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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23

to by the Governor. who Is quoted as saying that he considers this age limit will work harm to many families In the State.
 In response to the direct question as to how he stands on the child laoor bill, the Governor had this to say yes terday:
 T am in favor of a strong child la bor bill, but l believe that the House in passinR on such a law should be very careful not to put an arbitrary age limit which may work unnecessary injury to the parents and to the chIi- dren.''
 From what can be gathered the gov ernors idea seems to pc that there are families in the state that have to absolutely depend upon what the girls nav earn in the mills for their sus- tenance.
 It is said that he is opposed to the age limit of fourteen years for girls from the fact that there are num- erou. instances where girls of twelve years and over are quite capable or working in the mills and that 1T they are debarred, the families will suffer from the fact that this income Is de- nied them
 Wiu Not Cover Age Limit.
 Be this as 1t may, there is strong sentiment amongst the members or the House that the age limit for girIs should not be lowered ana in support of this contention they deciare they are legislating not only for the pres- ent, but for future generations.
 When the House has posed Of this measure and the Municipal Code bill has been settled there will be another fight on the bill regulating mining In this State. The chairman of the Min ing and Manufacturing committee is of the opinion that this bill will be reached today, although 1t is possible that final action will go over until to- morrow.
 This bill has been printed and is now ready for distribution among the members of the House. There is 8 clause in the ~ that is in keeping with the child labor law, and pro- hibits the employment Of boys in the mines This clause, 1t Is thought, will cause some discussion and dissention among the member.
 The sponsors of this bill declare they are actuated by no other purpose than to give to the miner in his toll as much protection from accident as Is possible. They want the mines regu- lated. They want to make 1t abso- lutely certain that the gally ways are adequately shored up and that every proper precaution is taken to prevent fire damp from accumuiating.
 In the Senate some interest will at- tach to the communication of the gov ernor, in answer to the resolution of Senator Thomas asking that the Sem ate be favored with the reports made to the governor by Dr. Shirley Brasg,. inspector of tails. cotton mills and aims houses. The Senate passed this resolution at its sessIon Friday and the paper will no doupt be sent in today.
 The Senate will in the next two days adopt the State code. It will adopt the code. as the House adopted 1t. with faith in the work of the Recess Committee. It would be a matter Of impossibility for the code to be con sidered. section by section, even 1T the Senate held sessions day and night. So 1t Is expected that the code will be taken up and quickly disposed Of by an immediate passage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
PLOTAGAINSTCROWN
FORMER EMPEROR OF KOREA IN
 CONSPIRACY.
Sensational RumOrs Are AflOat To The Effect that Three Cruisers are to
 Land Hue Jackets.

Seoul, July 22 -(Noon)-Discovery of a plot against the throne resulted in the arrest between midnight and dawn of today of one of the elder statesmen of Korea together with Pax Yung Ho, who yesterday was appointed minister of the imperial household Vi Do Chai, Grand Chamberlain of the former Emperor and four Korean of- ficers.
 The intervention of the former Elm peror in the affairs of today is evil denced by the fact that he prevailed upon his son, he present emperor to refuse his sigI ature to proclamation framed by tn. cabinet. the object of which was to calm the people and restore order Furthermore the ap- pointment O. Pax Yung Ho to his present post Is another evidence of the refusal of the deposed sovereign to surrender power and there is reason to believe that he Is planning to pre- cipitate an outbreak on his own &C., count.
 The Ministers of War. Justice and Education assembled at the palace yes erday afternoon, the remaining of the cabinet joining them at 10 o'clock in the evening and the full cabinet de- liberated until this morning.
 The Minister of War has reported to Marquis Ito, the Japanese resident general. that he has no control over or communication with the army.
 The former emperor Is responsible for four anti-Japanese conspiracies since his abdication. The first con- spiracv consisted in ordering the im- perial guard to rush the palace on the night of July 19. the second Is found in the defiance of the Minister of War by the Korean army. the third was the attack on the police tt the Great Bell. which the Japanese have proof to show was led by an army officer and the fourth consisted In his indirect manipu- lation of the present Emperor.
 One Japanese was wounded in the encounter in front of the Great Bell yesterday.
 Two villas belonging to deposed members of the former cabinet were burned down between o'clock and midnight last night. The electric plant is now under guard and all night long the Japanese town was un der the vigilance of fire patrols.
 Police reserves have arrived here from Taiko
 Sensational rumors are current that three cruisers with ability to land 1000 blue jackets are making their way to Chemulpo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
COL LUMBIA AND SAN PEDRO
 THE ILL HATED VESSELS
Life Raft Full of Passengers
 Reaches Golden Gate.
Although Fatal Accident Occurred At Shelter Cove Saturday News Of Disaster Did Not Reach
 California Metropolis
 Until Early Yesterday.

