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WHOLE NUMBER. 16,356.
RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, SKPTK?NIHKR 20, 1003.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUKIMAAY OF DA?f9-^ M?Afi?
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, Kept. ??.-Forecast for
Tuesday and Wednesday:
Vlrglnln?Fair Tuesday; warmer In In?
terior. Wednesday partly cloudy, proba?
bly followed by rain; fresh north to cast
W'lids.
North Carolina?Fair Tuesday, tYednes.
day partly cloudy; Warmer in inl'imr,
probably rain In west portion; fresh
northeast to east winds.
The cool, blaring weather of yesterday
win, according to tho forecaster, bo fol?
lowed by fair Wealltor to-day with a lowor
temperature in the Interiori Wednesday
will ho partly cloudy, probably with rain
as an aftermath.
STATE OF THI?? TH HKMOJIKTKR
0 A. M.C2
12 M. 70
S P. M. 74
'? P. m.r,:;
? ?? M.r,s
l? midnight . 63
Average . 631-0
Highest temperature yesterday. 7",
Low,'si temperature yesterday.55
Moan temperature yesterday. 03
Normal temperature for September_Ti
Departure from normal temperature.... 00
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sept. -.'3, 1903.
Sun rises. 0:01 j HIGH TIDE.
Sun sets.6:87 | Morning.11:15
.Moon sets.12:00 | Evening.11:38
? ICH M ONU
Committee unanimously reports a plan
to redlstrlct "the olty, wiping out, Jackson
Ward and creating SlMnri Word In ils
placo; tho reduction of the Council Is also
r?ccmm?ndcd-Rtmnlon yesterday at
Trinity Church?W, C, T. V.i Convention
meets to-day in Charl?tteevllie-P. St.
George Barraud said t?> have been seen, on
the streets of Richmond?R?sslgriatloh of
Hr. George Cooper?City Democratici
Committee to bo reorganised-Pastor
called t?, Itnndolph-Slrcet Baptist Church
-Stuart Monument Committee meets
this afternoon-?Henrlco Investigating
Committee to resume its work this after?
noon?Municipal committee to examine
three witnesses to-riight-i?Banquet of tho
Richmond Tyimthclac-Parish .house to
be built adjoining .St. Paul's Church as a
memorial-Rev. Mr. M.-icLauKhlln may
bo called to Sevcnth-StToot Christian
Church-Two medical colleges will opon
to-day-Anniversary ve'sterdny of Beth?
lehem Church?Ticket nominated by the
Socialist party;?1'nlon League meets;
Idea of nutting up nn Independent tiok'.t
Is not favored. MANCHESTER-Elks
will probably have a sumptuous bom?! of
their own-Disappointment at result of
t-h" prlmnrv-("ifNelnl vol,? of Powhatan
-?R. S. Rives has not conceded election
of hla opponent-Police looking for
Berkley Whltfc?Qrand Jury ?nds true
bills?Man on Irial upon a serious charge
-Negroes sent to tho grr-n?! jury by
Mayor Maurice-Clear Water Committee
called to meet this evening.
VIRGINIA.
The town sergeant of Keysvllle shot
down by a negro desperado whom he was
attempting to arrest for wife murder; the
negro escaped-?Fast train on the South?
ern Railway falls from a trestle near Dan?
ville and kills nine men, most of them
postal clerks?Congressman Flood speak?
er nt Church entertainment In Nelson
Rocklnghum Republicans make legisla?
tive and county nominations-Elders and
rw-f-on??? Convention :.t Rock Spring, It*.
Washington county-Exciting tace with
horse thief by Mr. ?. B. Doswell in Han?
over durintr which he Hied on man and
horso ten times-Police steamer arrests
oyster pirates In the Rappahannock
Ohlckahominy tribe of Indlnns. to have
their own public school-Highwayman
nttemut to lmld up an operator In Cooper's
tunnel and h" escapes by night-A build?
ing for worr-hln by the Salvation Army
completed In Bristol-New telephone line
opened at Keysvllle-Two negroes mur
dorod on the railroad work at Culnoper
Floyd Ascue accents a verdict of murder
In second degree from the Tazewell court
for killing his brother-A license Issued
to sell Honor on an ovsler boat on the
Rappahannock-Accomao county con?
