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dtdKS SSffiStt 8& I vah?le NUMBER, 16,245*
RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
?SUMMARY OF DAY'S NEWS.
THE WEATHER.
"WASHINGTON, May 19.?Forecast for
?Wednesday and Thursday:
Virginia and North Carolina?Fair Wed?
nesday nnd Thursday; light southwest
to west winds.
"Weather In Richmond yesterday was
clear and warm, with slowly falling tem?
perature at night. Bkle?J clear at mid?
night
STATE OF THE THERMOMETER.
P A. M.75
12 M.80
8 P. M.89
er. M.sr.
ti P. M.79
12 midnight .74
Average .MW
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Mnv 20, 1W3.
Pun rises.4-M I HIGH TIDE.
Sun -"its.7:14 1 Morning.11:16
Moon rises....1:08 I Evening.11:60
RICHMOND.
State to rent rooms In City Unit?
Richmond girl honon-d by festivity
General .Assembly adjourns and all tho
law-makers go homo-Governor vetoes
Norfolk primary bill?R'.-llef being pro?
vided for aged Presbyterian ministers.?
Art exhibit a success beyond all hope?
Three convicts bent guard and are free
ior short ?vhlle-Board t?> appraise worh
<<n tho Galveston reach tiie city?? Rich?
mond delegation to Episcopal Council op?
posed to chango of Church name-In?
junction restraining Dr. Creasy from ns
PUmlng duties of quarantine officer of
?Newport Wews refused bv Judge Keith
IMr. \V. A. Smith leaves Gnllaher ?S: Co.
ior the Imperial Tobacco Co.-Dr. J. J.
'J'lgert tells large audience what Is duty
?of Methodists towards ne?rro: Love feast
1o-nlght-Legislative employes go home
?-Many strangers registered at hotels
?-Annual meeting of Children's Home
Society-Big Liz and number of lins?
tock's animals attached by Captain 1'lz
p.lnl-May Festival being largely nttend
cd-Candidates for Manchester Council
reported lo court clerk to-day-Young
^Manchester man In trouble-Elks le;>//o
to-day for Bedford-Newport News'
team manager dissatisfied with treatment
1 In Petersburg-Changes In schedule of
Norfolk and Western Railroad-Another
fdster dies of broken heart, making thrci.
deaths In a family In as many weeks.
VIRGINIA.
The business portion of the town of
IM ax Meadows burned-Winchester Dem?
ocrats nominate candidates for the City
Council-Indignation In King George
over the poisoning of cattle-Woman
probably in tally burned with gasoline at
Norfolk-Both driving rods of engine
to jinssetiger tr.iln break near Amherst
?-Aahland to have telephone exchange
??Colonel R. E. Lee drives from Rich?
mond to Fairfax In a trap-Judge Mann
Fpeaks for the- Anti-Saloon League at
T'orl-loy-President's niece as guest in
?Frederick county-Large auction salo of
property In Suffolk-The Episcopal Coun?
cil meets In Winchester-Wrecking train
Bolng to a wreck derailed near Montvale
?-The graduate nurses elect officers and,
? close convention-Two divisions of the'
Daughters of the Confederacy trying to
pet together at Lynchburg-Prof. T. A.
Hose, sick with typhoid fever nt Mnthews
Courthouse, weds bis nurse and dies six
}?ours later-Contractors nt Newport
News refuse to arbitrate with striking
carpenters and sympathetic strike may
be ordered.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Passengers cars on Southern Railway
Fo down bank and turn upside down, but
none of the passengers killed, though
thirteen wero hurt-Good roads at
Greensboro cause sale of much land
Old laxly at Winston-Snlcm commits sui?
cide by" Jumping In a well-Sugar Loaf
Mountain In Alexander county sinking?
Commencement exercises of Peace Insti?
tue nnd the Baptist University at North
Carolina-The drouth Is very severe In
the Western part of the State-Decision
of United States Supreme Court victory
for railroads over the State.
GENERAL.
General Gordon, In spite of sickness,
makes speech to veterans and Is accord?
ed a wild ovation by wearers of the Gray;
veterans rise to cheer the widow of Stone
?vvn.il Jackson-Mob visited Ja|l at Madl
pon, Fla., took man from Jail and lynched
lilni-Brigands took Ba/! Chester Stakes
nt Morris Park In hot drive with favorite
-Lemlle won tho Kentucky Oaks on
last day of the Churchill Downs meeting
.-Czar has dismissed Governor under
?whose Jurisdiction the Klsheneff massa
?.?res took place-Discovery of portrait
of John Rolling recalls first school for
the deaf ever established in this county,
?which was located In Chesterfield county.
