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et?!.espta^i. f-8uNDEP Z I WHOLE NUMBER, 16,222.
RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUJIMRY 0F_DflY'5 HEWS
FdRECAST.
WASHINGTON. April 22..-Forecast for
Thurmlny and Frlday: _ ,
Vlrglnla?Partly cloudy Thursday; Fri
day fnlr, wnrmer; llght north to east
?wlnds.
North Cnrollno-Enlr In Weat: cle.ir ln
east portlon Thuraday. Friday warmcr;
llght to fresh north wlnda.
Rlchmond revolled In n beautlfiil day
flgaln yesterday. but there was atill loo
much chlll In Ihe nlr for tho thln-bloodcd
onos. The Indlcatlons are for fnlr and
warmer to-day.
STATE OF THE THERMOMETER.
9 A. M. . 62
12 M. M
B P. M. "7
8 P. M.?7
J P. M. ?<
h mldnlglit . KJ_
Averago .M 1-3
Highest temperature yesterday. J?3
Ixiwest temperature yoatorday.t>2
Mean tomperatnre yeaterday. m
Normal temperature for April. Kj
Departure from normal temperature. 02
Preclpltatlon durlng past -I hours.... 00
MINIATURB APMANAC.
April 2.1. 1903.
Fun rlsea.".....5:2*5 I HIGH TlDE.
Bun setB.0:r/? I Morning.1:32
Moon rlses...8:07 | Evenlng.l:ol
RICHMOND.
Auspiclous opcnlr/g of tho Conference
for Education; attractlvo proi;ramme for
to-dnv-Boundary-Avenue Church. Bal?
timore, extenda a call to Pr. R. P. Kerr
-Sale of seats for Wedneaday Club bo
fins-Flne art nxhlblt at St. Loula Ex
positlon-Senale paa.'es the corporatlon
blll-JameMown mensure wlll wln to
day-Judgc Campbell received n lettcr
from Hon. Holrnea Conrad-Adellna
Pattl to tlng In Rlchmond-Llquor sit
uutlon In Hcnrlco county is acute
Baptlat mav appoint arbitratlon councll
-Two mon lnjured by the same traln
A polnt nt lamie between the governmont
and the Trlgg shipyard-Case of Judge
Campbell beforc commlttee to-day
Methodlst Churches to move In favor of
education-SnU'ildld programme for Con
federate Bazaar to-nlght-Former Pres?
ldent Cleveland pays a hlgh trlhutc to tho
lato Wllllam H. CulHogworth-T P. A.
Convcntlon begins ln Danvillc to-morrow
-Governor names delegates-Weddlnga
of well known peopic yesterday?Chlna
man flrted for selllng llouor wlthout a
llccnse-Blll renorted favorably to pre
vent the glvlng* or peiiing of llquor to
drunkards-State hlghway comml?slon
kllled-Drastlc milltary 1)111 offercd In
the Senatfi?Councll called to act on Jall
matter to-nlght?Blll to leave the en
forcement of Sunday laws to munlclpal
euthoiltles-Argument heard on Torrona
aystem-Hoaring to-.day on Inaurance
blll-Leqlsl.ituro may not adjourn May
15th-Flnanco Commlttee bears nrotest
Ing llriuor men agaln to-nlght-General
approral of t.he actlon In favor of the Rat
tle Abbey-Llvcryman's horse and run
about sold-Gamo worked bv n check;
forger ls hlocked. MANCHESTER
Great crowd ntt^nda the Bazaar-Clty
Councll called to meet to-nlght to act
on llquor lleenae lncrease-Olvmpia
Club-Mr. Cheadle and MIs? Johnson
marry-Mlaslng boy rcturna home.
VIRGINIA.
Pocketbcok contalning fl,7Gl s*olen from
young man cn traln nc-nr Roanoke
Danvllle bottllng company Indlcted for
aelllng beer ouuldo.of thc clty?Rappa
hannock boaM Incroasc trade of Fred
erleksburg?Good roads movement in
Bpotsylvanl.i-Plquor llcenses Incrcascd
ln Cape Charles-Augusta county to
htiitd a i.Confederato monumeni?Hamp
ton InstUutc's thlrty-flfth annlversary on
April 29th-Neck of Pand farm near
Jamcstown aold-Koyal Arcanum . ad
Journs In Roanoko to meet ln Norfolk next
year. Officers elected-WythevUle wlll
probably go dry to-day-J.lciitennnt
Governor Pee! of MPhoiii-I, was tdirhtsee
Ing.ln Staunton-Norfolk nnd Westcrn
flncd for running tralna through Salem
on Sunday-Eocal ontlon elcctlon to be
held in Buchanan-Negro kllled by traln
ln Petorsburg-Steamers wlthdrawn
from Apponmttox-J.' A. Brlstow criti
cally 111 at Stormont?Cdnfedorato mon
ument to be erc-cted In Tazewoll-Tan
ncry to be located at Crewc-LTnlquo
Burglar at Norfolk held for trlal
Smallpox nt Bealeton-Church centcn
nlal exercises at Alcxandrln-Anotlier
failure In Norfolk follows the two foll
tirea ? of Tuesday. Marriages?M. E.
