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New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
BANKERS TO MEET NEXT IN DENVER

Lakewood n J.. May 5.-Denver will be the next
gathering place OF the American Bankers Asso-
citation according to the executive committee OF
the association. which met here today The ses-
sion will be held IN either September October
the date be by the committee.
President j. r Powers of the association pre-
sided at to-days meeting, and was also toastmas-
ter at to-nghts dinner. committee. consisting
of President Powers and r. Swinney Of Kansas
City. was appointed express TO Mrs. Cleveland
the sympathy of the association and the hope that
his recovery would be speedy.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

clOudbuTSt-
Springfield Joplin. Carthage and other S'-'',
western Missouri cities We're damaged ny Nl"~
Another hard rain struck 81 Louis tonight
AT Pine BLUM. Ark il = reported here that uNs
terrific which swepc over section o.
Arkansas. south OF there. last night wiped out ls
town Of Watson. the Arkansas River 4"
wires ara down y heavy haiIstorm occurred Al
Pine Bluff night
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

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New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Gainesville Ga May 5.-Ninth District Repub-
lcans to-day indorsed the administration OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt and chose ]. b CASTOR Of Gaines
vile and A. J. Spencer of Nelson delegates 10
The national convention They were not instructed.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Gainesville. Ga. May b.-At the 9Th District
Republican convention here to-day the admins
tration of President Roosevelt indorsed and
J. B CASTOR of Gainesville, and A. ]. Spence. of
Nelson. were selected delegates. and J. Edgar
Puett, Of Cumming, and Joseph B. Landers, of
Gainesville, alternates, to Chicago. The dele
gates were not instructed
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Birmingham, Ala, May 5-The sth District Re
publican Convention met here to-day. n. L. Steele
and Joseph Montgomery. of Birmingham, were
elected delegates 70 the tonaI convention and
structed for Taft The administration Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt indorscd. The alternates are
y L Wilson. Of Blocton. and Joseph B. Rice. of
Blount County.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Bowling Green. Ky, May 5.-Republicans of the
81 Congress District this afternoon selected two
delegates the national convention and instructed
them for Taft
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.

Atlanta. May 5-The Republicans Of the 9Th
District held two conventions here to-day each
selecting delegates TO the Chicago convention
Neither set of delegates was instructed. The ad-
rninistration faction selected E. +. Blodgett and
Ananias Brown (negro), both of Atlanta, az
delegates. and W. r. Watson and DIR. William
Penn tnegro) OF Atlanta. as alternates. The
anti-administration convention named Thomas NJ
Blodgett and c. G Wmbish (negro), both of At
lanta. delegates. and H A Rucker and w. ).
Duggard. negroes of Atlanta. alternates.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Southampton Long Island May 5.-Samue l.
Parrish. chairman of the Suffolk County Republi-
can Committee. the following open letter
to Governor Hughes:
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Frankfort. Ky. May 5.-The 7th District Repub-
hcan Convention here to-day elected as delegates
TO the national convention Charles Kerr Of Fayette
County. and George L. Barnes, of Franklin County
AIternates Miles Williams. Henry County
and German b. Miller. Of Fayette County They
were instructed for Taft.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Elizabeth City. y. g, May 5.-The 1st Congress
District Republican convention here to-day elect
ed Colonel Harry Skinner. Of Greensville. and
Wheeler Martin. of Williamson, as delegates.
and Frank C. Paul. of Washington. and c. r.
Pugh. of Manteo alternates to the national
convention. The delegates instructed for
Taft.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Bowling Green. Ky, May 5-The 81 District Re
publican Convention here elected to-day J. Tom
Doores, OF Warren County, and III. B. Rister of
Logan County, delegates TO the Chicago conven-
ton and instructed them for Taft.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Carlisle Ky, May THE sta District Repub-
Iicaus Today named W. ID. Cochran and T.. 5.
Hitshen delegates the national convention. There
was a contest control OF the convention be-
tween the Taft and Fairbanks forces. but the
Taft faction nominated their candidates and in
structed them for Taft.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Winchester Ky. May John w Langley wa-
renomnated by acclamation for Congress by Re
pubcans Of the 10th Congress District to-day The
delegates 10 the national convention were instruct
ed Taft.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Monroe. La, May 5.-The 18th District Republican
Convention here named to-day delegates TO the
Chicago convention, instructed them for Taft and
adopted resolutions indorsng President Roosevet's
The delegates James G. Weaks
OF Ouachita, and w. T. Insley OF Richland. alter
mates s J. Crump. of Claiborne and Leopold
F.igutter, of TeDsa.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Admission. Ala. May THE Republicans of the
4th Congress District elected to-day George Par
sons. of Taadega, and J. /. Abercrombe, Of
ColUmbiana. delegates TO Chicago convention and
instructed them for Taft.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Frankfort. Ky, May 5-seventh District Repub-
licans to-day selected two delegates the national
and instructed them for Taft. Resoiu-
tions adopted requesting Governor Wilson 10
pardon Caleb Powers and "Jim" Howard both OF
whom are charged with completely in the Goebe
assas ssnation.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

