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MONDAY EVPNINU, NOV. 8, 1909.
The t-emuistratlon will soon be (otced
to the humilatiug confession tbat the
Aldricb-Payne tanti bill ia t failure aa a
raveoue-raiser by tbe ieaae of certificate*
of indebtedness, owing to tba continued
growth of tbe treasury deficit and tbe
eteady and alarming fall in tbe working
balance in tbe treasury. Bach an iaaae
ia now certain; bat tbe administration
will try to put it efl, aa well aa the issue
ol new Panama bonds, until congress has
ao opportunity to provide for the usual
discount for tbe certificates when used as
a deposit for securing national bank
circulation, and thoa protect the holders
of outstanding 2 per cent, bonds from
farther loss by depreciation of their
holdings. Another disturbing factor in
tbe situation, as viewed by treasury
officials, is the fact tint the bid for
Panama bends in New York bas (allen
below par. These bonds would fall off
atill further with tbe definite announce?
ment tbat tbe government would aell
certificates of indebtedness.
It was announced in Waahington oe
Saturday by Represent a'ive Slemp, of
Virgin'a, chairman of tbe republican
state committee, that headquarters would
be opened at Roanoke, with O jorge L.
Bart in charge, aod that they will re?
main open permanently. Candidates,
he *ays, will be run by that (tarty io
each of tbe 10 districts in the state foi
Congress next snmmcr. Mr. Slsmp ie
a political fakir and is making a noise
only to be heard. He should learn new
tricks. Ia the last campaign be said he
would put a candidate ia tin field for
tbe House of Delegates in every district
in tbe state, bot io fact be put up but
twenty-two. The truth ia that he U e
person of very limited capability anti
dots not know how to handle more that
twenty-two men at a time. Then, too
he does not want too many republicans
lest others get some of the offices held
by bis particular friends.
ANNeerxe k.\ii:nt made at tbe Navy
Department on Saturday that two con.
tracts bad beeo awarded to tbe Mosher
Water Tube Boiler Company, a concern
backed by Pittsburg capital, means vic?
tory in the long fight against what haa
been called tbe "boiler trast" in the
navy, otherwise tbe Babcock A Wilcox
Biller Cempaoy. The contracts awarded
on St!urd?ey to the Mosher concern are
for hiitn.lla'ion of ila boilers in the Lat
tleste'ps K<arsarge and Kentucky, whieh
are now i quit pd with Babock A Wilcox
boilers. Ibis ls practically tbe first con?
tract given to an outside boiler firm in
the navy tut 10 years, daring all of
wbich period the department dealt ex?
clusivity with the Babock A Wilcox
Company.
Lying helplecu eu bed, Thomas Stat
ford tar ly Saturday morning saw his to?
bacco barn, with all its contents, a crop
valued at $10,000,burned by night riders
in Jessamine county, Ky. Stafford bad
defied the threats made against him.
He was stricken recently witb typhoid
fever, and tbis opportunity waa seised
by his cowardly foes. Stafljrd heard
the raiders wben tbey approached short
ly alter midnight, and soon Irom his
window saw tho flames of the hirniog
barn. He was to j weak to attem.e' any
defecse er to attempt to save anjibiog
alter the raiders departed. These
scoundrels should be hunted to tbe ends
of tbe earth and when captured shoald
be put to death Vke beasts.
D. J. BlO-ABOeOH, ferrmei cushier of
the Cosmopolitan National Bink ol
Pittsburg, wbich failed over a year ago
for $1,500,000, was found guilty on
twenty-four ooaaU of falsifying hooka
and returns br a federal jury a few days
ago. Tho aggregste sentence possible
on tbis verdict is 240 years in prison
and a fine of $24,000. The imprison*
mem term is all richi but the fine in en?
tirely inadequate.
San Fioxcnoo woke up Wednesday
moroiog to fiud that the voters had de?
feated the noted graft prosecutor, Heney,
for tbe office of district attorney. The
result means tha' the mass of the pen
pie of that city do not want the "lid"
held down so tightly as has been tbe
cae under the present administration
and that tbey are not opposed to graft
and grafters.
The geoeral committee o' home mis?
sions and church ea tension of the Meth?
odist Episcopal Church has decided to
ask the churches for $1,500,000. Now
the faithful will have to go deep down
in tbeir pocke's again.
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From Washington.
ICcrrsetpoaeterec* ot the Alexandria GaaatUJ
Waahington, Nov. 8.
Being the government's official avia?
tor with a chance of getting famous in
piloting the aigoal corps aeroplane
doesn't entirely content Lieut. F. E.
Humphreys, who is Wilbur Wright's
stsr pupil at the College Park aero?
drome. Lieut. Humphreys wants a bi
plane of hia own, and, it was discovered
today, haa been dickering with Wilboi
Wright for a machine for some time.
Humphreys ia after speed records. He
wants to enter the lists at the aviation
wbich will meet in thia country next
spring with an aeroplane capable of
doing 70 miles an boor. Wilbur Wright
baa declared such a speed possible, and,
it is understood, bas told tbe army offi?
cer tbat he could manufacture one of bis
biplanes to fit tbis specification. Lieut,
Humphreys is wealthy and single. He
is a thorough sportsman and athlete and
already ia an expert automobiliat. With
Lieut Lahm be forms tbe operating
corps ot tbe signal corps aeroplane st.fl.
After a month's trip through tbe
west where a number of important
be aringa were beld tbe Interstate Com?
merce Commission beld its first confer?
ence of the season today. Because of the
absence of Commissioner Clark no im?
portant business waa transected and an
adjournment wss taken until tomorrow.
