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VOL. XL, NO. 242
FROST KING REIGNED
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
Reports From Various Sections of
Tills State Show That no
District Escaped.
WARMER WEATHER IS PREDICTED!
In . Georgia and Adjoining Common- i
wealths Cotton Suffered Severely
'iFrom the Unprecedented Cold
Wave?Hail and Snow Storms Rule
in Pennsylvania and New York.
fBy Associated Press.)
?BJOHMONTJ. VA.. Oct. 11.?Reports,
from the various sections of Virginia
ufe to tfhe effect that frost formed
pretty genorslly in the State last
Sight, the temperature falling to
about 34. and vegetation being pretty'
thoroughly killed.
In parts of the south side and the
Tolley Ice formed. In Tidewater the
cold snap was welcomed us killing
out mosquitoes and malaria.
-l^o particular damage Is reported.
The corn crop has been harvested. ;
BIG LOSS IN BUFFALO.
Streets Covered With Broken-Down
Telegraph Lines.
JJUEFAiLO. K. Y.. Oct. 11.?The
storm of snow und sleet which swept
over this part of the country last
night and today was tho worst la
ruauy years. The storm covered a
? wide area. Including Ontario, Western
ff.e.w. York and Northern Pennsyl?
vania. Whole orchards of peach
tree* and other small fruit were
crushed to the ground by the wot
clinging snow, which fcl] steadily
for. many hours.
Buffalo bore the brunt of the storm.
The damage In this city alono Is not
far from a quarter of a million dol?
lars, and two deaths occurred which
were directly due to the effect of
the storm.
' AU night the telephone and electric
light systems were paralyzed. The
mfeeta were, littered with broken
iiros. The street cars stopped ruu
Ulug at times.
WARMER WEATHER PREDICTED.
Official Forecast Given Out by Wash-!
' - ? i't. Ington Observers.
^"ASHINCrTON, D. C, Oct. 11?A
eohj Vavo- swept over the East and |
South -.today and broke all record n
fof this season In many sections, but
tonight the weather bureliu an-j
.-nqtiaced that while the temperature
woul'd'rise "only slightly" tomorrow,
. there would be warmer weather Sat?
urday ami Sunday, when normal torn
. ncrature will again prevail. In many
sections, thh severe cold snap wan
accompanied by snowfall and a storm
of snow and sleet raged In upper
Now York Slate, causing great dam
' age. In some places It is already
getting warmer.
Virginia Coldest District.
Down along the Blue Ridge moun?
tains. In Virginia was the coldest
part, of the country, and at Mount
Weather, the government observing
Ktatlon ilb the mountains, sixty miles
tt?UUiwost from here, the mercury
was down to freezing, wbilo f bolow
freezing was scored at Elklos. W. Va.
North of 'Lake Superior is another
cold section, and White River there
reported the thermometer registered
fill degrees above. The official fore?
cast Issued tonight says:
Official Forecast.
"The storm in the lake region has
abated, although disturbed conditions
still exist In the St. Lawrence valley
and New England. A borlmotrlc de?
pression of great extent lies over
nearly the Whole- of tho Rocky moun?
tain and plateau region, the region
ot lowest pressure being nortb of
Montana.
ii'n the Bastorn districts an area
olf hljfh pressure and extremely cold
weather continues to bo the dominat?
ing feature. The temperature has
rlPen In the Missouri valley and hns
fallen In tho Atlantic coast districts.
It Is now 12 to 30 degrees below the
seasonal average from the Mississippi
falle* eastward.
Pair weather is indicated for Fri?
day, and "Saturday in Eastern dls
Jttima.'.'
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Killing Frost in Georgia,
' ATLANTA. GA., Oct. 11.?A killing
fr&fr- accompanied by freezing tein
^hkjtfirc, occurred In Atlanta and
throughout north Georgia Wednesday
night, and the indications are that
sdmilar. cdnditions will provnil again
tonight:
President Harvls Jordan, of the
Southern Cotton Orowevs' Association.
evUmatct; Uiat between forty and fifty
?thousand bales of cotton were killed
in Georgia alone.
Freezing temperature ex,t?uded as
far south ?8 M?Ottcello, Q?., and Hshl
NEW"
frost is reported from Thomnsvlllc.
