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SUMJMitfOFDArSNEWS.
THE WEATHER.
WA8H1NGTON. D. C Oct. U.-Foreenat
fot ThUraday and ITiday:
? vngmia? Fnlr Tnursdny, toliowed t>.v
IncronahiB clouillnosa; raln Krlday; llgnt
varlablo wlmls, shiflliig to cast.
Nortn Caroiina?Falr Thtltaday; frlday
falr In fiouth; BhOWoM and eoojor
borthorn portlohj frosh soutiicast wictas
Thren hwiiitlful daya tiivv bteaaed Iho
oountry, and tho Woathor BUroall proni
Ihbk tlwt to-day wlll bo n foiirtli of a
llke nature. To-morrow aliowora anu
roolcr urc. on tho carda.
STATE OF THE THERMOMETEU.
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lxwest temporflturo yeatcrday .?
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Normal wmpcraturo for.Oclober.. "'
DepartUre from normal tcmppralUre.... w
fiacipltation diirliiK puut ':\ honra .w
MtNlATCEE ALMANAC.
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Siin risci*.'1:18 I IIIGH T1DB
sun Kots.6:33 I Mornlng.
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KICHMONO.
Bbcorid dav of tho Uorao Show marked
by large atlandanr-n and Increased ?-?
thualaam: llst of wlnnora in th>! varjouB
evanta; Artillory B?nd of Fortreas ?lon
tbb lo play at the roneert lo-day
Frlenda or Trcaaurer Brauer, ot Hennco,
Kiitimr and adopt atrong reaolutiona nj
hia liehuit?Vetoran Parker dlamlsaod
from Soldlera' Komoi sentoncp ol vet?
oran Reeae to 1>U inade known to-day?
uauslucro of Confederacy tnect-Cli.-ir
tpra granted by tho Corporatlon Commls
r?on?FolltlcH In plr-nty around the Horse
tshow?Misa DonEeavy honorcd by tho
jV,p.-Kellgious llTnid calla vetemna of
tho Spanifti war brlganda?Plan ot co
bperatioh oi Haptlai sohoois?Grand om
ccrs of Koyal Arcanum hore to-nlirht??
Jotm ilappn dlea from the effoct of hls
wonnda; Martfii Belton clalma that shoot
Ihg waa accldental; an Irnpicst to-day??
Udndlddtea i-n K?aiatfr of the J>and or
tic.?Hotela crowded witu horao-loverji
?Man's hair turna gray from paln?A
LCRtilcnop ln Moxl'co throatena well-knowti
VfTglniana-Vctcran narrowly cHcapes
death. MAKCIiBSTBR?AU the rogf?
trars wlll reai?n on accmint of a rcdutf
tion of pay-A marriago ycaterday
Board of Ald<'tmen to meet to-morrow
iiiBti?t'olcphono company to bcgin to
put In new ronnectlona-Camp ot Coit
foderatf) vetorans Is called to meot
Court nowa.
V1RGINIA.
A largevpoBBO from Vir*clllna huntlas
,'or a mlssing glrl; nuapK-ious clrcutn
tianccs-The eecond day ot tho DlKtrjct
Falr at Hadford a groat success; aptritod
rlding and drivtriKj fat cattle-Many
pt.OiTiliient tnarrlagea In all parta of the
ata;c?Judge ISoss, of Buckln^ham. de
eld'ea ln favor of tho Wfta-Wuliam N.
Uanlal, oft prondunced oppOncnt of aul
.?Ide. kllla Jum.solf-United Btatea Miti
tral Company In Buukmgham to put m
:ompletc reduction plant for eoppor oro
?ucglatration at Nowport Newa showa
ir-ry t'ew cplorcd votcra-Trehy deciares
the defoat of hl3 factlon In iNorfolk waa
Jiifc to diabolical fratid-Surfman Cappa
itlven-gold medal for llte-aavlng by Nor-.
rolk Oad-Ke.lowa* lodg?-A new nC"?v.<
paper to bo atartcd at Ctcwq?Eine bai n
in Wcstmoreland hurns from apontaneous
tornbuatlon-\\ est Jfolnt water boflds
ralKt-d to 6 per cent.. and soll ln a bloCc
-Practioal jokera givc very Hcrloua an
noyantes over tho telophono ln Peters
liurg, and tbolr punianmcnt aought
Mr?. David II. Smlth, near Brlatol, hanga
nerself tt-lth a hank of thread-Nqw
iclephonp linn bullding f-ora Pcterabui-g
to Cboaterfield Courthouse.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Hay-wood foand not gullty of tho inurdor
of LudlOW Sklnner by a Itnlel},h Jury. af
t?.T flttpcn nilmites' conalderatiori?Pr^ai
<lont Sportcer and other otliolals of the
Bouthorn vialt Sallsbury and Spencer
A haif-mlle runnlng raco for lad.es at
tho Btati! Falr-J. E. Gosleo getH h,s
foot cut off at Klnaton-Mr. A. A. Yoder
Hccldentally kllls a worthy colorod maa
at Nowton"-Ttio town ot Marion %-oto&
for salooha and distllk-rlea.
