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THE
f?t?BB? ?8SSBSB P. I WHOLE NUMBER, 16,280.
RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1003.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF DAY'S HEWS
THE WEATHER,
?VA8IHNGTO,V.*7i?n~o 2D.-Forecast for
Tuesday nnd Wednesday: ,
Virginia? Fair Tuesday, warmer In the
Interior. Wednesday fair, light west to
southwest wind.??.
North Carolina?Fair Tiiesdnv nnd Wed?
nesday; Ughi to ficsh winds, mostly south?
west.
Yc&tprdny was considerably warmer
than Its predecessors, tho mercury nt 3
o'clock reaching: K> degrees. For to-day
and to-morrow fair weather is promised,
nnd It will bo warmer In certain portions.
STATE OF ???GtG??????????.
8 ?. M.78
n m.,.so
3 P. ?M.R3
6 P. M. M
? P. M. SO
"12 midnight . M
? ve r,'i go.SO 5-6
Highest, temperature yesterday.fi
Lowest temperature yesterday.???
Moan temperature yesterday. 7j?
Normal temperature for June.7S
Departure from normal temperature. 01
Precipitation during pant -4 hours.... 00
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Juno 30, 1003.
Sun ripen.4:63 I HIGH TIDE.
Hurt set?.7:.'.l Morning.S:<1T
Moon sots....11:31 | Evening.3:11
RICHMOND.
Two days of (-pilot In tho strike situation
??Street-car union favorable to tho pro?
position submitted by the ministers, but it
will not approve acceptable lo the com?
pany-Rov. J. B. Hawthorne preaches on
the necessity for obeying tho laws-At?
tempt to wreck a. Wosthampton car-No
movement yet to withdraw tbe military
-Meaning to the State of the Dick mili?
tary law-Considerable Increase In the
?lumber of persons riding on the street
cars-Corporation Commission busy fix?
ing charges of common carriers-Rev.
James T. Dickinson called to Rochester
church-Pastors pray for peace and
nulet-Grain and Cottoti Exchange elects
now officers-Oyster Commission returns
from an inspection of barren rocks in the
Baylor survey-Dr. Cooper'H fino sermon
on what tho world owes to the Jew
Tho jury for the trial of Alfred Sandrlrlgo
to bo completed to-morrow-Council
committee to meet to-night to formulate
Its report on the charges against certain
Councilman: cx-Aldcrman John M. King
will not take tho stand?Colo Younger
and Frank James to bo here to-day
Mr. J. Scott Pnnish has berjue?ts for a
school and a college-Death of Mr.
MeLaln Pleasant?-Mr. S. S. Cottrell
deart;?rMr. A. K. Leo Improves-No
movo yot in caso of Sheriff Solomon
Park ronoert!" discontinued for the pres?
ent. MANCHESTER-Thlrteen-ycar-old
hoy, Raid to bo from Manchester, held by
1ho police of Baltimore?Th?? funeral of
Mrs. Anna O. Bedford?Young man nr
xesterl as a fugitive from Justice-Bain
liridge-Street Baptist Churr.b Sunday
fohool to go to West Point July 9th-No
'cars aro wanted until the trouble In Rich?
mond has been settled.
VIRGINIA.
Tremendous rains in tho Valley of Vir?
ginia do immense damage along water
course?;; Jordan Alum Springe nearly
washed away; much damage in Botetourt
-John R. Hill found dead In woods near
Vlr-rillna, Va.?George Pettus; asleep on
track near Danville, killed by train
Workmen thrown from scaffold at Mon?
tiose sind hurt-Or?n Angle priven sixty
days in Jail at Newport News-A riegro
carpenter fall? from a barn near Char
Inttcsvillo and Is killed-Charlotte coun?
ty to have precinct primaries to nominate
legislative candidates-? decision at Old'
Point affecting tho consolidation of small
f-chools-Young girl swept away in a
buggy and drowned near Lexington
'The strlko In Petersburg Is unbroken;
htriko leaders from Richmond address the
men-Safo crackers enter a store In
Fredoricksburg and blow open the safe.
but nro scared away-An old lady ot
weak mind lost In the mountains in Bhen
nndoah-The corner's Jury which Investi?
gated tho cauto of tho Cannon Ball wreck
decide that It was negligence on tho part
of tho railroad officials-Tho Culpepcr
Horse Show opens July 3d and -Uh-Ship
owners to take compulsory pilot law to
the Supreme Court of the United States
-The town of Blackstono deeply stirred
by results of work of a special detective
employed by the Mayor; threo whiskey
shops in a dry town and many citizens
gamblers-?Schooner In quarantino ln
Chesapeake Bay on account of small-pox
-Dutch battleship In dry-dock at New?
port News-Proceedings of the Supremo
Court of Appeals?-Exciting contest over
license or no license in Fredericksburg.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The antl-oxpanslonlsts win in Raloigh
-?A whole family aro nearly drowned nt
Boaufort, bui aro rolled and rubbed back
to life-A hung jury In the Jon_j murder
ense-Newspaper men to meet ihi_ week
at Wrightsvlllo Beach.