Wavnesboro. Ga. May 5.-The Republican con-
ventiOn of the 1st Congress District to-day
lected r. r. Wright, of Savannah, and J. y.
Elder, of Hagan, delegates to the Chicago
tional convention and II. d Puchesey, of Swas
boro. and Z. z Allen, of Summertown. alter
mates. The delegates were instructed for For
aker.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-06

London. Ky. May 5--RePubcans Of the 18th
Kentucky District met in convention last night
and after a contest chose a supporter of Secre-
tary Taft as chairman. The committee on
dentials seated the Taft delegates from Knox
Whitley and Pulaski counties, when the sup
porters Of Fice-Presdent Fairbanks refused 10
take part in the proceedings and intimated that
another convention would be held. The con-
Ventlon chose E s. Melburn of NIiddleboro. and
T p Combs of Casey County as delegates to
the national convention. The resolutions in
dorsed Taft and Roosevelt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
ANNUAL POST OFFICE REPORT Healthy Gains Shown
 by Hitchcock. HE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS More Pay Needed for Third Class
 Postmasters. Thirty Days, Instead of Fiftee., Leave of Absence For Employees. Auditors Needed, and Exten-
 sion of Free Delivery.
 

Washington, Jan. 5-The annual re- port of First Assistant Postmaster General Frank Il. Hitchcock, for the siiscal year. was made public today. The revenues collected through the post offices during the fiscal year 1906, he gays. amounted to about $16S, 100000. a gain of more than S15,O00,G00, and the report states that this growth was continued In 1907. when the aggregate reached sfs3,00O.000.. being somewhat in excess of that of the previous year.
 In order to meet the continuous growth of his bureau, Mir. Hitchcock makes plea for larger, appropriations. He also recommended the appointment of five travelling auditors to supervise the financial operations of the lead Ing post offices.
 ''The Presidential policy of re-ap- pointing Presidential postmasters who have conducted their offices to the sat- isfaction of the public and of the de- partment, has resulted in decided bene- at to the service" says Mir. Hitchcock. Ho adds that about 65 per cent of the Presidential postmasters have been re- appointed because of efficient service. Increased salaries for various. classes of employees of the Department are recommended. Tn order to relieve third class postmastots of the necessity of paying for assistance out of their sal- aries q recommendation is made for an increase of $2,000.000 of the allow. ances for that purpose. Thirty. in- stead of fifteen days annual leave is recommended for postal employees.
 An extension of the city delivery service to smaller towns than are in- cluded under the present law. Is rec commended. Under the amendment to the law. he suggests free delivery serv- ice would be given to over l.400 towns that do not now enjoy that advantage. He recommends that law be enact cd requiring patrons of the department to provide a receptacle for the recep- tion of mails as means of saving the time of the carriers.
 Mir Hitchcock deals with the qaea' tion If the haadting of first class malls deposited without postage and sug- gests that such mail be forwarded al once and that double the ordinary postage shall be collected on it. The total number of postmasters Of all classes appointed during, the year was i3,3l5, as against 14.535 for 1906.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
oMINOUS ORDERS FOR
 LAPS TO RETURN HOME
JaUanese Reserve Army Men Going to
 TOElO.