IStraw Hats and Overcoats.
NORFOLK, Oct. 11.?Norfolk ts to?
day having the coldest woathor of tho
fall. Tho mercury dropped at ft
o'clock this morning to four degrees
only above freezing point.
Straw hats and overcoats are among
: the comblnnttons here today.
The coal dealers are doing a rushing
business.
Frost and Ice at Chatham.
CHATHAM. Oct. 11.?A killing
frost prevailed here last ulght and Ico
formed In many places. Chatham is
enduring the coldest day of the fall.
Severe Sleet Storm.
UOCHBSTEH. N. Y., Oct. 11.?This
city and vicinity was visited by a se?
vere sleet storm early this mornlug.
carrying down limbs of trees and tele?
graph wires. Telegruphle communica?
tions with Buffalo was rut off nH were
both telephone systems connecting
with thnt city. Communication has
uot. yet been restored. Various rail?
roads report all trains from the west
on time.
Storm Covers Large Area.
NEW YORK. Oct. 11.?The str.rm.
which has cut off Tluffalo from tele?
graphic and telephonic communica?
tion, has extended over western New
York, western Pennsylvania and a
large portion of Ontario.
Telegraph wires are not working
ftust of London, Ontario, and west of
Montreal.
Cold in North Carolina,
CHARLOTTE. N. C, Oct. 11
(Continued on page 8.)
SMALL TOWN IS BORNEO
Summerside, Willi a Population ot
4,000, Is Destroyed,
PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS IN RUINS
Loss Is Placed at $200,000, With Only
$50,000 Insurance?Flames Made
Clean Sweep Through the Place.
Many Horses Destroyed.
(By Associated Press.)
CHARL?TTETOWN. PRINCE KD
WARD'S ISLAND. Oct. 11.?More
than fifty buildings were destroyed
by tiro, which ruined one-fourth of
the town of Sumnioridde, the capital j
of; Prince county, today.
The total loss is estimated at $'J(?0.- j
1000, with insurance of only about1
, SGO.00O'.
A path 300 feet In width and near
] ly a mile long wait burned through!
the town, the buildings destroyed j
Including the court house. Jail, elec?
tric light station, postomce. four ho?
tels and two churches, besides the
railway station and many dwellings.
It is believed that the fire was of
Inceadlary origin. There are 4,000 In?
habitants in the city.
115 Horses Burned.
COLUMBIA. TF.NN.. Oct. 11.?Tho
stock yards here, together with Its
head of horses and mules, 1700
bushels of wheat, a quantity of oats,
hay and machinery were destroyed
by lire last night. The loss I? $55.
000, insurance $45.000.
BANK SAFE BLOWN OPEN.
Vault Is Demolished, But Robbers
Fail to Get Any Booty.
(Special to the Dally Prren.?
L?RAY. VA.. Oct. 11.?Tho P*o
pie's Iiank at Mount Jackson, Shouan
iloah county, fourteen miles west of
Luray, was blown opeu by thiovoa
last night, the vault being de?
molished. The thieves failed to go",
any booty.
The robbers are traveling in bug?
gies.
WIFE 9HOOTS HUSBAND.
Bride Does Her Best to Carry Out
Suicide Pact.
(By Associated Press.)
LIBERTY. MO., Oct. 1L?As th*
outcome of a suicide pact, Jesse
Webb, son of a prominent farmer
was today shot and dangerously
wouuded by bis wife at their borne
at Smith ville, near here.
Mrs. Webb then shot herself
through the heart, dying Instantly.
The pair had been married but. one
week and were yet on their honey?
moon trip.
Webb, who had been suffering from
tuberculosis, became worse during
the Ins; few days. He says that his
wife and be bad talked o'io matter
over and decided "it whs better to
end it all."
Mrs. Wortley Duke Dies.
(Special to the Dally Press.)
SUFFOLK. VA.. Oct. 11.?Mrs. j
Wortley Duke died this morning.
She suffered o stroke of paralysis j
yesterday. She loaves lour brothers
and tkreo sclBters. The ftuteral w?l |
taiio piaca tomorrow.