GENERAL.
Net gains of from ono fo over two points
wero quito general on the stock market,
and close was strong nnd activo at the
top level: money, both call and tinvj,
firmer-Twenty-threo persons Injured In
fall of elevator from fifth story of tho
Heinz plant In Pittsburg-Factional
fight In Norfolk was not settled by tho
State Committee, and will bo waged as
fiercely as before-Rumor has It that
Swanson will withdraw from tho guber?
natorial race and that Judge William
Hodges Mann can havo thp nomination
should ho destro it?Roports of friction
between tho Stato Department and Count
Cassini aro utterly without foundation??
Robert Ainmon, get-rick-qulek attorney,
sentenced to the penitentiary-Senator
Marcus A. Hanna Is to visit Lookout Inn
on his way to Thomasvlllo Gn-, nnd tho
Republicans aro preparing to give him an
nvntlon-The Reliance beat the two older
boats In a stiff breeze and over a rough
una-Bad weather prevented tho race be?
tween the two Shamrocks-Americans
cnrry off honors in the regatta at Kiel
Directors of tho international Mercantilo
Marine Company aro io meet to discuss
tho conditions caused) by tho withdrawal
of tho Ounard llne-4?Tho Issue of the
now Pennsylvania slock has all been sub?
scribed?Atlantic Coast Lino Company
is to retiro a bond Issue?Four men
badly shot In a bar-room brawl In Savan?
nah, Ga.-Three tablets in memory of
John Wesley are unveiled at spots in
Savannah closely associated with tho
grout preacher's Ufo-Blues won t.ho
handicap at Sheepshead ?a?,-Postmas?
ter-General Payno issues an order choking
off publicity of corruption in Hie Post
office Department, and tho order was hy
tho direction of President Roosevelt and
will stop tho Investigation-High Rus?
sian officials aro in conference over the.
Manchtirlan question.
TRIGG COMPANY
; WILL MAKE A BID
(By Associated Presa.)
WASHINGTON. D, C, June 29.?Mr.
Myers, receiver of tho W. R. Trlgg Com?
pany, of Richmond, Va., contractors for
tho construction of t'?o United States
Ship "Galveston." tho revenue cutter
"Mohawk" and the dredge for tho War
Department, who failed some time ago,
and Mr. Newton, president of the First
National Bank of Blchmond, had an In?
terview to-day with Secretary Shaw and
Caritaln Shoemaker, chief of the revenue
cutter service.
On behalf of the Trigg Company an
application was mado for the Treasury
Department to nllow the company to
take charge of the "Mohawk" as soon
as she is released by the courts, and
complete her foi? the government. It was
decided, however, that Under the law no
contract can bo entered into for tho
work, as the contract will go to the
lowest responsible, bidder. Under this
ruling It is not unlikely that the Trlgg
Company will qualify and ' submit a bid
for the work. <
ELEVATOR
FELL FIVE
STORIES
Serious Disaster in Heinz
Pittsburg Plant.
TWENTY-THREE
BADLY INJURED
Twp at Least of This Number
Will Not Recover.
THE CAGE DROPPED
FROM FIFTH FLOOR
It Was Overcrowded, and Not One of
the Twenty-three Occupants Es?
caped Injury?The Accident is
Said to Have Been'
Caused by Drun?
ken Men,
(By Aieodsted Pre?.)
PITTSBURG, PA., Juno, 29.?The
breaking of a shaft on tho first floor of
tho A. J. Heinz Co.'s plant In Allegheny
to-day released tho ropes supporting a
large elevator on which twenty-three
persons -were crowded. The cago fell
from the fifth floor Into tho cellar, a dis?
tance of 45 feet, and everyone on the
elevator was injured. It is thought that
at least two will dit?.
The list of injured:
John Churney, Allegheny, both legs
broken; will likely die.
Mrs. Edward. Holman. Mount Hope,
N. J., Injury to spine; will probably die.
Joseph Weber. Allegheny, both legs
broken; condition eerlous.