firms the nomination of F. S. Collier bv
tbe Democrats of Elizabeth city county
for the House-Tho litt tir?-?"* I ? Maine
leaves Norfolk with Hoard of Inspection
on board for gun practice-Sailors sub?
scriba a poodly sum to the Jamestown Ex?
position-Rov. Father Dogherty, of
Norfolk, threatens to nrosnootp ?hope who
expectorate. In church?Tho? Passengpr
and Po'wer Comnanv determined to build
its own dam across the Appomattox.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Venire summoned from which to secure
a jury in Haywood's case; ten lawyers to
defend him-The citizens of Wilmington
givo public welcome and reception io t he
officers of the Gorman warship Panther
-^??Judge Waller H. Neal, of Wilmington,
gives sensational charge In regard to
bucket shops?Freight wreck near Wel?
don and passenger train sent around.
GENERAL.
Great volume of liquidation on stock
market from unknown sources causes a
relapse of prices and a gloomy view
Discharged employes of the Lake Superior
Company riot at Sault Hto. Marie and
troops nnd police are powerless to pre??
serve order-Varnish factory in Chicago
Is burned and firemen have nnrrow es?
capes from falling floors and walls; streets
are turned Into a sea of lire-Frank,
Manoloy is sentenced to ten years In peni?
tentiary for murder of his Wife and hears
sentence apparently with Indifference; his
counsel waives motion for a new trial
Cow on track cause wreck on Cincinnati
Southern Railway, In which engineer is
killed and seven mon are Injured-Feel?
ing In Sofia, over the outlook for war is
brighter and the clouds are thought to bo
lining from the horizon-lury secured
to try Tlllman for tho murder of Gonzales,
and the prisoner Is arraigned und pleads
not. guilty-Fluctuations In cotton aro
wild and September shorts make a wild
rush to cover, sending the prions soaring
-Message from Colon, Colombia, states
that there has lioen no change in the canal
situation-Boston and Pittsburg, the re?
spectivo pennant winners of tbe American
0/ul National Base-ball Leagues, nre to
play a series of seven games for tho
championship?Minute Man easy winner
nf the Matron Stakes nt Morris Park
August Bnlmont announce-- Hint ho will
sell nil horses racing under his colors, in?
cluding .his yearlings.
MANOLEY GIVEN
TEN YEAR SENTENCE
Appeared Indifferent to Words
Spoken?Counsel Waived
Motion for New Trial.
(Special to The Tlrnes-Dlsputch.)
BALTIMORE, MD., Sopt, ys.?Frank B.
Mauoley, who was found guilty of mur?
der In the second degree for killing his
wife, was sentenced to ten years in tlio
lenltontiary to-day by Ju-'ige Stockbiidgo
In the Crlmluul Court. Ills counsel
waived blu motion l'or a now trial.
Manoloy took his sentence with tho
Indiff?rence that has ma ? Iced his de?
meanor since the chingo of murdering his
wife was preferred iigulnst him.
Rapici Progress Made on
the First Day.
JURY SECURED
AND CHARGED
Prisoner Arraigned Pleads
Not Guilty in Firm Voice.
BRILLIANT ARRAY
OF LEGAL TALENT
Able Men Represent Both the Stata and
the Defendant?Courthouse Filled
Wilh People Interested in Trial,
but There is No Crowding.
Several Witnesses Havt.
B e c ? Heard.
(Ity Associated Press.)
LEXINGTON, S. C, Sept. -8.?James
H. Tlllman. former Lieutenant-Governor
cf South Carolina, was placed on trial
here to-day In the Circuit Court of Lex?
ington county under an indictment charg?
ing him with the murder of N. G. Gon?
zales, editor of the Columbia State.
Judge Frank B. Gary presided. It was
11 o'clock when the prosecutor for this
circuit, J. M. Thurmond, announced that
tho State was ready to proceed wi'th the
trftii of the case, and by the time the
mid-day recess was taken at 1:30 P. I.I.,
the defendant had been arraigned, a Jury
drawn and charged, and all was in readi?
ness for tho Introduction of testimony.
There had been every Indication earlier
that a Jury could not be secured to-day.
The court-room was well filled, but not
crowded.
Probably never In the history of this
judicial circuit has there been so great
an arr,-,y of counsel engaged in the true!
of a once ns In the trial of tho former
j Llcutennnt-Governorc The solicitor is aa-.
| el-Hod by five iitti>rr,?.*ya. . while... t'-ie .der
? rendant has cloven lawyers, with W.
