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THE DAY'S SUMMAH
THE WKATaERi
WASHINGTON, July 10— Forecast:
Virginia— Fair Friday, arid Saturday; :
jlcht to fresh north winds. ■ ■
North Carolina— Fair Fridny, except
bhowcrs and cooler on the coast; Satur-.:
day f«ir; fresh north to northeast winds.
The weather in Richmond yesterday
tvas warm, and, markod by'a severe elcc-
tricail and raln-Ftorm in the afternoon.
The Dispatch thermometer ranged as fol
lows:
g a. m ...,..........{...:.. ....... si
it A. M •-• -. 8S
j2 m. •--••• .~......:'....:..-.:....;;; %' -
3 IVM. ...: -97
c p. M. ........"... ............: so
J2 Xißht 79
Jvlcan temperature .................. S6 5-G
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
* July 11, 1!K)2.
Sun ri5e5.. ...... .4:59} HIGH TIDE.
tSun pots.. ....7:31 j Morning .....'....9:11
jroon 5«15.......11:23 j Evening. .........9:44
RICHMOND.
U.srhtninp: strikes the Auditorium build-
Jnp. setting it on lire, and causing its
complete destruction Storm strikes the
Ktate. Farm. d:imaging property and en
daiiccring Jifo — C: W. Puip, of Plttsburg,
made assistant general manager of the
Washington and' Southern and the ' Ric
hmond, Fredericksburg- and Potomac-^—
Testimony of eye-witnesses in the Pen-
dleton-Williams encounter- — More Coun
cil Committees organize The Governor
swears allegiance to the new Constitution,
which became effective at noon— — Mail
carrier overcome by heat and dies —
Anniversary of the Drs. Hatcher to be
rckbraled Music at Libby Hill Park to
night—-MANCHESTER: Lady "strikes ,
it rich." winning $6,000 at policy-playing;
. — Mayo's Bridge charged with electricity :
> — Joint caucus of the City Fathers.
VIRGINIA.
Dr. J. C. Baits, one of Norfolk's coro
.sers, murdered in cold! blood last nig-ht
By a negro to 'whose house he had b&en
called professionally to attend his slayer's !
wife. When the police surrounded the ]
home the negro fired on them. Later he
was mortally wounded— — Terrific rain
y/Ind- hail- . and electrical-storm swept
»ver Goochland county yesterday after
noon doing immense damage to crops and
buildings. Several barns at the State
penitentiary farm were blown down, while
tlio farm of Mr. Joseph R. Anderson was
likewise badly damaged. There were
many narrow escapes from death— — Miss
Minnie Schepmore. the 17-year-old daugh
ter of Dr. J. D. -Schepmore, of Freder
icksburg. was attacked- Wednesday' nijjht
by a negro : brute, whose purpose was
criminal assault. She was roughly hand
led, and severely cut in three places with
some sharp instrument. Her condition is
very serious. The negro escaped Vir
ginians attending the Twelfth Interna
tional Convention of the Baptist Young
People's Union in Providence, R: I.—
William F. Webster declared not guilty in
tho United 'States Court at Alexandria
yesterday. • He was charged with sending
obscene letters through the mails- — Re
port that J. H. Vaiden. of Montgomery,
has married the 13-year-old daughter of
Farmer Austin, whom he ; is alleged to
have abducted Mrs. R. H. Harvey died
yesterday in Newport News, from blood
poisoninf? caused by the bite of an in
sect—Address of Dr. Wallace Buttrick,
secretary of the General Education Board,
before the school superintendents and
teachers at Charlottesville yesterday. "
GENERAL
New York stock market 'highly -specula
tive throughout, closing generally steady
All grains 1 drop in • price at' Chicago.
Provisions higher— Old England and
Jlomestead run one two in ".the Iroquois
Stakes at ' Brighton Beach- — S. C. Mc-
Dowell sells the Rival and Moranda to P.
Ryan for a -price'- between :SS.DOO to $9,000
for' the two Flying Torpedo wins' the-
Midway selling stakes at Washington
Park — Lpresbyierian reunion , at Pen Ma r
opens with a large attendance^- — Henley
regatta ends in showers of,'rain ; — Johns
town. Pa., is again visited by an appall
in? disaster. Two hundred or more men,
it is feared, are killed by. an explosion
with Cambria Stec-1 Company's rolling
mill riiine^ under Westmont Hill — -Bolivia
appeals to Ihe United States to intervene
in her interest in the contest" between:
Bolivia. Pc-ru, and Brazil for an acre of
ground where the three countries touch—
A storm broke in the Afro-American
Council late to-day as the result of the
election of officers. For a time the scene
on the floor of the convention was in
tensely exciting. ■ and pandemonium
reigned. Quiet was restored only by the
adoption of a motion to ' adjourn. Pro
lests came from a large number of the
delogates. As a consequence, the offi
cers could not be installed, and- the mat
ter will he further discussed ; to-morrow.'
Reports .show steady, though . slow, re
sumption of business in soft-coal fields—.
Rqua<3 of militia is ordered to Eldorado,
111.,- to protect negro residents 'therer —
Five firemen "are killed in a Toronto
fire — -It is now said that King Edward's
coronation will occur. August 9th- — King
Edward maintains his steady improve
ment——Charles W. Eliot is elected presi
dent of the National Educational Asso
ciation Business men of Chicago take
an active part in attempting lo settle the:
frf-iphl-handlers' strike— —Baptist Young
People's Union meets in Providence. R..
I- with nearly 30.000 delegates in attend
ance — Flood situation in Nebraska clears
up with ceasing of rains.
BOLIVIA APPEALS TO US. .
Triangular International 'Fight" for
an Acre of Territory. ,
WASHINGTON. July 10.-i-The Bolivian
Government has appalled to this gov
ernment to intervene in it& interest in
the triangular contest between Bolivia,
Peru, and Brazil for ; possesion of the
territory of one acre which, lies at the
Joint where the three countries named
touch. j
I'UIJSIIIEXT KEPT INDOORS.
Hf DUiiohcm <»f a Lot o( BusineßH-
Smith Case This Week.
