-i||- TtBtBfl ???oPf.nrcr. 1* ?'. i'ii: DISPATCH i (ii!,-;ti|.;r 1860, WHOLE NUMBER .7,721 RIOHMOND, VA.. rril(rF?SI) VV. NOVEMBER 26. 1908. PRICE TWO CENTS CROWDS HERF f i 81. _!E TO-DAY Virginia and North Carolina 'Elevens in Fine Condi? tion for Contest. BETTING i'AVOKS ORANGE AND BLUE Char__.-t_svi.ie Team Spent Night in Ashland?Tarheel Here, hui Retire Very Early-*--*** 'aptaih Thomas (>ut, \. ith Broken Leg, While Capl Gloth, (Irippled, Will Play. iblazc ,f .11 -ti i.nur aft' Virginia supporters ? oved Orange anc be clty at 3 o*clock. . < : '. ? I .- to cheer tlie Tar .il Bxpected. ? . tiekyts have .:??.- that tiif _ Caroline waa om. in Tlioniii: tht South', v.-ill be. in hla accuatomei place to-ilnv.^ The veteran leader o the Charlottesvllle eleven ha. been ii Uniform for the past few days. an< though he haa not tnken part in prac tlc*_, he has watched the working pu o? his men, and wlll be in tlie line-up Ilnrd *iV*_*ek's Praetice. l'_._?*h ii-rini ha.. been worklriB .'? i*l llj tor the past ten daya ln prcpariu* for to-day'a contest Nelther eleven luiri a game laat Saturday, txacausi each ant|clpa,ted a derce struggle, ant waa unwllllng to undertalte anythliij wlilch might injure tho chani_es io win Alumnl coachea have been activel* engaged ln gettlng the men into shape Virginia waa accompantod fron Charlottesvllle by M. T. Cooke, coach Tralner Lannigan and Alumnl Coache Dlck Cooke, Percy Boah'er aml Hani mond Johnson. Thc purpose ol th. May in Ashland waa to avold the ex ritetnent of hotel lobblea nml nnythinj else which might tend to grate upoi the m-rve.i nf the players. Carolina brought v.ith the tean Coach Greene, of Pennaylyania, '07 Graduate Manager Gray, A.slstan Managf-r Robinson nml farmer Coac. . immond_. Tlu; Tarh.els took suppe early, and before l. o'clock wer.. aen to their l>. d8. The nu n occuplei rooma on the second flour ,,f tho Jof for.on Hotel. Th.> Caroliniana li'aVe lilt thc beat of Vlrginla pn welghl whllo thia atjvantage is aaid to l> more than cpu__terbalanced ln the ag anrl experlence of their opponents. .Inny Subu Drought, Each team ia accompanled by man subsl itiit.-.-. who are thoroughly capa liic of taklng the places of tlie regtilar in case of accidents. Virginia's aub are Holladay, Moorman, Fliillip... Tay lor. Dabney, Coaby, Fraaler, Gooch Wllson and Velicrleln. Carolina brought nine extra playeri Odds in the bettlng last uight fav prpd vlrginla, though little money wa placed. Thero were a few C'arolin iakers at even money, but the great. majority of the Tarheels were look Ing for . to ?. No odds at 2 t'o 1 wer giyen, nnd lnte ln the nlghti after th pn m.'sters got a good look at the boy trom further South. it was nn eve Banible on iho result. Many who saw Carollna ln her stri.tg gle wlth Vlrginla Polytechnic lnstltui here declare thal Ihe Toc.ha won li iheeV good luck, ami thal the Chapi lllll teani outpolnted tln ni mi atralgl .o-.thnll Such nigiimeiits IntUcal thai Carollna'ls nol wlthoul ber suj V/ortera, even a'morig Jooal foiiowor.. < lb. gridiron. \'iriiinin'.s defeat of ?? imi M. HJi.i Georget'jwn clilafly a. ?ounts for tho conf iilenee repnsed i (Contlnued on Seventh Page.) A LINCOLN MEMORIAL n .-: v. mitte. Ituated r frlcrid'= ltenda t dn ceni ralse ti n ?? letter to Generfel Howard from '??'?? !? ? ? ? '. and reid at to ? - rtii etl ?--. the Presldent .says Iti 'Ju i a word oneo agtttn to wlsh you good fortune Ih what you are do ; for Unc.oln Memorlal Cnlveralty. -;?? thal t'..- hundredth atiniveraary Mr. Llncoln'. birtii will see you th the full . iidowmeiit for the uni -mv Which you so i.I, and whlch tho Intereat of tho people al large la %o deslrable thai roui ho ild have. ????-'.'. r I ;,. ? . Ti'-.: Robel I S ?I ' . Oeneral Thomas H. Huh -'i.m.n, Henry Clews, A. V. Wadham, A. G. Agnen-. r;...-,._., r Bheldon, P. Tea_-um eh Bherman, Or. t'larenoe c. Hotvard II lv Howland. Rev. J. s. All.n and Wllllam Bfcll'aber. Mr. Martln and Generala Hubbard and Howard were made a commlttee to organiz. a body of auxlliaries representing every . tati DEPORT LABORERS li. in.mn.