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TEN'JPAGESi WHOLE JS^SIBER 16069 V THE DAY'S SUMMARY. THU WBATIIKJt. WASHINGTON*.; September SO.—Fore cast for Wednesday land Thursday: Virginia— Rain WednePday; Thursday fair; fresh west winds. North Carolina— Fair Wednesday in •west; rain and cooler In. cast portion, fol lowed by clearing weather; Thursday fair; fresh; to brisk winds Wednesday. The weather in Richmond yesterday was •nacm, and marked by an occasional fall of rain after dark. Tho range of the Dispatch thermometer was as follows: STATE OF THERMOMETER. fi A. M. C 7 9 A. M. . ." .....:........ SO 12 M ; go 3,1. M. SO 6 V. -M 74 J2 Night 70 Mean temperature .....:.„ 7Z 1-6 MINIATURE ALMANAC.' October Jst. 1902. Hun rises 6:0t» ] HIGH TIDE. Sun sets — 5:54 (Morning 4:02 Moon rises 5:54 | livening 4:is RICHMOND. Alumni of the University consider mat ter of Conoid Miles and the chairman ship Board of Health at work on ordi nance designed to insure pure milk supply; analysis makes startling disclosures Marriage of B. \V. Ford and Miss Ryan Louisville man erects monument to mem ory of John A. Broadus Dog pound may tins? for lack of funds^ Citizens to hold meeting to discuss municipal affairs Fri 2ay night — -Effort to combine the retail arug stores Convention of the State Woman's Christian Temperance Union Annual meeting of the Tobacco Board .MAXCHT2STER-\Yifc ill and husband missing Verdict in murder trial expect ed this morning Protest against Mr. Fitz"s resignation Cow stolen. VIRGINIA. Unknown man, thought to bo a Mr. Hayes, of this city, killed on* the South ern railway near Alexandria, yester day — -University of Virginia defeats Washington and Lee 16 to 0 in first game of season Hiatt, alleged wife murder er, -will return to Norfolk and stand trial New telephone - company char tered in Petersburg will absorb Southern Bell Company— —The coal supply of New port News exhausted Crane's Nest Coal Company with $10,000,000 capital, chartered in Bristol Citizens of Roa noke meet and favor anti-cow ordinance. GENERAL. iipS* fork stock market makes a sen rJ^onal recovery — -September wheat sells on Chicago Board of Trade at 95 cents, which is the highest price for that cereal since the Loiter deal in '9S- Musketeer wJns the Bay Shore stakes at Gravesend — -First funeral of Zola, will be held Fri day, and interest is shown, in the ques tion whether Dreyfus will attend Lieu tenant Commander Bronaugh. U. S. N.. commits suicide — -Because of financial fUflicuUios due to coal strike, a coal mer charit of Philadelphia, tries to kill him self Miss Alice Hay, second daughter of Secretary Hay, is welded to James W. Wadsworth, of "Geneseo, N. Y. Serious fiood conditions in Soutriern and South wostern lowa aro reported Democratic State; Committee selected L. L". Durand as party's candidate* for. Governor • Jvlarylebone Borough. London,, declines Camogle offer of $150.«>0 for the estab lishment of free libraries because of con ditions attached President holds con ference with, members of Cabinet and others on subject of ending coal strike—. &evr Orleans strike conditions satisfactory Temporary receiver appointed for Peo ple's Bank. Barnesville. Ga. stops motor-cycle race between,.. Bobby Wal thour and Gus Lawson— Eaton wins bi cycle race with Turville Stage coach is held up and robbed near Florida. K. Y. Receivers appointed for National Salt Company. Coler heads slate to be nominated by Democrts at Saratoga Brotherhood of Carpemors arid Joiners adjourns, to meet next time in Milwaukee Another Steel dividend of?10,000,0M is declared Head less and armless body of young woman 5s found floating in East river at New York New York linkers consider rais ing price of; bread in view of high price of coal Imperial Tobacco Company issues circular giving a revised list of/ prices. IORUGGiSTS'II/lERGEB Effort Made to Have Retail Stores Enter a Com- bination. If the plan proposed by several drug gists of the city carries, Richmond will Form beast an interesting industrial com bination, but it seems that the efforts of the promoters of the corporation that would secure control of- the retail drug stores of the city will not be successful and the conditions that have obtained in Kichinoiul for many years will continue to oxi.st. It is understood that Mr. T. A* Miller, who is the owner of four well-equipped drugstores in the city, is the. prime mover It! the proposed amalgamation. . The plan us r.uggested to some of the druggists was along the line adopted by all of the big "trusts" of the country when, small coKCtrns were purchased by the big con cern and the former owners retained as rnanag'vrs for a poriod agreed upon when Hie transfer was made. One druggist said that he undarstood the scheme provided either for the sale outright of the retail drugstores or the transfer io the. general company, the owner in the latter event accepting stock In thfc larger concern as compensation. It v.-as said last night that when the amalgamation was mentioned to some of the druggists, that it would not lie at tempted until about twenty of; the fifty odd retail druggists in the city had sig- Jillied their willingness either, to sell.out right or to take stock in the proposed company. 3t could not bp learned just how long the plan had been incourse of formation, but it can be stated on the best of autho rity thai up to tills time not a sufficiont number have indicated a desire to get Into the new company to justify the pro moters in claiming success for the pro- It is believed that the following dfug- Etets, in addition to Mr. Miller, will join in the movement, if it rnaterialr.es:' A. Greenwald, H. : G. Froistman. A. E. Johann, AY. F. Warrlner, and the "Wagner Drug Company. It was reported that T. W. Chelf and T. N. Curd would also be come members of the movement, but the report could not be verified. These firms,: j fight in number, will, represent about a , dozen stcrcs. . . ■ ■ . -' ..; Flood Conditions r fn lovrn'.; DES MOINES, 1A;, September 30.