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-AY EVENLVG. BEPT. IS, 1904.
Rbv. P*. Ai.f.ciM I'ii'ki:, n Philadeb
phia clergyiaan, ia his aermoa laat Sun?
day said ".i racatba, spend it where
you please, destroys all that has been
done in man's better nature during the
rear BadaeadahimlioBieaaaoral wreck."
Ile lalked much of what he ternied vaca
tion alterraatb." The doetoi aill Bad
that but few peraoaa will agree with him
in his coaelnaioaa?certaialj aot the
raajorit* of bia brethren of thc clergy,
abo are ia poaitioaa to take Tacationa,
the grcut majority of whom avail theni
aelveaoltbe opportaaity. If they re
turn "tnoral arecka" such is not appar
eot to their intimates. Every man i*
DOl litted tO OOBtiBBe OO the treadmill of
lifg every day of the year. Some doubt.
leaahara tbe vitality todoao, but all
have aot, and a racatJoa oaco a year i*
? ential for pbyakal repair and re
coperation 00 leep. Beeidea there gr<
comparativelj few people who have no
inclioatiorj to bay aakk tbe toila and
worriea of life occaaioaally by aeeking
reet, new aoeoea and new oompaoioBB.
We are perauaded tbal theae racatioaa
can be enjoyed innocently without re
turoing home "raoral arecka."
Avii-SiMini riota in Ruaaia are
rtgaia atfracting attention. The Qazette
yesterday printed an aceount ofa fierce
Jew-baiting riot m Poland in which
Bynagogues were attacked and the wor
ahippera ill-treated and aounded. Re
volvers, knivea and atooea were need by
thc attacking partiea. Aati-Jewiah dia
turbancea also occurred Sunday at the
froatier town ol rjoanowice, Roaaian Po
laod, on tbeoocaaion of the celebration
of the Jewish New Year. Boya atoned
the celebrationista and injured a child,
with tbe reaull thal a rumor apread that
tbe Jewa bad killed a child. A number
of workmen marched in prooaaaion
tbroogh tbe atreeta in the eveoing, atoo
ing the windowB of Jewiah houses and
thoaeofthe aynagogae. Several Jewa
wereinjared with knirea and atonea,
Thedoctora refused to attend tbem, fear.
ing the raob. The rioten alao broke in
ellinga. Aati
1 dis
now that tbe
it- aenith,
npin
reeogniziflg the fact that a Jew haa aa
much right to live aa 0there.
A dism \i. incident in connection with
the many turmoila nowapparent In moa'
parta ol the country ia tbe rapid rise in
tbe price ol wbeal and the annoonce
ment that the UnitcdStatea will l>e coov
pelled to porchaae foreign grain in order
to keep tbe woli from tbe door until a
crop can be ralaed. Tbe United Statea
baa been more bleaaed in th?' production
ol cerealt than naoat coontriea ol tbe
world, altboagb tbe fact is apparenl tbat
ootnparatirely little ackoowledgment of
thegiltsof heaven is in evidence. In
ntoal of Ihe large citiea chronic broila
between capital and labor make tbe
heart sick while lawleaaaaaa an 1 mob
Jaw rale in other leaa popalooa oommon
ities. In anotber coltimn ofthe Gaxelte
.111 aeoonnl of a bloody tighton a paetcn
ger train iu Florida appeart In which
several people were killed. This ia, how
ever, Imt one of the man? acta of blood
tbiretj men which are noted thronghoul
? he nattone. The red horae ol war is a
terrifying eteed and it is nowconapicn*
cits, but when the black horae of famine
followa in its wake the aeriouai
mandane conditiona is augmented a
littndred fold.
The <>i.!> republican 8'ate central
committee <>f Wiaconain, deciding there
pnblicaa State convention controveray,
yesterday deelared tbat the La Follette
convention waa the regolar one, and
that the notninees of that convention
are the only onea entitled to go on the
official ballot, nnder the party deeigna*
tion of "republican Ucket" 9talwarta
do not profeaa t<> care aboul tho action of
the committee. They aay the controveray
will be aettled by the Supreme Court,
which will hear argumenta on it on
Wadoeaday. But thebreach in the party
is not being bealed by this controveray,
and the detnocrata have a good chance
ofcarrying the State.
Ifam haa gone republican again,
which is another ta-e ofthe Dutch tak
iii? Holland. The <lemocrats, bowever,
mu.de alighl gaina in vartoaa parti of the
State, while the repoblicant Buataiaed
oorreepoodii No one is either
Mtrpri-eil or diaappointed at the raaull of
the election._
Raaatan Crataaa Qaarded,
8 aa Franciaco, Sept 18.?Quarded
by the United States torpedo boat 1'aul
-. the Rueaian auxiliary cruiaer
Lena lies at anchor ofl the Union Iron
Works, and there-he ia likely to reniain
until the etoae ol tba war. Ueutenant
Herbert, of the cruiaer New York, baa
iuspected the crulaet and he repor'.s ber
boiler- The BntaJaa ofScera
declare that not less than four and per
haps eight months' time will be i
sary belore the vessel cau depart an i it
i? eOBatdarad certain here that she will
disarm and remain until the close of the
war.
From Washington.
[CatteaBOaaaaea at* the Alexandria Gaiette.l
Washington, D. C, Sept. 13.
