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TWELVE PAGES: WHOLE DUMBER 16,087. THE DAY'S SUMMARY. THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON. -YD. C, November 11.— ForrCßSt lor 'Wednesday and Thursday: Virglnin'—Fair Wednesday: Thursday, increasing cloudiness; probably rain: fresh c nt t to southeast winds. >"orth Carolina— Fair Wednesday and T'nurwiAy; ll«ht variable winds. The wrathcr in nichmon3'ycstcrday -was cle.-ir stnd pleasant: fcggyVat midnight. STATE OF THERMOMETER. 5 A. M '. BS 1- a. m ..:......... a j? M «3 s p. m ra s p. n :...-. 64 JS Niphl ...... R6 M«n irmpprnrtire ./. 60.6 RICHMOND. Lsncihy meViting of Common Council s.r.d UO3 r«J of Aldermen; numerous mat tcvp of iaiportance. . -discussed — —Trades and Labor Council adopts strong reso ■;::;nns condemniiis Penitentiary Cora r.-:»ion for Alicped discrimination against omen labor in awarding contracts Op«iing session of th<; Disciples Mission ary Convention Many Methodists' are h':.-e for the session of conference, which cpenP to-day Members of the General Assembiy arriving- to be present when ihe body convenes at noon Probable pampositlon of ihe..Cors)oration Coninii? 5 ;,,,-. — Koyal Arch Chapter Masons ir jfssjMi Capitol Commission refuses to tt ward contracts for improvement*?, and SPks for now bids: Mr. Glass resigns: f-o;:) commission- — MANCHESTER ; Mr Clarence Woolfolk passes away j Mike Pace, of:: Staunto'n^ dies in Man-? ; ,-!i.>!.-r— — C'itv A^se.mblj- decides on ] ;t ;■-■«? iiDprovrfniorH Mr. James Kitchen ;n: a bloody fipht. VIRGINIA. Puribnr P. Mapxuder, cajsh'er of the Mfrchants' and Farmers' Bank of Wood ctock, is inissins. and liis accounts aro 0 :-d to be • several thousand dollars =bort — -Statvis of things iji the Ninth District election case. Democrats in the ittJtudc of waiting the action of Slemp in •cfertncf to mandamtis proceedings St^toj-nont ot tho reasons proraptinff fVythe county election commissioners to rf.rf ihfi returns of two precincts- — In [iftjivillc yesterday xkc intlux of tobacco n tlie (own was the neatest over.kown n (he city's history The Virginia Mill :afy Institute cadet, r leven defeated Ap.ns:h!ngtonA p .ns:h!ngton nnd I-.ee yesterday by a score if 11 to 0 TvoanOke's cow ordinance, the ■0:1 eof bitter municipal contention, hne ,-in laid on- the table — —Judge McDowell, if the Ualted States District CourL de r lines 1o extend clemency to Ed. Guer ant tii f ' labor leader charped with con 'nipt of court— -^Deaths: Kyle McCluris". • Jlo.iriolvti. in Lewlsburg. W. Va.: Fran •is J. Power In Alexandria: Erasmus "offman in Harrisonburg; Mrs. George )'iFen in Aileghany The Odd -Fellows :«ve decided to establish their homo at Vjlmer.' a; suburb of Lynehburß- Up to lete hour last night the ne^ro assail- .1 of Mrp. Butler Taylor, "of Beaver i.im, had not l»=>en captured Pllmor :< tirgif-. an Eastern Shore l^d. arrested '•r opening a letter written by a rival 0 his sweetheart. . GENERAL. Fresh outbreak of demoralization >In "c-w York ptock market Wheat strong t '.""hit-ago- — Sf-veral mor*; railways make !-p)v to coii'plaint of Kentucky railroati unimisfion charging merger, .of , inter pta Preside))! Baer's reply to President HtcnelVe charges Ik made public ■T>rea aftit Koo.«evelt and ox-President Cleve sn<i speak at tlio dedication "of tho new ,;-.;i>nl<er of Commerce, building -in New Virk Several track records broken at ir-nins Dr. W. H. Kimbcrlin is shot (] killed in Kansas City by John Scan ■ n. -who then shoots and kills himself *r«=ident*a'fblow to lily white movement niiKcs niuch discussion in Washington ,!5h balance in Federal Treasury just a lltlc over 550.000.00J Roland B. Moli •Miix is acuuitted of the charge of miir < liiig *Trs. 1-Catherine J. Adams, and duly i- at liberty— — American Bankers' Astso l.t'.ion meets in New Orleans for a threc ny session. CaldweH Hardy, of Norfolk, s "cijosen for president of the association, r.a John Skelton Williams, of Richmond, y iiiade a member of the Executive Coun ii — Alan G. Mason, accused of murder t Post on', is ordered discharged, and ;-o:rr< L: O. Perry. negro, is held for He; crime Explosion of gas wrecks a ton" ;<.nd injures thirty-nine -persons -in »>w York — rSteei Corporntion statement hows earninpsduring September and Oc o'ner of .121. 330,346 Complimentary din er tC ex-Ambassador White is given in >•■' in by prominent Germans Bobby Va-ithojur breaks his coHnr-bone; Con ■il.lalf-d naval-store company, with capi- ol" .Si.OM.OW.. permanently organized 3iinsMers ol Confederacy begin their, con vtnion in New Orleans Answer of Jonhi'm Pacific Company to bill of corn hii t of State of Washington is filed in !nit«?d States Supreme Court — -Mascagni 1 arrested again, but is again released r roue A pyrhcliometer is established t Athnville, N. C. Railway -wage con- j rovv!"sy at Chicago is adjusted Tar- 1 ;.H"ny secures control of Board of Alder- ELECTION CLAIMS They are Passed Upon by the Committee and Approved. The Committee on Police, Elections, siid Schools; held a meeting last night to fiuditthe election claims. The following ware passed upon and approved: Expenses of election held November 4, IXC: Salary of three judges $ 1C 00 Saiary of two clerks...... 10 00 Tvrerily-Jive precincts --at" J-G per ;' prtclnct '... 650 00 One precinct (Second Monroe less clerk hire) ..„ JH. 00 Total lor LwentS-Bix precincts o/l 00 Twenty-five prtrcincts •at $0 each lor rent 1250 0 Commissioners Andrew Krousc, B. A. Carvodo,. G. Davis. V. D. Sel ■lea, and P. 11. O. Noble, at $5 tach 25 00 • f M. Mason, messenger 500 '''•'a!i';r phristlan. clerk 500 i^c'] Book and Stationery Com pany..;i. ... : 15 OS - ! ■■■• •■10r.i.l Board: Wirt.K. Taylor, .six months' salary and postage 59 20. C-;L. Broom, six-months' salary.. 