Va.-United States will Insist on equal
trade relations In Manchuria, dosplto the j
notion of Russian government-Russia j
j-efnses contributions made by citizens of
this country for* tho relief of the suffer
Inir Jews?Court decision turns Western
itJrilon off the right of way of the Penn
Fj-lvnnla Railroad-Incorporation papers
issued to company which Is the nucleus
for the comblnntlon of nil -manufacturers
of saddlery and harness-Police called
out In New York to quell disorders on the
subway-Asphalt trust reorganizes?
Stock market was stronger and prices
?advanced, but most of tho gains were
?wiped out.
WILL INSIST UPON
EQUAL PRIVILEGES
? {By Ansoclntoil Pre??? )
WASHINGTON, May lu.?Regardless
of the outcome of the present negotia?
tions respecting the political domination
of Manchuria, it can ho stated that this
provernment is prepnred to Insist to tho
f-nd upon commerc.lnl privileges for
United States merchants In Manchuria
equal to those enjoved by the merchants
of other nations, Russia Included.
Tho State Department has had pledges
from Russia that even In the event of
Manchuria passing under Russian con?
trol our commerce and trade privileges
should not suffer, -.and It will hold that
our commerce would suffer If Russian
goods enn enter Manchuria free while
United f?lales goods are forced to pay
dutv. This attitude of the State De?
portment wl!l,> It Is expected, go far
toward reassuring the Southern cotton
Interests, which have become alarmed at
the possible loss of their best market,
SWEEPING CHANGES
IN N. & W. SCHEDULE
Sweeping changea have been planned In
the passenger train schedule of tho Nor?
folk and Western and next Sunday near?
ly every train over tills road to either
arrive at or leave Richmond will oper?lo
upon a different time table. As a result,
tlio traveling publli; will bo more or less
affected, and the changes will bo noted
with Interest.
Tho ."Cannon Ball," which now arrives
In Richmond at 11:42 from Norfolk, will,
'nftcr noxt Sunday, roach the city at 11
o'clock wlillo the afternoon or night train
?will reach Richmond at U;5u instead of
7:20.
In tho futuro train No. 23 will be known
?is, No. 39, and Instead o? leaving Rieh
, imI ror ?ho South m *?:3o win depart ?t
?:(?i. No. 78 will lie designated as No. 40,
hut no chango Is eoiiunipl.ited in Its
schedule.
The Norfolk and Western, .which now
leaves over the A. O, L. truths for Lynch?
biji'fi ?V .'SO 1'. M., will Uvinwt at U;0O
ET?los-k, ' -?-..,. ?>....)
TURNED
UPSIDE
_DOWN
Passenger Cars Go Down
Fifty-Foot Bank.
FIFTY PASSENGERS
ABOARD THE TRAIN
All of Them Miraculously Es?
cape Death.
THIRTEEN PERSONS
WERE INJURED
Engine of Southern Train Jumps Track
and Takes Three Coaches With It.
The Track Torn Up for Two
Hundred Yards?Running
Fast and Rounded a
Slight Curve.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
RALEIGH, N. C? May If.?A frightful
wreck occurred about a mile east of Ra?
leigh soon after 6 o'clock this evening
on the Southern Railroad, when, In some
as yet unaccountable way, tho engine of
No. 136 east-bound passenger train from
Greensboro to Goldsboro, loft the
rail, followed by the thrco pas?
senger and one mall' car, the
cars rolling down a 25-foot embankrrfent,
landing upside down, moro than Ilftty
feet from tho track. Strange to say not
a single one of fifty or more passengers
and trainmen were killed. However, thir?
teen were Injured, none of them. It Is
thought, fatally.
THE INJURED.
The Injured are: Mrs. J. C. Ellington,
Raleigh, fractured shoulder, dislocated
hip; W. T. Dortch, Goldsboro, contusion
of back, rt ished fingers; J. T. Bland,
Louisburc, laceration of right cheek, con?
tusion of neck: H. B. Parker, Jr., Golds?
boro, back badly wrenched, contusion of
tho face; W. T>: P. Sharp, Wilson, scalp
wound, contusion of left side and arm:
E. L Fleming. Wilson, contusion .of loft
side, elbows bruised; IL R. Burwell, col?
ored mail clerk, Raleigh, right shoulder
sprained; Mrs. Mary Hohby, Garner /'Col?
lar-bone fractured; Miss Addle Hobby,
right shoulder sprained; W. H. Smith.
Goldsboro. painful scalp wound; L. W.
Hulllngcr, back nnd shoulder sprained.
Nearly all the Injured are In Rex Hos?
pital. The most serious are H. B. Parker.
Jr., and J. T. Bland; though physicians
think neither of them will die.
TRACK TORN UP.