Mr. Clark arrived after this agreement
had boen reached.
A new committee of the National
Oeographlc Society, composed ol mem?
bers who bad nothing to do with the
Peary records, was appointed by the
board of managers of the society, today
they will go to Copenhagen to examine
the Cook recorda aa soon as tbey are
made public by the Danish scientists.
Ihe address by Rear Admiral Coloy M,
Chester, a member of tbe committee tbat
examine*1 tbe Peary recorda, in wbich
Chester called Cook a "fakir," was one
of the causes Lading to today's action.
A statement given out by tbe board of
managers after the meeting ssys: "The
committee on research recommended
that tbe personel of tbe committee to
consider whether tbe pole wss discovered
before 1909 shocld ba entirely different
from that of the committee which paased
oo the Peary records. The committee
has the power to send for papers or make
such journeys as may be necessary to in?
spect original records, according to a
resolution adopted some time ago.
Accompained by his wife, Commander
Peary slipped quietly into town this
morning. He declined absolutely to be
diawa into luther discussion of the Cook
controversy. He Intends to speod the
I winter in Washington with Mra. Peary.
Toe explorer ia to lecture before the
National Geographic Society on Friday
night, when it is expected he will pre?
sent data thai haa hitherto not been made
public.
A decision wbich may have an im?
portant effect in tbe future prosecution
by tbe government for customs (rands
was rendered today by the U. S. Su?
preme du rt io tbe cate of Simon J.
Meejcall. Mescall was an aasistant
weigher at New York city, and was al?
leged to have made false entries on the
weight of cheese received there from
abroad io 1907, makiogthe weight some
400 poonda lesa than it really waa.
When the case came to trial Mescall
filed a demurrer alleging tbat the cus?
toms administration law of 1S90 did not
cover tbe case in tbat it specified only
"owner, importer, agent and consignee"
and "otber person" in tbe aame sense
as liable to prosecution. Justice Brewer,
who delivered the opinion today, holds
tbat Mesca.l was "another person" and
could legally be beld for defrauding the
goveroment. The lower court so8>alned
lieseall's demurrer. It is ordered by
me Supreme Court tbst Ibe case be re*
?anded lor further proceedings in ac*
cordance with the court's opinion.
By order of tbe U. 8. Supreme Court,
tile Uuited S.ates Circuit Court for
Louisiana, is directed to examine the
I justice of the claim of Mrs. Charles A.
Crane, of Chicago, for $850,000, reaidue
ot the estate ot tbe late Caroline Stan?
nard Tiltoo, of New Orleans, her aunt.
On tbe ground tbat the oleomarga?
rine law of May 9, 1902, is to be con?
strued as applying to corporations as well
as to individuals, the U. S. Supreme Court
today reversed tbe judgment of the
district court of New Jersey, io quash?
ing tbe indie ment against tbe Union
Supply Company, of farndon, N. J.,
tot (allure to observe its provisions,
toe government charged that the com?
pany had failed to report certain oleo?
margarine atatislics to the commissioner
of internal revenue, as required by tbe
law, but the indictment was quashed.
Tbe case was then brought to the Su?
preme Court by tbe government on a
writ of error.
On January 10 of next year the U,
S. Supreme Uourt will hear arguments
In the litigation resulting from an effort
oa the part of tbe goveroment to recover
from Oberlin M. Carter, the former
army officer, the amount of his pecula?
tions from tbe goveroment st Savannah,
aud lor which he recently finished a five
year term in the Leavenworth peniten?
tiary. The Supreme Conrt today made
this assignment of tbe case, on motion
of Solicitor General Bowers.
SENATOR" ALDRICH SPEAKS.
Senator Aldrich began Saturday as
chairman of the monetary commission
of Congress, his campaign to "educate"
the public as to the country's needs in
the comiog financial legislation. In a
careful speech, refraining from promul?
gation ol any outspoken, definite plan,
the senator reviewed tbe work of the
commission, and asked for criticism and
suggestions from the business men of
the country. He spoke before tbe Com?
mercial Club in Chicago. Mr. Aldrich,
while recommending nothing, announ?
ced his conversion to the belief that the
country's greatest need is a reorganized
credit system. This, he said, is more
important tban tbs question of bsnknote
('sues. His speech also confirmed tbe
report that he favora a central bank of
issue, nuder government control or "re?
strictions.
To those of his hearers who expected
Senator Aldrich to use the ocoasiun for
the promulgation of the central bank
project, or any other plan or theory of
national finaoce, his speech most have
been in tbe nature of a surprise. He
declared al the outset "tbat the question
of a definite plan for reforming existing
conditions haa not yet beeo taken ap by
the commission," sod added that no
pisa woold be adopted "until alter tbe
most careful and exhaustive study of all
the conditions thst surround the prob?
lem." Mr. Aldrich's purpose in Bask?
ing thia campaign was strongly Com?
mended by President Taft io his speech
at Boston before beginoiog his bog
journey.
Lionel Brongb, the fsmoos comedian,
died kn London today, aged 75. In com?
pany with Violet Cameron be visited
America in 1&5.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt today wired the
government official and the Vnited Pre? cor?
respondent that both he and Kermit Roose?
velt were in the best of health and that there
wa* absolutely no foundation for the story
that he had either met with au accident or
? iii].
News of tbe Day.
H. J Slifer, geoeral manager of tbe
Panams Railroad, has resigned.
A big slump in the Baltimore oyster
narket is reported, with low prices snd
ight demand as the csasee.
Advices from sooth Africa ssid that
io basis for the rumor of Mr. Boote*
relt's illness could be found.