O. P. Thompson, Allegheny, log crush?
ed.
Mr3. C. H. Sammons, East End, Pitts?
burg, spino injured.
Imogene Redman, Paris, Ky? ankle
sprained and spine Injured.
Andrew Bolak, Allegheny, ankle
sprained.
H. A. Morrison, Hazelwood, compound
fracture right leg.
Mrs. A. Lotha, Allegheny, concussion
of spine and ankle sprained.
William Koncana, Cleveland, O., ankle
sprained and spine injured.
;C. Ilowak. Cleveland, ankle sprained
and Injury to spine.
Mrs. A. Vodraska, Allegheny, cut by
flying glass.
Charles Spurney, Cleveland, O., body
badly bruised.
John Lotabar, Cleveland, O., concus?
sion of spine.
Mlko "Demko. Cleveland, log sprained.
John Zablasky, Cleveland, anklo
sprained.
Mrs. Wrllliam Mitchell, Hazelwood, leg
fractured In two places.
Mrs. Victor Bailey, Hazelwood. leg
fractured.
John Brotsky, Pittsburg, ankle sprain?
ed.
Steven Jasco, Cleveland, ankle sprain?
ed.
Mrs. Minnie Spring, Glenshaw. ankle
sprained.
Mrs. E. "W. Thornton, Hazelwood, com?
pound fracturo of leg.
Mrs. George Sherlock, Hazelwood,
compound fracture left leg.
"WAS OVERCROWDED.
When tho accident occurred the ele?
vator was evidently overcrowded. Ac?
cording to what was told this evening by
Dr. J. S. Phillips, physician at the plant,
tho antics of two men on tho elevator,
who wero intoxicated, caused the dis?
aster. Dr. Phillips said tho two men
crowded on the car after being told by
tlio operator to stay off. Once on they
commenced Jumplnp, with tho result
that tho shaft snapped and left tho elo
vator without control.
According to the story told by Wil?
liam Koncana, a dry goods merchant, of
Cleveland, to-night nt the hospital, there
was no disorder in the crowd.
"I thought' there wero too many on
tho car," ho said, ''when I saw how
crowded we were, and as soon as tho
car left tho fifth floor I am certain that
every ono realized that something hnd
happened to tho machinery and that the
elevator was slipping.
"Thero was not a sound or cry uttered
by any ono until wo landed in a heap in
the cellar."
All but two of tho Injured were visitors
to tho Heinz plant,
Weber and Thompfon are employes of
tho company.
Tho Cleveland people aro members of
the Bohemian Catholic Contrai Union a ? f
took part ln tho blesRlne of tho guns of
the cadets of St. George, of Allegheny, on
Sunday. To-day they took for sight-see?
ing, and the Heinz plant was on tho pro?
gramme.
An examination of tho plant nnd ma?
chinery showed that those Injured nar?
rowly escaped Instant death as tho 750
pound weight at tho side of the shaft
shot to the roof of the building ripped
through tho timbers at tho top and fell
half Its length through tho colling over
tho sixth floor. Had tho timbers been a
little less stout tho huge weight would
have fallen nearly sixty feet upon the
mass ot Injured people huddled In a heap
on the floor of tho demolished elevator.
The screams of the Injured and the
crash of the huge cage as It etruck the
bottom of the shaft brought hundreds of
workmen and women to the rescue, and
a hurry call was sent for.physicians and
ambulances and the Injured were hastily
examined nnd hurried to the hospitals.
This Is the first serious accident which
has ever occurred at the plant.
In a statment given out by the officials
of the plant It was stnted that the ele?
vator was thorougly overhauled and
new drum placed In position about two
years ago, and had always been inspected
dally by tbo man In charge of the ma?
chinery, once a week by the ollor and
once a month by the millwrights. The
break occurred In a place Impossible to
be detected by the Inspectors as it was
Inside the large drum.
ARRESTED MINING .
COMPANY'S PRESIDENT
(By _(*>ooluteu Prese.)
NEW YORK, June -fl.-Hcmry Alton,
??resident of the Columbia. Gold Minio;?.
Company, wa.s arrested tn-dny, charged
with violation of section 86? of tho penal
code, which makes It a misdemeanor
to neglect to filo with tho county clerk
tho names of the persons composing a
company or co-partnership.
Tho company has been advertising
very largely In Hallan, Polish and Irish
newspapers. Among ??10 names used In
the advertisements wero those of Sam?
uel W. Thompson and Walter B. Eaton,
employes of tho custom house here.