After aconference this morning at the
State Department between acting Secre
tary of State Adee, Judge Penfield, the
?olieitor ofthe State Department and
Capt. Pillsbnry, assistant chief of the
bureau of navigntion, it was authorita
tively announced that the Russian aux
iliary cruiser Lena at San Francisco was
?n a.'tual need of repairs requiring about
< .veeksin which tocomplete them and
tbat under the law she would be per
mitted to make tho-e repairs. It waa
itated in addition, however, that any
thingia thenatnre of exceeding such
repaira aa were necessarv to make her
aeaworthv woold be prevented by the au
thoriUaa, This dccision was reached
after a hill report ofthe cijcumstances
under which she entered the harbor and
'.f her coadition had been received from
collectOf ofthe port Stratton and Lieut.
Cimmander W. OL Herbert, fleet engi
neer ofthe Pacific squadron, who visitcd
the reaael yesterday afternoon under di
rection of Admiral Ooodrich. The lat
ter reported that the condition of the
Leaa'a boilers was such as to ren
der her incapable of niaking more
than I*' koota an boar in fair weather,
and to arouse grave doubts rs to her sea
arorthioeaa ia 0 atono. officials of the
Navv Departiiieiitareiif theopinion that
the Lena hnd been crowding on more
steam that) her boilers could withstand
and that their impaircd condition is due
thia fact. If the Russian authorities
elect to aoaapt the governments'ofTer to
ailow tbe Lena to make ouly necessary
repairs, the vessel will be required to
leave within 24 bour- afiertheircomple
tii.n. Otherwise she must be disarmed
and retnain until the close ol tbe war.
Minister Takahira, representing;Japan,
ealled at tbeState Department thismorn
ing and had :m informal and brief con
ference with actingSecretary Adee He
told thatoftieial that he had been ofTieial
|y informed of the arrival of the Lena
b'i San Fraaciaco aml tbat he had ealled
merely to expreee tbe entire coufidence
of biagovernment that the United States
nrould take every properatep in thecase.
The Minister made no formal pfOteat
aad ii likelj to make aooe if the action
agreedupon thiamorniogahallbe carried
im! as plaooed,
Many delegntes, accompanicd in
many instances by their wives, of the
Society of CbemicaJ [adaatry, arrived
here this moming for a two days' sight
seeing atay belore going to St. Louis to
attend the [nternetional Ooagreaa ol
Scienceand Arta. Thc- memhera of the
Society of CbemicaJ [adaatry of Balti*
more and thia city oombined t'> cn ter
tain the gueata, many of wliuni are from
forehrn coantriee.
Ihe State I>epartnient has received
the following dlapatcb Irotn Uiaiatar
Finch, at tfontevidan, Urugnay. "8er
via, military laaderoi the revolutiooarv
ft.rces, is dead
Acting u^on information furaiahad
his iiepartmciit by the cotton exchange
ofSavannah. Oeorgia, that there was a
leak in the fovernmant'a ofScial estimate
ofthe cotton crop figtirc- on Scptcmber
2ml, Saeretary VYileon, of ihe Agricul
ture Departinent, has nisiituted a care
ful inveatigation, through the meditini of
ecret tervice lt is intimatad that
ihe inveatigation will center around J. 8.
Ilache and Ooropaov.of New York, who,
it ia aaid, rarniahed the cotton report to
clienta in Bavannah ? ball bour betore
the government'a flgureawere madepub
ihis city.
The inveatigation of the steamer
Sloi uin horror will he lestimed in New
York by tbe commiaaion in charge oti
Thuraday next. The re-irjapectJon of
excursion boataio Ne.v York harbor has
been practically comp'c.eil. The eocn?
M has been restmg on its oars,
waiting for the completi< n of this work.
? ny on the .subject will be taken
beg nningThuraday, to continue, probi
bly, until Satunlav night. The com
miasion will then puab work on the re?
port, iiiiich of which has already been
written.
CentraJ laboi bodies that persist in
allowing loeal tinions that have been
?u-jK nded or are not members ofthe in
ternatjonal unioni controlling their ra*
spective trade, to retain membenhin in
the central body are to be disciplined
by tbe American Foderation of Labor.
Tbie action waa dedded upon today by
tbeexecutive council ofthe American
Federati >n of Labor which isnow in sea
sion in this city. Ihe question of central
barboriog aoiona thatareoutlaw
ed from their international union is one
nf moment in labor drclee. The execu
tire committee will notify all central
bodiea that the outlaw unions must be
expelled or the central body will be in
danger of being excommunicated from
the organixed labor fold.
The rostolliccDepartment is taking
BCtive stepH to exclude irom the mails
the buaineaa of what are known as
diamond lottery concerns. Fraud orders
were iaaued Bgainat two ao called dia?
mond firms tliis mi roing?the National
Diamond Oo., and the Golden fiate
UercantileCo., bothof San Francisco.
i Ithei fraud ordera iaaued by the depart
ment this morning were against the fol
lowing concerns: Maturity t'ommis
irporattoa, *an Francisco ; Feoplea
Ooatract Guaraaty ('?>., of Phtladelphta;
Cumulatlve CreditOo., ofSan Frariciao;
Joeeph C. Hunter, nf Oakland ; and T.
V>. Walkar, of Seattle, aad Xational
Mercantile Co., of San Francisco.
JAPAN PROTESTS.
The expected protestof Japan against
allowing the Ruaaian aazilbuy cruiser
Lena, wbicb arrived at San Franeiaco
Sunday, to remain looger than 24 hours
came jreaterday, when the Japaaeac oon
aul in that citv, throtigh the collector ol
cuatooM, made formal demaod that the
reaael be reqaired to leave nt the end of
that time. Seeretary IfortOB has tele
graphed Rear Admiral Goodrieh, com
inaiider-in-chief of thc Pacific station,
directiag bim todetaiotbePaciBe squad
roaatSaa Fraaclaco and loiaqeireoi
thc commHiider ol" the Lena what his in
tentions are.