—Se rious flood "conditions- are reported over Southern: and \ Southwestern lowa to-day, «s the result of cxcf islve rains ; last night, ; varying from twoto five inches.,; Rivera arc swollen out of bounds,' ; and | heavy., property ' loss is reported, i ln .several; casos rivers • approach i.tho ,; high-water. markior last 'spring. One^ianls rebor*«2; : droTypcd_c«r^£eac7 ,' *g ADTION OF ILOHI RICHMOXD ASSOCIATION OF THE L'XIVERSITY HOLDS AX 131- PORTANT MEETING. PROTEST AGAINST , MILES: Board of Visitors Ur»ed Xot to Con sider Him for Chairman. HIS FITXESS NOT QUESTIONED. Personal Portion of Mr. MeredithJn Resolntions WUhdrnn-n After It \Vn« Found Tlint 3leetin)jj Did IVot Endorse Sentiments Expressed — Col. Pcfcrs'K Splendid Defense of Col. Miles Tnrned the Tide. Whereas, the public press- of this city has announced that an effort to elect one who has but recently, re signed from the Board of Visitors, to a chair at the University of Vir ginia, to be known as the chair of economics, would be made a', the meeting of the Board of Visitors of the University, to be held this;" week, and that such election would be had with the- ultimate object of making that member the chairman of. the faculty, with very large, if not presi dential powers; be it Resolved. First, That the Richmond Chapter of the Alumni of the Uni versity of Virginia,' at- a meeting called for the. purpose of considering this announcement, solemnly and em phatically protests against such ac tion, and respectfully urges the gov erning body of the University not to consider a scheme so foreign to the spirit and so detrimental to the wel fare of our Alma Mater. . Second. In adopting this resolution this body wishes it to be distinctly understood that it is not, intended to express- its views as to the personal fitness of the . above-named gentle man, or on the legal creating of the office of president, and the filling of the same in the proper manner and after due notice to the alumni of the institution and the citizens- gene rally, Third. That the chairman of this meeting is empowered to appoint a committee of not less than three alumni, to present in person these resolutions to the Board of Visitors. — Resolutions adopted at the meeting of the Richmond Alumni of the Uni versity of Virginia ■ yesterday after noon. The above- resolutions are the result. of a meeting of the Richmond Alumni of the University of Virginia' held in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday after noon at 5 o'clock. The meeting -was called at the request of a number of the members, of the association to consider the recent reports in regard to making Colonel George ;."WV Miles, chairman of the faculty of that institution and to take some action in the matter. From the beginning it was clearly seen that Colonel Miles was the object of the disapproval of a larger part of the mem bers present, and his name headed the resolutions offered by Mr. Meredith and was only withdrawn after the vigorous protest of many of the prominent mem bers. Mr. Minor made an excellent de fence of Mr. Miles, not because he knew the nan, but because he thought him an able and. wronged man. Mr. Patterson offered a resolution which covered the situation, in^ me opinion o> many present, but it wsa voted down. Then the discussion shifted to the right of the board to proceed with the election oi* a man without making .the matter public, and much time was spent on this. Colonel Peters finally took the floor. There were cries of . "Question," "Ques tion," before he came forward, for it was felt that what' he said would carry weight. Colonel Peters defended Colonel Miles at every turn. He did not advocate him; he simply defended . him, and the name of Colonel Miles was .scratched from the records of the meeting. Colonei Peitrs was applauded several times and every men in the room listened with the eldest attention. The result of the meeting was a : victory for Colonel Miles rather than a defeat, notwitsstanding the adoption of the reso lutions. He made more friends than if he had been on the other side. After the University matter was set tled au election of officers ror the ensu ing year wsaheld and the meeting ad journed. ' Mr. Meredith.'s Pnpcr. The meeting was called to order by. Dr^ Brock, president of the association/ and the object was stated by the secretary. ■ Mr.: Wyndham Meredith then took, the floor. He explained that he was without prejudice in the matter and until it was broached to him.' he had no knowledge of the affair. Without further remark -he read a paper containing the following res olutions and the reasons why they should be adopted: . '■" Many reasonscould be urged for this earnest . protest against Colonel Miles's selection, and the manner of his sug-. gested appointment. Some, and these by i no means aIJ, of our grounds of opposi tion are: 1. It would be taking from their. own body one who was but recently -a, mem-:" her, and whose resignation was had with a view to his selection ..to a professorship.' Conferring horfdr and emolument upor^ each other was not the purpose for which tne Board of Visitors was created. ' The visitors themselves ' will be the first, to recognize the ' impropriety and bad taste' which would, characterize -the act. If a constitutional provision' was' thought; ne-; cessary to prevent the members of the Legislature r f rom .. using such' methods . in the selection of State officers, a like statute was. not deemed; necessary against such-conduct on- the; part" of the: Board; of Visitors; of/the -university, .because' their ; own sense of propriety =.was, land jis.r a complete protection against •an a,cf_tha.t r all - right-thinking: meni • must' condemn.: ,: 2. The particular chair for.