SHIPPING TRUST
DIRECTORS TO MEET
(By Assodated Press.)
NEW YORK, Juno H).?A special meet?
ing of tho board of directors of the In^
ttrnatlonal Mercantilo Marino Company
has been called for to-morrow to consider
tho position of the various lines In tho
shipping merger, and tho conditions
brought about by tho forthcoming with?
drawal of tho Cunard lino from thc trans
Atlantic rato agreement. Tho Cunard
lino's notlco of withdrawal does not go
Into effect until July 2d.
JURY HUNG IN THE
? JONES MURDER CASE
(Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.1
WILSON. N. C. Juno 2f).-There has
been no developments In tho Jones murder
case since Saturday. Tho Jury has had
the case since Saturday afternoon, but
havo been unable up to this to bring In
a verdict.
Tho general opinion Is that unless a ver?
dict is reached by to-morrow court will
be adjourned and the Jury discharged.
AMERICANS
WIM PRIZES
German Crews Cheer Victors
at Kiel.
EMPEROR MADE AWARDS
Thousand or Mora Guests Were Re?
ceived Aboard the Flagship of the
American Squadron?Farewells
Will Be Said To-Day,
(By Associated Press.
KIEL, June 29.?The Aferican men-ofl
warsmen won two firsts, a second ndd
a third In to-day'n races against the
boats of the German fleet. The Ameri?
cans had five boats entered In four events,
while -the Germans had thirty-seven, and
the American crews were not familiar
with the course and had not specially
trained for the occasion.
END SUBSTITUTE .
Tho Chicago's sailing cutter, entered by
Midshipman Stephen C. Rowan, to-day
won Princess Henry's prize for warship
cutters.
The sailing launch ot the San Fran?
cisco, entered by Ensign George W.
Steele, Jr., won tho prise In the race
for warships' launches.
The German crews cheered the Ameri?
can winners heartily.
The Emperor presented the prizes to
the winners at the yacht club to-night in
the shape of personal gifts to the ofllcers
commanding the launches. Ensign Steele
received a silver cup.
"I hope you will drink Tnany a bumper
out of It," said Emperor William, handing
It to him. Lieutenant Mustln and Mid?
shipman Rowan, who sailed tho Chicago's
small cutter, received silver cigarette
boxes.
RECEPTION ON BOARD.
Tho officers of tho United States squad?
ron this afternoon received about ono.
thousand guests on board the TJnltta
States flagship Kearsarge, principally
German naval officers and visiting Amer?
icans. There was a "smoker" on the
Kearsarge to-night.
Emperor William was unable to be pres?
ent at the reception on the Kearsarge
because ho had engaged long ahead to
distribute prizes at a tennis match.
Prince Henry was at the reception,
with the Princess, his wife. She danced
with Lieutenant Charles L. Hussey, of
the Chicago.
In bidding Emperor William farewell
on board tho Hohenzollern, Rear-Admiral
Cotton, on behalf of the captains and
officers of his squadron, said they would
carry away with them never-to-he-for?
gotten memories of tho hospitality that
had been shown them during their stay
hero. The Emperor replied that the visit
liad been charming to him personally,
nnd ho hoped It would bo enduring In
Its impress on the friendship between the
two nations. Admiral Cotton and the
captains of the American warships to?
night attended a dinner given by the
yacht club In honor of tho Emperor, and
sat with His Majesty and United States
Ambassador Tower In tho gardon for an
hour, witnessing a display of rockets by
the combined fleets nnd the playing of the
vessel's searchlights,
Tho Emperor will leave on board the
Meteor at 7 o'clock to-morrpw for a long
sail to Eckernferde. The American squad?
ron will leave at 7 o'clock to-morrow eve?
ning.
JOHN M. KING MAY
NOT GO ON STAND
Committee Likely to Report
With One Hearing of
Ex-Alderman.
From what can be gathered, ex-Alder?
man John M. King will not go before the
Council Investigating committee to-night
to answer the sweeping statements made
by witnesses against him the other night.
Mr. King Is still out of the city, and It
Is learned that under advice of his coun?
sel ho would not take the stand, oven
though he were here.
The report of the committee will be
drawn and signed and given out to (the
public to-night, and it Is understood that
It will be a complete vindication of all
those who were mentioned In the famous
Tallaferi'o letter save Mr. King. It is
pot known w;hen the body will go into tho
general inventIgaflou, though it is thought
that the first meeting for this purpose
will bo one night next week.
interest seems to be dying out on tbe
subject, since the flat failure of the
coinmll'teo to get anything out of the
fU-st Investigation.