Ofletala of the State, Navy and Tieaa
ury Deparuuetits, nt Washington, dis
cnaaed tbe matter, and the authorities at
Baa I'raiK'iscn were iiistructed to have
a rigid examiaatioa madeof the ship.
If the Kussian captnin's claim that
repairs nre absolutely necessary is not
juatified he will bo ordered to leave
mimcdiately. tMlieers of the crui*er
aay they expect orders to disarm the
reaael and leave it at San Fraucisco un
ti! war is over, as was done in the
: the Japanese warships at Shang
hai._
Many wild ducks have been seen fly
ingdowu the river during the past few
dayr.
News of the Day.
Mrs. H. M. Flagler ia reported to
have beeu robbed ol money and jewels
at a lawn party in Newport, R. 1 ,
recently.
A atray ow waa found grazing in the
White Houae grounds direclly in front
of the Executive Manaion laat night.
The owner haa not yet been lound.
It is reported that Senator Gorman
will go to New York and become an ad
viser of the democratic national com?
mittee, with an office at headquartera.
During the fetea at St. Cloud, France,
Sunday, Louise Droianer, a popular
woman lion-tamer, waa horribly and
probably fatally bitten and torn by a
lion.
Two traveling aaleamen from New
York were the victima of a daring hold
up Sunday night on Arch street, neur
Juniper, Philadelphia, witneaaed by
scorcs ofchurchgoersand reaidentasealed
on their doorsteps.
Chairmau Sheehan, of the democratic
executive committee has written a letter
in which he denies that there is any
fricton in the national committee regard
ing the management of the campaign.
He says it is aimply the imaginnings of
the republican pres*.
With no appareot motive than his
ivowed love ior Mrs. Laura Treanor
Williain Roeth, 53 yeara old, a book
seller, attempted to murder the woman
yesterday afternoon in Hultimore, and
failing in that, turnod the revolver upon
himself and blew his brain out, dying
almost instantly. The tragedy occurred
iu Mra. Treanor's home, where Roeth
h<?d been for years a visitor.
The spectacle ol United States Senator
Charles Dick and his private secretary,
W. E. Marsh, with revolvers in hand,
standing over two dogs fighting in Sena?
tor Dick's yard, and Arthur Jeffries,
coachman of W. B. Miller, secretary of
the Diamond Rubber Company, wildly
flourishing a whip in close proximity to
the Senator's tace, caused great excite
ment at Akron, Ohio, yesterday. A
bull terrier, belonging to the coachman,
had attacked the Senator's coach dog.
The animals were parted, but Senator
Dick followed tbe terrier and made pub?
lic attempts to get a shot at it.
SITUATION IN THE EAST.
Marshal Oyama, the Japanese com
mander-in-chief in Manchuria, has ets
tabliahed bis headquartera in Liaoyang,
and is puahing reinforcementa and hhj?
plics northward with the evident inten
tion of forcing the Roaajatja into another
daclaive battle in the vicinity of Mukdeu.
The three JapaneSe armies have been
united near the Taitse river, but this
uiove may be only a blind.
The Lotidon Daily Mail's correspond
ent with the Japanese repeats from
Tieutain ? report that Lieutenant Gen
eral Linevitch, with 50,000 men, invadcd
norlhoaatnm Korea and cut Oeneral
Kuroki's communications with Feng
Wang Cheng.
The eorreapoodeat at Tie Pass of a
St. Petersburg uewspaper sends the sig
nil'u ant inlormation that the Japanese
are advancing rapidly, and that little
av.iils the Russian increase ol troops, as
the Japanese are rcceiving reinforce
meiits from N'iuchwang.
With the exceDtion of a SDecial rlis
patcfa to a London paper, stating that
QetJ /.a.s-alitch, with a detachmeut of
the Russian rear guard, has been de
feated and captured by the Japanese,
the sanguinary side of the Russo-Jap
anese confiict is not now in evidonce,
and with the practical suspension of
news from the front the interest for thc
time being cenlers in rumors?that
Viceroy AlexiefThas rcsigned, as report?
ed Sunday; that Gen. Kuropatkin is to
be replaced by Lieut. Gen. Linevitch,
now in command of the forces at Vladi
roatok, and other statements which can
not be traced to authentic sources, but
all of which, if true, would have a most
important bcaring on the situation.
One Russian correspondent points out
that when the Japanese withdraw from
the Rusuan front it isjuaually the pre
cursor of their appearance on the flanks,
and he thinks the indications point to a
winter campaign. Interest again turns
to Port Arthur, and to the effect which
the Russian defeat at Liaoyang is likely
to have on the garrison there, and the
fear is expressed that the siege will aoou
end in disaster for Russian arms.
The London Morning Post states that
oflic.ial Russian dispatches, received in
London, announce that Gen. Zassalitcb,
who commanded the portion of the Rus?
sian rear guard south of Hum river, has
been severely wounded and captured,
with 3,000 out of his 5,000 men. It b
added by the Morning Post that Gens.
Zaroubaiefl, Kondratovitcb, and Bilder
iug havecheckedGen. Kuroki'sadvance.
Sunday night rain again fell in tor
rents and yesterday it was drizzling.
The roads are impassakle and military
movements are at a standatill. llukden
is so crowded that foodstuffs are almost
unprocurable. Pricea have trebletl and
quadrupled. The division autlers lost al?
most all their supplies during the Rus?
sian retreat. ^Civilians are besieging the
railroad station and other eating places,
but it is well nigh impossible to get
food.
