mflM tefflfflft? I WHOLE NUMBER, 16,257. TUB L13PA' RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1903. PRICE TWO CENTS. SUMMARY OF PAY'S NEWS THE WEATHER. For Virginia?Wednesday partly cloudy; Warmer In southwest portion; Thursday luir; fresh enst winds. North Carolina?Wednesday fair; warm? er In west portion; Thursday fair, Tho weather was cxccecIliiRly cool for Juno yesterday? nnd few straw hata came out from their retreat. The outlook Is lot" warmer weather In portions of the Bt.-itn to-dny, accompanied hy partly over Bhadod tiklcs. STATE OK THE THERMOMETER. ? ?. M. 02 13 M. -?S ?; G". ?.3 b ?. ?. 6? 11 P. ? . 6-1 12 mliliiffiht. ? Average.?Bfi 1-2 Highest temperature yesterday. 72 Lowest temperature yesterday. R0 Menu temperature yesterday. ?>J Normal temperature for June. '"?.> Departure from normal temperature.. 51 Precipitation during past 21 hours. 0 ?? I ?NI ATURE ALMANAC. June 3, 1903. Bun risen.4:51 I HIGH TIDE Kun sets.7:21 '. Morning.11:11 M'jon sete...12:56 | Evening.H.4H RICHMOND. Street-car m?>n mcot to-day to settle disputo with Passenger nnd 1'owcr Com? pany-Interest Intenso In charges of cor? ruption in the City Council-Common Council to meet to-night-Revision Com? mittee of the Legislature begins work to? day-Diplomas awarded to graduates of ?Woman'? College-Richmond pollco force lo ho Inn noe ted-Reception this evening lo apostolic delegates at Dr. George Ren Johnston's; rorner-aloiio of new Ca? thedral laid to-morrow-Indications for warm weather again eoon-A Gooch l.ind IikIv severely Injured by a strcot car-Mr. Tlernev thrown from a car ?nrl hurt-Arthur Craddock ground to pieces under the wheels o? a train yes? terday morning-Reunion of Mosby'n men being arranged for-Mr. Bloomberg iella of his Northern trip-Sutheasiern Tariff Association committee announced -?-f?overnor refuses to commuto the sen? tence of E. A. Hupson-Graduates of the Female seminary?''Uncle Billy" Wil? ton serving his thirty-eighth year as sec? retary of a Masonic lodge-Ambulance Physician Is fought hy a woman-Pro? ceedings brought against the Chesapeake and Ohio road for alleged discrimination In rates-University Alumni meet, to? day-?Politics growing active in Henrlco county-Inspection of the police force to-day. MANCHESTER-Little girl hurt In a peculiar manner-Eire Com ? missioners meet to-morrow night-Alms? house Committee meets?An early morn? ing row-Mr. Georgo Rubami a candi? date-Ematico Committee culled for Fri? day evening-Report ot tho chief of police. VIRGINIA. A fireman on a tug at Norfolk kills another with ?a slnglebloiv-Moro steam? ers are running at Norfolk and the traf? fic situation Is somewhat Improved Plan to start a boat Une from Eredericks burg to Norfolk-Commencement at Cluster ?Springs Academy-Petersburg Council cinpowerB committee to condemn land for diversion of the Appomattox The Stuart meetings In Petersburg clos? with 200 conversions-Gloucester county decides on a primary to nominate candi? dates-Rond Issue for good roads voted down in Orange-A carpenter falls from the top of a building la Lynchburg and Is killed-J. W. Moirell commits suicide lu Carroll county?-Commencement ex? ercises at the Southern Seminary at Bue? na. Vista-Gordon dimming not to re? turn to the lyeglH.attire-The Supremo Court opens Its session at Wythevllle and hears Important cases-Proposition to Wllllamshurg to start a magazine thero on a large scale-Tho Loudoun Horso (Show opens to-day with large entries. NORTH CAROLINA. A personal encouncr In the Haywood case: tho discussion in that case post? poned another day-Farmers Bank of Astio county chartered-A now Ufo in? surance company organized at Greens? boro-Attempted ?assault on a farmer's daughter near Winston-Salem-A youth at Salisbury nearly bleeds to death from Stepping on glasif-Wlnston-Salem asks Southern Railway to build new line In? stead of double (rack. GENERAL. Flood situation hv-Uie West Is improv? ing, but there is still great suffering and ho loss of life can never bo accurately computed; hundred killed, one and a half n s many moro Injured; eliiht hundred homeless, and half a million dollars' prop? erty loss, is result of cyclone in Gaines? ville, Ga.