Senstor Commins, of Iowa, attacked
Speaker Cannon end defended the"insnr*
[eats" in Congress in a speech in Chi
iago on Satarday.
Senator Oollom, of Illinois, is quoted
is saying that the elimination of the
>egro vote would result In great good to
he republican party in the south.
At the annual meetiog of tbe Na
ional Associa'ion of Audubon Society
leld ic New York city on November
ith, Miss Katbarioe H. Stuart was
sleeted s member of the adviaary board.
Because be was convinced at a revival
fleeting that it wai wroog to ase to
mcco.and decided tbat if it was wrong to
ise tbe weed it most be atong to sell lt,
J. N. Brees, a Wichita, Kan., mer
hant, yeaterday made a bonfire of his
ilgara and tobacco.
Robert Spellman, aged three years,
rsa playing ia his home at 170$ Thirty
oorth street northwest Washington yea
erday afternoon makins; animals with
natches on the floor. Four boars later
ie brea'bed his Isst, a charred little mite
if bnmsnity, almost hidden from sight
ly bsndsges, lyiug on a cot in George
own Hospital,
The French Line steamer Ls Lorraine
ras In collision Satarday nigbt with the
teamer BL Barthelemy, off Cape la
lagne. Several of La Lorraine's bow
?tates were damaged, and she returned
o port as s precaution. The passengers
ind csrgo were transferred to La Gas-i
:ogne, which will sail on Wednesday.
t?he St.Barlhelemys stem wps crushed in
ind she also pat ia for repairs.
Alighting Irom the elevator on the
oorth floor of tbe Dime Bink building
it Scranton, Pa., Satarday afternoon,
1-year-old Charles Derby toppled back
nto tbe shaft, before the safety door
ilosed, ss the carriage went up. His
notber, Mrs. Frederick K Derby,
taned over, make a grab for bim, lost
ter balance and fell aller the child. Sae
vas killed; the boy was fa'ally hart.
Foods guaranteed by the Department
if Agriculture to be pure and unadulter?
ated will be placed on exhibition in
rVashington today when tbe National
'ure Food Show opens at Convention
Sall. The sanction of Dr. Hsrvey W.
rViley, tbe goveroment chemist who has
ed the fight sgainst impure foods, will
ie given the exhibition by bis presence
md by his consent to deliver tbe opeo
ng address.
Wednesday will find the circuit of
'resident Taft's journeys completed
sith his return to Washington. Hardly,
lowever, will be have had time to look
iver tbe improvements made in the
rVhite House daring his absence before
ie starts on another trip, this time a
hort one, into New Eogland, where at
?fiddletown, Ct, he will ou Friday at
end tbe installation of Dr. William P.
'hanklin as president of Wesleysn
Jniversity.
Tbe disqualification yesterday of the
irst three burses in a trotting race at
Vienna led to a great riot. The crowd
vas Infuriated by the decision, wbich
nade the fourth horse, a rank outsider,
be winner,and tried to lynch the judges,
vho fled from a bombardment of beer
[lasses, stones, etc The stands, indue)
ng the royal box, were wrecked, and
vben tbe inadequate police were rein
orced, the crowd fought them madly.
Jltimately tbe police drew their swords
ind de (sit cots indiscriminately until the
irowds were cowered. Fifty of tbs mob
vere severely wounded and numbers
vere less severely injured. Many arrests
vere made.
Twelve brave nuns at St. Vincent's
)rphan Asylum Cleveland,Ohio.organiz
ng a bucket brigade, pat out a fire in
he top of tbe building last night and
|aelled an incipient panic, which might
eave beep of more danger than tbe fire,
rh*, older bovs in the asylum, which
louses 400 little ooea. were tbe first to
earn of the daoger. The slaters, pissing
tuckets of water up the alair and pour
ng it on the blsi?, aent the biggest boya
o oversee the little ones at their studies.
['boee who attempted to rash oat were
irdered back, and wben help arrived
rom ontside the children, part of them
till ignorant of the peril, were at tbeir
looks. Tbe nuns, almost dropping from
atigue, held the fire under control.
Posses of citizens of Florence, N J.,
ire hot on the trail of a masked bandit
rho on Satarday night broke ioto the
country home of Schuyler Ranier near
florence and, af?r locking Mrs Jane
dickenson, the sole occupsnt of the
louse into a kitchen closet, blew open
be family safe and eecap?d with cash
tod gold notes and bonds ti the amonnt
if abont $10,000, Ranier is a wealthy
armer, 72 years old. It is said tbat he
efused to frost his money to banks.
Ranier has beeo in the hsbit of keepin *
125,000 in gold In his safe. His re a"
ives believe bis loss ls mach gree'e-e
hsa st first roported, aad the exact
imoant the man got cannot be figured
>ut at present.
SPREAD OF THE HOOK WORM.
Dr. H. H. West, of Gu If port, Miss.,
n a paper on bookworms read before
be Hsrrison county (Miss.) Medicsl
Association, declares that "Ihe decesse
s becoming more prevalent every day,
[t thrives best io saody soil, snd I know
if no more suitable place Ulan the coast
aunties of Mississippi I believe that
it least 75 per cent, of the children of
-oath Mississippi sre safleriog from the
lecease in some degree. The disease ls
sore prevslent among those who come
o direct contact with tha soil, such ss
armers and thotee wbo go bare
ooted.
"The way the parasite enters (hp
>ody is through tbe skin. Grouoditch
s caused a* it emera. Every individual
vho haa had grounditch bas bad and
nay still have bookworms.
After passing through the skin lt gets
nto the blood vessels snd is carried to
be heart, thence to tbe luogs snd then
nto the bronchial tubes, np tbe trachea
lid down tbeaesopbsgasto the stomach,
iaslly reaching ehe sma'1 intestine-,
vhere the deadly work of Backlog is
>egao. _____________
New York Stock Market.