PORT NEWS, VA., Fl
BIKER SWAPS SHIPS
OUT IN THE OCEAN
Cuban Who is Charged With Gel
ting Away Aim a Million Dol?
lars Eludes His Victims.
WIFE AND FAMILY Id WITH HIM
Defalcation Is Fully a Million Dollars.
If Not More?All Available Securi?
ties Converted Into Cash Before
He Took His Departure?tvlay Be
En Route to Castro's Republic.
IBy Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.?Cablqgmmi;
to all ports In the -world wcro sent
out today MHklng the authorities to
watch for Manuel SUvelra, the Ha?
vana banker, -who Is nccuBed of hav
'ne Bbscondcd with more than $1,
000 000, thereby causing the assign
mein In this city of the banking and
commission bouso of .lohn M. CcUal
ki.s & Co., which failed on Wednes?
day wltfh llahillilcH of between $3,
000,000 nnd $4.000.000.
It was announced hero today thai
Sllve'.ra Is not on board the steamer
Carmellna, In wblcb he and bin fam?
ily sailed from Havana.
ll was said that the present where?
abouts of the Carmellna is known
and that the destination of the othe,
steamer, on which.-it Is sa'd, Slivolra
und his family were transferred two
days out from Havana, had not been
ascertained.
William V. Kowu. receiver of the
wrecked firm, said todov thot every |
effort was being made to apprehend
Sllvulra, who, he said, was u close
personal friend of l*realdent Castro,
of Venezuela and bad Important
financial relations with tho South j
American republic.
Detect Ivo? have been employed to j
ron down, sMvei.-a, Mr.R?wo nafti, iin'd
they arvJ of tho opinion that tho '
Cuban banker will strain every nerve
to reach Venezuela.
William Nelson Cromwill. of Crom?
well & Sullivan, counsel for the re?
ceiver of CeCallos & Co.. today stated
that the monov taken by Sllvulra
included $600.000 which be hda col?
lected from the Cuban government
on treasury warrants.
A cable received from Cuba today
Indicated that Hie total amount a'
loged to have been taken from Ce
Mnllos by Sllvlera is about $1,000,000.
In addition to this $200,000 in out?
side liabilities arc reported.
Obligations Met by Firm.
HAVANA. CUBA. Ort. II.?Sil; j
velra &? Co. continue to meet, their j
obligations;
Manuel SUveira. the head of this
company, was the local reprosonta
the of .1. M. CVllallos A- Co.. of New
York and Havana, who assigned yes?
terday with heavy liabilities, owing
to the defalcation of SUvelra. The
liabilities of thh) company In Havana
are not known to have bepn partlcu- i
larly rhoavy.
BORIC ACIOjN MEATS
Poisonous Compound is Found In
Packing House Products.
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO ACT
Armour & Co. the Defendants in Ac?
tions Begun by the Health Officials
in Philadelphia?Pure Food Lawa
Violated.
(By Associated Press.)
Pnn.-ABKI.iPH I A. PA., Oct. II.?Ac?
tion by tho federal authorities against
Armour & Co. will bo urged by State
Dairy and Food Commissioner War?
ren, who Uiis week caused warrants
to be Issued for the arrest of several
oi the company's agents In this city
on the charge of exposing for sale
hams and other meats containing
boric acid.
Assistant Dairy and Food Commis?
sioner Oliver D. Shlek and N. B.
' Critchflcld, secretary of agriculture
of this State, today went to Wash?
ington to meet Secretary of Agricul?
ture Wilson and Dr. II. W. Wiley,
chief chemiut of tho department, and
lay the facts In the case before
them.
The ro?ats alleged to have been
"doctored" were discovered on Sop
rtomber 11, and as tho pure food act
I became opcratlvo on September l.
Comnilbsioncr Warren declares the
eojfij.Hi:y Jh llahlo und'W ttm federal
l^v.s for flotation ?f thi* ari.
ill DAY, OCTOBERJ2,
rohe wins the game
for ihe americans
With the Bases Full he Brings In
Three Buns In Sixth Inning
of Contest.
NATIONALS NEVER DANGEROUS
Third Meeting Between the White
Sox and Cubs Results In the Latter
Players Being Shut Out?Walsh
Too Much For Hie Opponents, While
Pfelster Wae Not at His Best.
