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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
A PRISONER OF WAR.

Pittsburg; Pa. Aug. i0.-Jose carles Becker, once a resident of Pittsburg. veteran of half a dozen revolutions in Central and South America, and sol- dier of fortune, has written to Mayor George W. Guthrie. of Pittsburg, stat Ing that he is held as a prisoner of war in Ybarsa. Ecuador, in time of peace and asking his aid in securing his re- lease.
 He claims that a railroad official in GuayaquiI, who owes him S65O. Is re- sponsible for his arrest. Mayor Guth- rie win take up the case today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
TO RELIEVE wARsHIPs.
Gunboats Marietta and Paducah to Re-
 turn Home.

Wash hington. Aug. 1o.-Arrangements have been made at the navy depart ment for the relief of the gunboat Marietta, now in Honduras waters, and the Paducah at Port au Prince so that they may come north and be repaired and the crews have a change of cli- mate.
 The Marietta. which is at Puerto Cortez is to be relieved by the Scor- pion, which has started south from Portsmouth, N. H., and which Is to stop at Norfolk for ammunition and Guam antamo for coal. The Paducah will be relieved by the cruiser Tacoma. which is on It's way to Celba. Honduras, with supplies for the Marietta.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
WRECK AT SH0SHONE
TRAIN PLUNGEs INTO wAsHOUT,
 KILLING THREE.
CIOudburst Washes Out One Hundred Feet of Track on Western ROad--Sleepfng Cars are
 Untntuxed.

Goldheld. New. Aug. 1o.--As the re- suit of .washout on the Tonopah and Tidewater. near shoshone, Cal. last night a assenger train plunged into a chasm and three men were killed.
 The dead: Engineer Hamilton. Fire Iman Broadwell. W. D. Moore. a pas- senger, supposed to be from Georgia. Shortly before the train arrived at Shoshone, a cloudburst washed out a hundred feet of track. The train dash ed into the cut, the locomotive turn ing over and the baggage and other sleeping car remained on the track.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
ANOTHER oOMPLAINT FILED.
Indianapolis Freight Bureau Objects ts
 Rate Inerease.

Washington, Aug. 10.-The Indian apolis Freight Bureau today filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against the Pennsylvania and eighteen other roads operating in the Central Freight Association terri tory. which consists of Michigan, Ohio. Indiana and Illinois.
 1t is alleged that prior to August 10 last rates from the Atlantic seaboard to this territory were fixed according to a per centage on the New York to Chicago rate. On that date an advance was made on rates on coffee and sugar from New York to Chicago and Indian- apolis. while many places within the Central Freight Association territory m change was made. The result of thIs 1t is alleged. Is that a discrimina- tion is made against Indianapolis ship pers and receivers of these commodi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
crerr WifhOnt Food.

St. John, Aug. l0.-A wireIess dis- patch received from the Cunard Line Steamship Caronia by way of Crookhayen, reports that the liner which left Queenstown August 6, for New York, sighted the British Bark Liderhorn, Captain Westen, becalmed in mid-Atlantic and her crew without food. Two days stores were sent by he Caronia to the starving men. The Lyderhorn left Iqueque March 23, for Rotterdam.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
AarIanrr Committee to Meet.

Washington. Aug. 10.--Senator Gull person, of Texas. has communicated with Chairman Mack, to arrange for a meeting of the advisory committee of the national committee of which Mr. Culberson is chairman. It is ex- pected that the advisory committee win meet in Chicago in the near fu- tur0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
MOBILE UNDULY EXCITED.

Col. duAfont's TlIneaae Caused His Re-
 tlrement from Birmingham.
 Birmingham, Aug. 10.--(Special. )-- Mobile people have been unduly excited about the departure from Birmingham of Col. Robert B. duMont. It was a mistake to say that there has been friction among the officers over the as- signment of Major Thurston of the reg uiar army to duty with the Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
cArARAcTs ON EYES
Salvation Armx Officer Confirms Reporr
 About General Booth.