FLOOD IN
VALLEY OF
VIRGINIA
Houses Washed Away
and Cattle Drowned.
MANY PERSONS
NARROWLY ESCAPE
Captain Baker, of Governor's
Staff, Heavy Loser.
NEARLY LOST HIS
LIT;E IN THE FLOOD
Only the Brick Hotel and Cottages Are
Left at Famous Jordan's White
Sulpher Springs?Hundreds of
Acres Inundated?Loss
Will Be Very
Heavy.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
WINCHESTER, VA;, June 29.?Hun?
dreds of acres?of land under water, -traf?
ilo on a railroad at a standstill on ac?
count of washouts, fences, houses and
crops swept away, hundreds of strangers
stranded in Winchester, cattle drowned,
narrow escapes' from drowning of men,
cellars flooded and houses damaged, all
| of which Involve the loss of thousands of
dollars.are some of the results occasioned
by tho great cloudburst which swept over
Winchester and the Immediate north
vldnity of (Frederick county yesterday
afternoon.
It was tho worst sterra ever known
here, and all that prevented a terrible
loss of Ufo and greater disaster to prop?
erty was "the absence of wlndL
TRAFFIC AT STANDSTTLD.
The worst damage dono was by wash?
outs and landslides on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad In the vldnity of
Stephenson's. All through trafilo hae
been at a standstill- cince about noon
yesterday, andino trains can tie run on tho
i Valley branch betwven Winchester and
1 Harper's Ferry until j to-morrow. Tho
road will not be. entirely opened up until
Wednesday.
Transfers were made around the wash?
out on -all trains to-day. Three hun?
dred and seventy-five excursionists, prin?
cipally from Baltimore and Washington,
were hung up here, unable to get back
to their homes because of the delay to
the trame,
Hundredsof acres of land near Stephen
son's wero under from one to six feet
of water yesterday, only tho hills and
high places being visible. Stona fences,
houses and crops were swept away.
Dwellings were under water . and for
hours terror prevailed In the Isolated
sections of the storm center.
COLONEL BAKER IN DANGER.
At Jordan's famous White Sulphur
Springs the new brick hotel and cot?
tages are about all that nre left stand?
ing. Tho bath houses, sulphur spring
house and other property were swept
away, and tho old hotel building's ground
floor was Inundated.
Colonel H. H, Baker, of Governor Mon?
tague's staff, who owns the springs,
narrowly escaped drowning. His loss Is
$1,500.
Tho severest washout on the railroad
is at Stephenson's. The flood tore out a
space of 200 feet long and 25 feet deep,
besides tearing up 200 feet of track. A
freight train was dorailed,
?
FOUR MEN SHOT IN
A BARROOM BRAWL
(Bj Associateli Press.)
SAVANNAH, GA, June 29.?Four men
were shot and wounded, one of them so
seriously that It is feared ho will die,
during a dispute in a saloon in this city
early to-day.
The Injured are: Nathaniel Evans, per?
haps fatally; G. D. Bryan, James L.
Doss, James T. IBennett,
It is said that the trouble grew out of
a difference between Doss and Bryan,
SANDRIDGE CASE
COMES UP TO-DAY
?
Two Sessions of Court and
Jury Not Yet Com?
plete.
The Hustings Court yesterday devoted
two sessions almost exclusively to an
effort to select a Jury to try the casa
of Alfred Sitndridge, who Is alleged to
have Bhot his sweetheart, Miss Nannie
Morris, last winter.
Only eleven Jurors had been obtained
who were qualified up to 6 o'clock, and
they were excused until 11 o'clock to?
day, under tho strictest orders of tho
court not to discuss the cusa with any
ono. Tho witnesses wero all recognized
for their appearance to-day, when it Is
likely that the panel will be completed
and the caso gone Into.
Thu Jurors so far chosen are as fol?
lows: Messrs. James P. Wood, Boubea
Burton, Joseph A. Collis, J. E. Phillips,
Jr., -E. P. Lyon, J: V. L. McCreary, W.
S. Robinson, Jr., R. ( M. B. Valentine,
James A Moneure, Peyton Grimes and
A. L. Haynes.
The prisoner was In court with his
counsel, Mr. H. M. Smith, and his
mother and father and friends. Tho line
of defense, as Indicated by Mr. Smith
In questioning the Jurors, will bo tem?
porary insanity, and on this point ex?
pert tesfimony will bo offered.