5 00 - E. WcKJnney - ...---... 500 K. J, C.'irlton,. repaiiins'booths .. 500 Clyde \V. Sauhders. priming. 2400 3 v.tu-hraan Stationery Company.... 4 50 "vtu! 10270 'Grand total $948,78 : TJii; auditor wJII pay these claims after - o'clock this .morning. The committee adopted a motion -in- Elructing the' audlior to require evidence !i -) to the correctness of all accounts. SOUTHERN GYNECOLOGISTS. •'urwir ■Head ljj- Dr. Geo. Ben. John klu>i, «if Itlcliiuan'd: CJXCJNNATJ. 0.. Xoyember 11.— The oonventicn of the South 'ni Surgical and Gynecological Assoclar 'toa began a ,^es.sion "of three days at the 'iiand Hotel luire to-day. Following the addles ot Prefeident - Davis, of Blrmipg lia^n. Ala., papers were? read by. George X- Xoble.' of Atlanta. Qoorge Ben "John •t'sn. of Richinb;Xsd.-acd;Georße;S:" Brown, " Ittrmlngliam,.- and others- [■'. „- , -r ■■[■-— a^_^ .^^^^ ': '; • . ..- -y ■; : ■: t . : ■ . '..'■•■ • ■" - ■ m -^ ■ \ • ' - -' ■ -- . «^^p«^^ m MOLINEAUX IS FREE. ACdUITTED OP THE CIIARGE OF MCRpJER. AXD DULI" DIS CHARGED. / JURY DECIDES IN 13 MINUTES. Verdict Greeted With Ontbur««t o* Applnusc. FAMOUS r»EFI3\DA>'T UNMOVED. His Ak«ml Father Deeply Allcctctl-- Lnttrr Indeed Finally Drops Into Poetry. Writing the KolloTrlnjr* "The Strnurgrle in Over, the Battle Done; and Ml«rht linn T^ost. Bnt nigrbt HauWon." NEW YORK, November 11.— (Special.)— Roland B. Molineux. triumphantly 7 ac quitted of the murdei; of Mrs. Katherine J. Adams, was driven to-night to the home of. Tils parents in Brooklyn, where he was clasped in his mother's arms, and for the first time, in four years was.re galed at dinner at the family table. It was a day of sensations never to be forgotten- by the young clubman, who has spent four years, accused of a terrible crimo, and who for much of that time has endured torture "worse, than death— incarceration in the" steel-lined deatn chamber, in the shadow of the electric chair, in Sing Sing prison. Th<^ jury was ready with the verdict of "not guilty" within ten minutes after the case was given into it« hands by Justice Lambert at 3:10 o'clock this afternoon. Thirty minutes later, Foreman Young gravely announced the result In court, and such a- scene of enthusiasm followed as never before marked the conclusion of a criminal trial in New York. Thou sands in and out of the Criminal Court's building and around the Tombs cheerea the verdict- Mountmx's appearance out side the Tombs, a free man, was tne sig nal for sucn an outburst as- might have greeted a -great political leader. -His jour ney to his home in Brooklyn 'was a series of ovations'^ andi there he was greeted by thousands more, who gathered in front of his father's home. With Hi«; Wife and Moth >r. The acqtiitted man's wife was not at the house when Molineux ' reached there. Messrs. Battle and OJcott. his counsel, went to Jin tip-town hotel in Manhattan, where Mrs.v Molineux has resided for several weeks and escorted her to her husband. Molineux. sitting in the drawing-room of his father's house, with one arm around his mothor. another around -his. wife, made this evening to the Dispatch correspondent the first statement he has given for publication "in almost four years. "I, have always protested my innocence from the moment of my arrest," he said. "My father, believed me, my wife and ni> friends believed me. and to-day's '.ustified their belief. "I felt even while in Sing Sing that things would come right some time and that I would be free. When this tria.. began I said v would come my way, and during the last two days I have been absolutely confident the verdict would ue for me." The Crowd Kcmalned. Until nearly midnight the crowds re mained around the Molineux . house. There were almost incessant rings at the bell as flowers, letters, and telegrams were delivered. Blanche Molineux ans wered many of the rings, and Roland of ten accompanied her. They opened and rend the telegrams together and laughed merrily. The crowd watched eagerly each, time. Two policemen and a detective in j plain clothes guarded the house all night. General Molineux. as Judge Olieutt and ■ other lawyers and newspaper men .left the- house, said: "We must not forget to thank the good Lord in Heaven for this. You know He has been good to us. It is true we have been tried severely, but He knows best what is good. His will be done, and it was His will that my boy's innocence should be proved. Our prayers have been answered." Returning to the house. General Moli neux locked the doors and began turning out the lights in the hall and front rooms. The reunited family were ready to re tire. At Family Worship. But they filed first into the library. Gen eral Molineux produced the. old family Bible. His wife, young Mrs. Molineux. Roland, and h.'s two brothers, gathered around the table. General Molineux read a short chapter from the Bible. Then all knelt, and General Molineux offered pray er. "And now let us sing the doxoloey," said General Molineux. Every one arose and with tears in their eyes they chanted: "Praise God from whom- all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye Heavenly host, Praise Father, Son. and Holy Ghost." Molinetix Unconcerned. ■ Molineux." who was brought into court as soon as it was known that the jury had agreed, was apparently as uncon cerned as he has been brought through out the trial. -and gave ho evidence of emotion when the words that established his innocence were pronounced. His aged father. Colonel Molineux. was deeply affected, and could with difficulty respond COLER DIED OF CRAMPS, ODELL IS THRIVING. WHITE PLAIN'S, November 11.