About General Booth.
 London, Aug. 10.-An officer of the Salvation Army confirms the report that has been current for some time that General Booth is suffering from cataraets on both eyes.
 The general has not yot taken to wearing glasses" said the officer to- day, "and can see better without tfGm; but he cannot read anything but large type and he has to hold that close to his eyes"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
Nine Perron. KIIIed.

Madrid, Aug. 10.-A despatch receiv- ed here from Badajos, a town of Spain capital of Province of Badajos, says that nine persons were killed there Sunday in a violent explosion in the chells powder factory. The whole To- cality is reported to have been destroy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
AVOID DRASTIC ACTION.
Vancouver Police Refuse to Search
Jap Quarter for Arms.

Vancouver, B. c., Jan. Chief of
Police Chamberlain has refused a de-
mand of the Asiatic Exclusion league
that the Oriental quarter be searched
for firearms and other dangerous
weapons. The chief admitted the
gravity of the situation, but urged
strongly against hurrying a possible
crisis in the Japanese question by any
drastic action such as the one sug
gested.
Two of the Japanese under arrest
were released on $4,000 bonds fur
nished by responsible Japanese. The
other two are still in jail.
The japanese business community
has sent Fire Chief Thompson a hand
some bouquet of roses to be forward
ed to the injured fireman. The bou-
quet was accompanied by check for
800 for the firemen and a letter re-
GREETING the action of the Japanese
and declaring that the business men
were doing all in their power to bring
the guilty persons to justice. The fire
chief returned the money and the
flowers to the Japanese, declaring that
the firemen who we're maltreated had
no desire to accept any gift as a con.
sideration for the injuries done them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
ACCEPTED IN GOOD FAITH
Railroads Inclined to Obey New
Law, Says Commission.

Washington, Jan. More sig
nificant and important, perhaps, than
any other statement in the twenty
first annual report of the interstate
commerce commission, just transmit
ted to congress, is that relating to the
4tJltaa3ee 24dttJilttpaee e 81 rail-csed officials toward
the new railroad law In a discus
sion Of the operation of the act the
commission says:
by railway managers almost with
out exception the amended law has
been accepted in good faith and they
exhibit for the most part a sincere
and earnest disposition to conform
their methods to its requirements"
The commission adds that it was
not expected that reforms could be
brought about without difficulty or de-
lay, "but it is unquestionably the fact
that great progress has been made
and that further improvement is
clearly assured. To a gratifying ex.
tent there has been readjustment of
rates and correction of abuses by the
carriers themselves. Methods and
usages of one sort and another which
operated to individual advantage have
been voluntarily changed and it is not
too much to say that there is now a
freedom from forbidden discrimina-
tions which is actual and general to a
degree never before approached. AS
this process goes on, as special priv
ileges disappear and favoritism ceases
to be even suspected the indirect, but
not less certain, benefits of the law
will become more and more apparent" :"
Two important subjects are dis
cussed at length in the report, one
being the matter of advances in rates,
(which the commission is wholly with
out power to prevent" and the other
the dreadful destruction of life in rail-
way accidents, (which are now the
subject of official investigation under
federal authority" Concerning the
advance in rates, which rests entirely
with the railway" under the law, the
commission suggests that when such
advance is attacked in a formal COM
plant the commission be given au-
thority by legislation to suspend the
operation of the advanced rate until
the matter shall have been heard and
determined finally.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
SENSATIONAL STORY DENIED
France Would Regret American
Japanese War.

Paris, Jan. THE French govern
ment is considerably exercised over
the reports cabled to some American
newspapers last week in which it is
represented as secretly desirous of a
war between Japan and the United
States and the destruction of the
American fleet, with the ultimate OBJ
ject of witnessing the International
Zation of the Panama canal
The Associated Press was author
lied to declare that nothing could be
farther from the truth. France is the
sincere friend of both countries and
she Is extremely desirous of seeing
the present difficulties settled ann
icably
On the other hand, a growing nerv-
BUSINESS regarding the outcome is to
be seen in diplomatic circles here. A
representative of one of the great
powers said in this connection:
"While / am optimistic regarding
the immigration question, unless there
should be recurrence of the unfortu-
nate attacks upon Japanese in Cali
fornia, am distinctly pessimistic con-
cerning the settlement of the ultimate
issue, that of commercial supremacy
IN the Pacific. America stands for the
open door; she has stood quietly by
while Japan proceeded to monopolize
Korea and Manchuria. When she
seeks to enter China, as she will,
A ,.;A al
abandon the doctrine of the open door,
which has been the keystone of her
policy in the Far East"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07

