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MEW TO MEET
Purchase by U. S. Government
Still Being Discussed.
CRUISE OF THE DOLPHIN
Members of House Naval Committee
to Have an Enjoyable Trip?Deaths
of Children in the National
Capital
The Tlmes-Dlspatch Bureau,
No. 1417 O Street, N. W..
Washington, L\ C, July fith, 1IW3.
A. big Virginia .Military Institute meet?
ing In this city Is planned for next weok.
Tho evening has not yet been set, but
tho old Institute men havo arranged to
have a New Market "experience" meet?
ing, ntlended by all V. M. I. graduates
residing here, at which those who went
to the instituto to attend tho New Mar?
ket week exercises will tell those who
cculd not attend of what was said and
done.
There aro many old cadets In this city
who occupy prominent places In the. busi?
ness and social world.
"Twenty-eight States, tho District of
Columbia and Mexico had students nt tho
Virginia Military Institute last year."
said an attache of the War Department
to-day. "I am deeply Interested In tho
suggestion that the Institute be pur?
chased by tho national government and
be made an auxiliary to West Point
It Is very clear that the West Point
Academy will have to be enlarged In a
few vcars. It would be cheaper to ,buy
tho V. M. I. from the state of Virginia
and make it a nntlonnl Institution. Of
courpe, Virginia could reserve the^ right
to oppolnt carets in free tuition."
A movement has been set on foot here
to have the V. M. I. battalion brought
here and encamped a week during the
next session of Congress, in order to let
Congress and the people of Die country
generally Fee what Is being done at tho
Lexington school. There nre very many
young men desirous of entering the army
who cannot gain admission to West
Point. It Is realized that It would ho
greatly to the benefit of the Institute
to let these know that an army commis?
sion Ik about as certain for a V. M. I.
graduate as for a graduate of West
Point.
It is very probable that a bill will be
introduced In Congres.*? next year provid?
ing for ?he appropriation of a sum every
year for the support of the Virginia Mili?
tary Institute.
The attaches of the Patent Office nre
surprised and disgusted at the 'act that
there has not been the usual falling off in
applications for patents this summer.
There wero granted seven hundred and
thirty-one patents last week and the
number of applications on f.lc Is it's groat
as during any of the winter month i. The
number of patents granted the post year
was greater than In any year In the lns
tory of the government.
Ernest M. Dewey. of Goldsboro, N, Ci
a distinguished graduate of the'V. M. I.
In tho class of lftO.1, will be a candidato
for appointment to one of the Cecil
Rhodes scholarships at Oxford. A North
Carolina man said to-day that young
Dewey was said by the institute authori?
ties to have made a better record at the
institution than any cadet In recert years.
The name of a Virginia candidato for ono
of the scholarships has not been an?
nounced.
Secretary Root and Secretary Mr-r.dy,
of the War and Navy Departments, haa-o
flatly refused the petition of employes
that the offices In the two departments be
closed at 3 o'clock P. M. The attaches of
the departments aro supposed to begin
work at 9 o'clock A. M.. work until noon.
take a half-hour for lunch and then give
to Undo Sam their time until 4 P. M.
It would not strike the average American
that six hours and a half formed a long
day. and so Mr. Root and Mr. Moody
appear to havo thought. At any rate, It
was announced In tho War and Navy
Departments this afternoon that shorter
hours would not be granted.
It was stated hero to-day by a mnn In
position to know that John D. Rockefeller
and Georgo and Frank Gould, through
their agents, were purchasing all the
water front land on York. River at West
Point that could bo obtained. It is not
known whether these purchases are In
behalf of the Wabash Railway, which
may want to secure a deep water port '
at West Point, or for tho Virginia Pas
lenger and Power Company, of Richmond,
which may deslro to obtain land upo.i
which to place attractions for Richmond
people sufficient to warrant th'; construc
tio nof a line to West Folnt.
The following marriage license has been
granted here: Jesse Whitiock, twenty
sigh, years, and Elln Bowler nineteen
years, both of Richmond.
The United States dispatch boat Dol?
phin left hero yesterday morning with
nearly all. the members of the Hnu?o
Committee on Naval Affairs aboard
bound for Newport News. The com
mlttee will Inspect the several vessels
under construction for the government nt
the Newport News yard, and will make
s short visit to the Norfolk yard. Thenco
the Dolphin will carry the committee
to League Island yard, New London, and
Portsmouth, nfter which visits will bo
made to the more Important stations at
Newport News-and New York. Tho ex?
penses of tho trip aro homo bv tho
government, out of a. contingent .appro?
priation of ?I5.000 for the navy, *15\iW>,
hut this does not Include any'cost for
drinks or cigars.