? G. W. Croft, ? representative In Congress
from Alken, us chief counsel, conducting
the defense.
Mrs. j. ?. Tlllman and the mother of
the defendant were present at the open?
ing or court, nnd remained throughout
the day's session, occupying seats within
the railing.
A vigorously contested legal battle is In
prospect. In fact, lt was manifested at
the very outset of the trial that every
inch or the ?round Is to be contested.
Nevertheless tlio case proceeded rapid?
ly to-day. Immediately upon reconvening
at 3 P. M., the examination or witnesses
was begun and when court adjourned, six
witnesses hnd testified. Beginning to?
morrow court will sit early and late, and
the trial pushed to a conclusion at thu
earliest possible date.
The defense having announced its readi?
ness to go to trial, the defendant, who
was In nn ante-room, whero he hnd heen
in consultation with his actorneys prior
to tho ca'.il.ng of his case, was brought
Into court anil directed to stand In the
dock, when he wa_ arraigned ln ac?
cordance with the law and curtom of this
court. He was calm, and when asked
to plead, replied In a clear and firm
voice: "Not guilty."
JURY SECURED.
Tho Indlctmont Cuarges the carrying of
concealed weapons as well as the more
serious arlolatlon of law. Mr. Tlllman
took a seat close to his attorneys where
he listened Intently to the proceedings.
When the court directed the impanelling
of a Jury, a six-year-old boy drew rrom a
hat In which had been placed the names
of thoso composing tho panel, a slip of
paper bearing the nnme of a juror, who
was called and accepted. It was not until
1 P. M. thnt a Becond was secured, and
there wns ?,,-ery Indication that a Jury
could not bo secured to-day, but In tho
next fifteen minutes tho jury, was com?
pleted. The Jury will not be permitted
to sepnrnto until a verdict Is rendorod.
Men rrom the country nnd rrom the
mills compose the jury. Tho State ob?
jected to rive .ot tho panel and tho de?
fense to ten.
G. Roland, a member of tho Columbia
pollco force, was the first witness called
by Ilio Stato. Ho said ho took Tilintan to
the pollco station In Columbia from the
scene of tho shooting on January IMh,
describing how Tlllman was standing In
SHOT DOWN THE %
TOWN SERGEANT
Excitement and Indignation
at Keysville and Blood
Hounds Wanted.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
KEYSVILLE, VA., September 28.-J. E.
Eubank, town sergeant of Keysville, was
shot und probably fatally wounded about
G:U. o'clock this afternoon by. Green lie
Acino, a negro elosperuelo. A poseo of men
attempted to arrost McAdoo for the mur?
der of his wife In Greensboro, N. C,
liubank and the negro fired simultaneous*
ly Eubank received a full charge of No,
4 shot In the loft sido. Jt Is nut known
that tho negro was -truck at all, as ho
continued to run, and made good his es?
cape.
Efforts ar? now being mudo to secure
bloodhounds to run tlie negro down.
Mr. Eubank, who was postmaster ut
Ki-ysvlllo under Cleveland's administra?
tion, la one of tlio most highly esteemed
chineas.
The community Is greatly shucked und
lncer. tied
Hu* street with reference to Oon_?lo_. He
If-stiri,?.! f)i,-it. Tlllinnn .aid to him: "I
received (?enizaies' message.
'Mi- wllne'.?j .*;>!d he risked Tlllman!
"Did yoll kill Gf.nzalcs?" to which he
salii Tlllmnn replied that lie did. Me
paid that the defendant carried ? pistol
m ills hand ami :??? tber Was found In
lili pocket when tlie station was reached.
TIllmaM, he (said, wnntcd to keep the
1 letol until the station wan reached tar
his protection, hut witness Insisted on
laklnc- ?t. H?? ?aid Tllmnn was walking
diagonally ar-ross tho slroct When li" first
MW him and looking toward Gonzalo?.
The two pistols woti! exhibited to tlio
witness for Ihr purpose or lelpntlfln.ition.
One was nn automatic pistol, tho one?
'\bich witness snld Tlllmnn held In his
hand.
kit.mittkd qctetly.
On Cross-examination he said Tlllman
submitted quietly to accompanying him
to the station.
W. C. '"eitaman, stierVff or Richiami
county, In Which Columbia Is located.