—(Spe cial )-A'ccordlhg to a report filed to-day by Dr. Zacahrie. Mrs. Nicolo Perene gave birth to twins several' days before elec tion and named; them : Odell and Colei Perene. respectively, Jn honor of the gujjernatorlal ; candidates.; The day fol loSng the- election Dr. Zacahrie says ho waf called in to attend the babies and desptte his efforts the baby named ■ after Coler. the: Democratic nominee, -who. was defeated, died In great, agony. from cSmps. fe The attending; physician 1 says cance ac a. political for«ca«t. eigMiond? vi^vV^]^ to the greetingrs of frjcndJ!; who -preesed forward to offer \ their t : congratulations; ; C .Immediately after the 'renderingTbf; the verdict the - prisoner was formally dis charged'from custody, and .left the* coun.' room; with his .father . arid : counsel; rOn passing out of ; . ! th€""rbuildirig/J.thc"V three were, cheered: by; a great crowd that .had gathered in; anticipatlbn^of the: acquittal. After his from; thp) ; Tombs, 1 Molineux - went to ". his K f atherrs, home, in.: Brooklyn, : where . he lv,"a.s I a^ain cheered bya large crowd. :, - ' "..'■" "■,'•' .Conrt-Room Crowded. ■ ' * - ■'■ More than .1,000; men and women, and ; were more women than men,; crowd-; ed the corridors of "the Criminal .Court building before 9 o'clock this .morning:, and' fought'" for admission to .the -court room. After, the usual preliminaries, Assistant District-Attorney Osborne re-" sumed his summing-up." He was talking of the.Barnet "letter's, when he .was ; in- : terrupted by Jan objection, which ihe court susta|ne<ir .... ' V - - • ' ."This defendant and Bafn'et," Mr. Osborne continued;""were. friends,- living near to each other 'on the same floor of the .Knickerbocker Athletic Club. They were paying attention to the same lady. She rejected Molineux. .Barnet died, : and eight (Jays later Molineux bought for tht woman an engagement ringl. The wed-; ding was very sudden.", .-: -' Mr. Osborne.. iphia peroration, pointed out again the circumstances upon which he relied for a conviction, • turning!, at each mention -of yMolineux's name, to point, his finger ;at) tho defendant.^Moli- : ncux.sat .unmoved :*'at*--.the 'arraignment, but attentive to; every -word of it. .Not so with his father.' 'The old General was visibly affected by the words ofrthe pro secuting officer, and Cecil, Molineux, t the prisoner's brother, was very nervous. ." Jtnlprc's Charge. Judge Lambert in- his charge summed up the admitted .facts- in the case," the sending of the package from the general post-office, its receipt at the Knicker~ bocker Athletic Club'and-.its administra tion to Mrs. Adams by Cornish, who ceived it at the. club. ' "It is necessary," he said, "for the State to prove that the defendant ;sent this package, that • it- was received 'by Cornish and innocently, administered to (CONTINUED ON, SIXTH PAGE.) MOLINEUX AS ACTOR A Number of Theatrical Man agers Make Him Offers.-. NEW YORK, November 11.— (Special.)— Hardly had the news of the acquittal of Molineux' reached .Broadway to-day when tho telephone . bell in a- morning paper office began to ring, and" over. 1 - the wire came the following: "This is Sullivan,' Hart & -Woods, the atriCßl managers. No:, ISSS Broadway. : Is Molineux acquitted?" "Yes." . ; V".. . . "We wish to make- him an offer for a session of ten weeks at 1 $1,500 -a week. We will give Mr. : . Molineux' a certified check for §15,000 and: pay all : his tra\-«l ling; expenses from." tho moment heisign? the contract. We want him 'to play the part of Jack Morton in 'The Road; tc Ruin/ The offer' is bonaflde and we arc sincere. .Molineux could defray all his leg-al expenses ; by 'thia tour." Grau, ..vaudeville;; agent,--, to-day made an--offer '. by .let*er .to Molineux tc appear for ten weeks ..in : vaudeville at $2,000 a week. ; If the-offer. is accepted, Mr.. Grau will." ask Molineux to give : a brief address either upon -his impres sions of life "in ; Sing Sing, or-upon some other incident connected with his recent trial. - Charles .E. Blaney; :to .Clay T. Vance to-da> ; authorizing' "Vance to offer Molineux JI.SOO a week for three •wfcks In the Blan'ey stock productions. Blaney has cne : . company playing in Newark, and he believes he could double prices for;- a week • during this engage ment and pack th\;' theatre twice a day Other theatrical managers are said t< be after the noted ex-prisoner. Molineux's plans wili.be rather to avoid, than t«* seek, publicity, and the chances of . his appearing on the stage are small. MR. MORGAN'S. GOODNESS. She is Cnrlnj? for Man Who Saved Child's Wfc. ■MILWAUKEE, WIS., November 11.— (Special.)— Louis Gardner, a gymnast of Milwaukee, will undergo an operation in London next* week at the expense of Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, in hope of re covery from injury to his spine received in a fall from the horizontal bar in the English capital a year ago. Two years ago. while Gardner was on Broadway, New York, a runaway team came dashing alone: with the carriage of Mrs. Morgan, in which was a boy S-years old. Gardner out into the street, grabbed the r and in less than a block brought v • am to a standstill. One of the - to arrive upon the scene was Mrs. Morgan. She offered Gardner money as a reward, and .when he refused It assured him that If he was ever in need of anything she would be his friend. -When the performer met with the ac cident Mrs. Morgan had him removed from the hospital to private ■ apartments and employed the best specialists in England. After, a year's care he began to recover from paralysis. Now it is proposed that he shall undergo: an-! operation .in the hope that he L may : entirely recover fr«m the effects of his fall. - .MOUNTAIN FIRES RAGE. Plllnr . of Fire Overhangs Wood stock. WOODSTOCK, .VA.. November 11.