugh-
ter@
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
INTERRUPTED MEETING
Two Men Arrested for Disturbing Pub
lie WOrahIp

John Seabrook and VIII Ray. two
young negroes. were arrested shortly
after ) o'clock yesterday afternoon on
the charge of violating the city ordi.
nance that prohibits any disturbance
II or near a place of public worship.
Ray was also charged with carrying
concealed weapons.
The two negroes were arrested by
Bicycle Officers Evans and Curtis near
the Weeping Willow negro church
where IL is alleged they were Great
ing disturbance by firing off re.
volver.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
STRIKE OF LoNGsHoREMEN.
Little Improvement in the Situation a
Norfolk.

Norfolk.
Norfolk, va, April There is little
improvement in the situation caused
by the strike of the longshoremen
which has seriously interfered with
eoastwise shipping for the past week.
Today the old Dominion steamer
Monroe brouht two hundred italians
from New York to work in the places
vacated by the negro strikers and as
result the steamer jamestown sailed
for New York tonight leaving three
vessels of the company's fleet here.
One hundred Italians left New York
tonight to work on the wharves of the
company here.
Aided by outside labor, the mer-
chants and miners transportation COM
pany Is working half force at its piers
and expects to bring in enough men
to fill the vacancies.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-08
william Hamilton Dead.

Sandusky, o., April William Ham
ilton, who as clerk of the Island Queen
Is credited with having been one Of
FIVE men who during the civil war
prevented the release of 700 Confederate
prisoners held on Johnsons Island, died
today, aged II years.