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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

be learned OF this line as wire conuec-
tion IL broken. The Matamoras branch
IL practically wiped out, large sections
being reported as washed away.
Train Service Crippled.
Railroad officials here stated this
morning that Il would be week prob
ably before q train could be gotten
into this city over any Of the lines.
The situation IL the worst that has
stricken this section, and as q large
amount OF track work on these lines
Is new. owing to the foods Of July and
the early part Of this month. 1t was
easily washed out. Friday and Eatur-
day, Monterey was cut of from the
world by telegraph communication. No
situation as II exists here at the pres
ent time. With thousands Of homeless
people wandering the streets during
the, day and sleeping In the public
buildings and churches at night. being
fed by the charitable people and the
city authorities, the conditions are APP
palling. A water famine threatens and
the food supply II very low. No fresh
meat can be obtained OF any kind, veg
etables are out Of the question; no
eggs are to be had and the restaurants
and private families are using large
quantity of canned goods. No one has
raised the price on anything at the
present time, but there IL shortage
OF all the necessities Of life in Mon
terey at the present time and II rail-
road communication IL cut of COR q
week as predicted, conditions here will
assume serious proportions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
CLERK CUTS THROAT
STRANGE FATE FOLLOWS REPORT
ED TRAIN ROBBERY.
Former Mail Clerk Uses Razor With
Deadly ERect-Baggage Mas
ter on Robbed Train Also
Ends Life.

Augusta, Ga, Aug. 2S.--L. A. Bickle,
white. aged 4s, an ex-maH clerk on the
Southern Railway, almost severed his
head from his body with q razor at his
home here this morning. Bickle had
been in i'll health and 1t IL said that
his mind was unbalanced because of
this and recent bereavements In his
family.
Bickle was mail clerk on Southern
train from Charleston on the night Of
May IS, last, when the express car was
rified. When the train reached Au-
gusta the express messenger was found
in chest. He claimed that he had
been knocked down by masked men
ana placed In the chest. g. p. Humph-
reys, baggage master on the train on
the night of the robbery, cut his throat
two months ago, dying almost Instant
ly, because he was suspected of the
robbery.
while the express company officials
do not connect Bickle with the rob-
berry, IL e. . fact that detectives, q few
days ago, questioned him regarding the
case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
HARTMAN IS BETTER
PERSONAL CHAPLAIN BRINGS It'd
INGS FROM ARDEN.
wouId Set nj Rest sensational Rumors
Regardang Health Of Rail Mag
nate--sfrs. Hartman
Attends Church.

Arden. N. ", Aug 9s.--rMr. Harri-
man is beftar. You may say that MIS-.
HarrIfnan ana an OF as are very happy
over the steady Improvement in his
health since he came to Arden house.
So FAR as know this Is the FIRST au-
thorized statement made by any mem-
her Of the Hartman household and
1 am most solicitous that It should be
printed precisely as / present II.
This statement was made this after
noon by the Rev. J. Holmes McGui-
ness, Mr.. Harriman's personal chap
lain. who spoke with authority after
dining with the Hartman family to-
day.
"My position in this matter Is very
sharply defined" said Mr.. McGuiness.
81 am Mr. Harriman's personal chap
lain. He took me up as mere boy.
when I was only 15--and / feel bound
to him by ties of the deepest gratitude.
n YOU think an announcement as POSI-
tive as / can give you would put an
end to sensational rumors. / viii DO
what I can to help you and ] speak as
a Christian clergyman--ali that ! can
tell YOU is that Mr.. Hartman is bet
ter now and that we are all very happy
about 1T
All that was heard hereabout today
seemed to echo the cheerful opinion
riman did not leave his room until
afternoon, when he went on the YER
anda for a sun bath.
Mrs. Hartman, accompanied by her
son, Roland, and his tutor, drove this
morning to ST. Johns Episcopal
Church. Mrs. Hartman was question:
ed after the service concerning her
condition. but she replied
with a smile. THAT is a matter / can-
not speak of outside of my family"
Mr.. Hartman was not referred to
during the service, but the hymns chosen
and the sermon bore a certain fitness
for the thought uppermost in the minds
of nearly everyone in the congregation
Mr.. Hartman received his first soA
cial visitors today. Neighbors who
live within driving distance went up
the mountain by carriage road in the
afternoon and returned after an hours
call. They refused to make any COM
ment on Mr.. Harriman's appearance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
WATERS ON RAMPAGE.
UnteId Staggering Exists Among Home
less Natives.


