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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
JURY IS STILL OUT
NO VERDICT YET IN CALLED POWERS
 CASE.
After Retiring. the Jury Asked the Court to RefFeshen Their Mem ory About Certain Eve
 dence i'm Case.

Georgetown. Ky. Jan. 2.--The fate of Caleb Powers three times convicted of com plicitv in the assassination of William Goebel. is for the fourth time entrusted to a jury. The jury has had the testimony under consideration for one day. and there Is no indication either of verdict or of disagreement : After agreeing to discontinue con s.deration of the evidence until tomor- row. the jurors retired for the night at 9:30.
 When the jury ceased it's delibera- tions in the Powers case at 5:30 this afternoon. so that the members might dine. it was with the understanding that at 7:30 o'clock counsel should ar gue before Judge Morris the adv.sa- bility of accedinR to the fury's request for a transcript of the testimony of Henry F. Youtesv. former Auditors clerk. now serving life sentence for complicity in the Goebel assassination.
 Among other things. about which the jury asked the court to refresh their memory is from which door of the executive building Youtsey made his ext after the shot was fired and from which window of the Secretary of States office the shot was fired.
 This is taken by the public as an in. dication that the iurv is seriously con- sidering that phase of the case insist ed upon by the defense that Youtsey himself fired the fatal shot and that Jim Howard had nothing to do with 1t.
 At 7:45 D. m., by agreement of couns sel, Judge Morris read to the jury from the direct and cross examination or Henry E. Youtsey. those paragraphs fin answer to the two written questions propounded to the court by the jury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
HUGHES BOOM AGAIN
PLANS ARE MADE FOR A STATE OR
 GANIZATION.
Conference of Republicans, Legislators and Others, is Held in Interest of Nomination of Hughes
 for President.

Albany N. Y.. Jan. 2.-Plans for a state organization in the interest of the nomination of Governor Hughes for President of the United States by the Republican National Convention, were made today by a conference of Repub- licans, legislators and others at the Kenmore Hotel in this city.
 State Senator Alfred R. Page of New York presided and there were also present Congressman George E. Waldo of Brooklyn; State Superintendent of Prisons c. " Collins. State Water Com missioner John A. Sleicher. Republican State Committeeman H. q. Tennant. Charles H. Young. President of the New York Republican Club. and A. B. Humphrey who introduced in that club the recent resolution indorsing Cover nor Hughes for the presidency.
 The conference was called somewhat informally Senator Page said. under the auspices of the committee appoint ed at a conference in the same interest held just before Christmas at the Man haitian Hotel in New York city. This committee consists of Senator Page and Mcesrs. Sleicher, Humphrey, Young and A R smith.
 "All those present at the conference, ." said Senator Page, declared that there was a strong public sentiment in favor oF the nomination of Governor Hughes and it was agreed that a provisional organization should be instituted by The selection of a man in each assem- hlv district Further meeting was left subject to the call of myself as chair man."
 DO you intend that the organiza- So tion shall be confined to Republicans? ?' the Senator was asked.
 "Oh, yes, it will be composed of Re- publicans." Senator Page replied.
 ''I believe the Republican convention
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
|LYNCHING IN
 MISSISSIPPI Mob T S Negro From .Police. LA THROWN OVER NECK : Effort to Hang Him Was Abandoned. After the Shooting City Omcial Per
 suaded the Mob Not To Drag The Body Through The Streets.

Brookhaven, Miss. Jan. 2.-Proba- bly the first lynching of 19ee occurred here today when mob in broad day light, took a negro away from police officers and shot him. The negro, whose name was not known either to the police or mob, was accused of kill ing policeman at Oakvale. Miss. on Tuesday night.
 The negro had been arrested as a suspicious person because he came to Brookhaven looking for medical treat ment for gun shot wound in the abdomen. The mob got him away from the police by using lasso which was thrown over the negro's neck as the officers hurried him to jail. The las- soing of the black occurred near the central part of the town about 3 D. m., and owing to the quick gathering of the crowds, an effort to hang him was abandoned.
 After the shooting city official per- suaded the mob not to drag the body through the streets as its members proclaimed an intention of doing. The mob is said to have been composed mostly of men from the vicinity of Oakvale. After the lynching. a negro who saw the body said it was that Of Coot Autman, accused of killing a policeman in this vicinity December TO-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
MAY TAKE OFF FAST
 TRAIN TO FLORIDA