-; .-.; which j t is said he is sla ted ' is that of . economics;; What particular/ fitnessfMr. Miles has ■ for/ this chair we 'have: not 'been? able ;.toj discover], . On the contrary, r il:' is va^fact? that;he has never studied thelC'JDdaine'n^] tale i of -.-that subject at any •univorstty^ in] Uiis;cduritfy. or "abroad, whilst the'present^ bectipant i'of rthe h cha.ir } of h economics ; is jai Virginian tpT philosophy s of RICHMOND, VA-, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER K 1902 Heidelberg, m; thatlvery;subject.v^lf;Colbi nel; Miles \ has ; con tribu ted : anything "< to BBS science, of; economics : it has escaped fours and the public's /attention.-; / V." ' :%■ Opposed by Fncnlty. ,:.■ 3. - .. Three fourths, or, to be { exact, sev enteen out. of -twentyifour. members; of the faculty of 'the^uriiversity are bitterly opposed to Colonel Miles's! election to the chair of economics, and to^his being made chairman of the faculty, 'with, or without residentia l ; powers. , r This V- opposition/, weighty in numbers . and quality," cannot be factions, but. must be. based upon; a knowledge of the man and of his unfitness J'or the position. .';/\ ' ,'. •1. Those who favor and those who.op pose the election of * a president of the university are^united in , /opposing v any effort ,to secure such an officer by indi rection. No pretext of electing. a chair man, . and' giving; him .the powers ' or.:al lowing him ; to ; usurp - the functions of . a president:n t : should be permitted." It is 'only; necessary to call the Board of Visitors' attention to this fear; .which recent state ments "in. the 'papers have aroused, ■; for it to be guarded against by that body. 5. ~ No more, honorable -position could exist in this State or' country, than that if president of*, the: University of.'Vir ginia, which Jefferson founded, and which nas , commanded the- services of-- three Presidents of the United: States.- The man must: possess rare qualities -of heart, and head 1 that would measure up to the position. High ,: ideala. - spotless integrity, stainless honor, . wide culture, " and dis tinguished abilities, ; are among some of these qualities. .Such men as the late W. : L. Wilson, of Washington .'and ."Lee University, or Woodrow ' Wilson, of Princeton University, show -that our State and alumni have, anu can produce the right man for tne place. That selection, •we submit, should "not be made i in the face of such strong opposition on : the part of- her children: and should' only be made after the fullest -opportunity': has. been given the friends and alumni of the university and the public. whose ; taxes support it, to present the names of can didates, and to thoroughly, canvass and' investigate their merits/ability, character," and' ldeals. •■ . . . / Siffiial for Battle. This was the signal for battle and the forces ; divided. . The paper had a .double effect .upon the meeting. It not -only aroused the Miles, faction, but it created (CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.) j MEMORY OF BROADUS Monument: to Be Unveiled in Louisville Next Week. Mr. W. F. Norton, Jr.,: a wealthy and cultivated citizen of Louisville, - who, though he is not a member; of any church, entertained a high -admiration for the late Dr. John A. Broadus and a profound regard for his memory, has just erected at his own cost and upon his own motion a monument to the great theologian and divine, in Cave Hill Ceme tery. Louisville, where his ashes repose. The monument is said, to be anuncom monly elaborate and tasteful. affair, cost ing a large amount of money. It will be unveiled on the Bth of October with ap propriate ceremonies. Tickets of . invi tation to the important . occasion . have been received in Richmond. The ceremonies will open with music, after which pjrayer will be offered by President E./Y.-. Mullins. . of.the South ern; Baptist Theological Seminar!'. The monument will thenj be unveiled. by John. Broadus Robertson, a youthful grantson of Dr. Broadus, and there :will be an ad-, dress in conclusion ;by Professor William H-Whitsitt. of Richmond College. Professor Whitsitt will leave Richmond early next week for his journey;to Louis ville.- The occasion is a very unique and important-one. Perhaps there is hardly another instance in which a great church leader and scholar has received such a tribute from a non-churchman. Profes sor Whitsitt. ls very proud and grateful to bear a" part in such a distinguished honor to the memory of his beloved friend and. former colleague. THE NEW ORLEANS STRIKE CONDITIONS SATISFACTORY >'o Uifflculties Take Place— Xo Effort to Move Any Other Than Mail-Cars NEW ORLEANS. September 30.—To day's condition of the strike of the em ployees of the New Orleans Railway Company, inaugurated Sunday, were con sidered by the . peace authorities as satisfactory. No difficulties occurred, this being due, it. is believed, to the fact that -no effort was made to raovv any cars other "than those carrying the mails. Several mail-cars delivered mail to the substitute stations without difficulty in the quarter below Canal street. On the up-town lines, receiving power from the Arabella-Street Station, nothing could be done with mail-cars, on account of trou ble on the wires. A mail-car left the' magazine barn and . went to ..the custom house, but could not be . returned, .as there': wwans 'no 'power. "Wagons were forced into requisition. This afternoon Actins Postmaster Kursheedt said that he had been furnished; with: sufficient cars and wagons :to attend to the distribution of the mails, to and from the various sub stations -throughout*- the city. He said that none of. the; cars werv being inter-, fered with, and that .everything, .in so far as his department was concerned, was moving along satisfactorily. CORBETT OFFERS TO GO ON MISS BIGGAR'S BOND. ! The Pugilist Player Says He's Sorry for the Actress and 'Wants io Help Her. ; NEW YORK, September 30.