THB TIMIBR FOUNDWD 1888.
?PIIH DISPATCH FOUNDHJD 1860.
WHOLE NUMBER 17,515
RICHMOND, VA'., SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1907.
PRICE TWO OENTS.
IS HIIIT K. THAW
LBim S_HE?
His Counsel Predict That
Commission Will De
tclare Him So.
ATTORNEY JEROME
IS DISGRUNTLED
l'rial Is Likely to Proceed on
?Monday?Says Thaw's Memory
Is Wonderful?Thaw Spends
Good Friday Quietly
in His Cell in the
Tombs.
NEW VOIIK. Mnrch St*?From
t-otirccH ?__uincd lo bc aulUcntlc,
ll .vnu nniiuiinccd lnic to-nlght thut
Dr. Aljnn Mcl.nne Hninllton, nllrn
l_t, will be culled to tcNtlfy to
morro.v liefore Ihe lunncy coihiiiIm
_i<?_ tvhlch l_ to tletermlnc whoth?
er Hurry K. Thu.. l_ wentadly
coinpelent to undcrwinnil tlie na?
ture of the iiroeeedlng_ In iil_
. rlitl for tlie killing of Stnnford
.Vhlte. tuul to ratlotinlly ndvluc hl
cniiiihel.
Dr. Iliunllton, It wiu ntnled. wlll
tippeur hh the wllncwi at tbe re
que_t of the <? <>iiiiii1__1<>ii, nud .vlll
be fIie: only exiiert exniulncd.
The ileclnratlom tliut Dr. Hninll?
ton .rullld be enllcd .._i? ii mir
prlMf, ith lt hnd been Ki-iicrnlly un
tlt'rn.uod tlinl tbe co>iiml__loii
.v-iuld not hear nny exprrt tentl
itinii} um to thc dcfcndunt'a c-undl
11,,i, of mlnd.
It -ru? Dr. Ilaiuillr.ii'_ leWtlmnny
ut the trlal thnt pr.clpltnt.il the
request by tbe dlntrlct nttorncy for
t lunacy coiiiiiiInnIou.
PW YOKK, March 29.?-Tho <*om
misslon ln lunacy whlch Is exarnlning
the present mental condition of Harry
K. Thaw may linlsh Its work to-mor?
row nnd be ready to report to Justico
Fitzgerald by Monday.
Tho Thaw Jury will report in court
oneo more nt 10:30 o'clock Monday
mornlng, and it ls the hope of the
presldlng Judge, a3 woll as tbe com?
mission, that tho matter of tho dc
fi-ndnnt's sanity may bo dlspose.l of
by that time.
If tho commiBslon should subirtlt a
report to tho effcct that Thaw fully
land. rstnnds tho naturo- of the pro
reedlngs agalnst him, and hag ratlon
?l!y advlsed wlth hls counsel, .Justice
Fitzgerald wlll slmply dlrect that the
lrla'. proceed without making publlc
tho commlsslon's (indings. If thc ro
borl should* bo agalnst Thaw, Justice
Fitzgerald will announco the decision
from the bench; and lf he deems the
prlsoner's releaso to bo dangerou. to
tbo publlc peaco and safety, ho will
pign an order dlrecting tho con _ne
ment In somo State hospltal for the
Insane, probably Mattcawan.
Will Likely Report To-Day.
To-day being Good Krlday, thero was
n'o sesslon of the lunacy board, ond
Thaw spent a qulet day ln the Tombs
prcparlng for a renewal of hls mental
test to-morrow mornlng at 10 o'clock.
Tho session of tho commission at that
liour agaln w-ill be prlvate, and there
wlll be no publlc hearlngs at all tinless
the commission decldes to call witnesses
othor than the defendant. There
ls Just a posslblllty that several
of the doorkeepers ln tho Tombs may be
called to give a lay oplnlon as to Thaw's
conduct slnco lils incarceration. Tlie
district attorney. lt was said, mlght mako
ono moro effort to introduco testimony
liefore the commlttee, but lf the board
liolds to the narrow llmits lald down for
its Inquiry on yesterday, Mr. Jeromo
lacems doomed to disappolntrnent.
Tho commission yesterday indicated
tbat lt had reached tho concluslon that
Us members could declde from thelr own
examlnatlon of Thaw the slmple ques?
tlons placed beforo them by Justice
Fitzgerald,
Lawyer Ruled Out.