—(Spe cial.)—The Eastern Normal College, of Front Royal, defeated the football team of Massanutten Academy here to-day by a score of 16 to: 6. ■...: Fierce ...mountain .fires ; have been raffing on the Fort mountain, south of Wood stock, and is destroying, large quantities of timber. In several instances dwellings and outbuildings narrowly escaped do structicn in the Fcrt Valley. '; . LOST PRICE OF THE -WEDDING TRIP. PLATTSBURG! 'N. I ' Y.,- November. 11.— ■(Special.)— There was to have been a wen ding yesterday afternoon at Plattsburg, Nathan Wilson and Miss Maud Crossley, being . the contracting •' parties. But the bridegroom; failed: to -put: in i. his appear-, ahce. The fsither; of r the bride had: made elaborate preparations' for a Aveddlng sup per and a dance, y Search was instituteu for the missing man- and he was -found, after considerable difllculty, i weeping: and sobbing. i^Pressed forfaritexplanation; he said; he had lost the' money ? he s had 'saved .up: for^ the -wedding tfip; : about; $18, ; and he dared not face \ the ; situation penniless. ; Het was persuaded , , to return'! to ; the bride's house; and the, whole, party "i eat down jto [thexweddln^.banquety^^out^iiweddiii'gf.' 'After " theTf easttended 5 Crbsalext told |"Wil-; son f»tTMf}to oro»«- W» tjwealiold ««aln. ;■ IO ; BUSINESS MEN. PRESIDENT AND ■ EX-PRESLDEXT \ v JIX 3JBW ' YORK ] DEDI- ; ; ■ - - ''CATION. ''.: 7 -.- MR. .ROOSEVELT ON PEACE. Particularly' Industrial Peace Here .;• in/America. REMEDY FOB PRESENT EVItS. It Mem In the Practice of Old-Time Virtues and the: Putting Aside '! ot Arroisrance, Snspicion, and Envy- Mr. Cleveland on Commerce, Some* ■ times "Polncer of Expansion Sor didly Undertaken in Its Intercut." NEWTORK, November 11.— The day's ceremonies In connection with the dedica tion of the new homo of the Chamber ot Commerce were brought to a close to- . night by a banquet. given by the chamber in 'honor- of ; the -.- guests of the occasion, President Roosevelt delivered the princi pal address of the, evening, saying in part: 'TV« have passed that stage of national development, when depreciation of otner peoples is felt as a tribute to our own. We watch the growth- and, prosperity ot other ' nations, not. witii hatred or Jealousy, but with sincere and friendly good will. 1 think I can say safely that we. have shown by our attitude towara Cuba, by our attitude toward China, that as regards weaker powers our desire, is that they may. be able to stand alone, and that if they will. show themselves willing to deal honestly and fairly with the rest of mankind, we on our side will do. all we can to help, not hinder them. With the great powers of; the world we desire no rivalry that is not honorable to both parties. We wish them well. We believe that the trend of the modern spirit is ever stronger toward peace, not war; toward friendship, not' hostility, as the normal international attitude. We are glad in deed that we are on good terms with all the. other peoples of mankind, and no effort on our part shall be spared to se cure a continuance of these relations. "And remember, gentlemen, that we shau be a potent factor for peace largely in proportion to the way in which we make it evident that;, our' attitude is due. not to weakness, not to inability- to defend ourselves, but to a. genuine repugnance to wrongdoing, a genuine desire for . self respecting friendship witn our. neighbors. The' voice of tne weakling or the craven •counts .for nothing when he clamors for peace; but the voice of the just man , armed^ is _potent. V%Vo,nceo;- to Keep; !n-ii conditlon of preparedness, especially as regards bur navy, not because we want war, but because we desire to stand with those whose" plea for peace is listened to; jwith respectful attention. ; . . ; ■ • ' Industrial Pence. - "Important though it' is that we should' have peace abroad, It- Is even, more Important that we should have eace." at- home. You, .men" of the Chamber, of Commerce, to whose efforts we owe so. much of our industrial well-, being, can,"- and- 1 believe surely will, be Influential in helping toward that industrial peace which can obtain in- society only when in their various relations; employer and employed alike show not merely insistence "each upon; his own rights, but also regard for the rights of others, and a full acknowledgment of the Interests of the third party — the public. It is no easy matter to work out a system or rule of conduct, whethvr with or without the help of .