-nt nf i i.,iini..|.,.,. ii.1,1 I.nhor !?.- :\, r . Mnny \ l.iln 11.,?, of t. l.nw. untry under an rful arrang.-menl with ... ?iv.- bet ii . be returned to thelr l__-,me.. m England :. es of many others t*?.w- ip.? under conalderatlon, but no Jlnal disposltion l,as been made Of them. The Department of Juiatlce has the prosecution of tlie Firth Carpet Company for violation of tlie contract labor laws under advlsement. It wa.s charged in a report to. the Department of Commerce and l^-ibor last .Pin. tliat the Kirth Carpet Com? pany had violated th- contract labor law. The department, ln a statement to-day, saya that after examination ol various employei nf thc concern, lt waa convinced that wholepaie liripor tatlona oj labbrera had been eff,.,.-t.*d. In course of thc examination some hair ii->:*. -I aliena arrlved at New Vork all destlned t" Plrth Cllff, They wer. ord ? ?? to ;?? deported. Subsequentjy on ih* :? ? i ol ti.,. Investigating offl? cers, ? ig! ty-elght persons were orderei ?? d Thev Inciuded contract nnd their Immediate famiJJes Pirth Cllff ls a small village |r county, N. V. The Kirth Car ? ? ? ? ny i mploj b 600 men. a i.-,rg< | percentage of whom ar" ex-perlencei ? " workers, havlng recelve. I ? ? training In Bnglish aud Scottisl carpet mills. The department clalmi statement thai the book.. of tlu Icompany show that from ir">2 to jfloi t-over M.410 had been.advanced eoaliem Ito enable them to mfgrato to Firtl , I'liff. COME TO TERMS Htilgnrln nnil Turkey Arrive nt n Agreement of Terms. PA.HIS, November 25.?Ofllo.lal ad come i.i t.ims in the matter of Bul gana and furkey have practicall ome i . term ln ii.- matter of^ Bui ^.iri,. a declaratlon of Independence o the followlng basls: Bulgarla Is to ray Turkey from *J12, 000,.' lo *>1 .,000,000 on account o rtunii lla. and "(10,000,000 on account o the railroad. Tlie eapitaliza tion o tlie Rumellan tribute, and tlie partlci pa t imi of Bulgarla in tlie Tiirkls delit ia to be left to the Internatlona Congress. QUARANTINE ORDER Governor Denccu Isshoh n rroclntnatlo. Agninst Cnttlo froni Ulohlgan. SPItlNGFIELD, 1LI.., November 25. Gpvernor Deneeh issued a proclamatio prohiliiting the importation Into llli nois of any live stock from Mk-hlgar owlng to the prevalence of tho foti and mouth disease of cattle in thi Slate. He also Issued nn order that no car in which live stock had been shlppe to or from Michigan should be permit ted to enter the State without flrs being quaranlined and fumigated. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION Young tlnn Shof In l.rciif.- Whil Uonrillng a Meeniliii.it. POINT PLI.ASANT, XV. VA., Novem ber 25.?An attempt wns made to as sassinate Oeorge Morgan, son of Caji taln Frank Morgan, a wealthy rlvc mnn of Tronton, whlle thn young mn was going down the hank to th steamer Bob Ballard hero last niglit Young Morgan was shot through th breaat, He may recover.. There la r due to the would-be assassin. WILL IGN0RE CASTRO Veitenieleun Presldent's Vislt to Pnr Is n Miittor of ?ttirprisc. PARIS, November 25.?Tn vtew i tlu* complete rupt.iire of dlplomat reliiIlons botwoen France nml Yem zuclii, the news lhat. Prealdent Castr of Venezuela, la cornlng t.i Paris afti hla operatlon at Bordeaux lias creat. aome surprise herei It ls probable that tho governmei offtclally wlll ignore hls presence. [ I FIGHT Oll !