Commonwealth's Attorney D. C". Rich?
ardson will kok after tho Interests of
tho State, and a legal battle royal is
looked for. 4. j
GIANT POWDER FOUND
IN EAST END LAST NIGHT
THE TWO SIDES TO THE STRIKE.
General Organizer Rezin Orr: " I never saw such determina?
tion displayed by men anywhere. Why, I verily bolievo that if I
were to tell tho men of Division 152 that they might as well end
tho fight, it would not make a particle of difference; tho contest
would go on. Not a man has wavered hero or in Petersburg. I
went to Petersburg Sunday and asked the men as to tho reports that
some of them wanted to go back' to work. Not a man has faltered.
All tho other organizations are contributing loyally to the sup?
port of tho strike, feeling that the principle of unionism and
organization is at stake. Thero is not tho slightest disaffection
among tho men. They will remain firm. Thero is no sign of
yielding."
An officer of the company stated yesterday : "We aro grad?
ually opening up all our lines and there is no dearth of men.
About two hundred have been employed regularly at tho regular
rate. I cannot say how long tho military will bo^, here, but they
will remain as long as necessary. The company is being flooded
with applications for positions by men from this and other
Southern States. . More people aro riding, and the numbej'?? will
increase. Tho strike is already broken."
CHOKE ORDER
IS ISSUED
No More Publicity for Postal
Investigation.
PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE
Few of the Smaller Thieves Have Been
Exposed, and Those Higher Up
Will Be Protected?Mr. Payne
Will Resign.
- Tlmes-Dlspatch Bureau,
1-117 G Street. N. W.,
Washington, D. C. June 29th. 1003.
Postmaster-General Payno, before ho
loft for the Adirondack^ this afternoon,
called into his private ofllce at tho De?
partment the various aslstant postmas?
ters-general and gave them tho most ex?
plicit orders that no further Information
was to bo given the public concerning
tho investigation of scandals in the De?
partment
'Primarily, this means that all stories
hereaiter ot this investigation into offi?
cial crookednoss In tho Postofflce Depart?
ment ?wlllbe from tha outside. But, above
all, It means that an effort Is being
made to choke oft further investigation.
It Is stated on absolutely reliable au?
thority that the muzzling orders of Post?
master-General Payne were issued by
direction of President Roosevelt, The
administration is tired of so? much pub?
licity being given the corruption of de?
partment officials. The President, on the
morning of his departure on his Western
"swing around" three months ago, prom?
ised General Clarkson that the Investiga?
tion should cease, and gave orders to that
effect, as was printed In thl3 correspon?
dence. But so many letters from persons
not connected with tho postal servlco
wero received, telling of crookedness,
that the researches of the detectives had
to continue, and results ha,d to be mado
public
Two or three of tha smaller thlevea
have been caught Now a great effort is
to be mado to protect the larger.
There Is but llttlo. If any, doubt that
Postmaster-General Payno will resign.
But ho will probably wait until there Is
a lull In tho storm. Hl3 order of this
afternoon seems designed to causa tha
lull.
COAST LINE IS TO
TAKE UP BOND ISSUE
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
NEW YORK, .Tune :X1.?Notice has been
given by the Atlantic Coast Lino that it
will exercise tho option It possesses and
retire the entire Issue of Savannah, Flor?
ida and Western, St. John's River divi?
sion, first mortgage four per cent, bonds
of 18.TO.
Under the contract the Atlantic Coast
Lino may 'take up theso bonds at par,
with accrued interest, on January 1st,
IIKM, and It Is this option which It Is
proposed to exercise, Tho payment for
tbe bonoVt will be mado at tho ofnce? of
the City Trust Company.
This action of the Atlantic Const Jjlna
la somowhat in tho naturo of a surprise?
nnd is said to Indicato a highly satisfac?
tory condition In tho affairs ot the com?
pany.
COL. J. B. TREE TO
RETIRE TO-MORROW
Veteran Superintendent of
Western Union to Enjoy a
Well-Earned Rest.
After years of service?., Colonel J. B.
Tree, tho veteran superintendent of the
Western Union Telegraph Company at
this place, will to-morrow go on the re?
tired list, giving way to Mr, Cleary, a
Western -man, who is regarded as most
excellently qualified! fop tho responsible
position. Colonel Tree will, It Is said,
bo put on the retired list, with a, com?
fortable yearly remuneration.
The retiring (superintendent, Who I
seventy-seven years of age, has rounded
out half a, century In tho service of tho
company. Nearly half of that tima he
has occupied tho office of superintendent,
epd, though he has passed the limit al?
lotted to man, he still retains his mental
and physical powers.