Eureka, Cal, July 22.-Hourly the death list of the marine horror off the Mendicino county coast shrinks. The best advices tonight are that TIT of the two hundred and forty odd souls on board the steamer Columbia es- capped death when that vessel went to the bottom near Shelter Cove between midnight and 1 o'clock of Sunday morn ing. One hundred and seven of the Columbia's passengers and thirty-eight of her crew have been brought to this city by the steamer George w. Elder, which lowed the colliding schooner San Pedro from the scene of the dis aster to Eureka.
 A late message from Shelter Cove saws that three more life boats have been picked up. one of them contain ing eighteen persons. another fifteen and the third not reported.
 The survivors who were brought to this port are being cared for at hotels and in privtte houses. The citizens of Eureka moved to unanimous action by pity and the distress of the victims have supplied sufficient quantities of clothing and all necessary medical at- tention without stint or price. com mittee of citizens under the leadership of Mayor Rickes has charged itself with the duties of the hour and is per. forming them with energy and all pos- sible speed.
 A segregation of the Columbia's pas- senger list shows that in her cabin she carried seventy-eight men and ninety women and girls; In her steer age twenty men and one woman, a total of 1S9. Discrepancies. however. vary between the full list furnished the purser on sailing and some of the names given by survivors who have reached here indicate that the total pas sengers may have been greater in number.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
TELLS OF DISASTER.
Ghastly Sights At Scene Of Collision
 Of Steamers

or Steamers.
 Oakland. Cal, July 22.-P. c. Walker, a passenger on the steamship Roanoke which arrived today from Portland. told. in an interview, of the havoc and the scenes of distress which were wit messed after the collision of the ves- sells. He said:
 The Roanoke was bound south and at noon Sunday we reached the scene of the collision which had occurred be- tween the steamers San Pedro and Co., lumbia on the previous night.
 The surface of the sea all around the scene were strewn with the wreck age of the lost vessel and the deck houses of the San Pedro and the deck load of lumber she was carrying at the time of the collision.
 'The steamship George w. Elder and two steam schooners whose names we failed to hear as they were just re- suming their course north. were at the scene of the wreck. The Elder had a line fastened to the San Pedro and her officers and crew were endeavor- ing to get tow line aboard the lat ter in order to tow her to port.
 ''The San Pedro's after mast had been broken off even with the smokestack. She was badly listed and waterlogged and so low down at the stern that the sea swept the after-deck.
 While we drifted across the bows of the Elder, several of the members of the crews of the San Pedro and Elder, who had been rescued by the Elder, re- quested us to report to their families and friends that they were safe, but l could make out only one name. namely. Kavanaugh, who I think was an officer of the lost steamship and resident of 1928 Broadway.
 We noticed the shipwrecked passen- gers of the Columbia on the deck of the Elder, clothed in table cloths and other temporary covering, and a large bier on the upper deck on which the bodies recovered from the Sea were piled and covered with an American flag,
 "As the Roanoke could be of no ser vice. she resumed her course south ward. This time the captain of the Elder responded to the parting signal
 After we had proceeded several miles from the scene of the wreck we sighted two life rafts and two boats Neither had any living thing aboard. . One of the life rafts was secured. The water keg had been wrenched from the deck and the bolts which held the deck to the hull had been drawn and bent, showing that the craft had been damaged as it was launched from the bow of the doomed steamship.
 When the raft was being raised to the Roanoke's deck. the body of a man floated from under 1t. This was se- cured and pulled aboard. life pre- server encircled the body and the hor- rifying expression on the face indica- ted that death was not due to drown ing, but to fright.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
One Hundred Lose Li.1s Ln Midnight Cc.lision Of
 Steamers or San Francisco