_TI-AI_!5._ Manufacturers and Dealers Say the Preacher Must I... Eliminated. CLAIM THE QtlESTlON IS NOT A MORAL ONE N'o [-"orcr Can Heat a Fight He&ded Iiy Preachers, with Women Parading the Streets with Banhefs antl Singing "()nw_rrl, Christian Solrlicrs." CHICAGO, I I.I-. November 25.? Alarm nt the prohlbitlon wave, wliltii has suept n-.er various sectlona of the country, and plans for coinbatttng lt effec tii'ely, were volced last night by speak ers at tlie nionthly dlnner of the Manu factnrera' aml Dealers' Club. .ludge Ftufua Potta, nf Plttsfleld; ex-Governor George XV. Peck, of Wlsconsln, and Frederlck i r'.'er. editor of Human Ity, outllned a campaign whlch, they aaid, alone wlll beat the attacka of tin- antl-aaloon forces. They inciuded among their recommendatlons the fol? lowlng: ministers and church Influ ence must he divorced from the pro? hlbitlon questlon. buslness men having dealings wlth the lir|iior trade must I.. made to feel, through business re? latlons, the undeeirablllty of helpfng opporicrits; .retall Jobbers snotild be supervlaed lo see that they are of good character. -Key to the Sltuntlon.** "The key to the situation is to drive the ministers out of the flght," de? clared Mr- J.-'ier. "if ihe minlster preaches prohlbitlon ln the puipii: if vromi n. as in Philadelphia, witl march ti:. streets wlth bannera, singing 'On ward, ' f'liristlan Soldiers"?and It's a jgi.n.l march?there's no forco that can '?<-;,! ii flght like that. The qUestlOil moral aapecta, and no Christian inlnis ter hns ihe rlght to stand In his pulpit preach It." \ Mr. pi k told of hls eNporlences In Statea havlng prohlbitlon laws. "ln Kentucky 80 per cent. of the counties .-? 'dry.*" li" said. "yet there are bot? tles in neariy every Ice box. In At? lanta, Oa . ti.i real estate is dead. ln [Alabama prohibition will contlnue for f- i the ? "lored man will get into.l . but he'll get them. anyway, The Itsary system ln Oklahoma is a COOPERS ARRAIGNED Pnther nuit ton nnd Former Slicrifl Sharp Plead Xot Guilty. NASIIVILLE, TENK.. November 28.? The Criminai Court to-day fixed ihe trial of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, nis son, Itobln .1. Cooper, and John li. Sharp on the charge of murder of for? mer t'nlteii Statea Senator Carmaclt tor December Sth. All pleaded not guilty when arrafgned separatel*.. They were refuse,1 ball. Counsel for defense objected to thelr clients being brought lu person into court. and asked to be allowe.l to wnlve formal ariaignment. urging the ens tom whlcli has prevalled in this coun. The Attorney-Oeneral Insisted on fo' lowing the law to the letter, however and the court sustalned hlm. Colonel Cooper llstened closely tc the reading of the Indlctment, and al Its ,-iose -liK.lgn Hart asked: "Are you guilty or not giility""* "Not guilty." was the reply ln _ Robln Cooper was next called. ant! the indlctment against hlm real iu th? manner of the precedlng one. His an? swer to the usual questlon was in . low vofce. "Not guilty." Mr. Sharp was called and the indlct? ment '-harglng hlm wlth the munlci of Senator Carmnok was flrst read nn. Ithe usual question asked him. Hi ,1 reply in a loud volce was -rNot guilt ; slr." ! Tho indlctment charging him wltl I being an accessory before the fact . j was next read. and in the same man .'ner and words he entered hl<* plea. JUST A HABIT Englneer Ooethnls Sny? Gntun Uun , *.Vull Sllps Twenty Keet Frequently. WASHINGTON, D. C, November 2E ?Colonel George W. Ooethals, en gineer-ln-ehiet of che Isthmlan Cana Commission, has sent to S'ecretar; -Wright a eablegrani. regardlng the re ported injury to the sputh retaintni wall or "toe" of the. constructlon worl nt the slte of the proposed Gatun dan The injury is not considered serlou by Cjolonel Goetlials, whose dlspatc is as follows: "Reporter injury consists of slip i rock pile lntende-d to form south to of Gatun dam. and has no effect o body of structure, whlch Is not ye ln place. Part of the rock pile abou 200 feet ln length crossing old Frenc canal has been slipping northwar from timo to tlme, and slipped agal on Friday. due to excessive rains, low ering crest of pile about twenty feo Sltps of tlils klud are not new, oc ciirrlng frequently all along the Uni Present slip ls of no consequence, an of the character to be antlclpated l such work." ENCOUNTERED GALE Hospltal Shlp Hcllef Struck Ilurrlcnn nnd Hinl to Put Baek. MANILA, November 25.?Admira Sperry to-day recelved a telegrat frotn the hospltal shlp Relief, flve elay ov.erdue nt Ouam, for