— (Special.) James J. Corbett wants to. furnish bail for Laura Biggar, the actressaccused ot entering a conspiracy to obtain the rail lions of Henry M.. Bennett. - Lawyer Frankenstein, who represents Miss Biggar, afternoon, received a visit from a messenger, of F. Bernstein, manager of a theatre" m isayonne. ; The messenger said Corbett had. tele graphed Barnstein- to : tell; Frankenstein to see that Miss Biggar surrendered her self at once and that -• Corbett - would see that. $5,000 bail was furnished. 7 Corbett, the man said, was actuated by "sympathy for. a' fellow-professional.". ■/. -.-,- : .: "■- Mr Frankenstein « Bernstein who .said that negotiations', were ..under way Y/liereby ; Corbett; would go on the bond ■> and asking .for a 1:a 1 : conrerence.. L ' Mr; Frankenstein;, said to-day -that he would ad vise Miss^Biggar. riot ; to give her kei; up to. the- New! Jersey .authorities un til-;..shells in\ better^ physical! arid ;mentai conuition, or. until^some" one : ; had -been found; to furnish Jthe •3s,ooo-. bail. demanded, v "Miis. Biggar;is:in New: York: to-day, "j said - the lawyer, >"all"- statements to-'the ' contrary. notwithstanding." "• . ,-; ' , '-..'./• Bark. Winonla. 'Burned:- at-. Sea^. ; . ' -LIVERPOOL, September{3o^--The^ Brit-; ish '; steamer ,t Capella; f. f rom 4 Newl Orleans; ■' September^: loth,*. which J arrived ;*hereT to-: \lay^had;:6n;boarclithe '! crew of^the :Nor- '; ,'wegrian ■ was" abahd-> <mcd ;at sea; arter; bavfe^^tusen'ast^^fl'Vß^ iiiiefflinis HIGHEST PRICE FOR THEj CEREAL ' SINCE THE LEITER DEAli '''. ' .";:■' ' PRACTICALLY A CORNER; Rumor That' Armour : & Co. Hold : "Most of. Supply.s, PETITION FOR AN IIVJCNCTIoiy Vlrtnally the Same Action as Was ■'. .Taken'ln the Case; of the Recent Corner in Oats— The Object to Pre vent "What-, is Technically Known as the. "Endorsing Down of: Mar elns." ."'. '•; , ; :' : " _. CHICAGO, September 30.— September wheat sold on.the.Board of Trade to-day at 95 cents, which is the highest price for» that cereal since the great Leiter deal in 1898, The cause of the high price to-day was the fact, that all the available sup ply, was practically cornered, and it was rumored that Armour. & Co., held the greater part of it. There has been great ■ anxiety, among shorts in September wheat for the past two weeks, but it was sup posed that all of them had; covered du ring the scare of last week. However, when trading opened this morning, it was' seen . that there was still a considerable number who had not made good: their contracts. The opening was 1-S@3-S cents higher, at SS .to ,SSI-2, and quickly ad vanced to SO; cents, around which figure there was considerable selling, and a decline to . SS cents followed. Later, the shorts again renewed their efforts to cover, and the price rose in five minutes from 90 to 95 cents. ' . , At 95 cents there was a halt in the ad vancing figures, the 'shorts apparently having succeeded in supplying their needs. The close was at the high price, ; with \ a gain of 71-8 cents over yesterday's close. The brokerage firm, of H./H. Wells, members of the Board of Trade, to-day filed a petition asking for., a temporary i injunction against Armour & Co., J.J. Townsend, the Board of Trade," and oth ers, to prevent what is 'technically known as- the "endorsing down of margins." This is practically the same action as. .was, .-'asked" for in the recent corner mo ats. The cause of the petition was the alleged cornering. of September wheat: by one or two local houses. WEDDING A TRAGEDY. Ford Goes From Jail to Miss ; Ryan's Bedside; and Mar- - : : • . . ries Her. ..//,/^//^ A limp and pallid /arm outstretched from the covering of her bed, big beau tiful, brown eyes staring straight to the front, and a handsome but. unwilling groom standing beside her prostrate form— the priest reciting the words of the marriage ceremony. . .:.:.. Thus was the" unfortunate romance In the life ; .of pretty Rosa Ryan, working girl, brought to a close last night, and thus was the jail unlocked for B. ,W. Ford, heir to a fortune. "With the ceremony in the humble home of the ill and distressed bride, over a little corner grocery store on Twenty fifth street,, were signed two papers be-" sides the marriage document. These conveyed' from the groom to his bride two sums of money asa marriage 'set tlement, one for $5,000 and the. other for $1,000. Mrs. Ford -now has no claim ■on the property, or the estate of her hus band, and she has no claim on him. s^f In the eyes of God. as far as the mony is concerned — they are one, but the papers make them in the eyes of the ! courts two as far as worldly goods go. ! . The Rev. Father James J. Bowden per formed the ceremony. It was witnessed by Harry M. Smith, Jr., James RI. Rus sell, the mother of the girl, and a sister and brother and Stuart Ford, Justice of the Peace John Gude, and a deputy from the jail. There was no greeting between the girl, in bed, and the man who came.from the jail to seek his liberty by marriage. The papers, conferring the marriage settleriient, had been signed and thepris oner taken in a carriage and driven from the jail to the home on Church Hill: The justice of the" peace was secured to allow .the prisoner bond for his appearance : in the. Police Court this morning as soon as he had married the girl. The priest was sent for. The sick girl was propped with pillows. As far as human power could remedy the wrong done the girl it was to be remedied. A brother, whose breast had once near ly burst with awful rage and: desire for. revenge, stepped back into; the 'shadows of, the room. The mother crept nearer to the bed. ; * , . Mr. Smith, had been retained by the' mother /of the injured girl, -and had brought the affair, to ;this end. It.:is ; said that the reason. for two bonds befng signed in the , marriage • settlement .was. that the well-known lawj'er wiir be hand ed the one' for. a thousand; dollars "as ' his' fee..'" ■ ; . '■. ' ' : ; ' - .:-■. ■; ; After months of anxiety , and hope that Ford would return to the city and do the right- thing by the. girl.