-Fortuno left by ThOS, I!. Reed, former Speaker of tho House of .Repre? sentatives, was more thnn half a million dollars-Another tremendous strike threatens the anthracite coal regions, as ?? result of tho disagreement In regard to riiomhera of tho Board of Conciliation? Chairman Agnow, of the Suite Republi? can Committee: postpones meeting to bo liejd hero until Juno IGtb-Pr?sident Roosevelt pnKses through iho flooded dis? tricts and preaches a sermon on the rain falling ?in the just and tho unjust 1'nlon miners block operations of mines in Tennessee-Stock market In Mon? treal is panicky, as result of tho fallino of a. big firm-Pope very much fatigued. hut his physician says that ho Is not 111 -Hellablu won the Ciirlton stakes at ??lavesend, ably ridden by Jockey Ruins who landed his mount over the wire two lengths ? head of his field-Old story about John Willies Booth crops up again -Former Postmnster-General Perry fi Heath makes reply to the Tul loch charges and denounces them as ? Ho out of tha whole cloth-Stocks tallied one or two points and tho first effective rallv against Iho bears was accomplished on yester? day-Weekly bin,?. > of Weather Hu xeau shows an Improvement In crops. S. GORDON CUM/MING WILL NOT COME BACK (Special Io Tho Tlmes-Dlsnatch.) NEWPORT NEWS, ?'?., ,Iun0 2.-Hon. fi. Uordon dimming has announced that lio will not ho a candidate ior re-olectlon lo tho Houso of Delegates from tho Ellz? abotli City County District. Mr. Cum? mins is understood to bo a Martin man, and his withdrawal from Hie. rare proba? bly ?will precipitale a Uvei y fight be. tween the friends of thn various senato? rial aspirants. UNION MINERS BLOCKED OPERATIONS (fly Associated |'re?s.) KNOXVILLE. TENN., June 2.-Unlon miners blockaded the Tennessee Coal Com? pany's mino near Coal Creek again to day. Tho company was ?unable to resume op?rations. Its officials claim the union men have violated the Injunction of the Chancery Court, which was served a few ?lays ago. Chancellor Kyle will be asked to Issue bench warrants and Iniprljjpn the POPE IS FATIGUED. BUT 1 DOCTOR SAYS NOT ILL (By Associated Press.) ROME, June 2.-Thu Popn is fatigued on account of the heat, Though he Is not ill, his ductor has suspended all not Kirlcllv necessari* audlenee?. tir ? urninai tt; Bithojj o? Franc. KANSANS SEE SUN ONCE MORE Water High, But Condi? tions Are Improved. WATER WORKS WILL RESUME TO-DAY Gas Will Be Turned on Mains and Light Shine Again. MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL ISOLATED Large Bodies Are Herded in Uhurches and Buildings Not Built for the Purpose?Parents Hunting tor Children and Children for Parents. (By Annodateli Press.) KANSAS CITY. MO., Juno 2.?Blue sky was visible abovo Kansas City this after? noon. The rains have disappeared and the sun was visible for the first time this week. Tho waters of tho Kaw River have fallen eight inches to-day, and to-night arc steadily declining at the rate of about one-half Inch an hour. In the Missouri, the high stage of thlrty-flve feet Is still maintained, but this Is due to the rise which which has been coming down the Missouri proper, and which haa offset tho fall In the Kaw. Tt Is the water o? the latter stream, however, that has caused all the damage in this city, and In Kansas City, Kan., and with It at a normal stage, business In Kansas City will soon resume usual conditions. This city, by a narrow margin has escaped a serious shortage In food, has faced the peril of fire, utterly helpless to avert Its Injuries; has suffered millions of dollars of damage to property and sustained a loss in life that in all probability, never will be accurately measured, and now It Is commencing the promise ot better things. The situation to-night shows Improve raenton almost every side; toh waters are falling, tho water works will resume operation to-morrow, the gas has been turned on to tho mains once more, and there Is no Immediate danger of a serious shortage of food. The city has eared for its own and Is abundantly able to do so still, but there Is not sufficient food on hand to permit the Relief Committee and the munlclal officers to feel easy over tho outlook. Tho transportation facilities at the present time aro so limited that not much freight can bo brought in at a time, and there Is danger that the de? mand may outrun the supply. TAVO LIA'ES LOST. Two men lost their lives to-day In tho attempt to save others. J. S. Keenan was drowned while endeavoring to rescue Forno people from tho Adams House, tn L'nlon Avenue, and Edward Brooks lost Ills life In Liberty Street, where his skiff was overturned by