which port sh sniled from thls liarbor November lBtl The message came by way of Sorsor gon, ln Southern Ivtizon, and state. that fhe shlp waa badly damaged b n typhooh, which was encotintered o Novemher 18th. durlng which the en gine.s were dlsabled. Flre broke oi on the Relief. hut wns promptly goltc under control. Thn Relief ls now procendtng t Manlla under hor own stenm, repair tn her englnes havlng been made b tho crew. Tl.o news t'onflt'ms th feara that were entertained thal tli Relief had met wlth disaster, aa sh dld not arrive at Guam on time. Pfl.SIBIUTIE1 ?OT Blll Those Closely l Gentified With Standard Did Not Real ize Future. RETAILERS EXACTED feXCESSlV'E PROFITS Standard Stfepped ln and by FElim iiiating All Middle Men Greatly Reduced the Price of Oil. Mr. Archbold Gives Detailed Infor? mation. N -De mag - l-.XV VOr.K, Novembei tuiied Informatlon on nltude and dlvorslt; ir.isini.-sf of thc Standard t.i Company was gi\.-n by Johi i... Archbold, vtce-prestth nl ' ? : tht company. '>n the resumptlon of hl. teatlmohy to-d.-iy in th- hearlng of tht ? ? dei ,.i suit to dlssolve I he ..ii com? bination. Mr. Archboi.i aueerted 'i'-'1 ii was the standai .i. whi .-. i ellml i atlng ni" .i'.iibcrs nnd retallera stepped iu ahd grently reduced thc price of nii to the consumer, Thi _; u *_. Mr. Archbold thal tl tailer exacted i ? "?? the early days, whlch and the Standard trie tiir. consumer. Oil ? cars Insteid of ban rd flgurei . onsump yeara be nt tlme. tel for tht oped fron :r ahd re proflts i. complalnt i closer ti ntethod, he said, not only ln d the oll trade, but cheapene, production i | narreis in i?_o, ann tliat thc ? - .i m ism wit ? rrels. In Wt sl \rli-gim, j was 16,195.875 bal ?Since thnt time there has j. . n j leasening of crude I eight States. The mld-Contlngent field. wlilch in | cludes Kansas. Oklahoma and cotitlg ; uous States. sald Mr. Archbold. showe . a constantly increasing production. The Standard started purchasini produclng propertles ln ISSn. when th i "tihut in" movenient started, The witness .--aid tliat In 1906 th total eruile production ln tlie I'nlte ???tiitns *\a.-- 126,493.936 barrela, o whii-h the Standard produced 14.? ? 52,11 | liarrel .. "ln 1906 ihe total consumptlon of ol by the Standard Oll Company ??_ 64.95S.301 harrels. Mr. Archbold laughlngly said that h I had little oplnlon of tlie prodUCtlv .capacity of the midcontlhent fleld whe ,: it was flrst dlscovered, and sald: "I said at the tlme that I wou! , ; undertiike to drink all the oll tha [was produced In that section." The value nf the rcflneries thnt wer ; into the Standard t)il trust |n iss ?was {17,000,000, aaid Mr. Archbold, an | the value in 1906 of the reflnerles I I tlie company. inciudlng manufactorie , j wai $51,689,560. An adjournment untll next Monda was then taken. INVENT0R 0N TRIAL Four i n.iii-i ii.i-iii . \re rhnrgd In Coi nect(on Wlth Pntent Cnse. WASHING-TON, D. C November 2 ?lolin A. Heany, an inventor, of Yor Pa.; Henry B. Everdlng, a patent sol citor of Philadelphia, nnd Ned X Barton, former assistant examiner the patent offlce. were placed on tri here to-day in criminai court befo Justlce Gould to answer four Indic ments charging conspiracy to defrai the United States government, forge and the destructlon of puhilc. reror. iu connectlon with two applicatlona f patents for incandescent electric glob . and for "tungsten" filaraents. j Justlce Gould granted the motion 'J the government to consolidate the i " dlctment for trlal, whlch was oppos, |j by the defendants. Question tirlsii ( j as to tlie number of pereniptory cha "?I lenges to be allowed the defendam an adjournment was taken until Fi day. WILL SEE GAME Seeretnrloi. of .Vnr nml Navy AVIll Ei lertiiln Tliplr Friends, WASHINGTON, D. C, Novemher 25. Serrelartes Wrlght, Straus and Oarflo are among thoae who will atto the Army and Navy football game Philadelphia Saturday. Serrata Wright wlll hnve wlth hlm a numb of army offlcers and Representatl nnd