It was reported agaln to-day that
nelther Thaw's own lawyers nor Dls
trlet-Attorney Jeromo would be al*
lowod to question Thaw or any other
wltness who may be callod upon to
testify at tho inquiry. Chalrman
Davld McCluro practically told
the dlstrlct-attorney In the af?
ternoon that tho question as
to whother Thaw ls capablo of appro
clatlng tho naturo o? thc court ppo
ceodlngs and of ratlonnlly advls
ing hls counsel, ls a matter subjoct
wholly to a lay oplnlon, Any medical
oplnlon whlch tbo commsision may de
', slro will como from Dr. I.eopold Pnt
r.ol, ono of its members. Howover, ex?
port testimony may be callod lf a
majorlty of the commission domand
-*?
Thaw's attorneys are so sangulno
as to the outcomo of tho lunacy In?
quiry that they woro to-day mnklng
plans for tho resumption of tho trlal
next week.
lt Boems now that lf tlio trlal ls taken
up agaln tho dofonse probably wlll
unnounco thnt it rosts without furthor
tostimony. Dr. Allan Mc_,ano Hamll?
ton, tho allonlBt, who examlnod Thaw
lust Juno and July, was on tho stand
when tho trlal waa Intorrupted,
If Thaw is declared to bo of
sound mlnd to-day, nnd tho ' ti*ial
is resumod, lt should not last
moro than threo or four days. Tho at?
torneys, ln thelr summlng-up nddresses,
-will'not bo allowed to reCer in nny way to
tho lunitoy eomniisslon, for Its appolnt
ment nnd proceedlngs nro not part of
tho trlal record.
Whllo tho trlal wns in progross all of
tho iillonlsts who hnd examlnod Thnw
nnd who woro callod to the stand paid
n trlbuto lo Iho prlsoner's romarkabla
momory, lt was thls memory, lt wus
sald, whleh scrveel lilm ln suoh good stead
boforo .Iho commission on Tluirsday, and
B'lilch lod Attornoy Hurtrldgo to mako
iho statomont:
IOUMANIA RIOT
QUIETiNG DOWN
ABOUT MOLDAVIA
)nly Fresh Outbreak Occurred
in Trotush ? Where Troops
Have Been Dispatched.
BUCHAHKST. March 20.?"Wio sltua
on ln Iloiiiuanin appears lo bo qulet
ig down, but largo numbcrs of rofu
ees stlll contlnuo to mako'thelr way
Jghl of tho troubled dlstrlcta.
An ofllclal report Isatind to-dny re
ite/, that all Is qulet In Moldavia, thu
niy fresh dlsturbance recordod belng
1 the Trotush Vnlloy, ln tho Neaint/.
Istrlct, whltlior troops have been dls
atched.
Tho governmonts of Austrla' and
ulgarla havo sent steamers lo various
Loumanlan ports on tho Uanubo to
onvey thelr respoctlvo subjects to
eutral territory, ancl Houmanlans es
aplng from Ihe dlsorderod aroa aro
valllng themselves of these vessels.
Tho refugoes crosslng the Oanube
ito Bulgarla are for tho most part
Irceks and Jews.
4EET OBJECT10NS
MADE BY MAYOR
>t. John's Congregation Draw
Up New Ordinance Which
Committee Recommends.
The Council Committee on St. John's
lurylng Ground held ono. of the most
ltorestlng and Important meetlngs ln
.s hlstory last night. A committee from
be vestry appeared and asked tho com
ilttee to have relntroduced in amended
orm the ordlnanco nuthorlzing the con
tructlon of a memorlai chapel and parlsh
ouse within the cemetery.
The rector, How R. A. Goodwln, sub
iltted the draft of an ordlnanco whlch
o stnted met tho objectlons pftered by
he Mayor to the ordlnance recently dis
pproved. Tho new ordlnance, whlch Is
ecommended to tho Council by. the com
nlttee, provldes tliat tho bulidlngs shall
'0 constructod of concrcte, brlck or stone
nd steel, and shall bo as nearly flreproof
ii possible.
The Ve-Htry Committee escorteel tho
Jouncll Committee to the proposed slto
>f tbe bulidlngs and vlewed It In the
irlght moonllght. It was then polnted
nit that only three or four graves
.vpuld be covered by the new Etruct
tres.
The meetlng was held ln tho kecp
ir's house. and the committee appolnt
>d a subcommittee to ascertaln tho
:ost of movlng thls keeper's houso to
i slte Jn rear of tho church. The cpm
nltteo votod down a resolution prp
upslng to hold futuro meotlngs in the
Ulty Hall, declding to cpntinue to meet
it the church.