an eddy while lie was c-nelonvorlng to got another man out of a building. A number of bodies were seen floating down the stream, be? lieved to be thoso of people drowned further up the Kaw, probably at North Topeka. Fully fifty people were brought to the Twelflh Street viaduct during the day by boatmen. None of them hael been In great danger. Many people are still In tlie warehouses and oflice buildings, and will remain there until tho flood sub? sides. They are entirely safo and fairly comfortable. There Is very little probability of much Rrealer financial damage than has al? ready been done. Thnro have been some reports of settling of various large build? ing.?: in the wholesale district, but they appear to have settled In a remarkably even manner, and expert examination will bo required to prove tint they are In a dangerous condition, NIGHT OP SUFFERING. Tlie close of another day brought only another night of wretchedness to the thousands of refugees at Kansas City. Without writer, save for urgent needs; without beds, the upper part of the town being unable to house In nny comfort tho hordes ?,f refugees, to-night bids fair to be ? repetition of others since tho com? ing ofthe flood. The wretchedness, however, 1b more mental than physical, nlthough the dis? comforts due to herding large bodies of people In buildings not built for the purpose and trying to feed nn'nrmy with? out a commissary department, is great. I.eavenworth. to the north, the only way by which tho suburban can enter with supplies, ls the place to which all turn with hope. Rations suftlclent to list sev? eral daye, If carefully economized, wero brought In during the day, and ad ditional bedding, clothing, medicine and other supplies aro expected within tho next twenty-four hours. Much mental discomfort exists because of the separation of members of families who had little time to escape from the flood. Since Sunday fathers, mothers, wives, husbands, brothers and sisters nava vlslteel every part nf the town, par? ticularly the places of public refuge, looking for missing members of their fam? ilies. Something like order was brought out of the confusion to-day in the djslrl bution of such food as waei at hand. Witti the supply running short, it became ap? parent that the distribution must be made systematically, and a material station for that purpose was opened. FOOT) SUPPLIES. From thero the food Is sent In proper proportions to the various schools, church os and other camps of refugees. A tem? porary hospital, with medical attendance, has been established. Farmers sold gar? den truck In the streets during the day, und 809 sides of beef were received from Swift's packing houso. This Is the en? tire number? of beeves saved at that point. Merchants of Kansas City, ??,?:, have bought up largo quantities of supplies, which will be shipped into tho suburbs (.Continued ou Seventh Paae.) DEAD LIST A HUNDRED This May Be Increased by Those Injured. d?? ARE HOMELESS Property Loss Caused is Half Million Dollars, and it is not Covered by Insurance ? Storm Left a Pathway of Ruins. (By Associated Press.) GAINESVILLE, GA.. June ?.?The six thousand Inhabitants of this city havo Just begun to realize tlie extent of the appalling disaster of yesterday. It now seems that th? death list will not be much short of one hundred, perhaps somewhat over a hundred, considering the number of dangerously wounded, whose chancee for recovery cannot now be calculated. Bu* through all tho gloom and desolation that surrounds the town thero radiates a beam of hope and encouragement?hope, that tho death list muy not be so numerous as reported; encouragement to those who are so bravely and ?levotedly assisting In the work of relief. Tho story of the storm's work of deso? lation ha-i already been told. All that, remains Is the conpllatlon of an accurate Hat of the dead and the chronicling of the burial of the victims. Figuring from all available sources and g|vlng credence to thoso reports which are believed to be> trustworthy, tho following Is a sum? mary of the effects of the tornado In Gainesville and Its environs: One hundred killed. One hundred and fifty Injured, of whom probably twenty will die. Eight hundred homeless, their resi? dences having been wiped out of exist? ence. Property loes of about half a million dollars, none of which was covered by storm insurance. A concise and accurate statement o? the ?