Washington, Jan. Especial. )--Ac- cording to a report in circulation to- day the Southern Railway Company is contemplating emitting the Palm Beach Special from its schedule this winter on account of lack of volume expected in tourist traffic.
 During November reports were made to headquarters in this city by officials of the road throughout the South looking to the reduction of the through and local train service over the entire line. These changes were made and announced at the time.
 As none of the general officers of the company was in Washington today it was impossible to verify the rumor regarding the omission of the Palm Beach Special" No orders to that eff feet, however, have yet been issued
 Alfred Stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
Successor to Brownson
 Is Selected.
POSITION ONLY TEMPORARY
He is Familiar With Duties of
 Bureau Chief.
PiIIsbury Will Enjoy, Title of Rear Admiral whiie in
 Office.

Washington. Jan. 2--After n confer ence with President Roosevelt. today, Secretary Metcalf announced that Cap- tain J. E. Pillsbury had been selected chief of the Navigation Bureau of the navy department Captain Pillsbury participated in the conference between the President and the Secretary. just prior to the announcement e8
 The selection of Captain John Elliott Pillsbury. to be chief of the Bureau of Navigation, is at best only tem- porary one. unless the President should decide to again have recourse to tine expedient of commissioning a retired officer as chief of the bureau.
 Captain Pillsbury was born in Lowell. Mass, December IS, 1S4s, ana will consequently have to retire on account of age December i5 next. Captain Pillsbury occupies an excep- tional position in the navy for a man of his rank In being practically out of line for promotion to the grade of Rear Admiral. though in his capacity Of Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. he will temporarily enjoy that title. This Is owing to the conditions under which he entered the naval academy and graduated.
 The beginning of the Spanish War found Pillsbury lieutenant comman- der, and because of his tendency towards high explosives. he was placed in command of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius. then regarded as extra hazardous service
 Sihceothe spanish War, he has seen service at the Boston navy yard, on the general board at Washington, and on the army and navy joint board. of which he Is now a member. He iS familiar with the duties of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. having served as assistant to Admiral Con- verse when he was at the head of that bureau from November 1903 to July. 1904 His last duty before coming fo Washington was as chief of staff to Admiral Evans in command of the Atlantic fleet.
 If is known that Captain PiIishury did not seek his new duty. Tn fact he has the reputation in the navy of refusing 10 apply for any special duty. and always assuming any assignment without protest.
 Secretary Metcalf announced this afternoon that Captain Pillsbury would not assume the duties of the chief of the bureau of navigation until he was confirmed by the Senate. His nomina- tion is expected to be sent to the Sem ate when 1t re-assembles Monday. N candidates for the position of chief q the bureau in the sense of application, were made for the appointment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
INSANITY THE FLEA.
Tbaw's Counsel Will ORer No Other
 Defense.


 Defense.
 New York. Jan. 2.-Counsel for Har- ry K. Thaw consulted today and it was agreed that the only defense to be in- troduced would be insanity at the time that Stanford White was killed. 1t will be contended. however, that Thaw is now sane. Those in conferences ly and A. Russell Peabody.
 The defense. 1t Is said. will offer much new testimony. There will be score of witnesses to the shooting of White who have not testified before and all will testify that in their opin- ion Thaw was crazed on the night Of the murder.
 MT. Littleton has a list of the 300 talesmen who have been summoned to appear Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day. in the criminal branch of the Su- preme Court and detectives are inves- tigating the record of each.
 Mir. OReilly and MT. Peabody called at the Tombs today and consulted their client.
 There are signs that the second trial will attract much less attention than the first did. The applications from out of town newspaper representatives, and press bureaus for seating accom- modation are noticeably fewer. The telegraphic arrangements for tho transmission of the reports of the trial will he greatly curtailed. Unless new witnesses open a new line of inquiry. the testimony. 1t is expected, will be largely a repetition of the testimony in the first trial.
 District Attorney Jerome. who will again be the chief prosecutor. with As- sistant District Attorney Garvan as his aide. said tonight that the trial would surely begin before Justice Bowling next Monday morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
Warehouses Burned.