Vancouver. B. C.. Jan. 5.-Many Ja- panese reserve army men have been ordered to Tokio. according to re- port current today. The Japanese themselves refuse to discuss the sub feet. but it cannot be denied that sew eraI hundred men have arrived from the United States and are making ready to leave for Japan.
 Japanese Consul Merikawa has gone to Japan on a furlouEh and his office in Vancouver denies any knowledge of the affair. It is reDorted that a large number of Japanese arrived yes- terday on steamer from Puget Sound points
 The gathering of the Japanese Is be- ing carried out with very much mys- tery. No less than 200 landed this morning from a small American steam CT which slipped in and out of the har- bor before daylight and neither en- tered or cleared from the custom house.
 Since Friday there has been a steady stream of the brown men from the log sing camps. No Japanese in the city will admit the coming of the order for the return of the soldiers but officers of the Asiatic Exclusion League de- clare that they have absolute informa- ton that this order has been received in Vancouver since the departure of the American fleet for Pacific waters. Many of the men now arriving here are from the States of Washington and Oregon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
PRESS TOO EXCITED
PARIS NEWSPAPERS HARPING ON
 JAP WAR.
The Alleged Interview With AmbasSa- dor AOkI, at Frisco, Has Not Been Denied In France
 Vat

Paris, Jan. 6--The newspapers here continue to give much space to the American Japanese situation and com- inent upon the latest developments
 The papers print an alleged inter- view with Viscount Aoki. the retiring Ambassador of Japan to the United States, in which he is quoted from San Francisco as saying that Japan would consider as an offensive action any att tempt on the part of the United States to exclude the Japanese. and take this as a text on which to base long articles. Yiscount Aokis denial of this inter view has not yet been published here. Lacking this denial. The Journal deS Debats thinks that In his interview Aoki has placed his finger on the real danger point.
 Japan refuses to admit that any where on the globe, the Japanese are socially inferior to any other people !" says the paper. Japan claims to have won the absolute right to be treated as A great power everywhere and under all circumstances.
 In the opinion of one paper, If the two governments accede to the senti- ments of the people and the logical necessities of the situation, a conflict would appear imminent Put Japan Is without money and America Is not ready" 1t adds; 'consequently, we will doubtless see both nations champ at their bits a while longer"
 The Gaulois believes that friendly and tactfuI powers at Washington will nrevent a break. It fears only that the American people may become excited.
 Baron Kurino. the Japanese Ambas- sador to France, today gave out statement that he was convinced that Viscount Aoki only meant that Japan would consider offensive special legis- lation against the Japanese similar, for instance, to the exclusion against the Chinese"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
SALOONS ARE GAINING.
So Say Liquor People In Cleveland,
 Where Fight Is On.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 5-Three years ago the Anti-Saloon League began its active campaign in this city for local option. The County Auditor has just reported that there were 100 more sa looms in the city in 1907 than in 1906. The saloonists say they are gradually gaining ground.
 Those figures are favorable" said Supt. A. J. Williamson, of the Anti Saloon League, and we are surprised that the gain was not larger. The fact that each year about 30.OO0 persons are added to the population of Cleve- land. Normally that would mean an increase of over 200 saloons. The act ual increase being only 100 leaves q net decrease of 10o."
 But" say the saloon interests. "the consumption of liquor has increased vastly more than the natural increase in population would cause us to expect. Where once the saloons sold liquor over the bar. we now are delivering more liquor in hotties to homes in the dry" districts"
 We are not fighting llquor," the Anti Saloon Leaguers rejoin. What we are endeavoring to do is to stamp out the saloon. It Is a social evil Of course we are opposed to drinking, but if a man wants to take liquor into his own home and drink 1t, that Is bis own business"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
TO BURY THE BODY
MURDERED wOMAN's IDENTITY
 PROVEN CONCLUsIvELY.
Theodore Whitmore, the Husband, Who fs Detained on Suspicion, Ex- pressed Wish to Claim
 the Body.