(By Associated Press.)
CIIICAuO. Oct. IL?Today's K?me
between the Chicago team of tho Nn
tlonnl aud American Leagues, was n
battle-royal between pitchers, and the
American League team won, 3 to 0.
Twenty-one batsmen struck out. For
twelve of these the credit goes to
Walsh. In addition he gnvo only one
[pass and allowed but two hltB, both
In the first Inning. Thereafter tho
Nntlonals, until the ninth Inning, never
hod any sort of a chance to score.
According to tho oRlclal count,
13.760 euthUBlnsts, encouraged by
slightly warmer weather, were pies-1
cut whon the game began.
Pfeister Not at His Best.
Pfelster, the left-handed pitcher,
went Into tho box for the Nationals.
Ills control at first was good hut by
no means perfect. He quickly steadied,
however, and pitched superbly until
the sixth Inning. It was Lure lie went
to pieces and the game was lost. Tun
nehlll. reputed to be a weak batter,
singled down the third base line.
Somewhat disconcerted, ITelulor al?
lowed Walsh to walk, and n moment
Inter hit Hahn In the nose, breaking
it. A doctor was called. O'Neill went j
to first for Hahn and finished tho ;
game for him.
The bases were now full with no-j
body out. A pandemonium of cheers I
from American League sympathizers
broke loose.
Rohe the Victor.
Pfelster pulled himself together and I
thorn was a sigh of relief from Nation?
al League supporters, when Captain
Jones fouled out to Kling. Isbell, onu !
of the team's best batsmen, struck out
for the third time. Then came R?hn, j
a substitute, to bat. It was this llght
halrcd young man who, by reason of
Rayls' linens in Tuesday's game j
brought victory to the Americans.
[Again today the late of the game iP>
i ponded on him. and again he did not
tail. He waited patiently for a ball
that suited him and then swung with
all his strength.
The ball hounded like a ;acV rabbit
down the third basn line nnd under
the bench In tho left field. Tanuehlll,
Walsh and O'Neill crossed the plate
amid wild cheers and the noise of
indicts son judge;
-
Morgan I Underwood Held lor
Trial by Grand Jury.
GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST HIM
During the Recent Election, It Is
Said, He Used Hie Power as a
Judge to Influence Voters?Accusa?
tions Denied by Defendant.
<9p*otal l.) the lMlly Pikhh.)
SUFFOLK. VA., Oct. 11.?Morgan
L. Underwood has been indicted by
the grand Jury on charge of influeuc
lng voters in the recent local option j
election. Five witnesses testified
against him.
?\Ir. Underwood declares ho Is glad
ho has been indicted and is confi?
dent of acquittal. He was a Judg" I
of -the election.
It was alleged that Mr. Underwood
gave wrong Instructions to a hum hot'
of voters. He will be tried Octo?
ber 22.
Major Stine Dies Suddenly.
(Bv Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. 1>. C. Oct. 11.
Msjor .!. II. Stine. president of the
United States Historical Society and
historian tiT the Army or r.ie Pot Or
nine, died suddohly at bw home In
|thi? city last night. Major Stint WUS
about ti& y?nr* old.
1906.
many megaphones, while the author of
the scores stood on third base, receiv?
ing the congratulation!! of tils team?
mates. Donohnc sent n wenk fly to
Kvers and the agouy was over.
Nationals Start Well.
On their part, the Nationals started'
out like winners. In tho tlrst Hoff?
man sent a clean single to center. j
Sheckard struck out nnd then Hoff?
man killed all chance to score by try
lug to steal second, where he was
thrown out.
The UOxt moment Melinite doubled
to left, but it did no good, for Chance
went out, lsbell to Dnuohue. There?
after till the ninth the Nationals never
gave a bint of designs on the home
plate.
Walsh held them completely at his
mercy, apparently growing stronger
and steadier every Inning. When Hie!
game began the Nationals swung vl-l
clously at his offering, but before the
contest was half over they were lisle j
lng for the ball, seemingly trying!
merely to touch It. Any kind of a hit;
would hnve looked good, but mostly ,
when they did not strlKe out they j
rolled puny grounders to second or
short and wero put out enslly.
Qessler Reaches First.