Nashville. Tenn, Jan. s.--A long dis tance telephone message to The Amer ican from Russenville. Kys says that night riders visited that town at 12:45 o'clock this morning (Friday.0
 The tobacco warehouses of F. G. workes Company and the American Snuff Company were dynamited and burned. The blaming mill of Roberts and Brown and three other smaller houses were more or less damaged. Many shots were fired. There were be- tween fifty and seventy-five masked men in the party and they were in Rus selIville about an hour.
 The Louisville and Nashville depot was threatened by the harpes but es- caped. The attack was entirely unex- pected.
 It is reported that two men. whose names cannot be learned, were shot during the fusiiade kept up by the night riders. They ran out of hotel when the commotion began. One of them is reported to be a commercial traveller.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
NINE PERSONS
 ARE INJURED Rioting Resumed in Indiana Town. STREET CARS ARE STONED Striking Employees and Strike Breakers Have Clash. Seven Companies of the Indiana Na- tionaI Guard Are Under Arms
 and Are Being Held
 in Readiness.

Muncie, Ind, Jan. 2.-Rioting was re- sumed today on the streets af Muncie between striking employees of the ln- diana Union Traction Company, which owns the street railway and interurban lines, and the strike breakers. Shots were fired and stones and other mis- siles were thrown. Nine persons have been injured.
 The injured:
 Morris Maley. bullet wound in groin; John R. Kline, shot in the leg: William Finn, slight flesh wound: Joseph Wall ing. hit in the chest with stone; Harry Taughingbaugh, Orville Shepp, James Rutledge. Harry Gardner. John Lew ellyn.
 Cars were started this morning with out interruption. except protected by from seven to nine strike breakers. At 10 o'clock a crowd began gathering at the interurban station and in thirty minutes 2,O00 persons surrounded the building. Cars were stoned as they started out. At other parts of the city cars were stopped and the strike break : CTS were driven off. Two cars collided on account of the inexperience of the motormen and several people had mar row escapes. No one was fatally in- iured. It is expected the troops now being held in readiness at Indianapolis will be brought here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
ALTHOUGH DECLARED BEAD,
 C. M. GABLE TURNS UP ALIVE

Lancaster, Pa, aJn. 2.-Although de- clared dead several years ago, and for many years believed by his wife and friends here to have died, George M . Gable appeared in the iocal court to- day to claim s12.0OO from the estate of his uncle, Jacob Gable.
 Seventeen years ago, Gable disap- peared leaving his wife and several small children. All efforts to trace him failed and his wife, believing him dead, re-married. When Jacob Gable died in 1904, Gable, one of the heirs. was de- clared dead by the court. The execu- tors, however, refused to pay over the inheritance to his widow and in- stituted search which resulted in the long missing man being found in Sac ramento, California. Gable came East and was identified in court today by the wife he left seventeen years ago as the rightful heir.
 The woman's second husband has begun proceedings for divorce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
TO PROTECT DEPOsITOHs.
Texas Farmers Demand tbe "okIahonn
 Idea,0

San Antonio, Jan 2.-(Special.) IA resolution passed unanimously by the Bexar County Farmers. in session In this city yesterday, demanding that bank depositors shall be guaranteed against loss bv the Government, a spe- cial tax for that purpose being levied on the bankers and a similar express sion of opinion by the bankers of Hous- ton in published interviews a day or so prior. indicate the growing senti- ment in this State for, the adoption of what is becoming known as the ok lahoma idea"
 Tho action of Oklahoma in passing such a law. and the ideas on the sub feet advanced by William Jennings Bryan. were specifically endorsed.
 Cashier Johnson of the Texas Savings Bank even goes so far as to urge a special session of the Texas Legislature to enact such a law. It is urged that such a law would at once restore pub- lie confidence and make recovery from the late panic instantaneous
 Opposition 60 the plan is developing in this city bY prominent business men, who declare that recovery of confidence Is already practically complete. and that there IS no need for such law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
PUZZLE TO POLICE
MUDER MYSTERY REACHES THE
 CRANK STAGE.
An Unknown Man Writes Letter Stat ing that He Killed WOman-Many Other Letters Received
 Advance Theories.

