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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
 OVER TRAGEDY One of the Assassins
 Captured. SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER Details of Horrible Ambuscade in
 Louisiana. TAe Amhu.csAe Grew o.t es Fs=sls Feua and As Result I've we-
 snen and oae Man
 Are Dead.

Amite City, La. Jan. 23--As result of an ambuscade growing out of a fain- fly feud, two women and a man are dead, one of the assassins being held here under a heavy guard and the country for miles around is being searched for another man alleged to bs implicated in the murders. Intense ex- citement prevails throughout the par- ish.
 Sheriff Saal returned to Amite tonight bringing Avery Biount as prisoner. as well as the details of the crime, which was committed last night.
 Benjamin Breland, his wife, and Mra. Joseph Everitt, the last named carry. ing an infant in her arms, were ma king their way homeward along ona of the parish roads. near Tickfaw. It is alleged that Blount, together with d man named Garland Kfnchen, fired on them from the side of the road with shot guns. Mrs. EveFftf fell with her baby into the road. her head blown al- most on. Mrs. Breland.s breast was torn off by one Of the voiieys and Brelnnd himself fell at the first Are. Some peo. pie driving along the road on their way home from a party, found the baby crawling about among the bodies. Ere. land was still living. and was able ia murmur the name of Kinchen. He died shortly afterwards. Blount. the prison. CT. says that Kinchen killed Breiand but will not say who killed the women.
 Mrs. Everitt's husband was killed by Ben Kinchen, a brother of Garland. sew. eral months ago. and the widow and her baby were making their home with fha Brelands Bad feeling has existed among the families concerned for Q number of years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
AVALANCHE OF SNOW
MANY PERSONS ESCAPE DEATH IN
 COLORADO.
shanty is Crushed Like an Egwsheli ana Four Men are KfileA-- Cannot Recover the
 HmHfNm

Grand Junction, Col. Jan. 2s.--Four men were killed and more than a score had narrow escape from death when an avalanche of snow swept over the Camp Bird mine at ouray late yesterday.
 The four men were talking in the cook house when. almost without warning. thousands of tons of snow, rocks and dirt swept down the noun. tain side. The shanty was directly in the path of the avalanche and the men were hurled into the canyon and covered with snow.
 It will be midsummer before the bodies can be recovered
 Caught in the steep mountain trails by the blizzard which ragged all day Camp Bird bullion stage, carrying yb.- 900 Tn gold and many passengers. It is feared they may have been tf the path of the slide and great anscfety Is felt for their safety. The avalanche which swept the men to their death was atty feet h5wfs and it came sweeping down the mountatn. side with irresistible force. The men working in Ahe mtne fiad 1nr their aixe1 but the shaft building wnE not in the path of the slide. It was ciese anoEKh however. to treEnbls as the avaianche rushed by.
 One of the heroes of the disaster was a large dog owned by a teamster. The teamster saw the slide coming and made desperate effort to drive out of the way. He was caught and buried. The dog rushed ct the snow and he- gan to dig furiously. He kept at it until he reached the buried man and Johnson crawled out unharmed.
 Another teamster saw the slide conn ing and unhitching one of his horses escaued on It's back, the slide missing him by only few inches.
 Dad" Austin. hero of many wild ride through the mountains and one of the best stage drivers in the West, heard the slide when 1t started. He was driving a six-horse stage hlled with people and the horses were plunging along at gallop when ne recognized the sound. Instantly he threw all his weight on the brake and succeeded in stopping the stage on fhe very edge of the avalanche. Two or the leading horses were cut off by the mass of snow and debris and carried down into the canyon hundreds of feet below. gang was completely wiped out. Forty horses were carried into the canyon
 Another almost miraculous escape was that of Sam Morris, one or the freight teamsters. He reached the edge of the avalanche when his foot sIi1ned ana he plunged into a snow hank. The slide passed over him ana he crawled out in safety.
 stIlI another teamster escaped Tn safety to the edge of the slide. put was dragged from his horse. The an tmal was thrown to the ground oy the force of the wind accompanying the avalanche.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
LEAVITT IS NOTIFIED
nRYAN,S DAUGHTER HAS SUED
 FOR DIVORCE.
4 fz,ist Husband Receives Papers Tn Paris And win Come To Amer ica--WIll Not Oppose
 Suit.