The track for two hundred yards or
more Is torn up. The engine stuckto tho
track through it all. and stopped Just
this side of the bridge across Walnut
Creek. Engineer Ripple stuck to his en
gino. Conductor Coble was slightly in?
jured. Train was making probably fifty
mlleB an hour down grada and going
around a slight curve.
Among those on board the train "were:
Hon. Frank Daniels and Mary Cloves
Daniels, his llttlo daughter, of Goldsboro,
and Josephus and Worth Daniels, sons of
Hon. Josephus Daniels, editor of the
News and Observer of this city.
ASPHALT COMPANIES
ARE REORGANIZING
(Bj Associated Pre??.)
TRENTON, N. J.. May lS.-The Gen?
eral Asphalt Company, capital $31.000,000.
was incorporated hero to-day. The ob?
jects of the company are to mine, man?
ufacture and produce and deal In paving
material. It Is provided that the pre?
ferred stocks shall bear five per cent,
cumulative dividend, and that this stock
shall not exceed at any time $14,000.000.
This Is understood to be the reorganiza?
tion of tho Natlonnl Asphalt Company
and the Asphalt Company of America.
CZAR HAS DISMISSED
GOVERNOR OF KISHINEFF
fBv Associated Press.)
ST. PETERSBURG, May 19,-The re?
port that Lleutenn.it-General Raaben,
governor of Klshlrieff. Bessarabia, whern
the masnere of Jews occurred a month
ago, had been dismissed by tho Czar, Is
confirmed. The Imperial Ukase dismissing
the general Is dated May 17th.
VERDICT CHANGED
BY SUPREME COURT
Missouri Delegates Convicted
of Perjury Are to Have
a New Trial.
(Bj Associated Press.)
JEFFERSON CITY. MO., May 10.?The
verdicts In the cases of Julius Lohmann
and U, A. Faulkner, former members of
the Missouri House of Delegates, con?
victed of perjury In connection with the
Suburban Street Railway frahchlse deal,
and sentenced each fe two ye.ars' impris?
onment in the penitentiary, wirfe reversed
by the Supreme Court to-day, and the
cases were remanded to the St. Louis
Circuit Court for new trials. Judge Gantt
delivered the opinion, which was con?
curred in by all the Judges.
The court holds that tho indictments
against Faulkner and Lehmann were
valid, but that tho trial court erred in
instructing the Jury that if It found that
Faulkner und Lehmann sworn they hud
never hoard, of tho $75,000 boodlo fund,
when, in fact, tho evidence showed that
tlicy knew of the mnnev,. evPfl from news?
paper reports, they should bo adjudged
guilty of perjury.
The court says that the trial court had
?fo power to supply by Its Instructions un
averimont not In the Indictment, and per?
mit, as It did, a conviction oit a charge
uo( lucluutid lu ils Juaictiavut, . .
ANOTHER
' WIIJDAY
Cotton Market Again Flurried
to the Extreme.
ANOTHER RECORD LEVEL
There Was Heavy Selling for Profits,
but In Spite of this a Rally at tho
Close Sent Prices
Booming.
<nj Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 19.?The enormous
gains of yesterday effected no appre?
ciable decrease in bullish excitement and
enthusiasm, and the opening In the cot?
ton market to-day was one of the most
notable of an eventful season. The ir?
regularity of Liverpool after her pro?
nounced advance, the, prospects for re?
ceipts again more than double last year,
and the expectations of a bearish weekly
bureau report, as opposed to the bullish
utterances credited to the Now Orleans
leader, all added to tho rush and con?
fusion.
First prices here were four to nlno
points higher, and Immediately follow?
ing the call bull aggressiveness and
further covering by shorts sent prices
to another new high level for the season,
July selling at 11.30; August nt 11.02, and
September at 0.73. Aitor opening S@10
points higher, Liverpool reported unset?
tled conditions and reached a level 1U?
013V4 points higher on the near months.
Later there was a break of about five
points, which brought prices back to
Just a little over local expectations. The
strength In spot cotton .In Liverpool was
again remarkable, Quotations being ad?
vanced 18 points, but tho trading showed
a marked decrease.
PROFIT-TAKING GENERAL.
At the best point of this morning pro?
fit-taking became more general, and be?
fore midday prices had declined 8?23
points. With many In the trade continu?
ally feeling for the top, this had natu?
rally brought In r considerable volume
of scalping orders on the short Bide.
These shorts were completely routed
upon tho puhllcation of the fegufcar
weekly report of the weather bureau,
which reflected much less favorable con?
ditions than had been expected. The
violent efforts to cover which followed
this caused another sharp advance, and
within ten minutes July sold up from
11.17 to 11.24; August from 10.01 to 10.07,
and September from 9.65 to 0.72.