KvaiiKcllat Murdered.
Simon Talhelm, for a number ol yeara
engaged in evangelistic work, was mur
dcred shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday
aftarnoon at hk home in Hageratown,
Md. His lifeleAH bo<ly waa found lying
on the lloor a few mintite*after 4 o'clock
by his son-iu-law and daughter, Mr. and
.Mrs. Dauiel P. Daytoa, who had gone
to the house to see the old man. His
skull was crushed iu, his left jaw was
brokan and tbe left car was almo?-t
? v i reii from the head. The body wns
still warm when found, blood fl iwing
freely from the wounds. A short search
rcsuited in the diacovery of the weapon
that was used. It was a small pole-axe
and bad been hidden in a atove in a rear
summer kitohen. The axe was bespat
tered with blood, although it waa appar
ent that a hasty etl'ort had been made to
wash the blood from the axe. Robbery
was undoubtedly the motive of the per
son who committed the crime. Talhelm
waa a federal veteran anddrew a pension
of$lS a month. On Saturday he re?
ceived three montha' pay. On tsunday
night he was known to have in|hispoaeee
sionabout$5ti. includinga$20goldpiece.
Wheu the authoritiessearcbed the prem
-terday evening only a few dollars
in ailver could be found. The scene of
the murder ia in the central part of tbe
city, leas than two blockafrom the court
honse. and less than three blocka from
tbe police station. Charlea Barton has
been arrested on suspicion of being the
murderer of Talhelm.
Virginia News.
Lieut. Oot. Joseph E. Willard made
a political address to a large meeting at
Woodstock yeaterday.
Mrs. H. C. Hougb, a daughter of the
late Henry Hardy, of Leesbarg, died at
her home in Iowa last week.
Two employes of the Portamouth po*t
office were diBmiasod yesterday by order
of the civil service commission.
Mrs. Julia E, Wood, wife of the late
John M. Wood, died Sunday night in
Albermarle county. She was seventy
years old.
The eatate of the late R. S. Chinn,
near Aldie, containing 430 acrea. has
been sold for $10,000 toMr. F. S. Fredd,
of Middleburg.
Francis C. Fitzhugb, of King George,
has been appointed assistant keeper of
Cherrystone Light station, in place of
L. H. Staubley, transferred to Cape
Charles station.
Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
Mary McGill Randolph, daughter ofthe
late Rev. B. M. Randolph, to John
Burke Mordecai, at Casanova, Fauquier
county, September 20.
The store house and dwelling and one
acre of land, known as "Rosita," form
erly the property of the late R. S. Jones,
of King George county, was sold re
cently at public auction by C. H. Ash
ton to Mr. B. C. Grymes, of Mathias
Point.
Howard L. Edmonds, an inaurance
agent, who recently moved to Winehes
ter, was robbed of over |700 worth of
silverware which was being brought to
that city, along with hishousehold goods
in a freight car from Danviile. It is
thought that the silverware wasstolen at
Danviile.
Charles L. Harrison, of Richmond, a
Pnllman couductor on the Norfolk and
Western railroad, was accidently shot at
Lynchburg yesterday with a Winchester
repeating gun which was being handled
by Edel E. Lipscomb, the night money
clerk in the Southern Express office
there.
Governor Montague opened the cam
paign in Virginia yesterday by deliver
ing an address at Chesterfield Court
house on behalf of Capt. John Lamb. a
candidate for Congress from that district,
which he has represented for two tcrins.
Speeches were also made by Captain
Lamb and Mr. Jeflersou Wallacc.
The Chautauqua which has been in
progress at Front Royal since September
1, closed Sunday night. The Chau?
tauqua will be trausferred to White Poal
where a five-day meeting will be held,
fiitiinieiieing Saturday, September 17.
Thc management anticipates the prea
ence of Rev. Sam 1'. Jones at this meet?
ing.
Cougresstnan Rixey spoke at Louis.i
yesterday and was warmly welcomed.
He furcibly drew att?ntion to the OOO
trast in tbe tax of 12.10 per capita un?
der tbe B'ichanan administration and
that of $7 per capita under the Roose
velt adininistration, and showed how
this tax, although. not directly paid by
the people, came out of their pockets.
Dr. Edwin A. Aldernian has arrived
at the University of Vitginia, and in
formally taken up the work which de
volves npoa him as the chief executive
((that ;...?;i...;?.. n.n ,,??,..t :...i
lation, with appropriate ceremonies, wili
take phtce later in the aeaalOB. On Sep?
tember 2d the Ohaniber of Commercc of
Charlottesville will givc a banquet and
reception to Dr. Alderman.
The announcement of the Navy De?
partment that two big colliers that are
to be built in governnieat yanN will be
constructcd at the Mare Island yard,
Ca'ifornia, and the New York yard,
respectivcly, has in it a grcatdeal of dis
appointment for the friends of the gov?
ernment yard at Norfolk. They claiin
tl.at not only have they not had a fair
deal this time, but that the Navy De?
partment has been against the Norfolk
yard all along.
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA.
Mrs. Mary Stickley, wife of David
If. Stickley, a farmer, of Vauclose,
Frederick county, died Sunday, aged N
years.
Mrs. Trueman A. Parker, mothei of
Dr. Trueman A. Parker, died Sunday
morning at her son's residence in Rich
mond.
Edward Wonycott, one of the oldest
residents of Portsmouth, died Sunday
night after a loug illness, in bis seventy
seventb year.