^after months of his going hither and thither out : of CtTie reach:: of .they law -and ;;of the of- the girl's brothers, '■/■■ he was finally brought", to the bedside of the woman who had once loved him. '; .•;.:.. At the {conclusion of the ceremony .the : justice of the peace allowed the prisoner groorii to give bond, and ; lawyers," deputy, priest.'and 'all packed :up and: got away from, the house. '■•-.' -"-- .■' - ' ;• ■ To r day; 'in ' : : the Police; Court the case against ': Ford will be^ dismissed. '-■ : .. ■ r.v- Bark Bothnia Burned."^, v ■HAilBtrRG,: September .30.— The Ham burg-American" Line steanier ; Pennsylva nia.; from ' New .York, .September* 16th» which- landed -the crew ; of ; the Norwegian bark • Bothnia^' at '■'. Plymouth* last i Friday; arrived Jiere'i to-day. The* captain [reported that the "crew;- of the -Bothnia, -were i-res cued"September.^ 14th,. j in Van V, exhausted condition,;: after; having; worked ;- at j the pumps J; for •',' seventeen ; days and I i nights. ,Tlie"3bark was .on the VvergeV of sinking when -;the Pennsylvania^sightediiherv land1 and Captairi't'Hansen^'; " : , hericommsi^er,|: de cided "|;t6 :i set S fire {to \ the ;|y essel bef ore leavihg.iier 'tolavoidtths "posilbilltyj of "Jier PRESJDENTISURGENT. HE TAKES i INITIATORY STEPS; TO WARD. SETTLING COAL , / STRIKE!. ■ CONFERENCE AT^WHITEiHOUSE Discussion of Federal" Authority ;.to .:;;—. ■• ~ End the Troubje. , • : '...-". ANOTHER COSFERESCE TO-DAY. Chief : Executive ."Will Do-All; He Can • Properly -and to Brlnpr : About a Settlement— Xo Legal War rant for Seeking Appointment ol Receivers for; the -Mines— \o Call for Federal Troops. .- : . ' WASHINGTON, September . 30.— The President to-day , took the initiatory steps :to ascertain what, if anything, could be done by Federal authority to settle the coal strike. The result was a rather gen eral expression of opinion by the,advis ers of the President, who were, parties to a conference to-day at the White House, to the ' effect that the Federal* laws and Constitution" did not afford' means" of Federal interference to end the. strike, but another conference will -be held . to morrow, and the President will do all he can properly and legally to bring about a settlement. . : : . At.t he temporary White House. a con ference was held with three Cabinet officers— Attorney-General Kriox, • Secre tary;- Moody, and Postmaster-General . Payne. ■ . Governor -~ Crane,', of - Massachu setts, also was present.: These gentlemen met with • the y President ' ~ first; | and after, the subject had 1 been: considered^ for some time, they .adjourned to another room and conferred for an hour. They : all- returned later in- the day and held another confer ence .with the .President, and the strike situation was discussed further. . -: ■ ■ Deeply Concerned. - . President Roosevelt is deeply concern ed over the; situation. The approach- of winter, ' with ' a coal famine imminent, arid the distress and suffering that might, ensue unless coal "becomes available, pre sents a situation 'which; he thinks, should receive the attention of the administra tion, if there : is/ anything that can be done by the government. . Many appeals have been made ; to him and many' sug-* gestions have been received by • him, and it was with- a view to I ascertaining what power the Federal; authority could evoke that caused the conference to be held.. : During the conference, every phase of the situation was -discussed. general opinion of the advisers; of the President! was that the ' situation did not present • a case- in 'which there could be Federal interference by ■ any -warrant ' of : law. There has been no, -interference with" Federal ] authority in : the mining region, either; by stoppage -of the "mails or by resistance "of United- States Court pro cess. It -was pointed out that there was .noj.occas!orilfor,the^pa:bf r Federal troops, as Governor Stone, of 'Pennsylvania, : had not called on .the government for assist ance." - nor" had i.he : even- exhausted, the resources : of the ■ State ' by callinir out the full, strength: of {the State;" militia. '■ The question of the right to seek appointment of receivers forthe mines, in order that they may be operated, was discussed, but neither in the Constitution mpr any" known law could any legal warrant be found for such action, though the dis cussion on such lines event '■;■ went">so far as the consideration of how the properties; could be relinquished, and control-: surrendered, after/ the object of supplying coal had been accomplished, assuming the : Federal ■ government could intervene through .