Mrs. Lnngwnrth. The secreta nnd many of the others going wlth hl wlll he accompanled by thelr wives. Assistant Secretary of the Navy ai Mrs., New ber ry wlll take a party wl them to witness the game. DRIVEN FROM HOME Forty Fnmllle* ln Cliicngo _-~urc.il In the Streeta hy Flre. OHfCAOO. ILL., Novomber 26.?Fr ty famllles were driyen from tj-u homes to-day Into n chilling raln n flre, whioh destroyed three tlve-. tn bulldlngs In North Wlnchester Av.m and caused n loss of $7fi,non. Three flremen were lnjured by fn ing heams. Threo sick women we carrled ?"t by the flremen. WEATHER. Fair. I__.D0P.I0U5 HE IS In fhe Kencwal of thc Mar? athon He Defcats Hayes. PLUCKY FOREIGNER'S STAYING QUALITIES Hayes Took tlie Lead Seyeral Times, but tlie italian Came Back Strong and Regained it Lach 'I inie?Richard Croker Started Them. Mi ADISON SQUARE GARDEN. * .\v voKK, November 25.? irando Pletrl, of Caprl, _.aly, defeated John, .1. liuyes, of thls clty, in the ra? in wm ot tiie Marathon race at Madl? son dtitiare Garden to-night. The dis tance was 26 miles :_S5 yards, tho same os thc Olyplac Marathon, whlch Hayes won at Shepperds Busii, I_on don, laat summer, Dorando then feil frbrii exhauatlon ond was iielped across the i., bul was dlsquallfled. in* proved to ie- Hayes's master to nlght. .is he heiri the lead trom start to iir.i.h. flnally wlnning by about sixty yards. Hayes ?-.-? flve times durlng the i tor a few seconds each t the lead but only )orando's Hayes's Large Crox.d Sees Ituce. Ten thousand persons watched the iont-.-t, ami ivhilo partlsan feeling inn high, nothing more than good natured raillery wns the outcoine. Tlie inst few mlles of. the race were ex cttlng. In the twenty-fourth mlle Hayes made another of the jumps to the front if.ot in- had been sprlnging ,ii Intervala during the race, but Do? rando. running strong, easily resumed ii..- lead like a flash. This wa.. re ted half a mlle further on. Dorando .. -.-?!., ,.,-,,,- i .-,,. 11,., _-,,-,..,rrr,,- 1*1,rt proving tl stronger. Tho renty-flfth mlle was finished Ih 26 57 1-5. Hayes weakened In the last half ille, and the Itallan won handlly by bout sixty yards. Hir: . ..I Croker fired the shot that arted the runners around the oval. EXPLAINS FUND i l lialriniin Hitchcock T.-t. . I're.ldrut i-.leet Hot. Honey Wna Collected. HOT SPRINGS, VA., November 15.? I [i.tails Of liow the Republlcan i-ani Ign f ii nd was collected and used 9 formed an interesting part of the con il ference between Prealdent-el__ct Taft 'antl Natlonal Chalrmani Hitchcock here -| to-day. Mr. Hitchcock oxplained thal ?j whlle the t-.!:il sum rightfully credlted 1'to the national committee was about $l.tii.n.. ini. that as u matter of fact thc - | commlttee fr.nd was but a million * ! Tlie excess over thls amount was col* j lected by state organizatlons and ?j turned hack to then. by the national l| commlttee for use. .Vhilo thls fncl *?* | appears In the oflV*ial publicatlor under th*- law. Mr. Taft was told *lhai its slgnitlcance did not appear ln thi published statement Five separate contrlbutlons were made by C. P. Taft, whlch niade him the largest single contrlbutor. All ol these contrlbutlons. Mr. HltchOOOk ex plained. were made at times when thf campaign commlttee was without funds aml when the demand for then was greatest. Mr. Hitchcock arrlved thls morning accompanled by Charles lt. Boynton of New York. both of whom will re? maln here untll Frlday. The national chalrman dlned witl Mr. Taft to-nlght. He said his tim. recently had been taken lip wlth get ting out tlie campaign fund pnbllea tlon and tn arrani_lng tho prellmlnarlei of ihe inaugtiral ceremonies ln Wash Ington. The military feature of the inaugu ration. he said. was to be given spe? clal attention. and would be made i. dlstinctlve feature of tlie nffalr. USE AXE AND TORCH Three N>_troe_ Murder Kormer Shertf Hinl Met l-'lii* to House. GREENSBORO, Al...., November 25 -?Sheriff Gewin has captured thret negroes charged with tlie murder o former Sheriff R XV. Drake, neai I_nkevllle, Ala., last night. One of th npgroes confessed and Impllcated th. other two. He says that lie held tln light while the other two rregroei killed Mr. Drake Iiy knocklng hlm ii the head witli an axe; that they thei saturated hls clothing and the bet clothlng with oll anrl set flre to them Steps have been tnken to call ; speclal term of court to try the negroe because of the feeling. whlch Is runnln very high. DEDICATE MONUMENT Hautlsoiue Monnllth I.re?