New York, Nov. 8.?The stock market
ihoired a fair nmou.it of strenfrth at the epen
oer with nias of f.?:uons to more than ? ne
point io all but a few point? The fracMonsl
reaction ehat succeeded the stron? op*nin_:
rae?d and strength ooo?aged.
Virginia Newt.
Mias Rose E. Hardin and Thomas H.
Roll s en, both of Leesourg.were marritd
ia Rockville, Md., oo Satarday.
The main building and wharf of tbe
Imperial Company, a fertiliser concer i
nsar Norfolk, were horned yesterdsy
evening with the loss of $40,000.
Tbe one hundred snd twenty-seventh
annual session of the Virginia Confer?
ence of the Methodist Ep'scocsl Church
South will convene in Irin'ty Church,
Newport Newa, on Wednesday.
Gov. Swanson has not yet decided
wben be will order a special election for
a successor to the late Representative
Francis Rives Lsssiter of the fourth dis?
trict. Tbere are soy number of candi*
dstes for the position.
Admitting its insbility to continue
business snd ssking tbe court for protec?
tion in answering a salt broaght by W.
E. Lindssy, tbe L. M. Lewis Dredging
Company, L. M. Lewis, president, wss
at Norfolk ou Satarday pot io the hsods
ol S. J. Ltodssy receiver.
Dr. M. Q. Holt, 84 years old, of
Surrey coaoty, died at Newport News,
Saturday. He ia survived by bis widow
and four sons?Senator Saxon W. Holt
aud Col. Robert Pegram Holt, of that
city; Judge Henry Holt, of Staaoton,
and R. Winston Holt, of Washington.
Mrs. Susan McD. Carrington, aged 77
years, daughter ol Gov. James Mc?
Dowell, died Friday night al the home
of ber daughter, Mia. W. S. Correll, In
Lexington. She was the widow of di.
Charles S. Carrington, wbo waa presi?
dent of tne old Jamas river and Kana*
wha canal.
Tbe forest fires in tbe neigbborbor
bood of Orkney Springs Iset week were
nol so bsd ss at first reported. Tele?
grams sent out from that plsce ststed
that seven cottages st the springs, in?
cluding tbat belonging to Bishop R. A.
Gibson, bad beeo barned. This turns
>ut to bsve been a mistske.
The Virginia State Aoli-Taburculoais
Society met in Richmond on Satardsy
and organized for the work of enlisting
all the couotiea and cltlea of the state,
all the churches, fraternal societies and
every claaa of persons lo the campaign
eo be waged against :be diseaae. W. W.
Bsker, of Hallsboro, waa elected preai?
dent.
Tbe fifteenth annual meeting of Ihe
Aasociation of Collegee sod Preparatory
Schools of the Soothero States, wbicb
oegso at the University of Virginia
Friday morning, came to a close Sst ur-1
day night with the electioo of officers.
Dt. R. E. Blackwell, president of Ran
dolph-Macoo College, Aahlaod, was
chosen president.
The report of the trustees of tbe
failed Traders aud Truckers' Brink, of
Norfolk shows tutsi deposits ol $198,
339.54, with overdralts of $60,787.43,
nu August 7, gs against a sworn repon
tn tbe Virginia CorporstlonCommission,
Juns 23, of $77,663.86 io Individual de?
posits subject to iheck, aod $1,029 19
in overdralta. The report ahowa a per?
sonal indebtedness to tbe bank of its
president, Terry B. Gordon, of $54,'
284 90, and ot its cashier, A. N. Croser,
of $12,460,04, besides other obligations
of the American Piano Player Company
assumed by Mr. Cruier. Ihe report ol
the auditors shows that no proper bal?
ance of notea and billa beeu m*e<e io
seveo yeara.
WORK OF TRAIN ROBBERS.
Io a daring attempt lo loot tbe Coica
go batter aod egg special traio ou the
Chicago, Milwaukee aod S'. Paul Rail?
road yesterday, robbera shot and danger,
ously wounded M. L. Jackson, a brake?
man of the train, at Round Lake, Wis.
The robbers drove ap io two sotomobile
tracks sod cat off the last five
csrs of the traio, which was oo
a siding at Round Lake, Illinois, Jack?
son, the brakemaa, aaw them forcing
the door of one of tne cars witb a crow?
bar. He ran from the caboose of tbe
train toward them, and they immediately
opened fire, Jackson fslllngwitb a bullet
in hts besd.
When tbe shooting began the engi?
neer of tbe traio started tbe engine
shead, and tben it was discovered (hst
part of the tram bat been cat ofl Jack?
son, though seriously wounded, had
mausged tu crawl back toward tbe ca
bejLrae, and members of the train crew
found him lying unconscious nesr the
steps of tbe esr. Posses of farmers
searched the woods for tbe fugitives but
oo trace of them wss lound.
Attempts were msde yesterday to
wreck two passenger trains ou the Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad. Tbe point
selected was at tbe foot of a aharp grade
below Bey Minette, Als., where tbe
wreckers p aced crotslies, tba', were
hidden from the engineer by a curve.
Bath trains were stopped io time to avoid
serious damage, although one locomotive
rsa against the ties aod wss Injured.
Tbe trains were runniogonly threehoura
apart. ______________
TUBERCULOSIS IN DUST.
That approximately 25 per cent of the
dca.hs of pt 'sons whoas occupations ex*
pose tbem to municipal or street dust
and to geoersl organic dust sre doe to
tuberculosis is tbe startling fact disclosed
in a bulletin prepared at tbe Bureen ot
Labor by Frederick L. Hoffman.