UnteId Staggering Exfsts Among Home
less Natives.
Laredo. Texas, Aug. 2s.-Last night
in Monterey was one Of death, desola-
ton. darkness and sorrow.
The food waters Of Santa Catarina
River continued In their rampant
course throughout the night and to
add to the horror Of the situation. the
rain commenced to fall and caused un-
told suffering to the Thousands of
homeless poems who had congregated
on the various plazas, their only
homes In the extreme emergency.
The destructive flood. due to the
continued fall Of rain for the past
nfnety-six hours. swept everything be-
fore II and hardy vestige is left Of
what was few days ago . conglom-
ertaion of small huts swarnning with
families belonging TO the poorer class
es. The loss OF life, which cannot be
accurately estimated for days---perhaps
for weeks--was among the poorer
classes and Is variousiy placed at from
400 TO 1000 souls.
The crest OF the food reached its
apex In the early hours OF the morn
Ing between / and o'clock, ana many
families were swept away to q swatery
death with hardly q chance to fight
for their lives. With the onrush Of
the water. pandemonium retgned and
as the poor wretches were swept from
their homes, on the tops Of which
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
GUARD KILLS WOMAN
SERIOUSLY INJURIES ELEvEN-YEAR
OLD GIRL.
jealousy Prompts CaroIEnian to shoot
Former Housckeeper IN Presence
of Her Observation-Disclosures
t. Talk.

Spantanburg. s. e.. Aug. 2s.--ln q
jeasous rage, Joe Bates, guard on the
city changing. today shot and killed
Mrs. Docia Better. ~ years old. wife
of farmer. and seriously wounded.
with q stray bullet, Mary Cox. IL years
old. The shooting occurred at the
home of w. b. Cox, In this city. in
the presence OF the woman's husband.
and was without warning. Bates
was overpowered after the shooting
and was severely beaten before officers
rescued him.
The woman, until two months ago.
when she ran away and married Better.
was employed as the housekeepr Of
Bates. When Mr.. and Mrs. Better
e~rived at the home of Cox. q rela-
tive, today, just before noon, Bates
rushed in and opened fire on the wo-
man with a revolver. two shots taxi
ing effect and proving fatal while a
third painfully injured the little Cox
girl. Bates Is In jail and refuses to
make q statement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
BOYS TRY TO WRECK
CROWDED EXPRESS TRAIN

Kankakee Ill. Aug 2s.-An attempt
today by four boys TO wreck the
crowded Chicago Express Railroad was
on the Illinois Central Railroad, was
dicovered by a switching crew In
time to prevent accident TO the train.
The boys had placed frog blocks and
rail braces at switch south of town
werley Smith. Sam and David Blatt
and clayton Robertson. ranging In age
from fourteen to sixteen years were
arrested near the scene OF the in
tended wreck where they were await
ing developments They admitted
placing the distractions on the track
and said they Just wanted to see q
wreck"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
ROBBERY STORY FALSE.
Man stabbed on Eve of Elopement
Tells Strange Tale.

Man stabbed on Eve of Elopement
Tells Strange Tale.
Atlanta. Ca. Aug. 29.--As sequel to
the story OF having been held up and
robbed Of A$240. after being decoyed
by a stranger AMI then severely beat
en- as told at an early hour Sunday
morning by J. 8. Amason, a young
butcher when taken to local hospi-
tai with q stab wound In the right
lung. 1t develops today that two. war
rants were sworn out for him late
Saturday. one charging theft Of a
COW and another charging assault and
battery. A guard has been. placed
over the young man at the hospital.
1t also developed that Amason had
planned to elope Saturday night with
Esther HUM and the police are of the
opinion that he received the stab In a
night with another sutton OF the young
lady. Anyway. his wild story of be-
ing robbed has been exploded and he
win have to answer In court TO several
serious charges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
CALL ENDS FATALLY
MAN DEAD, WOMAN DYING, FROM
SHOTS.
Believed to BE Case of Murder and
Suicide, But Which Did shoot
img Can Never BE
Learned

Brownsville. Tenn. Aug. 2s.--Rs-
turning from drive this evening at Z
O'Clock. John C. Pracht and wife
found stretched on their sitting room
floor Owen Taliaferro, dead, and Mrs.
virgie REEVES. dying, from pistol shot
wounds. It Is believed to be a case of
murder and suicide but which of the
couple did the shooting or what the
cause was is unknown.
Mrs. REEVES died without regaining
consciousness. She and Mrs. Pracht's
sister came here from st. Louis a few
weeks ago. Her divorced husband lives
in California. 1t is said.
Taliaferro, one of the best known
men in Brownsville, had been attent-
i've to Mrs. REEVES and had called TO
take her for q drive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
DECLINES TO TALK.
MIR. McHarK Refuses to Discuss PinchOt
Affair.