OYSTER RAY. L. 1.. July 10.— The cbri
tinuous downpour of rain kept the: Presi
dent indoors early to-day.; He and
tary Cortelyou disposed of a mass of rou-
tine business which the mails had brought
l h f :'n." ' - - . . - .' ;" ;.. : '- .
Secretary Root may be here the last , of
the- week. One of the subjects hewlll^
take up with the Presidents is; the record;
in the eourt-marUai;case of, General Jacob
Smith. The record has been " briefed for
the President, and as. he <is"i the final". re-;
viewing authority.^ he will- gofover , the
-ftst: carefully before rendering lilsj deci^j
fiiorii
"J'hf- endorsement which the -President*
will make upon the -record prohjiably.; will
In* Kiven to .the public soon, after/ it I' is ■
Jnyde because of the. interest in arid; irii^
PonancV of th<» case. " ■-' .-'.-i.--,--; •?-. :\ :'.-'}''■).
WarnluK to, Jtelfßloua: OrJer*. '4 v'
I'AHIS, July 10.— The i Premiervi 4i^
Conibc-8, has- Shstruc ted itheK prefect's Kof.
all the •C'c-partmt-nts to notify thejreligioue,
orders : who; .have^notfcompHed* withiUhe
law; of; a«s6claUonsVthat'unifc»Btthey^are
disßoKred Iwithins aHiiveeki thelri'estaWish^
menta f will ! he '■ f orctblyf closed?^.Two f thou?;
saiid = '€£tabllshmenls? are" involved.
15,989
JiiioiNiiiii
PE NN S YI/T A XI A TOWS ? VISITED y BY
ANOTHER APPALLING'/ vV r
'DISASTER. . * "*
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HEAVY LOSS , OF LIFE.
Only Lc.is Than That of the Calam
'-'- -• - ity o£ 1860.
DEATH-LIST MAY REACH 2OO:
Explosion in Mine. of Cambria Steel
CompnnyJs— Sorrovr in Hnndreds of
Homes— Pathetic Scenes— MotTierV,
Wives, Dnnsrljters, Sons Frantic
With Grief— Work of Rescue
Promptly Begrun.' " "• :-. • ; .'.:},
JOHNSTOWN, PA.. July' 10.— Johns-,
town has again been visited by an appall
ing disaster. " ' :-- . .".
It- is. -only less frightful than, the awful'
calamity of May 31, ISS3. in cost of -life,
and in its .terrible -consequences "it i has,
brought the shadow of sorrow in hundreds
of homes made desolate by a mine ex-,
plosion which took place in~the Cambria.
Steel Company's rolling-mill mine,- under
Westmont Hill, at 12:20 o'clock this/af
; ternoon.
How many are dead it may take seve
ral days to fully determine, but that,
it Is a long and shocking list is certain/
It may reach 200. 0r more menJ
It was nearly an hour after, the .ex
plosion before any general knowledge
of what had happened got abroad. - Men;
who came from the mines, escaping with
their lives, told the terrible news, and
soon it spread like wild-fire all over the
city. In scores, of homes there were
the most pathetic scenes. Mothers, wives,*
daughters, sons, and relatives were fran-
tic with grief.. Hundreds rushed to. the
Point, and, with sobbing hearts, awaited
news that did not come,- from the- ill
fated mine. ■' t '-'■■ \ - - :
Nosion.i Gases from Mine. ■
At the opening across the river from
the Point, the Cambria. Iron Company po
lice, with several assistants, stood;guard,
permitting no one to enter the mine, .from
which noxious gases were coming. It was
nearly 4 o'clock when all hope of sending
rescue parties from the Westmont opening
was abandoned. Two men who had es
caped from the mine— Richard Bennett
and John Meyers— went back two miles
to see what assistance could be rendered,
but the frightful damp drove them back,
and they fell prostrate, and only after a
desperate struggle reached' the outside:-
The doctors gave the men assistance,,- and
after working with -them half an hour
restored them. .Their story of the situ 7
ation in the mine made" it. clear that the
rescue work could not proceed from the
Westmont opening, and' then hasty prep
arations were made to begin that sad mis
sion at the Mill Creek entrance. ' ■
Soon after the news :of the explosion
reached the' Cambria officials, Mining-
Engineer Marshall G. Moore and .one^ of
his assistants, Al. G. Prosser, made 'an
attempt to -enter the mine. They were
followed >y r Mine-Superintendent George
T. Robinson, but the deadly gases stopped
their progress, and they were compelled
to return to^the surface. , . *..-/-'
Death in Rescue Effort. . ;"„
Mine Foreman Harry Rodgers. his as
sistant, William Blanch, and Fire' Bosses
John Whitney. John Retallick. and John
Thomas, were, overcome by the gases;; and
it is feared, they • perished in an .heroic
effort to rescue the miners." A son -of
Harry Rodgers' s then- tried to reaches
father but 1 he was quickly overcome^by
.the deadly 'gas, and was carried out un
conscious. ■* : " '?■'■
William Stibich spent several hours at
the Mill creek opening. • He said that he
believed as many as 450 men were still
in the mine: In his opinion, from all he
could glean,' not to exceed 150 men had
come out. '
When the news of; the explosion reach-,
ed the surface, Marshall G. Moore, mining
engineer, and one of "his^assistants. .A.
G Prosper "promptly made an attempt
to enter the mine. They were I followed
in a short time by Mine Superintendent
George T. ; Robinson. After much trou
ble they reached one. ;of the. telephones
located ■ in , ! the mine, and • communicated
with .the Cambria general offices. They
were Vmable to giveany details of the
effectsVof the explosion, but feared, the
loss of life would be large. The dam
age to the mine must be serious. ; Their
progress was stopped by the deadly. gases,
and they stated that an attempt would
at once be made to reach the scene of
the accident, which is, known- as the
"Klondike," in the miners' parlance.- l\o
entrance to the working portion of .the
mine can be effected from the main entry.
Many of the miners escaped at Mill. creek,
a shaft reaching the mine near the power
house at that point. . ,• "
Escape from the .'