LEE CAMP REFERS
OFFER OF PENSION
Captain Griswold's Letter Goes
to Committee Without
Siiggestion.
R. K. Lee Camp, No. 1. last night ro
'erred tp a committeo wlthout discussion
)r suggesUon as to Its repont, the letter
>f Captain E. F. Grlswold.tf Vermont,
:he Federal ofTicer, to Postmaster Cabell,
n whlch he offered hls penslon of $12
i month to any Confederate organization
whlch mlght care to accept it.
The committee is composed of Messrs.
Joseph XV. Thomas, E. Jeter Bosher and
W. B. Freeman, and these gentlemen
may act as thfey see fit wlth refcrence to
the matter, as they were given no In?
structlons by the camp. If they thlnk
best they may answer tho letter of Cap?
taln Grlswald and report this action to
the camp, or they may at some future
meetlng belng in a resolution recommend
Ing that the camp deal directly with tho
former Federal olllcer concernlng Ws
ciffei".
At least the mombers of the camp 'wlll
not dlscuss tho letter for publlcatlon, and
thore ls no way of forecastlng what wlll
be the flnal action wlth reference to lt.
The camp dlBposed of some routine
matters last nlglit, ancl lnformally dls
cussed the arrangements that are belng
rnado for the entertainment of visltors
to the coming Confederate Reunlon.
FIRE SCARE IN CITY
HALL LAST NIGHT
Fags Left in Box Caught and
Building Was Filled With
Smoke?No Damage.
A fire in a flreproof bulldlng was an
oxporienco that puzzled tho few per?
sons at work ln the City Hall last
lilght untll tho orlgin of th0 smoke
was dlscovored. About 11 o'clock or
thereafter, tho fumes of burnlng ragE
or paper permeated the bulldlng anc
grow moro and more notlceablo. Af?
tor conslderable search by tho watch
man on duty the "flro" was locatce"
In tho Auditor's oillco on tho flrst floor
tho ropm.bolng flllod wlth smoke oC o
stlfllng, pungent odpr. Entranco tc
tho room and a hasty search, revealec
tho fact that a lot of rugs and othei
materials usod by.the Janltors or pthoi
omployos ln cleaning and sorubbing hat
boon loft In a motalllc box in thi
noruioast cornor of tho offlco and thes(
had in somo way bocomo lgnited. Tln
motal box wns almost red hot, und lti
contents had about burnod thomsplvei
oiit.
Fortunatoly, lt was a motal and no
a wooden box, or greater damage tnlgli
havo boon dono, 'As it was almost noin
resulted. A few dashes of wator fron
tho liydrant oxtlngulshed tho blaze,
Ripe Peaches in Louisiana,
NEW ORLEANS, LA., Mnroh 29.?Rlpi
peaches, gathorod months ahead of tlme
aro bolng plcked ln l'laciuomlno l*nrlsh
J.n.. Tho mlltlost wlnter ln thirty yean
wus tho causu of tho early rlpenlng, am
samplea of tho friilt wlll be saved fo
oxhlbltlon at tho Jamestown Exposltlon
Story of Bacons Rebellion in llie Sunday Times-Dispatch
SPRLCKLES PAYS
'Frisco Grafters Will be
Hunted Down, No
Matter What Cost.
HIGH AND LOW
WILL BE JAILED
Plan to Rescue Ruef Is Made,
But Keepers \\hll Kill Him i?
Scheme Is Attempted?Grafter.
Boss Has Been Notified
That Attempt Means
His Death.
SAN FKANC1SCO, CA__, March 29.?
Rudolph Spreckles, flnixuclal sponsor oi
the Investigation of the brlbery graft ln
this city, to-day told the Associatud Press
that he would guarantee the expenses of
the Investigation to any amount.
.."Contrlblitions tfrom citizens to tho
fund of $100,000 guaranteed to me beforo
the coniineucement of the brlbery graft
uro coming in rapldly. They are ln
umo'ulUs'of $20 to $1,000.
"In the event 'tliatl tho ultimate -total
of tho subscriptlons fall ' short of the.
$100,000 guaranteed, I will make'tho de
Ilc\t good, nnd if the cost Is moro than
$100,000 to complete thls prosecutlon, that
will make no dlrterence. Thoso engnged:
in ils fuftberance wlll never bo ham
pered by lack of funds, n<? mattor what
tho blll may be. ?