Tho new superintendent la about fifty
years of age. He is a man of wide ex?
perience ln the business.
BRIDGE FELL
UNDER TRAI
Bad Wreck on Seaboard at
Meherrin River.
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
Engine Got Safely Across, and Freight
Cars Filled Cavity So that Caboose
Had a Small Drop?Cars
Demolished.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.}
LA CROSSE, VA., June ?9.?Ten Sea?
board Air Line freight cars and the bridge
across Meherrin River, near here, wero
wrecked this morning, and tho escape ot
the members of the crow was mlraoulous.
' The engine of the southbiund freight
train passed safely across the bridge,
although the engineer states that he felt
the bridge give as soon as bis engine
struck it. Hardly had tho engine reached
safety on the other side when tho abut?
ment and two spans of the Iron bridge
went down with a crash, carrying ten
cars of tho freight train. The caboose
followed, but the freight cars had so
filled the cavity under the bridge that
there was no longer far to drop, and
tli6 conductor and flagman who were
aboard escaped Injury.
The train was In charge of Conductor
Weldon Burchltt.
Tho wreck is a bad one. Tho pillars
and abutment of the bridge are gono, as
well as two spans, and ten cars aro de?
molished and their contents scattered all
around.
A wrecking and bridge forco was nt
onco dispatched to the sceno and nre rush?
ing tho repair work. Meanwhile tho Sea?
board trains aro being operated over tho
Atlantlo Coast Lino trncks.
Meherrin River Is high, and it Is sup?
posed that this caused tho weakening of
the bridge nnd Its collapse.
ANTI-EXPANSIONISTS
WIN IN RALEIGH
(SppcUl to Tho TImcs-Dlnpatch.)
RALEIGH. N. C, June 23.?Tho antl
oxponslonlsts won to-dfay In tho election
on tho question ot extending tho corpo?
rate limits of the city. Only 55-1 votes
wero cast for extension, against a regis?
tration of 2,011. Tho present limits aro,
nnd will remain for somo years yet, as
they havo been for fifty-odd years.
REPORTS OF FRICTION
WITHOUT FOUNDATION
(By Associated Press.)
"WASHINGTON. Juno 20.?Tho reports
in circulation to tho effect that thero
Is friction between the administration
and Count Cassini, tho Russian ambas?
sador, aro absolutely without founda?
tion.
MARCUS A. HANNA
TO VISIT LOOKOUT
(Ry Associated Press.)
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Juno 20.?
United States Senator Marcus A. Hanns,
will spend next Sunday at Lookout Inn,
near this city, on his way to Thomas
villo, Go. It Is undorstood that.. local
Republicans will give him a rousing
reception.
PENNSYLVANIA ISSUES
?HAS BEEN SUBSCRIBED
(By Attortateli Pruna.)
PHILADELPHIA, pa., Juno 20.?Offi?
cial announcement was mado by one of
the executive ofllcers of tho Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to-day that tho lat?
est returns show that the $75,000,000 of
new stock has all been taken by (lie
shareholders, and tha ninety per cent,
of It has been paid up in full.
MR. BOVVEN'S CONDITION
Reported from the City Hospital Last
Night as Better.
Tho condition of Mr. W. H. Bowen was
reported from the City Hospital last night
as most favorable.
Mr. Bowen's arm wa scut off by a
passenger train of tho R., F. & P- Satur?
day night, near tho mouth of tre tunnel at
Second and Byrd Streets, while going to
his place of employment at the Seventh
Street power-house of the Passenger and.
Power .Company. ,
A Quantity of the Explo?
sive Discovered.
VOLLEYS FIRED
BY THE SOLDIERS
They Promptly Reply to Rocks*
Thrown by Unknown Parties
CARS ARE BEING
WELL PATRONIZEEt
Fears of Bodily Injury Aro Graduali/}
Wearing Off?No Time Yet Set for
the Removal of the Military?
Quiet Prevailed Last Night
In the West End?The
Day's Incidents.
The most startling development yesfcWv
day in the strike situation was the d_*"-i
covery of two sticks of dynamite con?
cealed in the grass near Marshall Par?a
and Wllllamsburg Avenue. A negro ma-ol
employed ln cutting grass discovered, the
iglant-powder and turned it over to a bar?
keeper near there. A little girl told ai
soldler of tho And, and Lieutenant-Colonel!
Vaughan was notified. He in turn notified!