Miss Martha Colbert, daughter of the
late Jesse Colbert, died at her home, near
Lincoln, Loudoun county, a few days
ago, aged 47 years.
Mrs. Oeorgiana Seldon, widow of R.
C. Seldon, who died about a month ago,
died at her home in Gloucester county
laat week at an advanced age.
Louis Philips Atinapaugh, 70 years
old, a hotel-keeper of Clearwater, Fla.,
died Sunday afternoon at Bedford
Oity, where he was visiting his four
sistera.
Noble B. Peacock, one of the largest
landowners in northern Virginia, died
at his home, near Wheatiand, Loudoun
county, Sunday, aged about 84 years.
He was ill but a few days from a stroke
of paralyais.
COURT OF APPEALS.
The following were the proceedings of
the Court of Appeals at 3taunton yester?
day :
City of Charlottesville vs. Failea; ar
ciied and submitted. Tewalt vs. Itamey;
ar.ued and continued. A writofcer
tiorari was awarded in the case of Terry
vs. McClung, from the Circuit Court of
Highland county.
The next case to be called will be the
Norfolk and Western Railwa/ Company
vs. Briggs, from the Circuit Court of
Warren county.
A petition for a writ of mandamus waa
flled m the caseof Click vs. the Hon. S.
H. Letcher, judge ofthe Circuit Court
of Rockingham county, to require him
lo try an action of detiuue in a cause
from Rockingham county.
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it has given entire satisfaction. I have
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highly.?Joaeph McKlhiney, Linton,
lowa. You will find this remedy a good
friend when troubled with a cough or
cold. It always afforda quick relief and
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The M.u -h. i.
Oaorjretown, Sept. li.?Wbaat 90aXt.06.
Today's Telegraphic News
The War In the Eaat.
St Petershurg, Sept. 13.-General
Kuropatkin reports that the Japanese
are concentrated at Yuan-Pudza, to the
Muth of Mukdeu. The general stafl here
,l,?ies the report that General Ltnevitch
is advancing from Vladivoatok toward
Korea to cut off the Japaneae line.
General Kuropatkin, the officials say,
is now organizing his troops which were
somewhat demoralized during the retreat
toward Mukden.
General Kuropatkin reporU that he
has received no news of any engagement
today. A considerablo force of Japan?
eae, he says, have been seen forty kilo
metres southwest of Mukden.
Reports from Mukden this morning
state that the rain continues. The re?
ports add that the Russians quartered
about Mukden are iu danger of atarva
tion.
London, Sept. 13.?Dispatches to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
General K'uroki's headquartera state that
skirmishes between the Russians aud
the Japanese advance guards are taking
place with increaaiug frequency. Al?
though the troops are stale a general
battle is expected.
St. Petersburg Sept. 13.?The report
printed in the London Morning Poat
that General Sassalitch and his force of
8,000 men, composiug the rear guard
ot the Russian forces, had been captured
by the Japanese, is denied in oflicial
circles here. It is also stated that there
is no truth iu the report that Rear Ad
ruiral Prince Ukhtomsky had been shot
for disobeying an order of the Czar not
to return to Port Arthur after the sortie
of August 10. Theprince's disobedience,
however, will result in his reca'.I.
Machine Sfiop Dynamlted.
Troy, N. Y., Sept. 13.?The machine
shop of the West Side Foundry, Water
vliet, was dynamited last evening. The
explosion shook many buildings in the
neighborhood and caused much excile
ment. A large hole was torn in one of
tbe walls of the machine shops, and
several niachiues were damaged. The
two night watchmeu say that everything
was all right until they heard the ex?
plosion tbat jarred the foundations of
nearly all the buildings and they began
firing their guns. Hundreds of people
quickly llocked to the scene, among
them James McGlyr.n and James Day,
who had been sitting on a bench in a
yard several hundred feet away. They
ran up the towpath and when they
reached the building were mct with a
fusilade of shots from Remington rifles.
Day waa rortonate in escaping tbe bul
lata, but HcGlynn was hit on the right
foot and fell on the towpath. Joaeph
Bonell, OOC of the watchmen, was
arrestcl ou a charge of firing the
ihot that Ut McOlynn. For some time
there has been a strike on at tbe
foondry. The company procured an
injiinction restraining the men from in
terfering with the help which had been
eagaged in the place of the strikers.
Afterwarda wme peraon threw astick of
dynamite againat the machine building
of the plant, and wrecked aatera] ma
chines. The company nppealed to the
sherill for protection, and at that time
stated that the dynamite was used by
MMM Btrike sympathizera. Protection
an I'uriii-hcd in tha Mwanna ol wnral
deputiea. whiTeitia not known ileli
nitely, it is believed that some strike
tympathiier was reapooaible for last
nighl's explosion.
Train Held Up.
Letis, Iowa, Se'pt. 13.?Rock Island
train No. 11, which usually carried a
large amoitntof money, was held up near
here early today. The baggage and ex
preaa cara wereriynamited, the safeblown
open, aad al! the contents taken. Of
ficcrs from here are in peraaitbf theban
dits who escaped on nn engine which
they stolefrom the train which they held
up. A special train with 24 men on
board left Muscatine at 2:30 a.
Another special witheight men left West
Liberty, and a tbird special is to leave
later from Davenport. Therobbers took
the engine but left the engineer and fire
man with the passengers.
Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 13.?One
hundred men, well arraed and divided
into groups comprising the officials of
the three counties and four cities, are
pursuing five train robbers, who, this
morning, at a sharp curve near Letts,
Iowa, held up the Rock Island railway
train No. 11, bound for Kansas City,
kfo., dynamited the express car, got be
tween $10,000, and $20,000, aud made
their escape with the engine, which they
abandoned near Columbus Junction,
Iowa. These men had been encamped
across the tflaaiaaippl from Muscatine
fot four days, and the police have a good
description of them.
Firn and Loas oi' Idle.
New York, Sept. 13.?The lives of
seven people were snuffed out in a fire
that destroyed tbe five-story tenement at
No. 70 First street, eady today. Several
people were badly burned or injured.
Tbe fire was cvidentiy of incendiary
origin, as it broke out simultaneously
on the first, fotirth and fifth fioora. An
attempt to set fire to the house was
frustrated a week ago. Many of the
inmates were carried down the fire es
capes, while others were rescued by the
police who formed a human chain and
lifted one after another of the tenants
from the buming building to the one ad
joining. Others were rescued by the
firemen who ran upscaling ladders The
fire was tinally extinguished, anti the
firemen made their way to the top lloor,
where they found tbe bodies of three
men and a woman. They were the
bodies of Mrs. Connowitz and her three
boarders. Mrs. Connowitz aroused by
the cry of fire, rushed to rescue her
Imbies, but fell overcome by smoke just
as she reached them. Her last thought
had been of them for herbody was found
lying across them and her arms spread
out as if to protect them from the 000000
aud smoke. Connowitz was found dead
in bed, where he had evidently been
overcome by smoke.
Attenipt to Murder by Rejected Lover
Baltimore, Sept. ?13.?Mrs, Laura
Trenor, twice a aidow, escaped being
shot and killed by a rejected suitor by
dodging bullets fired through the thin
panels of a door at her home, .r>t)t'. west
Oroaaatreet, last night. Theo, when
the would-be murderer was reioading his
pistol to finish her, she threw him from
her and made one clear leap down tba
stepa, running into the house of a neigh
bor. The batfled assailant, William
Roeth, of 1223 Stockholm street, then
?bot himself through the head and fell
dead just as the p.diceentered the house.
It is said he had been driven to frenzy
by the widow's refusal to marry him.
Montajfue for the Senate.
[Special Diapatch tothe Alexandria Gazette.]
Richmond, Va., Sept. 13.?Governor
Mootague has announced hia candidacy
for the United States Senate in next
year's primary and eaya that at the
proper time he will state the isauea aa
he seea them to all democratic votera in
the State, but that all should pull to
gether for the national ticket.
The city is full of democratic leadere
for the committee meeting tonight.
TheMaine Klectlon.
Portland, Me., Sept. 13.?It is esti?
mated that the republicans carried the
State at yesterday's election by 30,000
plurality. Three hundred and fifty
cities and towns out of 522 give Cobb,
republican, for governor, 71,085, and
Davis, democrat, 46,162. Theae figurea
show a net republican loss of about
2.500 votea. The present republican
Congressmen were re-elected by plurali
ties ranging from 5,000 to 8,000.
Portland, Me., Sept. 13.?Col. Fred
erick Hale, son of United States Sena?
tor Hale, today wired the chairman of
the republican national committee that
Maine's plurality is about 23,000.
Augusta, Me., Sept. 13.?The follow?
ing telegram waa sent to President
Roosevelt this morning by Congreasman
BuHeigh : "Returns received up to this
hottr indicate a republican plurality of
30,000. We have carried 14 and possi
Wy 15 of the 16 countiea of the State,
and have electcd an overwhelming ma?
jority of the legislature. Our victory is
complete and sweeping. I congratulate
you most heartily upon this splendid
omeu of victory in November."
No Trace of Murderers.
Chicago, Sept. 13.?The police have
secured no trace of the three hold-up
men who last night murdered Harold
Peterson, a wholesale cigardealer, in his
place of business and seriously wounded
William Potter, a negro porter. In some
respects the shooting recalled tbe City
Railway barn hold-up and murder, for
the bandits shot before Peterson hadeven
a chance to ofler resistance. The hold
up occurred while the police of the Lake
street htation, only three blocks away,
were responding to the roli call. It was
timed for the momcnt when the patrol
men were oft' the streets. Many persons
were passing the corner at the time. In
the store were Peterson, his sons Harold
and Alvin, his clerk, Kmmett Knowles,
tbe porter and four customers. The rob
bers were not masked. Theyentered the
store in a inattcr-of-fact way and closed
the door, breaking thero|ie with which it
was tied open. They then shot Peterson
and the porter, rifled thecash drawer aud
escaped. _
EjkxIiih from Sagamore Hill.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. Sept. 13.?Quite
an exodus from Sagamore Hill took place
this morning. Mrs. Koosevelt left for
New York with her friend, Mrs. Cliflbrd
Bichardaon; Theodorc, junior, and Ker
mit took a train for their school, at
Groton, Mass.; Senator Fairbanks, who
had been the President's guest over
night, went away to keep an appoint
metit at Saratoga, and Dr. Alexander
Lambert who came yesterday afternoon
to visit with thc family, returned to his
home in New York. All the depart
ing jicrsonagcs left Sagamore Hill about
B o'clock and took the 8:46 train for
CfBW Vvrlr, iVnntm McOotllber, of
North Pakota, was the only caller at
Sagamore Hill, coining in on a morning
train, and leaving shortly after midday.
The i-lagle*.
Baltimore, Sept. 13.?Over 1,500
Kagles were at the openiug exercises of
the convention when it assembled at
10:30 o'clock this morning in the Mary
land Theatre. Letters ot regret were
read Iroin President Roosevelt and GoT
ernor Warfield, of Maryland.