"The work of Investigation wlll not bc
such until every blt of rottenncss has
been fully exposed. Wo fully oxpect to
land behlnd tho bars ot the penitentiary
every glver of bribes, and the 'hlghor
up' the offender, tho more vigorous will
bc hls pursult.
"Wo do not, howover, excopt to sond
every bribe-toker to prlson. Somo oi ihe
mlserable men who sold themselves to
the corporatlons must be granted immii
nlty for the|r testimony, which ls worth
a great deal more to us as evldence as"
to the guilt o? hlgh corporation offlcials
than their?own lncerceration would be.
"Every department of the clty ond.
county government wlll be thorou/jbly
examined into beforo the cxamination is
completed, the police department along
with the others. No one wlll be neg?
leeted, no set of ofliclals will be over
lo'oked."
May Rescue Ruef.
Slnco the arrest of Abraham Ruef, at
the Trocadero, a month ago, rumors
havo been rlte that an attempt would
be made to rescue lilm by force Irom
Elisor Blggy, either durlng a sesslon
of the court or while Kuef was going
to countv'
An oilicer prmlnent In the brlbery in?
vestigation to-day sald:
"Every man openly identified -with
the prosecutlon of the brlbery charges,
is a'rmed and some of the moro promi?
nent are employing bodyguards, For p.
month wo have fteen keeplng a special
lookout- for an attempted rescue of
Ruef, and wo shall be happily surprlsed
lf tiiese investigations and lippending
prosecutions end without a physical
encounter.
"Several time,.. when Ruef was in
Judge Dunne's court, a sudden move?
ment of reckless men toward thoj
prlsonor has been checked quickly and
quietly by ofliclals of the prosecu?
tlon.
"We know that should Ruef bo res
cued it would not be a dlfllcult. thing
to hido him securely right in San
Francisco. The prosecutlon knows tbis
and is taklng no chances.
"Each one of Illggy's seven guards
ls lnstructod in tho qvont of a serious
attempt at rescue by force, elther in
court or elsewhere, to shoot Ruef and
turn their attentlon to the liberators
afterward. Ruof has boen made :ac
qualntod' with thes0 orders."
STRICKEN W'TH FEVER
WHILE 0N VISIT T0 CITY
Mr. Garvln Thomas, of Louisvllle,
Ky., is a patlent at tho Momorlal Hos?
pltal, whero ho is under treatment
for typhold fever by Dr. Lawrenco T.
Prico. Mr. Thomas was at Pinehurst,
N. C, for somo tlme, and -camo to
thls ' clty on 'luesday and registered
at tbo JofCerson. Typhold fever devel?
oped soon afterward and he was re?
moved to the hospltal. His mother,
Mrs. Kato Thomas, of Loulsv-Tlo, is
wlth him ln his illnoss.
CABINET MEETING CUT
SHORT BY THE DENTIST
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 29.?Tho
Cablnet meeting to-day wus sTiorler
than usunl, tho President having an
engagement with a dontist which re?
quired him to leave tho Whlto Houso
at about 1_:;10 o'clock. Only six of
tho nlno m/mibers of tho Cablnet *yore
present, Mossrs. Taft and Motcalf be?
ing out of tlio country, and Attorney
Genoral Ronaparto absentlng himself
becauso of tfio Good Friday church
hollday,
QUEEN VICT0RIA IS
ABOUT T0 BE C0NFINED
MAI.RID, Murch 20.?.Tho physlclans
who aro ln attondnnoo upon Queon >
Victorla, havo reason to hollovo that
sho may bo conllned soonnr than has
been nntlclpnted, and lt has. beon roe
ommended that King Alfbnso curtall hl**
visit to Carthagena,
AU tho prepurntions for tlio advent
of tho now membor of tho Spanish
royal famlly, liavo boon complotod. A
nurso has been brought out from
Englund.
2 KILLED, 4 WOUNDED, BY
BOMB IN C0NSTANTIN0PLE
CONSTANTINOI'I.E, March _0.?
Ihoro was a bomb oxplosion . ir. tlie
l-'ura quui'tor of thls clty to-day. Ilo
j'-ond tho fact tbat two men woro klUed
und four woundod no dotulls havo yet
beon loatnod.
IEFFERSON HOTEL AS IT LOOKS
ON ANNIVERSARY OF GREAT FIRE
Slx years ago last night, at about 11:30
?>'clock, the Jeffersoh- Kotel .began burn
Ing, aad by mornlng,the larger'portion,
?>t Major Glntcr's splendid monument to
liis public spirit and civic prldo was a
mass of , blozlng, smoking debris. Tho
night is one which wlU tjo-long romem
bered by those who saw the desitfuction
of thls splendid pile, ;the prlde of^Rlch
mond. Thousands stood ln the crlsp
March alr and watched the steady de?
struction as it swept downwaTdfrom the
upper floor, 'where lt had origlnated from
defectlve electrlc wlrlng.