and all will be subjected to peremp-
tory challenge until the joint oath is
administered. This arrangement is a
departure from last year, when each
juror was sworn as chosen.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was pursued by
crowds as curious as ever and had to
be escorted in and out of the court
house by detail of policemen.
Justice Bowling announced that I'M
til further notice there would be three
court sessions each day as follows:
From 1915 a. m. to l p. m, from 2
p. m. to 6 p. m. and from p. m. to 10
D. m. He also announced that the
jury would be locked up throughout
the trial.
John r. Hatchott, a cigar dealer,
was selected as Thaw juror No. 2.
George B. Morewood, an importer,
was selected as juror No. 8.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
TWO WILL PROBABLY DIE
Serious Family Row Follows Trivial
Incident.

Des Moines, Jan. Five members
of the family of Adam Schaffer were
injured, two perhaps fatally, as the
result of overturning of a milk pail.
Alec Schaffer drove a cow behind a
COW being milked by his brother Levi.
The COW kicked Then trouble start
ed. Knives were used.
The injured are: Adam Schaffer,
hip dislocated, may die; Alec Schaffer,
stabbed in neck near iugular vein,
also cut In mouth and forehead, may
die: Levi Schaffer, bruised over back
and hips with club and cut over the
eye; James Schaffer, stabbed with
knife in side, left elbow shattered;
Mrs. Schaffer, hands and arms cut.
Neighbors stopped the row and
summoned physicians.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07

whom the water was appropriated in
1889. Subsequently to that time Win.
ters and others constructed a ditch,
whose head gate was above the res
ervation on Milk river and through
which all tie water of the stream was
appropriated The government sought
to secure All injunction, which was
granted fy the circuit court of the
Unitci acs for Montana, whose de-
cisi1n was affirmed by the circuit
court of appeals. The ditch owners
then brought the case to the supreme
court, which, in its decision, affirmed
the findings of the lower courts. The
courts opinion was announced by JUS
tice McKenna
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
Wisconsin Girl Fatally Burned.

Viroqua, Wis, Jan. Miss Helen
Munson, aged twenty-five, a student
at the University of Wisconsin and a
daughter of Colonel o. G. Munson,
private secretary to Governor David
son, state senator and one of the best
known public officials in Wisconsin,
was fatally burned while starting a
fire in the furnace at her fathers
home here. The lower part of the
girls body was burned to a blister.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
INSANITY THE PLEA.
Second Tria of Harry K. Thaw
Begins at New York.
SELECTION or JURY STARTS
Presiding Judge Bowling Announces
That Evening Sessions of the Court
viii 9e Held During the Earlier
Part of the Trial at Least.

New York, Jan. THE second trial
of Harry K. Thaw has begun before
Justice Victor J. Dow ling in the state
supreme court and at the very outset
of the proceedings a plea of insanity
at the time Of the killing of Stanford
White was entered in behalf of the
defendant. Last year the case was
fought out on straight plea of not
guilty, but temporary insanity finally
was relied upon.
One juror, Charles e. Gremmels, a
ship broker, was accepted by both
sides at the close of the morning SEES
sion. None of the jurors will be
sworn until the box is filled, however,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07

10 check cold quickly get from your
druggists come little Candy Cold Tablets
called Preventics. Druggists everywhere
are now dispensing Preventics, for they
are not only safe, but decidedly prompt
and certain. Preventics contain no qui-
nine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor
sickening. Taken at the "sneeze stage
Preventics will prevent Pneumonia
Bronchitus, LaGrippe, hence the name
Preventics, geod for feverish children
4S Preventics, % cents. Trial boxes sc
Sold by Sohutz & Ketcham.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
INDICTMENT ALLEGES FRAUD
Former Chemist in Bureau of Engrav-
ing Accused.