Representative Rlxev. of the Eighth
Virginia District, Is with the partv. and
other members of the committee ?board
are: Representatives Foss. of Illinois;
Dayton, of West Virginia: Londenslagor.
of New Jersey; Mudd. of Maryland; Wat?
son, of Indiana; Cousins, of Iowa; Rob?
erts, of Massachusetts; Meyer, of Louisi?
ana; KltchliK of North Carollnn; Van
diver, of Missouri, and a few others.
Mr. C. E. Bolton, private secretary to
President Steven?;, of the Chesapeake and
Ohio. Is at the Raleigh.
"The newspapers, seem to he making a
great deal of the growth of other Vir?
ginia cities and to he overlooking Rich?
mond." said Mr. Bolton. Newport News
and Norfolk are growing at a wonder?
ful rate, but II Is strange that people
generally seem to have overlooked thov
fact that within a recent period Rich?
mond has become tho greatest manufac?
turing city south of the Potomac, and
Ohio, with the single exception of Louis?
ville. As an Indication of tho prosperity
of Richmond, I may menjlon the fact
? hat .lust a few days ago plans were
filed for five big buildings of eight and
ten stories each."
A report of the Washington Board of
Health Issued yesterday shows that In
the past week thirty-two children have
died In this.city, all of diarrhea! diseases.
The report states that of the number
dead, four were breast fed. one was
fed by breast nnd. bottle, and tho re?
maining twenty-seven were fed by bot?
tle nlone. Of the twenty-seven, ten
wero fed on condensed milk and seven?
teen on cows' milk, alone. In eight cases
tts* cows' milk Was boiled and in four
y??? pasteurized. The report states that
efforls were generally made to keep
hottles and nippies clean. Seven children
of one year and under died in Washing?
ton yesterday.
It Is slated here that Mr. Frank
Thompson has sold his fine farm In FflU
fiuler, near Bealeton, for $5,000 to Mr.
Joseph .lone?, of Plttshurg, Pa. The
price paid was .*?:>,000 for 20?) acres. Mr.
Jones will make- the place a fine coun?
try home. Within the past eight months
Northern men have bought nine estates
on the Rappahannock,
SMITHY DROPS DEAD
Heat and Work Broke ?James McMeek
!ns Thread of Life,
James MoMoekln. a blacksmith, dropped
dead at 0:30 o'clock yesterday evening at
his shop. No. 727 Bast Cory Street. Cor?
oner Taylor was notified .and made an
investigation. He found that death was
due to hemorrhage from the lungs, pos?
sibly brought on by the heat.
McMeekln had been bard at work
all dav at bis shop and the strain and
the heat were more than his system
would stand. He must have been Inclined
also towards consumption. ' _
Deceased smithy was aged tony-lv.o
years and unmarried. He lives on Pleas?
ant street, near Mosby._
MYSTIC SHRINE
mperial Council Will Meet in Atlantic
City In 1004.
(By Associated Press.)
SABATOGA, N. Y.. July 9,-The Im?
perial Council, Mystic Shrine, will meet
at Atlantic City In 1901. George H. Green,
of Dallas. Texas, was elected Imperial
potentate.
The other officers elected follow:
imperial deputy potentate. George L,.
Brown, of New York; lmporllU chief rah.
ban. Henry A. Collins, Toronto, Canada;
assistant rabban. Alvah II. Clayton. St.
Joseph, Mo.; imperial high priest and
prophet. Frank C. Boundy. Chicago, III.;
Imperial oriental guide, B. J. Alderman,
Marlon. Iowa; Imperial treasurer. Ws-B,
Brown. Plttsburg. Pa.; imperial recorder
D. Vf. Dowel!, Boston. Mass.; imperial
first ceremonial master. George L. Street,
Richmond. Va.; Imperial second cere?
monial master. Fredrick A. Hines.^DOS
Angeles. Cal.; Imperial marshal. Charles
Tensor. Brooklyn, N. Y.; Imperial captain
of the guards. Frank Treat. Fargo . N.
D.; Imperial outer guard. W. V?. irv.in,
?Wheeling, W. Va.
NEW YORK CENTRAL IS
TO ISSUE NEW STOCK
(By Associated Pre??.')
NEW YORK, July ft.?Tbe estreme
weakness to-day of New York Central
stock, together with a further decline
In the company's 3% per cent, bonds,
gave rise to all sorts of rumors, some
of them highly improbable, In the finan?
cial district. From a semi-official source
It was learned'that within the next three
months the Central directors will recom?
mend an Issue of new stock to pay for
proposed terminal improvements In ?Us
city It Is not unlikely that a holding
company may ho organized to carry
out these plans.