According to insurance mortality expe?
rience IS.6 p- r cent, of di a.bs in occopa*
lions with eiposure to municipal dust
were dov to consumption and in occupa?
tions exposed to general organic dust tbe
proportion was 23 per cent. As com?
pared with tbese preiportiona, 14.8 per
cent- of deaths of maka 10 yeara old aod
over in the registration area of the
United S ates were from consumption.
Among occupations exposed to general
organ c dust baltonmakers showed the
bigest mortality, 27. .-5 per cent, of deaths
iu this occupation being from consump?
tion.
Ia each of tbe two groups the highest
consumption mnrslity was among per*
sons from 25 to St years old, tbe propor?
tion smong persons of these sgea being
39.6 per cent, io occnpstloos exposed to
municipal dnst sod 49 per cent, io those,
exposed to general org.oie dost as com?
pared with 81.3 per cent for malea of
the ssme ages in the registration area.
eoieiek climatic change* try strong oon
?ti.uu. rm and e auee. ?? oor other evils, n ssl
( tnrrh, a trouble** j e nd otfsnseve ie? ea.
?"'ei.e-ireig and HiuTtieng, coughing snd dim nit
breathing, and the drip, drip of the Cul dis
eli t-.i re.tye the- throat- all are eoded by
Kly's Cream Bal a. This hinest tenudf
reen tai t e. oe. eseaiMh mercury, nor other
harmfa. ingredient The worst cases v eld
to treatment rn a abort time. All drugi<i?u.
50c , or mai od by Ely Bros., tb A'trna
stmt, New York.
Today's Telegraphic News
Trlsl of Msdame Steinheil.
Psris, Nov. 8 ?Madame Marguerite1
Steinheil took her plice ia tbe Assize
Doutt in tbe Palais de Justice todsy
confident tbat she will aave her neck
[rom tbe keen edge of tbe goillotioe's
knife by securing sn acquittal on tbe
jharge of murdering ber baabaod aod
mother.
Tbs pasltioo of the aecosed womao
today ia atronger thao it waa before the
state began Ita eSorta to prove her a
murderess. It is apparent that tbe bit?
ter arguments between tbe prisoner and
judges, prosecutor and wiloesses are de?
testing the ends ol jastice. Tbe murder
of M. Steinheil toa Mme. Japy is todsy
ihrooded in deeper mystery tban lt was
before the trial begso. Instesd of throw?
ing light on the crime, tbe prosecution
Di tbe widow is beclouding tbe issue.
Todsy's proceedings opened with
soother victory for Mme. Steioheil io
the testimony of M. Achersy, fsmily
physicisn of tbe Steinheils.
Tbat the csse of the state ls crumbling
becsme apparent todsy when M. Bord
ere), sdmlited lover ol Mme. S eioheil,
who iostslled her in tbe country place
Vert Loela, declared tbat neither he nor
Mme. , * einheil bad ever dreamed of
marrisge ss a result of their relations.
The prosecution ba) beld thst Mme.
Steinheil's motive for tbe murder of ber
husband wss her desire to marry Bor
derel.
The American federation wt Labor.
Toronto, Out., Nov. 8 -Tbe 2'Jtb
annual convention of tbe American Fed
eia.ion of Labor opened here to tay. The
delegates were welcomed by Mayor
Joseph Oliver, Toronto; William Clock*
ling, D minion trades commissioner;
Hon. W. L. McKeoze, Minister rei
Libor for the Duiniui ir.; Hon. Dr.
Reaume, Minister cf Public Worka lor
Ontario. Response was made by Pres)
dent Samuel Gompers.
There is trouble ahead for the federa?
tion, as the Insurgent electrical workers
bave taken a firm stand and lhere ia t>
possibility of a general disruption shoulj
the trouble not be adj isled.
Tbe credentials of tbe McNulty faction
electrical worker*, were recommeodec
by (he credeu isis committee. All "in?
surgents" delegatea are denied repre?
sentation including central bodiea and
stale federations, the charters of which
bave been revoked because of standing
by tho Reed factioo, elee'rical workers.
The motion of Preaident L?wis, of tbe
United Mine Workers, that the report
of the committee be adopted, excepting
that part of lt relating to contesteo
deleg-tes, was carried. Tbis gives the,
"insurgents" a chance to bring their
fight to the floor of ihe conventioo.
Maa Beaten to Death.
Mooot Holly, N. J., Nov. 8.?Wil?
lison aod Robert Matthews sod Uharlea
Dickson were arrested early todsy io
connection with tbe death of John Cam?
eron, a farm-hsnd, who, the police
claim, wss kicked to desth io a fight
over a poker gsme played by the light ot
s switch Ump beside the rsilrosd tracks
near here Sitnrday night. Tbe author?
ities are looking for Raymood Dennis,
and snother msn nsmed Sweet in con?
nection with the sflair. Cameron died
io the County Hospital where he wm
taken siter he was found unconscious
beside the railroad tracks. His oose snd
jaw were broken, both legs fractured, his
teeth knocked ont, be wss internally In?
jured aod his body wss terribly lacerated
and bruised.
Police Handed to Rule.
Chicago, Nov, 8.? I hi rrganlzatiou
known as tbe United Police of Chicago,
yesterday at its annual meeting sundered
sll the ties tbst bind lt to tbe heads of
the department. It virtually declared
its Independence by ousting from office
all its present officials and electing io
their stesd sn Insurgent ticket, the mem?
ber of wbich sre svowedly hostile to
the control of the orgsniz>tion by tbe
msyor,chief of police or any city official.