Washington, Jan. THE grand
jury has returned indictments against
Edwin M. Van Dyck, former chemist
in the bureau of engraving and print
junction with wholesale ink manu-
facturer of Baltimore to the extent
that the government has been defraud-
ed out of between $4,000 and $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
PASSENGER HITS FREIGHT
Two Trainmen Killed in Collision at
East Dubuque, la.

Dubuque, Ia, Jan. Two railroad
men were killed and another perhaps
fatally injured in a collision between
a passenger train on the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy and freight train
on the Chicago Great Western rail
road in Fast Dubuque.
The Chicago Great Western train
was crossing the Burlington tracks
when the passenger train crashed
into 1t, cutting the freight train in
half.
The engineer of the passenger saw
the freight train across the track and
started to bring his train to stop,
but the airbrakes failed to work.
None of the passengers was injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
Would Reduce Regular Army.

Washington, Jan. IA bill reduc-
ing the regular army after Dec. L,
1908, to $4,000 men, 10000 of whom
shall constitute an artillery force for
coast defense, was introduced by Rep
resentative John Sharp Williams. The
standing army, as now composed, EN-
braces 10000 odd officers and men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
Ex-Governor Boies Is Better.

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. 7.-Reports from
the bedside of former Governor Horace
Boies OF Iowa, who is iii at Providence
hospital here with pneumonia, are en-
couraging. DR.. Henry F. Hoyt, the
attending physician, issued the follow
Ing statement: Governor Boies' con-
dition shows marked improvement
and he is now resting easy. m the
last few hours he has gained oonsid.
erably In strength"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
GOVERNMENT WINS SUIT.
Ditch Diggers Appropriated Waters OF
Montana River.

Washington, Jan. IA decision was
rendered by the supreme court of the
United States in the case of the Unit
ed States VS.. Henry Winters and 9th
ers, involving the right to the waters
of Milk river in Northern Montana, in
favor of the. United States. The suit
was instituted by the government in
the interest of the Indians on tho Fort
Belknap reservation, for the use of
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
HERTJE AGAIN TURNED DOWN
May Now Appeal Case to Federal Su-
preme Court.

Philadelphia, Jan. THE Pennsyl-
vania supreme court has refused to
permit an appeal to be taken to that
tribunal from the superior court In
the famous Hartje divorce case. Au.
gustus Hartje was refused a divorce
from his wife by the Pittsburg courts
and the decision was affirmed by the
superior court. The highest court in
the state having refused to hear the
case 1t is said Mr. Hartje may take
his suit to the United States supreme
court
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
WILLIAMSON is FREED.
Sentence Against Former Oregon Con.
gressman Set Aside.

Washington, Jan. 7.-The case of
former Congressman j. N. Williamson
of Oregon, charged with unlawfully
cutting timber on the public lands in
Crook county, Ore, in conspiracy with
100 others, was decided by the su-
Yreme court of the United States in
favor of Williamson. The United
States circuit court for Oregon inn
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
Three Persons Perish in Fire.

San Francisco, Jan. Three per-
sons lost their lives by fire which
destroyed the outbuilding at the
French hospital used as laundry and
electrical power plant. The victims
were employees. There was a panic
Emong the patients for time, but
they were removed as fast as possible
hy the nurses.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
]. N. WILLIAMSON.

posed a fine of $500 and sentenced
to prison for ten months,
but the supreme court reversed that
decision. The reversal of the decision
of the lower court was based on the
ground of irregularity in admitting
affidavits Justice White announced
the courts opinion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07

Do you know that Pinesalve Carboliz.
ed acts like poultice in drawing infiam-
nation and poison. 1t is antiseptic. For
cuts, burns, eczema, cracked hands il
is immediate relief 25 cts. at Schultz &
Ketcham.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07

Dewitts carbolized witch hazel Salve
penetrates the pores throughly cleanses
and is healing and soothing. Good for
piles. Sold Holiday & Porter
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
Invalid on Two Grounds.