It ls. an Interesting ;nnd gratlfylng co
tncldent that on thn .annlversary of the
destruction a new Jcfterson, handsomer.
and more commodlous tllan' the -first, is
completo and about to' throw, open nll
Its doors to the public. The Franklln
Street portion of the; elegant hostelry
Officer Matt Struck With Stone
Hurled by One of Unruly
Gang.
DRUM CORPS WAS PARADING
Negroes Were Warned by Of
ficers, Who Attempted to
Arrest One.
Only tho prompt arrlvai of a largo
squad of police prevented what might
have been n serlous rlot last nlglit on
Church Hill. As it was, murmured
thrc-nts of several negroes ln a largo
band of them that was paradlng on
P Street, between Twenty-nlnth and.
Thirtleth Streets, took form in the
throwing of stonos and brickbats, ono
of whlch struck Polleeman Matt in tho
hoad, Just as he wns in tho act of
sllpplng handeufts on a surly negro
whom he was attemptlng; to placo un?
der arrest.
Polleeman Mntt happened to be alono
at the time, hls fellow oftioer, Pollee?
man .1 is, being away at tho moment
telephoa.ng to the First Pollco Sta?
tlon for assistance.
"When he was struck wlth tho stone,
Polleeman Matt, ln order to glve him?
self a froo hand with hls revolver, was
forced to releaso the nogro ? ho was
holding. Tho prlsoner escapod, and tho
oillcor thought to frighton tho unruly
crowd by firlng hls revolver into tho
alr. Other pollcoment arrlved on tho
scono Just in tlme, und actunl dangor
was avertcd.
Several Arrested.
It seems thut a drum corjis, which num
bers among Its niombershlp iC largo num
bor of tho younger set of the colored pop?
ulatlon of Church Hill, wns out for a
parado and drlll. Soveral of them becamti
unruly, und Olllcer Matt wnrned thom
not to commlt uny dlsorder. Thls was
rcpllod to by sevcrnl loud, nngry throats,
and the ofllcer then attempted to arrest
ono of the men, who secmed to bo tho
prlmo movcr in tho trouble. Tho man
was a big, strapplng negro, and tho oill?
cor oxporlenced somo dllUculty ln plnclng
tho handcuffs on hls wrlst. Soveral oth?
ers of tho crowd yellod for hls releaso,
nnd ono among them threrv a stono at
tho sttirdy olllcer, It slruck hlm on tho
left sido of tho head, but fortunatoly tho
helmet broko tho force of tlio blow, nnd
ho was not badly injured. PolIcomonAt
kinson and Jones soon camo to Olllcer
Mntt's assistance, and tlio crowd rapldly
dlspersod to quurtora whero tho pollce
mlght not enslly reach thom.
Captain Barfoot soon nrrlvod with a
strong forco of pollcomen, nnd tho mon
woro sont nbout scourlngr tho nolghbor
lsood to llnd somo of tho rlnglendors of
tho gung. About a dozen of them wero
caught nnd promptly taken te, tho sta
tlon-houso. Thoso who wero nnbbod by
tho police, uud who wll? havo to upponr
ln court tlils mornlng aro Austln Blng
ham, twonty-tAvo yoars of ngo; Wllllam
Corbett, fourteen; Clnrence Harris, four?
teen; Wnvorly Clark, . tiventy-slx; t.'lar
ouco Kolly, twolve, Wllson Tlnsloy, twen.
(Continued on, Thlrd Pago.)
has been operated almost contlnuously,
apd is unchanged in tho work of rc
-onstruotloii. Tho reu'onstructed portlon,
_' modern' llreproof Btructure, liarmonizea
completely wlth It, and tho wholo pro
vides this clty a hotel second to nono.
Hotels quickly becomo nntlquated or
obsolote in these days of advanccs in
building construcUon, but the new Jef
fers6n,' whlch stnnds on tho site of thc
old, reprcsents tho most modern In ma?
terials, constructlon and equlpment, and
provides a luxuribuB homo for the tour
Ist at reasonable rates. It -*resents
many. attracUons to the traveler whlch
tha old hotel' dld not possoss. Already
the threo floors of the new portlon ln
use are occupled by guests, ond as
fast ns tho remolndor ls completo lt wlll
be thrown ' op<ui. Throughout tho year
thc Joileison will havo all the guests lt
can house, and> wlth the v/ida advertlso
LILL1E DHIS1IED
-TILE'SIND
So Declares . Coroner's . Jury
Which Investigated Death of
Popular Bristol Girl.