-: receivers. .No Federal Power to Act. - The . tenor of . the whole discussion was to the effect "that there was a lack of power in the Federal administration, to j take any action at the. present stage of the strike,' although the seriousness '..; of the coal famine now, .and the much greater! evils soon ; to follow were consid ered at length; and with a/wish to dis cover some method of ending the in dustrial deadlock. Governor Crane's presence naturally brought into prominence the proceedings begun in the Massachusetts courts to se cure the appointment of receivers for the coal properties.: but .the opinion was ex pressed .that the. situation would: not be met i successfully. by. ; this. methoS. } - The conference: will be resumed to-mor row, at which, time Secretary Root, .who spent to-day in New York, will be pres ent. It is understood- that i-the; visit of Secretary Root to New York was for the purpose of consulting prominent. business men on the subject. The Secretary left for New > York ; Monday, /after a.' short "at the White ; House, when the same gentlemen .were present who were at to-day's. /conference. It has been In timated that; the President may send for the ;managers*of :the ; coal properties, b"ut this will not; be- 'done r . untile after, the conference.- and perhaps '"not then. / Hope in Root Mission. ? : Some "confidence is [expressed in the re port which' Secretary Root may bring, from New York, though it: could not be learned what communication,' if any, had been received- from the Secretary, while he^was in New York, j He reached Wash ington from; .there ; about' 10 -o'clock to night,' ;but; denied;, himself; to -newspaper men and. others; seeking Information. No official statement was made regard ing the, conference to-day. /though an in timation was given that ;sonie ; statement • might: follow the: conference -to-morrow ■ As heretofore stated, the main fact made apparent to-day was ; that; the President will make every effort he can exert prop erly and lawfully, to "stop the. strike and avoid a fuel famine/ ' A SECRET CONFERENCE. Proposition to Be Sabmittedvto the ■..''■ - - ' Miners. | ] ; * ■ VILKESBARRE^PA.. September 30 - (Special.)— President -Mitchell and the thrte presiden ts I who .were with ■him .in ; Philadelphia yesterday, c were at headquarters hi; conference with strike-leaders, si It; was ; secret. While "the officers present- would hot Y say anythingv it ■" is und'erstbod :that;; they - are -consider^ i,nsr ; .- a j : propo3iU6n ,: to ) return ;to ; work/ :Whether:thls:;proposition T c6mes ; from v the operators or from •:"' the i. : ! miners ="; or the People's is .not .known." How ever, .;thej proposition -has not only > been takenJunder ' conßideratiqn ; 's^riously, but : it, is 'irepqrtedf^to^night^ that 'itrwili* be laid before i the ; strikers ; :byr a! cau jvass.£ thrbughphe^ locallunlons. or;- at «-;«■ convention ito -be; called^at-abme central pointjinitheTstfike rtegion3. \ [fully.!?; He } refuses itoj; discuss i; thel snbject ati all. He \won't; evehlhtotfwhat itrans^ ■Plred-JatctoeJsecretJmeettn^inl-PhfladteK phia. story 1 had.? it ithat;; the|opera- ; tors I have % planned %to? mkkafad* ©iff erjto »rf.^r. .'..'■" .y Jin .■-7il»j;. "JV_y; ■•-■- ■--!.---.-■ - ■■»"■• -,-■■■■ - — . "■- ■ after they ho.l shown* their good.lnten ; tions. « A imembejrJofSth^ey People's :ariceitornight^declare'a??,that|before^ari?; '6therlw'eeki''a'r^oye^will!iha\^^enfxnado thatrwlll settle the strike- " aridSpeports f t thatilthe iend 'of the ; strike' 1 is i iriCßight?ar2; every where to-? , hlgrh't./?.Th'e"3 prlnis 3 niovier ? In* tha* People^a : . was Xpresent^ at Hotel .[ meeting; ?butithe- People's /Alliance' ,wlllHnqtc'dlvulge t anything::^ or.^ fear_ f that premature * publication : niay injure ; their ;piahaT.':'/y-- i:.v'.;'*.V;;;v;.v':;:V-'.i :.v'.;'*.V;;;v;.v':; : V-'.- :'■>.■ -^::y" .' ; -'-.l;v ="■■■ "■'.-■ Expects Settlement Soon. ' "" ■^PHII^ADELPHIA, PA.;; Sept.! SO.— Mayor Ashbridge to-day 'declined ' to with the request of. Mayor Maybury, -of Detroit, to appqint-a delegatlon'of ■cltizeri's ; ;to at tend a -conference ; to bo held \ in that city on r Oct 1; 9. ■', to devise "."ways : and means ; for cbtairiing] a -reasonable v edaH supply from; the i mining of Pennsylvania and s West: The mayor's 1 reply Is as follows: >•;•■:.•; v , :-ii\ -"'.■■..•■;. : : -:"--V .;"-•; -;..■! ;{-;; '.'Governor of Coirimbnwealth. ; clergymen and -citizens are : actively f^workf ng ; for set-, tlement of strike; in i anthracite ; coal; fields in this j State.' .:Mjv judgment is ; differences will.be adjusted" arid. work -resumed before date of conference named." ;. . * ;.■ SHENANDOAH. :. PA.. September .; 30.— Sheriff JKnorr. ■■: o£ Columbus .T county, i^ arr rested; 127 strikers at .Centralia this af ternoon. They were charged, with rioting and^inciting to riot. .. r. ; "Conference of Railroad Men. . . : NEW YORK.; September 30.— The heads the coal ; railroads :were in "conference .to-day, at one of jthe ; weekly meetings - of the/Temple Iron {Company, of which they coinpose i; the;. board : , of 'directors.;;. There were present President ; Baer. of; the Phlla-; . delphia-; and Reading • railroad ; Truesdale,; of the Lackawanna;^ Oliphant. of " the Delaware and Hudson, and Fowler, of the New York, Ontario and Western, and John Markle. of the firm of G. B. Markle & Co., independent;. operators. . . : ;":.r -■ ■ ■ Before Mr. Markle; went into the meet ing he was askedas to tho truth of the report from Phiiadelphia, that John Mitchell, president of , tho United Mine .Workers of America. 1 1 had rbeeri ;.ln confer- . ence at . the Hotel Walton, in that clty, ": (CONTINUED ON SEVENTH PAGE) CHANGE FDR WILCOX, Supreme Court Grants : New :-• Trial for Nell Cropsey's -Slayer. RALEIGH, N. C, September 30.— (Special.)