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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
FERNANDEZ GOING HOME.
venezueIan Revoiutionist Pleased With

venesueIan Revoiutionist Pleased With
 Gomes.
 New York. Jan, Joseph Fernandez, the Venezuelan revolution ary leader who has been in exile for five years arrived here from London today on the steamer Prinz Friederich Wilhelm. He is en route home return ing under the general invitation of President Gomez.
 General Hernandez. known as E Mocha led the Venezuelan revolution of 1898. was defeated and imprisoned but released after three years, Presi- dent Castro yielding to popular de- mand. in his case.
 Castro made him Minister to Wash inston. but .his dissatisfaction with af- fairs at home forced his recall. Gen. eral Hernandez was in London when Castro reached Paris.
 II did not try to see him. did moi want to see him." he said. T believe ia new era has come for Venezuela and that under the present government sht will prosper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15

States where prohibition had recently to this city to take the place of the striking workmen of the Indianapolis breweries was the assertion made to- day by Albert Lieber. President of one of the brewing companies affected. About fifty stablemsn today joined the 300 already out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
MAX SUE PAPERS.
Criticism of Canal Purchase Under
 Considerations.


 Considerations.
 New York, Jan. 14.--Although United States District Attorney Stimson would not make known today his plans for bringing an action against the newspapers who have criticised the manner in which the purchase of the Panama Canal was conducted, 1t is understood that an appeal will be made to the State courts If 1t is found that the case comes within the prescription of the New York State laws governing libel
 The action of the Federal authorities in calling the attention of District Att torney Jerome to the case Is regarded as indicating that no attempt will be made to bring the matter before the Federal courts.
 Whether the State, laws cover the criticisms of the canal purchase re- mains to be decided by MT Jerome The case Is regarded by New York lawyers as a most unusual one, and the decision of the District Attorney is awaited with great interest both among publishers and lawyers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
MATTHEwsON SHOOTS SELF.
Brother of Famous Pitcher Tries Sui
 nfhe.

BFOtheE or FWKmUuB TANVMeE AHIcb SWE~
 eide.
 Scranton, Pa. Jan. 14.-"Nick" Mat thewson. brother of the famous New York pitcher. and himself a. twirler, who gave promise of occupying his brothers place on the diamond at some future day. shot himself fatally in the right temple this afternoon, evidently with suicidal intent.
 .Matthewson, who is a student at Lafayette College, Easton. has been i'll for two weeks, and 1t Is thought that over study unbalanced his mind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
Svrreou GeuernI Retires.

Washington, Jan. 14.-~Brtgadler- General Robert M. O'Reilly, Surgeon General of the Army for the past seven years, was retired today after forty i've years service, with the advanced rank of Major General. because of his service during the Civil War. He will be succeeded as Surgeon-General by Col. George ". Torney.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
WOOL GROWERS MEET.
Professor GOOdIns CrfticIxes Forestry
 Bureau.

Pocatello, Idaho, Jan. 14-One thous- and sheepmen attended the opening session of the National Wool Growers Congress here today and listened atten- tive to bitter arraignment of the Fed- eral Forestry Bureau by President Fred w. Gooding,@of Shoshone,
 Declaring that the government fin its administration of national forests and reclamation service has failed woefully President Gooding urged that Congress be asked to name a commission of hf- teen men to investigate and repUvt needed changes in the rules governing these two bureaus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
REQUEST OF HEINsHEIpIER.
Conditional Entail of &1,OOO,0OO to Jew.
 fish Charities.

New York, Jan. 14.-A conditional bequest of S1,000.OOO is made to Jew ish charitable institutions of New York city by the will of Louis A Heins- heimer, banker and member of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, who died on Jan.s 1.
 The will of Mir. Heinsheimer, which was filed for probate today, sets aside the sum mentioned under the provision that Jewish benevolent institutions of the city be consolidated into one body.
 In the event of the proposition be- ing rejected, the bequest is null and void, and in it's place $100,O00 Is left to the United Hebrew charities and S25, 900 to the Montefore Home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
wHIsKEY IN INDIANA.
Warm Fight Expected on Local Option Act.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 14.-A bill to repeal the county local option law passed at the recent special session, and a bill for a township and ward local option law in keeping with the Democratic State platform. expected to precipitate the most warfare of any measure during the session of the Leg ;slature, was introduced today by Representative John Sweeney.
 The county option repeal act simply proposes to wipe the county local op- ton law from the statutes. It Is pro- yided. however, that the Nicholson law and the Moore remonstrance law shah not be affected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
NEW PACKET COMPANY.
Freight and Passenger Service on Arr
 kanaas and fIasIaaIppI Rivers.