* In dliuiu'N Dead ift iVndoMOUvllle, Ga. ANT>Kl.l*0_.Vir_lJ-_, t'?\,, Novembe 25.?Indiana'H State monument to lie soldler dead ln the Andersonvlll Cemetery wlll bo dedicnted wlth elab ot'nte ceremonies to-morrow afternooi Oovernor Frank J- Hauly, his staf and many promlnent men from Indian are en route to this city to atten the unveiling. The Indlana monument cost Jio.ooi and is tlie largest and handsotnest o all tliose wlilch have been built her by the States to commemorate thos who dled in the old prison. Tho monc llth wlll be unveiled by Mrs. Florenc llnthank Sherman and Miss Mary . Diggs. USE DYNAMITE ?ii>lil .??!? . Mnki* llicli lluiil . lu %? lui -i /??iti Knnsfin, nnd l-.scupe. NORFOI.K, NEB., November _5, Slx rohbers dynnmlteil the Bank n Page, Neb, to-day, securing. nll th cash tn the hank, snid to he ahnu $-1,(100, ami escaped Ociipc on lliiiul ( nr. W1CII1TA, KAN. Novembei- 25. Kuhhers i.yiuiliilled tlie vault of th 'I'owan'iln State Bank. al Towauib twenty miles east of Wiehltit. tn-dn.. securing '$3,500, and escaped on a han car, A posse la ln pursuit. SERVED HIS FULL TIME I nrn.rcl. .?._ ln !..? r.iiiin.tl t'rnm Vpiirnrlng Mcttirc oi_ Commlttee, WA HINGTON, D 0., Novembe* .5. _. P..hatrman of de House *?*?..; ._i ii, i lommlttee, to-day recelved s reply to thr* Invltation whleh h. ? fended to Andrew carnegle t.i npponr before the ,-omnilltce _ t th? hesrlng on ti - metal .- i" seciire needed protectlon Is to reduce piotor tlve duties froni tini" to tim<* nnd flnal? ly abollah tliem when no longer needed. "PurSUlng thls policy, our party has already reduced duty upon steel ralli from $2 . to .7. and other duties iu greater ..t- less degree. The McKlnley tarlff, whlch made _r.--nt redttctlons, is a caseln polnt. It WOUld be false lc ils history and Its pledges If It falled now. "In the most er Iti cai times the pro tectlve policy has recelved Indlspeu sniiic aid from patriottd dernands in Congress, ns T havo shown. Thi.. is as It should be. Duties upon imports should eease lo be a party question. Only what is best for our common COUntry should be thought of. "I attach supreme importance to the nialntenanre of present duties upon lUXUrles used chlefly bv tlie rlch, not | from the protective. but frotn tho rev : cnue polnt of vlew. Special nttontl.ti I is reqntred to the revenue needs ol j the country these days to meet ln? creased eypendlture, and as far as I I know none can he obtained wjth st , little pressure upon the people ns tin I two*hundred odd milllons now flowln. j Into the trensurv from."such articles.?? Iti reply to Mr. Carnegle. Cly.lrtnat ' Payne -xpr-..."d tlv regret nf tlv , commlttee 'hat Mr. Carnegle tvould n.o ? n.-ccpt thp Invltation. BRAVE ENGINEER .-llcki. to (lin Po?t nml Save* l.lvei ot 1-iO I'.-i-i.i-iiucr... LACROSSE, WIS., November 25._ The herojsm of Knglneer .lullus Sever son probably saved the, llvus of 151 passengers in n passenger aml frelgh Iwreck on the Chicago, Huriiiigton ant Quincy Railroad, at Portage Junctlon lll., to-day. As passenger traln No | 47, thc heavlest on the Btirllngton llne j drew neat* I'ortage Junctlon, a frelgh ] traln loomed up Just ahead. Flrumai Cater lumped ami was kiih'd. Engl ,,,.,.,- Severson stuck to hls post, am '. before the crash suaceeded ln con slderably reduelng the speed of hli | traln, which had been running sixt; miles an hour. A brakeman was fatal j ly hurt, but no passengers were in jured. Six box cars were piled on toi of tho passenger engine, but whei Englneer Severson wa.