GENERAL
Argument in th? Tillman case con
Cluded, and not ex;>octed that tho Jury
wlll bo abla to agr^o-Sensatlonal rove
lationa ln tho Investlgatlon 6f tho affulra
of the ahlpbulldlrig comblnatlon?Clovo
land makes a notable apeech In Chlcogo
on good eitlzenshlp-Tammany leader
claims that the fusion movomont in New
Vork haa coliapaed?Eltzslmmoha fails
to knocJt Joe Oiim out, though the latter
Koes down twehty timcH?Tho Restoru
tion Hoat staits for Its cruaadc in Ncw
vork-Kiiig Victor Emanuel and Queen
tlelona of Iialy glven an enthuslaatlc ro
ceptlon ln Parls and banqueted by Pre.sl
uont .Loiibet-Caleb 1'owers and Jiin
tiownrd rnmoved from Georgptown to
t.ouisvilln to provont tlielr frionds from
uoerating thern-Ex-Goverhor Henry E.
MKcheli, of Florida, doad?E.-dy of
Archblshop Kaln lying ln stnte In Baltl
more-Three men kllied and aix lnjurcd
in a rallroad wrock ln Georgla?Slx laHt
lir.ats trotted In rich McDOwell atake, and
Hawthorno lowers rocord but thuro is no
rexult-(ieorge Groen, arrested for cou
spiracy ivlth BeavorB, is admltted to bail
-Pavonto ln Topeka to Ijh llned for
tnoir clilidren playlng truant-Non
unlon coal-wlieelera tircd upon by atrlkora
ln New Orleans-Fover lullowlng ray
agea of storin ln the South-Baltlmore
aynod dlrects rcconsldcration of case of
Itev. Robert A. Elhvood-Negro wlio
had murdered a slx-year-old boy lyncliod
Iri Mnntatta-Amorican Aaabclatlon of
Oenora] Passonger //onta! to hold imxt
annuai moetlng at O.a I'oint?RupBln lias
an army of licJ.iKXi in tho Far East, and
antlclpatldn of war ln at fovor heal;
rumoia of war dlacoumcd ln London and
Jiorlin.
MUKDERERS MOVED TO
PREVEIMT LIBERATIOIM
(By Assoclatod Presa.)
GEORGETOWN, KV., Octpbor M.?The
county Jialga to-day grantod an ordor
permlttlng tlic rerhoval of palob Powcrs
and Jlm Ilow;Lrd, conylcted ln coniiectlon
with tho nuinier of wijllnm Goobel, to
tho Eoulsvlllo Jnll, and tho nion loft thla
niornlng In cliargo or doputlt;s.
Rocanily aovoral iQttera havo been in
tercepted ln vvliloh It wna aluiwn that
fl'londH of thP men ln Eastorn Kontuclty
woro pln.nalng, to llboralo them from Jall.
A knlfe waa found In Povvers' cell last
week. Tho inen wero oxpeoted to ai'flvft
at. Lotilavllle tlils ovonlng. and wero lo
hc taken lo the jall whero Curtla jett is
tr.carcoratod.
ONE MARSHAL KiLLED
THEOTI1ERW0UNDED
(By A-soolated Presa.J
MINEGIjA. TEXA3, Oot. H.-Dhvb
Kltoliens and W: J, Hhuborl, United
Htstra marahnla of Grand Silir.o, hco>uiu
rngaged ln a ahooting to-day, Sliubort.
?was killed nnd K tchaip* aoilnualy
wounded. f'it\' Marshal T. M. Gago, in
trying lo eeparato .tho ooinhatant.s, whs
fhot iu tlio lu-ad and ia reportod to bu
dylng.
Nowt Harpol?, a by?standor, waa ahot
tjnder the lioarl. and his wounda itlc con
aldered fstal,
TILLMAN'S
FATE NOW
WITH JURY
i_
No Vcrclict Reached and
Result in Doubt.
QUESTION OF BAiL
IN CASE OF MISTRIAL
State Will Object to Grant
. ' ing it.