-'1F"TI-7THE7TT Little Rock. Ark, Jan. 1.-The Lit tie, Rock Packet Company, an organi- zation with $20O. 900 capital stock which proposes to iHaugurate freight and passenger traffic between Fort Smith, Ark. and Rosedale. Mss. using the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers. was organized here today.
 It is made up of some prominent To- cal capitalists who have already bought two boats and have sent for a third. Passenger service will be opened at once with the City of Muskogee The two other boats will start within three, months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
STANDARD OIL CASE.
Hearing May Be Conducted This
 Week.

New York, Jan. 14.--At the conclu- sion today of the testimony of F. M l.. Towle. chief engineer of the Standard oil case system of pipe lines, 1t was stated that one or two days more was likely to see the end of the oil hear ing here.
 Some additional rebuttal testimony will be taken in Chicago, and the case will then be closed except for the final arguments in St. Louis in April.
 MT Towle was on the stand all of today, and produced, under subpoena, maps showing the Standard oil Com- pany's entire pipe lines system.
 He was examined at length by Counsel Kellogg for the Government, the purport of the questions being evil dently to prove that the lines could be operated as common carriers. and fur ther that the despatch of oil of vary ing grade through the lines without damage or serious intermixture, was not impossible or impracticable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
Another Hotel Burns.

Everett, wn., Jan. 1.-Two persons were burned to death, another fatally burned and two painfully injured in the destruction of the Great Northern Hotel by fire early today. Ignition Of gasoline caused the fire. The hotel was two story frame structure.
 mead. A, L.. Burnett, telegraph operator. Great Northern Railroad. superintendent's office; Ferdinand B. Roux, mill employe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
stevens won't Resign.

:. Boston, Jan. 1A.-It was announced here by the local officials of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road today that Vice. e-President John F Stevens win not resign in order to become President of the Colorado and Southern Railroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
sailor Lost Overheard !.

When the Italian bark Montevideo reached port today from Buenos Ayres she reported the loss of Giovanni Fam tano. a member of the crew, who, it Is thought committed suicide by leaping into the sea when the vessel was 100 miles of. Pensacola.
 No one saw the man when he leaped into the sea, but 1t Is supposed that he did so, as the ship was not rolling at the time and he could not have ac- cidentally fallen overheard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
c. III. Gilman stricken.

San Francisco, Cal, Jan, 14-C. H. Gilman. father of Mrs. Maybelle Corey. wife of William E.. Corey, the steel magnate, suffered a stroke of apoplexy At his home in this city tonight and is in critical condition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
AhA A14.II wsna

Goldheld, Ne8.. Jan. -4--Abe Attell won in the tenth round of his fight here tonight with Weeks. Atteil knocked his man out, thus retaining the feather weight championship.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
SUICIDE IN HOTEL :.
Body BeEeved to Be That of AlabAma Man.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Jan. 14--A young man believed to be James Phil iins Of wylam. Ala, committed suicide . in his room at the Stag Hotel. this city, last night. by shooting himself in the temple With revolver.
 At o'clock this morning a bell boy reported that he had heard groans in the room. The door being locked on tie inside entrance was gained through a window and the man was found dead.
 He had been here for few days. was apparently well supplied with money and seemed to be enjoying life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
ProhIbitIon In Arkansas.

Little Rock. Ark. Jan, IA bill prohibiting the licensing of the sale Of intoxicating liquors in Arkansas was introduced in the House today It Is believed by those favOring statewide prohibition. however, that she matter will be submitted to a vote of the people.
 Four Burned to Death.
 Warsaw, Va. Jan. 14.-The wife of Arthur Carey. a negro, living near Neenah, westmoreland county, and three small children were burned to death in their home near here last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15
Andernon Bcata Savage.