Harrison. N. J., Jan. 5.--Its identity established beyond dispute, the body of murdered Lena Whitmore is to be &C., corded private burial by relatives. It will be sent to Schenectady. the home of her youth.
 This arrangement was concluded by the husband today after a solitary visitor. the undertaken. had been ad- mitted to his prison cell. Since Theo- dore s. Whitmore was detained in con- nection with the murder of his wife he has been in close confinement. but today he expressed wish to rescue the body from the morgue. There may be opposition on the part of Mrs. Whitmore's family to the husband talk ing possession of the body. but unless a serious charge is presently made against him 1t is said his claim could hardly be denied.
 Whitmore. who gave way to occa- sional bursts of weeping Saturday, held himself we'll in hand today and to his keepers appeared in cheerful frame of mind. He would have been glad to receive callers other than the under taker. but this was not permitted.
 The scene of the murder drew a big crowd today and though the weather was biting cold and the wind whistled unpleasantiy over the refuse filled swamp. both men and women stood ex- PScSahaAy hIUuhu tHe Attie pohu WHlCn furnished the earliest evidence of the crime.
 The anonymous letter received by the police some days ago in which the writer said that he had accompanied the woman to the flats and there stunned her with blows on the head may prove important evidence. The writer denied that he had killed the woman but suggested that slIe had probably drowned herself because of chagrIn when she recovered her senses and found that her clothing had been stripped from her. It now appears, ac- cording to the police, that the hand writing in this letter bears a striking resemblance to the writing in the let ters received by Mrs. Whitmore's sis ters, which purported to come from Mrs. Whitmore. but must have been written atfer her death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
RENT RIOTS
 IN NEW YORK East Siders Flyfe Red Flag POLICE REsEsscAllED OUT Many Broks sdeads as Result ol
 Clash. Tenants Protesting for Lower Rents Resent Interference of PoIice>-
 Tenants Organizing in
 Brooklyn.

New York, Jan. 5.--Incipient rent riots broke out on the East Side today as result of the tension between the landlords and the striking tenants. and before the disorders were quelled by police reserves many combatants were injured and five were arrested. The police used their clubs freely but there was no way to obtain the number of injured as they were hurried away and cared for by friends.
 The disorders were general through out the affected district. The most se- rious trouble occurred on East Eleventh Street, where a landlord. who had been unable to collect rent, ordered his ten ants to remove the American Socialistic flags with which the strikers had dec- orated the tenement
 The landlord was hooted and jeered by the tenants and other strikers who were holding a mass meeting In the house and she called the police. The striking tenants resented the appear ance of the officers and in the clash that followed. the reserves used their night sticks vigorously. Five protest ing tenants, somewhat battered. were arrested. The offending decorations were removed.
 Broke Out Elsewhere.
 Hardly had order been restored al this point when the police reserves were hurried to East I2th Street, where striking tenants were making de- monstration against landlord who had objected to the flying of red flags over his property. The crowds failed to obey the police order to disperse and was set upon with night sticks One woman. 1t is reported. was rend- cred insensible during the fight, in which wives and daughters as well as fathers and sons participated.
 The police tried to gain entrance into the tenement but the strikers barri- caded the doors and a semblance oi order having been restored, the offi- cers withdrew. Ambulances were sum moned to care for the injured, but the strikers declined to admit the physi' clans, stating that they would cal their own doctors.
 There were several other outbreaks which were checked by the police and all during the day the teeming Fast Side swarmed into the streets and held impromptu meetings. There were many altercations between landlords and ten' ants and the reserves of four precincts were kept In readiness to respond tc hurry calls.
 Several mass meetings were held to- night by the strikers. It was an- nounced at the headquarters of the strikers that the organizing of the tenants in Brooklyn and Jersey City was going on rapidly and that by the first of February sver 50,00O tenants ir those cities would be ready to enforce their demands for lower rents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
CASES IN SUPREME COURT.
Many Important Matters to Re Col
 mNdePRd