Judge Evans and Judge Mccall fol-
lowed the same line of reasoning in
reaching their conclusions, both hold
ing the law to be invalid on the dou-
BILE ground that congressional enact
ment could not be made applicable to
intrastate commerce, as they claimed
was undertaken in this law, and that
protection from accidents in inter
state commerce could not be con-
Btrued as any part of commerce" of
any kind. Both the Kentucky and
Tennessee decisions were affirmed by
Justice Whites opinion on the ground
that the law is not confined to the
state carriers, but undertakes to reg,
ulate their dealings with their en-
ployes.
The decision has been expected
ever since the beginning of the recent
term of court, as the cases were ar
gued last term, but the reason for de-
lay became apparent when the courts
conclusions were announced. 1t then
became evident that while Justice
White had been chosen to announce
the courts decision there were CON-
paratively few of his colleagues who
were agreed with him as to the argu-
ment by which he reached his con-
,clusion and the result had been
reached with difficulty. The chief
justice, Justice Brewer and Justice
Peckham Joined with Justice White in
the result arrived at, but they did not
follow him in his assertion of the
power of congress to regulate the re-
lation between master and servant.
Justice Day concurred in the decision.
Justice Moody dissen entirely,
holding that the law Is constitutional
on all points. He expressed the opin-
ion that congress had the general
power to pass the act and the courts
position was an interference with the
domain of the legislative branch of
the government
Justices Harlan and McKenna unite
in an opinion affirming the constitu-
tionality of the act, holding 1t to be
applicable only to employees engaged
at the time in interstate commerce.
Justice Holmes also delivered a brief
dissenting opinion. Summed up the
court stood five to four against the
constitutionality of the law.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
Death of Little Egypt"

New York, Jan. Catherine De-
vine, or Little Egypt" the dancer, as
she is better known, who was found
dead in her apartment Sunday, died
from Illuminating gas asphyxiation,
according to a coroner's physician
who performed an autopsy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-07
LAW IS KNOCKED OUT
Federal Supreme Court Kills En-.
plOyers' Liability Act.
is HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Regulate lntrastate Commerce and
Also Dealings Between the Rail-
roads and Their Employees.

Washington, Jan. TN an opinion
by Justice White the supreme court
of the United States held to be un-
constitutional the congressional enact
ment of June II, 1906, known as the
employers liability law" making rail
roads and other common carriers re-
sponsible to employees in accidents
due to the negligence of fellow serv-
ants or to ineffective appliances. The
decision of the lower courts was
affirmed
There were two cases before the
court involving the question of the
validity of the law, enc of them being
the case of Damaselle Howard, ad-
ministratrix of her husband, Will
Howard, a locomotive fireman, who
was killed in an accident on the Illi-
nois Central railroad near Memphis,
Tenn, and the other that of N. c.
Brooks, Administrative and mother of
Morris S. Brooks, fireman, who was
killed on the Southern Pacific road in
Nevada.
The Howard case was tried in the
United States circuit court for the
Western district of Tennessee, with
Judge Mccall presiding, and the
Brooks case in the United States cir
cult court for the Western district of
Kentucky, with Judge Walter Evans
on the bench. In the former case
DANCES amounting to $4,000 were de-
manded, while in the latter the sum
was fixed at $4,000. The railroads
fought botn cases strenuously, both in
the trial courts and the supreme
court, and in each case obtained yer.
dict against the complainants on the
ground of the unconstitutionality of
the law.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-12-25
Fired From Office

A Seattle dispatch says that M. s.
Lean, master of the lodge of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Tra:nmen at that
place, and F. W. Phelps, secretary, were
removed from Office at special meeting
Saturday night by A. F. Whitney, vice
grandmaster of the national organization.
Phelps is secretary-treasurer of the
Railway Employees home, Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition, which has no connec-
ton with the brotherhood OF Railway
Trainmen, but it is charged that Phelps
and other members solicited funds for
the home under the name OF the Brother
hood without its authority or sanction.
The official terms of Phelps and Lean
would have expired Monday night, but
summary action was taken.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-12-25

Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Off
Gals think that their line will be COM
pleted through to the coast by the first
of next May.
Some of the trainmen and other en-
company claim that they have been dis
'criminated against by some of the Off
cials of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
company. They assert that Great Nor
thern men are being favored, and that
employees of that railroad are being given