Affair.
Washington, Aug. 2Y.-When In
formed tonight that PRESIDENT Tart
would accept his resignation, ormsby
McTIarg, Assistant Secretary of Com
merce and Labor, merely stated Nhat 1t
had been in the Presidents hands FOR
some time.
While declining TO express an opin-
ion as to whether he thought the ac-
ceptance Of his resignation at this
time had any connection with his at
tacks on the forestry service, Mr..
McHargA referred to an interview he
had given early in the day, in which
he had declared that IL any of the
private views he had expressed were
considered embarrassing to President
Taft in the slightest degree, he was
ready to sever his connection with the
Government service Immediately.
Mr. McEarg vigorously denied the
references to ex-President Roosevelt,
attributed to him in an Interview in a
local paper last week. He appeared
particularly anxious to repudiate the
statement he is said to have made that
Roosevelt had acted as II he were
the Lord around here"
Mr.. McHarg is reputed to have said
that the policy Of conservation out
lined by Roosevelt was too dream-like
ever to be of practical value, and that
only 1.-The Lord Himself could have
carried 1t out. Mr.. McHarg--further
was represented as having said that
perhaps Mr.. Roosevelt thought himself
equal to the worker Of Miracles"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
KILLED BY SIX NEGROES.

Canton. Ca. Aug 29.-Last night
six negroes attacked ]. =. Landers.
proprietor of a near beer saloon here.
while he was enroute from his place
Of business to his home. killed him
and left his body in the woods where
II was found today.
The shooting was done by J. r. Ken-
ogg. an Atlanta negro. WHO escaped.
give other negroes implicated In the
attack have heAn seces9sd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
Run.ian. nefent Kuras

Tabriz. Persia, Aug. 29.--Sharp
lighting with the Russian consular
convoy lasted from noon yesterday un-
til late in the evening at the village
of Marzergiz. The Kurds lost twenty
men. while two Russians were danger
ously wounded. column has been
despatched from Urumiah to clear Mer-
zergiz of the Kurds on account OF their
repeated attacks on the orthodox peas
a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

Atlantic City, N. j.. Aug. 2s.-The
Rev. Birney Hudson. leader OF the re-
formers. who are working to stop Sum
day baseball and the Sunday sale OF
liquor, received q letter today threat
ening to blow up the First Baptist
church, of which he Is pastor. and to
ASA ssinate him unless the reform
movement is halted. He has turned
the letter over to the police. who claim
to have a clue to its sender.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
nroers Flre oa Cayalrx.

Paris. Aug. 29.-An Official dispatch
from Melilia says that Moors ensconced
in the houses iT one OF the villages.
fred upon a cavalry patrol. A bate
terry was sent out and destroyed the
houses. Alhucemas was bombarda0
again today by the enemy's guns. which
are now in a more favorable position.
One Spaniard was wounded. The forts
however soon silenced the guns.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

st. Louis. Aug. 29.--Col. Thomas A.
Wood, newspaper man. a club man and
civil war veteran. died here yesterday
aged "a years. Until his retirement
two years ago he had been business
manager of The st. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat for thirty-nine years. Colonel
Woods war service was with the LIST
Wisconsin Volunteers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

Atlanta, Ca. Aug. 2s.--Atianta, Ga.
claims the first aeroplane flight In the
State Of Georgia, Ben Epps and lump
Hun In q monoplane Of their own
construction, yesterday at Athens. made
trial hight of nifty yards. The ma
chine, however, rose but one, foot above
the ground and was wrecked when II
bumped into . terrace. The machine
was repaired today ana another flight
will be attempted tomorrow
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

Atlantic City N. J., Aug 81. A.
-Heether, superintendent of the Mem
phis division Of the Southern Railway.
and q resident of Memphis died at a
hotel here today after an Illness which
caused him to come here In the hope
of recovering his health. Death was
directly due TO an affection of the
liver which took q dangerous turn
several days ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
HELD ron MURDnn.
Revenue Cutter saiEer unaer se,ss...
Chnrxe