Practically this action means tbat
hereafter tbe mayor and chief of police
wiil find it almoat Impossible to discharge
or discipline any policeman for neglect
of doty or other ofieoae.
Tb* Bnf get Before the Lords.
London, Nov. 8 ?Before tbe fullest
representation of E.glaod'a nobility that
tbe House of Lords baa aeen in genera?
tions, the Earl of Creme todsy formally
laid Chancellor of Exchequer Lloyd
George's budget before the peers this
ifternoor. Tbere was no discussion of
the measure, which is generally accepted
aa a crisis lo the upper house. The fir.'*
brsnds amoog tbe peers who have ao*
nounced their intention of voting solidly
against tbe bill because of its income
ind land tsx festures are reserving them*
?elves until tbe second reading of the
bill, November 22.
Conditions in <ir?ece.
Oopeohsgen, Nov. 8.?Naws received
sere that King George of Greece is ne*
rolistlog for the purchase of the Steens
nygard estate, near Copenhagen, has
:aused considerable excitement In dip?
lomatic circles, The negotiations are
-enerally accep:ed as proof of tbe forth
:omiogabdicaiiooof the Greek mona,ch.
Athens, Nov. 8.?-The political situs
inn here hu agaio nodergooe s com
plete change, and the loysl nsvy party
iow appears to be In control of the
:ountry's affairs. Tbe loyal naval offi?
cers gsined strength by tbeir sttitude in
he fjpaldoa nprialng.
the President In Georgia.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 8? Following
leasioo at golf thia moroiog Presldeot
raft waa escorted to the Chsmber of
Jommeree where he waa introduced to
be business men of tbe oity. This sf
erooon, accompanied by the governors
if 8oath Osrolias sad Goorgis, he will
ie the guest of hooor st tbe atate fair
ind will leave for Wilmlogtoo, N. C., at
I o'clock.
The golf game resulted io a victory
or the president. While tbe gsme wss
o progress, Ty Cobb, tbe bssebsll vlr
noan, was presented to M'. Taft by
3aptsio Bott.
Plre ia Madrid.
Madrid, Nov. 8 ?Fere, wbich started
u tbe Zarzaels Theatre, ia now beyond
:ontrol and gives promise of doing grest
lamage before lt is estingniabed The
Sre spread through ibe theatre with
*reat rapidity, and now a number of im?
portant builjiugs are threatened. A
somber of firemrn have been ic jure d.
[t is likely thst fie fire wili interfere
with tbe arrangements /or the reception
io Kiog Manuel of Portugal.
Tie Market.
ImergtMma, D. C Nov. 8. Whttt IttJ-Us.
Moe Parsons Lose Their Lives.
New York, Nov. 8?Eight workmen
sod ooe boy lost tbeir lives aod ten
otber workmen were badly hart by
jumping from windows daring a fire thst
todsy destroyed the celluloid factory of
William Morriaaooaod Son, 152 Colum?
bia atreet. Tbe fire atartedoo the second
floor fross some nokoowo cause and fed
on itflimmable msterisls spreed rapidly
through tbe building, cutting off the
escape of the workmen who were at
tbeir bencht a.
Tuere wss a wild paolo and many
jumped from the windows without stop*
p cg lc raise the sashes, being cat by
flying glass aod hurt by strikl-g the
ground
The fire was a bard ooe (o control, as
the stored celluloid exploded as the
flames hit it, driving the firemen back
Irom tbe barning stracore.
The work of gettiog the dead aod in*
jared oat of the baildiog called for des*
perste effort oo tbe part of ibe firemen
aod several of them were buroed wbile
doing so.
Tbe fire waa caused by so explosion
of fibreioid wbich ibe members of the
firm were psckie>g to fill s rush order.
Mrs. Astor Ursnted a Divorcee
New York City, N. Y., Nov. 8-Mrs.
Jobo Jacob Astor, tbe society leader, was
graoted ao absolute divorce from ber
husband, John Jscob Astor, by Juatice
Mills ia tbe supreme coart here todsy.
The papers io the case sre ordered
sealed.
Neither Colonel nor Mra. Astor were
io coori wheo the decree waa granted.
Wbo was named aa co-respondent is not
known, and probable will never be, si
though theie is a strong rumor that tbe
? ff.ir hhs entirely arraoged for and tbe
co-uspoodent provided so tbst tbe per?
sons wbo were considered st the outset
at the acion might be protected.
It is rumored tbat Mrs, A-tor received
i lump sum of $10,000,000 in lieu ol
alimony and abe will bave tbe custody
el their daughter, while their son will
remain witb his father.
The Coming Consistory.
Rome, Nov. 8 ?Despite the bumer*
MM reports to ihe coutrary, there la
todsy tbe best Vsticao authority for
tbe statement that tbe next consistory
wiil not be held before December. Aa
to tbe number of cardinals to be created
at tbat tiffie-, all predictions are mere
guesses. Ail Hat is certain ls thst
Mgr. Mendez Bello wiil be mide pa?
triarch ol Lisoou, Besides tbis, tbe most
probsble appointment sre those of
Mgr. Granito di Belmonte sa Nando
ia Vienua, and Mgr. Giuslini aa secre
, tary of the congregation of Sicrameots.
Preparing for Aerial Transpertatlooi
Psris, Nov. 8 ? Tbe cornerstone of a
Varis-Lyoas-Medittrrsoeso airship ser?
vice was lat J today wheo theairabip sod
aeroplaoe ststioo of tbe Lebaady
brotbeisist Saint Martin, two miles from
Seos, wsa dedicated to aerial navigation,
with appropriate ceremony. Tbe Parla
ground of tbe Lehsudy airship plant will
be used as tbe Parla terimoos of the
route, aod a aite has been acquired st
Lyons for the station there, The Paiis
Lyoaa route covers 825 miles.