THE ARGUMENT WAS >
CONCLUDED YESTERDAY
Tho Impression of All the Counsel and
Oth^rs Interested in thc Case is
lhat the Rasult Will Bo a Mis
triul?IViotion fjr Bail
is Being Pre- i
pared.
fSpecial to The TimeE-Dispatch.) ,
LEXINGTON, S. C, Oct. 14.?Thc caso
of tho State against Jamcs Tillman waa
aubmltted to-day to the Lexlngton county
Jury. At 12 o'clock to-nlght the Jury wao
Ktill locked up and no verdlcl liad bfccr\
agreed upon.
It Beeraa to be the Impression of all
the counsel iri the case that the trlal will
result In a fallure to reach a n'ordlct, ar.d
they are heglnnlng to prepnre for a mo
tlon for ball. The underntand:ng to-nlght
ls that |n the event of a mlstrlal the State
will object to the granting of ball, al
thongh ordl/iarily It Is granted in the event
of mlstrials, whlch Indlcato a reasonablo
doubt as to gnllt.
At 2 o'loek thls mornlng the members
of thc Tillman jury were reportcd aslccp
In the court rooni. whlch had bocn clear
ed of spectators for thelr uae.
Tho argnment consumed two and a half
daya. Senator Tillman, uncle of tho
defendant, was present to-day.
Colonel Croft resumed his argument
to the Jury wtth the convenlng of court,
nnd made the closlng address for the
defendant and flnal nppeal for his ac
(jtifttal. In aummlng up the defendant'a
caBC hc diwelt upon the testlmony of,
wltnesses fur the defcnae relallve to the
poaltlon of Mr. Gonzules' hands as lie
approached Mr. Tillman. He also pressed
the polnt that the defendant waa to be
Judged in the llght of clroumstanccs as
they appcared to tho defendant, Colonel
Croft also nddressed hjmself to law
pointa Involvcd. He was followcd by
Genernl j. G. Bellcngcr, who closed for
the State and made the fina] argument
of the tri'al.
Gencral Bellengor made a genernl aum
mlng up of the State's case, hiylng stress
\ipon the etstlmony adduced by the Stato
iclatlve to tho shooting.
THE IN'STRUCTIONS.
Counsel having con'cluded, Judge Gary
Irhmedlately proceeded to charge the
Jury. He deflned homicide. explnirlng
the different Iclnds, Justfflable, excusahlo
nnd folonidus, saying that felonloua homi?
cide was eltlicr murder or manslaughter.
Having deflned malice aforethought, cx
preaspd and impllcd, the court lnatructed
the Jury that the defendant set up a
plea of self-dcfonse. nnd that to auatarh
that plea he must satlsfy the jury by a
preponderance of evldence. hcyond a
reasonable doubt. of four tlilnga: That
he was wlthout fa.ult in bringing on
(he dlfflculty: lhat he belleved nt tho
tlmo that it waa necessary to take the
llfe of his adversary to save hia own
lffe, or to save hfmself from serlous
bodily harrn: that a mnn of ordlnnry
flrmness. prudenee and courngo In a llke
Bltuation would have come to the aame
concluslon; and that he had no probabla
nieans of escape.
In explnnatlon ?f what eonstltutoa a
preponderance of testlmony, the court
sald: "If J'ou pnt the evldence In favor
of the plea In one pnn of the balanco
nnd the evldence ngainst tho plea in the
otlier. and the evldence In favor bears
down the evldence apalnst the plea, U
preponderntes or butwclghs nnd the
plea Is establlshed."
Contlnulng, thu court chnrged: "It Is
necessary for tlie State to establish Its
caao to your aatlafactlon, bcyond a rea
sonable doubt, not sllghtt vngue or
wblmslcal doubt."
Concludlng, tho court said: "Ge.ntlemen,
brlng to bear on tho case your. besl
judgment, and brlng in n. verdict necord
ing to facta. dlsregardlng uny outslde
clnltn, by whlch many homlcldes have
gonc unpunished."
A MONTANA MOB
LYNCHES A NEGRO
Swlft Justlce on the Slayer
of a Slx-Year-Old Boy
Last Niglit.
(Hy AssociiUed Press.>
HAMIl/1'ON, M'ONT., October H.?Wal
ter Jnokson, the ronvlcted inurderer of
l'Vnnlc Huck, a six-yonr-old boy, wns
lakeu from tlie county Jail heia late last
ulfcht by a niob and lynohod.
Shorlly before mldiilght mventy-IH'o
ninsked rnen, all arnicd wllh rltles or
alinigunti. forctkl thelr way throush tho
door of tho jall and ovorpowored Juller
Htevrns. Wlio was ahlo to offer but. sllght
ret-IMamu-. Jneksun was fouud erlngiiig
in the darkest portlon of his ce|l. lie
lileaded piteously for mfrcy, but w-ia
ruplieti out Into Iho street, where tho
n\ol> had aln-ady prnvlded thumsclvea
%vhh a ro'no. Thls waa qulokly thrown
over an electric llght pole and tho uooso
placod aboul. Jac.U?on'p ueck, He. waa
;i!ked If he. |tad anythlng to tuy, but
only pleaded for' inercy. The mnb then
v'ulled hlm Into the alr. after vvhlc-h ihey
tjiiiotly dlspersed, Nol a ahot wub tlvcd.