* dug out of th debris he wa.s found to ln* un lnjured. The passengers united in a writtc: statement of Knglneer Severson' brnvery, the testimoni.il being tor warded to Superlntendent Cunnlng ham, of the Burllngton's Lacross dlvi slon. LINES SOLD Mor?i- Steniimhtp Iliilillng.. I'lirehase Iiy Siilifoinniittee of Bondholders. PORTLAND, ME., November 25.?-Th assets of the consolldated steamshi lines of Main. were sold at public anc tion to-day for $8,500,000 to a suh commlttee of the bondholders of tii company, conslstlng of Alvln Krecl Henry R. Mallory and Henry P. Bootl Thc subcommlttee wlll transfer th assets to the Atlantlc Gulf and We: Indles Steamshlp I.ines. whlch wns lt corporated ln thls clty yesterday ft the purpose of taklng over tlie affait of the Ponsolltlated Steamshlp I.Ines, holdlng company for tlie Morse Steair shlp I.ines. The sale was he*ld bv speclnl mastei under a decree of the i'nited Stat. Circuit .-ourt tor a foroclosure sal under tlio mortgage of tho Amerlca Trusl t'ompany, of Boston, under dal of .lantiary 1, inn?. AID FOR VESSELS Revenue Ciitte-K to CrnUe .tlnntl Coast to' l\e nt Aaatxtnnee. WASHINGTON, r>. C., Novomber 2 ?The Presldent has designated tl followlng named vessels of the reveni cutter servlce to cruise actlvely alon ? he Atlantlc coast from December li to Aprll ist next, to asslst vessels l dlstress: the Woodbury and Androi coggln, on ihe Malne coast, the fortni wlth headquarters at Eastport and tl latter at, Portland: the Oresham, wll headquarters In Boston; the Acii'shne at Woods Hole; the Mohawk, at Ne York; the Onondaga, at Norfolk; tl Apache, at Baltlmore; the Pamlico, ; Newbern, N. C: the Seminole, at .VI mlngton. N. C. Last year reveni cutters afforded aid to about 150 ve sels In dlstress, wlilch. wlth their ct goes, were vaiued nt nearly $7,000,00 ARE SATISFIED I el>i.r Men Thlnk Prealdent nnosevr Hn? the Rlglit Iilen_. WASHINGTON. P. .*., November 2 "Tho things President Roosevelt ... ln mlnd for the Improvement of tl conditions of labor throughout tl country, nnd will probably recorhmei to Congress. covers everything we ii slre," sald A. L* Falkner, nf Clevelan O.. presldent pf the National Wimlo Glass Workers. who, wlth Vlce-Pres - dent XV. a. Jarrlgan, called at ti White Houso to-day. "The Presldent idens are entirely satlsfaotory t labor's representatives generally," d clared Mr. Falkner. Mr. Falkner wns one of the lalv men who attended the Presldent's lah dlnner on November 17th, COVERED OFFICERS Safe Illnwcm Got the Drop on The und Mntle Thelr l.soapo. DAt.I.AS, GA., November 25.?Aft followlng for several mlles tho tr_ of the sat a-blowers-who dynamlted t hank vault nt Buchanan early Tne day morning, Deputy Sheriff Colbe this afternoon came upon threa stran ers ln thn woods near thls place. T men covered tiie offlcer wlth revolve nnd made thelr t'sonp... Tho supposed burgliirs nre report nn havlng been seen in Dallaa to-nlgl aud thc town ls guarded to prevent t esca].C Ihe trlo, wlio are hciivl llllll.d. Although the snfe and vault of t hank at l.tichaunn wns badly dnmai. by tlio exploslon,' the burglars fu" to get nny money or valuablea. iTtLim cir m AMERICAN DBIVER Capture First Prizein Savan? nah Internatioual Light Car Race. RECORD OF 52.55 MILES AN HOUR ESTABLISHED 7ifteen Cars Started and Seven finished Before Race Was Called Off?Number of Minor Misliaps, but Only One of Any Conse qttence. R \r-F, COURSE, SAVANNAH, GA, November 25.?A little red Itallan car, wlth four cyltn ders that hummed llke a glant humble bee, and wlth an Amor? lcan driver al the wheel, to-day won the first international light car race ever heltl In this country. In doing so tiie car --in.l driver set a high record ot ."??