Dsnger of Monopolistic Control:
New York, Nov. 8.?The danger of
mont polistic control of the power
soarct's of America ia conaidered so
grave by tbe National Oonaerva'ion As?
sociation of America tbat it issued an
appeal today, signed by Dr. Obsrles W.
Eliot, fermer president of Harvard and
now president of tha ats,cia'ion, warn?
ing the public of the need of immediate
action to ward (ff tbe daggers. Tbe
sppesl des s particularly with the Alss*
kso coal fields.
America's Big Faltlesblp
Bostoo, Mass., Nov. 8 ?Witb all her
contract requirements exceed in ber tests
to date, the North Dakota, America's
big new dreadnought is t>Cay erf the
Ma-sschuettes coast on her 24-hour test
ia which she will bekeyed ap to a 19
koot pitch of speed throughout. The
tests that she baa thoa far undergone,
the North Dskota has fsr exceeded the
performsnee of her sister ship aod rivsl
for Amrricsa naval supremacy, ibe
Delaware.
Twelve Thousand Miners Strike.
Sydney, Nj-. 8.?Twelve thousand
Australian ct al miners went on strike
today demanding more wsges snd better
hours. All other miners io the coootry
sre expected to follow tbeir exsmple sod
the tie-up promise to cause great loss to
maoufactorers and business generally.
It is believed thst s geoersl coal famine
will ensue as tbe result of the strike snd
wili last nntil cosl csa be imported
from Japan.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVIHHS.
Jamea Carry, a fisherman, found 150
ponnd of ambergris today In the straita
ol Juan de Fuca, a few miles from Port
Townsend, Wash. Chemis s examined
tbe find snd proooanced its valae to be
$100,000.
November 28 will be "Sanitary San*
day" throughout the stste or North Oar*
olios. Ministers sre oow being asked
r>y the state board of health to aet aside
that Sanday for a specal sermon oo
tuberculosis,
Midshipman Earl Wilson, of Coving?
ton, Ky , who waa operated on yester?
day at Annapolis, Md , to relieve the
pressure ceased by tbe shattered verte?
brae pressing un tbe spinal cord result?
ing from hia accident wbile playiog foot?
ball, wai resting essily today.
The southwestero limited, tbe oew 24
hour traio to St. Louis over the New
York Central, made a record breaking
trip from tbe Missouri city, rushing into
th" Grand Central S allon in Nsw York
at 9:85 this morning, having beaten the
scheduled time by ten minnies.
Oonfasiog sod contradictory state?
ments by William E. Datton, concern*
Ing tbe deith of Mee Elisabeth Ssas
uer, his boose-keeper, wbo wss baroed
to death yesterday, todsy resulted io
his beiog held without bsil to swalt
the coroners investigstioo, io Phila?
delphia Dattoo at a heiring before a
magistrate thia moroiog Insisted the
woman bad set herself oo fire acciden?
tally, and then called him for aid.
IN MEMORIAM.
Tn sad, but loving. ?m?ro'**i-nee of en?
dear sister, R08E ELLA HAYES, who deed
November 8, 1903?lix years agc'today.
Time can not heal the wounded heart,
Nor fill the vacant chair;
I mies my sister st all times,
I miss her everywhere.
? I ovi.no Suma.
Increased otlooa^. *^lfA^^?ilfJt i
ATHLETIC DAY.
The thirty-fourth sonnsl stbletic day
exercises st tbe Episcopal High Soho
were held today.
Tbe reception committee were: L,
Lawrence Phillips, L Pittman Spricgs
aod Gaorge L. C. Hooter; the maratala
were: George T. Buchanan, A. E.
Moulton, S W. Randolph, J D. Brown
and L. H. Williamson; tbe managers
were: Jsmes S ephensou Hewitt, WU.
liam Nicbolss Woad sod Pichrgro Wools
folk; property man, EJwarJ Woodron
Smith, jr ; judger: M esra. Archibald
Robinaou Hoxton, Ar bur Powell Gray,
jr., aod Mr. Oscar DeW. Raodolpb;
starter, Mr. John Moncure Daniel, jr.;
time keepers, Messrs. Willoughby
Reade and Francis Edward Carter, and
tbe scorer, Mr. Ihe maa Kioloch Nelson,
The schedule was as follows:
Tbrowlog the ball?Pr!z>, a baseball
glove, won by Wo..lt.elk. Distance:
316 lett, 4} Inches.
Fist race, half mlle? Prlz?, a pair of
cuff bulloos, won by Robertson. Time:
2 minutes, 26 8 5 seconds.
Potao race, 450 yards?Friz-, a
fountain pen, woo by Speer, Time: I
minute, 37 2 5 seconds.
Seoior fist race, 100 yards--Pr ?*, a
silver knife, woo by Gronly. Time:
10 2 5 seconds.
Pu.ting the shot, 12 lbs ? Prizs, a
fine sweater, woo by W. N. Wood.
Distsooe: 38 feet, 5 Inches, record.
Junior running loog jump?Pries, a
pocketbook, won by Schoew. Distance;
17 feet, 10 inches.
Pole vaulting?Prize, a signet srirf
pin, won by W. N. Wood. Heigh : 6
feet, 9 lochee.
Senior bordie race?Priz<, a pair of
coff buttons, won by Oruuly. -tait:
30 seconds, recorJ.
Junior hurdle rsce- Pr/.), Ad K H.
S. Jersey, woo by Mllaor. lime: 83 4 fr
seconds.