Identified the pistols as thoso turned
over to him.
3, V. Wnlkor, clerk of Rlchland county,
?as asked to flctn'>nstrnte to the Jury tho
working of the automatic pistol. An
overcoat nnel a suit of clothes were ex?
hibited, which were Identified by J. A.
Hoyt, Jr., nnd L. G Wood, Jr.. members
Of the editorial stair of The Slate, ns
garment- worn by Mr. Gonzales. Tho
attention of the Jury was drawn to tho
bullet holes, iti the coat ond overcoat.
Tho cross-examination of witnesses by
the defense was brief.
It Is estimated that there are nbout
two hundred witnesses to he hoard.
NORTH CAROLINIANS (
REQUESTED TO MEET"
Former North Carolinians, residents of
Richmond, are requested to meet In tho
assembly lia.Il of tho Chamber of Com?
merce at i> o'clock this afternoon to
elect delegates to "North Carolina Day"
at Greensboro, October 12th.
Derails Train and Engineer)
Is Killed.
SEVEN MEN ARE INJURED
Engine, Two Mail Cars, Baggage and
Express Cars Left Track and Roll?
ed Down a Steep Embankment.
Traffic is Delayed.
(By Associated Press.)
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., September 28.
A Cincinnati-Southern passenger train,
which left Chattanooga at 10 A. M. to-day,
ran into a cow at Glen Mary, Tenn., 120
miles north of Chattanooga, and the en?
gine, two mail cars, baggage car and ex?
press car left the track and rolled down
a steep embankment.
Engineer Frank Parker, of Chattanooga,
was killed instantly and seven men badly
Injured, two fatally.
The dead:
ENGINEER FRANK PARKER, of
Chattanooga.
Injured:
J. A. Newton, mall clerk, Chattanooga,
fatally.
J. IS. Eddlngton, mail clerk, Chatta?
nooga, Tenn.
C. P. Sherman, mall clerk, Chattanooga,
may recover.
II. G. Dykes, mall clerk, Chattanooga,
back sprained and Internal Injuries.
W. H. P.onks. express messenger, Chat?
tanooga, slightly.
- Stout, baggageman, Sale Creek,
Tenn.. slight,
B. E. Mnrtln, fireman, Chatttanooga,
foot mashed, Internal injuries.
Engineer Parker had been on the road
for twenty-three years and had never
before been In ?a wreck.
Freight traille will be delayed several
days, but passenger trains are being run
around the wreck.
IS NO CHANGE IN
CANAL SITUATION
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. D, C, September 28?
The following bulletin Was posted at the
State Department to-day:
"The Department of State received to?
day at 1:12 P. ?. a cablegram from Min?
ister Bonupro, dated September _8th, 8
P. M. He reports that there has beon
no change ln the situation in respect to
tho canal matter. A second debate on the
bill reported by the committee Is expected
within a few days, nnd It Is thought it
may be defeated. The present outlook is
for some amendment of the reported bill.
-?
MEDICAL COLLEGES
ARE TO OPEN TO-DAY
Both the Medical College of Virginia
ami the University College of Medici
will opon their puasi.'ii- ?,?-day, the day
being devoted to preliminary exercises.
On Wednesday the work of the classes
will Begin regularly, and will be kept up
for the session with as few Interruptions
ns possible. Tho outlook .it both colleges
is excellent, the attendance promising to
considerably exceed that of last year,
Nearly all thoso who did not llnlsh tho
course last year will bo back for tlie
session, ami the number of n.w students
promises to bo largo.
There la great enthusiasm among tho
students of the two schools, and the
rivalry I'Ciwee,-. them Is confinad main?
taining? high standards of scholarship und
curriculum. It Is not unlikely that the
mattar of orfiranislng foot-ball teams ut
tho two schools may ho considered, but
whether anything will come of it remains
to be seen.
NO CLUE-TO MURDER
OF WOMAN IN RIVER
(By Associated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM, ??.?., Supt. 2R.? Tbo
body of the woman found In East Laic?
yesterday ha? been Identified us that of
Ella Do.lel. Tin?? IhsII'i 1)0 ? luo to the
murderer. Charles I.. Keller, claiming
to be a painter Of -Macron, Ga., and Jack?
sonville, Fin., who was arrested yes?
terday Is ?till held ? ending an Investiga?
tion, lie WjJ-s pointed out by a keeper
of the refreshment stand at East La h o
us ree*?l|lb|ln*r thu man who was said to
havo beim with the woman tlie hist time
sho was Been ulive. Hu duiiiua all knuwl
_d_.o ot tho crime.