-asualtles cannot bo rendered for several days, but the physicians In ?at? tendance believe that It will not go very far above one hundred, although twenty five or thirty are desperately Injured and may die within the next two or three days. The death list so far complied Includes thirty-two at the Pacolet Cotton Mills, at New Holland, all of whom were killed in the demolition of the company's cot? tages, and thirty-six at the Galnesvillo Cotton Mills, near the Southern Railway station, where tho tornado first struck. REVISED LIST. The revised list up to a late hour to nltrht Is as follows: Killed at the Pacolet MMs. at New Hol? land: MRS. ALICE BOBO, aged forty. MRS B. F. O'KELT. aged thirty-six. MRS. AVILLIAM WESTMORELAND, aged forty-one. MRS. MARIAN TvTLLBANKS, aged forty. MRS. H. H. NELSON, aged forty-five. BENNIE HENDRICKS. aged twelve. MRS. 3. C. BRYAN, aged forty-seven. AA'TLLIE BRYAN, aged six. LESTER PHILLIPS, aged six. MRS. T. A. COKER, aged sixty. AVILLIAM TATUM. aged twenty-flve. NORMAN WHITE, aged ten. MRS. J. R. "vVHITE, aged thirty-five. OLA WHITE, nged ten. MRS. AVILLIAM LEDFORD, aged eighteen. WILLIE LEDFORD, aged eighteen months. A LB AR Y LOYD. aged six. MRS. THOMAS TRUELOA'E, aged eighteen. MRS. M. A. PASS, aged fifty. SPURGEON PASS, aged fifty. SPURGEON PASS, Jr., aged twelve, JOHN MAYNE. ex-clerk of the Superior Court of Hall county, nged sixty-two. MRS. H, L. NICKS, aged forty-two. MRS. JULIA NEELY. nged fifty-five. BABY YORK, aged sixteen months. (Continued on Seventh Page.) THE STREET CAR MEN WILL MEET Line of Action to Be Decided Upon After Mid? night. The meeting of Division J51! of the Amalgamated Association of Street Rail? way Employes, to be held at the conclu? sion of work to-night and at S?nger Hall, will bo a very Important one, and will dlscloso the next step to be taken In tho negotiations between the employes and the management of tho streot railway. A crisis has now been reached in tho negotiations, but the result will not necessarily bo a strike. Some aetlon will probably he taken by the division upon tho answer nf General Manager Huff, of lho A'irglnla Fusseliger nnd Power Com? pany, to the proposai from tho employes that tho matter of a genernl contract suggested by the men be submitted to ar blrutlon. So far there has beon no throat of a strike, but It is Inferred that such a result will be Inevllnhle unless some agreement can bo reached In the next few days. At to-night's meeting the annual elec? tion of officers of the division will be had, nnd at the conclusion of this, other business, which Includes the negotiations between the employes and the company, will como up for consideration. Just whit the next step to be taken by tlje men, will be Is not Intimated, and Is largely a mutter of conjecture. The men are maintaining a discreet. Bilenco as to their Intentions, If, Indeed, they have yet been fully formulated. There were absolutely no new develop? ments in ihe local situation yesterday. Chairman AV. J. Grlggs, of the arbitra? tion board of this division, returned yes? terday from Petersburg, where he at? tended an early morning meeting of the division there. At the meeting to-night It Is expected thnt Mr. Orr, an official of the Interna? tional Association of Street Railway Em? ployes, will bo present, and that his ad? vice will have great weight with the organization. It ls believed hut a re? ply to the letter of General Manager Huff will be drafted At the meeting, to nlght, hut Just what proposition will be put forward 1? not stated. The meeting will begin about 1 A. M... and will con? tinue two unii possibly three houra, HOW MANY WILL COflE DOWN SAFELY? THE SUPREMI Distinguished Attorneys Be? fore Its Session in Wytheville THE FIRST PILOT LAW CASE Involves the Pilotage Laws of the State and is Ably Defended?An Attack Upon the Validity of the New Constitution. (Special to Tbe Tlmes-Dlspatch.) WYTHEVILLE, VA?, Juno 2.?Tho Su? preme Court of Appeals opened its ses? sion here thli'? morning, with all tho Judges Sitting. The llrst caso on the docket, Lit ton vs. the Commonwealth, from tho Cir? cuit Court of Washington county, was ar? gued by Judge F. B. Hutton and George E. Penn for the plaintiff In error, and J. C. Wysor for the Commonwealth, and continued until to-morrow morning. The next two cases. Dorden vs. Thomp? son, master of the schooner "William Neely," on the