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? DAY EVENING. KOV. 4, 1907. Te>Meei:i*MV wai, hi election day. 1 ti -.?tei?Maryland, New .fer -y, Mw-e-achujettt-, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisians? poveruors w.ll be elected tomorrow. Id Yttgtnia mem.sra tf both branches of the Legislature aie to be chosen, and in five tither Stales minor officers will be 0h0MO< E-*ery voter, putting sll ex MKi t-side, should go the polls snd vo'.e. It w.ll oatt but s small iffort end but little time to perform this service to ?bc S'ate, aod no g'-od citizen will omit it. No man who calls himself a demt. crat should omit iq vote against republi? cen nile- in Virgiuia and the democratic ?oai-eca (0 ht voted fjr in this city? ?.'. C. C'.:lir, forCongrfss; R E. lhorn : ti tt.r the State Senate, and J. R. I, foi the House cf Delegates? b_;uM receive tbe full party support. In FOUR weeks the Jamestown Expo II bf no more. On Saturday . November 30, the lights will go i n foi ti e lat! time on oue of the most i'ul ftirs ever hold ic this country, ead the Mt of wrecking the handsome -structures and the salvage woik will br? ee j thereafter. The exposition has HOI rtoive*Hhu encouragement it richly There may have been some bad ui-en-igement itud some lavish, if not reckle-s*-, expenditure of money at timet*, bot to far no dishonesty has been charg? ed aie?l A12 most charitable construction t>t> ->tit upon Ruy mismanagement ia that in the lack of knowledge in (bc part of the managers as how to to conduct so large an undertaking as ia a world's fair. Nevertheless snd not? withstanding and despite tell the "kaccking" the Jamestown Exposition h?? rc e eiv-rej, it's, as state', one of the _v>*: beautiful fairs ever held. The gov e tr (-.-'er, e.nly completed two montis ago, is a magniikeit structure and when illuminated a*, night with myiiads ti electe-'* lampj ia really a thing of beauty. Tbe historic i atnie of tht fair has sel? dom bein equalled aid is by far the most interesting ot tho exhibits, presenting lo a plessiog manner the history of this country and of ita p'Opl**, impartiig a'mjst nt a gl<\rje>; useful knowledge that otbo-w'^-'j we-mli Uhfl years to acquire. , lbs liberal arts, tbe - ila, wno ,*?>, g/ain and fruits ex? hibits Sci., aro most excellent and one hardly realises the* vast resources of tbe various States tiil after seeing all these at Jamestown. This is especially true of the OM Dominion and it is the duty of every Virginian, whe'.her he lives within or without ihe borders of the . ti vi it the exposit'onsnd to see lr ; i what wonderful progress Vir? ginia hrs made. A visit to the James Exposition cannot fail to make a Virginian prouder than ever of Vir? ginia. UNIOH labor formally repudiated v? un R, Hearst last Thursday night at a mses m<;eting in Cooper Union, York. The Tammany ticket was ted. On the platform were scores ol pre ininent labor leiiders who said they end worked fi>r Hearst in the last two c.mpaigns but could no longer fol -iiiin. One ot tl;e speakers said: I v ited for Hearst last year, and the I rgive dm for it. He claims to he thc 1 boring man'a friend. There ia bate ii liuneat man in New York and that ii ii-, so be says. Now we have a beat him ai d repudiate him. I ha following waa among the declara* ti di nu ls it the meeting: W ? believe the? tiute bas arrived when ? h?- < ? ii poop)* will show Mr. U ttoy are not one of his 1 by him as one of od bis politics] chess board -i lb< : * o,' politics played by this .tier, wlio-e only interest io ? ire fer au office that is be? ef a man who has shown I principal, honor ? ?!' e;< :u -, ?etn believed tbat work ?" ' r Ol isttr, would find it I ge to cut loose from Mr. hi \ i Koosi-vr.i.T is being urged oa of Ootgres to <??*?' i .ncial and business sit been assured that the of thc country will not fJT A fi elerie) control of cor ExseU- what Congress has Wall atieet panic but few but, cveu if it has, tbe xi as in four weeks and most reasonable people tight about the trouble 11 walt that time for legislation io 11 'J,,,: ' ? cctiooshtld last Fri d .v -? lead Wales were note mos* gencietl defeat of ?*? ?' cthrv- candidates of ?i s-s" and for an equally triumph for the conserva Th i tsill be gratifying intelli II 'i.inking people in this ialism there is but one ni and this is repugnant - a . Ul tu. Anvicm from Paris s?y tbat a high t -riff bill ii being drafted which will seriously affect the United States unlns a reciprocal treaty can be arranged. Tbe "standpatters" in this country will eventuslly find out thst erecting high tariff wslls is a gsme which more than one em play. Eveey man should take an interest in policies. It is part of his duty ss a good citizen to do so. If the people studied public questions they could remedy every evil which confronts them. See that good honest democrats represent 7?