Detorit. Mich. Aug. 29--John Hofne.
OF Milwaukee. a sailor on the United
States revenue cutter Tuscaro, is un-
der arrest tonight on suspicion in COM
nection with the death OF an unident-
ified man who was beaten to death
and thrown into the river early today
at the foot Of Second Street Joseph
Rybicki. who was fishing on the dock,
saw the beginning of the fight that
ended In the unknown's DEATH.
The dead man had been chatting
with him a few minutes when sudden
ly uniformed man appeared. Rvbicki
says. and attacked him. Rybicki ran
for a policeman. When he returned
the men were gone. Rybiclxi pulled up
his fish line and to his horror brought
to the surface of the water the bat
tered body of the man who had been
chatting with him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

Charlotte, N. c.. Aug. 2e.-Tempo-
rarily deranged. 1t is believed. from the
excessive use OF cocaine. Tom Little,
q mulatto, tonight shot and fatally
wounded Beatrice Williams. negress
Little shot the woman while she was
on her way to church. Negroes seized
Little and after disarming him held
him until the arrival of the police.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
PRrsoNER REBnLLrous.
Although In Iron Cage, Huris Deaanes
At Sultan.

Fee. Morocco. Tuesday. Aug. 1S--R0n
Hamara. otherwise known as III Hogi1f,
the rebellious subject or the Sultan ok
Morocco, who was captured recently
and brought into Fec In an iron case.
Is still exposed to the gaze or passir1nr
crowds in his open cell. He shows fffA
scorn and disdain and when several En-
ropeans approached to take phofo-
graphs OF his cage, Ei foahi4 shook hts
fist at them and shouted words 81 fx-
suit.
When the Sultan asked I'll Roghl why
he started the rebellion. the prefendeF
10 the throne replied boldly. 4 &
II simply followed IN your footsaenn.
only you succeeded and 7 failed
Ell Roghi has not as yet been tor,
tnred. The Sultan Is hoping 20 obtain
the money FL Roghi has TO his credsE
in European banks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
Newspaper Offers Prize.

Paris, Aug. 2s.-The Matin offers a
prize OF 100000 frames ($2o.Ooo) to be
awarded to the heavier than air ma
chine which makes the fastest time In
a circuit from Parts to Dillon, Belfort,
Nancy, Lille and Paris, before August
81. 1910.
All the French newspapers are en-
thusiastic over the great success Of avi-
alton week and pay special tribute to
the American. Glenn H. Curtiss. as
modest. consistent and patient worker
whose efforts have been crowned by
the blue ribbon OF the air.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
Auto Driver Dies.

New York. Aug-29.-LaurentG Crosse
driver of the Stearns car. who was
injured in the twenty-four hour auto
mobile race at the Brighton Motor
drome Friday night died today. Leon
ard Cole, his mechREician was Instant
" killed in the accident. Crosses back
was broken and his spine shattered.
He was twenty-six years old and lived
In New York
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

on by the prison commission in making
its plans TO carry out provisions of
the act under which the nrst execu-
lions occur next Thursday. On that
date william Mitchell. murderer. and
Cyrus Palmer. convicted OF criminal
assault will be hanged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
EXECUTIONS PRIvATEA
Outside world May Not Know of Gal
lows Scenes.

lows Scenes,
Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 29.-An per-
sons VINO hereafter witness legal exc
buttons In Tennessee win be sworn to
secrecy regarding what transpires at
the Rallows. An act passed by the
last Legislature provides that all per-
sons condemned to death by the courts
OF the state shall be executed within
an enclosure of the penitentlary at
Nashville I'm privacy and seclusion."
and that no one shall be admitted ex-
cept priest or a minister OF the Cos
pel: the prison physician, the sheriff
Of the county In which the crime was
committed, and such attendants as are
necessary to properly carry out and
perform such legal execution" This,
o. course, bars newspaper reporters
and relatives Of the condemned.
The swearinGv 70 secrecy was decided
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
WonIa neatrax Fnmllx.

indianapolis, Ind Aug. 3ee---JAznes
Garrett, foreman OF q printing com.
pany at Evansville. Ind. shot his wife
through the head. tried TO kill thelI
7-year-oId son, and committed sui
eide in this city night. The woman
may recover.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
Eleventh victin, Die.