S)nior running long jump?Pris-, a
pair of brogues, won by Wallace. Dis?
tance: 17 feet, 4 J Inches.
Seoior fla' iac*, 220 yards?Prize, a
set of veld studs, woo by Berkeley.
Time: 25 3 5 seconds.
Junior Hit race, 220 yards?Prize :
A fountain peo, wou by RobeiUoo.
lime: 27 3 5 seconds.
Senior fl il race, 440 yards?Prize: A
gold signet ring, won by Wallace, lime:
57 1 5 icconda.
Junior flat race, 100 yards?Prise:
Art E. H. S. jetrsey, won by Speer,
li me: 12 seconds.
Sack rac, 100 ysrds?Prise: A pock?
et knife, wou by EM. Maisie, lime:
20 1 6 seconds.
Janior ti.i rsce, 440 yards?effete*:
A pair of firates, won by Speer. Time:
1 minute, 7 15 secouds.
Running high jump?Prise: A fine
sweater, won by W N. Wood. Height:
4 feet, 10 inches.
High hurdle rsce, 120 ysrdi?Pr s :
A fine ita*, woo by Hewitt. Time:
19 1-6 seconds.
Throwing tbe hammer, 12 poonda?
Prize: A scarf pio, woo by Vf. N.
Wood. Distaooe: 90 feet, 10 lockes,
record.
Kelsy race, half anile?Piiz : Four
pocket books, won by (bu Fairfax
Literary Society. Time: 1 minute, 4 5
seconds.
Oousolatioorace, 220 yards?Priz : A
bunch of bananas. Winner, Dibney.
Time: 26 1*5 seconds.
Best athlete prize medsl awarded tey
W. N. Wood. Number attained 2S
poiots. Oronly wss second with 19
points.
Tbe Fsirfsx Society got 100 poiots
tod Blackford 49.
Tbe prises trere preseoted by Miaa
Gay Lloyd.
There was a lsrge attendance to wit?
ness the spores mcladiog a number of
Alexandrians. Tbe malle was by Prof.
Plltt's bsod.
COURT OF APPEALS.
Tbe fall term of Coort of Appeals will
opso io Richmond on Thursday moro?
iog. Tbe commonwealth esses ate tha
first oo the docket, aod will be entered
Into at once. Tbe docket is s loog ene.
It is unlikely thst a foll coort will be
preseot at the beginning of the term,
for Judge John A. Bichsnan, who, as
hst been previously stated, has been ill
for some time, is not yet weil enough
to sit. Judge Bachnnsn ia in tne
Johrston-Willis Hospital. His con?
dition U not regarded aa 1mmediaiely
aerlooa, snd it is expected tbat he will
ireUru to the bench later lathe term.
News from Ardebii Persis is tbst the
forelga resideoti, beeeiged la the Roe
sisa consulate by the revoltiog Shaba
evsn tribesmen, are holding oat bravely,,
hoping to make a suceesml resistance
until the arrival of reinforcements.
Saven tnouaaod Persians troops are on
tbeir way to Ardebii traveling by forced
marches to rslieve the consnlate.
Wholesale Prtoea of Prod nee.
Floor Extra.._ 6 76 a 600
Family. 62 a 6 76
Fancy brands. 660 a 700
Wheat, longberry. 116 a 1 16
Mixed. H2 a 116
Fo.lt. 1 10 a 114
Damp aad tough. OOO a IOU
Corn, white. 060 a 0 65
Mixed. 0 60 a 065
Yellow. 026 a 0 80
Corn Meal. 0.90 a 086
Bye.?? ?? 076 a 0*>
Oats, mixed, new. 048 a 0fi5
White, new. 060 a 067
Elgin Print Butter. 032 a 034
Butter, Virginia, packed. 018 a 020
Choioe Virginia.. 0 20 a 0 22
Common to middling. 014 s 016
Eggs. 0 27 a 028
Live Chickens (hens). Oil a 0 12
Spring Chickens . 0 20 a 0 22
PoUtoes, per on.. 72 a HG
Bwset Potatoes bbl. 17' a 186
Onions, per bushel. 76 a W>
Apples, per bbl. Oe* a 6 00
Drftd Peaches, pealed. 0084 * Oltf
Pork, per 100 lbs. 7 80 a 8 68
Bacon, country hams. 0 17 a 0 18
Beat sugar-cared barns. 018 a 018
Breakfast Bacon. 018 a 018^
Buarar-cared shoulders. OOO a 013
Bulk shoulder*. 012 a 013
Dry Salt sides. 0 13j a 014
Oil A. 9to a 620
Con/, standard. 610 a 620
Oranolated. 6 20 a 6 ft
Coflees? Bio . OH 0 018
LaOnayra . 016 a 016
Java. 018 a 036
Molasses B. 8.-. 016 a Ole
CB. 017 a 0_.
New Orleans.. 020 a OsjT.
guitar Syrups. 010 a 03e?
Porto Rico....... 022 a OJ
galt?0. A. 060 a Of
Fine. 086 a 01*i
Turk's island. OM a lu
Vfool? long, un waa bed.... 0 28 a O'.
Washed. 032 a O'.
Merino, anvre? bed. 028 a O'.
Do. washed. 024 a Ot-'
Berring, Eastern per bbl. 6 76 a 7,
Potomac Nol. SOO a 1)
No. 1 Cut Potomac Herring 400 a |(<l
Po?tatt f?_i1t roe. 460 a Se
Do. half barre). 226 a 3
Mackerel, small per bbl. 1300 a 14
No.3 _?*?__a._. 1400 als
No. 2. lfiW a Wuu
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