- _ It is said in Bsltimore thst a combi? nation of independent cracker manu? facturers, to be known as the General Biscuit Company, is in process of for? mation. What bai become of the anti? trust laws. ? From Washington. 'Correspondence ofthe Alexan Iris Gazette.] Washington, Nov. 4. Having failed to draw I/eut. Gov. Sanders, of Louisiana, into a pistol due), Donald C ff ey, son of s fermer Uoited Ststes Seostor, on Seturdsy, spread thousands ol posers ever New O.leaDS billboards calling Mr. Sanders a ' common liar and poltroon." Ssmiers maintains be cannot at this time give Cattery personal satisfaction, however much he would like to. Holding one public office snd being a candidate for another, be contends thst he is not io a p- si lion to meet Ca fiery or any one else io mortal combat. 8anders declares himself hoverer personally responsible f/r the* utterances which caused the trouble, and adds: ''I am prepared to meet tbat responsibility, and Mr. Caf frey knows where to find me." brael Ludlow, aeronautic expect, |g in Washington to confer with the War Department on the construction of the fi.-st dirigible balloon to be owned hy i h ? United States army. La How will pre? sent a plan f ir an airship to carry lao men, and to have a speed of not le.es thin twenty-five miles an hour. Ths gravity of the present financial situation was emphas'z-xi today by a two hour's conference held at tbe White House between the Preaiden*, E. H. Gary, chairman of the Uoited States corporation; Henry C. Frick, the Pitts? burg iterl millionaSr-, sni, for a part ni tbe time, Secretary of 3tate Roo'. It is believed tba' they brought with them certain recommendations agreed upon by the cip'.ains of fi* a ice and industry who met with J. Pic-pool Morgin last night. When tbe gentlemen left they hurried away, refusing to be interview? ed. Secretary Cortelyou was not pres? ent at the conference, bnt it is under? stood that during its progress he wak communicated with by telephone. It is reported this afternoon that tbe Presi? dent may issue a public statement on the subject. Secretary of State Root, after tbe conference at the White House, ssid thst tbere would be no extra session of Congress. Rumors that Rear Admiral Evans might be disciplined because of bis sp-jtrch before tbe Lotus Club in New Turk, Saturday, in which Le said that his battleship fl set would ba ready for either "fight or frolic," are denied here. Oa the contrary high officials of tbe navy department find nothing to criti? cise in his remarks. There has been no secret made at the department that when the big n"aet sails from Hampton Roads, December 16, it will be Ip fighting trim. While no fightning is remotely contem? plated, therefore, the big ships will be prepared for it, if necessary, and Ad? miral Evans detrayed no official secret when he said so. President Roosevelt will leave on the midnight Pennsylvania trsio for New York in order to cast bis vote at Oyster Bay tomorrow. He will be accompa? nied by Secrotary Loeb and two or three members of the White House clerical force who vote in the eas . He eipects to be back in Washington about li p. m. Tuesday. It is tho Preiident's inten? tion to make bis burtie i trip as quietly as possible. No speochos are on hs programme. The Weather Bureau this afternoon issued tbe following election day weather bulletin: Fair weather is indicated I r Tuesday generally over the coun*ry ex? cept in New Eug'anJ, New York, nor'h ero Pennsylvania, New Jersey and north? eastern Ohio, where rains are likely to occur. Temperature will be modera'e in all sectiona. Railroads in Maasachusetts will have to sell tickets for the transportation of chil ron to school at reduced rates so the U. S. 8upreme Court dod led today. Word was received today from the commandant of the Mare Island Navy Yard thst the riveters who proposed to go on strike there have abandoned their intentions and have gone back lo work. They were warned against a strike by Aojiog Secretary Newberry of the Navy. The State of South Carolina won out in the U. 8. Supreme Cturt today in its famous |1.7s banana etas. The value of the goods involved is believed to be a low water mark. The court held tbe statute providing a fine of $50 upon railroads for the failures to settle for tbe non-delivery of shipments was constitu? tional. _ MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Walter Farnsworth Baker, the mil? lionaire Harvard graduate, clubman and bon vivant, whose sudden and mys? terious death at the borne of bis friend, Frank Hurd, in Bogola, N. J., Sunday of last week, bas stirred tbe Biker family to swift investigation, died from poison. This was established Saturday when analysis of the contents of tbe stomach disclosed enough chloral hydrate, or 'knockout drops," to kill three men. F Mowing the discovery came the signifi? cant statement that an arrest toon would bs made, and also lhat other causes besides poison might have contributed to Baker's deatb. It is reported tbat in bis will half a million dollars waa left to a "very dear friend." John Mitchell's Condition Critical. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 4.?Word -bb received at th-j mine headquarters hat John Mitchell, of that organization, who is in the hospita! at La Salle, III., ass suffered a relaps*-. His condition is critical, but tbere ii little likelihood of tbe change either wsy for several daya. Wholesale Murder and Suicide ^stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 1. Christian Raith, a carpenter, suddenly went insane last night, killed his wife, three children ind bis sister and then committed sui? cide. News of the Day. The Lusitania and the Krooprirz sio Cecilio are speeding across the Atlactic witb nearly $20,000 in gold lor New York banks. In the football game io New York on Saturday between Prince on snd tbe Carlisle Indiars, the former won by a score of 16 to 0. Mr, Henry Bishop, widely known is "Bishop, the Biid Mao," died at his r-sd nee in Ballimore yesterday. He waa born in Germany 61 yean ago. F. Lappenburg, a Hamburg banking and brokerage firm, also engaged exten? sively in exporting and importing, sus? pended today owing to losses through customers. Issac D. Barratt, whose mother wu executed for slleged complicity in the assassination nf President Abraham Lin? coln, died in Baltimore yesterday aged sixty-i-ix years. The American Tobacco Company bus ordered the cloting down of practically all its cigarette-making plants in Balti? more, throwing between 500 and 600 employes out of work. Tbe Emperor and Empress of Ger? many, accompanied by Chancellor von Buelow and other German officials, will be the guests of King Edward and Queen A'exandra f >r a week from November ll at Windsor Castle. The anniversaiy Satuiday of the birth? day of King Edward of Great Britain will be marked by 'he presentation to bim on behalf of the people of tht Transvssl of the great Cullinaii dia mond, the value of which approximates $800,000. That the death of Col. Leveret H. Walker, U. S. A., commander of tbe coast defenses in the vicinity of Boston, was caused by the lo mile bo-st-back test ride ordered by President Roosevelt, is the declaration of Dr. B?n. H. Metcalf, of Winthrop. John Sweeney, a married man, ll years old, narrowly escaped lynching at Marietta, Ohio, yesterday, following h's attack on Anna Koon, 14 years old. The police rescued Sweeney on the river bink and tiught the crowd all the way to the station bouse. It is rumored tbat Scotland Yard has unearthed a plot to attempt the Kai-er's life during hs coming visit|to Londcn with his consort. That English socialists hadjolanned hostile demonstrations along the line of the procession from Padding? ton station to the Guild Hall is asserted. An extra west bound freight train got beyond the control of the crew on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on Cran? berry grade, at McMillan, W. Va., seventy m les west of Cumberland, early yesterday morninsr, and collided with a fast freight, r*sultiug in tbe death ot two men stid several injured. Lying side by side, Michilina Balls dino and Juliette Fillito, two pret'y Italian girls, aged 16 and l.r> respectively, who recently came to this country, were found dead Saturday from asphyxiation in the home ot their uncle, Fraok Bal ladino, in New York. The gas jet io tbe room waa turned on and the window clcsed. Balladino says tbe girls either failed to turn off tbe gas completely or else blew the gas out. Samuel Gompers, president of Ibo American Federation of Labor, charac? terizes Ihe present financial flurry a* nothing nore norle.'s than a "gamblers' panic," and warns employers of labor against attempting wage reductions at their peril, because, he says, labor will not tolerate it. He recommends that labor and civic organizations, which bave withdrawn money from tbe bank--, help "defeat the gamblers' scheme" by investing in government bonds. Rsfli-elle Ruffano and bis wife, An? toinette, were murdered in Garfield, N. J., Saturday night. Early yesterday a ceighbor found the woman's body on the walk in front of the grocery store which the couple owned. In ihe kitchen Ruffano's body was found lying on the floor. Both bsd been shot in tbe herd. Rafi-ino had evidently been killed stantly, but a trail of blood showed whee bis wife had crawled through the s'ore and to tbe walk. There is no clue to the murderer. Sixteen