About a score of American -miners who
were at work in the Klondike .district
noticed : the presence of the fire" damp :m
their apartment soon after the' explosion
occurred, and started at once for ; the
main entrance. They were' almost over
come by the deadly gas, ; but reached -the
outside world inl safety;/ 1; One of the.men
who got out safely said it is not known
what caused tne i explosion, - and -, that j, it
will probably never be known, .as ; he ;bet
lieved none; ; of the men ;at work in ; the
Klondike district cauld : be'saved. . He
also said that only a few days ago ;,the
officials issued' an order to the employees
in the mine" not to- play with the.vgas,
and that the very next day a young. Hun
garian' was seen pushing ; his naked lamp
along the roof of the mine in search of
it; -..""- ■ ' '-.-■' - ■""-■■'■ ■'. ' '^' '.'.,'-•.' ; ■
' Mining-Engineer Moore and George ; T."
Robinson, superintendent;- are' at the: head
of • a party - from > the .Franklin
slope and Conemaugh mine. ., They -are
slowly working : their way toward;. the
scene of the explosion, but i must; fight
the ; deadly gas : every : step of ,the Jway.
Canvas screens I are" beine used , to L"wall;-all
the - side entrance •: and rooms, • so ;•- as Sto
■, force ; a • direct current of pure air Jahead
of * the ? rescuers. : En si rieer ; A.> G. Prosser,
who with r Mr.' Moore^entere-^the^minej at
the main opening, came , to the'; surface at
>v.iii creek,' and immediately j seti about! se ; '
curing men and material M.to;: aid fin .the
rescue.'--, It will: be; absolutely;" lmpossible
to ' state the loss of ; life until'the- rescuers
"reach" the scene; "of Hhe;-:.fii»aster,T which
may be "several hours,
|;fltorlrjr^.R^^rs.7We'";nijii^|for^an;sW?
Bosses) John ; Wmcney,^ J6lms,Th6mas;| and
j6«iri^RetaHick\were ; not lrij'theiKloridik"6
w j ien^thcTexp!osion-tookVpla'ce,'i;b"ut?start-:
'ed down la' short time later . B Grifflth:Ppwell
ihthe hope-ofilsaving^Wslillfe^^en^tbey
were : cbmpelled|to ) drop I tlielriburd^n iand
Mr. Whitney wai^jin^
-l " l ' ~ THE BROAD STREET AUDITORIUM. ; , ' ; • .
Great Bnildins-,. With a Seating CapacitT of io'.O'OO'or Slore, Strucklby; LlKhtningr, and Burned to the Ground
- Yesterday "Afternoon. ■ lit "Will Be .Replaced for.^Be Horse Show; Association's Exhitilf in' October^
conscious .while ; being ■ carried by his
friends.. /':■;. ."7V; : ",•',-.;-;."■-- ; ■.'
:. ■BoyJs Terrible Experience.
-'The 15-year-old '.son of Harry -'Rodgers,
when he heard that, his/ s father, : had been
• overcome with , af ter-damp; started down
toward the' Klondike" to^help 'rescue ' him,
if : possible,^ and he " had no ' sooner.«enter
ed the drift when : ; the deadly ) gas ; almost
overcame the ladj arid; he'had to be car
ried back. His tongue protruded its whole
length' frorii- bis mouth, "aridCmen had'; to
force his jaws apart -with a . stick to : pre-;
vent?, lockjaw. • Young 'Rodgers, : who is
employed in . the mine, V- was" among;those
who through the, Mill | creek shaft.
;- ' Several fj miners . ha,ve •; reaohed' the : sur
face •••who were working; near., the scene
of ...the'- explosion.."- Theysaid that they
passed through a portion : of -the Klondike
district and saw the bodies ; of at lease
fifty /'men. The men who came: out ; were
foreigners,! and were >'in such van excited
condition 1 that it was impossible to get 1 a
connected . story from them. •-. - ■
, The min.s ■ has been ; open I for about fifty,
years,' and is producing.vthree- thousand
tons- per. day. It' is- the'property of the
Cambria Steel Company," whioh has! its
, general offices in the rArcade building,
Philadelphia.'" .:• . : .-- . - -
The families of the entbfnbed; miners
are aseembled In large numbers at tha
mine opening, but they: cannot secure
any definite information; and must endure
a. suspense of. many hours. -. . . ■
iFirst Fonr Men- Rescued.';
At 11:20 P. :M., the- -first four victims
were brought to the surface from the
Klondike section. r^They , were William
Robertson, ' who Iwas ; unconscious .' when
found; John Retalllc, alive and. in pretty
good shape, artdi two unknown. Slavs, both
alive- but unconscious: i- •>-,-: '. .
j Dr.' John B. Lowman;' of : this ; city, ! who
came up with the men, . said he passed'
twenty-five dead-bodies,- some, of them.in
sitting. postures.- ;
: • CONCLXTDEDiON PAGE THREE." "
HOSTS OF: BAPTISTS,
ManyjVirginiansat 8.-V. P. U.
: ", Convention m^Provi- • '.-'.
■ . ' dence; R.i.- __^
PROVIDENCE, R.'l., July 10.— (Special.)
Providence, where 266' years ago Roger
Williams founded the. first Baptist church
in America, ■■■ is ■ to-day the Mecca of the
Baptists hosts of the United States and
Canada. : '. ... '
Xit -is': the first day of the twelfth inter
national convention of the Baptist Young
People's Union of America: Already 4,300
delegates and. visitors in attendance 'are
officially registered, arid still every... in
coming train and boat bears yet more
delegates. Delegations "are most numerous
from""-- the '"• West- arid Mississippi Valley, :
and there are but- few coming from; south
of Virginia.,;; There-is no hall : in " the ' city
large; enough to hold .the crowd,- and, so
the gatherings \ have -been held at , Roger
Williams's fold -Baptist church, Infantry
Hall, 'and Sayle's • Hall, Va t' Brown Uni
versity. .. - . ...- :' ■ ■ • , ' ■■ '
PRESIDENT CHAPMAN'S ADDRESS./
'.-?. The convention was opened with an ad
dress by President Chapman, of' Chi
cago. • s ,
Governor * Charles Dean Kimball / de
livered a warm welcoming speech, and
told the Virginians ; a' new truth ; when he
said : ' that' it was the' New England % colo
nies'that led the way: in • resistance to
British oppression. He declared it was
the small colony of Rhode Island that
first made " official announcement of ..the
establishment.^of 'a ; Commonwealth; with
out any restriction of religious ■ liberty. > ,
HOW "JEFFERSON'S NAME IS SPELT.