Tho midday rally apparently exhausted
the Immediate demands from the shorts,
and was followed by another reacting
period, during which trading became
much less active. The decline was started
by selling of July, supposedly for the
account of tho leader of tho New Eng?
land clique. As It progressed tho selling
movement was swollen by profit taking
by room longs, and prices were forced
down point by point in the face of con?
tinued support, with the market at all
timo3 exhibiting an undercurrent of fe?
verish excitement. Rumors were circu?
lated that a certain Wall Street interest,
who was prominent on the bull side early
in the season, was buying heavily for a
cent advance, and this added to the ner?
vousness and Irregularity.
It did not, however, serve to Immedi?
ately check the downward course of
prices, and the old crop months reached
a level 1@5 points below tho close of yes?
terday, while the new crop, sustained by
continued covering, showed a gain of 4(38
points. Just before the finish the trading
was once more very spirited, and a par?
tial rally took place, May closing at 11.C1,
July at 11.21, August at 10.95 and Septem?
ber at 9.78, with the general list not 7
to 31 points higher, the greatest gain
being in November, which closed at 9.22.
Sales estimated at 800,000 bales.
BANK CASHIER TOOK
A HUNDRED THOUSAND
GlT Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 19.?The Treasury
Department to-day received a telegram
from National Bank Examiner Perkins,
announcing tho closing of the Southport
National Bank, of Southport, Conn. This
action, It Is undorstod, was taken In con?
sequence of the defalcation of the
cashier, which is believed to have ap?
proximated $100000.
GAMBLING DEVICES
BURNED IN PUBLIC
(liy Associated Press.1
PHILADELPHIA. PA., May 19.?Thir?
teen hundred slot gambling machines,
valued at about ?125.000, were publicly
burned to-day by order of Director of
Public Safety Smyth. Seven hundred of
the machines were captured In raids con?
ducted by the Law and Order Society,
and six hundred were confiscated by th?
police authorities.
JUDGE TOO SHREWD
FOR THE ATTORNEY
Curtis Jett Held to Answer
Grand Jury on Charge of
Killing J. B. Marcum.
(Py Associated Press.)
LEXINGTON, KY? May 19.?Curtis
Jett, cliargod with tho murder of J, B,
Marcum, was brought Into tho Circuit
Court to-day at Winchester, on a motion
to dismiss the habeas corpus proceedings.
Thu county attorney wus not present, but
Jailer Boone, against, whom tho relief
measure was directed, conducted hla own
case. The court decided to hold Jett
and made a statement' that to return
him to Jackson, Ky., will bo Instantly to
turn him loose. Ho will nwuit tho action,
of tho Brenthitt grand jury.
It Is said there was some trick In to?
day's proceedings In tho Jett case, which
Judge Dent?n defeated, Tho hubens
corpus motion had been overruled nnd
tho case set for hearing June 4th, to as?
certain the facts n.H to tho killing und
satisfy the Court whether ho should hold
Jett tit all. Jett's nttoruey eamo lnlo
court und mado a? motion to dismiss hla
own motion, Judge Benton believed this
a preparatory step to demanding ,an ex?
amining trial, as tho law provides. In
this case lie could not g?t the Bieatliltt
Witnesses and Jutt, CQitfd, u:-k for dis
[mlasal In llivir absence.
A VIRGINIA
TOWN BURNS
Fourteen Houses Wiped Up
at Max Meadows.
THE TOWN IN CONFUSION
Buildings of tho Virginia Iron, Coal and
Coko Company Consumed?Most
of tho Business Portion
Destroyed.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dispatoh.)
WYTHEJVILLE>, VA., May 19.?A fire
destroyed most of tho business portion
of the town of Max Meadows, in this
county, to-day. The fire started In tho
store of L G. Heuser and burnt his store?
house. His stock of drugs was entirely
destroyed, as was the stock of racket
goods owned by himself and C J. Hatch?
er.' The fire spread rapidly, destroying all
of the block of business liouwes except
one, fourteen structures going up In
smoke. Tho loss will bo largo. Mr. Hou?
se's loss Is almost covered by Insurance,
but lnsuranco protection in regard to the
other losses Is unknown.
IN CONFUSION.
But little Information can be secured
by telephone, as the Inhabitants of the
little town are In utter confusion. Tho
railway station and several stores In the
town were saved. Max Meadows Is tho
sent of ono of the Virginia Iron, Coal
and Coke Company's Iron furnaces, and
the same company owns there a rolling
mill, which Is now running, for the man?
ufacture of bar Iron.
BUILDINGS BURNED.
The buildings burned wero, besides the
Hctiser building, tho Mrs. Bridges' dwel?
ling, the Odd-Fellows' Hall, a. largo brick
building belonging to the Virginia Iron,
Coal and Coke Company, the Henry Shaf?
fer building, tho E. H. Hager store, the
R. A. Moore building and seven more
small buildings belonging to the company.