lives are said to haw been lost acd fifty housea were destroyed by a cloudburst st San Jose, Del ('abo, in Lower Cilifornia, on October 14, ac? cording to Capt. Paulson and passengers on tho steam?r Curacoa, which arrived there from Mazatlan yesterday. Tne raiu was prcccdetl by a hurricane which blew with great fury for upward of twelve hours. Small craft in the bar? ber were sunk and a number of large vessels badly damaged. Several perrons were carried out to sea . Two new wire? less stationn were destroyed acd orange iud lemon groves were ruined. As a result of tbe murder Saturday a'ght of "Tom" Thompson, assistant :hief of police, at Talledegs, Als., Fred Singleton, a negro, was riddled with bullea by pursuer* early yee erday. Policeman O'well was shot n tbe leg. Two other negroes, im? plicated in the killing of Thompson, sere placed in tbe jail at Syliciuga for iafe keeping. Thompson Saturday night irrested three crapshooters. They told lim they knew where a big crap game was in progress, and directed the officer o the chemical plant. When Tbomp ion arrived there be was fired on simul? taneously from several directions. William Frederick John, a sUtnesettar, sho lived with bis fsmily iu tbe fashion ible Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, bot and killed his wife yesterday and hen put a bul'et in his head. Tbe roman died instantly, and John waa re? moved to a hoap'tal, where his death nc urred several boura later. Tbe couple's . wo little girls, Rita snd Olive, aged two nd four yesrs, ree-pt-ctively, witnessed he double tragedy, snd while the fa'her j toa firing al the wi'e the children crept ( nder the bed anil remained tbere, . brieking at the top of their voices, until he police arrived. Jealously led to the ( ragedy. Io view of 800 -.-^oplp, Jim Davis, a , icgro, who bad shot two negro women arly yesterday, leaped from tbe railing j - f the Ten nev ce river btidge at Knox* , ilie Tennessee yesterday afternoon, snd j rss drowned before be could be rescued, I ltbongh s riverman went immediately j o his rescue in a skiff. The death lesp j Tf neasured fully 100 feet. Pursued by ' t wo deputy sheriffs, Da vii climbed lo I lie top o' the railing, and, pulling a (j iitol from his pocket, fired five times in , ne air, scstteriog the crowd, which wss r. -ying to prevent him from soicide. * n his last words before leaping Davis 'f\ uerted that lie had killed twenty-eight -*, ersons. a ? I Virginia News. Rev. Fsther T. J. Brady, pastor of St. Paul's Cathcl'c Church at Ports? mouth, died on Ssturdsy. The aouue-l convention of ibe Vir? ginie division of the Uni'-ed Daughters of the Confederacy, will be held in Nor? folk commencing on Wednesday. Sewance* defeated the University of Virginia, ll lo 0, io a lootball game in Norfolk Saturday afternoon. The game was played in a driving rain and mud ankle deep. In sight of her mother and tilter, Miss Bettie Leighton, of 1380 north Twenty-ninth street, Richmond, was struck Saturday night with tome blunt instrument and left for dead in tbe street. The National Meter Company, of New York, asks thst a receiver be ap? pointed for tbe Jamestowo Eipoeition. Tbe suit bas been referred to a commis? sioner, and on bia report it will be de? termined. Lswib Sedlisty, a Russian, made a desperate attempt to escape from Detect? ive Duke, of the Chesapeake acd Ohio Railroad, when he jumped from the window of a Hying traio, near Gordons viIIp, Saturday night. The train was going at a rate of 45 miles an bour. Sedlis'y was rearrested later when be went to a nearby farmhouse to secure aid. He was suffering from severe wounds. With an ugly gash over bis temple, i .1. H. Seawel', a young man who haa b<*ea roomies: t' 'he home of Mr. and if rs. J. W. T. Y. ung, in Norfolk, wa* uken lo the Centre-! pol te Statis*- in : hat city yesterday, and al h u*.li it WW necessary to rush him to St. Viocmt'a Hospital, a warrant aaa secured fir his arrest on tbe charge of assault. When .Mrs. Yiung reached thertat:oa and sas e-sked for ber version of the difficul y which had occurred at her borne she de? clared that ahe was merely defending herself, and insisted that the young roan bad insulted her. Mia. Young claims tbat while her hnsband was out of the city Seaweli's attentions to ber bad proued annoying. PROBING CENTRAL GEORGIA. The State R-uIroad Commie-tion Sat ii-el ey issued an order calling upon the Central of Georgia Railroad snd the Southern R eil wsy Company for "full disclosures tr ucbing the sale of ihe sock of the former, so far as tbe facts may be kaowu to them cr their companies, or appe iring in tbe books or documents in their p'seession." The Commission also requested a com? plete list of sll stockholders of the Cen r.el of Georgia at the present