FRENZIED
Employes of Lake Supe?
rior Co. Rioting.
SITUATION IS
VERY SERIOUS
Police and Militia Unable to
Maintain Order,
URGENT MESSAGES
SENT FOR MORE TROOPS
Men Composing Mob Are Maintly For?
eigners and Cannot Be Reasoned
With ? Break Loose from All
Restraint and Smash Every
Window in the Orfico
Building.
(By Associated Press.)
SAULT eaJ.-????.?AJ-.?A, .ai.._aa., Sept. 28.
--To-night the situation fn the Canadian
Soo, which has been die scene of se?
rious rioting by the discharged employes
ot tho Consolidated Bake Superior Com?
pany all day, l's very grave. No rein?
forcements of militia have arrived from
outside and the only defense against the
mob, which grows hourly, ls a moro or
less demoralized police department and a
small company of militiamen. An as?
sault upon the office building by the
mob early this evening, before the ar
rvu.1 ori the ground of the troops, was
successful, and a mass of frenzied rioters
secured possession of the ground floor
of the building, destroying everything
movable that came in their path.
A crowd of the olllce stuff, with drawn
revolvers, prevented their gaining access
to the upper floors of the building".
Every window and door in the building
is smashed In. The arrival of the troops
on the grounds, armed with ball cart?
ridges, about 2 o'clock, served to restore
some semblance of order. The rioters
then contented themselves with throwing
stones at the building and hurling In?
vectives at the KOldlei . vho established
ix -'dead line" and : .--vented any -ap?
proach toward, tho building by any of
the rioters.
The greatest number of the mob nre
ignorpnt Italians, Finns, Norwegians
and Frenchmen, the latter perhnps the
hardest of nil to handle. All have been
dn'nking more or less, although the bars
this evening finally obeyed the order to
close up. The mob Is ono that cannot
be reasoned with. Tho man they seem
most anxious to get at is Mr. Coyne, the
assistant manager, who, in the absence
of Mr. Shields, lS In charge of the works.
Mr. Coyne has discreetly kept out of
sight all day.
INFBAMIIABBE SPEECHES.
Lato this, evening the leaders of the
mob held a conference nnd arranged to
get the men to boarding places and feed
them until money Is forthcoming. Pro?
visions nre being sent to tho White
House, a large company boarding houso,
to feed them, and the men propose to
hold a monster mass meeting at this
rlace to-night. As the leaders are making
the most Inflammable sort of speeches,
grave fours are entertained for tho out?
come after this meetiYig adjourns.
It ls estimated that there nro S.MOmen In
(Continued on Second Page.)
THEY WANT DR.
MTADEN HERE
Committee from First Pr?s
byterian Church Waits
Upon Him.
From what little can be gathered hero,
added to moro positive statements from
Lynchburg to the same effect, there
seems to ho no doubt that tho Rov, F. T.
McFaden, D, IX, of the First Presbyte?
rian Church of tho last named city, has
been Invited to tho pastorate of tlio First
Presbyterian Church of this city, In s'tc
REV. F. T. MTADEN.
fusion to tho Rey, ?. G. Ken-, I). P.,
ho recently went to Baltimora?.
? ??p'???'?????? member ?( tho church de?
clined last night hi any way (,, discus?
ll?? repPl'ted pall, This hi taUeu as a
strong Indication that thero is ;,i least
gomo ground for the report, though u is
li?rdly true us yet Hint a formal call
i,;iS ?,,.mi exuniied. The committee which
guw 1"'? .McFaden Sunday probably
(Continued on
JiiU. Put?.?.).
PLAN BLOTS JACKSON
WARD FROM THE MAP
Tho Cornnr?.-t?Q on Charter, Ordinances and Reform last
night rocorniaenclecl a plan to tho Council for redislricting tlio
city, which will eliminato Jackson Ward, run tlio linos for the
most part, from south to north ; tho now ward to boar tho'name* of
Stuart," tho dashing Confederato cavalry loader.
The boundaries of tho proposed seven wards, with thoir pop?
ulation, are as follows :
Marshall?Twenty-seventh streot, south to Broad; west to
Twenty-sixth ; south to river. Population, 10,875.