BURIED IN BRIDAL DRESS
She Was to Have" Married An?
other Man Easter Sunday.
Had Been Assaulted.
[Speclal to The Tlmcs-Dlspatch.]
BRISTOL, TENN., Mareh 29.?Whlle
the coroner's jury ln tho caso of tbo
doath of Llllle Davls, who was Bhot nnd
kllled in Eust Hlll Cometory Wednesday
night, was hold bohind closed doors, and
it wns tho purposo to withhold tho ver
dict for certaln reasons, it was, howe.xr.
learncd to-nlght that tho jury arrlved at
a positlvo vordlct to this offect that Lillle
Davls camo to her death ns tho rosu'.t
of a pistol shot in tho hands of Ack
Halo, tho young ir.in who was alono wlth
her ln tho cemotery on tho night of tho
tragedy, and that precedlngtho shootlng
Halo crimlnally assaulted Mlss Davls.
Thls vordlct was reached ns a result ot
tho tostimony of several witnesses, in?
cludlng Dr. W. R. Rogers and Dr. N. S.
Peters. Thls evldence, coupled wlth ovi?
denco discovorcd in connection wlth tbo
prlsoner to-day, mado tho vordlct irre
sistible,- accordlng to a statement made
by a momber of .the coroner's jury to
nlght.
Halo is stlll in tho Bristol, Va., jall,
but will bo takon to Bristol, Tenn,,' slnco
nn Investigation rovonls that tho killing
occurred just across the Stato llno. Tho
vordlct of tho coronor's Jury ts bolng
withhold horo to-nlght for fear of mob
violonco.
It was learnod to-day through Mrs.
Mary Davls, mother of tho dead glrl,
thnt Ack Halo had wrltton tho girl
a threatening note lndicatlng that her
llfo would not be snfo lf sho marrled
nnothor. This, couplod with tho l'uct
tbat Mlsa Davls was to havo boon tho
chlof wltness' agalnst Roy Halo, a
brother of Ack Halo, for tbo murder
of her own brother, Irby Davls, Is ac?
cepted as tho motlve that would havo
promptiul murdor, oven Tuul not tho
quostl' u of criminal assault beon
brougut luto tho caso.
The renjnins of 14111a Davls woro
tnken to Johnson Clty, Tenn., to-duy
and woro buriod thoro, hor intondod
wedding gown constituting tlio burial
shroud. Bosldo tho glrl's body was
placed a photograph of Dolus McRob
orts, tho young mun to whom sho wns
to havo boon'?mnrrlod on Eustor Sun?
day. McRobort. dld not arrlvo horo ln
tlmo to uttond Iho funoral. Halo Ih
hlghly connoctod ln Bristol (ind Eaat
TonnoBseo, but has from Ififl youth had
tbo roputaflou ot bolng roeltleSB,
THREE ITALIAN WARSHIPS
FOR JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
KOMI-, Maroh 29.?Ordors havo boon
glven (hat, tho orulsnr Elormoscii joln
thp crulsers Etrurla and Varoso, under
tho I'otnmund of tho Dulto of Abruzssl, to
reproaont Italy at tho oponlng ol! tho
Jmnoatown Exposition,
ment of tho reopenlng. whlch wlll he
ilven by the thousands ot guests durlng
exposition year, its patronago will be
atoadlly malntaincd for all the future,
The accompnnying pleture shows a
vlew of tho reconstructed portlon of tlio
hotol.
Dast night six yoars ago tho lobby of
tho hotol was throged wlth guests, who
sat und chatted with frlends utterly ob
llvlous of tho impendlng dostructlon,
whlch included their own baggnge ln
many cases. For an hour or moro aftor
the puillng engines rollod up to tho nclgh
boring corners and attachod Uieir suc
tlon plpes to tho flroplugs no ono nn
tlclpated a serious flre. Tho tlmo lost
In locating tho, flre and in resortlng to
berolc methods'to extingulsh lt gavo tho
flames tho mastery, and thoroaftor lt
was an unequal flght between the flre
man and the flames.
m EflFN: FII
Thirty-Five Buildings Destroyed.
Loss Amounts to Two Hun?
dred Thousand Dollars.