time, opd nt all times since October 1, 1895. The desired information must be furnished to or before November Vi. It bas been charged tbat the Southam Railway Company owc;d a controlling inttrt-st in the Central cf Georgia con? trary to a State law prohibiting one line Irom owning stock in t competing com? pany. It is asserted in New York tbat E. H. H.wriman had bought control of the Central of Georgia Railroad from Oak high Hu.rte, president of thc Trust Company of America, acd Marsden J. Perry, a director of the Trust Company of America and a cle.se business associ? ate of Thorne. Several months ago Thorne and Perry bought the Central of Georgia from the Southern Railway which was nnable to bold it longer ow? ing to public opposition. BISHOP OF LONDON PRAISES VIRGINIA. The Bishop of London his published some reminiscences of his American tour. He says there was an enormous crowd at Trinity Church during his first sermon, all of whom desired to shake hands with him. This prepared bim for the future events, and he was not sur? prised when he afterward met an Amer? ican bishop witb his band limp and u-ele*s, who told him that it was not cau*ed by an operation, but only by con st'irit handshaking. Tbe bishop says be cannot understand how bis friendly tenn's match witb tbe President became famena. He goes on: "Virginia is the place where an English m in feels most at home in America. He is i* ported by the kindness rnd attention of the Virginians, who love Eogland and are proud of \hAt English ancestry." The bishop wes much impressed hy Yale College and by tbe fact tbat tbere tbe leading Christiana were also tbe haling athletes. He concludes by de? claring tbat be left tbe United States with aft-dion and admiration for the great people. He believes the supposed i 1:- e211dg toward Ens-land bas been greatly exaggerated, acd that what once may have existed is rapidly p-iasing away with in'ercourse an I the kin liing tf macy friendships and tits, A Hard Debt to Pay. "I owe a debt of gratitude that ran nerer be psid nfl," writes 0 ti. Clark of Westfield, Iowa, "fer ray rescue from death, by Dr Kirg'sNew Discovery. Both luaus were to wionls* sftectct thal death ieeme-1 immi? nent, w.-.en I commence 1 tiking New Dil :overy. The ominous dry, nicking cough |SjI| bsAMt the- first bottle wss used, and two mora beittles maele a romnle'te cure." Nothisif liaa ever eei/tak-i ITsw Dib-every for roughs, -olds anti all throat ant) ieing complaints. ; us ran teed tey all drugs-itt. 50c sod $1.00. ft i il bottle free. DEATH OF MAJOR HUN FT. Mi j Albert Lee Huntt, of R;chmond, igtd 69, died st bis heme io thst city ?aturday afte* a brief illness. Major Hur.f was a native of Maryland, but bid long resided in Virginia. He wu liviog n Tennessee when tbe call for troops rsa male, and he at once returned to i's adop'ed state aod inlistcd in tbe Alexandria Riflemen. He was soon transferred to J. E. B. (tuart, with whom he remained until i?neral Stuart's deatb. Being then . ranaferred to General Wade Hampton's n t--*ff. Mfj ir Huntt served as a member ? V i Hampton's staff until (he war ended. . At the close of tbe war he engaged in . be wholesale grocery business in Rich jood with h's wartime comrade, Major V. J. J- baton, the firm beicg Johnton i Huntt. He is survived by several bildrec. ? ?-1 ? When the Stomach, Heart, or Kidney ervetg't west-, then these organe alwayt pil ttl 0 sal irug the Stomach, nor slimul ?te ( i> Heart or K'd.ieye, That it b'ruply S ! ? | lakekhift. Get a pies-nptiou known to Drag-' *] isl everywhere as Dr. Shoop'e Re-torstive. |M he Restorative is prepared eiprea-aly for _0 ieee weak itside nerve*. Strengthen these I ervea, build theai np with Er. bhoop'a Ee- g orattve? tabita* oe li.-'iid ? and see how j j nickly health will come. Fife sample teest ' ?_ ?nt ..n request by D', .hoop, Racine, AV eiur health ig tart-ly storth tbia timpls teat, old hy E. ?. Leadbeater A Soai. j ( I Today's Telegraphic News. Sinking of a Steamship. Boston, Nov. 4 ?The Savannah line steamship City of B.rmiogion struck a rock in Boston hsrbor sod sank in forty feet of water between Ots'or Island and Fort Independence e* ly today. The officers anei crew gol off in the life boats barely in time. Thee- were no passen? gers aboard Oat*-? >'-r vessel's smoke ?tacks and mas's tra vjrble and ihe will Lea total loss Tue Birmingham struck a derelc iu Savannah harbor in 1898 and kn.icked a he Ie her bull. She ?Do narrowly eecapsd destruction by tboti fired in target practise from tbe proving grounds while passing Sandy Hook two years later. She was one of tbe best vessels io the cotst service snd was thoroughly rebuilt and refitted ten years ago. It was subsequently reported that a member of the crew ia m;ssing. Apartment