Grand Wortliy President TimothySul
livan, of New Vork, waa prcscutcd with the
key ofthe city hy Mayor Tiiuoiua.
It now Innkaaa thniigh the oonteal f>>r Grand
Worthy Preaident had narrowad down to Ii.
F. MoGlnnity, Chicago, aml Henry <;. Devta,
of Cleveland. < >hi<>.
Deaverwill probably hethe placeselnted
for tba atxt naaatlnf.
The parade tomorrow will he followed hy a
crab feust and flreworks at night.
Trains Collitlc.
Salt Lake, Utab, Sept. 13.?The
East bound Southern Pacific train No 6,
carrying thellugh de Payn commaudery
K. T., numbering 70, of Melrose, Mass.,
and theSuttonc,mm;indery,of New Bed
ford, Mass., coilidcd with westbound
train No.5, near Laugbton, five miles
west of here last night. Both trains
were dottble headera aud running at*a
high rate of speed. Two persons were
killed and a score injured.
Democratic Galn of81 Per Cent.
Esopua, N. Y.,Se])t. 13.?Satisfaction
i.s expressed here this morning over the
result of yesterday's election in Maine.
Parker sympathizcrs are elated that in
a State so overwhelmingly republican,
putting forth a vote tbe largest in its
history, since 1888, the democrats shouid
have made a gain of 31 per cent to a
republican gain of 15,
Wfiai iaLife?
In the last analysis nohody knows, but we
do know tliat it i* iiiuicr strict law. Ahu.se
tliat law evea tliatltly, pain results. Irreg
aLar living aaaaaa deraagenaDt af the ataaaa,
reaaltingin Cooatipatfon, Haadacha or Lirar
trouble. l'r. Kin_: s New I.ife Pills <|uickly
raadjoata thia, It'a gantla, yet thorough.
OnljrSSe at K. g. Iaadbaatet & ^ons'dnig
store.
The Itacca.
Brighton Beach, Sept. 13.?First race.
Memphis won, I'hantom second, Water
Pansy thiid.
Second race?First Mason won, Orna
mental second, Guy Boy third.
Thtrd race?Bell Strotne won, Dande
lion second, Pasadena thiid.
Kenilworth Park, Buffalo, Sept. 13.?
Kirst race. Baekul won, Heathentown
second, Monograph third.
Second race.?Sans Creur won, Del
pbia ascond.
Third race.?Conkliog won, Bankurt
second, Shine third.
St. Louis, Sept. 13?Plutt won,
Drumio second, Billy Handsel third.
Hawthone, Chicago, Sept. 13.?Bun?
brake won, Happy Jack seeoud, Togo
third.
mate ol Ohio, City ov Tolkdo, I
Eii.as Cotnmr, j
Frank J. Cheney miikcs oath that he ia
BHaiOf partner of the tirm ol' F. J. t'heney <k
<'?>., doing baaaaeai ia the city afTohdo,
? iiiiitv and State af.ir.snid, aud tbat said tinu
will pay tba sun, nfONE UVVDBLED D<__
LAR8 loreaeh and every caaeof fatarrli that
eaaaot baearad l.y the bm ol Hall* tatarrh
Cmn. i kank J. CHENEY.
Sworu to before u e and sulwribed Ifl my
i,r. >.nce, this 0th day of.I'eoeniber.A. D.
1886 A. W. GLEASON,
rfaal.j Notary Public.
Hall's fatarrh Cure is taken internally,
aud aetadirectly OB the hlooil and mucooh
aurfaceaof the sv?teui. Bead for teatimoniala
free. F. S. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by alj Druggiat, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pilla for conatipation.
FOKEIGN R-aWI
A diapatch from Innspruck, Austrian
Tyrol, says that Baron Walter Lichten
turn while climbing the mountains at
EggenUl loat his life today. The tourist
lost hia way, and while trying 66 lind
the path fell over a precipice.
A dispatch from Belgrade says that
the foreign consula in Uskub consider
the situation at Prinzrend, where re
volutionary bands have been activc for
aome daya as critical. Schakir Pacha,
with a division of Turkish cavalrv, has
goneto the locality to prev. nt disotder.
Society goaaip in London is still con
cerned with the reasons for the break
ing of the engagement between Lord
Mayor Ritchie's daughter, Constance,
and J. A. McCallman, whom she was to
marry in a ahort time. McCallman wa
a minor official in the big Barrageschemc,
carried out on the Nile last year.
It ia reported that Prince Herbert
Bismarck, who has been sick for several
daya past, is in a most critical state.
His family have been summoned to
Freidrichsruhe, aud are now nt his bed
side. The exact nature of the prince
affection is not known, but it has been
reported that he is suffering trom can
cer. The distinguished patient is the
eldest son of the late Prince Bismarck.
He waa born December 28, 1841).
It is reported in Vienna that Prince.-s
Louise, of Coburg, who several Bjaata
ago eloped with Keglevitch-Mattasitch,
has demanded that the curatorship over
her actions be terminated and that she
be given permission to live with Count
Mattasitch. She also demands tbat she
be granted a life anuuity. The prin
cess's husband, it is said, is willing to
inake conceaaions, but insists that Count
Mattasitch leave the prince.-s. It is
generally believed that all negotiations
along this line will be fruitles-.
The Frankfort Gazettc.says Kussia has or
dered an American lirm lo eoaatraet 25
marine hoats of a new and impnivcd typt,
which will rise and aink rapidi'.y. The boata
are to be 45 feet Ioiir aad have a earniag
capaeity of three men. The Mipuhitions are
reported to placc the price at 6860,080 ciieh.