-t he 'low giver, which shall minimize that jarring and clashing of interests in the indus trial world which causes so much indi vidual irritation and suffering at the present day. ami which at times threat ens bafeful consequences to large por tions of the body politic. But the im portance of the problem cannot be over estimated, and it d(»serv<?s to receive ths careful thought of all men such as thoF"-' whom T am addressing ■ to-night. There j should be no yiplrlinur to wrong; but there I should most certainly "be not only desire I to do ; rlpht. but a willincrTieFs each to : try to understand thf viewpoint of hir fellow, with whom, for wvnl" or for woe. his own fortunes are indissolub'y bound. .Remetly of Old-Time Virtnew. • "No patent remedy can be devised for the solution of these grave problems in the Industrial world ; but we may rest assured that they can tre solved at all on. y if we bring- to the solution certain old-time virtues: and if we strive to keep out of the solution" some of the most familiar and most undesirable of the traits to which mankind has owed untold degradation and suffering throughout the ages. . Arrojrance. suspicion, brutal envy, of the- "well-to-do,' brutal indiffer ence toward thosp who are not well-to do. the hard refusal to consider the rights of others, the ■ foolish : refusal tc consider ths limits of beneficent action. . the base appeal to thp snirit. of selftrh preefl. whether it take the form of plunder of tbv* fortunate or of oppression of : the unfortunate— from the?e and from an kindred vices this nation must be kept .free, 'If it is to 'remain in its present position in the forefront of the peoples of mankind. On the otner hand, .arood will conre. even out of the present evils.. If we - face them . armed with the old homely virtues: if we show that we are fearless of soul, cool of head, and kindly "of -heart: Jf. without betraying- the weak ness that crinees before wrontrdoineri we yet. show -by deeds antt wnrris otir know ledpefb»+ li c '"' > h a erovf»-r>Tnent a«s ours ,'.- (CONTINUED ON. SIXTH : PACE.) MUSIC MAY RESTORE V MUSICIAN'S MIND. ; POUGHKEEPSIE..; N. Y., '"Nbvember-11;. (Special.)— The influence of music, at played by Boston. Symphony is expected to -restore to reason a young musician who has .been ' a patient in the Hudson-River State . Hospital 'for 'the In sane, for the past six. months. The young mantis Bruno Beehn, who f was himself a member of .the; Boston; Orchestra until ne brqke'down; from overwork and had. to be 'sent : to; the, hospital, for .treatment.^ When it T wasaiyriouhced a that; the orchestra.; was coming to -Poughkeepsle tberybungniusi^ ; clan / petitioned ?. the ■isupermtendeht > to \ be allowed sto /attend the : concert: ; .The (coii-' cert. last night had^ :;such a benefldal effect i that .physicians ''■■ believed tb^dayV it wwouW , ; proved the »; means effecting ;?a^perina-1 ■ fient^ cure ' 'and* his^ ♦arly^ dischar£r& is T #x— * TIIB- SUB-TREASURY SCHEME OF COLLECTING STATIONS ; ■ ... SHELVED. . - v .■--.-;/,-:-"■ MEW- MOVE- TO INVESTIGATE. Mr .Minor. Offers the . Former Resoln " tlons !in Amended Form. . RESOLUTION TO LWIIT BAR-ROOMS. A -Long: and Lively Session of the Board of Aldermen— Sir. ailnor^s Petition to the Lcshlatnre to Pro ] portion Saloons to thcPonulation— BoJldingrs in Violation of Fire Or dinances Defeated. The Board of Aldermen waded . through several hours of routine business last night without a ripple on the surface j to indicate the. coming storm until the ap '! parently innocent ordinance establishing I eight sub-treasury stations for the pay ment of gas and' water bills was reached. :The measure , proposed the location of stations as follows: Near the corner of Twenty-fifth and/M I streets; Seventeenth and • Broad streets; Sixth and Broad streets; Fifth and streets; Main and Morris streets; Wil ! liamsburg avenue and . Louisiana street; j Brook avenue and Clay street, and Broad J and Laurel streets. The ordinance stipu . later! that, the bills mtist.be paid within I four days at the sub-stations. An amendment was offered adding an other station within four blocks of the i City Hall, and then the storm broke." : j President Turpin sprang from his seat i as if he had suddenly discovered a fire lin it." ' i "Gentlemen," he' said, in his character oistically vigorous way. "this is paternal istn^ run. mad. Adopt this- measure, and, j within a twelve month,- you will- IkiV*j i eight paid onlcials added f to Jhc public burdens of the city. The next thing y«u know the people will want you to fut:iis>n them with rubber-tired carnages to brin^ '• them to the sub-stations to pay their 'bills. ! Let these people get hold of this bushier, j let it jret; a foothold in politics, and the 'politicians get hold of it, and you will j have an. institution on you that you will j never get rid of. I repeat, it is paternal ism run mad. and Ir am opposed to it." Mr.- Cottrell differed with the president. He thought the merchants would:" be -glad to set these stations for the advertisement of their' business. w Mr. Seay agreed with the president. He was absolutely opposed to it. The people who are delinquent once will be delin quent. alway3, no matter what you do for them. We are paying enough now for the collection '- 'of this money. It is the en tering wedge. .Within a. year it will cost you hundreds of dollara additional. . -~ Mr. v V/ashcr was..heartily~in > favor -of "thr bill. He deemed it a crying need. Mr;' Crenshaw, the author of the ordi nance, was given the floor by courtesy, to explain. its workings, which he did at length; and urged its adoption for the purpose of obviating a great deal of trou ble and inconvenience to the public in paying street car fares and wasting time waiting their turn. A Pretty Good Scoop. i President Turpin called Mr. Minor to j the chair and took the floor. He consid ered the - proposition monstrous. In tour days $10,000 will - come into the hands of each of these sub-treasury agents, and what had the city to secure the money. A bond of $500. A mere bagatelle. It was absurd' such a bond for men who would handle twenty times the sum. Who would want a better scoop than to jump with that? In a year they will come here and say this advertising- business is a hum bug. It's a nuisance. And then the pub lic; having had the system, will demand its continuance. And politicians as we are. we will be creating these new offices. Jt is human nature, and it's against hu man nature that I want to guard." Mr. Allen was opposed to the ordinance in its -present. shape."