.Tonos and Miaa L. P. Morgan nt Arvoil'a:
T G. Burch nnd Miss Mary Ellen An?on
iit "'artlnsville; J. T. Gpodo, Jr.. nnd Miss
Mabel \V. Sloan ln Chaae Clty; Dr. W. H.
Pearson and Miss Anna Z. Segar ln
Hampton. T. S. Smlthors and Miss Julla.
E. Shackleford In Hampton: D. C. Llon
berger nnd Miss Clura Ettn Frank In
Purav J. W. Judklus nnd Mlfis A. P
HodgVs ln Portsmputh! T. P. Brynes nnd
Mles Annic E. Kcrchmlr-r in Portsniouth;
H. *M. Crowder and Miss Ethel Duncan
Rhodes at Cartersvllle; Georse Gllmnro
B.id Miss Knte B*rkeloy P<'ndleton In
Wvtheville: T. A. Watts and Miss Fannic
Cr'en?haw Chef/wobd ln Pynchburg.
Deaths-Rondall Klrk In Wostmoreland;
Chrlatey Aleshlre ln Page, Mih. C. H.
Eaton ln Pa^e: Miss Grnce M>"-rl? ln
Charlottosvllle: Newton Flts in Norfolk;
illsa W. H. Hlnmann In Rlchmond; Mrs.
Bettie Thnmp?on near AVoodstock; An
flrew Fltzpa'trlck ln Roanoke.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Bupreme Court glv^B interestlng dnclslon
ln case In whlch wlfo hnd indlcted hua
band aa trespasaer pn nroperty held ln
hor own rlght?Jones-Hay marrlago nt
Ralelgh one of tho nOtable socloty cvents
of tho scason-North Carolina fisher
pian catcJic-s a hlstorlc ennnon wheel near
Elizaheth Clty-Gattls-KUgO cnae at Ox
rorcr-V;idgo A. W; Grabam anoken of
for Governor-Thren kllled ln bollcr px
ploaloi. in aaviniU near Winston-Snlem
!?Young mnn klllcii by puiley breaklng
In planiiitr-mlll at Wn^hlngton??Indlgnn
tlon at He.ide.Mon over reply of negro
to Investlgntlon report aa to shootlng of
pollcernan by negro Bruce,
GENERAL.
New club mny be orgiinlzed in Wnah
Ington on' "hroader llnes" ns tho result
of the rejectlon of General Corbln's name
by tho Board ot' Governors ot the Metro
polltan-YVhlnod llko whipped dogs, anya
Judgo Campbell. of the Reading Coni
panv, about tho New York peni>'J> lu heai
fiiK of complolnt ugainst railroads bpfcire
the Commorce Com.nlaslo.i-?-Alfred
Dreyfus wrltes a dramatic nppcal to Uie
Mlnlater for War, naklnc for a reoponlng
of hls case-Governor Curtis in hls we -
coming addreaa to delcgatea to t.ho Cot?
ton Manufncturers' Asaociatlon says con
dltions ln the South liurt tho New Etig
rH.id mllla-Both the National and tho
American Pe8gu.es got Into tho gamo in
aarnost on yestorday-Apprnrriate cere.
monles mnrknd the openlng of the Msw
Tork Stock Exchange bulldlug on yea
terday-National trophy to bo ahpt for
at Seagirt lu tfept.ember by reerular troops
and national guardsnien-Biahop penls
O'Connell is Installed ns rector of tho
Catholic Unlveralty of Amerlea-Mr.
Duke wlll mako no tnrms with the strlk
ers who created t.he trouble on his ea
tatei-No stock market yesterday. but
eonside.rable business was rlone on the
Cor.sclldated Exchange-American Ra'l
tvay Aasoeiatlon determlnes to meet next
vear ln Rlchmond?Report that Mr. Van
flerbllt ls to marry a wldow confirmed In
Pondon. though he himself h1111 denies any
knowlede'e of the annroachlng event
Cumberland Derbv wlll be run to-dav
Vlrgln'an pays M.W0 a year for absont
troatment of a Christtan Sclentlst. hut ls
linable to leave hia rpom-Mr. Jullen
Hlll and Mlsa Kearnev marrled In Wash?
lngton-Sultan'a brother hss been pro
elalmed Emperor at Fes-Now and val
Uabln unc.harted l?landa dlscovered ln
the Phillpplne arc.hlpc-lapo.
CUMBERLAND DERBY
WILL BE RUN TO-DAY
(By AsuoelHtw] Prosx.)