The Anatolian Railway Compauv, B pureiv
German orcaui/jitiou, haa securcd from th,
Turki>h govermiient a BOBOaaaioa "f I'ortv
yearaof the monopoly of exploiting tha rich
petroleuin Boateaa la tha nlayata or' lloaul
and Bagdad. The Standard OilCompaay and
Engliah, Duteh and Frcncli corapaalea un
auceessfully competed for the eoaeaatloa.
Democratic Conl'erencc.
New York, Sept. 13.?Henry <i.
Davis, democratic nouiinee for Vice
President, and Senator Arthur 1*. Ger*
man, of Maryland, and the national
coininittecmenat headquartcis, are again
in coniereuce this afternoon, di*cussing
ways and means for the campaign. Re?
ports are strong that something is about
to develop that will put life and gin. r
into the campaign all around. It waa
statcd today that pressure has been
brought to bear upon Senator QofBJaa to
have him reinain in New York fo* tln r ?
iiuiiiider of the campiiigu, so that thr national
iniiiniittec eaa have thr ln tielit ol' Jii- advice
Jinl ripcexiH-rieuee Baacejnpaigner. Chalr
ii'iin Taggart said this iiiiiiiiing tlmt be
would leave for Indiaaapolii tomorroa
night, after which he will go to I'r.h Eirk
SpringBand than toChtaago. Ueaald hc did
not purpose being away Baore than a few
days, He said the result iu Maine waa very
phasing to tba daaaoerata,
The New York BtOOk Market.
New York, Sept. IS.?FoUowiag tba aharp
aml aoeBowhal aaexpectad raaction of*yeater?
day tha atoah imtrk.t lada) developed ? >
triine irrcgiilarity and Rrrerishneaa, There
wea some eoiitiiiuance of realizing aalea tad
executioii of atep laaa i.nlers, bal Indieation*
?an not laekiug tlmt bear eftorti wera ex
tended to brlag aboat a aaora BxtraaM
aion. Here aud there BBBporl appeared on
some of tbe aharp breaka which occorred,
In the itidustrials good aanport waa apf
iu Cnittil StateaSteel pn ti-rn-d. Sflfcai
only fraetional ground. Amalgainatcd Cof?
i>er received some sup|)ort, aud the sainc r.ui
be said of Sinelting aud Refining. Coatiaeatal
Tobaceo preferred lost 1$ per cent. Loweat
prices were made around H o'cloek. Tha
market Inter wa.s fev.rish and ansettled, hut
covering of shorts and BBW htiying elli-.t
ed rather general rallies.
Kural |"a*ee Delivery.
The following rural free-dclivery rotttea
will be established in Virginia Octobet
15 next:
Purcellville, Loudoun county (addi
tional service; Route3)?Length olroute
24") miles;area covered, 18 aquaremilea;
population served, 31!); ntiuilw of
bousea on route, 102.
ThePlainsFauqniercounty (additiofl il
service; Route 2;)?Length of route
21j miles : areacovercd, l4aquaremUea;
population served, 249 ; number of
bousea on route, 83.
Unionville, Orange cmnty (addition. 1
aervice; Route 2)?Length of route, 17
miles; area covered, 14 square milea;
population served, 427 ; number af h
on route, 122.
Third Plattlul Kepuhlicans.
The faction of the republicans ofthe
Thirdd'Strict known as the "otits" held
a district convention in Richmond and
nominated Edgar A. Allau, Jr, for
Congress. This convention was ii; a<??
cordance with the action of the district
committee, and the convention yeaterday
paased a series of resolutions aevereiy
criticising the "ciistomhouse gaag,
as the resolutions characterize the laetiou
of "the ins," which refraincd from all
participation fn the mecting. A com?
mittee of seven was appointed to co
operate with the city committee in 'ex
poaing thedishonorable niethods" alleged
to be ernployed by Ihe oilca holiling
factiou to diarupt the party in Virginia.
'?? . ninii ui iui-i.'.iiu
At the opening of tbe Circuit Court
of Campbell county, at Rustburg.
terday, there was a iarge crowd piaeear.
In the afternoon addresses were made
by Mr. James R. Qatoa. of Alexandria;
ex-State Senator Don P. Halaey, of
Lynchburg; Congressman Carter I
of that district, and Senator W. P.
Barksdale, of Haiitax. On the court
grecn Postmaster S. II. Hoga, of Roa
noke. tepiiblican candidate for Oooj
in that district, and District Attorney
Thoman Lee Moore addressed alair-si/ed
crowd. _^_
INMKMORIAM.
Iu aad. bat lovtaa. raaataabraaeB al at]
d.ar hushHi.d, JolIN CRAVEN, who dt
parted thia life Septeniber 15, 1900?foin
raBtt aga today.
Oh, John, could you apeak to me,
\nd could vou live again
lii aebiag heart would th.n be bealed,
Hut this I wish iu vain.
The baara are lonely without you.
Hy Krieftoodeeptotcll ;
I'Ut the time will eaata when we uill nicct
And all to you I'il tell.
Bv His wm.
Sleep on, ,|e?r brotber, aml take th> f -i
111 Qtan sweet BBtaBBaa fair;
For bye and bye I hope to join yea
Iu our Father's palaM there.
Gone, but not forgotteu.
By His Mio>riu:i., \\. |. i .
FOR 8AI,K.-The fanioua LEE COAL at
the loweat market pricea.
W. A. 8M001' A CO.