Hous. Destroyed. New York, Nov. 4 ?A woman is missing, many pen-ni. md bair breadth escapee and $30,000 ei- ..age was done as a result of u fire which destroyed tbe Townsend apartments on 121tt street near Seventh avenue early todav. The fire originated on tbe tecond floor exactly where another one irarted less than a month ago. The cause is not known. The families of A. C. Arnold, Adam Iru? aod J. Laog were driven to the roof, where they tore down rallinga, laid in improvised bridge acrota a six foot irea and crossed to the roof of an ad i lining building. Other families were -arried from the upper floors down ?cal? ms: ladders. When li?? reached the street Ml Aioold found tbat bis aia'.er, Marie, tied diaappi* .nil in the con fr ion. Grave leere-fsre enertaioed for her. The spirt men's belonged to s Mrs. Townsend, of New Bedford, Mass. Banks Closed Auroro, Ind., Nov. 4.?Aurora Na 'iooal Bank was force*! to close its doors 'bis morning. Tbe ins'intion was et :ablishedin 1883. It bad a paid-up :apital of $60,006 vd its deposits are ?alienated at $165,000. Leetoois, O , Nov. 4 - The First Na 'ional Bankof Leetonia, capital $100, 300, closed ita doors today. A poster innounced that the bank had closed to iqoidate. Officers say the institution is lolvent and tbat that all claims will be liscbarged. The bank lost business Ollowirg the organization of a rival oank several months a.o. The First National was organized in 1835. C. N. ?chmick, of Cleveland, is president. He ? bore to clcse up the affaire. Farmer Attacked. Dayton, 0 , Nov. 4.?Waylaid with lis foster daughter while strolling in the vnods welt of here yesterday, John Wohlen, a rich farmer, ia at the point of leath from a frightful injury inflicted on lim, supposedly by -vhiteoapt*. The roung woman tells a confnsed story of he ambuscade, asserting tbat she was terse If attacked after her foster father tad been wounded aod tied to a tree. ihe admits, however, that her relations sri th Mohlen hid been improper. Injured by Explosions. New York, Nov. 4.?A doeen men njured, two fatally, by a series ofex ilosions of over-charged a'.earn pipes in he McAdoo tunnel excava'ion at Oort ? ndt and Greeiwich streets todsy. The irst explosion wai followed by a choral ii screams of p.ein and terror from the arty men at work in the pit. Tba cries rere drowned an iustant later by a econ tl blast and for 15 minutes pipe (ter pipe gave way with reports like the ire ol heavy guns. Hindoos Attacked. Everett, Wo., Nov. 4.?Smoldering geling against .be Hindoos imported to Everett as bbc Tera, bas broken into a .ame aod two attacks have been made on heir quarters during the last 24 hours, 'oday many Hindoos are fleeing tbe itv, and all who are not gone by night till be deported. During tbe attacks lie quarters of the Hindoos were wreck y the crowd and tbe foreigners were ompellei to seek shelter io the jail and tie police station. wo Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire. Lockport, N. Y., Nov. 4 -A $200, 00 fire at 4 a. m. tod ey destroyed the rana lin Milla Company, the Lockport ixcelsior Company, tbe R G. Hovey 'oal Trestle and office aod the signal iwers in the malo yard of the New York entral Railroad in addition to many eight cars. An alleged defective elec ic wire in tbe excelsior plant was the msc. The heaviest loss falls od the raoklin Mills, a six story stone ruc tu re. ^^^^^ Pumored F.agagement. Paris, Nov. 4.?The long-rumored igagement of the divorced Countess de astellaine, formerly Anna Gould, to rince de Sagan, Count Boni's cousin, affirmed now as a fact in French so* ety. Though neither the prince nor ie countess will yet disscuss tbe matter, ia said the engagement will shortly be iblicly annourcd. Tbe Prince de igan it a popular society mao, an ex ?rt fencer and possesses a fortnne of bis rn._____ Confession of a Murderer. Pokeepsie, N. Y., Nov. 4.? Vi?z> arcari, an eighteen-year-di Sicilian retted today rn the charge of killing ta King, who was killed latt night bile standing on tho Dutchess avenue Idge over the New Yolk Central icks, hat confessed, accordiug to the lice. A blood-bound waa used by tbe jj lice in running down Varcari. Troopa Sent After Turkomans. Netberlsnd, Persia, Nov. 4. ?A atrong ?ce of troops haa b?e~ sent cut by the i rsian government to de tl witb Turko- c tm who h ive been looting As'.rabad d other Persian towns in its vicinity. battle ia bslieved to be imminent. In s fighting at tbe poln'i attacked by i Turkomans mir. v parsons were killer*. LETTER TO DR. J. H. BITZER. Alexandria, Virginia. )ear8ir: We can't get over talking shout -w two hgases at Larkin, Tex., owned by (gt I. D. Fairchild loth bootes sre exactly slike sod both nud tt the tame ilene by J. li. Torrance, ene took I5_ gallons