NASITVIEI..E. TENN.. April 22.--The
Tenneasee Breedera' Asaociatlon wt|l bo
gln lta tenth annual apring meetlng at
Cuinberland Park to-morrow, Durlng the
hine daya of sport about $30,000 wlll bo
teKrlbuted ln stakes und purses.
OBJECT OF
EDUCATION
CONFERENCE
Noble Aim Explained by
Presldent Ogden.
THE GOVERNOR'S
WELCOMING SPEECH
Occaslon a Striklng Evidence
of Country's Unlon.
RECEPTION TENDERED
AT RICHMOND COLLEGE
Assembly of Northern Educaton Here
Rogarded as an Era in tho History
of the State An Attractive
Programme Arranged
for the Meetlnga
To-Day.
To-Day's Calendar.
I 10 A. M.?Flfteen-mlnute reports from
the flefd, by Hon. Joseph B. Qra
ham, Dr. Charles W. Dabney, Dr.
j H. B. Frleeell, Dr. Edwln A. Alder
? man, Dr. Charles and Dr. Mclver. Ad
dressee by Dr. Danlel C. Gllman and
Dr. St. Clalr McKolway, the latter
on "North and the South."
J 3;30 P. M.?Session for general dls
cuislon of ?shool problems at prw
ent. Speakers! Qeorao H. Hulvey,
of Vlrelnlai 0. P. Qlenn, of Florlda,
?nd Profeeior P. P. Claxton, of Ten?
nessee.
8 P. M.?Addressee by Hon. H. L.
Whltfield, of Mlaslsslppl; Dr. L. H.
Bailey, Cornell Unlverslty, and Dr.
Francls Q. Peabody, of Harvard.
10 P. M.?Receptlcn to members of
Conference at Masonlo Templo.
The COnfcrehce for Educatlon ln the
South had a brUllant opening session last
night. with not ono element obsent necos
sary to make the meeting the splendld
success all had hoped for lt.
The Academy of Muslc was packed to
itg doors. Every seat ln tha spaclous or
chestra ftnd dress clrcleB was occupled
and numbers stood durlng the hour and '
a half of the eserclses.
PRESIDENT R- C. OGDEN
(Dellverlng Annual Address).
It ls not usual that so many condltlons
contrlbuto to make a gatherlng notablo.
The object and Inspiration of the Confer?
ence nro such as appeal lo all phll
nnthroplc nnd pntriotlc peoplo. Purest
motlvcs. unselflsh through and through,
brought together from every State ln
the great and populous eastern scctlon of
this country Its wlsest and best.
Present was the most dlsrJngulshed
audlenco ever gathered In Vlrglnla, em
bracing more people of natlonal note and
moro men.whO'..o bralns havo sprend tho
report of thelr tiames thnn were evor seon
ln this clty nt ono time before. Not many
of them thero were whb had not vlsltod
this hlstorln and anclent clty before, but
(Continued on Thlrd Page.)
TO WHOM DO THE
VESSELS BELONG?
Point at Issue Between Gov?
ernment and the Trlgg
Plant Here.
Tha most lnterestlng development tn
connectlon wlth the petitlon to have the
Wllllam H. Trlgg Company adjudgod
bankrupt ls tho fact that the credltors of
the company clalm that the unflntshed
government vessels bulldlng at the yarda
aie assets of tha company and Uable for
Its debts. On this point tho Unlted States
wlll tako l3sue wlth the credltors, clalm
Ing the unflntshed boats as Rovemment
property. on whlch money has been ad
vanced and for the completlon of whlch
wlthln eertaln tima llmits the company
ls under bond and responslbla. to tho
government. Judgo L L. Lowls. Dlstrlct
Attorney. wlll at tha proper time look
aftcr the interests of the government
The appllcatlon to havo the company ad
Judged bankrupts wlll not bo detor?
mlned unttl May llth. and at that time
tho attorqey for tha government wlll be
on hand to safeguard and sccure Its In
terests.
Vlce-Presldent and Recclver Lllburn T.
Myors, of tho Trlgg Company; Mr. J. Jor
dan Lenke, counsel for tha company. and
Mr. James N. Boyd, one of the second
mortgage bondholders. havo gone to New
York In connoctlon wlth tho affalrs of
the company. It ls understood the pur?
pose of thelr trlp Is to Insure, If posslble.
the rcorgnnlzntlon of tho oomp.any. and
thereby ohvlatn the dccla.ratlon of the
company as Involuntary ba.nkruptc Mr.
FYank W. Chrlstlan. of this clty, ls rep
re?entlng tho second mortgage bond?
holders nnd looal credltors, but Just what
the plans ot these gentlemen nre Is not
dlsclosed. It Is belloved that etforts are
maklng to sccure a settlemcnt wlth the
credltors on terms thnt wlll enablo the
company vo bo rehabllltated.