> In this 'connection the •Dispatch; cor- :
respondent saw to-day the name of the
"Sage of -Montlcello" spelled Jeperson.,
' In behalf of .the city;: of Providence,
Mayor Grander made pleasing" welcome,
which was toiby the Rev. Dr.
Curtis Lee Laws; lof Baltimore. ;
The report of the Board of Managers
showed that the debt :of the union had
been cancelled since the last -convention.
To-night the' Rev. Dr. C:?S. Garner;, of
the Grace-Street Baptist church of Rich
mond, made a handsome ' address on the
themei "The Call to Conquest." .•". •" ■
More than half .tlie delegates . are wo
men, and from the local unions come a
number, of : negro delegates. ;
The Tidewater churches of Virginia are
represented, .but there are small ;repre
sentations " from Piedmont- and the Shen-y
andoah Valley.^ ;; / -• ■ •■. '; •",- •/"" ■■'.';
PRESBYTERIAN REUNION.
Several Persons .Attend
from Baltimore Alone.; ;
BALTIMORE, MD-, July 10.— The Pres
byterian reunion, iricluding,leadin"g.repre-.
sehtatlves "'of • the .Northerh ; and Southern
branches "of that church ■ ; in Maryland,
Pennsylvania'", 'Virginia and ..West Virginia,
'assembled "'to-day; at /Pen :--Mar,_', ori^the
Western Maryland railroad. "Several hun
dred persons, - including clergy', and laity,
attended from; this : city. The proceedings
included an address •on "The Presbyterian
Church," by Rev. -Charles i'W.6od/>;i>.-;;D.,"'
'of.PhUadelph!a^.and'an;address;6n^"'PrM-;
eht-Day :Prbblems"^'6f.; Pjesbytei;iahlsm;|/
by,' Rev.- Thornton 1 Whaling,': of . Lexington^
Va. . - - '" . ' •
S. A:)b; WINSIINiAIiABAMAF
Conrt Decides' That.tlie Railway Mayj
Enter Birmingham.
liBIRMINGHAM, ALA., June 10.-Judge
>c-w-^;.' •-=• -••:■- ~ -\J' - ';--■ x,"-' '>-"- •.•'•••■■■.•."■• ... --'■;<■■. ';-■'->-■■•■
Carmichael, ,; of ■ the; Chancery i Court; ; has :
rendered a^decisioii in Birmingham tLihej
against cthe,. Seaboard fAir.vLJrie' injunction! '
6[ulte^^hlleji^t;:grantirilg|lall^asked§f6r| :
.by]St^VSeabbard3it^'gives^-th'em''repough3 r
|tOigetjintolßirmin"ghamfah^^Blrniingh'a^^^ i
'distric^srgGeh^raljManager . Barr is^eic-^ I
.work*. oiixtJi© ; i S6^,lboo.r^ '.■ in.^.^'hA , ' city.''? will t ■
RAIN, IViND, HAIL, AND LIGHTN
; - ING IN GOOCHLAND "COUNT"!'
■'"■'- "' ■, "' >, ' .' ' : "' - \
r YESTERDAY.; :
TRIES TO ESCAPE;
In Confusion of Falling: Timbers
■ Man Named De Hart. Vanishes.
THOUGHT TO HATE . DROWNED.
About " Dark, However, He -Was
- Brouglß-Bnck by. a Citizen, Who
i Captured Him Sfcar tEe Courf-
house— Another. Convict Blown 200
Yards Into Beaver Dam Creek-
Damngetb Property.
""■'■"/ ".' " .'■' :
The most severe and damaging rain
hail- wind- and electrical-storm known in
Goochland in recent years was central
about the "State penitentiary farm late
yesterday afternoon. The storm came
from- the: northwest and followed; Beaver
Dam creek through the farm, causing
great property damage and endangering
the lives of many people.
One of the" thrilling features was the ex
perience* of : Willie' A.. Nicholas," a young
white man, who drives a" farm wagon,
making regular trips between the -, farm
and the .penitent's r\v : -: in. At^
the'time. he- was" in , a'"field" to the . north
of "the quarters,", with eleven trusty con
victs under his charge, engaged in gather-,
ing a "load of cabbage for his ( trip to
Richmond to-day. - The -; violence, of "the
storm drove them ' into a tobacco - barn,
nearby, but in '. a . few minutes the barn
was a wreck. Nicholas received a . large
bruise on one of his legs from being
struck: by falling timbers. • .
J -'.- Sivept' Into the- Creelc. - -*•
One negro convict was caught by a fall
ing piece of corrugated iron roofing which -
wrapped partially, around his .body.' and '-by:
reasorii.of the : force '■■ of 'the. wind- he; was'
deposited in Beaver . Dam creek, .more
| than 200 yards away, In water waist deep.
He was almost immediately rescued.'.but
in the confusion another negro convict
disappeared and was for a time thought
to have . been drowned; The , creek was
dragged ■ for .a ; considerable distance ; with
a view, to recovering the body. .Later,',
however, it was learned that .the man
whose name^is de Hart,- ins°tead of being:
swept into the creek, had seized the • oppor
tunity ;"ih. the confusion to take French
leave and had made a dash for freedom.
Told a Lame Story. ■' '/■
De; Hart was captured near Goochland
Courthouse, by Mr. W. : M. A/ Glenn, and :
brought back to the farm about: dark.;
When arrested he claimed that he had met
a: convict who compelled him to exchange
clothing, with him. This story ; was
believed by : Mr. j Glenn, and the • refugee'
was taken into custody. De Hart is a
negro about"? 19 \ tears "old, originally, from
Roanokei,but k was received at the peniten
tiary,, December- 14, ;1901, -to serve a .term
of two years for car-breaking, committed
in Chesterfield:' • : : • ,
Other Danger on;the.Farm.'