Newark, N J., Jan, 2-Interest in the mystery surrounding the murder of the woman whose body was found in the marshes of the Passaic river, in Harrison one week ago today has now reached the crank stage and the police are deluged with letters containing all legged Identification of the dead woman, impossible suggestions as to finding her slayer, weird theories about the motive for her death and any amount of more or less rational advice as to what should be done next by the authorities.
 One writer recalls a story by Edgar Allen Poe, which. to his mind. can hardly fail to lead to a solution of the murder and another contributor to the police records today, goes so far as to admit that he was the man who escort ed the woman to the marshes and there stunned her with blows on the head. He Is quite sure that he did not kill her, but thinks that upon regaining her senses. she must have drowned herself. The writer describes himself as a Norwegian.
 He says he met the woman in Brook lyn four years ago and became inti- mate with her. She deserted him but he met her several times even after he had moved from Brooklyn to Philadel- phia. On Christmas Day, he writes, he met. her In NeWark. Ihey rOue 10 Harrison on the trolley car and got off at First street. As they walked across the meadows. the woman asked him to marry her. saying she had letters which would force him to do so.
 The letter writer says he attacked the woman to gain possession of the letters, tearing of her clothes piece by piece, in search of them She fought him all the time. Finally when he had failed to find the letters, he struck her in the back of the head and she fell insensible. He says he did not throw her body into the pond and that she must have walked to it and fallen in after he struck her the blow. The writer, though he gives all the details. does not give his name.
 Today divers sought along the hanks of the Passaic for missing portions of the woman's clothing, upon which a laundry mark or name might be found, but nothing was discovered.
 Mrs Hattie Hull, of New York whose alleged identifications have eX- asperated and mystified the police, re- turned within the Jurisdiction of the New Jersey courts tonight and for four hours was under examination by Re- corder Branegan and the coroner Mrs. Hull stuck to her latest Identification in which she claimed to recognize the body as that of her sister, Minnie Jean cite Gaston, of Servilla. Tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
FOR COAST DEFENSE
ADJUTANT-GENER OF PACIFIC STATES INVITED TO WASHINGTON.
The Reauest for his Conference is Re- garded aa Peculiarly Significant to Prepare for Any
 Emergency.

Portland. Ore. Jan. 2.-The Oregon ian today says that Adjutant- Generals of three Pacific States. California. Washington and oregon, have been in yfted by the War Department to go to Washington D. C.. for a conference at the earliest possible date on the sub . feet of coast defense.
 The request for this conference is regarded here as peculiarly significant and as indicating that the GoverrIne nt intends to prepare for any emergency that may arise. The principal topic of consideration at the conference Wili be that of training volunteer coast ar tillery reserves to man the cOs st for tihcations. The subject of perfecting the infantry regiments of the three States in coast defense operations will likewise be taken up.
 It IS assumed that the meeting will result in assignment of National Gusrd troops to coast artillery work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
A FATAL EXPLOSION
TWO YOUNG WOMEN LOSE THEIR
 LIVES.
The Explosion Occurred in the Finish ing Room of Fireworks Fac tory and the Building
 Was Wrecked.

Rochester, N. Y. Jan. 2.-In an ex- plosion that wrecked a building of the Rochester Fire Works Company to- day. one young woman. Hattie Ernest, was instantly killed. second, Mrs. Lillian O'Connor, recently married. was so badly injured that she died at a hospital a short time after being taken there and May Caligan was seriously burned, but Is expected to recover.
 The explosion occurred in the finish ing room of a building of the com pany'A plant on Main Street. East. and the foree ,af it blew out one side of the building and caused the roof to collapse.&
 known.
 The Rochester Fireworks Company is widely known concern, having been established in 1886. Its President iS James Palmer, Jr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
FRESH WAR ALARMS
PARIS NEWSPAPERS THINK THERE
 WILL BE TROUBLE.
They Predict that America and Japan VIII Soon He Locked In Bloody Conflict Despite Peace
 Conditions.