Jefferson?Fifteenth street, north to Broad; east to Eigh?
teenth; north to Venable; east to Mosby ; north to lino. Popu?
lation, 1*1,119.
Madison?Seventh to Duval; wost to Fifth; south to river.
Population, 12,279.
Monroe?St. James, south to ?Jackson ; east to First; south
to river. Popular?an, 12,952.
Stuart?Brook Avenue, south to Monroe streot; south to
Main ; west to Belvidere ; south to river. Population, 12,167.
Lee aud Clay will be divided by tlie following line, tho north
sitio being L<?o and the south sido ('lay Ward?Belvidere and
Main, north to Franklin ; west to Laurel ; south to Park Avenuo ;
west to Ivy ; west to city limits.
Population of Lee, 10.800;
Population of Clay. 12,?SG(3.
The Committee also adopted Capt. Hall's resolution reduc?
ing tho representation in tho Board from threo to two in each
ward, and in the Council from five to three.
Stream of Liquidation With?
out Any Explanation.
DISINCLINED TO TALK
Prominent Men in World of Finance
Unable or Unwilling to Assign the
Cause for Depresse.d Condii
tion of Securities.
(Spedai to The Tlmes-DIspatch.)
NBTY YORK, Sept. 28.?Wall Street
?-"pent another gloomy day, which was
devoted mostly to trying to puzzle out
where tho stream ?G liquidation came
rrom and what caused It. Inrormatioa
on the subject, even authoritative opin?
ions, were extremely hard to get. It la
pointed out that tho great bankers and
capitalists were not heard of ln warning
last year during the high range or prices,
whllo they wero seeking a profitable
?market for tholr holdings' at that level.
From this It Is inferred that the buyers
of a class which deckles market move?
ments would not be heard of in inciting
others to buy if they wore themselves
seeking securities on cheap terms ln the
present market. Tho source of selling
orders ln the present market Is a baflling
mystery and Inferences usually drawn
from the personality of tlie brokers em?
ployed are almost Invariably at fault.
Tho conditions which prompt the liquid?
atlon and the probable limits of its
extent are consequently the subject of
grave disquiet and apprehension, lt was
the failure of stock jobbing operations
that brought the early selling and the
losses represented were almost wholly
on paper, as tho previous gains had been.
But later episodes represent tho failure
of enterprises In which extensivo capital
had boen embarked at demostrably un?
productive employment. Capital thus
sunk Is capital lost.
DREAD OVER SITUATION.
Comptroller Ri'dgeley's opinion, ex?
pressed before the Maryland und Wash?
ington bnnkers thnt "a largo percentngo
of the loaning ' power hns gone Into un?
productive Interests" formulates tho
ell ead of Wall Street over the present
situation, The reaction In the iron and
steel industries; the high Interest rntes,
especially on mercantilo paper, ntid tho
curtailment of production In other lines,
caused the fear that over-extension has
spread to industrial and commercial linos
representing additional "unproductive in?
terests," to bo followed by liquidation
n?'. contraction.
The present courso of the hanks Is di?
rected towards conserving the commercial
and Industrial needs for credit nnd to
this end they nro Inexorable to nil pro?
motions and financing projects, Tho iiiIb
corralgo of these projects Is still the
cause of most of the liquidatlons.
While the great majority of Wall
Street'? prominent men show a decided
disinclination to talk for publication. In?
quiry among the very highest financial
Interests elicits statements thnt noi line
Of a serious or untoward character Is up
prehended.
PARADOXlCAi;.
Jncoh II. Schiff, of Kuhn, Doob & Co.,
commenting upon slock market nnel finan?
cial conelltloiiK. suld: "No mutter what
may be said as to the causes which have
brought about tho present situation, pre?
vailing conditions throughout the country
do not justify tho existing great decline
In substantial securities.
"It does not appear likely that tho much
reared money stringency will materialize,
in lact, money Is abundant now, only
thoso who control Iho supply aro afraf?
In the uncertain stalo of affairs to part
with It.
"Hut this will change, especially as It
in almost cortaln that W|tll the Inability
of corporations to finance their require?
monts, KetlOral business throughout tho
country must, after <i timo fu II off and
when that moment uni vos, we shall l'ave
a largo amount of fund? seeking employ
incut, and we shall ug.iln witness an In?
crease?! demand for s.-cuiiii??!?. s?, that it
Is not at all Unlikely, thQUgii this may .eetri
paradoxical, thai when railroad earnings
begin t.. decrease tiocause of iv.iu.ed
geperal tniilness the ivaluea' of railroad
?ccurillt'S will usuili t? ? .-im tu ????;?-.,??."