Paris. Jan. 23.-William Homer I.eavttt received yesterday from Thom- as g. Alien, his wife's lawyer at Lin- coin. Neb.. notification that Mrs. Leav- it, who Is a daughter of William J.. Bryan. had filed a petition for divorce on the ground of incompatibility of temper and non-support.
 He was questioned on the matter today. but declined to discuss 1t, say ing he did not desire to embarrass his wife in any way.
 MT. Leavitt will not oppose the suit. With his mother, with whom he has been living in Paris. he will leave tn a few days for America. His depart ure is in no way connected with the suit, but Is part of his plan>to exhibit his painting, "The Last Supper" in the United States.
 Mir. Leavitt's friends in the Latin quarter, who esteem him highly as a serious and hard working artist. say his life has been exemplary. They are of the opinion that Mrs. Leavitts de- cision to obtain a divorce is due en- tirely to her nervous temperament. She has suffered from neurasthenia for the last two years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
TELLS OF CRIMES
FRIGHTENED NIGHT RIDER MAKES
 CONFESSION.
Testlm0ay at Union City Grows Mo- notenoup-vyiIl Johnsaa' Gives
 Sonae Details of Ram r klm,B Dem4h.

Union City, Tenn, Jan. 23-That 1t was not the pre-arranged plan of the night riders to kill Captain Rankin was testified today in the trial. of Ed Mar shall. charged with participation in the Walnut Log raid.
 that he was a member of the band and was one of those who went to Walnut Log. It was the original understand ing he stated, that Captain Rankin and Coloney Taylor were to be whipped and forced to walk to Hickman. Ky. 5 A number of women friends and rela- lives of both the defendant and prose- cution were in court today.
 The proceedings were somewhat en- livened by the testimony of George Armstrong. who said that Fehringer notified him of the intended trip to Walnut Log, but that he did not go. He had attended numerous meetings of the band and had always seen Feh- ringer at those meetings. He had also seen Ethelbert Rogers and Will John son. who have confessed that they were at Walnut Log and who will testify later.
 That the Reelfoot night riders had the same password and signs that those of the Black Patch had was the statement made by Will Johnson, the last witness examined this morning.
 Johnson joined tne nlBnL rioerS Tn July and was present at several meet ings when Ed Marshall was there. On the night Captain Rankin was mur- dered he. Ed Marshall and three other members of the Clayton band. waited for an hour at the rendezvous before the lower band came. When telling of the crime his features twisted nervous ly and he seemed lOath to answer the questions asked him.
 T shot several times at the swing ing body of Captain Rankin, but did not hit him." said the witness. land when Colonel Taylor jumped in the bayou I shot at him."
 The prosecution still had the witness when the noon recess was ordered.
 The prosecution sprung a surprise this morning by the introduction of Will Hamlin. a confessed night rider on the witness stand. Hamlin has not been arrested. but. becoming fright ened at the conviction of his associ- ates. sought out Major Holmes last night and turned States evidence. He lived at clayton neaH the defendant. and had frequently seen him at meet ings of the band.
 The witness was not at Walnut Log, having given up his mask several 1vaals hafore the murder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
WORK FOR WHISKEY
MODEL LICENSE LEAGUE ENDS ITS
 LABORs.
President Gilmore Net Allowed to Re- sikn-Plans Active Fight on
 Prohibition sR Several

Louisville, Jan. 23.-Delegates to the second annual convention of the Ma tional Model License League, which closed here today. took the place of set speakefs at the last session and gave their various views.
 The League received full endorse ment and one of the notable develop ments was a request by the liquor reg ulators of Oklahoma through H. A. smith of Lawton. Okla. for a branch of the league.
 Enough funds to carry on the work were spoken for by Ed. T. Fleming of Philadelphia. who gave the league the official sanction of the Pennsylvania wholesale liquor men. endorsed Presi- dent Gilmore and declared that official must not speak of resigning. as Gil- more, in a previous speech. had tnti- mated.
 Richard Lieber. an Indianapolis brewer, gave full endorsement to the model license idea. S. F. Mccoy of Ohio, Sidney Story of New Orleans. and Gilmore bespoke the aid of the United Brewers Association, and similar trades without which they said the league could not win it's fight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
LIQUOR LAW UPHELD
RIGHT 0V STATE TO ISSUE
 LICENSES.
Chief Justice of 'Compecticut Supreme Court Goes Back to Colonial
 Days to Sustain His Position.