the crew of the Columbia which were taken off the steamer san Pedro.
 The San Pedro had her stern gone and was damaged considerable for ward. Her main mast was gone and foremast sprung. her cargo was gone and she was in waterlogged condi- tion The Elder was trying to tow her gross. The Roanoke picked up a body supposed to be Edward Butler and brought 1t here to this city.
 Survivors Brought Tn.
 The steam lumber schooner Daisy Mitchell. which docked at the Mission Street wharf at $40 o'clock this morn- ing. brought one of the Columbia's life boats and a life raft. Captain Smith of the Mitchell said:
 We were southbound from willapa harbor and reached the scene of the The Columbia had gone to the bottom and not even the tops of her masts were visible. The steamer Georgia w.. Elder. at that time was taking the San Pedro in tow. I hailed the Elder and asked her if she wanted any as- sistance from us. I got such a short answer that you would think had of- fered an insult.
 ''The San Pedro's stem was smashed to splinters and 1t looked to me as though she had rammed her way ten feet into the Columbias bow The San Pedro was settling at that time and had heavy list She had lost considerable of her deck load of lum- Der. The sea was smooth. The water was filtered with the timbers and splin- tered wood. We saw two life rafts of the Columbia and a life boat. We pick ed up the boat and one of the rafts and brought them along.
 We saw a great many life preserv- CTS in the sea, but no bodies. dead or alive.
 We cruised around the scene for an hour or two. then pursued our course south. The steamer Roanoke stood by the same as we did, and understand she picked up body or two and one of the survivors
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
WILL INVESTIGATE.
Secretary Railway Safety Devices Will Determine if Inventions are
 Suppressed.

Washington. July 22.-W. P. Roland. secretary of the block signal board and expert on railway safety devices of the Interstate Commerce Commission an- nounced today that he would begin at once an investigation in the United states Patent Ofice to determine whether manufacturing corporations and railroads have suppressed inven- tions on appliances that would be val nahIe in preventing accidents on rail- roads.
 Inventors have charged that corpor- ations have bought valuable patents and suppressed them in order to keep them out of competition with ineffi- cient appliances now in use. If the block signal board finds that valuable patents are being suppressed 1t will afford the inventors an opportunity to Demonstrate the value of their appli- ances.
 Steps will be taken, according to the nIans of the board, to compel the man. ufacture and use of meritorious appli- AncAAx
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
HAU FOUND GUILTY
bCONDEMNED MAN LISTENS TO
 SENTENCE COMPOSEDLY.
Judges Fix Death as the Penalty for the Murder of Mother-in-law
 Last November.

Carlsruhe. July 22-Karl Hal. the brilliant young professor of George Washington University. was this morn ing found guilty of the murder of his mother-in-law, Frau Moliter at Baden Baden in November last, and was sem fenced to death
 The prisoner heard the verdict of the jury with perfect composure and chatted smilingly with his counsel, af- ter the judge withdrew to fix his sen- tence. On the return of the Judges, Hau. standing erect with folded arms. listened to the sentence without moving a muscle. A moment later ho was hurried away to the prison by half dozen policemen.
 The sentence is unpopular with tho street crowds. which have been demon strating more and more openly for several days in Hau's favor and against the Moliter family.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
FAMILY FEUD ENDS
SEVERAL DEATHS AS RESULT OF
 OUTBREAK.
Membs1v of Chapman and Martin Housss in Early Morning Trag- edy-Yxght BeEan by Throw-
 ing Stones.

Columbus. Ga. July 22.-Bad feeling between the families eliminated today in the death of Will Chapman, aged 22 years, while Henry Martin. 46 years old. is seriously wounded and Arthur Martin. son of Henry Martin, a boy of IS, is in Jail, charged with the death of Chapman.
 The tragedy occurred here early to- day. when Arthur Martin began throw ing stones at Chapman. Henry Mar tin fired several shots without effect at Chapman, who returned the fire, vounding the elder Martin. Mrs. Chapman declared that she saw young Martin pick up his fathers Winches- ter and fire the shot that killed Chap man instantly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
Conditions About Canton.