POLICE INDICTED FOR
PROTECTING CRIME
(By Associated Tress.)
COLORADO SPRINGS, COL., May 19.?
The grand Jury, which has been In ses?
sion investigating city and county af?
fairs, has presented a largo number of
Indictments, and a report sensational In
Its denunciation of tho police department,
which it accuses of being not only cor?
rupt, Jbut Inefficient and the protector
of criminals generallv.
The report urges that another grand
Jury be Immediately called, and there
have como to light Important matters
connected with the public funds and of?
fices which demand action. It Intimates
general corruption In local publlo offices.
Indictments wero returned against Chief
of Police Vincent King and Detective
Joel Atkins, charging them with secret?
ing witnesses.
.
MAJOR HOWARD .
AT HOME AGAIN
Major Howard, chief- of-pollca, return?
ed last night from New Orleans, where
for the past ten days he has been In at?
tendance upon the annual convention of
police chiefs of tho United States. Ho
Is looking well and is feeling fine and
Jubilant over his brief vacation.
On his return from the Crescent City,
Chief Howard stopped at Mobile, Mont?
gomery and Atlanta, observing carefully
the methods practiced by the departments
of peace and good order in the Southern
metropolis.
/?Major Howard will be at his office In
the City Hall to-day, while Captain
Hulee will again go to tho Second Dis?
trict and Sergeant Brooks, who has been
acting In his stead, will return to tho
usual tenor of his way.
NORFOLK WINS
FROM RICHMOND
Long Contest Settled at Asso?
ciation of Bill Posters at
Atlanta?The Officers
(By Associated Press,)
ATLANTA. GA? May 19.?The South?
eastern Bill Posters' Association adjourn?
ed to-night after electing the following
officers: President, 11. J. Rowe, Athens,
Ga. ; Vice-president, J, B. Coe, Pensacola,
Fla.; Secretary, R. L, Klrkpatrick, At
Innta; Treasurer, J. R. Bain, Spartan
burg, S. C.
E. C. Cheshire, of Norfolk, and R, S.
Douglas, of Birmingham, wore chosen
ns delegates to the national conn-entlnn,
which meets In Atlantic Ctty, N. J., in
July.
The principal business transacted at to?
day's session was the settlnniont of a pro?
longe?] contest between Richmond nnd
Norfolk franchise holders In favor of tho
Norfolk contestants. Tho disputed point
was over certain Rnanoko nud fialem
franchises. Next year's convention will
bo held in Savannah.
-??-.
WILL OPERATE ON
MR. E. H. IIARRIMAN
(Pv AnKicittted Press.)
NEW YORK. May 19.?It was decided
after a coiisullritlou of physicians and
surgeons to-night to operate on E. II.
Harrlniau some timo to-morrow morn?
ing. Th's decision, however; is conting?
ent on tho ndvii.e tif Dr! E. L. Trudeau,
who, last summer, attended Mr. iiur
rliunn ut Paul Smith's, In tho Adlron
dicks. when iie had his hist attack of
appendicitis, J""- Trudeau left Sarnnae
Lako to-nlglil nnd will reach Now York
early t.q;morvow morning. Mr. llurilinnti
Is almost will fron) his second uttiu-k and
it, I? ji'jod cviUiUtm for Uio oyuruii??*,
HER HEART
WAS BROKEN
Another Little Jennings Sister
Follows to the Grave.
THE SADDEST OF STORIES
Devoted Little Family Almost Wiped
Out by Death Within Three Weeks.
They Wero Orphans and All
In-All to Each Other.
Broken down In health and In spirits,
and heart-broken, It may bo, at tho
death on tho same day about throe weeks
ago of her brother and sister, llttlo Ger?
trude Jennings, aged thirteen years,
passed away yesterday morning at tho
homo of her uncle. In this city. To-day
tho remains will bo taken to Powhatan
county and another little grave will be
opened beside thoso so recently made.
The death of the child Is peculiarly
sod, On tho SOth of April last, Just throo
wooks from yesterday, Raymond Jen?
nings, one of a llttlo family of orphaned
children, living with their uncle, Mr.
Robert Jennings, No. O03V4 West Mar?
shall Street, died from tho effects of peri?
tonitis, following an attack of measles.
A few hours beforo his death 'his sister,
Emma, aged fifteen, was also stricken
with the dlseoso, but not seriously, as it
appeared. While her brother slowly
sank, Emma, aware of hla condition,
herself grow worse, and finally, when
ehe was told of tho death of the beloved
Raymond, she was prostrated. From the
effeots of tho shock she never recovered,
and before the day had closed she, too,
was lying cold In death. That ohe died
of a broken heart was believed by many.