New Haven. Conn. Jan. 2s.--The law under which licenses to sell intoxi- eating liquors are granted in connec- tlcut is upheld by the Supreme Court of Errors ia 8 decision just handed down. sst
 The test was made by the prohibit tionists Of the, State through appeal of one Morrell of GreenwickS who acted merely as citizen. objecting to the granting by the County Commissioners of license in Greenwich.
 Chief Justice Baldwin. who wrote the. opinion, says that while the Bible. which stood for a rule of political gov ernment before statute law was en- acted, condemns the use and sale of liquor. the colonial laws as far back as ,1643 recognised the right of a con- stituted power to give licensea for sale of strong waters"
 It fs idle to, claim that the framers of the constitution understood or in- tended that anything contained in it should be regarded as prohibiting al- together the licensing of the liquor business. The State may properly re- strict business dangerous. if unreg- uiated to public morals. or security by thb rsQpifenAerts Is of large iicense fees 3 aH F
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
COOPER TRIAL HALTS
FORMER SHERIFF IS ARRESTED
 FOX PERJURY.
state Charges That He swere Falsefy Wken His Competeney ns Jnror Was Exnmined--
 Judge ia III. '

Nashvflle, Tenn, Jan. 23.--srhe sec ond sensation in the trial of Col. Dun can B. Cooper. his son, Robin Cooper and ex-sheriff Sharpe. for the slayins of former Senator E. W. Carmack, was sprung by the state this evening, when its caused the arrest, on q charge of perjury, Of sheriff Thomas k. Cartwright
 The warrant was issued on the af- fidavit of Attorney General Jeff Mo Carn before Justice of the Peace Lea vine.
 Cartwright was one of the first men on the panel. and on his examination, he swore that he had mo opinion and no prejudice for or against the de- fendants. The State charges that Cartwright had openly expressed the opinion that the defendants should be acquitted.
 Judge Hart, whose illness prevented q decision today IS to the competency of Juror Leigh, charged with intoxi- cation. was better tonight and will set tie tho charge on Monday. when the trial will be removed He is suffering from acute indigestion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
LONDON HAS A SENSATION Three Killed and Twenty
 one Injured. BANDITS HOLD UP AN AUTO Secure Money and an Exciting
 Chase Follows. The Men Were Run Down and Sur rounded by . Posse snd QAae of
 Them Finally Committed
 Suicide.

London, Jan. 23.-Three persons were killed and twenty-one injured at wal thamstow, suburb of London, as the result of -sensational attempt made today by two Russians at highway robbery.
 The men were run down and surround ed by posse, and one of them finally committed suicide. The other attempted suicide, but did not succeed, although he is now lying in a critical condition at Tottonham Hospital.
 Two of their victims, a policeman and boy of 10, lie dead while five Of the injured are in a hospital, seri- ousiy wounded.
 London is breathless at the sensa- tional introduction into It's precincts of Russian revolutionary methods. One of the revolvers used by the men was found to be the same type as that used by Russian revolutionists, having a large butt, with rest, a long, narrow muzzle and firing bullets of the soft nosed. expanding Mauser pattern.
 The bandits held up an automobile, containing the employees wages at the entrance to the rubber works at Wal thamstow, and made off with the money. They were followed by 8 few employees and gradually increas- Ing crowd of police and civilians. few of wh om were armed.
 The police jumped aboard trolley car, and the bandits. finding themselves closely pursued. jumped aboard an- other car and forced the driver with a revolver at bes head, to send his car along at full speed.
 One of the men ran to the rear of the car and repeatedly emptied his revolvers at the pursuers.
 disbursements of armed police on foot, bicycles and on horseback joined in the chase and fusillades were sx- changed for distance of mile.
 The car went laundering down the track with inc mounted and bicycle police strainiRg every effort to keep LID with the pacemalxers. Nearing the Tootenfam marshes, the bandits made the naotorman slow down, and, jumping off. seized milk cart and made for the country district. An autonlohile was pressed into service by the police and 1t was rapidly Overiiauling she as- sassins when they took to the marshes
 The pursuit through this treAcherous grounds was difficult. but eventually the police succeeded in oveftaking one of the men. who. finding his position hopeiess,- turned his weapon upon him. self, infiicting dangerous wound. The other man, failing to reach Ripping Forest took refuge in cottage, which the police, now reinforced by buck shooters, first fuslladed and then stormed. They found the assassin dead on the floor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