TOWN AT MERCY OF FLAMES
Water. Supply Soon Exhausted
and Fire Department Power
less to Control Situation.
LAUUENS, S.-C, March 29,? Drlven by
a stlff wlnd, flro to-day swept both tho
business and residential sectlons of Now?
berry, a town of 8,000 population, thlrty
miles southeaat of hore, nnd caused a
loss that may reach $200,000. Twenty-two
resldences, ten stores, two churches anl
one parsonago wero destroyed.
The flro started ln the rear of tho Now?
berry Hotol ut 11:30 o'clock thls mornlng.
A galo was blowlng, and the llamns sprond
wlth great rapldlty. Appeals for assist
nnco were sont to Columbla and to thls
clty, but engines could not bo sent to
Nowberry on account of tho destructlon
of tho railrond tracks. The Nowberry
ilro department exertod overy effort to
check tho flames, but tho Uro was be?
yond control, Two hours aftor tho liro
broke out the water supply was exhaust?
ed, and tho town was loft practically ut
tho mercy of tho flames.
The following is a pnrtial llst of tho
business establlslunents burned out:
Hayns nnd Company, grocery; It. C, Wll?
llams, carrlugo store; Shelly nnd Sum?
mer, fiirntturo; Saltcr, photogrnpher; Sult
or, general morobnndlso; Senn, bnkeryj
Hoozer Brothers, grocors; J. I-I, McCul
lough, dniRs; A. C, T, Thomas, grocerles;
Wutts, rncket storo; I.lvingston' nnd Com?
pany, grocors; Jaek G. Brown, llvery
stuble; ,E. J. Senn, ment market; Now?
berry Steam Laun'dry nnd tho Southern
Doll Telephone Company oxchango.
TRAIN WRECKERS
DERAIL ENGINES
Engineer and Negro Killed.
Others Seriously
Injured.
OKI.AHOMA CITY, OKLA., Maroh 29.
?Pussengor traln No. 1, of tho Choctaw,
Okluhuim. and Gulf Railrond, from Mem
pliia for Amnrlllo, drawn by two engines,
wns partliilly deralled to-duy ut Councll,
olght miles west of Okluhomu Clty, Both
englnos wero badly wrecked, und tho mall
ond baggago oars woro turnod over, but
tho coaches remulned on tho truck. Ono
englneer and an unltnown negro were
kllled. Fironian Ovorton was fatally in?
jured, a porter sorlonsly liuvt, and sovon
pussongora sutToroil brulaos.
Investigation shows couoluslvely tlmt
tho do.allment waa eausod by wrcckers,
Ilolts hud beon raniovod from tho cou*
n.otlng rods thnt niovo tho swlteh,
Bluodhounds hnvo boen taken to tho
scono ln nn attempt to trrico tho eulprlts.
Flrmnaii Overtnii dlod aftor being
brought tc thls c|ty.
Tl
IS5HITH lYOIt
Declares Latter Had No
Authorlty to Veto
Joint Resolution.
COUNCIL TO HEAR
REASONS MONDAY
Interest Revived in Situation by
Latest Development?Mayor'a
Message Will Be Lengthy
Document and Will
Be Interesting
Reading
A llvely discussion is In prospcci
over tlie message of Mayor McCarthy,
vetolng the Council' Joint resolution
for 11 committeo to invostlgate chargos
against tlio Flnunce Committee, alleged
to have boen made by tlio e.xccutlvc,
and cortain transactions relatlve to
bonds. The Mayor wlll sond a mes?
sago giving hls reasons for thls ac-.
tlon, and thls wlll bo reatl at tho Coun?
cil moetlng on Monday night. '
Additional Interest hns beon addod,
to tho situation by the Information'
whlcli has Just loaked out that a
momber- of the Flnanco Committee haa
appltod to tho Clty Attorney lor a'n
oplnlon as to tho authorlty o? th?
cxecutlve to veto a Joint resolution
ol' this character, and tliat Clty Attor?
ney Pollard has doclded that tho Mayor
had not such authorlty. As the ques?
tion ls one of constructlon of tUo
State Constltutlon, of tho statutes
passod In pursuance theroof, and of
tho charter of tho clty, whlch is It?
self a leglslativo enactrnent, tho opln-'
lon of the attorney ls of pecullar in?
terest. To1 some oxtent it brings up
a confllct betweon tho attorney on
tho one hand and tho Mayor ancl the
clerk of tho Council on tho other' as"
to tho proper proceduro ln tho mat?
ter of a joint resolution. After th-i
passngo by both bodles. of the JolntV
rosolutlon, tho clerk ongrossed tho
same and sent it to tho Mayor, along ;
wlth various other ordlnances and res
olu tlons.