Yesterday the announcement that
death had claimed another of the or?
phans caused a shock through the com?
munity. Little Gertrude now follows
the other two to the grave, and whether
or not the death was directly the effect
of It, grief is 8Uppobed to have been a
contributing cause. The llttlo girl waa
but thirteen years of age. Tho death oc?
curred at 5 o'clock yesterday morning at
the residence of Mr. Jennings.
To-day the remains will b? taken to
Powhatan county and there they will bo ?
laid to rest beside the other two children.
Near by are burled tho father and
mother of the little ones.
RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS
DISTURBING FRANCE
CBy Associated Press.)
"PARIS, May 19.?The chambers reas?
sembled to-day after the extended Easter
holidays.
Tho early hours were occupied by a
speech delivered by Abbe Gayraud, at?
tacking tho government for prohibiting
former members of tho congregations
frcm continuing preaching.
M. Mass?e and M. Hubbard (both Rad?
ical Socialists) demanded that the govern?
ment formulate a measure terminating
the concordlntl and separating church and
state.
Premier Combes or other members of
the government did not respond, reserv?
ing their replies for a later stago of the
debate.
. ?
MAY BRING HENRY'S
BODY TO RICHMOND
The proposition to remove the remalnB
of the wife and daughter of President
James Monroe from Loudoun county to
this city has given rise to a suggestion
that tho body of Patrick Henry, the great
Revolutionary orator, bo removed from Its
resting place In Charlotte county to this
city and interred beneath the old St.
John's Church, wherein ho made his most
renowned speech. Henry's dust now re?
poses near Staunton River, In Charlotte
county, Just across tho Campbell line
from tho town of Brookneal. Its obscure
location makes the. spot ono which few
have ever visited, Tho suggestion has
token no form yet, and probably will not
unless It becomes known that the de?
scendants of the orator assent to tho
plan.
CAVALRYMAN WHO
DID DEED OF VALOR
(Tly Asuoeliiton fri'.-m.)
MANILA, May 19.?William Ballon, for?
merly a private In the Fifteenth Cavalry,
Is the name of the cavalryman who alone
checked tho second rush of the Insurgents
at Sucintan, Island of Malndanao, May
15th, and defended tho American dead and
wounded until relieved.
MEN AND SHEEP
PERISH IN STORM
Fearful Destruction In Mon?
tana Where Damage will
Amount to Millions.
(By Associated Press,)
GREAT FALLS. MONT., May 19.-The
heaviest cattle and sheep loss In the his?
tory of Montana, the damage of which
will lie $5,000,000, has boeij caused by tho
terrible snowstorm which has been raging
for the past three days. In nomo sections
fully ninety per cent, of tho sheep on the
rangea l'ave perished,
Three herders, at least, liavc wandered
away in tho blinding storm and havo been
frozen to death. An ugod herder, employed
at Portage, was lost Sunday. Two inure
In the Bhelby Junction country, employod
by tho Flowereo Cuttlo Company, are
missing, and there is. no hopo that they
can bo found alive. {lerdera havo nbaii?
driieil their (locks on every bund and lied
for safety to tho settlements and ranches.
Nothing like the twy of this atorm has
ever before been witnessed In Northern
Montana,
Cantata a' Randolph-Street.
Tho cantata "Father, the Beautiful
Queen," will bo presentid. Tb.iir.ulay
night at um Randolph-Street Baptist
Church. 'i'1?1' cantata is one i>f tho most
beautiful musical production1, of Its snrt
extant. H I- ??pectecl that a great ttudt
ciico wll bo iu'?tti?mU
CAUTION IS
NECESSARY
Mr. Balfour Discusses Aboli?
tion of Free Trade.
COLONIAL REPRESENTAT^
This He Regarded as Necessary Pre?
cedent to Change In Fiscal System,
but it Was Not So Impracticable
as Some People Thought, \
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, May 19.?In a speech at
Burnley, Lancashire, to-night. Lord Rose
bery, referring to Mr. Chamberlain's
speech at Birmingham, May 15th, In
which tho Colonial Secretary made an
appeal for trade reciprocity within tho
British Empire, said that before tho tar?
iffs were changed tho colonies ought to
be represented In tho. government of the
country, and he did not think that that
idea was so Impracticable as It was some?
times considere?!. Ho did not regard free
trade as a part of tho "sermon on tho
mount," but tho question arose whether
It would be wise without long and deep
consideration to change the fiscal Bystem
under which Great Britain had achieved
her commercial success.
"We must consider," continued Lord
Roscbery, "whether it would bo Judicious
to quarrel with customers who give us
two-thirds and possibly three-quarters of
our trade In order to obligo customers
who glvo us ft quarter or a third of it.