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PEACEMAKE SHOT
BY PARTY TO QUARREL
(By Associated P>-ess.>
COLUMBIA, S. C, July 9.?U W. Ram
mage, a man of prominence, was killed
to-dav by John W. Wham, also of good
standing In this county. The killing
occurred in Wham's yard, six miles from
Laurens, S. C where Rammage had
gone on'request of Mrs. Wham, to make
peace between her husband and Thomas
Simpson, a neighbor. It was alleged
that Wham's conduct towards a fifteen
year-old daughter of Simpson was repre?
hensible. After the shooting Wham fled
and has not been caught. There was
great excitement In the county. Wham's
wife aided In his escape.
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HENLEY REGATTA
UNDER CLEAR SKIES
Delightful Weather Prevailed
During Day of the Final
Trials.
(By Associated Press.)
HENLEY. ENGLAND, July 9.?Delight?
ful weather prevailed during this, the
final day of the Henley Regatta. There
was not sufficient wind to affect the
choice of stations. A very large crowd
of people, was present to witness the
finals of all the events, which were re?
served for to-day, and which resulted
as follows:
Grand Challenge Cup?Leander beat
Third Trlnltv, Cambridge, last year's win?
ners, by six feet, after an exciting race.
Time, 7 minutes and 9 seconds.
Ladles' Challenge Plate?Magdalen Col?
lege. Oxford, beat Eton by a length.
Time, 7 minutes and 33 seconds.
Thames Challenge Cup?Trinity College,
Dublin, beat Kingstown Rowing Club by
a length. Time, 7 minutes and 27 sec?
onds.
The Silver Goblet and Nlckall's Chal?
lenge Cup?Victoria Rowing Club, of Ber?
lin, beat Kingstown Rowing Club by 12
lengths. Time, 8 minutes and 45 seconds,
Visitors' Challenge Cup?University Col?
lege, Oxford, beat Magdalen College, Ox?
ford, by a length and a quarter. Time,
S minutes and 25 seconds.
Wytold Challenge Cup?Kingston Row?
ing Club heat the London Rowing CJub
by a length. Time, S minutes and 28, sec?
onds.
Stewards' Challenge Cup?Third Trinity,
Cambridge, heat the Netherlands Rowing
Club by two lengths. Time. S minutes and
G seconds. ,
Diamond Challenge Sculls?F. S. Kel
ley (Leander Club), the holder, beat A.
J. Beresford (Kensington Rowing Club)
easily. Time, 8 minutes and 41 seconds.
PIANO
This Piano was taken as
part payment on an "AR?
TISTIC STIEFP PIANO; this
instrument cost when new,
I $350. We will sell It for ?190.
Fine Walnut Case, over?
strung bass, 7 1-3 octaves, In
perfect condition. Do you
want a good Piano for lit?
tle money? Well, here Is
your chance.
Terms, $10. Cash. $7
Per Month.
Investigate I
STIEFF,
431 E. Broad.
J. E. DUNBAR, Mgr.
CONSUMING
IRON ORES
Demand for Raw Material
Keeps Pace With Production
MUST INCREASE IN yALUE
Production Doubles Every Decade, and
Increase Will Go On?Many Oil
Wells Drilled in tho Ken?
tucky Field.
(Spccla.1 to The Times-Dispatch.)
BALTIMORE, MD.. July ?.-Regarding
the enormous consumption of Iron In the
United States as Indicative of an inevi?
tably large Incrnaso In the values of ores,
and, consequently, In the cost of Iron
and steel, by reason of which some En?
glish authorities nre claiming that twenty
yearB heneo England may regain her
lost supremacy In the Iron trade, the
Manufacturers' Record In this week's
Isue says:
"Tho fact of the matter Is that for
some years we had so little, appreciation
of tho true value of 0'ir ores that we sold
our Iron far below Its real valup. Recent?
ly this has changed, and tho Ironmakers
realizo that It would be far more profit?
able to leavo their ore In the ground
that to turn It into Iron to be sold at
about the cost of production. It Is con?
ceded that many a large timber owner
would havo made more money during
the last ten years by leaving his timber
uncut than he has made by selling It
as lumber, for the great Increase In tim?
ber values In that period exceeds the
profits made on the lumber, and so ore
left in tho mine will bo worth more ten
years hence than If It had been made into
Iron and sold at a merely nominal proflt.
WONDERFUL INCREASE.
In the manufacture of cotton goods and
many other things where the raw mater?
ial can bo Indefinitely Increased, the con?
ditions are different, but In using coal
and Iron ore we are consuming the raw
material which can never bo replaced,
and to some extent this Is true of timber.