- 58 miles an hour for the, 196-mlle - irney over _ part of the clrcult whlch to-morrow will ho used by the grand prl/.o racers. William M. Hllliard. of Boston, who drove H [_ancla ciir, proved the winnini? combination. The elapsed tlme was .1 hours .3 mlnutes and 33 seconds. Other. to FlnUh. Robert Burman. drlving Buick car, No. R, finished second. more than sls minutes behind tlie winner. L. B. Lori mer. ln a Chalmers-Detrolt, No. 10. fought hls way Into third position; E. T. Hearnes, Bulck, No. 11, was fourth, nnd Al Poole's Itallan Izotta rtft li. Then came a whole flock of two-cylinder Maxwells. Art'nur See, ln No. fl, flnlshlng slxth and Carl Kelsey. in No. 17, flnisblng sevcnlh. Costello's Mnxwell, No. 12, and Mun weller's No. 15 were running: In elghth and nlnth positions. respectlvely, when the race was called off. The only other car running at this timo -wns the French P. P. O., which had been especially rebullt for the race, but whlch wns contInuously ln trouble, aucceeding flnally in making only five clrrults of the 0 S-milo course. ldeal Day for Race. Tho race was run under sapphira skiea and In tho wnVmth of a summer sun whlch made overcoats uncomfort nble. The day grew brllliant and clear after after a morning of the heaviest, wettest foga that ever held the city ln its embrace. A crowd of many thousands filled tlu* two big grandstanda at the nnlsh llne. and other thousands llned tlie - i re.-tangular course on all four of its regular sldes. But fhe crowd remalned |at a respecttul distance, for 60o mili i tiamen, under martlal law, were thrown I nbout the raclng clrcult. and they kept fhe pathway of the cars absolutely fre,j tl i from trespass untll tho race was offl Idally declared to he at an end. 0| Whllo there were many minor mis ., haps to the cars, tlie only serious ! wreck came at thn very close of the I day'a raclng. Easter, drlving Bulck. 0 No. 11, hud been in trouble early in the race, antl was drlving along pellraetl ,' | on his fourteenth lap, when he Iost the p | road and went crashing Into a dltch. The mechaniclnn, Frank Thompsofi iviis hurled from the car and rendereil unconsclOUB. It was nt first thought he had been kllled, but later he re galned eonsclousness, and lt. was said to-night that he would surely recover li,-ii,-,l (he Hoodoo. Car No. 13. a Chalmers. drlven bj XV. R. Burns. crnshed into a tree or. tlie first round. nnd tho chauffeur Iost four of hls front teeth. Burns did nol draw No. U orlglnally. but exchangeri with a more tlmid driver, who wa? I fearful lest the fated number should | bring hlm ill luck. The race, was ?. tduei between the cars that finished I flrst and second from the very start. j Burman. in hla Bulck, held the lead for thc entire tlrst half of the race. Then he stopped to replace a Iost nut, and >? I Hllliard drove tlie Lancla into a leati ?* , which he never rellnqulshed. Only e I once did the little red car come to a g Ettandstlll. Then only for a second to il | allow the mechanlctan to take on n board two small cuns of lubricating oil. - which later he puinped by hand into r the throbblng motor. Burman fought 6 vallantly to regnln hls Iost advantage. hjbut to no avall. The Lancla kept luunmlng away over the ground. wltli englnea muflled, while Burman, in his Buick, and Lortmer, in a Chalmers. kept snnpping and barking wlth operi exhausts at hls heels. Once Lonlmer got by Burman and held the honor of second position dur? lng the fourteenth, flfteenth and slx 0. Iteenth of tho twenty laps ln the race; but Burman, known as one of tha most darlng drlvers at the course, kepr jcrowding his englnes antl humming hls citr forward untll he was agaln tn second place. Hllliard, meantlme, had gulned nearly a lap on hls struggling rlvals. I-.tirly ] Early In tlu the Lancla ?.i* nnd holdlng tl of the other cl j a winner as fourth lap. Hi Ing wlth tha of a man out f he dld not seem to mum of his power i contest. The littl r.Ued at 12-1 .-horse ly swept thn hea racers" off their wheel... The Buick car, No. 11. drlven b Hearne, was in a contending postt_jo throughout, and held thlrd place fur long while, llghtlng over every iu. of the oiled roadway wlth the Chalmer No, io. Flfteen Stnrt, Seven Flnlsh. ?t.igt but it fatr tho "baby