Devoe; the other 25 loos of snottier paint sold at tame price, hat 35 trallon paint is weak aad 15 per .. whiting; that't why it took ti gallons re. Yon? tmlv, 5 F W Davon A Co. '.8.?BS. Leadbeater 4 Soi* tell oar nt. The Market. fsorgttowa. Nov. 4,?Wheat 78a78. Financial Conference. New York, Nov. 4.?Developments, prehsps tbe most startling tbat have yet marked tbe present financial criais, are looked fjr today as a result ef a series of conferences of financiers which began yes? terday afternoon at tbe Waldorf-Astoria snd continued until 4:30 a. m. today at J. Pierpont Morgan'a mansion. Infor? mation concerning tbe outcome of the meetings was positively refused when the money kings scattered at dawn. Tbat affairs of the Trust Company of America aod the Lincoln Trust Com? pany were tbe main topics under con? sideration ia the general opinion. The question of dis'riboting tbe $8,000,000 which will arrive today from Europe, desired currency legi-Uiion, tbe Uoited States Steel Corporation's adoption of a method of paymenis partly in cash and partly by check ai a meant of conserving tbe specie supply, and other business matters which the pressures of laat week ?.flairs made it impossible to take up aa they arose, are aaid to bave been con? sidered. Rumors concerning the two trust com psnies fu.ure crowded reports of other mitten into the beck ground, bi waver. The rn'st persistent story waa tbat the city's leading bankets had deemed changes in the institution's mansgement expedient, that new officers are to bs named and perhaps bave already been chosen and that both concerns may be strengthened by combination with others which bave not felt the airest of the fioaocial crisis in so msrked a degree. Tbe officers of the two companies sre reported to bave objected strenouily to retirement, however. Additionsl engagements of gold for importation to this country from Europe on account of the money s regen y were ?nnounced today, bringing the total to $32,500,000. Myaterlous Murder. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 4. ? Deep mystery surrounds the! murder of Dr. P. McF. Allen by Tom 8. Bush, for whom be acted as family physician. Both meo are prominent in business and society. Bush shot Dr. Allen last evening, killing him instantly. He bad beea titting on the curb in front of the doctor's office when the doctor esme out. "Doctor I hate to do thi*, but I mutt," said Butb, as be drew a revolver from bis pocket. "Don't do it, Tom," cried the doctor, but he was too la'e. Bush fired direct? ly at bis besrl; then turned calmly and walk eel away. He went to bia father'a office and telephoned thtt police to come and arreat him, that he had murdsted a roan. Bush, since be wss jailed, {has tefused absolutely to make any state* men'. ^^^^ Collisions. Redding, C>nn., Nv. 4.- A rear-end collisioo of two freight traiot occurred bete at 3 o'clock this morning. An en? gine and nine cars were badly smashed aud derailed and four trainmen badly hurt. One of them bad his leg severed. All the injured were taken to Danbury. The tricks sre flecked aud wrecking traint are clearing up the wreck. Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 4?Five were killed and at least twenty were injured in a head-on collision between a north? bound passenger train and a southbound f eight near Riggini switch, eight miles from Little Rock, on tbe Iron Mountain Railroad last night. Several persons were seriously iijured. Killed Wife an J Shot Himself. Baltimore, Md , Nov. 4. ?George Poplar jumped from a street car on Ed? mondson avenue, near Brune street, this morning, shot his wife, Grace, and then, af er having cut ber throi', shot him? self. She died at the Maryland General Hospital and he is at the hospital in a critical condition. They had been sep? arated about a week. Plant Closes. Pittsburg, Nov. 4.?Morehesd Broth era' mills, employing four hundred men, closed down to-lay. The plant has been op-rating steadily for tbe past year, bot on Friday announcement was made that there would be a cut of $1 on pudd'ers. Tbe men did not go out on atrike, aa all seemed willing to accept the reduction. Pittsburg Stock Exchange. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 4.?Secretary Charles J. Holman announced this morning that the stock exchange will not open today. It will be two weeks tomorrow since the exchange closed ow? ing to the fiotneial florry io New York. As tomorrow ia a legal holiday tbe ex change will be closed. Earthquake Shocks. Cape Girardeau, Mo., Nov. 4.--Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt here laat night at (J:??">, of such intenaity that luildiogs rocked, windows rattled, dishes were shaken from their shelves ind scores of persons, fesring tbat h . buildings would fall, rushed into tbe itreets. New York Stock Market. New York. Nov. 4?Ths stock market -iponed at general declines. The room wat rull of rumors th a norning thst the Tennet iee Corni and fros Company bad been acquired oy the United Suites ats il Corporation, the issi rioted st a conferences held 'a* last night, rhere waaeorae liquid itlon ia F.nos) 1 vania, erhich openest, ex-dividend of .'il, at I03tl, a in decline of one point f.om Saturday 'a cloe', ut opening h ss in thia st-.ck waa mole tban ?ecov-red on s buying movement thst lennie liste-'y developed on the fleer. Other stocks after s ihow of weakne s nov d up just the time, al nott recovering he iuitial losses in moat cases. The Bat*. - dui stocks were under iome special preemie luring the hour. Brokera in many of the moat active storks lave a story thst a large part of the buying >rdert ia the market come from, sr are in? plied by J. P. Morgan A Co. It it current epoit that one step tiken st yesterday's con tn ce uss tbe formation of a bankers' pool, 'he demand for stocks became more orgeat a thea/terne-on, while the supply decreased t the higher levels reached. James R. Bod, cashier of the Hun's Hie, Als., Bank and Tam C5n*fp?* y ommi'.ted suicide today. fHE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, 1 Alexsudris, Va. TIE3DAY, November 5th, election day. sing a legal holiday, thia office will be i'-sed. GEO. F. WARFIELD. C.ehie-.r. si 500 PlfKCHA-sKS corner groo-ry llaWU and provision HTORE, iuclu-1 lg HORSE and Ve AGON. Reta, f.j. fart P building now renting for $16. M. B. ARLOW A- CO.. Inc., Ul louth Fairfax reet.__-?vl _ NOTICE it hereby given thst the annual " meeting sf the stockholders of ths OLUMBIA HOTEL (OMPANY will be >ld st tbs company's office, No. 123 ae-sth oyal street, Alexandria, Va, oa MONDA V. overobe-r 25th, st 2 p. ase , fo>* tbe election of resident an Directors f.?r the ensuing yesr, id such ether business s< ms v come be/oie W. S. HAKBAM, t-ecretary. nov4 td ONE TIERCE COX A CrORDON Ml*j OURI HAMi just rteeived hy J. C. MILBURN. IO Sensationat Imported Dress Goods, worth from $1 to $1.50 per yard, including the newest, and mo& fashion? able fabrics. Every yard fir_t. quality*?no seconds. Your choice of thousands of yards at 59c Per Yard. 420 to 42 6 8eve_tli Street, 417 to 425 Eighth Str-e-et* WASHINGTON, D. 0. Out of Hight. "Ont of sight, ont of mind," in tn old say ing which applies with special force to ?> sore, huru or wound (haft been treated with Buck len's Arnica ?al ve. It't ott of sight, out of mind snd out of existence. Pilea, teo, and. and chilblain diaappear under ita healing in (faence. Guaranteed by druggiata. **-*e. DIED. At the residence of her sw-ia-law. Wafter Derain, eorner of Duke and Pitt streets, Sur Hay. November S, tt 2:40 a. m., Mt'. MAXY F. MATTHEWS, aged 67 years, wife of J. H. SI .ttli-ws, of Beeitor I county. The remains were forwarded to Bedford laat night for in? terment ? [Kicbmond papers pteaae copy. On Sanday, November 8, 1907, at hit home in Fairfax cuunty, JAMEd Me eVll.LlA.Si-. ia the 59th year of his t ge. Funeral from Si. Mtry\ ( burch tomorrow (Tu.-. ley) morning at 10 o'clock. Friends invited to attend. WANTED. WANTED.?A capable HOUSE MAN. Apply at -Ol aouth Westlington street.. nov2 8t_-_ WANTED. Two or three PALKHLADIFH wit experience. Permanent potitiont with gerdaalary. 8WAN BRCS. nov2 :tt Tbs Finest of Everything. Thomas Lannon, 429 Cameron Street. GROCER and IMPORTER? \UR k"ow the Table Supplies we ofter sro tbe purest and best to he hal; that our pricea sre right, and that sou will tiod ia our complete stocks j itt wh it you want for any et-cesjeioei. These sre the reasout we invite J I'" h- re- to bu}. FANCY CITRON, IMPORTED TABLE RAISIN'S, TILLED DATES and FIGS in 1 lb. oom, None Such condensed MIN CK MEAT, LOWNEY'8 COCOA, half pound tint 22c. LOWNEY'd CHOCOLATE, _40 cents a ponied._ Wharfage aod Warehouse Storage for rent by the day, week or month. Apply to H. K. Ll NOSEY, Agent POTOMAC NAVIGATION COMPANY. novl lw BEAL ESTATE. H. B. fiiRLOW & CO., INC., 119 S. Fairfax St. For Sale Three-Story, brick dwelling, on northeast corner, containing 12 rooms, bath, latrobe., furnace, gas, 10 foot alley in rear, southern and western expos* ures, excellent condi? tion. For Rent Three-story 9 rooms, brick, all modern con? veniences; 507 Prince; southern exposure; location the be_r. N. B. Harlow & Co., Inc. lt Sooth Fairfax Street jUeiaBdrii Va. Cnrtioe Brothers 8AP~MAPLE 8YBU os Label CATSUP, ASSORTED JAM? i*? BAKED REA Nfl lost relived b T - f -**??? KIN HEEQuTcK DRIP rejhFEK POTS' >iturie t?r am with my fine rofieea paJvcr ?d by eleetrieity, for tale by J C. MIItsPRN NEW MACKEREL to tell st6e,8e tad I each, just received by _?... 4, C. MILBU1N.