Even at the present rate af consumption
wo are using up about 30,000,000 tons of
ore a year, but the consumption In twenty
years will far exceed the aggregate of 600,
000,000 tons estimated In some quarters.
Long before that period has expired we
must consume not 30,000,000 tons, but
?0,000,000 or 60,000,000 tons a year, or even
more. We a're now producing pig Iron at
the rate of 20,000,000 tons a year, and in
every decade for half a century our pro?
duction has about doubled. At the same
rate of Increase, 1913 will see us making
40,000.000 tons.
These figures are so enormous that
wo can scarcely accept them as a safe
forecast, and yet during the last ten
years we have mado an average Increase
of about 1,000,000 tons a year. Certainly,
we can hardly do less during the next
ten years, and at the same time ?add to
this in part the relative growth based on
p. larger total Increase In population and
the accelerating rate of consumption per
capita throughout the world.
I? Is not so much a question whether
England may twenty years hence regain
Its Iron trade supremacy by reason of tho
Increased cost of production In the United
States, as it is a question whether all
Iron-making countries can increaso the
world's output rapidly enough to keep
up with the world's demand for iron.
There may be temporary ups and downs
in tho iron trade, but in the long run
consumption will inevitably crowd pro
dustion with an ever-growing scarcity of
tho cheaply mined ores on which low
price iron has been made possible." -..
OIL WELLS.
About fifty oil wells were drilled in Ken?
tucky during June, not Including the dus?
ters, and the business is settling upon a
systematic basis. A correspondent at Bar
boursvllle of tho Manufacturers' Record,
referring to the central field, says that
now that the wells are being pumped
regularly their lasting quality will soon
be demonstrated. When drilled, many of
them showed up to bo big producers, but
In the absence of regular pumping their
true capacity could not be determined,
and as yet there has been no perceptible
failing off In production, an average of
five har?is dally each being a fair estt
mate of the production. In these fields
a large number of producers of heavy
grade of oil were drilled in and a few
wells of the Ruminating grade were found.
In Wolfe county, which is a deep well
field, one good producer was drilled In
last week. Its depth Is about 1,500 feet,
and It has a capacity of fifteen barrels
daily. In the adjoining county of Morgan,
operators are also very active and are
going after the deep sand Into which a
number of good wells have already been
drilled.
STORAGE LIMITED.
In the Southern fields, where market?
ing has pdogressed regularly for some
time, storage capacity is getting very
limited as a result of the constantly in?
creasing production. The total runs from
tho Wayne fields have now reached near?
ly 300,000 barrels, and as this has to be
kept tied up until tho completion of the
pipe line to West Virginia, some trouble
is being given in caring for it without
the hea\*y expense of erecting additional
tanpage.
During June more wells were completed
in the southern part of the State than in
the northern, for the reason that the de?
velopments are more extensive and the
sands more shallow In the seats of great?
est activity. The Wayne county field held
about thirty wells completed during the
month, several of them being good for 150
barrels each. At one point In Clay county
a well was drilled last weok with such
an enormous gas pressure that It was
some time before tools could be lowered
Into the hole.
Gold for Export.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. July 9.?Goldman, Sachs
and Company have engaged ?l.000,000 gold
for export on Saturday,
Heldlebach, Iekelhelmer and Company
also wilt ship $1,000,000 gold by Saturday's
steamer.
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BIG BALL GAME
HERE NEXT WEEK
NorfolK and Richmond Eagles
To Fight for Honors on
the Diamond.
The ball game to bo played at Broad
Street Park next Wednesday afternoon
between Norfolk and Richmond Eagles
promises to be a game worth seeing,
Norfolk Earie will bring up an-excur
sion party to attend tho game, and Rich?
mond will supply a big crowd.
Hargrove, the famous old Virginia ball?
player, will be on the Norfolk team. The
Richmond club will line up as follows: .
Catcher, Nathan Bernstoln, pitcher,
Barney Brell; first base, James Kaln;
second base, Rosendorf;' short-stop, ,*?e
West; third base, ixinnla Wilson; loft
field, Jacobs; center field, Carmody; right
Held, Bashon.
The game will ba called at'i o'clock, so
tho Norfolk excursionists may catch, the
UaJn. , . ?
POISON IN
THE SWEETS
Man Under Arrest for Murder
of Sweetheart.
REFUSES TO DISCUSS IT
Spent Day With His Sweetheart, and
on Le-iving Gave Her Candy Which,
it is Thought, Resulted in
Her Death.
(Bpci-lal to The Tlroes-DlspMcb.)