"Three large tobacco: barns . on the" State ,
farm ".were blown to :■ the ; ground , but . the;
large '"hew. barn was not. damaged.' The:
old barn, a large: one, was': partially un-i,
roofed \ and the front gable; built : of brick, =
was blown , in. So far as known no" dam- •
age was Vdone. on the leased \ land across :
.the . river. \- The top. of -the chimney or
Manager : Craven's -residence; 1 was > blown?
off. Fortunately no crops were far enough
advanced-to be greatly damaged. % ; • .
•.'■•■■■■ At Mr.: Anderson's- Place. •.
The storm lasted about three quarters,
of an; hour, = during which time the wind:
.blew/? with ■-- the of : a hurricane.
Rainfell in torrents and hail as large.as
partridgeeggs litteredlthe;earth: ;■ :%,:■::■ 'Yf.
..} Many; outbuildings in the vicinity of the
f arni were; either unroofed * or.s completely ;
blown:"dbwn. F .i Amohgjthe" property^ to ;> suf-
GAVE^P^HIS OFFICE '.:
JO HOLD HIS PASS.
/NORFOIiK.jV'A..- July 10.^-(Speclal.) }
Captain N.;M."; Osborne,' general ; agent \
of the ' Norfolk "and ' Wester n' railroad '■'-,
nere,: : has followed'ithe ; example of jR.-;B.j R.
;B. (Cooke, traffic manager jof the ; : New?
York^" Philadelphia i and I Norfolk '-, rail-;
•way.vwho was : a member \ of '■: the -Board-:
of "Visitors of "the'; Central "State.:Hos
-pitaT,7 at f Petersburg. 7, Qaptairi^Osborne ;•
resigned •as ' a- member of the:--' City
: "Water .-Board ito-day, on account of ithe;
sweeping decision,, of the- Attorney-.
General regarding free passes. :■;■■: :.:'■■;:.
:it^s quite :prob£Lble\ that; his resigna- ■
•tlon ,wiir be^followed vby that; of -Ilia
rcolleague. R." H. i -Wright; • general j agent?
of the Merchants ■ and •■ Miners'; Trans
portation Company, and cf D, J. Cal
lahan. who has been nr.c of the new
Police Commissioners only since ihs
Ist Instant. Mr. CajSahan id of me
IwdahinsYon" steamboat line.. "^ '- > ".'
fef /riiost was' the .beautiful farhv of Mr.
Joseph R.*. Anderson,- situated a -few- miles
below- Maiden's, A; portion of : the roof
of the' keg factory on Mr. Anderson's farm
-was tlown off and much costly. machinery,
badly, damaged ' by- the .rain. Several . out
buildings: suffered considerably" and- many
firie shade trees were; uprooted. '■ ■ ■ '
E. 31. Gatbrigrht's Experience. '•;■':'
Mr. E.vM. Gathright, who was driving
in '. a : j buggy ■ from :■ his ; home, ; near Dabriey,
to Maiden's,-. caught. the wind at Its.worst.
The ; vehicle >was blown L completely, over
and , badly;, damaged, but '■-. the horse and
rider escaped without injury. '.-Taken, as a
whole, ; the storm ; was the most;, sudden
ever : seen - ; in .the"" vicinity;.; and > surpassed
any ever known; in Goochland for. vio
lence'arid, destruction. ' ! -- '
FIERCE STOU3I IN LOTJDOUN.
Considerable Damage Was Done—
• 'Seven "Horses We're Killed;-
L.EESBURG, VA:, July 10.— (Special.)—
The" most .terrific electrical storm of the
year. : passed : over this j place last ': night.'
The rainfall \ was • not so ygreat as to do
much damage, but the wind injured trees
and f ences considerably. . i±r. William. H.
Clemens, living a mile below town, had
one horse killed \ by lightning,
while" four in one field' atAshburnr six
miles below, were also killed.' . "
The Association of Bill Posters.
MILWAUKEE, WIS., July . 10^-The . Iri
terriational Association of Bill Posters to
day selected. Louisville as the next meet
ing-place, arid elected^ Charles :W. ' Bar
nard, of Savannah, ;Ga., as secretary.
DAUGHTER RAN AWAY
Bob Taylor's Daughter. Elopes
With Man Her Father- .- *
. - ' -^Hates.. . r.
KNOXVILLE, : TENN.. July 10.-(Spe
cial.)-^-Miss Emily, oaughter of ex-Gover
ribr .Bob Taylor," arid, well-known over
Tennessee, , eloped to r night with; .Dr.
George. F. St. John. , The whereabouts of
the couple are. not. known. : .;■ . ,
Dr. : St. John called at the Taylor- resi
dence, ■' on Fourth ■; avenue, - to-night, > and
requested : the young lady's trunk. ' He
was" asked by, what right he demaridedit.
He replied by right of being her husband.
'He; secured the trunk.
. All efforts to find' the couple have been
unavailing. .' It is believed that they will
attempt to -take an early train out of
Knoxville this morning. V ;■■>■' .... "; :
■'. Governor Taylor's family was.' greatly
opposed to the union.; St. John recently
brought himself into;proriiinence.by suing
a gambling , firm in Knoxville for money
he lost' at play. -- ' .
RANGER ORDERED TO DAVID.
Colomhians Join Mcara^na Insnr
' gents in Belligerent Expedition.:
WASHINGTON, : July v 10.— Secretary
Moody has cabled to ; the. captain of the
United States steamer."' Ranger, stationed
at Panama, as follows:
1 "Conf er~' with ' Consul-General. : .Then
proceed to David to .investigate, and.re
turri :to Panama." • - - : .
! This action; "was taken' at the instance
of the State Department, which' has' re
ceived'advices from United States Minis
ter; Merry, of • Nicaragua and Costa T - Rica,
that a- body ■ of J Colombians had joined'
ay force of > Nicaraguari : insurgents^ at
David, v preparatory ?.to • starting upon a
belligerent ■: expedition; .. arid asking that a
warship be sent to --protect American in
(terests.; -David ris a small town lying
about v 250 f miles , above ..'Panama,- ion",- the
isthmus, in Colombian ; territory, > and : jpst
over the .Costa Rican border-line, -
STREET RAILWAY SITUATION.