HARDTO GIVESOLDIER
WITH LEPROSY HIS PAY
(By Assoelate.l Pros.O
WASHINGTON. April 22.-A eurlous
cnse Involvlng a leper soldler In the Phll
Ipplnes Is before tho War Department,
havlng been referred to tho Judge ad?
vocate general to determlne In what man
nor the afTilcted soldler shnll recolpt tor
hls pay. The leper Is nn enllsted man In
the artlllery, and at present Is Isolated ln
South Carollna. Pay offlcers don't caro
to have hlm handle the rolls to slgn the
recelpt for his pay, 60 some arangement
wll be made so the soldler can be pald
through a power of attorney.
BEARING TO
SAME GOAL
Baron Von Stemburg is for
Closer Understandlng,
DINNER IS TENDERED HIM
The Qerman Mlnlstet" Says the Two
Countries Should Use All Their
Power to Get Closer Together.
Mutual Conciliation.
03y Assoclated Press.)
NEW YORK. April 22.?Baron Speck
Von Sternburg, mlnlster and envoy of the
German Emplro. was to-nlght the guest
of bonor at a dlnner tendered hlm by
Edward Uhle and Herrnan Rlder at tho
Manhattan Club, Among those. present
wero:
Senator Chauncey M. Depcw, Mayor
Low. Lyman J. Gago, Dr. Lewald, Impo
rlal German commlssloner to the St. Louls
Exposltlon; Consul-General Karl Buenz,
Tlximas F. Byan, John A. McCall, James
Stillman, Lowis Cass Ledyard, George J.
Ward. F. P. Snyder, John _-eWltt Wamer,
Melvllle E. Stono, Jocob H. He'.ff, Gustav
II. Schwab, Andrew H. Green, Rudolph
Keppler, Reginald Schroeder, Ogden
Mllls. Prank A. Vanderllp, Robert C.
Clowry, James Speyer. Robert II. McCur
dy. James H. Hyde and Phlllp D. Dodge.
At the last moinent It was announced
that Mr. Uhle was unablo to be present,
owlng; to Illness. Mr. Rlder mado a brlef
speech, proposlng the health of tho Ger?
man. Emperor.
When Baron Sternburg rose to reply
tho guests all rose and cheered hlm heart
ily. He spoke os follows:
"What I want to emphaslze to-nlght ls
that our two natlons, In worklng out thelr
great problems, after nll, are beartng ua
towards the same goal, and should uso
all thelr power to foster a clearer under?
standlng between thelr people. This Is
tho surest safeguard ngalnst futuro frlc
tlon. We both have gone through slmilar
trials In peacc nnd ln war. and lt Is owing
to these trials that the great qualltles
whlch you possess ln common havo been
fully developed. You alrendy understand
5,000,000 of us as well as you understand
yoursolves. They havo become your kln.
I hope the day wlll como when you wlll
know us all Just as well. And rlght hero
It may not be amlss, perhaps, to observo
that great Is tho obllgatlon whlch the
press owes to the two countries. Wlth an
independent press here and In Grrmany.
Is It not due to both our pooples that each
should not endeavor to understand each
other? Is it not worth thelr whllo to
strlve to attnln this end nnd display a
splrit of mutual conciliation? To work
t. gf-ther for the larger understandlng
whlch the Interosts of the two nationa
domnnd7
"Our future rlvnlry. be lt ever so keen,
should never let us forget that our work
la directed towards tho snmo object?the
porfectlon of clvlllzation. If we keep this
well ln mlnd, nothlng wlll mar our peace
ful progress."
START NEW CLUB
ON BROADER LINE
One to Be Organized in Wash
Ington Wide Enough to Hold
Adjutant-Oeneral Corbln.
Tlmes-Dlspatch Bureau.
No. 1417 G Street, N. W.
Washlngton. D. C. April 22.
As a dlrect result of the ralluro of tha
Board of Governors of the Meropolltan
Club to act favorably upon the appllcatlon
of Adjutant-Oeneral Corbln for member
shlp, a movement has beon Inaugurated
to establlsh a new club here. on
"broder llnes," as a member of the Metro
polltan said to-nlght.
Names most conaplcuously mentloned
ln connectlon wlth the movement are
those of Becretary Hay, who, wlth Mr.
Theodore Roosevelt and General Loondlas
Wood. endorsod General Corbln's last un
successful appllcatlon for membership
and Becretery Root. It Is understood that
paytnaster Goneral Bates of tho navy,
and Brlgadler-General G(llesple. chlef of
engineers of the army, wlll also bs among
the oorporators. It ls presutned Goneral
Corbln wll lalso be one of the founders
General Mlles' name la not mentloned
ln this oonnectioo.
MILITIA OF
THE STATE
A Bill to Make It Known as
the National Guard.
IS DRAWN BYMILITARYMAN
Introdticed by Mr. Salo by Requeat, Re
ferred to Committce, and Wlll
Probably Never Be, Heard
/ of Any More.