— The Supreme Court this even ing granted a new trial. to James Wil cox, convicted "of. the murder of Nellie Cropsey, at Elizabeth City. Wilcox was; convicted last spring of the murder of Miss Nell Cropsey, a hand some young woman of good family, at Elizabeth ; City. N. C. She was v from Brooklyn and disappeared; on the- eve of her. return .to that city. "Thirty-seven days later' her -body was found 1 in ; the river but too. much decomposed; for the doctors to determine whether any violence had, been done .her. There ' was no "doubt of her good character. \ Wilcox lived in Elizabeth City and was the last person known to. have seen the girl ; alive*. She" had 'followed' him. to v the --front > porch /to say "good-bye." leaving -other members of, her family In the. house and was not missed ■_ until the family \'- began, to close: "the house and separate "for the" night, ' an hour or more later. ■■: ."' - ' . /.^ ::. ". "■ ' / . Wilcox had been attentive to the girl who. had encouraged him fora time and then discarded him ana taunted him with his deficient height. The evidence against him was circumstantial entirely -and the' verdict of guilty that has been reversed was .thought to have been caused more by his sullen and unfeeling ; manner ana conduct after Miss Cropsey's disappear ance than by the strength of the State's case. There is little doubt, that: he.will be! acquitted on the second, trial unless new evidence Is presented. One jof the strongest points in his favor was that if h» struck Miss Cropsey down with a sud-' den and noiseless blow In the porch, .which was the theory of the prosecution," he' had to carry, her body— she being a fully-developed and strong young wo man—more than '200: yards 1 across open roadway and fields; to the river. Some days ago the jail in which Wilcox was confined was broken by another, pris oner who escaped, jj but .Wilcox, although Junder sentence of . death, declined to leave. -. In granting a new trial, the Supreme Court snys the evidence was. entirely cir cumstantial;; that the jury does not seem to have given .the necessary cautious and vigilant- attention to the evidence, ; or : to the presentation of the, prisoner's case by counsel.' 'It says 'thatithe'eoriduct of the spectators -in and ;about ' the" court were sufficient; to prejudice tho jurry. . "No such, demonstrations," read 3 the opinion, "were ever witnessed; in our. State before." | Among these/ demonstrations were tho people leaving the court-room- in a body arid a fire-alarm being ; rung: ; The court does riot find that the jury was influenced by : these '.things, -but viewing all of "this disorderly : conduct, it says the trial was not conducted in the:proper form'of 'law, and gives a new\tr|ar-to .Wilcox, which, it says, must: be attended by;no; such de monstrations of lawlessness andintimlda tion as were present on .tne former occa sion. . i~ .The next term of the court begins In Pasquotank county, on November 17th, and the case will be heard again at that time. ' ; ' -'/ .■. ' " V ' • " - THEY FOUGHTIOVER "ST. ANN." Burton i'ittmaii Tries to Shoot Paul ': ■■■•• ■'••'.. Arnixtrong in ."S'evr; '.York. ; ■,■:,' NEW-YORK, September 30.—" (Special.) In the. fight overrthe .ownership of the play- "St. Ann," Burton .Pittman this afternoon, superinduced by trouble at Richmond, Va., tried to shoot Paul.-Arm airong on the third tioor of; the Knicker bocker ;\Theatre 'building after. Armstrong had badly cut ; his | mouth -with a blow of a- make ring ' and . had . trtodl to kick ; him down stairs., _- : ' ■ .:: . . '- * ; Dr. Kcenan, a tenant in ' the ; building. Is said to have saved Armstrong's lire: " '; . He seized the pistol as Piitman pulled the trigger. The /hammer fell ;on -his hand, .cutting, it ibadly.i .".",'- r -:, : . The men were separated. and ha-.l his facial ,wound 3 pressed. strong :is the au thor ' of the play and Pitt-", man isfpart owner and was manager. until the company broke up: In Virginia. : >•';■ '. ■ :_■'_ ROCK ISLAND TRAINrWRECKEDi Trade Tied M*p, : tor .'.Twenty-Four - : ',,..\ . -.. Honrs HH-n. Resnit. ■: ■ , /;" '.'' ; DES MOI NES, IA., September CO.^-rThe Rockilsland"; fasti maili I } westbound,- was wrecked " to-day-,: at • Newton,"^ f orty } miles east = ot ■ heire.^r It :!s : ; sald v trafflc,;.wiH bo completely" tied ; up) for - twenty^four 'i hours" as a result. iNoUoas i of life-lsTreported/V^ SOUTHERXJS : DIRECTORS r MEET. Action on ...Preferred Stock Dividend . Again Deferred. p- ivriIWVTOKK, September X.-The direc torsiof * the i Southern j railway^ met * to^day^ but 1 again ?" del erred ;i action % onithft 8 pre-". ff #m4? t flst9fic 2>«tvMend»"S(pendJiysTj' ontci&l fef^^^^f^ tUw^^too^.to? extends tho'sYß tissr- "■s7?r<r~T7' •■ r r! rmjjz aMREE|(3EN!ES|PERfiG3OE3E iifWliisiiiiii PARATIOJT ORDCTAXCE OX "'■ " •'*•* THE: SCBJECT. ' ' HEAVY PE^WIK PROVlblg Coroner .Taylor ' 'S»jr» Ihat ««l't 'i* ''Xsj :- ;' : C; <o jtheTiConncil/* MAYOR FAVORS THE MEASURE Ordinance Frohlbitinc the Sale of Adalterated or Impure . Milk Be-* commended In HKi tot Mcnmage^* Startling DlacovcricJi Made In An-* alyals of Sample of 91111 c Takei< from Dairies Abont Richmond. <: Dr. W. T/Oppenhelmer, president of th(t - Board of Health, said last night in refer* i ence to the "embalmed" milk being: aoUS in this city: "The Board of Health of Richmond has now in the tho course. o£^ preparation an . ordinance dealing thor oughly with adulterated and doctoretT , milk which they will present at the • meet* ; ing of the City Council .next Mondajft • night. It is a continuation of the itlghtt : mads along this line a year or so ago " when -all the good-work came .to naught: by having the prospective ordinance hung} up with the Committee on Finance. This - time, however, a now policy will be pur-* sued and every effort to get legislation will be made." ••. •_ ■ . , Dr. .William H. Taylor, the State 'diem-* Ist.- said the selling, of impure milk In ;■ this city was '.'up. to the -City Council. ''-_■■ "The remedy," said ho, "now lies in their: hands; -they alone will be responsible :to>; ; / the. people." Dr. Taylor said .he waa neither an alarmist nor -one iooking\Tfoc r :; sensation. The whole present fight is be-» ing: made for the invalids, both' affected, r , and convalescent and :: f or '.. the ' babies. 