Little Rock, Ak, Jan. 14--Carl An- derson of Chicago knocked out Joe Savage of the regular army here to- night In the fourth round.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15

Injured: Nora Smith, domestic, may die; Howard Finland
 Findland aroused the twenty guests in the hotel but two were unable to get out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-15

strike breakers from South.
 Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 14.-That strikebreakers from the Southern
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
WILL ENTERTAIN
THE NEWSBOYS

The companion piece to ''The Time,
The Place and The Girl" the popular
play, '"The Girl Question" is regarded
as one of the best things before the
American people today.
If there is more deserving class of
youngsters in Billings, it is the set OF
lads who sell papers. The Gazette
wants to give the boys an opportunity
to take in one of the best theatrical
productions and to have the evening
of their lives. The Gazette appreci-
ates the worth of the Newsies, and it
is desirous of showing that apprecia'
tion. To that end, The Gazette in
vites the newsboys to be its guests at
the Babcock theater on the evening
of March 8 when 1The Girl Question,
will be presented.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
ANTI MoRTEM STATEMENT OF
DEMPSEY.
WAS SHOT WITH RIFLE
Rheams the Only One Of HoIdups
Armed With Such a Weapon-State
Springs Decided Surprise In Yester-
day Trial.
Especial to The Gazette.)

GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. 25.-In
trial of Rheams, the boy train robber,
today, the state sprang a surprise by
the introduction OF an ante-mortem
statement by Dempsey, the man
whom Rheams is alleged to have shot
and killed. This statement was made
to DR.. Hill, the attending physician.
He testified that Dempsey, knowing
that he was about to die, made brief
statement to the effect that on the
night of the holdup after the train
had stopped, he and several other pas.
sengers jumped off the train and after
hearing several shots seeing man
standing near, armed with a rife
Dempsey said:
"This looks like holdup," where
upon the man with the rifle said:
you bet your damn life it is. Get
back on that train," and that Dempsey
started to get back on the train when
the man fired shot from his rifle
which took effect in Dempsey's leg
which wound resulted in his death.
AS it is admitted that Rheams was
the only one of the boys who had {
rifle, the others having revolvers, this
evidence is regarded as strong agains
the defendant.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
WILL BE ASKED TO TELL OF
PART HE PLAYED.
CONSPIRACY ALLEGED
Claimed That The Governor Tele-
phoned to Cooper Telling Him of
Whereabouts of Carmack and That
the Tragedy Followed.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 25.-After
nearly two days under searching cross
examination, Colonel Duncan B.
Cooper was surrendered to his own
counsel tonight by the state.
Tomorrow the case against the
Coopers and John D. Sharpe charged
with numbering Former Senator e. w.
Carmack, will be resumed with the
aged defendant still on the
stand. His counsel have decided upon
brief redirect examination. Govern
or Patterson and his adjutant general,
Colonel Tulley Brown, will be called
to tell what part they played in this
political tragedy.
Colonel Brown was in James Bran
fords office at the conference which
began at o'clock in the afternoon oi
the day of the tragedy and closed only
20 minutes before the killing. Just as
the conference closed Governor Pat
terson telephoned for Colonel Cooper
1t is the theory of the defense tha
while going to the governors house
the Coopers met Senator Carmack anC
that the killing resulted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
is BOUND AND BURNED WITH
HOT IRONS.
LABOR TROUBLES CAUSE
Laborer in Yucatan, Involved in
Clash, is Seized by His Enemies
Who Bind and Torture Him to
Death.

MERIDA, Yucatan, Feb. 25.-Help-
lessly bound and then burned and
scared with white hot irons until his
screams of agony brought in the po-
lice and citizens TO batter down the
door, a Korean laborer named Vnena
Nido, who was involved in a clash
among the Korean laborers and who
was captured and tortured by his enc
mics, is dead from his injuries.
"A fight started among the Koreans
and soon involved large number,
Yuena Nido was seized by those op.
posing his friends, carried to house.
and after being bound, had hot irons
applied to the soles Of his feet and
to his limbs. Police and nearby cit
liens were soon attracted by his
screams and the door OF the house
was battered down, but too late tc
save the unfortunate Korean from
fatal injury.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
FELL TWENTY-FIVE FEET AND
CRUsHES SKULL.
AN AWFUL ACCIDENT
Falls from Back Stairway of Building
to Floor of Basement Stairs-Medi-
cal Assistance Summoned-Mother
Attending Royal Neighbors.