privileged docket, and Taylor vs. the Commonwealth, from the Circuit Court of Augusta county, aro both of public Intorest. PILOT LAWS INVOLVED. The first involves the pilotage laws ot Virginia, and is said to bo the only case In Virginia ever before tho Court of Ap? peals. Hon. R. C. Marshall, of Ports? mouth; T, C. Brooke, of Norfolk, and Senator John "W. Daniel, of Lynchburg, all of whom aro hero, represent the plaintiff In error, and Mr. ?. M. Hughes, of Norfolk, tho defendant in error. The second, Taylor vs. tho Common? wealth, from the Circuit Court of Au? gusta county. Involved the validity of the present Constitution, The plaintiff In error was convicted and sentenced to ono year's Imprisonment In the penitentlary upon his plea of guilty by the court, with? out tho Intervention of a jury. CONSTITUTIO.V ATTACKED. The contention of the petitioner is that the prosent Constitution Is a nullity be? cause Its ratification was not submitted to tha people, and that tho present or? ganic law of the Stato Is tho Underwood Constitution of lfil?, and second, that If the Legislature of Virginia, under tho Constitution of 1369. could authorlzo tha trial and sentenco of petitioner by Judge without the Intervention of a Jury, yet even In that event no such statuto had been enacted. S. D. Timborlako is the nttorney for the plaintiff in error, and Hon. A. C. Brax ton, of Staunton, will appear for the Com? monwealth. BETS MADE ON RESTLT HABEAS CORPUS HEARING (Special tn Thu Times.Dispatch.> RALEIGH, N. 0? June 2.?Justices R. M. Douglas nnd Platt P. Walker, presid? ing over the habeas corpus hearing In tho Haywood case, announced from the bench at 1 o'clock this afternoon that, owing to the necessity of a conference of the Supreme Court this afternoon on other matters, the announcement of their ruling In the Haywood matter would not bo made until noon to-morrow. The time of tho court was taken up to-day hi hear? ing the conclusion of argument, Speeches for the premendoli this morning wero by W. E. Daniel and John E. Woodard. Col? onel T. M. Argo closod for the defense. The principal contention Is over the right tr. grant ball after a grand jury has found a truo bill, tho Stato contending tluit It would bo to Invado tho provlnco ??? the trial Jury. In rebuttal of this tho defend? ant ropllua that th? statute expressly em? powered the Justices to inquire into the facts on both sides, and If there Is rea? sonable doubt of murder in tho first de? gree they shall grant bail. There is general expectation that ball will be allowed. Bets aro being made at two to one and greater odds. STOCK MARKET PANIC IN MONTREAL. CANADA (Ilv Associated Prese.) MONTREAL, June 2.?Tho worst panic In the history of the Montreal ?tocl. market was caused by tho announcement to-day of the failure of A F. Ames and Company, of Toronto. Price.?, declined to the lowest level of the year. Ames is tho son-in-law of Senator Cox, ono of the wealthiest men In Canada. Cox is a director of tho Old Dominion Coal Company. In which Ames nnd Com? pany are said to have been trading heavi? ly? CARPENTER'S FATAL FALL FROM TOP OF BUILDING (Special to The Times-Dispatch.) LYNCHBURG, VA, June 2.?Olile Thomas, a carpenter, fell from the top of a building here to-day, a distance of over tlilrtv feet, and was so badly in? jured that ho cannot recover. Whllo working near tho edgo of tho roof his foot slipped and he fell to tho ground with fearful force. Alex Hairls was tried hero to-day for tho murder of Henry Wooding, and was acquitted on tho ground of solf-defenso, COMMON COUNCIL WILL MEET TO-NIGHT The Common Council will hold a special meeting to-night for tho purposo of dis? posing of tho volume of business which w*as shoved asido on Monday night by tho investigatoti opssode. Much of tho business, while routine tn Its nature, Is of great Importance, nnd must bo tllsposed of In order to got to the Board of Aldermen at tho regular meeting of the latter body on Tuesday night. The hour fixed for the meeting Is S o'clock, and President Bloomberg Is anxious for a prompt and full atten dniico of the members, GOOCHLAND LADY SEVERELY INJURED Knocked Down by Car While Trying to Cross Main Street. Mrs. India Lane, of Red Hill. Goooh laiid county, was struck by .a oar at Main and Fifteenth Streets yesterday af? ternoon about ?5:110 o-clock and severely injured. Mrs. Lane, a little child and several