New York. July PA letter has been received ct the headquarters of the board of foreign missions of the Pres byterian church from one of the medical missionaries of the board now In China describing the conditions around canton. According to Dr. J. NJ Swan. the writer of the letter. only a leader Is necessary for a widespread rebellion in that part of China He says that certainly before twelve months have passed a decided change in the government may be expected and that whether it will be accomplished by force of arms or not, is yet to be de- termined.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
BAD COUNTRY.
Six Men Killed Yesterday at 8lue.
 Landing, Tenn.

Six Men Killed Yesterday at t3lue
 Landing, Tenn.
 Nashville, Tenn, July 22.-Six men were killed in Lake county. Tennessee. yesterday Blue Landing on the Ten nessee river, was the storm center of the trouble. Pat Worlds was shot and killed at Blue Landing in a fight with Luther Rankin. The latter is one of the most prominent men in the county.
 Later at the same place two negroes, names unknown. engaged in pistol duel and both were killed. They had been drinking.
 At Blue Ridge Landing late yester- day afternoon a man named Red Dub lin shot and killed a negro in a quarrel over a debt.
 At Ridgeley. in Lake county, man named Smith became engaged in a quarrel with a negro and knocked him down. The negro arose and knocked Smith down, then several white men came to Smiths assistance and severely cut the negro The negro had his wounds dressed and left with his brother. Their dead bodies were found on the railroad track this morning. It is supposed they had been lynched.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
Ptomaine Poison.

Memphis. Tenn. July 22.-A special from Mayfield. Ky. says;
 Edward Seay. his two sons B. c. and Merritt Seay. and the members of their families. fourteen persons in all. are in a critical condition at Pottsville. suffer ing from ptomaine poisoning as a re- suit of eating ice cream containing the poison at a dinner party at the home of the elder Seay Sunday. B. c. Seay one of tn persons i'll. is one of the most prominent attorneys of West Kentucky.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
COLLISION OF STEAMERS.
Details Of Awful Catastrophe At SheI
 ter Cove.

ter Cove.
 San Francisco, July 22-In a col lision between the passenger steamer Columbia and the steam schooner San Pedro off the Mendocino coast, one hun dred passengers lost their lives Sat urday night. The Columbia was sunk and lies completely submerged in the deep waters of Shelter Cove.
 Captain Doran. master of the Co. lumbia, stayed with his vessel and is among the lost.
 Collision in Dense Fog.
 The collision occurred at midnight when all on board save the lookout and officer on the bridge were asleep in their berths.
 The Columbia was steaming north at an easy rate. having left here at noon Saturday. Suddenly out of the fog loomed the dark hulk of the steam schooner San Pedro. southbound. which was evidently out of her course.
 Whistles were blown and frantic eff forts made by the helmman of each vessel to avert the collision but they were of no avail The San Pedro struck the steamer in the port bow, tearing an immense hole in her side, through which the water rushed in great volume. Alarms were sounded throughout the passenger ship and the terrified passengers scrambled from their state rooms in an effort to es- cane from the doomed vessel. But the time was too short to aid the life saw CTS. The vessel sank within five min ute of the time of the collision. A life raft was launched with a number of passengers on board, but only few cf the entire number aboardA were slved.
 First News of Disaster.
 The steamer Roanoke carrying number of the dead and some of the rescued passengers. reached here at 6:15 o'clock this morning, bringing the first news of the disaster. The dead were conveyed to the morgue.
 Shelter Cove, where the collision oc- cured, Is 179 miles up the coast. A life raft bearing a number of the survivors is being lowed to this port by the Daisy Mitchell. The San Pedro is being lowed to Eureka by the steam CT George w. Elder.
 The olumbia was a steel vessel of l,746 tons and was 309 feet in length. 3S5 feet beam and 14.4 feet in depth. She carried a crew of "A men under Captain F. A. Dorah. who had been
 of the vessel for the past five
 The vessel was built at Chester,
 1880 and was owned by the
 ncisco and Portland Steamship
 y. During the earthquake and
 Columbia was lying at dry
 the Union Iron Works and
 loosened some of her blocks
 result that the vessel was
 But she was entirely refit-
 when she left here Saturday
 ed full list passengers
 Pedro was commanded by
 sansen and is a wooden yes
 tons. She is 166 feet long
 eet beam and IF feet deep
 ,ult in San Francisco in 1902
 R. Haney & Sons Company
 recently sold to the Eastern
 Tn Lumber Company
 mer Roanoke spoke to the
 ,orge W. Edler and the lat
 board sS passengers and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
WAR INDEMNITY.
Central American Tells of Nicaraa
 and HOndurAs Troubles.