SAVANNAH, GA.. July ft.?Roach Bar?
nard was arrested at Olonnvllle, In tho
lower part of Tattnnll county, charged
with the poisoning of MIsb Weeks last
Sunday,
It seems that Barnard and Miss Weeks
wero sweethearts. He called on her
Sunday and spent tho day and before
leaving gave her some candy. After he
is gone she ato a piece of It. and re?
marked that it was the most bitter candy
she ever ate.
Dr. G. W. Tootle conducted tho post?
mortem examination, but could find no
j cause for her death other thnn poisoning.
He removed the stomach, and It will be
sent to a chemist to bo analyzed.
A coroner's jury has been ompannoled.
A warrant, charging Barnard with mur
? dor, has been sworn out nnd the prelimi?
nary trial has been arranged for.
The authorities have a piece of the
C8ndy that she did not oat. and this, too,
will be analyzed. Barnard will he taken
to Reidsvllle this morning and lodged in
| Jail. W. B. Sweeney left Reidsvllle this
morning with the stomach of the young
woman for Atlanta, where It will be
turned over to the State chemist for
analysis.
Barnard refuses to talk about the mat
tor upon tho advice of his attorneys.
HOTTEST IN NEW YORK
FOR TWO LONG YEARS
(By Associated Preps.)
NEW YORK. July 9.?There were six
j deaths from heat to-day In New York,
six In Brooklyn and fully two score of
prostrations. It was the hottest day In
two years, or since July 2, 1901. which
was the hottest day in the hottest month
since the local weather bureau opened
In 1S71.
The official record of that day, two
years ago, was 99 degrees. To-day It
ran to 94 degrees at 4 o'clock In the af?
ternoon. Down In the streets humanity
i suffered terribly. In the tenement dis?
tricts the heat was unbearable. Little
children suffered especially. This state
of. affairs continued from early morning
until late at night. In the evening the
] scorched Inhabitants sought relief on the
roofs, at the nearby beaches or by tak?
ing car rides.
METHODISTS GET
CLOSER TOGETHER
(By Associated Press.)
ASBURY PARK. N. J.. July 9.-The
Joint commission of the Methodist Epis?
copal churches, North and .South, has
completed its ritual revision labors in
Ocean Grove. The new order of worship
adopted lays special stress upon reverent
worship and provides for kneeling In
silent prayer on entering a church.
There are extensive changes in the cate?
chism. In future a primary and a stand?
ard catechism, almost new,-will be used
In the place of the three now in use.
Bishop S. M. Merrill, of Chicago, In an
Interview, said:
"The utmost harmony has prevailed
and the Methodist Episcopal churches,
North and South, are closer to-day than
they have been since they separated in
the days of slavery. The order of wor?
ship Is practically the same as now used
in the church .North."
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Baseball.
The Rochester Herald says. President
Pat Powers, of the Eastern League, has
his fingers In too many pies to make a
success of the league. He is associated In
many enterprises.
An exchange contains the announce?
ment that Leon De Montrevlllo, a bro?
ther of Gene, has been let out by Haver
hlll and will try his chances with tho
Worcester club, of which Gene Is man?
ager.
The Buffalo club has four batters high
In the .300 class. Mclntyro, who is sought
by big league clubs, is hitting at .374 pace.
Jake Gettman Is next, Atherton third and
Grlmshaw fourth.
One of tho most amazing things of
the season was the feat of Titus, of the
Phillies, who knocked out a homo run
Immediately after being presented with
a bouquet of roses. Usually, they strlko
out.
While all tho Cincinnati outfielders wero
barking because they could not play tho
sun field In Redland. Cozy Dolan drops
In and plays It. Just like he was used to
it. The sun does not trouble Him In tho
least.
Daly's first appearance with the Reds
at Cincinnati was a very busy one for
Thomas. He picked about a bushel of
pehbles' off his field lo guard against
ground balls hitting them and deflect?
ing the sphere from its course.
"Bed" Ehret, the famous old National
League pitcher, lias deserted the Mem?
phis team. Phil has boon restored to suc?
cessful pitching life through bowling, but
the dissensions In tho Memphis club drove
him to cover for the lime being.
An Eastern expert has picked the fol?
lowing as the representativo team of all
star colleeg players: Pitchers, Clarkson,
of Harvard, and Lynch, of Brown; catch?
ers, Wlnslow, of Yulo, and Bennett, of
Princeton; first base, Pearson; of Prince?
ton; second base, Metealfe, of Yale; short?
stop, O'Brien, of Vale; third base Pur
nell, of Pennsylvania; left, field, Stillmnn,
of Harvard; center field. Bamwell, of
Ynle and right field, Cosgrave, of Prince?
ton. There are people who think thnt
Morgan, of Georgetown. Is a good enough
Infielder for anybody's money, nnd ho baa
liad Innumerable temptations to discard
the glory of an amateur career for tho
spondullx that attaches to one of t>n
few professions where money Is handed
out In large, fat ?'hunks before It is
earned.