Law on Subject.
The Constltutlon of Virginia, section
123. and tho Codo of Vlrglnla, section
10311 C, havo n bearlng on the question
of authorlty thus ralsed. - Tho Codo sec?
tion ls an cxact dupllcation of,the.lan
? guago of tho Constltutlon, and' sq- far 11'
refers to the question of tho profter prd
cedure wlth referenco: to a. joint resolu?
tion rond tliu's:" "'."" '
"Every ordlnnnce..,or r*nolutlott,
linvlng the effect of nu ordlnnnce,
hIiiiII licfore It lieeonics opeiutlve,
lie presented to tlie Jluyor. If he
rippi-ave he hIiiiII mIrii tt, but If not,
if. thc Council ennslMt nf two
liranches hc muy return It M'Hh hln
objectlons ln ^vrltlnif to thc ,clork, - ;
or other recortllne olllcer, of tliat
branch lll whlcli it orlKlimU-il."
Then follow provlslon for reconsldera
tlon' nnd pnssage notwlthstandlng thV
veto by the voto of two-thlrds of th?'
members elected to both bodles.
It ls Interesting to note that tho dls
tinction between a joint rosolutlon.
and an ordlnanco ls ono seldom mail*
by tho Council, so that tho question
of authorlty of tho clork ln scndlng tha .
resolution to tho Mayor for h!s ap-'j
proval and of the Mayor ln wlthhold
ing his approval wlll hlngo upon tha
constructlon of tho phraso "or resolu-".
tion having tho effect of an ordlnance."
In general, a resolution is supposed.
to bo an ennetment for somo spociflo
purpose or for somethlng whlch is to
bo dono at n spociflc tlme, and whlch.
becomes void ns soon as its object shall
havo been accompllshed. It would ba
useless to encumber a codo or statute;
book wlth joint resolutions whlch thus
become dead after a brlof tlrno. An or-'
dinanco, on tho other hand, ls genoral?
ly regarded us nn onnctniont of a.mu?
niclpal loglslatlvo body having a per?
manent or contlnulng effect, and, there- :
foro, deslgned to bo proservod in the
form in which lt was ordalned untll
repealed or amended.
As a matter of fact, resolutions aro'
used for such important matters aa ex'.
pendlng lurge sums of money, oarrying
npproprlatlons for speclfic or for gonorni'
purposes, and even for lBSUlng bonds. A
inrge proportion of the city^s bonded debt
wns contracted by means of Joint roso
lutlons, and no ono hns questlonod, so
far as known, that theso should go to
tho Mayor for hls approval. It would
be a radlcal departnro from establlshed
constructlon to assort that tho Mayor
hus no authorlty to npprove or disap
provo such resolutions.
The resolution ln question orlginnlly
carrled un expendlture and requlred a
two-thlrds vote, but, fnillng of this ma?
jorlty, tho appropriatlon fenturo wna
strlckon out and tho rosolutlon thua
amended was passed. In accordanoo wlth
llmo-hoiiored custom, tlio resolution was
sent to the Mnyor, who roturnod it wlth?
out approval, ancl sont a messago stat
Ing hls i-eusons for fnillng to approvo lt.
This message wlll bo lnld before tha
Common Council nt its meetlng Monday
night, ut whlch tlrno lt ls Ilkely that
tho member of the Flnanco Committee
having tho oplnlon of the City Attorney
wlll produco lt and un intorostlng sltuar
tion wlll. ensuo. Thero nro fow lawyors
ln tho Common Council, but tho luymon
wlll probably not hosltute, ln mnny enses,
to express thelr common sense viow of
tho mattor. '
Messages from Mayor.
Th'o Council wlll havo its hands full
on Monday night llstenlng to raudln^
or mussages from tho Mayor. Hls ni;?
nual mossago of more than thirty,
r-aues, his messago vetolng tho joint
resolution, and two other veto tno??
sujjes, und hls rasponso to the Lyuell
resolution nsklng why ho hns no?
enforcod tho ordlnanco roqulrirg ro
ports of clty ofllcers to bo in by of
boforo Fobruary lst, wlll convume coo-.
fiiderablo. tlme, lt all aro read. Tha
annual massugo.it ls understood, con
sumes thlrty-odd typowrltten pages,
aud ono of hls other mossagea wlll