George Hurd, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. G. Hurd, fell from the stairway lead
ing from the rooming house over The
Gazette, yesterday afternoon about
4:45 and sustained fractured skull.
He was given every attention by the
employees of The Gazette and Drs.
Bishop and Johnson were summoned.
The boy was removed to st. Vincent's
hospital where he died at II O'Clock
last night.
Mrs. Hurd had gone to the rooming
house over The Gazette office to call
on Mrs. c. F. Lettow and she
and Mrs. Lettow had gone to
attend a meeting of the Royal
Workers, society Of the Royal
Neighbors, the auxiliary of the Mod
ern Woodmen of America, to which
both ladies belonged.
George Hurd had remained at the
Lettow home to play with Cecil Let
tow, the six-year-old son of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Lettow and both boys had gon'
out on the rear porch to play.
The little Lettow boy was the onl,
eye witness to the accident and h
stated that the Hurd boy was leanini
out over the railing of the stairs
when he suddenly lost his balance an
fell.
The little boy and lady who wa
left at the Lettow home to care 70
the house, gave the alarm and a re
porter for The Gazette went to tn
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
HIS RETIREMENT AS COMMAND.
Err OF FLEET EXPECTED.
RETIRES IN SEPTEMBER
President Roosevelt Expected to Name
His Successor Before He Leaves
the Presidency-Storms on Virginia
Coast Abating.

FORT MONROE, Va, Feb. 25.-
Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry left
tonight for Washington and the ships
carpenter on board the flagship Con-
necticut began to box up the admiral's 8
belongings.
The impression grows that Admiral
Sperry will soon haul down his flag.
It is common gossip in the fleet that
President Roosevelt intends to name
the next commander in chief before
he retires from office next Thursday,
Admiral Sperry retires in Septem.
Der so there is little in the program
of the next few months that would
cause him to wish to remain.
The storms that met the fleet at the
Virginia capes with almost unhospit'
able welcome home, seem tonight to
have abated. Reports Of disasters to
parties on board the little boats were
received today but all were un'
founded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
ONLY FINE POSSIBLE WILL be
LESS THAN A MILLION.
Law IS inefficient
Government Attorney Satisfied That
Provisions Of EIkins Law Cannot
Prevail Against the Big Corpora
tione OF the United States.

CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-United States
District Judge Anderson broadly init
mated today that he will rule that
the unit of offense in the Standard Oil
company rebating case will be the
thirty-six settlements of freight
charges. Under this ruling if made, a
fine of only $72O,OOO is possible as
compared with Judge Landis' assess
ment OF $29,24O,O00 in the original
case.
The court said, after listening to
the arguments:
Il think that there can be no more
convictions than there have been set
Elements, wherein the carrier and the
shipper have settled their accounts
and the shipper has received back the
difference between the valid rate and
the rate which was concession. OF
these settlements there were thirty
six"
In rendering this opinion the court
also disposed of the contention of the
defense that the whole matter was
continuing offense, susceptible to but
one punishment.
United States District Attorney
parently in no mood to discuss the
question. He has held all along, how
ever, that even the maximum fine on
the settlement basis renders the at
tempt to enforce the Ekins law
against big corporations inefficient.
Judge Andersons ruling was a Sc
we're blow to District Attorney Sims.
He and his assistant, James H. Wilk-
erson, had argued that each of the
500 shipments making possible a max
imum of 81 200, 900, constituted an Of
fense. This view, Judge Anderson
declared he could not understand. He
saw no reason why If trainload or
a car lot was regarded as separate
offense, the matter might not be fur
ther divided, making hundredweight
the unit, or gallon, greatly increas-
ing the number of offenses and magni-
flying the punishment.
Mr.. Wilkerson argued that the fine
possible under the courts ruling
would serve merely as license to a
great corporation.
On this Judge Anderson said in eff
feet:
"That is consideration which has
no weight with me whatever. am
not concerned with the effectiveness
of the statutes but with their interpre-
tation and application. If the view
that / have taken has the effect you
stated, that is matter for the law
makers to consider. If their laws are
inadequate get them to supply rem
edy.'
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
WIFE AND DAIRYMAN OBJECTS
OF HIS RAGE.
JEALOUSY IS THE CAUSE
California Ranch Foreman Wounds
Italian, SIashes His Wife's Throat,
Burns His House and Attempts to
Commit Suicide.