The Boston Sunday Herald contained
the following paragraph or Maurice
Wolfe, of the Toronto club, who is u
product of the lots of Northeast Wash?
ington: "Most bewildering- of all curve
dlspensors In the Eastern League, Mau?
rice Wolfe, of the Toronto club, holds H
unique record In Hie pitching* line. Wplfo
Is a left-hand ?pitcher, and his curve ball
breaks at such a sharp angle as com?
pletely to fool the batsman and somo
tlmes even the catcher, One day the
veteran Jack Toft let cue get away from
him and Juggled three or four more, hut
the most remarkable occurrence was
when Stortstop Nattress, of the Buffalo
team bntted nt tho ball and the spheroid
actually curved in and struck him Cull
In the. stomach. Subsequently, Manager
Gardner slated that exaofjy ?he samo
thing had happened In Jersey City. ,Ioo
Bean, a tried player, In an effort to hit
one of Wolfe's curve bMlB.v.waa struck
in the solar plexus and l--radically knocked
'out."
USE TURKISH REMEDY
Guaranteed thnt no ants or bedbugs will
be found within one year, where Turk?
ish Remedy bus boni used. Ail di-ugelsls.
11S^ BEDBUGS
Powere-Taylor Drug '"? Purcell, Ladd
& Co., wholesale disti ibutors.
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POLITICS IN
MANCHESTER
Prominent Men in Strike Situ?
ation Discussed by Public.
OPPOSITION TO THE MAYOR
Republicans May Name a Candidate for
State Senate?Death of Mrs. Lou
Reynolds?County Commit?
tee?Personal.
Manchester Bureau Times-Dlspat?h. 1
1112 Hull Street. (
Politics have entered deeply into the
Manchester situation, and there Is much
talk about opposition to Mayor Maurice,
Chief Llpscomb and City Attorney Clop
ton.
This talk comes from those who did not
approve the Calling of troops to Manches?
ter, and Is strong among those who gather
on the corners and at tho resort to talk
tho matter over. ?
It Is said by this class of citizens that If
the election came lo-morrow. Mayor Mau?
rice would be easily defeated by Mr. D. L.
Toney, who was his opponant last spring.
Mr. Toney said that ho had not author?
ized his name to be used In the connection,
but. many of his friends had already called
upon him and tendered him their support
tor the mayoralty.
"I havo said that I had enough of poll
tief," said Mr. Toney; "I have a good
business, and nm making a good living,
nnd I want to drop out of public life, but
It Is too soon now to make any statement
regarding the mayoralty."
The report that a petition was being cir?
culated calling upon the Mayor and the
Chief of Police to resign could not be sub?
stantiated. Those who spoke of It, Bald
they had seen no such paper, but had
heard one was In existence.
The opposition to the City Attorney
comes from the same class that opposes
the other, arid It was said last night that
tho Republicans of the Senatorial dis?
trict would put up Mr. A. W. Wilson, of
Powhatan, las a candidate for the State
senate in opposition to Judge Clopton.
I The conservative citizens do not look
upon this situation of affairs with favor.
They do not see what politics has to do
with the present state of things, and
are not Indulging In talk along that line.
It Is a Question as to which element Is
the stronger, and It Is believed that those
who were hot against tho coming of the
military are now cooling down In view
of the intermittent disorder that crops
out now, with no military protection.
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Bids were opened by the subcommittee
on cemetery at a meeting last night.
Five bidders made application for doing
the work of erecting the proposed house
for the superintendent of the cemetery.
The committee decided to lay the bids
before the Finance Committee at the
meeting to-night, without recommenda?
tion.
DEATH OF MRS. REYNOLDS.
After a long Illness, Mrs. Lou Reynolds
died at 7 o'clock last night at her resi?
dence. No. 401 West Fourteenth Street.
She leaves three children?Rev. J. W.
Reynolds. Mrs. R. A. Bowen and Miss
Susie Reynolds, fifteen grandchildren, one
great-grandchild, a brother, In Bedford
City, and a sister, In Plttsburg.
Mrs. Reynolds was an esteemed resi?
dent of Manchester for twenty-one years,
and has many friends who mourn her
death. The funeral announcement will be
made later.
PERSONAL AND NOTES.