- He- agreed with the president that the board was insufficient. He might possibly vote for a modified measure giving the people at the extreme ends of the" city (the accommodation. - But the judicious course was; to let the ordi nance lie over. It was not wisdom to pass it at this sitting. It ought to be studied and analyzed. He moved that it be tabled. Mr. Gunst offered as a substitute for this motion that it be referred to the Finance Committee. A Seductive Measure. Mr. Gordon opposed the measure. It struck him as being very seductive. Se ductive in that it made it appear that the people were to get a useful service with out paying for it. His experience was that such a hope was mythical. No one ever did anything long forjiothing. , 'A. vote was- taken on the siibstitue and the measure was referred to the Finance Committee. Memlicrs on Pins. The board did not get £ excited again until near the end of the "cession. There ' seemed to be a' feeling among one half | of the aldermen present that the sting of 1 the sitting, like that of the wasp, was in its tail. Two different motions were made before the routine business was finished and the roll call for new business reached to adjourn, .-both of which were I defeated by a tie vote. The secret of this restiveness came out when the name of Mr. Minor was reached. He proved to loaded. Among other things he offered the preamble and reso lution heretofore passed by, the board calling for an investigation of the charge that the favorable votes ot aldermen on certain franchises had been procured by THE CRAZIEST OF ALL ; MUSICAL CRANKS. I LACROSSE.rWIS., November cial.)— Thinking that Signbr E. Sorren-. tlno, leader : of J a band; was Jesus Christ, Rosa, daughter ; of L. J. Noble, of ■ Mena shay" who was attending a; concert at the Congregational church; in^ Appleton, broke away from her escort and assumed a posi tion 'of adoration at; the altar rail: '/The ■band -had "ijusUflnishea the. national hymn and: the audience. was on Its feet when she' rah" shouting to the rail where she; re mained as ' though ": fixed •un til they end : of the programme. .Physicians present be-; lieve ,'tha j woman (.was"; hypnotized^ With th«iaid doll local^Physicians ;i her father; finally "succeeded In; dragging.! h«r from 'the . r ch'ufch; ;: She : fought iaesperat&ly. -with 7 . th'oseXwho) took f, her? awayif and -(cried £w t repeatedly, '.•'" "H» -'!■■ 'Christ !".>■::■• "He '■'■■lt Improper mean's.-^ with 1; one- change lln •Us ■phraseblbgy maklnsrJtheesum? appropriat ed *ffor, the> purpose"! JloO;instead of -SoflO.^; The resolutlonYwasTHdoptcd. aft«-?an amendment was f accepted fcby : Mr. .Minor, charising the hun»b"»ir ."'of -^ the /committees from five to seven— rareeVmcmborg! from the Board '-' and f our ? members -from - the Council. -..^ '.'"• -'. : i : '^ : :;^: : - : :<.■-■- '.'. ".:.:.' .-::-. . AT»ont; the Saloons. , He also offered th«foilbwlnK Joint reso lution:"' : - v ."■■■"'"■■' ":■::'-■■'"■■ -■ .'-::':." . •.■.■::.;.: ■ Be it resolved bY "the Council of thecftjr of Richmond, the Common .Council:con cerning-: " - : : ,; - 1 ; • That -the Richmond delegation In both branches of the Legislature .are earnestly requested to introduce and use their best efforts "to secure ".' the passage^- '---...: ' 1. Of a .law .which twill restrict "the member of liquor licenses that can be granted in - the city of Richmond to j not more than one f or , every, 500 of popula tion. .--;.■." : ; ; . ■;: __ .; : -. : : ; ; I 2. Of a ;; law which will prohibit the "granting of a liquor license to any one'ex cept" a* native-born or; naturalized citizen of the United States. > > This was adopted" without debate. Routine ; Business. t -■■-..<-.-■ .. ■. . - The following routine I business was transacted: An ordinance concerning^ the crossing of south -'Fourteenth '.'street ■" by the Southern Railway Company, t and an ordinance granting: the Southern Railway Company permission to maintain and operate from time to.time, and to reconstruct Its tracks on certain j streets .and on ' the , south side of the dock in the city of Richmond, Were ordered to be tabled and printed. An ordinance to amend and reordain section 32 of chapter 25 of the, city laws of 1893. concerning the gas-works, was adopted. ■ : ; . A' resolution concerning: the acquisition of A land 'to open Catherine street was adopted. A resolution concerning the taxes of St. Paul's church, refunding $40.62 : erroneou sly assessed, -was adopted A resolution for payment of the claim of th" Southern Railway Supply Company for $126 was adopted. Mr. Gunst presented tho usual monthly report of the. Committee on Relief of the Poor and Alrnshouse. Received and Rled. Mr. Washer, of the Committee on Grounds and .Buildings. ■ reported- favor ably a preamble and resolution transfer (CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE.) CASHIER JS MISSING D. P. Magruder, of Wood* stock, Short Several Thou sands in His Accounts. : WOODSTOCK, VA.. November cial.)— Mr. Dunbar P. Magruder. cashier of the- Merchants and Farmers* Bank, of Woodstock, has been missing since last Friday, and an examination of his ac counts reveals a shortage, of several thou sand dollars. Neither the assets of /the bank nor its business will be affected by the defalcation. The bank Is operated by private individuals, who have made good all losses and will continue: the business without loss to any of Its creditors.