Union League Has No Such
Intention Apparently.
MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT
Plans Formed for a Permanent Organ
iz.ntion, and a Committee Appointed
to Prepare Set of By
Laws.
Tho recently organized Labor League of
Falchinomi " held a" meeting last* uight at
the hall over No. 211i East Broad Street,
which was well attended?better, in fact,
than cither of the ? previous meetings of
the organization. President John M. Ry
all was ln the presiding officer's chair,
und Mr. W. II. Mullen secretary.
Plans for permanent organization were
discussed and a committee named to draft
and report a declaration of principles and
tenets and prepare by-laws for the league.
Nothing whatever was dono looking to
the nomination of a legislativo ticket or
coalition with the Republicans or any
other element, party or faction, with a
view to placing a tlckot ln the Held In
opposition to the nominees of the Demo?
cratic primary. In fnct, It ls now prac?
tically assured that tho leaguo will not
nominate a ticket for the legislativo elec?
tion ln November, nor is It probable at
all that there will be any support given
by tlio organization to any othor tlckot
thnt may be nominated.
Among those present at tho meeting
was a well known Republican, who Is
nlso a member of a labor organization
nnd ivho, It Is understood, wns present
there to feel the pulse of the organization
and ascertain whether or not there was
nny prospect o_f selecting a ticket which
could he cordially supported both by the
labor organizations and the Republicans.
It Is said that lie left th? meeting dis?
couraged rather than encouraged by tho
developments there.
The fact that the leaguo has not yet
consummated its permanent organization
and Is proceeding vory leisurely with this
work Is accepted as conclusive evidence
that It is not contemplated to take any
part In the November campaign. Many
of those In the organization supported
Mr. C. AI, Wallace and others In the pri?
mary, and will, therefore, support tho
ticket named therein.
COUPLE OUTWITTED
BRIDES' PARENTS
(Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.)
I-l.--uiv.STO\V.\\ All.?., Sept. 28,?Miss
Verme S. Moore and Elmer Illrwkle, an
eloping couple frpra Frederick county, Va
??amo to this city this morning anil were
married by Rev. R, j. Campbell, of tho
Methodist Church. The couple outwitted
the bride's father, anil left homo yester?
day evening, driving twenty utiles to
Hancock Station, where they boarded
a train for lingers town.
WAR CLOUDS SEEM
TO HAVE LIFTED
Situation in Balkan Peninsula
Regarded at Sofia as
Much Brighter.
(Ry Associated Pross.)
SOFIA, BULGARIA, September 58,?The
! situation ls much brighter to-day and ti u
war clouds appour to havo lifted, Thu
Porte's assurances that tho thirty-two
I battalions rucently ordered to proceed
| from Monastic to Arlnunoiioli?, will ?.?
I moved, has lessened the apprehensions
of tlio Bulgarian govcintuont. Further
? satisfaction Is derived fi"in the fact that
M. Nutoiiovitch is golne to Constanti?
nople In thn onpaoltv o? Mitigar?an diplo?
matic agent, lie conducted tlio negotia?
tions with tho Pomo lust Juni?, und alter
! tholr failure returned m Sofia,
| The committe?) appointed for the pur
? pose at tlio? timo ot yesterday's demon?
stration of lfi.tn'iO Macedonians In this
: olty this afternoon waited on Premier
: Potrof and oeked him If the government
Intended to du anything to 1???? the Mace?
donians. M. l'elrof p'oliod that the min?
istri' was acting In wnat It conceived to
? ??? the boat Interests of Holgar?a ami
I would continue the saino policy.
Tin? spokesman of the committee told
? lu. premier that his reply would not he
satisfactory tu tho people, and the cg??*
yHtco (.horoupon ^mumttw.
Its Place to Be Taken by
"Stuart" Ward.
NAMED FOR GREAT
CAVALRY LEADER
Council Committee Unani?
mous for the Change.
ALSO IN FAVOR OF
REDUCING COUNCIL
Report to Be Mado to the City Father.,
and the Chances In Favor of its
Adoption?How the Wardo Are
to Be Divided and the
Population of Each
One.