In the ninth Gessler went Into bat
for Pfelster, and reached first, be?
cause lsbell fumbled hlH grounder.
IS off man went out via Isbell, dossier
reaching second. Bhecknrd, for the
second time, missed throe good ones, i
Oessler beat Sullivan's throw to third
becnuso the catcher held the ball for j
a moment. A hit meant a run, but |
Schulte became a victim or Walsh's,
curves nnd the third game of the,
world's championship series wns over. |
It took a large force of policemen to
(Continued on page 8.)
MAIL TBAINJRECKED
Engineer the Only Person That Is
Instantly KM
FIREMAN 15 EXPECTED TO DIE
Of the Ten Injured Men, Several j
of Them May Succumb to Their ,
? ' ' !
Hurts?Locomotive and Two Caro
Plunge Down Embankment.
(By Associated Press.)
ST. I.OUip. MO.. Oct. IL?The
Ii> ii Mountain fast mall (rain, which]
was late in leaving Union station |
today, jumped the track while making
up lost thne tit the city limits, kill?
ing one aitd injuring ten other per?
sons.
The dead:
KNC. IVKiwi CASPAR, 13 years old.
J.318 Unit Ktroel.
injured:
Fireman peter Rnfferty. ((113 Car?
roll street, broken bones and Internal
Injurien, .serious; Mall ClorVn U. .1.
James, broken bones, serious; It
JewCHOh. K. O. Martin, left arm bro?
ken. Interna) injuries, serious; .1. r.
Wootter. W. P. Tale. F. .1. Howe.
[ W. W. Otis. It. K. A. Canary. 11. R.
I Cole mutt.
Tin? nroldont occurred within a
short distance of where, tho sanv
train whh wrecked last spring.
Behind the engine were three mn'l
(?ats. The loconillve and two ears
plunged from the track at a sharp
curve and went, down an embank?
ment. The third car did not fall
down the embankment.
Engineer Caspar was Crushed to
death. Fireman Bafforty Ib so badly
Inured It Is believed bo cannot re?
cover. He was injured In tho wreck
last spring and has been out of tho
hospital only two weeks.
Only two of the mall clerks an.
seriously Injured, tho others bulng
badly bruised.
FARMER8 TRAIL BEHIND.
Country Does Not Produce Enough
Cereals.
(By Associated Press.)
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.. Oct. 11.?
Former Governor Van Sant, of Min?
nesota speaking today before the
National Farmers' Congress, doclnrod
that agriculture of the country find
not kept, pace ?Ith industrial prog?
ress, tiiis being (lbowji by the fact.
Itliat the United Stales had been
I forced to Import ceroals during the
last lew years.
FOUR BODIES FOUND.
Hurricane Victims Recognized by
Their Clothing.
(By Associated Press.)
MOBILE Ai;.\.. Oct. 11.?Reports
' from the south, coast, the scene of
I disaster during tho tropical hurrl
1 cane of Septenrbe 27. toll of the find
iiiK of the following dead, bodies:
WILLIE TALLAND. captain of tho
Never Tell.
CHARGES WITT.
WILLIAM A. STY RON.
W. R. STEINER.
Tho bodies wore so hadly decom?
posed tli;H Lhifty worf only ri?cogu'xetj
I b.\ the clothing.
? ff
THE WEATHER, i
Fair Friday and 8at
urday: slightly warmer
Saturday; fresh wea
winds.
PRICE TWO CEfrTS
CUBA STILL HOLDS
THE ISLE OF PINES
Americans Who Have Hoped (or
Relief Will Fail to Get ItM.
Present Administration.
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ROOT AND WOOD ARE EXONERATED
Residents May Hop? for a Governor
of the Island That Will Den! Mora j|j
Fairly by Them Than the Present
Executive?Battleohlpt to Sail for
the North Soon.
(lly Assoclatod Prcstt.)
HAVANA, CUBA, Oct. 11.?the
provisional government will a&tb
nothing to do with the question, of
tho sovereignty of thu Isle of PlbCtf
or with the Heparnllon of tho goY
ornincut or tho island from tho rest J
of tho Cuban republic.