Mr. Salo Introduced by requeat a volu
mlnoua blll entltled "an act coneernlng
the mllltia' of tho Stato of Vlrglnla,"
whlch went to the Commlttee on Gen
eral Paws. Mr. Bale wan unwllllng to
offor the bll as hls own, but dld so by
requeat of certaln mlllUa olhcera of Nor?
folk. Soctlon No. 1 provldes that the ac
Uve mllltia shall bo stylcd "Tho National
Guard of the State of Vlrglnla," and ln
case of war, Invaslon, tho proventlon of
Invaslon, the suppres3lon of Invaslon, tho
6uppresslon of rlots and to ald tho clvll
ofilce la the execution of the lawa of the
Commonwealth, thia shall first be called
Into servlce, The blll conslsts of 102 sec
tlons.
The National Guard may be called, Into
servlce of the Unlted States, and when
so called ehall be subject to the same
rules and artlcles of war as the regular
and volunteer troops of tho Unlted Statea.
The blll propeaes to put the State mlll?
tia In the same relatlon to the national
government aa the other States and to
call lt the National Guard of the State
of Vlrglnla. lt provldes for the organl
EDGAR GARDNER MURPHY.
(Of Education Conventlon).
zatlon of tha rcglments, the staff and
dlsclpllno of tho mllltia, makea It sub?
ject to the orders of the Presldent of tho
Unlted States for the purposes named, and
provldes for courts-martial and for the
enforcement of its penaltles.
One of the provlslona of tlie blll ls that
for speaklng dlsre-spectfully or contempt
uously of the Presldent or Vlce-Presldunt
a milltlaman ls subje.ct to court-martlal,
wlth a penalty, lncludlng llne and Imprls
onment, not excoeding twelve months. Tho
perlod of servlce, when ordered out by
tho Presldent, is limlted to nine months.
Varlous regulatlons aa to unlforma, care
of same and pay for servlce. whether act
Ing undor tho orders of the Stnte or of
the national government, are lncorporatcd
ln the blll.
In brlef. the bill embraces all the pres?
ent stntutes rclnting to the mllltia and
a number of sections from tho United
States regulatlons on tho subject and
from the laws of tho State of Now Jer
sey. whero tlie mllltia ls known as the
National Guard.
The blll is drnwn In accordanco wlth
the army bill rocently provlded by Con
g.oss, and does not meet wlth favor
among the volunteers. It went to the
Ccmmlttee on General Paws, and It ls
openly predlcted that It will not be re
ported from thnt commlttee and wlll never
bo heard of egaln, unless called up by
some membor of tho Senate.
EXTEND TIME OF
LIQUOR DEALERS
Mr. Stearnes Offers Blll to
Protect Those Caught by
Local Option.
Mr. Stearnes, of Nowport News, yester?
day offered In tho House a blll to aroend
aectlon tSl of tho Code In relatlon to
llquor llcensea, so aa to extend them for
tlilrty days after electlon adverso to them
In districts whe.e such elections aro held.
The blll went to tho Commlttee on Gen?
eral Paws, and re.ada aa follows:
If any person eell wlne, splrltuoua or
malt llquora, or any mlxture thereof, in
any county. maglstorlal dlstrlct or cor?
poratlon, votlng aa hereinbefore provlded
against llquor llcense thereln, he shall
be Uable to all the penaltles Impoaed for
the 6ale of aplrltuoua llquora or ardent
spirlts wlthout a llcense, provlded that
any person holdlng a wholee-ale or retall
llcense may contlnuo to aell thereunder
untll the explratlpn of hls Uccnse; and
provlded, further, that any person hold?
lng a ealoon llcense may contlnue to aell
thereunder for a perlod of thtrty daya
from tlie dato of elootion. if hls llcense
does not sooner expire, Thl? act ahall
be construed to prohlblt dlstlllers of al
cohol'.o Uquors or manufacturera of wlne
or malt llquora from eellllng and dellver
ing any auch llquora or wlnes ln any
county, maglstorlal llstrlct or corporatlon
votlng as aforesald against the aala of
ilntoxicatlng llquora; thereln,
I
HAS CALLED
REV.DR.KERR
Formal Actlon Taken Last
Nlght by Baltimore Church.
WILL PROBABLY , ACCEPT
This ls tho Vlew Taken by Many--Flrst
Church Wlll Probably Make Strong
Effortto Keep Him
Hlm.
As antlcipated yesterday, the Rev.
Robert P. Kerr, D. D.. tha dlstingulshed
pastor of thla clty. haa beon extended a
call to tho Boundary Avenue Prcsbyto
rlan Church, of Baltltuorr.. ono of tho
largest and most doslrable flclds ln tho
Monurnental Clty.
Actlon by the Baltimore church wis
taken last nlght upon the roport of a
speclal commlttee appolnted to chooso a
successor to the Rev. Frank E. Wliliams.
lato pastor of the congregatlon. Thla
commlttee recommended the name of Dr.