Committee from -the Employees Will
-.'., Wait 'on President Sitter'dinff.:
"The members "of the Richmond Division
"of , the ■Amalgamated "Association of Street
Railway : Employees, at" the .-meeting- yes
•'terdayj-r^^morning, " it. has , 'been learned,
named; a -committee to wait "on
Sltterding/* of the .yirginla Passenger and
.PoweriCompany/;:and ask for. a reply to
the ? petition of the men, which, ; it is . said.'
requests -a uniform day bf^hine hours at
$1.80 remuneration. ?. C .This "committee is"
expected'to. discharge the duty -entrusted
to it at noon ;to-day.andrreport toa'meet-'
ing of ithe division tO;behad^atiß. o'clock
[this"' evening. If : necessary, Jit ; isVexpect^
ed'E thati a ; later r meeting will '} be\ held to
night;'at:midnight■•'■/;. -; Vr':-"?^:,/-: ; v
'It isi reported .that; President 'Sitterdlngr
has said^he is willing; to 'graritanihe-hour
day^withpayof $I.6o.*and iftthisibeiso.it
is ; noti anticipated that - there will *be any
' trouble. .-.■, By iisomei of ■'. the : men-: It; Is
•thought "that ; the may >be " di-|
.vided: and : a ; scale':: of l $1.70 \. be ; accepted.]
The = situation h. while- iriterestlng, ;, is : not at
"all^disquieting:.; Mr:* Simmons, ; the ipres-f
Ident ? of {the ■; union, f Is Tan
rconservitiveyand;Clear,\. cool-headed;.; offi'] ;
? he ; has : great all ;
1 ;
f ul;' conservative jbusinessTman.' , _ r
instructors; ofJ the blind;
Tlielr Present '.Meeting "'the .Best : ,Theyj
Ever Ifelil, They Say.
RALEIGH. ]N. C. JulyHO-vAmerican
insteuctorsYofjthe^bllndfheldlthelri second;
l ßession?to-day;4andfdeclaVesttiat4thlS;fis;
s thißlb"estfmeetlng]tJwrassoclatfqn]hasJeverj
lieldijTiTo-hlghttaf splendid fTeceptionl.was:
iri veh'ltli e| df stlngulshed^bodya bjb? Super-^
iritendent^Bay;% of ,:* the - North« Carolina?
School Jfor; the! Blind. v.>ssg
!^Splenl3idipaper^.were,presented;by,'H. ; il^i
Finer.of.Texas; A. J.Hutton. of-Wiscon
sin,! and '' J.^S. 4 ; Graves.CoC \AJ^bamai r V-|^^;
iiHMIOiMOBi
FIRE FOLLOWS' tIGHTNINGJS
STROKE; iXB THE BTHLDISGiS'
', ' REDUCED: TOj ASHES.
IT WASIBIGQEST^ IN THE^CITY^
Great s, Ba"rn-t3k'e ,; Strxicture > BarneS
; Like Tin dcr /-"? esterday.; Afternoon.
A RAINBOW. OVER THE ' RTIINS.
As a Spectacle the Fire Has Sot Been
' Surpassed In the Recent History
of > local Disasters— Brief Sketch
o£ i the Atxditorium, Which Was
Erected In ISSS— Horse Sho-nr"3k.ssor
. ciaaon Will Restore; Bnildins:.
.; The Auditorium, with a "seating capa
city of 10,000. or 12,000, and situated
on the lina of the Traction Companyy
out beyond Richmond College, was struck
by "lightning 'yesterday afternoon, r and
burned to' the ground in an incredibly
brief period of time. Insurance of
$12,000 will cover the loss.
\ The ; Richmond . Horse Show Association,
•whlchi at tha time of the - fire, : . was en
gaged in extensive alterations in the in
terior of the building, preparatory to
the second • annual . horse show, ; next
October, will, : it is learned, proceed l. at
once to raise a fund for the erection of
a building .. even better equipped; fox the
purposes of the show this -fall. '• "*.
: At the very height of the terrific storm
that swept over the city yesterday after
noon" a 'bolt "of lightning struck tho Audi
torium building, , on west Broad street,
and. in two hours every board and every <
beam in 'that immense wooden structure
had been reduced to ashes, and the. iron
with which it was covered lay. twisted
and molten in one vast smoking 1 ! wilder
ness of charred and ruined black. From
a spectacular standpoint the fire was one
long to be remembered, and had It. oc
curred at night it would have made the
greatest pyrotechnic display ever; known
in the history 'of the city. Even as^it was
the spectacle was sublime in' its ruthless
fierceness. The heat was. so great, that
spectators - could not get within three
hundred yards of the mountainous blaze,
arid : that part of. 'the fire department
which was on' hand to cope with the help
less situation, might as easily -have ex
tinguished Vesuvius that . day she rained
fire on' Pompeii, or :put out Pelee w-hen It
vomited melted rock'upon the. city of St.
Pierrel So firemen, policemen.' - car men,
and^a^yast /number at 'excited^ men, wo
.riien .' and children stood still and ■ looked
on as ' Richmond's greatest ; place of as
sembly went up In smoke. ' .: ;
Painters in the Building." .
; The cßay had . been ■ Intensely and Jritol-,
erably hot. All the morning Will, B. Da
vis, E. F. Kaiser and S. T.;"- aiartin, the
three men whom Louis Wingler, itlTe con
tractor; had employetl to apply white cold-,
water paint to the interior of the, Audit
orium, were wishing for any sort of a
change in the temperature just for a re
lief, : and were wondering if after * their
seven weeks of toil they would .live
through the heat to the consummation
of their work [ '-orCi Monday. : ;;At 4 o'clock
the storm, which they had ;been looking
for, : camo, and ; with It the thunder and
lightning and wind." The men had stopped
work for, a. short while during the prog-,
ress . ; of the storm, and , were chatting to
gether m^thecenter of/the building when
a report -like the bursting of a hundred
bbmba.fiiled their -ears," and* soon they:
i knew that - the .- lightning had - slruck . the
i building. Ac first they looked for. some:
| sign of the terrific stroke, but seeing nothV
; ing, they resumed their. conversation, and
were getting '■ -ready: to : climb "up to.their;
places and again 'take up their work wilh"
the white paint and the brush.
The First Warning.