 STRIKES SNAG 13 ~-s-- May Ernbarrass he
 President, SENATORS As1/ IuiEAsr Do< Not Know to Proceed
 WittA alter. / .s=sss.es.s z.i-k se..s. lzsde szi.- take in Directing an Investisa-
 tion rate the steel Cor
 pssstiea sIerser. ]

2 Washington. gan. 2a--After meeting several times in conssaeration. of the Culberson resolution calling on the Senate Committee on Judiciary. to "re- port as early as may be practicable" whether the President was authorized to permit the absorption of the Ten nesses Coal. Iron and Railroad Com pany by the United States Steel Cor poration, the committee to which the resolution was referred has found itself |confronted with the question ''as to how to proceed a
 There are few Republican Senators who do not admit that the adoption of the resolution was an unfortunate act. This view is not wholly Q party ques- ton, for there are . number of Dem- ocratfc Senators who say that If the committee finds the President proceed ed without authority of law, 1t will create a most embarrassing situation.
 More than .ordinary secrecy has been maintained with the. proceedings of the eommittee considering the resolution. Thus far the letter of Attorney Gen. eral Bonaparte. declining the invita- ton of the committee to appear before 1t on Thursday last had not been made public. It is understood. however, that Mr Bonaparte made it clear in his communication that he had no facts in his possession which could eniighten the committed. and called attention to President Roosevelt's message In re- spcnse to a former resolution concern ing the merger. assuming full respon- sibiltty for any part the administra- tion may have had in the transaction.
 The sub-committee has been inform- ed that prior to giving his consent to the merger, President Roosevelt en- gagged in correspondence with officials Dof the Steel Corporation and a number Of other personb. which correspondence he is willing to give to the committee. {.
 At .today's session, the committees considered whether It would ask for this ccrrespondence, but 1t is under Stood that no conclusion was reached: i: 1t ts understood that under the tGgms of the resolution providing for q efe- pert sA soon as peseibie.s &he commit fec may And that 1t may not be rracsi. cable 10 report befofn March A.9
 Tho Democratics TnembeFs were h. clined to eritieiss the Republtcans for failure to press the resolution, on the .9round that the 1sepNbiicMia feared to make political capital which would risS ap to haunt them in the next cain. pefgn. They now share the opinion that the question is one of greater se- riousness than could be Involved in c fear of misunderstanding damaging politi. cal material.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
SHOT TO DEATH IN
 N KANSAS CITY OFFICE

Kansas City. Mo. Jan. 23-After be- ing struck in the face twice during a quarrel, believed to have resulted from domestic troubles. stephen T. Hood was shot three times and instantly killed this evening by James Walter BlantOn. who immediately ran to the police sta- tion and surrendered himself.
 The tragedy occurred in the offices of the Fidelity and Casualty Company on the third floor of the New England building. Both men had been employed as solicitors for the company until a few months ago. when Blant0n rec signed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
TAFT
PRssIDENT-ELECF IS CHARLEs-
 K rows GUEST.
The Chief Feature of His Visit Was q Baaaast Last Night wken His
 Hosts Were His Charles ton Frienda.

Charleston. Jan. 25.-Without 'pos- sum- on the bill of fare. with official pomp or ceremony. Charleston Is en- tertaining the President-elect with her own quiet and unique. but full hearted brand of Southern hospitality.
 Her cup of pleasure is doubly filled, for not only is Mir. Taft her guest for two days. but the big cruiser North Carolina has demonstrated that there is at least thirty feet of water over the bar" and is lying at anchor with in stone's throw of the dock wait ing for sailing orders Monday, when the Presidents -eiect and his party eIn- bark for Panama. The Montana. . sfs- ter ship, win arrive tomorrow and is expected also to enter the, harbar.
 While Mfr. TaftsIs provided with en- tertainment without Interim, the chief feature of his visit wzs banqust to- nieilt. when hts hcsfh were 17S of s'ihis friends sin ChAxIeaton
 The program 2. called Z. soi. nc spessass briefly by Editor, J q. aemphili. of The News ana Csufiss. '
 Mir. Ta1E reached the envfrons of Charleston shortly before o'clock to- day, when the special train which brought him from Augusta reached Magnolia, where he alighted for lunch- con ana q game ok &OtA AL HtHe- COuAkhE Club. It was dark when. after tea had been observed and many of his friends had chatted with him at the club he reached his quarters in the Charleston Hotel. At .7 o'clock he was receiving his dinner hosts and the evenings ef- tertainment was on.
 Just take Hhis vase of violets from me and daeet forget to send me a pos tai card.
 With ~all of her wee-might. little Josephine Bass, of /. Branchville, deliv- cred this ,unfaltering message to the President -elect today. She was held up to him over the heads of the crowd 10 which he had expressed his pleas- ure- at the greeting. Mfr. Taft took the flowers and pledged the card. This was the only incident of the trip from Augusta. 4 foursorne on the links Of the Country Club occupied MT. Taft for a couple of hours.
 Tomorrow he will advise with Messrs. Knox and Hitchcock. who~are expected to arrive here tmoorrow morning. MT. Taft is to attend service at the Uni- tarian Church, and spend the balance of the day fin the country. taking lunch as fine 1Euest of MT. Edwin Parsons and tea on the original tea plantation near summerville. as the guest of Chas- s. Shepard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