Central American Tells of Nicaragua
 and Honduras Troubles.
 Mexico City. July 22.-According to an interview with a Central American recently arrived in this capital. Pres ident Zelaya of Nicaragua exacted a war indemnity of 2.500.000 pesos from Honduras.
 It is said that when Zelaya made war upon Honduras he not only broke the treaty of Corinto which was ent- cred into upon his own initiative. but he violated the rules of arbitration un- der which he was obligated to the King of Spain. whose decision had just been given on the boundary disputes between Honduras and Nicaragua.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
STATE RESTS.
Trial of Zeke Lewis for Participating
 In Lynching.

Charlotte. N C.. July 22.-The State today rested in the trial of Zeke Lewis, charged with participating in the lynching of J V. Johnson. in progress at Monroe N. C.. after several witness es had testified to the character of Kendall and Began. the States star witnesses
 The defense attempted to prove ,he states witnesses of bad character. At the afternoon session Lewis took the stand in an attempt to prove an alibi.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
POP TURNED DOWN.
Refused to Allow Name on Democratic
 Ticket.

Lincoln. Neb., July 22.-Upon the re- fusal today of the Secretary of State to permit the name of John l.. Sun dean. a Populist. to be placed upon the Democratic ticket. in the direct primary ballot. State Chairman T. S. Allen. of the Democratic State Central Committee. filed application for writ of mandamus with the Supreme Court.
 A special meeting of the Court will take place tomorrow afternoon to hear the pleadings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
VOUCHER CLERK CONVICTED.
Sent to Penltentiary for two Years Fo,
 stealing.

New Orleans, July 22.-Rudolph Fink office of the auditor of the Southern Pacific Railroad here pleaded guilty today on two accounts of an indict- ment charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses from the railroad company. and was sentenced to serve two years in the Louisiana state penitentiary.
 Garner, it was alleged, issued vouchers at various times amounting to sa7.0oo to Henry l. Stewart" un-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23

der sthe pretense that they were in payment for railroad ties. As Henry I. Stewart he had an office at the board of trade and under this fictitious name he cashed the vouchers. His extravagant mode of living attracted the attention of the railroad officials and an investigation followed. Garner in the meantime disappeared and 1t was not until seven months after
 wards that detectives found him at his wifes old home near Rome, ,sa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY.
Dr. Aked Breaches on '"Ihe Ethics of
 Holiday"

Holiday"
 Chautauqua, N Y. July 22.-The Rev Dr. Charles F. Aked, pastor or the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of New York, preached in the Chautauqua As- sembiy Sunday on '"The Ethics of a Holiday" taking as his text. Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a while.
 "rhere has been no people on the face of the earth who needed this more than do we ourselves" said Dr. Aked. we burn our candles at both ends and lest our neighbors should get ahead Of us, we light 1t in the middle.
 as incapable of dying as we are of thinking. because of our lack of leis- ure. If we were to pause in our mad rush to mediate on time and its mys- terious life and its meaning. we might miss the next car; we could live. if we were not aways dying to get some- where else
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
BACILICA ACCEPTED.
Monument to HeId Remains of Pope
 Leo XIII F1uished

Rome, July 22.-The Basilica built from designs made by Signor Radolin. the sculptor. to hold the remains of Pope Leo BIII. was formerly turned over to Cardinal Satolli this morning by the Archbishop of St. John lateral.
 The ceremonies were impressive Eight cardinals and two prelates were present. Signor Randolin delivered an address in which he explained that the of the Basilica had been in- spired by a reading of the works of the late Pope. The monument was then accepted by Cardinal Satolli.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-23
DROWNED IN RIVER.
Father Attempting to Rescue Son AIst
 Loses Life.

Loses Life.
 Memphis, Tenn. July 22.-A special from Little Rock. Ark, says
 While attempting to resuce his son Robert, Lane Clark. merchant in this city was drowned in the Arkansas river yesterday afternoon. The body of the son has been recovered. but that of MT. Clark has not yet been found. The father and son were in bath ing when Robert got over his depth and in an effort to save his son both were drowned.