NAPA, Cal, Feb. 25.-A terrible
tragedy was enacted at the ranch of
Captain J. ]. Bryce, near Oakvale,
and about ten miles north of here at
an early hour this morning. A fore
man named Wallace, on the ranch, hit
an Italian dairyman over the head
with an axe, causing wound which
proved fatal later. Wallace then cut
his own wife's throat with a case
knife, but she was seriously injured
With the same knife he slashed his
own throat from ear to ear. He theH
set fire to the house occupied by him
self, wife and hired help, totally de
stroying it. Wallace was brought tc
the county infirmary here. He has &
slight chance to recover. Jealousy il
believed to be responsible for the
crimes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
HAS NOT BEEN ENGAGED IN
CONSPIRACY.
GREAT IMPERTINENCE
Montana Man Objects to Government
Employees lmpuonino Motive of SEN
atore Who Oppose Extravaganza Of
the Forestry Service Directors.

WASHINGTON Feb. 25.-"During
the day." said Senator Carter OF Mon
tana in discussing the forestry service
in connection with the agricultural ap-
preparation bill today, II have heard it
noised about that conspiracy had
been formed here to reduce the
amount Of this forestry item. The en-
ployment of that term as applied to
the action of the senate in seeking to
correct an appropriation which seems
too large is fit example of the man
men in which all persons are treated
In and out Of this chamber when they
exhibit the temerity to object to ap-
propriations for the forestry service"
Mr. Garter called attention to an es-
timated deficit in the public revenue
next year of $140,000,000 and declar-
ed:
eve will diminish appropriations or
increase taxation and any person, in
the presence of this great situation
confronting the government is guilty
Of supreme impertinence, if in the EN-.
ployment of the government, to sug
gest that a senator bent upon reduc
ing appropriations is engaged in q
conspiracy
81 will comment on these expendi
lures although l know that 500 pens
will be set in motion and men will be
sticking type all over this country to
night resenting my criticisms as hos
tile to the forestry service. I make
this prediction in respect to the press
because that has been the experience
In the past. This is one service tha
no man dare criticize without having
his motive impugned."
Mr.. Carter declared that in the for
estry service there are more "bosses'
than workmen.
Reading report of the forestr!
service, he declared many expendi
lures were made for articles Of luxur!
and said that under the system pur
sued anything could be purchased b!
the forestry service from $40 lecture
to steam engine. A trip has beel
taken, he said, by one OF the employe
of the forestry service to Californi
and back at cost of $411, a part o
his mission being to deliver lectur
in st. Louis.
Senator Nelson vigorously defend
ed the forestry service, saying tina
despite ridicule, it would continue.
Mr.. Carter moved to decrease tn
forestry appropriation from 100000
to 81, ,O0O, 600, and with the amendmen
pending, consideration was postpone
until tomorrow.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
LARGEST ATTENDANCE FOR ANY
OF 8 NIGHT PERFORMANCES.
STUPENDUOUS PRODUCT
Billings Theater-Goers Thoroughly
Enjoy Stage Presentation of Gen.
eraI Lew WalIace's Masterpiece
Elaborate in Every Detail.

Inspiring in itself, magnificent in
every detail, the stupendousness OF
the presentation of "Ben-Hur" at
the Babcock theater last night awed
the audience into appreciaive silence
in }he first acts, silence which grad
ualiy/warmed into appreciative ap-
plause, which reached a climax only
with the final curtain.
Unquestionably it was the most
elaborate and magnificent theatrical
production ever seen in Billings. And,
it drew the largest audience ever in
the Babcock theater both in point Of
numbers and in money received, an
audience, by the way, larger than, any
the production has ever played to in
one of a three nights performance,
anywhere in the country. People
came to Billings from hundreds of
miles to witness it.
1t is a production against which
none can complain. 1t was perfect in
detail and, as near as possible, 1t ad-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-02-26
MUST STAND EXAMINATION.
Plaintiff Must Be Willing to Be Ex.
amined as to Injuries.

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 25.-A rul-
ing that, it is said, will prove far
reaching in personal damage suits has
been made by Superior Judge Wilson
R. Gayton to the effect that in such a
case the plaintiff must submit to an
examination to ascertain the extent
of injuries by a physician to be sug,
gested by the defendant or upon the
refusal of the plaintiff to undergo
such examination he or she shall be
barred from testifying personally as
to injuries received.