Major Nottingham, in charge of the ITul
ton headquarters of the troops, and a_.
investlgatlon developed the truth of the.
report as to the nnd. The deadly explo?
sive was taken charge of by the military)
and will bo turned over to the authorities!
to-day. The bar-keoper to whom the>
powder was delivered by tho negro -who
found it waa entirely Innocent, so fan
as known, of any previous knowledge o?
tho concoalment of it there.
One Shot Fired.
Only one shot was fired last night ati
the cars or tho military. Thero was some?
tiring during tho evening at a distan?a
from tho car tracks, but this Is not asso?
ciated with tlio strlko In any way. ?a
was evidently merely desultory pistol fir?
ing, such .as may be heard on the sub?
urbs at any time. Some one threw a rock;
at a sentry near the corner of Eighteenth
and Venable Streets last night about 10
o'clock, and tho soldier fired one shot
at the miscreant, but thero was-no car
passing at tuo time. Neither the'stone
nor the shot took effect. At all other
points of disorder heretofore, quiet ???-?
vailed last night and Sunday hight? .w
fact, thero was absolutely no alarm of
any kind given Sunday or Sunday night.
Increase of Travel.'
With these conditions prevailing and
with the cars running regularly and
well guarded, thero was a noticeable In?
crease of travel on the trolleys, not only
during tho day, but ln the evenings.
About 8 o'clock last night, when Maii*^
Street car No. 55 went up, H was w?**ii
filled alb the way, there being five per?
sons to a seat and every seat occupied
for much of tho way. It was particu?
larly notlceablo, too,' that many ladles
were riding on the cars \ yesterday dur?
ing the day, nnd at night quite a num?
ber were observed.. Confidence ln tha
safety of riding thus ,is, returning, and
as the element of danger has been the
confessed reason why many have re?
frained from riding during tho past fort?
night tho number riding now is steadily
increasing. Of course, thero aro some?
a great many, In fact?who aro\ walking
or riding ln 'busos, coa?hea and ver?lcle9
of various kinds from choice, rather than
patronize tho cars because they are ln
sympathy with the strike and believe
that by retraining from riding on .care
thoy will aid tho men In tlieir struggle
to forco some concession from the com?
pany. Many of tho organizations o?
various trades and vocations have pre?
scribed a penalty upon members v-h*?
patronize tho street cars, and so far aa
known no one has Incurred tha fine by,
violating the pact. Some contend thati
such a fine could not bo collected, nor
enforced, but thoy are refraining from
riding because thoy desire to give sub?
stantial testimony of their sympathy.
Think Strike Is Broken.
The Passenger and Powor Company t?
gard tho striko as broken. They expect
that It will take some days, probably
weeks, for tho patronage of the linos to
reach tbo normal, but they are well satis??
tied with tho outlook nnd do not hesitate
to say so. Tho company yesterday ex
tended its operations so as to Include th??
straight Broad Stret lino, tho Oakwoo*"
and Venablo Street lino and the Seve
teonih Street line. The Lakeside
Northsldo lines will bo operated reguf
now. Tho exact date for openlnp?
Seven Pines Uno has not been anno'
but It Is expected that this will be
taken In a day or two. Cars are ^ j
run lato at night, but the schedi '
bo gradually extended until normi
dlllons aro restored. Just how V.
will bo boforo the ger.oral resump
travel la problematical. Many thli
by th? end of tho week condition, -r
havo become nearly nomini. It I
officially stated that Mr. Farley ar
strike-breakers will leave In a few I
their 8 er Vices being no longer necess'
The company now has a forco of reg?l
men sufficient to man the cars on Its refe-/
ular lines, mi(I it is having all the applj
cations for work desired. A great n'oluine
of letters Is pouring In to tho company
from many points from men desiring
work here, The most experienced men
are being taken, and only these as fast
as they are needed.
Manchester Traffic.
No announcement Is made when trsBle
will bo resumed In Manchester. In faot,
tbo understanding is that no effort wilt
be ruado to operate cars" there until som?
assurancq from the officials of protection
Is Riven, Tlio company seems to be In
no hurry as to the resumption on th?
southslde.
The officials who have been up late st
night at tho Reservoir, superintendent'*!
office and at the offices of the company
at Seventh and Main ara no longer work?
ing long hours or exhibiting anxiety. T?#
ottloes at Seventh and Main were dart*:
early last night and the officers are get?
ting their usual rest.
Decreasing the Guarda.
The military are still on all the catv.
but fewer men to a car Is noticeable, ana
the number actively engag-ed In this -SOtte
will be gradually decreased. The m ?a
have receive-, no Informatica _. to wh#_