Superintendent Fulliam, of the public
schools, will hold examinations for white
leachers on July 14th and 15th, and for
colored teachers on July 10th nnd 17th.
Miss Blanche Bullock Is viEitlng friends
in Norfolk and Ocean View.
Richard Cobln, colored, was sent to
jail by Mayor Maurice yesterday on the
charge of being a suspicious charac?
ter- .. . .
The Floyd Bass, who was arrested sev?
eral days ago for alleged disorderly con?
duct, is not Mr. Floyd Bass, the well
known business man.?
OFFICERS CHOSEN
?J. W. Cook President of National Edu?
cational Association.
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, MASS., July 9.?The National
Education Association to-day elected J.
W. Cook, of Illinois, president; M. C.
Henry Rhoads, of Kentucky, treasurer,
nnd fifteen vice-presidents of whom Pres?
ident Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard Uni?
versity, Is the first and Edwin A. Alder?
man, of Louisiana, the second.
Among the directors chosen were the
following: Alabama, J. W. Aborcromble;
Arkansas, John R. Hlneman; Georgia, W.
M. Slaton; Louisiana, Warren Easton;
Mississippi. E. E. Bass; North Carolina,
Lydia J. Yates; Tennessee, D. J. Johns,
Jr.: Texas, A. Caswell Ellis; Virginia. V.
J. jnrman.
Caswell Ellis, the associate professor of
education, University of Texns, at Austin,
was one of the speakers In the Child
Study Department. His subject was "The
Percentage of Boys Wim Lenvo the High
Schools and the Reasons Therefor."
He said that only 2 per cent, of the
pupils entering the elementary schools
graduate.
"Tho schools and tho homes must co?
operate better. Teachers and superin?
tendents must learn more psychology and
put their courses and discipline in lino
with adolescent needs."
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OPIUM HABIT IS
UNDER DISCUSSION
(By Associated PrefaO
MANILA. July it.?The public discussion
of the opium bill was continued before
the United States Commission to-day.
American lawyers, representing the Asia?
tic laical Syndicates nnd also the mono?
polists operating in Hong Kong and Sing?
apore, argued In favor of ttie adoption of
tho bill and quoted statistics showing; that
the rapid spread of the opium habit had
been undermining the Filipinos since the
expiration of the Spanish monopoly.
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ENDEAVORERS IN
DENVER, COLORADO
More Than Ten Thousand At?
tended Opening Meeting.
Chorus of 600 Voices. .
(By Associated Press.)
DENVER, COL., July ??Thousands of
Christian Bndeavorere from all parts of
the t'nltel States and Canada, with a
f.AV from u broad, arrived here during the
clay and many moro are on the way.
Mote than 10,000 persons attended the
opening mass-meeting of the convention
this evening in the large tent erected
near City Park for tho occasion.
A rousing chorus of songs,' led by Rev.
F II. Jacobs, of New York, preceded
the opening of the convention, which
was called to order at 2 o'clock hy Presi?
dent Frauds K. Clark, father of the
Christian Endeavor movement. After de?
votional exercises, led by Ityv. Dr. H.
li. Tyler, of Denver, a welcoming song
was sung by a chorus of C0? voices. AVel
comitig uddresses followed.
At tho annual business meeting all the
old officers were re-elected as'follows:
President, ftev. Francis E. Clark, D. D.;
Treasurer. William E. Shaw; t^lcrk. Goo.
B Graff, Auditor, Fred. B. K.iiltler.
The retiring trustees also were re-elect?
ed and presidents for States, Territories
und provinces.
LOT HS H FEATHER
and tasty to the last mouthful
you -will find tho rolls, L.
l?romni bakes for your health
and'happiness. No dyspepsia
lurks in our output?nothing
but health-giving products of
good Hour leaves our doors.
You can count on Bromm's
bread, cakes and pies.
L. Bromm,
516 East Marshall Street.
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THE
Watt Plow Co. <???)
Cor. 15th and Franklin
and 1404 Main Street,
RICHMOND, VA.
Representing?
Columbus Buggy Co., Colnmbns, Ohio, Hlgh-Grndo Vehloles,
Geiser Manufacturing Coi, Wnyncsboro, Pa., Peerless Engines, Saw Mills
and Threshing Machines,
.South Bend Chilled Plow Co., South Bond Ind., Chilled Plows and
Cultivators,_
A Largo nnd Well Selected Stock of Agio tilt ural Implements of ever/
description, Vehicles and Harness, and Heavy Machinery.
ICE, COAL, WOOD
delivered anywhere in the city at as
low rates as any other company.