* Noth ing has been heard: as to the whereabouts of the former cashier. There was no run bn~the bank to-day and hone isexpected. MISTAKEN FOR WALL PAPER. Judge's Wife Mistook Pension Ap 5-llcntions for Decorative Roll*. • Probably the first bill to be offered in the' Senate, to-day will be. one drawn by Senator : W. P. Barksdale.--.Us patron." and entitled "a bill to provide for the payment of. pensions under ■ the ; pension act of March 7. 1000, .whose .'claims .were not ap proved under the provisions of the act of April 2. 190-., and 'filed in the office ofrthe Auditor of Public Accounts prior to Sep tember 1, 1902." And thereby hangs a. tale. The bjll is made necessary by a series of peculiar conditions, illustrating the volume 1 of pension applications coming in under the terms of the new act. It seems that thf» applications from Halifax county had to be forwarded to Judge E. W. Saunders at Rocky Mount, and were so forwarded. The judge's wife, so the story goes, mistook the rolls of applications, coming in for rolls of wall paper, and had then: stored thinking they were. Time passed on, the Judge being ignorant'; of the fact that the applications had been forwarded and little dreaming that they wer« repos ing in the attic. Thus the papers so pre cious to the applicants slumbered in 00 scurity until too" late to file them before September 1. 190U, Thus the applicants are saved the labor of again preparing their papers, which fortunately werenot destroyed. A special act must be passed, however, to; enable these applications tc be considered. The two houses will have "a laugh over the contretemps and then pass the bill without, objection. SIXTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY. The V. M. I. Cadets Celebrate the Fonnding of Their School. LEXINGTON. VA., November U.—(Spe cial.)—To-day was the sixty-third anni versary of the founding ;of the Virginia' Military Institute. In ; order to observe the occasion fittingly, all studies were sus pended and a holiday given the cadets/ At noon the c.idet battery under command of tactical officer Captain P. B. ; Peyton.' fired a salute of twenty-one guns in hon or of the occasion. ; The: cadets spent the day in various ways. Some borrowed bird dogs and -hunted partridges, while others tried their skill at horseback rid back riding. Still others procured vehi cles and spent the morning driving with the-'r fair friends. In past years, until.: about five years ago. the. cadet corps .was served with a •Jlnner, which, consisted of ; turkey, plum pudding and other, delicacies of "like; na ture, but withthe genera! observance of Thanksslylng Day in Virginia. ,thi3 featurt has. been cut from the list'Of annual din ners, much to the sorrow of. the "cadets. A WHALE CAME NEAR WRECKINGTHE BOAT, FAR; ROCKA WAY,,- N.Y.,.; November: IL— (Special.)— A right, , whale ' came near wrecking a boat In which ltwo ; men i.werv. cod-fishing offjßockaway Inlet this af te«~;, .nboni The , whale ' approached^froro* 5 sea-i ward? and rose : a-few; yards a to vtheJwind-;v the Jwind-; ward; of the :boat v and .blew.rThe^volume. ; of '■ vapor emitted^by the > animal ; was blown; directly/ into; the sloop, fill-; Ing : it -i with? spray* and vso ii f rlgb tening thp occupants ithatj they,;nishedp to "one iside/ of -the boat and nearly swamped it. ■-. ' ■-. "'■•: Harry rßld«\"and ;: Ira -Hicks.:/; United; States ; life i savers '? at /Arverna were "the \ men. % Both , : ; *ay : th« 'whale }*t i leasv eighty-flve f e«t lons. : spaaklng ; of , : th? matter ; Hicks said: "I nev«r *a.w: •Tschia' mboßtiroua'cj^torV • 1n v rr— ~ Iff: •;;J*'"^nTiT T tiTtTif' ? «Tifrrlr; m— ftif {TWEIiVEiPAGE^ PODISTSIOI THE VIRGINIA CO JTFEREJfCB^WItti! ■ -:.. ;.;.• .----;.; --.■-". r •••-.: '■• "■ ■• V*' - ; ■--■•■.---•-•* .; - . CONVENE DERE.THI* '• --''''i -'•'■ ■ .:■ -. ■;-->:. . 'MORNING-. - : ; ■■■• ■-•<--;, ; <^-»., ■ MA N V MEMBERS ifesrlrVAU '.rWlU-. B« Pre»ent "WTiea , the Body Meet* . . ." GREAT SUBJECT OF EDtCATIOS. ; •- - ■ ■. -..-■ --;■ ■-.■- , - .. ■■ •-. ■ - ■•-■ ; ■■■■■.■■ -- ■ ■■:"■■:'•:■ ■ "■ ■■: : ;-: V .;i,-;__ :.. •.;■.,..; * •>;■■' ■'.■;'".-^. ■.:/,-:- ■..'. :■ - ■. . - •. . It is the Most Important; to Be Con sidered by the Conference- Plan to Raise $200,000 for Randolph-'. I Mneon College— Great Amount ot : ." Routine audioes*— Sketch** of th« .r.. r . Member* "Who Are Here. At 9 o'clock this morning Bishop ; "W".^■'■■■■: W. .Duncan wilt call to order th«'.:Vlr> . ; glnla Annual Conference .of the... Mettio* ; : dist Church in the auditorium of th 4 •■ ; Broad-Street church, whore all of : tha sessions of the conference will -be heltU v There' will be no evening sessions. -.The ... body will be in session from .9 o'clock V J to 1 o'clock, and the evenings will bi ' ; devoted to special services in the Broad- .;; Street church. Rev. S. C. 'Hatcher will : preach to-night, and further announce men ts ■will be made from day to day. One of the most Important matters that "will come up before the conference" will be a discussion of plans for raising a ' 5200,000 fund for Randolph-Macon Col lege. Rev. W. B. Beauchamp, of the '^ Broad-Street church, will be one of the; active leaders in this cause. Mr. John, , P. Branch,. of this city, has promised the college $ICO.OOO If the sum mentioned : i» secured by the. college. The Conference Board of Education wlir present a -report J on this matter, "and . the friends of the I college, particularly its * alumni amonff \ the conference; members; ; will .'press ,t!