Kerr. The decislon of the cuhrch In the
matter ls conveyed ln the followlng spe?
clal recelveh last nlght from Baltimore:
"The congregatlon of Boundary Ave?
nue Presbyterlan Church to-nlght declded
to extend a call to Rev. Dr. R- P. Kerr.
pastor of the Flrst Presbyterlan Church.
Richmond, Va, The salary was flxed at
$3,600 a year, a rnanse and elfjbt weeks
vacation each year."
BBLTEVED THAT HE WILL ACCEPT.
White lt 1b Imposslble, of courso, to
make as yet any deflnlte statement.
there has sprung up ln many quarters
a bollef that Dr. Kerr will probably ao
cept the call. In a former Instance. when
a promlnent church of the North desired
hls services, he took steps. lt ls under?
stood, to check a call. Upon. this occi
sion he has let lt come. and this Is
taken by many to lndlcate that he wlll
glve the present invltatlon hls favorable
consldaration. Tha bellet that the call
wlll be accepted seems to be widely cur
rent ln Baltimore. --??."?:;'_ .
Dr.' Kerr. when seen. yesterday, had
not recelved the oall..and. of. courso, ho
had nothlng to say. In any event. He
would bardly ihake a publlc statement
o' his inter.tlons. Ho wlll recoive tho
call nnd consldor IU lf ho decllnes lt
tho Baltlmoro church wlll be the fir?t
to hear; lf he accepte. the' Richmond
congregatlon wlll-flrst be notlfied .of bls
Intentlon. to leave.. , ?
And'this Richmond congregatlon will
PTOhably take no undecided stand in tho
premises. - The great popularity of Dr.
Kerr makes It emlnently likely that the
peoplo of the First Church wlll rl:-e up
ln arms at'the prospect of hls lerwing
and wlll Kght Inch by ineh any movo
mont to take hlm away from Richmond.
It Is safe to say that the communlty at
large'wlll unlte wlth tho congregatlon
In a ctrons: effort to get'Dr. "Kerr to etay.
He holds-a warm place. In the hearts of
all?mlnlstors and laymen alikc
HIS WORK HERE.
Dr. Kerr Is'ono of tho best known and
most dlstingulshed mlnlsters ln the entlre
denomlnatlon wlth whlch he ls connocted.
Ho Is now about fifty-two years of age,
ln the prlme of hls llfe. wlth many yenrs
of valuablo work before him. He holds
many tmportant posts ln tho gift 'of the
church. one of the chlef belng the prosi
dency of the Pan-Presbyterian Commls
slon. In varlous capacltfes In tho ser?
vices of the church he has won proml
nence. Hls llterary abllltles are well
known. He has wrltten a number of
books. among them "The Poople's Hls
tory of Fresbyterlanlsm." "Tho Land of
lloly Light," and a new book now In the
hands of the Publlcation Comrnlttoe,
Th pastoral work of Dr. Kerr has been
slrlklngly happy nnd successful. For tho
past nlnetoen yenrs or more he has beon
wlth the Flrst Church. one of the largest
and most influontlal congrogatlons in tho
clty, and a great lovo has sprung up be.
tween pastor and poopla. The church has
prospered well under hls tidmlnlstrutlon.
Tho church to whlch Dr. Kerr Is now
called Is llkewlso u promlnent nnd Inilu
entlal one. Its posltion. so far ns lts
materlal prosporlty Is connernod. Is Indl
cated In the Inducements lt holds out. It
Is sltnated on the corner of North Avenue
and St. Pnul Street. Its recent pastor was
tho Rov. Francls E. Willla.ms. who re
slgned last November on account of 111
health.
NEW ISLANDS HAVE
BEEN D1SC0VERED
A Number of Valuable Ones
Found ln Philippine Archi- ?
pelago Not Charted.
(IiT Aaaoclated Preaa.)
WABIHNGTON, April ?ii.-Offlcial ad
vlces recelved nt tho Navy Department
from the Phlllpplnes racord the dlscovery
of a number of valuable Islauds in the
southern part of the archlpolago whlch
are not on any of tho charts tn the pos
sesslon of tho government. So far ns
known, no forelgn government has
claimed this terrltory, and to preclude
the presentatlon of any such clalin. Sen
rotary Moody has taken steps to havo the
Islnnds properly charted as tho property
of the ITnitod States, after havlng every
effort made to learn whether any other
government has ground for clalm to tho
new Islands. A naval vessel probably
wlll be ordored to the southern part of
the archlpelago to prepare tha neees
sary charts.
CHICAGO STREET~
RAILWAYCOMPANIES FAIL
'By AMOcltttri F>r?>-?.>
CH1CAC.O, ILL., April 2C.~Upoa Se
fault of Interest on ftve notes. aggregat
Ing JI.154.183. the Chloago Unlon Trac
tlon Company. the North Chlcago Stree>
RaUway Comtany and the West Chi
cngo Street Rallway Company to-day
passed into the hands of recetvers. Thrce
rcceivers wore appolntcd as follows:
In behalf of tho Trust Company. R. R.