The summary herewith printed waa In
brief tho actions of the Committee on
Charters, Ordinances, and Ko for in last
night, and lt marked the ending of a long
and spirited struggle over the question of
redlstrlcting tho city, unless lt Bhall crop
out again when the plan goes to the malm
bodies of the Council for linai action. '-??
The plan was tho work of a sub-om^O
inltteo composed of Messrs. Pollock (chair-. ,
man), Pollarci and Beck, but the work
?was done by tho former, and was con?
curred In by all tho members of the full
committee save Air. Beck, and ho re?
frained from voting.
It was at first proposed that the now
ward should be called "Henry," but a
motion by Mr. Cottrell finally prevailed,
naming it for ^ho brilliant Southern cav?
alry leader. The meeting was very har?
monious, and at times it was like an
olci-fashloned love feast. The proposed
new plan will not throw many of tha
members out of their present wards.
Messrs. Peters, Hicks, Burton and Bos
sleux, now ln Monroe, will be In Stuart,
whllo Mr. Huber, of Lee, will also laud
In the new ward.
SOME OF THE CHANGES.
President Bloomberg will be thrown
from Jefferson Into Madison, whllo
Messrs. Allen and Wiltshire, now ln Mar?
shall, will bo in Jefferson. The Jackson
Ward delegation will bo divided up, and
seme of the members will fall in Monroe,
some in Madison, and some in Stuart.
Flro Commissioner Keppler, of Jackson,
will be thrown into Monroe, with Com?
missioner Levy. It wlll.be seen that the
new redlstrictlng scheme makes the aver
ago population of the new wards a llttlo
over 12,000, the requirement being that
they shall be ns nearly equal as shall be
fennel expedient.
The lines in the West End take a
rather circuitous route around Monroe
Park, In order to leave the latter In
Clay Ward. Tho practical unanimity with
which the plans Is recommended by the
committee would seem to foreshadow Its
passage through both branches ot the
Council, ten of tho eleven members having
pledged themselves last night to fight
for ?ts adoption.
Tho now plan may he said to "wipe
Jackson Ward off tho map," and if It
shall bo adopted finally, it will mark tho
passing of political conditions which have
in days gone by excited widespread pub-.
lie Interest.
Jackson Ward Is known far and wide
throughout tho country ns the scene
of some of tho most hotly contested
battles of the present generation. It waa
thoro that long black linos were wont
to stretch themselves from thn polling
places, and If those composing them did
not pass muster before the Domocratla
challongers and get in their ballots' tney
often held privato elections by night,
which In many cases formed the basis
for contesting the right of the success?
ful candidates to their certificates.
The committee by a vote of six to five
recommended the adoption of Captain
Hall's plan to reduce the representation
In the two branches of the Council, so as
to hn.ve three members from each of
tho wards In tho lower body, and two ln
from each In the Board.
This proposition lias already beon re?
commended by the Committee on the
R?duction of Membership ln the Coun?
cil.
BUILD A PARISH HOUSE
FOR ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
It was stated yosterday that Mr. Frod.
R. Scott has decided to present a parish
house to St. Paul's Church as a memorial
to ill's father. Major Fred, R, Scott.
The house will be croctod In tho spaco
between tho church and the rectory, nail
will Join the church, a doorway being
cut through.'
Tlie house will be used as an Infant
class room and also as u robing place for
tbe choir.
It Is sarti that tho building will be an
exceedingly handsome one.
STREETS TURNED
TO SEA OF FIRE
Factory of Standard Varnish
Company In Chicago Burn?
ed to the Ground.
(My Associated Press,)
CHICAGO, 11,1.., September ?S.--Tli?
factory of the Standard Varnish Com?
pany at Twenty-sixth Street and Armour
avenue, wmtl nearly lauisumed by ???
in-day, entailing U '"ss estimated at
$350,000, Tho blaue was -(.moil by the
explosion of a tank of varnish which
throw barrels of varnish through the
roof, Meinbors of two fire companies nar?
rowly esoaped death or inJury from tho
fujlliig of floors, ami s.?.i*ral firemen wer?
painfully hurt.
The Ham?!- shot fifty feet above the
Structure ami the oil end varnish, re*
loaned by nlnotteen ?H-iiiK't explosions,
????viie ? tho snot luto ? *ea uf flro,