friends cama to tho city yesterday ou an excursion, She and a lady attempted to cross Main Street, going towards the Main Street depot, when a Broad and Main car. No. 130, Mo torma ? ?. W. Red? ford lu charge, camo bowling along and struck hor. Officers Werner and Mel. Folkes wero near at hHiid and conveyed her Into a place of business near by, and iho ambulance was callod. Dr. E. A. Turman was passing, and Sergeant Wer? ner got him to come In aleo. Or. Sycla camo with the ambulance, and the sur? geons found .that tholr patiout'e arm had been fractured, probably a slight con? cussion of tha brain, several cuts and bruises. Sho was taken to the A'lrglnla llostil tal, While her Injuries wore being treated Drs. tipshur a..d McLean cumo lu und assisted. IKE NOT Anthracite Coal Fields May Be Again Tied Up. THEY INSIST ON SELECTION Miners Named District Presidents as Members of Conciliation Board and Operators Refuse to Recognize Them?May Suspend Work. (B** Associated Press.) AVILKESBARRE, PA., June 2.?Anothor dark strlko cloud loomed up on the hori? zon of tho anthracite coal region to-day. The executive boards of tho United Mine AVorkers, In session here to-day, endorsed tho selection of their three district pres? idents on tho Board of Conciliation, au? thorized by tho Strike Commission, and if these members are not recognized by tho operators tho executlvo boards will contemplate calling a convention of mine workers to declare a general suspension of work until their members arc given recognition. Tho district presidents, aa a result o? to-day's meeting, Issued the fol? lowing statement to-night on the dispute: "At a Joint meeting of the executive beards of the anthracite regions hero to? day the members selected to represent tho mino worker:! of euch district on thn con? solidation hour?! reported that the repre? sentatives of tho operators refused to rec? ognize thorn or the mine workers' cre ilentlals, or accopt them ns members of the consolidation board. They reported that the operators objected on tho ground that the mino workers' repr?sentatives were appointed by the organization as It exists In each district. The district boards are still of tho opinion that they appointed th?'ir representativos as pro? vided for by the section of tho award, and hold unanimously to reaffirm their for? mer action, "Two questions woro under considera? tion by tho meeting to-day?one Is to mnko applica tlon to the national presi? den^ of the mino workers to laauo an or? der for a general suspension of work throughout tho whole anthracite region, to continue until thu operators agree to adjust existing grievances und Ilvo up to the award of tho Auiluaclto Coal Strike Commission; the socond is that a delegate convention bo culled ta consider the ad vlHUhlllty of taking the above action." Another meeting will be held to-morrow to decide as to whether a suspension of work will bo ordered. District Presidents Nichols, Dcttroy and Fahy Intimated to-night that the Executlvo Hoard at the mine workers will stand by their decision and will In? sist that the members on the conciliation board be recognized. CLERK REMOVED FOR TRYING TO COLLECT CLAIM (Ily Assoniti lud Pre-M.) ?????G AVASHINGTON, June 2.-Second Assis? tant Postmaster-Goiioriil Shallenberger to-day removed Svenel Sehlbsby, of Kali? ans City a railway postal clerk, on the charge ot violating the postal ftiwa. Sehlbsby is charged with leading a move? ment of railway postal clt'rks to eecuro payment for traveling expenses, a claim that never hnd been recognized by Hie government, and which would involve, payment of nbout Jl.WO.OOO ainially {or the kW odii clerks In the country. TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED Municipal Investigation That Will Investigate. FIRST COMMITTEE TO WORK SHORTLY Alderman Bahen Enters Sweeping Denial WANTS SEARCHING , INQUIRY MADE Gassei* is Phinx-Like in His Silence, ? But Will Likely be a Star Witnese Before Both Committees?Deep? est Interest is Manifested in tho Matter All Over the City. The spasmodic turn which tbe municlpa. investigation proposition took in the Com? mon Council on Monday night was the tulk of all Richmond yesterday, and it la evident that when the Joint committee shall havo been named and the matter taken up, the inquiry will be spicy and far-reaching in its scope. Broad as would seem tho powers of the proposed committee under