Govhu of Now York; for the Trnctlon
Companlos, James H. Eekels, of Chl?
cago, and aspcrial ndvl9er of thj court.
Mafshall E. Sampaett, clerk nr t'to court
The companlos nre alleged to bo ln
fiolvent.
CHARLEY'S AUiMT IS
THE DRAWING CARD
"Charlcy's Atint." whlch wlll b? glven
nt thc Acadomy of Muslc April 29th for
the bonnfit of the Pouisiana tablo of tho
Confoderato Bazaar. by the Unlvorslty
of Vlrglnla Dramatlc Club, will pack tha
houRe. Seats on tho lower floor and thoso
in the balcony are scventy-f.vo r.efitai all
others aro half a dollar. There la no
other chargo made.
MR, ROOSEVELT HAS
ENDED TOUROFPARK
(By Assoclated Fre.ss.)
CINNABAR, MONT.. Aprtl 22.-Presl.
dent Roosevelt has completed hls tour of
the Tollowstono Park. He arrlved at
Fort Ycllowstono about noon to-day from
Norrls, and to-morrow will Inspect that
post Secretnry Loob met'htm thla morn?
ing and reports that frc is In the best of
health and cnl.huaiastlc over hls trlp
through tho pnrk.
MR. PARRY
ON HANNA
t aa. ,..,,-.a .
Makes Caustlc Commeht on
the Ohio Senator.
HISPOSITJON ASTONISHING
President of the Manufacturers' Associ
ation Suggests That Mr. Hanna
May Yet Bo Runnlng Mate of
YV. J. Bryan.
(By Assoclated Pross.)
INDIANAPOPIS. IND., April 22.?"Mr.
Kanna's rushlng to tho rescuo of organ
lzed labor ls, when you come to thlnk of
It. a somewhat astonlshing spoctacle,"
sald D. 3d. Parry to-day, when asked for
hia opinlon as to the a.ttack mado upon
hls labor positlon. by Sonator Hanna at
the. banquet of tho .'.malgaina'-'-d Steel
Wcrkers at Columbus last nlght, Mr.
Parry sald:
"In the campaign of 1S0G the very men
that Mr. Hanna now e.vtols as the ablo
Icadors of organlzcd labor issued a circu
lar demanding in tho namo of 'all thc
wealth producors of tho country' tho ro
rnnnetlzatlon of sllvor, and because he. as
chalrman of the National Rcpubllcan Com
COVERNOR A. J. MONTAGUE
(Welcomlno .tho Educators).
mlttee, dld n.11 that he could ln erupport
of the gold fitandard. he waa Inmpooned
nnd nbuscd woirso than nny man before I
or slnco by thesn very men whose frlend- i
sMp ho now asslduously aoeks, Tho gen- I
esls of Mr. Hnnnii from an energetio bua- !
iness man, wlth a labor record not partic
ularly distlngulshed for lenlenoy. into a
polltlcs.l Icader and flnally a Unlted States
Sonator, who Is tho leading spirlt, lf not
tho foundor, of clvlc fedotatlon, ls a re.
inarhanle l.vstanco of what tho polltlcal
bee wlll make n man do when It gots to
buzzing In hls bonnot. Who knows wtiero
tho motamorphosea ot Mr. Hanna wlll
einl?
"As a good unlon man, ho mny yot thlnk
It lneumbont upon liim to look wlth an
hidulgont eyo upon Bryanlsm, and I am
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
TWO INJURED BY
THE SAME TRAIN
One Loses a Leg and the
Other Sustalns a Brok
en Arm.
Brown'a crosslng, on tho Seaboard Alr
Pbie, waa thfi scene last nlght of two
accidants. both of whlch canie near result
Ing fatally. the mlshapR ocourrlng wlthlii
a few mlnutes of each other and the
second and last belng aftrlbutabla to tho
flrst.
At 10 o'clock Wllllam Johnson, 3 negro
brakeman, waa caught betwoen two cars,
nnd hls rlght leg badly ninnglad. Hla
liijury waa oo scrlous that tha llmb had
to be tunputatcd nt tho thlsh by pnysl
ciana at tho Old Donilnlon Hospltal,
where ha was t'aken by the Clty Ambu
lance, Dr. Flegenhelmer In charge.
J. P. Peytou, also oolored, one of tha
many who had been attracted to tha
Frene by the accldent, was struck by the
same frelght traln whlch wrought the
flrst daniage. Ills rlght arm was broken,
and he was carrled to hi? horad ln Buch
aiij.ii Street.
"WHINE
LIKE
DOGS"
People of N. Y. Wring
Howlsfrom Coal Regions
SO SAYS CAMPBELL
OFTHEREADINGCO
Bitter Language Used Inthe
Hearing Against Railroads.
COMPLAINANTS ASI*
FOR ALL CONTRACTS
Commission Decided That the RauV
roads Should Produce Them, and
Upon Refusal to Do So That
Fact Was Certified to Cir
cult Court for a
Decislon.