Line. after 1tire collision early this morning. southwest of Nantucket lightship, when the Republic received what will probably prove her death wound, are being transferred. late to- night to the steamer Baltic . White Star lfper., which was called to the assistance of her sister ship by wire less telegraph.
 After standing by the Republic for several hours. Captain Ransom of the Baltic. decided that it would be ad- visabie to take the passengers of the Florida. and the fog having lifted, the transf&r was begun shortly before midnight. In addition to the passen- gers of the Republic. those of the Florida will also go aboard the Baltic. The F1orida.s passengers number 800. and those Of the Republic AZ.
 The fact that 1t was deeined advis- able to take off the passsngers of the Florida. indicates that the latter steamer was also seriously damaged in colliding with the Republic.
 All the vessels have drifted east ward in the last few hours. shortly before midnight. the Republic was re- ported to be about ten miles south of Nantucket iiEhtship, having drifted between fifteen and twenty miles from the point where the collision occurred
 Early messages by wireless said thar the Republic had been abandoned by her crew. Later reports stated that Captain ,Sealby had refused to quit his vessel and was still standine by.
 Throughout the long day the broad expanse of the North Atlantic. which for weeks had been swept by the fiercest storms. was as calm and peace ful as in summer time. The fog. it is true. held dense for a greater portion of the fateful day.
 The transfer of the passengers. who had rushed to the decks as tho gongs changed out the signal to /olose the compartment doors, only to be reas- sured by the officers, was made under unusually favorable conditions.
 The operator on the Republic stood by his post and dashed wireless rays. asking for aid. He had heard his fe1-'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
nslaeasp 0 ssln HeIssa.

Rome, Jan. 23f--As soon as Lleufans ant Commander R. B. Belknaps the pletes his report on the distribution of American reiiee from the Chartered steamer Bayern. he will so to Vile Franche and, on the invitation Of Ad- miral sperry, accompany the fleet to Gibraltar.
 Ambassador oriseom has entrusted the dlstribufton of the timber for the construction of houses for the earth quake sufferers that is being sent from the United States to the attache.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

Burial of Victims of Chicago Crib Fire
 Chicago. Jan. 23.--Forty-s hears' es escorted by 200 policemen forming one funeral procession today conveyet to the cemetery the unidentified bodies of the men who were killed in tho burning crib in the lake last Wednes- day.
 The funeral passed from South Chi cago. where many of the men lived. tc Greenwood Cemetery. Funeral services were held in both Protestant and Catholic churches and many of the business places in the suburbs were closed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
A CONDUCTOR IS KILLED
 BY A NEGRO PASSENGER

New Orleans. Jan. 2S.-A long dist ance telephone message to The Pica- yune from New Roads says that Con- ductor Hall of a Texas and Pacific lo- cal train. was shot and instantly killed by a negro passenger while the train was passing Walls Spur, late tonight.
 One of several negroes on the train was captured by the passengers and preparations made for Q lynching, but this was deferred when 1t became evi- dent that they did not have the right man Posses are out tonight round- ing up negroes. and 1t Is believed the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
HOUSTON COUATY MAN
 SUES FOR HIS RELEASE

Dothan. Jan. 2S.-(special.)--AttOr- news of Y. M. c. Baxter, the man who is held as one of the suspects in the recent night-rider depredations in Houston County. have sued out a writ of habeas corpus, and the trial is set for Jan. 25
 The aid of the Governor mas been sought to bring the whole party to iuhtice and with his assistance. 1t Is fhonrht that there will be about eight other arrests made before this trial.
 It wiU be hard to get witnesses to tastifv unless the whole party of sus- pects are arrested.