the Crenshaw resolution, they may become broader yet, and, ac? cording to what seems a popular vteiv, tho quest for wrongdoing may reach Into many of tho departments of government! bofore It Is over. No one save Mr. Gassor scorns to ba making any allegations, but revolutions do not go backward, and whllo no sus? picion is thought to rest anywhere, it would cause no surprise should the prob? ing bo carried beyond the scopo o? even tho Crenshaw resolution. The committee to be named under that paper will not get to work for many days yet, for Mr. Pollock, In his anxiety for vindication , from tho allegations satd to have been" made by Captain Gassar against himself and others, secured an amendment to the Crenshaw resolution providing that there should be no procedure thereunder until the Joint committee to bo named tinder the Pollock resolution should have re? ported. WILL CONCUR IN BOTH. The Board of Aldermen will meet to? morrow night and will probably concur In both thoso resolutions, and then the two Joint committees will bo named. The Pollock committee, to be composed of flve members, will likely proceed to business early next week, and may be able to re? port within ten days. . The other com? ic lttce, whose scope will be much broader, will contain nine members, and at both, the Investigations Captain Charles Gas ser will undoubtedly be a star witness. All the men said to hafl'o been named by Gaseer have now spoken, save the late Councilman Woody, whoso voice was hushed by the Icy hand of death, long ero the alleged conversation was had be? tween Gasser and Assistant Engineer Tallaferro, and they havo all entered sweeping denials ?to the subject. It should bo stated that ono of tbo gratifying foatures of the whole tiling Is tho unani? mous volco with which the people who know Captain Woody resent the insin? uation agnlnst his good name. As soldlor. citizen and public officer he was praised everywhere on yesterday and around i.J.he haunts of tho City ..Hall, where ho served his people with so much fidelity, his memory was tenderly re? ferred to, and all agreed that his Innate honesty had much to do with IiIb pov? erty In his lust days. int. BAUEN DENIES. Alderman James Bahen, of Jackson Ward, was the last of thoso named ta speak out, for he was In Newport News on privato business when tho spectacular proceedings were sprung on the Council, the other night. Mr. Bahen hurried back: to learn what It was all about, and talked freely concerning tho Tallaferro lettor when seen at his home last night. "The uccount of tho wholo thing came a. sa shocking surprise to me when I saw It In thn morning papers," said Mr. Ilahen. "[ huvo nover had any transa? tlons with Gasser, and all our relations have been merely to greet oach other In passing. I know of no combine, nor did I ever knnw of any. 1 ? in on record aa hai.'lng voted twice for nn Investigation In the Board of Aldermen and now since my name has been dragged Into this matter In such an unfair and uncomplimentary manner, 1 demand that a thorough and speedy ono shall bo had." Mr. Bahon will attend the Hoard meet? Ing on Friday night, and will vote to concur In both the Common Council res? olutions, and he may havo something lo say upon a question of personal privi? lege. GASSBR WON'T TALK. Captain Gassor was seen last night and asked for a ?talement concornlng the matter, with the precipitation of whloh he Is said to have hod so much to do, but he was as silent as a sphinx. Ho would only say that he did not soo why ho should bo persecuted but positively deollned to go Into, any detailed discussions of the affair. Neither did Mayor Taylor care to dis? "cuss the matter further than to say that his communication to the Council spoke Mr Itself. There are very many interesting quee? tlon as to the probable turn the Investiga? tion may take, and what will be the exact line of proceedure. Of course, in the embryo stage In which the matter now Is. nothing of a definite nature has beim determined, and this will bo truo until the Joint committees shall have been named. It Is a matter of Interesting specula? tlon as to whether Judge Witt will turn; ??.?er the record In the grand Jury pro? ceedings to the committee, according to tho request in tlio Crenshaw resol ottona, or whether he will simply give the City Attorney access to the Important diicu ment. ? '' HU Uouor ?ayt> tue uuuU- will aJ4 th?