Just about that time a Traction car
pashed'on its ,way to -the city, : and;" the
conductor yelled .to ■ - Frank Alley, "who
,works ';■' on the ; greens of the ; Hermitage
Golf Club's links, and said: . . :
;• "Hello, old man, you had better at
tend to that building. Do you J3ee that
blaze up there?". *
Alley. looked, and sa\y a small red; flame
right in the center of the building's front,";
immediately between the: two: towersJ' He
turned and ran Into. the building and told
the' three: startled painters ithat the t>uild«"
ing. was on fire, , and/suggested that :. t>ey
put the flames out. So the: four : men
grabbed two buckets of water-^all vffiat
was at hand— and climbed ujf To where the.
flames were starting.? They either didnot
"aim true, or: the -flames .were itoo-i much
for the water; anyway, their efforts
all in vain, and they, climbed down. Jias
tily.r' removed all of their paints * and '
"platforms, and took" them to a\ place of
safety, s . ' . . ' ; .._ .' . . . /v;./ v ;.
No Alarm Had Gone In. ...
In the meantime three different car con-j
ductors agoing;, west had seen :the ■ flames,
and had notified the street-car authorities.
at ;t - the other end of ; the line, and ' : fheyJ
had ;- already ■ arrived -with ; the lif ts -1 or,
the car-wheels, and g had ; found that^no
alarm had:_ been turned 'in..-. Mr.^Harris;
then turned ', in the "alarm from the box
in front of the j building, ; and soon I tKere^; .
after Engine Company No. ; 5 i and Truck
No. : .' 3 appeared. % But _ during : this] twer?iy- ■
five thirty- mmutesi the "flames; had
spread almost all ' over .the building. '; The.
men aH : saw. that; aiy. attempt to .handle
the" fire was : foolishness, and so they, stood :
and' saw. "lt 'burn.' '-:•-' : .':".■■ * : ■ -Vr ; :
v : By" this"; time^f about : 5 . o'clock— probably;
two or: three -hundred . people were' on _; the]
scene/anda few minutes^ later, there were;
a : thousand, and ithey^ continued ' to come
"untilvthe : fire had bmnt itself out^ ■-■'">_', ; \
■■. :- '"■ v., ; : Looked ;on : lVqni /Afar. ,j>;*;.: ■ ''-:" :
\ Many of the onlookers climbed: the fence
'surrounding the : great : field -in which"^the^
building was 'situated, : and took ; ;a?posl-',
tlori' from two : to: three! hundred yards^west;
of 'th¥ burning: building,* andfeveh^atlthat ;
distance ■the ; >heat'.wasxalmost': lntolerable.';
The" flames" withwonde^ul .' : rapidity spread:
back into the* rear^bfj'the^builing.-landi
it -was i :riot U many c minutes^before^thel
.whole vast interior Lwas^ajgreatjroaring.l
b^lihg^seething;cauldron(of]fl^me^|seck-S
irigrltojburst forth into. the iopehTair.v, ' -
t^From p every : window: Jthe^redijiblazes:
streamed ■: and ? licked^ thelrStonguesiJacd:
.(.'froxrijithe^ n *« :^ '*"<* ~i P«t \pxi% ths\
: l6hg~was]roaririgrand'seethJns;llko*a. r Tnon-!
"ster'run-Wild^The;r6of;inelted(alv^
ifen^in^adually^Mdfatfever^fallCvaatj
'sheets "of flame shothuhdreda of ;ffet;into|
ARaiobow Appeared.
-
rThs Jheavens llerit 1 , a ■ strange tbeautyj to i the
t^SSS^^SSS^SSS^SSSB^h^IS^^SS^S^^SSiSias
NORFOLK FHYSICIAX 'mVXilXil.
' at' '■ ;- SHOTi SOW mi } Alf -'AJ J*t< * - '^5 ! 52hj
■ . ;/.- ' ' -""
VISITING MAN'S SfCK WIFE.
Fiend Warned : Him Xot to Enter ta«|
.SHE» '■" FIRED -WITH Vans SHOTCiIE*i
A Stiff Battle Markedi the Ai«cmp||
. .._ . .'■■■:
to Xrrest the Docfor»» Slayer»;Wl»«i;
Fired on the Ofllcer«--Deipera*qy :
aifter,Retreatins to ftOnk Rotm*,
'■ -, : : i ; -' . .V ; " "..: .: ".':"■ ■''.':' .\
i- Was Stortally "Wo»nde*rßicltei» =
- ■_.' " ■ ■ • . ; . ; \ - j
ntent Rons High. ( . .
-::.-' NORFOLK. .VA., July; ia-f(Speclal.)r*
Dr. J. C. Batts. on© of the city ', coroner*
anda prominent man :profes3ionally;an<l
socially. : was - murdered '■■}_ in * cold-bl66ds| al :
9 :15 o'clock to-night -by ono Gray,"] ,s »
negro;, to a whose house ha had . been calle4
to attend' his wife. 'The greatest excite*;
ment prevails in.Brambleton. and it looks
as though- a lyriching would f ollow. v Thi
police. 1 who ; surrounded the house immei
diately. after the . four deed was ; report sd^
were fired upon by the desperate negro. ■;
A StlfTßattle. "
The murderer was captured after a sflßfi
battle .with the police, by whom he was
so seriously wounded that he cannot llve»
When Dr. Batts entered "the house. - 11
i 3 stated, tha negro took; up apositloit
at^the ".head of the steps and called to hint
not to enter or he would", shoot. -An itw
stant later, he fired a shotgun full inta
the* physician's .face, blowing off;, the \ 'en-*
tire top of his forehead— so short was th^
range— and killing Dr.- Batts instantly. :i
' Ponred a. Volley Into Hin»..r ■•
When the police surrounded the housaii
the negro fled ;to a dark room, and as tbd
squad, led 1 by Detective Sergeant Prince^
charged the place, he began ftrlngt Thar
squad returned; the fire ; with interest, and
the negro screamed. The ofllcers con-*
tinued to pour a deadly fire into the darij
room, however, which was feebly; rfw
turned. . : . »';: :.