Paris Jan. 2.--Some of the Paris newspapers. notably The Matin, which have been giving considerable promi- hence to the America Japanese war scare" have taken the cables reports of Japan's refusal to accept the Ameri- can conditions on the matter of immi- grafton, together with the decision of the Navy Department to keep the tor pedo boat flotilla and the battleships together for the remainder of the cruise to the Pacific. and made of them a subject for fresh alarm.
 The Matin regards the coincidence of these two facts as highly significant, and expresses the opinion that Japan intends to press for diplomatic set clement of the question before the fleet reaches the west coast. This paper as- serts also that the present situation is almost analogous to that which ex- isted before the Russo o-Japanese war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
RATE Is LOWERED
BANK or ENGLAND TAKES IMPOR-
 TANT STEP.
Improyed Financial Conditions h America Assisted The Directors
 I'm Their Decision to Remove Stringent Rate.

London. Jan. 2-The directors of the Bank of England today lowered the minimum rate of discount to six from seven per cent which latter rate was established as a result of the recent financial crisis.
 Improved financial conditions in America, coupled with a better mone- tary situation in Germany, assisted the directors in their decision to re- move the stringent rate of discount, which had been handicaping trade and speculation for the past seven weeks:
 Tho effect of the reduction of the discount rate, however, had already been largely discounted on the London stock market, as the lack of New York competition for Mondays gold ar rivals and a sharp drop in discount rates foreshadowed an early decline in the official minimum rate of discount. The market this morning opened quiet. ConsoI improved three sixteenth on the announcement of the official discount rate reduction, while American securi- ties recovered their early weakness. There was not much business being transacted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
JORDAN CALLS MEETING.
National Executive Committee off As-
 sociation to Meet.

National Executive C0mmtttee OH As-
 sociatIon to Meet.
 Atlanta, Ga Jan. 2.-President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association haa issued a call for. the Committee to be held at Dallas, Tex, on February t9. next.
 The annual convention of the asso- citation also will be held at Dallas, Tex. Feb.19 and 20. The regular annual meeting of the various State divisions of the association will be called to meet at their respective State capitals throughout the cotton belt on February 5. The annual meeting of the State divisions and National Executive Com mittee on the dates named Will be for the purpose of electing officers and mapping out a program with reference to handling and marketing the cotton crop for 1908. and pressing forward the work of the association.
 President Jordan will give out the official program for the convention in the near future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
LAPS HELD TO COURT.
FIremen Who Were Wounded In Fight
 Are Recoyerinu.

Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 2--In the police court today N. Nakashei. k- Tangusti and M Teneweye. Japanese. appeared on a charge of attempted murder in connection with the stab ping of the three firemen on New Years day The accused were remand ed. bail being refused.
 Reports from the hospital this after noon state that Richard Frost and George Anderson. two of the firemen stabbed will not be out for several days. The third fireman, Alexander Mcdonald, was only slightly cut in the neck and is able to be out. There IS no excitement in the city over the oc- currence. The stabbing affray has not stirred up race feeling in Van couver. although the attacking by tho Japanese of men in. uniform is con sidered significant as showing that the whites were not irresponsible rioters and that the stabbing was not justi- fled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
GAsPAR FOUND DEAD.
It Is Believed DenpOndency Drove Him
 To Suicide.

New York. Jan. 2.-Marquis c. Gas per, eighty-five years of age, tea merchant, formerly a member of the produce exchange and prominent in riding and driving circles. was found dead today in his bed room on the second floor of his residence in West Fifty-Third street with bullet in the right temple.
 A revolver with one shell exploded was lying on the floor in such a posi- ton that Coroner Hamburger said a further investigation would be neces- sary before he would express an opin- ion as to whether 1t was a case of suicide. The only persons known to be in the house at the time the body was found. were Mrs. Casper and two servants. All declare they heard no shot fired.
 The only motive for the suicide. if it develops, that the aged man killed himself, appears to be despondency over long continued illness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-03
TUCKER A CANDIDATE.

Staunton, Va. Jan, 2-H. St. George Tucker. President of the Jamestown Exposition who was here today was asked about his final determination to be a candidate for governor.
 He replied that he was glad to have the first authorized statement to go ont from his home town that he will certainly be in the race.