*i '■ question vigorously before the ; body. An : ; excursion will be arranged to carry the members of the conference to Ashland; / where -, special addresses ■ will be- made ; in; ; the interest, of the additional endow- ; la ment. ' ' . \ The Plan to Raise Money. " , ' The plan to raise the required $200,000 - will be by gifts from the wealthiest lay men of the Church, and not by a general : subscription on the part of -its constitu- , ency. The active' friends, of the college * will j endeavor ./to secure ; endowments for ._• '[< the several chairs at the college, ant" ; the gift of Mr. Branch. In case this plan * is successful, will. -h ln all probability; -be ; devoted to a student's loan fund to pro- r vide'": tuition for needy young men. There Is no doubt; that the question of raisin? .-; the. amount mentioned will b^e one > of. - prime j importance * r before^' the ' ■ The details of: the^plan ' will be taken •: up 'v by the Board : of, Trusteea'of Randolph- •: Ma con.; but It. is thought ; that "a gr*at stimulus- will be ; tjiven {to/the/cauaejby the ;aßtJon?;th.it the^ conference .takes i lr : the matter, and as a large ' number< of. tna. ' ministers compbidnsr the conference" are > , alumni of •R»n<3olph-s. r ncon,'Jt- !p a -cer- ■■;■. talnty.that the proposition that Rev.: Mr. Ay Bfauchamp «nd many of. bislconferreea" »? have at; heart- will receive nfhearty:suvrj ;" port from. thp -f»fflcial bo^y of theChurchl > ; ' Acart from - th^ ;-^ consideration of -; this ; matter, (her? will be. lit tie ; out. of .- tha,; routine for --the* conference • to consMf(i r i- .''■ All. of the'prr»rninent ministers ; seen last '■< nie-ht ptpti><l that no.. ?r?at IssiiVs were before the body .this yfar. At- the fame r : Mm*» thprp is an lmmp«se' amount of ide- f • ♦t>!l bualrte.»s'*o be tn>nsnerp<?- The coti-. ! • i mtttpes on thp rixamlnatl»>n of V: j'l at ps for ;Af7mi«lnn; Af7mi«lnn to thp "• Ministry '^8 ; 'n ppssinn la«t nl'srht at. Centenary Vchur'cru ,'f There are abont tpn apnlicants th!«.y»«r. •, ' ! Thpjr will rip »xf»mlnpfl-.on *h» " branches i>M *y>t% flor»rinps of the Church. 7 Prominent Men Here. • At a late hour last night. nearly all .of;-. ' the members of the conference - hacf . reached the city.: and when '■ the body con venes this morning thvre will be almoaf * ; a complete roster of ministerial and lay ' j delegates.' • > . - ; I Prominent among the lay ; delegates Is i Dr. ' William "W. Smith, the Yecognlzed ' lay leader in .educational matters. " As < v chancellor of the. Randolph-Macon Sys : tern of Schools and Colleges, he na» flrm- ;' Iy established the. Randolph-Mncon Wo* ; man's CoJlprs at Lynchburg. .; rated^j; ;j among.' the t fourtepn Institutions; for ■.the' 1 --;, hisher vdur'ation of women in .the .United ; : States alone with" Vap?ar. Bryn Mawrv ; , Wellesley. Bartiard.' and similar colleares}. T.Tnrl*>r hi 3 direction the two preparatory : _. acadpmie3 / of;:thp system were "eatab- '■.['■: limned— orv at Bedford City and one «a»"Jv ; Front Royal— and lln addition, the en- ; dowment and fpcilltips of the mother ■' college at Ashland have been; greatly in creapPd.- ; ■;. ; v : ' ' ■:■. : . " Another prominent lay delegate who will - be present' is W. W. Vicar, of; Norfolk. ' treasurer of the conference. Mr. Vicar i 3 a leading business-man of Norfolk, and ; has been. closely connected with all finan cial interests of the* conference : for many *v years. ; L. L. Marks, of Petersburg. w{II I be among the lay delegates. Mr. Marks ;; has 'been identified with nil the prbgrea- ' sive Sunday ; school work of the. church for many years.; and has been, a familiar ;? figure at the Besilons of the confereiics in the past.-j .-. : . A Slethodlat Editor. , Mr. E. ; G. Moseley. a leading tobacco* nist of Danville, will also; be ; present ;. in .'■- " the capacity of a layman. He'is;the/edi tc.of the Danville Methodist, 'and 'auper- Intendent of the largest Sunday school In Virginia— the Cabell-Street ■ church Sun-i-. -?" day ' school in Danville/ Among the lay v--"i delegatea of less mature years than thos< I named .Is ; Mr. Walter Mapp, Common. 4 -, wealth's Attorney of Accomac/ county, .; ranked as one of the brightest men among ;the younger. laymen. Mr. '^Fra'nfc ; West/ of Louisa county. Is another lay delegate. .-He; Isa member of the ;Lesis-i; lature jfrom his county, and an active ■; & worker, in his church. . . Possibly, the most distinguished minis- r ter of the ; Methodist ; church In . Vlr T ' Rinia. certainly the most prominent leader :•> on : the floor^ of the conference, wilt ; be ■"$ Rey.'Paul Whitehcad. D.; D., .He ;haa :-•■:' been secretary of the Virginia Conference for forty years, and is the recognized parliamentarian of the body. Dr. S. 5». ' Lambeth, whose wit has always relieved ' the dullness; of >the ; routine sessions. ,will •■■ be present and welcomed by his brethren. /Dr. J; You n g. '[ pas tor , Court-Street ' church/ I.ynchburg.;.wlH not -b«j present at the opening of : the, session, Delng detalnta at home to offlciate- «Ct the wedding of ";' one ' of - ; his church i member* * Dr.V- You'd jf " stands foremost as the orator of .the 'con-"' ' ference. .■ Dr.; Young ; Jh i probably'^- th« graallest; : m_embec^of "the body Jabj-far s «a ■< .'Physique • goes.l but his : pulpl tt oratory ~ : has 'made him eagerly sought after by th« V best charges ;in the conference. Rev. Bl iP^ Upicomb. I chairman Vof i the' ) Board -; : of v -^ ■ Ftnim«CS la* another ; onej of \th« \ mtaist«r« ' - ; *'':^ "wbo^|i^'pwml«wtf^itbSflobr. loi;thI oi;th# 1 «SiB6!:^&' ferroci wditoToiwu^ttiM^ Th« j eonfvrmcv'lwui^n* fopiiftt I%S^^s