1 , ;: . , '' , The Mayor of the city, it ■ is ' 5 believed^' will approve this move on tne part~ov : the Board of Health becauselt 13 In- line. I with "a' suggestion" prominently, made', inf his Inaugural message" read at the first meeting of the present City Council In July. . ' ':■;■ ' '■ '.' •• ■ ; -I ■ Proposed Ordinance. ■" ' Some idea of the plans of the Board of Health, will begained from reading thi following ordinance, still in preparation:,' AN ORDINANCE. ■■>-=; • To prohibit the sale -of adulterat«4 «f • impure milk, meat, and food in tiut dt&jb of I Richmond: ." Be it 'ordained by the Council of **# city of Richmond: Section ; 1. That whoever, by himself^ or by his servant or agent, or as the ser-«. vant or agent of any person..; sells. ex-» changes. v or delivers, or .has In his ■cus-» | tody :or possession, " with intent to sell or exchange or expose, or offers \\t or,' sala as pure milk, any milk from which the cream or any part .thereof,' has been. re-| moved.'or'whlch has been watered, 'adul-i' terated.dr changed. in; any r respect by > thai .'•';. addition of water or, ;other substance '^ shall be • liable to. the ."penalties ' herein.-;* after provided in this ordinance. Section 1 No dealer In milk, arid /no : servant or agent of such- a dealer 3hait sell, ' exchange, or deliver, or havo itf , his custody or possession with intent ;fc sell, exchange or deliver, milk from .whlclC the ;. cream or any. part thereof , has ; been*' . removed., in a conspicuous 'place ab«v« the centre, upon the outside of every yea-» sel, can. or package, from, or Jn» which* such milk Is sold, the words "sKlmmea milk" are .distinctly marked In uncoiw densed Gothic letters not. less than two inches:"ln length.: "Whoever violates th« provisions of this section strati be liable to the penalties hereinafter' provided ' la this ordinance. ■ - . - : ■ Per Centage of Solids. ■*=:-. Section 3. No person shall sell, ex* change, or deliver, or have in hL3 custodpi or possession with intent to sell, exchantftsi or deliver, skimmed^ milk containing lea* than 9 per cent, of the. milk solids, excluV sive of butter fat/ Whoever violates tb» : provisions of this section shall bo liable to the penalties hereinafter provided in this ordinance. .: Section 4. That every person who shall sell : or! who shall offer for sale, or who , shall transport or carry for. the purpose* of sale, or who shall have" in posslssioa with, intent to sell or offer for sal«,fan3r " impure, adulterated, or unwholesome milk, and every person who shall adul- " terate milk, or who shall keep cows for the production ; of . : milk ' in a crowded : ttf unhealthy condition, or feed the samij on food -that produces impure, :disea«ied»^': or.unwholesome milk, or shall feed cow* on distillery waste.lusually called "swiH/f^. 5 or. upon any substance -in ;a state ;o£; putrefaction or rottenness, or upon i any? 1 substance of ah .unwholesome " naturei, shall be liable to the penalties provided ii» this ordinance. •-. : ' -",""." Addition or Water. . r I Section . 5. : ; That tti& addition of . wated loriany other substance or : thlng\ls:h«jrer by, ; declared .: an and,; ratllc I that i 3 obtained from-.animala that^ar^ * j fed :ori : distillery , vwasto.,^usually caflea.f "swill," or : upon any' substance '{at, 'an c I unwholesome -nature./, or 'milk that ha 3 been exposed, to lor contaminated by tha ' emanations, . discharges, or exhaJtatlaag j from " persons ' sick .with any contagiaag , : disease .by ;virhlch the fhealth or life : o2 - I any person may ; be endangeretl, or ' milK I from .tubercular ; cows, is hereby declared - ! to be impure and. unwholesome. . ' I; Section ; 6 .. iThat j n prosecutions J.W*i £ der 'this : ordinance, ■if i the milk Vßhall^ Xtm{i shown. * upon • arialysls^ ~by the^ lnspector , - of Milk ; and Food Supply. 1 chemist, "op: '%• I Boards of; Health, 'oribyiany chemists oefi \ chemis ts ) appoln ted ; i or ; designated by I? th« •'% Committee: on Health,^ to contain mor^ than ; 88 ; per cent, of ■; watery : Culd3,^ori t« 5 contain less than 12 per cent. ;of mHi : solids, or Ito ■ contain ■ 9 ". per - cent, of E mtllc solids ; exclusive iof < batter j f at. -':• stich t milJc shall ■be deemed, for s the , purposes : of thla '•'. 'X ordinance.' to ; be "adulterated. : =~; ; -Power* of In»peetor. ■.'-■'' "'' , ]}. Section 7.;Thatrin; case the^lnsp«ctor:oi i ; Milk and ; -Food J Supply; 3hall have : reason - to; believe the -provisions of t hi« ordin«uw« M ! are being jyloUted.l he, shall hav«: power itc^£ open/ any ; can.!. vessel, -, or. package : contain-* • k ing: ) milk, hetlier (sealed. '': locked. 1 or ;T o th* ''M erwlse;^ or ! * whather in i transits or 'other-* SK j wise; 'g and-; if, iupon.;inspectton. he - shall '.■ : n^;Buch^caja;^essftl,'rQr;pacJwßre/H67coo*^ tain any ml Ik which has'; buen adul torat sjd, brJftom:^ilchlW* : 'wld»jcAei^|Ctf:*(tts>M^'^ ■ : for, sale, rorjh*ld;in v possesslonlwUh. r lntent \ to> selU oxvjotf er Jt ot^ aal«i Invviolatloai o% v^ ; any :; section tot xthia ordinance;! * sild ?lo« % j spftctorjof^Mllktahd ; Food < Supply -la |«xn*?S i powered^ahd^cyreciecl * toltaka ;u,^sampli§l : of ith&j sania ' f or/analysla : aod ] ptit] halo I n"" I*1 '* ca'n,"~vessel."^or: package,^ta'sbo sealed *la« i the 4 presence 1 of \ona <or^mbr«'^iiriti«asts^| !andißentito}]^e!cJieml^|bi:jto9Jßo4rdiot^ ! Health. ; or^*imri'cH«mi«t^orTeh4ffiU9t9t Apf i 1 pointed s6r^d*3igiMtted^by|th'«iCotSmltteS^ ! on Haalth: and aiso to conCenm tha saia^ and; pour t the contents of such 'at^wwyLa . . .. " .' j&MS