In any case, a conierenco betwoen Brit?
ish and colonial financial experts should
precede any alteration In tho British fis?
cal system."
Lord Rosebery dealt with Colonial Sec?
retary Chamberlain's schemo In a very
Judicial manner, being careful neither to
disapprove nor condemn It, but on tho
wholo showing that ho had no great sym?
pathy with It. ?
TO COMBINE'SADDLERY
AND HARNESS CONCERNS
(By Associated Press.)
TRENTON, N. J., May 19.?The Amer?
ican Saddlery and Harness Company,
capital $10,000 to manufacture and deal
In saddlery and harness of all kinds, was
Incorporated here to-day.
Tho Incorporation of the American Sad?
dlery and Harness Company Is the first
step towards a combination of tho prin?
cipal concerns In the United States mak?
ing saddlory and humeas. A meeting of
tho board of directors of the company
will be held in Chicago next Monday to
complote final arrangements,
AUN ARRESTED WILL
MAKE NO EXPLANATION
(By Associated Press.)
SACRAMENTO, CAL., May 10.?A man
v.'ss arrested to-night by Citizen F. M.
Woodson. "Woodson heard him say:
"One has died and another might Just
as well."
When arrested and taken to the Jail the
man gave his name as Randlaman. Ho
had . ft big six-shooter Inside his vest
and two extra cartridges In his pocket.
He offered no explanation. He has a
ticket from Sacramento to Selby Smelt?
ing Works. He had $27 In his pocket.
STRIKE ORDER IS NOT
OBEYED GENERALLY
(By Associated Tress.)
CHARLESTON, W. VA., May 19.-No
tices havo been posted at nil tho mining
operations In the New River and Loop
Creek field, declaring a strlko among the
miners and calling upon all to cease work
until tho union demands shall be
agreed to by tho operators. Yesterday
was the time sot for the call to taka
effect, but so far as can be ascertained
it was not largely obeyed at any placo in
the field.
RUSSIAN GOVERNOR
INSTANTLY KILLED
flly Associa ted Press,)
UFA, EUROPEAN RUSSIA, May 16.?
Governor Bogdanovltch was Instantly
killed to-day by two men In the town
park.
BRIDE AND WIDOW
IN SIX HOURS
Romantic Marriage and Death
of Professor T. Alger?
non Rose.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
MATUKWS. C, IL. VA., May lO.-Brn.
fessor T. Algernon Rose, who has been
dulto ill with typhoid fever, and who is
still confined to his bed. was at I o'clock
to-day married to Miss Margaret John?
son, nf Hni-rlsoriburg. Vn. Six hours
later ho died, leaving his bride a widow,
after ono of the shortest married lives
on record.
The bald?) has been n faithful nurse
to her Hunco during his Illness, but the
marriage was a groat surprise to friends
of Professor Rose. Rev. O. M. Yerger,
tho Episcopal rector, performed tho oere
inony.
l'rof. Rose lifid been in for some weeks
with typhoid fever, bui was thought so
niui'h better that his brother. ,J. v. Rose,
who, with Miss JohiiaKit, ?i;.d bcou with
him for soin? day?, loit yesterday for
his homo lu Durham, N. ?, Prof. Rose
had been in chars? ot the ?lat?ews
Academy for tbr>v- year?, nnd ha* pee?
eminently successful in the work, und
mUdo uuuiy deviled friends.
GRAY
RANKS
GATHER
New Orleans is Full of
Countless Thousands.
OVATION ACCORDED
GENERAL GORDON
The Old Soldier was not Well,
but Did His Part Manfully.
LAST SURVIVOR OF
CONFEDERATE CABINET
General Reagan Erect and Vigorous'
Wildest Enthusiasm Aroused by tha
Presence of Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson?Veterans Rise to
Greet Her?A Splendid
Ball to Sponsors.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
NB*V ORLEANS, LA., May 19.?Count?
less thousands, unnumbered Hags, a per?
fect blaze of light, such aro conditions in
New Orleans to-night. In the history of
tho United Confederate Veteran? there
has never b??en shown more open-hearted
hospitality and enthusiasm. Every latch
strings hangs on tho outside, every wear
or of the gTay is a brother. Tho exer?
cises at tho Confederate auditorium hero
to-day were of a preliminary character;
the real business Is yet to come.
The most striking figures to-day wero
General John H. Reagan, of Texas, tho
last survivor ?f tho Confederate Cabinet,
and General John B. Gordon. Years
seem to havo fallen from General Reagan
and ho stodd beforo a vast audienco erect
nnd vigorous. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson,
who Is also here. Is an object of especial
esteem and veneration.