(By Aaaoclated ? Press.)
NEW TORK, April 22.?Hearing on tbd
complaints of Wllllam R. Heart agatnse
the Pennsylvanla and other railroads.
waa contlnued to-day before the Inter?
atato Commorce Commlssion.
Mr. Shearn, counsel for tlio complaln.
nt. called for all the contracts entered
Into between the Lehlgh Valley road and.
the LetUgh Valley Coal Company. ex
plalnlng that bo expecta to prove by,
them the dlfforonco botween the actual
prlce of carrlage charged to that com?
pany and the publlshed schcdule of prlce
charged to that company. and tho pub-<
llshed schedulo prlce charged to tho ln*
dopendent companles.
Judgo Campbell, of tho Roadlng. and
Mr. Kerr. of the Ontarlo and Western, ,
stated that no such condUlons existcd
oii thelr ronds.
Mr. Shearn stated that tho contracts
would ahow exlst'ence of. monopoly; tbat
tho coal compnnlcs have no. power twer...
tho oatput of tyolr mlnes, because they
can'only get rld of tho nuanflty the rail?
roads are willlng to take from them. and
the railroads wlll not handte tha coal m
sufflclent fjuantlty to reduca the prlce to
tho consumers.
"These companles brought tba coal to
this tldewater for forty-flve per cent. of
the price. J5 per ton, nnd turned lt back
agaln to the company to bo sold for,$13
o $15 per ton.
WHTNE LTKE DOGS.
"Wliere do the complaints como froro?"
interrupted Judgo Campbell. "From tha
Independent companles? No, From the
owners of the palaces. about Central
Park, tho crowded tenenta and the bus
lnoss bulidlngs ln tho lower part of the
clty. Yet, lf the prlce of coal ls reductid,
wlll your rents be reduced? Not a blt of
lt. Clieaper coal Is tho hysterlcal demand
of your newspaper. not of the tlilnklng
company. We will show this commls?
sion for more than a qunrter of a cen
tury the people of Now Tork bava wrung
tho bowols out of tho coal regions of
Pennsylvanla. practlcally gottlncr thelr
coa| for nothlng, and whine like a pack
of whlpped dogs when a doceht retiu
meratlvo prlce Is nsked by tho coal rail?
roads,"
"Wo nppreoiate very much." Mr. Sheant
roplicd," tho representativo o.f tho dlvlrio
ly ordalned ngent of God ln the coal re-1
glons, Tlie peoplo of New Tork clty, o4
Albatiy. of Buffalo, and of Boston, wiU
bo grateful for the comparlson wlth'
whlpped dogs because they objected to be
rohbed."
"I thlnk the hearing ls golngr beyondl
even the wlda llmlts wa purpose to al-.
low," put in Chalrman Knapp, of tha
commlssion.
The commlssion decided that the rall-i
roads should produce Bio contracts de
mnnded. Counsel rofused and the cotn
mlsslon certified the polnt rnlsed to tho
Unlted States Clrcult Court, wliere a dei
clslon wll bo rendcred.
association'will
meet here next year
CBT A?eoclnted Twaa.)
KBW VORK, April 22.?At the sprtng
meotlng of the Amerlcan R-allway As*
soelutlon to-day, theso ofticors for the
cnsulng year were electd:
PreBldont, A. W. Rulllvan, asslstant
second vlce-prrsldent of the Illlnols Cen<
tral; Flrst Vlce- Presldent .George W.
Btevents. presldent of the Chesnpeako ar<f
Ohlo; Second VIco-Hrosldent, C. M. Wald
genoral managar Clncirinatl and Daytjn
B.llway.
It w.is decided that tho next meettnjf
should be held In Richmond, Va., tn Ocw
tober.
LEG1SLATURE MAY NOT
ADJOURN MAY 15TH
There ls very Fmall prospoct of the ad
Journinent of the Oeneral Assembly on
May 15th, In the oplnlon of tha more c_?
perlerice.l and contervatlvo niembers of
tha two houses. Many of tho most inipor
tant committees of the two bodles ar?
to make thelr reports yet. and they must
bf consldered by both houses prlor to the
reference of the matters embr^ced there*
In to tha Commlttee on Flnal Revtslou,
There Is much work yot tn be done,
though many of the matters of general
publlo Interest are now out of the wsy,
Unless nlght sesslons are held or more
work done It does rot seem posslblo that
the body will be abla to get away at the
time rtated.
AN EXCURSiON FOR
CONFEDERATE BAZAAR
MrT. Glll, the actlv* head of tho Msle
Orphan Asvlum haa arranged tt< ald the,
Confederate Baraar by runnlna an excur-.
slon to this clty from Norfolk. Port?j
mouth. Old Polnt. Hampton and Newixuri,
|New?. AjirU 24Uh U tha <Ui? ?fcl*cUd.