ICE
COAL
WOOD sapiit
until further notice prices for June delivery will
lie: For Anthracite, $6.00 per ton; Splint,
$5.50 per ton; Now River and Poca. Lump, $6.
kinds?long, sawed, and
Prompt deliveries.
Richmond Ice Company,
'Phone 223.
A. D. LANDERKIN, Sec'y and Treas.
THE MULES
RESPONSIBLE
Must Answer for Death of
Four Persons.
THREE FATALLY INJURED
The Animals Stopped When the Train
Blew, and While They Escaped, the
Occupants of Wagon Suffered
Death and Injury.
(By Associated Press.)
CINCINNATI, O., July 9.?A west-bound
Pennsylvania train struck a wagon con?
taining nine people at a crossing eight
miles of this city to-night, killing four,
fatally injuring three nndi seriously injur?
ing two of the occupants of the wagon.
Kobert Copenhagen, with his wife and two
children, aged eight.and two years respec?
tively, were going from Red Comb Junc?
tion to Madisonville.
A daughter of a neighbor and four of
their hoarders. William Booth, Charles
Johnson, William Poole and another man.
whose name was not learned, accompanied
them. They did not observe the train
which was coming at a high speed.
When tho engineer saw them, he blew
his whistle, but It was too late to reverse
or stop the train. Tho mules on hear?
ing the whistle stopped and could not be
moved. The animals were ?across the
track and escaped unhurt, while the wago
was wrecked and all the occupants
either kiled or Injured. The train brought
the victims to this city. The dead wero
tnken to tho morgue and the Injured to
the hospital. Robert Copenhagen and one
of his children, a girl, named Grace, and
William Poole were killed. Mrs. Copen?
hagen. William Booth and the unknown
were fatally Injured. Charles Johnson
and the two older children of Copenhagen
may recover.
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Mr. Calvin Satterfleld and family have
returned to Richmond. '
Mrs. T. K. Sands, who has Been visit?
ing her sister. Mrs. William M. Luck,
has left for Ashland.
Mr. Charles W. O'Bannon has returned
from a visit to friends at Burk's Sta?
tion.
Mrs. Colon Gregory Is quite sick at the
home of Mrs. S. A. Folzey,
Miss Bessie Klttlnger has returned
home, after a visit to relatives In Princ?
Edward county,
her home on Miller Avenue.
Mr. Vf. L. Goodwyn, of Nottoway coun?
ty, who has been very sick In Rich?
mond, Is much Improved, and is now visit?
ing his sister. Mrs. C. R. Kuyk.
Mr. A. S. Pope has left for Charlottes
vllle on business.
Mr. J. J. Wilson has left for New
York on a pleasure trip.
Mr. nnd Mrs. E. D. Hedd have left for
Milboro Springs to spend the summer.
Mr. Weldenfleld has left for New York.
Mrs. Calvin Satterfleld has returned
from a visit to relatives In Albemarle
county.
Miss Ethel Gardner has returned to
Philadelphia, after a visit to friends on
tho Heights.
Miss Mollle Duval will leave In a few
days for Baltimore.
Miss Ethel Beckner. who has been vis?
iting Miss Hettle Klttlnger, has returned
to Clifton Forge.
Miss Mary Jones has returned, after
a visit to relatives In Louisa.
Miss Emma Hopkins left Wednesday
morning for a visit to relatives In Alex?
andria.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Summers, of Bal?
timore, are visiting Mr, and Mrs. J. L.
Summers, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Schlss
ler.
A. Shelbourne.
Mrs. J. P. Harria of Baltimore. Is vis?
iting Mrs. Thomas Jones.
Mr. Fred E. Davlson has returned home,
after a visit to relatives In Pleasant
Grove, Lunenburg county.
Miss Bessie Prince has returned to
Courtland, Southampton county, after a
visit to Mrs. George A. Minor.
Any Lady
UP
who is employed in office, school,
store or factory has a chance for a
delightful week free of expense at
either one of the following resorts:
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OCEAN VIEW HOTEL,
Ocean View, Va.
THE INTERMONT,
Covlngton, Va.
THE PRINCESS ANNE,
Virginia Hunch, Va.
THE JEFFERSON PARK,
Oharlottesvllle, Va.
THE MECKLENBURG,
Chase Oltry, Ve?.
THE ALLEQHANY,
Ooshen, V?.
THE NEW SHERWOOD,
Old Point, Vft.
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RICHMOND,VA. SUMMER OF 1903
WRITE NAME PLAINLY.:
Miss.
Miss-.
This Ballot good from Juno 7th to July
16th (Inclusive) and is to be counted as one
Votefortheyoung ladies named above.
?Date_1903.
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