When they entered the negro was fouridi
weltering : in his own blood not twentSf
feet from his victim, and ho was fembye4
to the hospital of StVyincent's. He can*
not live. Citizens, clamoring ./•. for ; yen*;
gearice, "express the greatest' satlsfactioDi
that the man shoutd have been r sb speedl*
ly sent to his account. ■>'*'"' • -,>•'
1 It ia' thought possible]that tha negro, whq
had: been ill for weekij. became euddenljj
insane, or else was delirious. - - - ■"
VATICAN'S REPLY,!*) TAF^
Secretary Root AVnrTake.n Copy TtcS
Oyster Bar. ".•'.' :-'.; ;;
WASHINGTON, July 10.— A cablegrant^
has been received at; the War" Department
from Governor" Taft. trarisraittingjthe |re<^
ply "of - the 'Vatican : to the >|«l;
the /United -States" Governriient.. -The ? atnr
stract cabled to the Associated -rPresii;
last night); from";' Rome contains all tho
essential/ features. :. ;. " ; '; . - :' - ■:'-■■. '■'''
t; Secretary Root "will ;takeacopy. of
Vatican's reply, to Oyster .Bay. '• and 'sutn^
mit It to the President.} before lmakina.
any definite reply. VXhe'i Secretary says' itl
is" a ; plain , business proposition. which |i*
under 'j negotiation^" based ■■.'"entlrely^.'uponf;
instructions given to Governor Taft"; be*
foreS his; ! departure : to Rome. In"- : these!
instructions regarding the "removal ;.;o<
thejFriars, the Secretary said: lv : ;:
; ' "It" Is T not ; however, 'deemed to* be ' for^ tha i i
iriterest of the people of -the .Philip'piria
islands that in thus tranaformlng^wholljii '
unproductive .tracts ? of > land) into; inoriey,,'
capable" of -productive ".-investment, a .furi4
should ibol created" to be' used;for{thVatvj
temp ted ? restoration ; of the ; Friars jto ' t ha;
parishes - from ■' ..which ' they' are; ; nowj sepa^ I
rated.;; with ;: the . consequent^ disturbance i
of law arid order."- .-'.- .-> \. > §Et3
■ I The "removal ' of the Friarsis ithe ;raah<
object rof . the ; negotiations,' and :it jis : rio% 7
believed that the. contention .; of ', the VVaU* j
can that : it • cannot orde r I the ' Friars a waji
because of conflict ; with the Paris' treatsj -.
is well "founded. . . " v ;. - .'r '..■--
PRESIDENT TAKES A GALLOPS
Miss Ethel a,->:a ,->: Good Horsewoman^
" "Sparloiw Roofflt RWer Halted. /'
; OYSTER BAY; N. V.; July 10.— Prealdenl
and' Mrs'.V ßoosevelt- took iaj. brisk Jgallbpl
of several mllesjOverJthe-flne'roads inth<|
vicinity.- of j their, home ■; to-day. v .' . : : ;.
"Miss Ethel and Master Archibald Roosa*
accompanied by 'a>daughf er^of i'J*:
West^.Ropsevelt^ ' .who resides near/ . th«
President's- -country !:home;V also. -Tjweht:
horseback* riding during "-the morning"}/; Af
a : point '.not •; f ar : frdni ; Sagamore Hill; tha
saddle j on; Miss •Ethel'a; horsejslipped.ran<i
astthe'saddleHurriediSheiwasjprecipitate^l
tothe' groundi* Fortunately^ the horse "jwajf
not going'aV a rapid • pace;- and >Miss Ethel,?
quite ; uninjured. v readily, stopped [the" horae.'
Archie Vdismouhted; ] readjusted 5 ; the glr th,
arid I the : par ty. : proceeded.; " r':"- ; vf*
I .*A' : .; man :who,^ said lie jhad; served ;in tha
Rough . Riders when jthe: President llwaa
colqnel;6f, the" rcgimenV arrived Her&'frbia
New l.Torki torday.jfAs ;heTahnoTiriced\hl<
intention of J y caHing.^upori^the";Preaident^
the secret service ,^officers^werePsooir: oa
his^traU.'l^ia^mittedfthatvhe JjadJSSoi;
seen ;^seryicelin ilCuba;Tand |Uiatl he| ha|J
posed "as^va^Rojugh^Rider/Jmerely^asJa
means: of 'getting.^ ah ; faudienceiwlth,<th«
Presiderit/v The : saw "■■ to it ;thatlh«i
leltithe; Village on:themextitraln. ■' .
THE GAYNOR-GREENE CASE.
Papers from Department ot • <Jastic<| ■
..•?■■ /•- ...•■• ---.■• Reach -.Sir. -Hay- ■--; ';.;-.■.- -v^.
WASHINGTON. July- 10.=-The papers in
the~;case fo£?Qayhof land jGreone. ;;; in \ which
the;Dep"artment i of ' Justice if seeks Jthej alcl;
of >Jth"as State'SDepartmentl to^ secure j^h~«;
extraditidh 'fot U the #men *^ riamed.j^ haya ;
reached^the |State:y Df partment: ■ .-. -Thou
heveib^eni referred' to'fa ireviewtos j authen •
rityVlfind^wheai Secretafy:|Hay j is ;th|i>CMhp
session ! of Jall|tho feissent !al| points (la?th«i'
application\'3he!l^lfpw«^§to?conaiß«il
theicase/* It? is": not; certain Jwhett|thft ; aphj;
plicationlvwill sbe presented. \ -
* s: Offlcert Afro-Aineirf canlConneH; : ■ : ••;, : : ,
SiSTSPAXJIu ivlirNN.,-:^l«]yi vlirNN.,-:^l«]y ;i?.~TJwmiwJsft't
tFqrtune. the Jersey City e«lUor.'|^iwut.j
chosen president^ of Stlie |"AfeO7Amer!cfu»l
Couridfe -1 ttHday.7 " = other||? QfiHcw*;
Chosen "j •" sire: " { ■ v icefPresigen^^^^AJS
Pledger^ Georgia :3-W."S H^ Stewart^ Colo*'
nftoisGeargttH. >"Wte. j Nort&lCwolfiwtf j
Louisiana; Jobnso^l^|H^D«a«Jl
Soathl^oJinaj^Oia^lesS^VVfScotchSw?
retary, - .• ' ' \ .- ,
■fib >.V 1 .. :: v ..: .. : • ffiiSi '^HS