Washington. Jan, 5-Many impor- tant cases are on the docket for early hearing in the United States Supreme Court. which convenes today after the holiday recess.
 One of the most important of these cases is the rebate case against the Great Northern, in which the company is under sentence to pay a fne or S15.OOO This Is the case in which the company resists the Elkins law, under which the fine was imposed, on the ground that 1t was repealed by the railroad rate law at the last session of Congress.
 Another case on the docket for hear ing this week is that of tho UniJeu states vs. Adrian H. L.arkin. of New York, involving the possession Of iewelry belonging to the late Cassie l.. Chadwick The government at tempted to seize, the jewelry on the ground that 1t had been smuggled-
 Still another important case to be taken up is the suit involving the question as to whether tenants on land owned by the University of the South are subject to taxation under the laws of Tennessee. The case affects nearly all the residents of the town or sewanee. Tenn. where the university is located.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
ELOPEMENTS BARRED
NEW CATHOLIC REGULATIONS TO
 BE PUT IN FORGE.
Grenter Safeguards to Be Thrown Around MarriaEes-EcIOpemen VIII Be Practically
 Impossible.

Pittsburg. Jan. 5.-A pastoral letter to be issued early in the approaching LAnton season by Bishop Canevin Of the PittsbuEE diocese of the Catholic Church. as well as other bishops, will impose new regulations governing upon all who profess the Catholicj religion. The letter will give full force and ef- feet to the rescript of Pope Plus X, promulgated among Catholic clergy of the world several months ago providing that no priest of one parish shall unite in marriage persons who are residents of another parish.
 The purpose is to throw around the marriage ceremony greater safeguards than ever before. Heretofore, the pol- icy of the church in America has been quite liberal. The rule has been to avoid the marriage of eloping couples by refusing to wed persons coming from another State. but no proh ib ition has been placed upon the union of couples coming from any parish within the State.
 Under the new regulations, marriages celebrated outside the parish of the residence of either the bride or groom will declared Illicit and such mar riaRes will be possible only by false representations. The marriage may not be declared invalid. but 1t would be clandestine and illicit unless a spe- cial dispensation were procured and the celebrants would be deprived of the benefits of the church.
 The law will be practically prohi- bitory of -eloDements and of ali ill-con- sidered marriages. said local official of the church.
 Tt VIII place an additional obstacle in the way of marriage of Catholics with Catholics. to which the church has always been opposed as almost in- viriably productive of unhappiness. The clergy of a parish are supposed to know their peonle and If persons de- siring to wed within the church are compelled to do so under the eyes of their own religious guides. there will be fewer errors and subsequent heart burnings,'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
MURDERS HIS WIFE
SMITH PLUNGEs KNIFE INTO WO-
 MANS HEART.
Went to His Fathers House and Told of Awful Deed, Then Att temDts Suicide, But
 Falls

Easton, Pa. Jan. 5.--Frank Smith. son of City Controller Chester Smith, today murdered his wife and then at- tempted to commit suicide. Smith and his wife had been separated for some time.
 This morning the husband forced an entrance to the house occupied by his wife and her sister. After securing q carving knife Smith stole to the room occupied by the two women and plunged the weapon into his wife's heart, killing her instantly. He left the house and going to his fathers res idence. several blocks away. told him of the crime he had committed.
 The startling information unnerved the father and before he could regain his composure, the son attempted to kill himself by gashing his throat and abdomen. The physicians say tonight that Smith will recover. He charged his wife with infidelity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-06
CARS BEING RUN UNDER
 PROTECTION OF TROOPS
Yesterdny Was Quiet Among Street
 Car strikers at MunGle.

Muncie, Ind, Jan. 5-With hundreds of militiamen present under martial law, street cars were run today from early morning until dusk over all lines With the exception of the throwing of a few stones on the outskirts of the city, the cars were unmolested, not withstanding they were manned by im- ported strike breakers and had neither deputy sheriffs nor troops aboard.
 The strike of street car men that caused the recent rioting Is still in force. Major General Mckee, in com mand of the troops, takes a cheerful view of the situation tonight. He said: Things were much better today and feel sure there will be no further out breaks except those brought on by small boys"