Executive authority of the United j
Stall's already bau declared that the
Isle of Pines belongs to Cuba, and
has embodied that affirmation In a
treaty conceding tho sovereignty of
tho Island to Cuba. and. this treaty
Is now pending ratification In the
American senate. The entire matter,
being one for the adjudication of
state department, the provisional gdv?
eminent, which is wholly under the
wur department, will not mix therein.
Americano Are Shut Out,
The mode of government of tho
Isle of Pines as pnrt of the Cuban
republic may bo altered or amended
but the duslrt) of Americans In the
Isle of Pines Tor territorial or mu?
nicipal government as part of .ttib
United States cannot be conceded ^Y
any act on the part of the proylalou..,
al Kivernment of Cuba or. the wflr
department.
The president of tho American Att- ;,.
social ion or the.Isle of Pines aha bot -i
ye; Interviewed Governor Toft on
thin mutter, but the most that tu '4
likely to be gained will be tho plac?
ing or an American military officer ,l
as temporary governor of tho Ulftnd ./
In lieu of the present Cuban ihayoi*, ?
with w.ioin the relation j of th?>
Ainnrirnn residents has hot boon a
pieanant. . .
j Root and Wood ExonorateqY ?$
The American res'dents of the
I Inland hnve adopted unanimpfj^iy '.n
insolnilou exonerating 8ecfotara?:^?f .-,
Stale itoot add Ooaoral ? 'keO-partj
Wood from nil blame In conpeeiloh
with the turning over of (he lakitbl
io Cuba, and they fold that tplft stop
ought to open the way to' nORMl
atiotiB for maklug tho Inland AnVafl'
< au property. They rona'dcf'-the : |
I pre.ieni condition of affairs opportune
f ir the settlement of tho rrfattor, /
?which they believe may h'rtHg flfo
I Indefinitely by the United States./'-.
Governor Tafi has decided that the m
pay of Cuban senators nt|d' copgi'PHB
nieu stooped October 1, wbpu. th%e ,
'P?lnin government ceased.
Battleships to Com0 North. -
The battleship Louisiana will Ic?Vq ..?;
here Sal urday for Norfolk via Key /??
I West, with Governor Taft and hJs
; party on hoard. The Louisiana will
1 be accompanied by the battleship ;:
Virginia, with General Frederick Kin^. -;-;
sum on hoard. The battleship New ;?;$
?Jersey and the cruiser Mlnooapoffa '?
I will sail for the North tomorrow, fol- V
! lowed shortly hy the cruiser Newark. : %
I Tho cruiser Brooklyn and battlosbjip
Texas will remain here.
With the arrival in Cuba of addl* :-'<<$
tlonat army forces, tho marines now
j here will be gradually withdrawn. ' ' .
MRS. SARAH P. BURCHER DEA?. h
Well-known Old Lady Passes to Qr
Beyond.
Mrs. Sarah P. Burcher. 8U years, ol
died last night at 6:30 o'clock at it
home or her son, Mr. 0. W. Blipch^
In Huntington avenue, from bld.ak
The funeral will be held this after?
noon at 2 o'clock from tho Thirtieth
Street. Christian Church. Rev. J. ,W. ?
Pert er will conduct the scrvlc*es.. ab
the pastor Rev. W. R. Jeunott, jit
out of tho city. Tho body will, be
Interred in the Dcnby cemetery.
The pallbearers will be: Messrs.
.1 M. Curtis, R. Ijoo Davis, Ge?rgn
IV West. I,. J. Bowling. K. \V. Mn
*t?ad and J, A. Mona.
Mrs. Burcher leaves seven chili
dren. They are: Mni. J. H. BurohefV
C. W. Burcher, .1. B. Burcher. Henry
E. Burcher. J. W. Burcbor. Mrs. W.
K. Carman and Mrs; .1, F. BOnew?li.
She was widely known among the
older people of the olty and' much
beloved by her friends.
Vrjgius Hendrjcks Is Dead.
(By Associated Press.)
! FR AMC FORT. KY., Oct. Jl.-?Vfr
ghiH Hendrirks, agod "5, who waia" 4
member of a Confederate Congr<?:r,<
rr.im Virginia, d'od horo tonight.
Heudriekd imtf baan an Invalid fc#r
man> years.