Tho feature of to-night was the recep?
tion extended the sponsors by the Wash?
ington Artillery.
The thirteenth annual reunion of tho
united Confederate Veterans wns open?
ed In the great auditorium at tno Fair
Grounds to-day at noon.
GORDON NOT WELL,.
Tho weather was perfect and all tho ar?
rangements were successful. There were
thousands of veteran soldiers, hundreds
of beautiful women and above and around
on ovory hand a profusion c<! fluttering
Hags and waving streamers. There was
martial music without limit and enthu?
siasm unbounded. Over the beauty and
successful day there wus but a singlo
shadow, and that promises to disappear
beforo tho morning. This was the illnesi
of General Gordon, the commandor-ln
chlef of the organization. He was not
well when he left his hotel for tho au?
ditorium and has not been in his usual
health for several days. His strength
was not In reality sufficient for tha
ordeal to which ho subjected himself and
beforo tho close of tho opening session
he was a greatly wearied man. Noth?
ing hut his grim fighting spirit carried
him through the day without something
nkln to collapse. Ho was not able to at?
tend the afternoon session at tho audi?
torium, nnd remained quietly in his room
at tho hotel, receiving no visitors. His
condition is in no manner serious, but It
Is possible that ho may not be able to
presido at all the sessions nt the audi?
torium between now and Friday noon.
He expects, liowover, to be present to?
morrow.
GREAT OVATION.
When the hour for opening the conven?
tion arrived the platform was crowded
with fair women and men whoso names
are household words throughout the
South. General Gordon wns delayed
somewhat In reaching the grounds and
hl.s entrance into tho hall was nn ova?
tion. Cheer after cheer rang through
the building as ho came rapidly down tha
nlslo. leaning on the arm of Adjutant?
Genera] MJckle. Ho was surrounded In?
stantly by a group of friends as he reuch
ed tbe rostrum and for a timo was un?
able to reacli his chair. ;
No sooner was he sooted than a fair
young woman, Miss Harlton, of Waco,
i'fxas, approached nnd bending down,
kissed the general. He sprang quickly to
Ills feet to acknowledge the honor with
ropeated bows.
General J. P.. ?"?evert, commander of tho
Louisiana Division of the Confederate
Veterans, called the assembly to order
nnd introduced tho chnplain-generiil. Rev.
J, William Jones, who delivered an elo?
quent Invocation. Then In succession
came speeches of welcome to the veterans
from Paul Capodovielle, Mayor of New
Orleans; Loya Churbounet, who spoko for
the local organization of tha Sons of
Veterans; Mrs. William J, Behan, repre?
senting the Confederate Southern Memo?
rial Association and Governor W. W.
Heard, who spoke for the ptiopio of the
Slato of Louisiana.
El ?OQUE NT SPEECH.
After a fow opening words of welcome,
tho Governor said:
"Veterans, the outcome of ttie strugglo
tlint you carried on for four long years
against tho most powerful forces and ar?
maments that tlio world has yet seen,
in no manner or .sense can obscure tha
glory and fumo that you won for Dlxlo
Land. With a total enlistment ot six:
hundred thousand, you confronted .two
million eight hundred thousand, of these
In round number; live hundred thousand
were of foreign birth and had Europe
been In formal alliance with the North.
It oould scarcely have been expected to
i-.enil more than tills number of its or?
ganised soldiers for its quota In such n.
coalition Considering tho two hundred
thousand negro soldiers, the five hundred
thousand forolgn?born soldiers, and tho
two million one hundred thousand nativa
Americans, it Is not extravagant to .-ay
that the six hundred thousand Confede
rato veterans confronted a coalition of
America, Europe mid Afrloo,
"When we consider these Indisputable
facts we cannot but havo commisera?
tion ?or tho poison who would seek id de?
tract from the unparalleled resistance
niiule by the armies In gray, by impugn?
ing the motives bv which they wer? Im?
pelled to make this truly legendary de?
tense of their homes and constitutional
rights as ih-jy construed these rights to
The, Governor concluded his address by
repenting tho welcome of tho people of
Louisiana.. ,'? ? ?. ? ,
I?. It. Kr?llschnitt, of New Orleans,
chairman of the local Executive Commit?
tee In charge of all tha arraiigiin-n.ts
for the reunion, then made a most happy
GENERAI? GORDON'S Al'I'f'lCS?S.
As General Cordon rose vq reply h?i
was ' emliuslaatlcaUy cheered. His t-.d
,l|-e.s was as follows;
General Gordon said In put:
T<> my thoiislit it is most flttinjr that
this proud ?nd na'rlotlo organization
should again meet In this historio city
which ga\u It birth The meetlne of.
Mich men as you welcome tO'tiay, who??
naijt vK-c-U? will remain foroYw au limp:??