Key West, Fla. Aug. 29.--James
Gala CHER, one of the victims OF the
dynamite explosion at Bocachica. on
the Florida East Coast Railroad last
week, died today, making the total
number Of dead as q result OF the &C.
cident, eleven.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

London, Aug. 29.-The King has ap-
proved the appointment OF Sir Ed I'd
H. Seymour to represent Great Britt
atm at the HndG0n-Haitoa ce1ebrnGtons
at New York next moneh Admiral
seymour Will hoist the nAG= ear-snA
4 vuAee< =1nf,sxSsAes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
Italian Cruiser Gene.

Norfolk. Va. Aug 2s.---rhe italian
cruiser Aetna which will participate
In the Hudson-Fuiton celebration in
New York next month. passed in the
Virginia capes this morning bound for
Baltimore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
Pneumonia Fatal

Seattle. wash. Aug. &c. Z.
Featherton, aged So. a prominent at
torney of Rome. Ga. who came here
with his family two weeks ago to
visit the fair died yesterday of pneu-
monia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

BASEBALL GAME Is
nRENEnn NxrIUlI aEn

Minneapolis. MINI, Aug. 2s.--For /.
\ the first time in the history Of pro-
D fessionai baseball. the game which 4
. Minneapolis won from Kansas City I
to today. was opened with 4
- mon by Rev. O.. L. Morrill, Of
: lis city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

the Interior Bailinger hurriedly left for
Washington tonight. Departmental
afsairs." he said. have made 1t neces-
saryNfor me to change my plans and
60 at once to Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
xuaI.honr Gets Third .

Paris, Aug. 2s.--At the Auteuii track
tonight the eight Kilometres cycle race
was won by Nat Butler of Boston in
IL minutes 25 3-5 seconds. Bobby Wal
thour finished third
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

Norfolk. Va. Aug 2s.--Beginning to-
morrow the mechanics employed at
the shops OF the seaboard Air Line
will work mine hours q day. This
represents concessions made by the
road as well as the employees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
rWENTY-SIX MINERS ARE
CAUGHT IN FLOOD

Sosnowie. Russian POLAND, Aug. 20.
"A mine has been flooded at Dombro-
vie. by an onrush of water from q
disused shaft. 1t is feared that TWEEN
ty-six miners persisted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
ENDS TWO LIVES.
l Kills Husband, Then Turna

Woman Kills Husband, Then Turna
Gun ON HeaesfG.
Rector. Ark. Aug. 29.--CaIling her
husband in from the street az noon to-
day. Mrs. Vernon Shane. after a brief
quarrel, tried to induce him to take 4
dose OF carbollc acid with her. and
when he declined she shot him dead
with one barrel OF a shot gun. after
which she ended her own life with the
other barrel. They had been married
but q short time and had separated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
1vnArHnR rnRncAsr.

washington, Aug. 20--Forecast for
AIabamas Partly cloudy and cooler
Mondays Tuesday faArI moderate north
east WAnaA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

BaIIinGer Coming East.
seattle. Wash, Aug. 29.-Sscretary OF
Arizona republican., 1909-10-27
OF LOCAL INTEREST

NEW NOTARIES.-Henry F. Ash hurst of Prescott and M. G. Levy of Ajo. Pima county. have been appoint ed nOt2ries public.
 HALLOWEEN SOCiAL.-A Hal loween social win be given in the Creighton school house next Friday night All are invited to come
 WILL MEET TODAY.-There will be a special meeting of the board of governors of the $. R. V. w. U. A at o'clock this morning to consider three or four matters deemed of con siderable importance at this time.
 FINE LOT OF HORSES.-J. l.. Cant of this city considers himself something of a judge of horses, as he has been buying. selling and driv- ing them all his life. Yesterday Mir. Cant took ride out to the fair ground to see how the assembling trotters and pacers and runners would appear to the eye of a specialist after all that he has read about them in the papers. He reports that there has been no exaggeration. On the contrary. there has not been enough said to do the subject Justice It still lacks two weeks of fair time. never theless MT. Cant reports that he saw at the fair ground yesterday about seventy head of as fine looking stock as he ever laid his eyes on. They are not all best. but they are all good. and as a bunch they are all best And the best part of it is that a lot of them are Arizona bred horses. This is offered by MT Cant simply as his testimony to help along good thing. for ne is not a sport. race track tout or even a race driver. He is simply an admirer of good stock; has seen some of it and is pleased to say a word in its favor.