LIKE WINE THE HORSE SHOW GROWS
BETTER AND BETTER AS TIME QOES ON
DR. W. E. WOODEND'S BLUE=RIBBON WINNERS.
The four-in-hand is drivon by Mr. Oharles Fownes. Tho leaders are Baron Browu and Browu
Baron; tbo whoclers are.Sautos and Shamrock.
A FEARFUL
PESTILENCE
Plague Tlireatens Vlrginians
in Mexlco.
THE INSTITUfO LAURENS
Alarming Letters Are Received Here
from Prof. Campbell, Head of the
School?People Panio
Stricken.
A dcath-dealing pcstllence. carrying
sorrow and deatruction in lts wake, is
sweeping over Monteroy, a Mexican town,
the seat of tho Inatltnto.ljaurens, estab
liifhed by children of Virglnla and cori
ducted by mlsslonaries from thls State,
oiie'of whora, a young lady, formorly of
Rlchmond, has but recently left, full of
hope. for tho far Southern field.
Alarming roports aro belng received
and groat concern ia experienced by
Me.thodlsts In Rlchmond and In the con
fcrenco at large. All effort.s to cbock
the advauce of tho epldemlc have proven
futllo, and now Monteroy llea in the grlp
of yellow fover. Hundreds of people aro
dying. and the head of the Christian Col
lege has succumbed. The Instituto Lau
rens itself has been closed, and "tho fac
ulty ave in Imminent danger. Friends
and relntlves here aro greatly disturbed,
and plV-ls for auccor ara bolng dls
cussed. A apeclalcollcction will be takea
in the denomination, and the children
throughout the State are already aending
In their penniea to be promptly forwarded
for the rollef of the heloved ones.
Those fhere.
The Instituto Tjaurens was establlshed
in U?fl2 by the Roaebud Mlsslonary Soc.i
oty of Vlrginla, of whlch Mr. Frank L.
Kerns, of thia eity, Ia the seerotary. It
ofctalned lts name from the Rev. J. B.
Laurcns, for many yeara the moving
spirlt in tho organizatlon, the "Unclo
Larry." of beloved memory. nnown to
all Methodlat children of the State. At
the hend of the achool is Profesaor Fletch
ei> C. Campbell, of Virglnla, a son of
the Rev. T. H. Campbell, of tho Bates
ville Clrcult. A nu'mber of native teach
err, are engnged in the work, but directly
assoclated wlth Profeasor Campbell are
Mlss Kennedy and MIss Mary Holmes
Dnvls. Tho latter Is an oxceedlngly well
known voung lady, who has but recently
rone to Mextco. She Is a daughter of
the Rov. WMlllnm F. Davis, formerly paa
tor of Bnworth Methodlst Chuich. of tlllfl
cliy. and ia a brilllaut grnduate of the
Rnndolph-Maoon YVoman's College.
For some time past yellow fever has
bren epldwilc at Llnarca, nenr Monteroy.
but it waa hoped to contlne it to that
Kcetlon. Kverv precautlon was taken. A
fiuarantine was establlshed and armed
inen were atatlone<l In tho railroad dopots
Wlth strlngent orders to shoot auybody
who tricd to comn Into tne town from
Unnrea. But thc pcstllence crept In nev
ertheless, and now the citlzensblp of
Monterey Is belng swept nwny ?tyj**
advance of tho yellow perll, Hqw t
wime. nobody knows or cares, Hlnoe it
is there. The people aro panie-str cken.
nnd the Methodlat mieslon, ln addltion to
other thinga, is awampod tlnnncially.
Alarmin Letters.
Prof. Cainpboll wriU'a to Mr. K"rns,
aBltlpg for the prayors or the Rosebuds.
"I wlsh you were here to-night." he aaya,
"to glve mo tre l>enelU of your ndvkv.
Our peoVle are pauic.-strioken. 1-nat fcr.t
urday evonlng sonio Aniorlcari physlojana
? ero rallod In to see n Mexican. They
prouou.uTd the case yellow revpr of the
inost mnllgnant klnd; tho patlent M
On the same day a mnn died at thy
Christian Instituto at nhout tho same
hour wlth the same d'sease. The same
nsrht a toaohman of tlie man who ||y.C?
nexL door to the Christian Inst.ltute dl.-d.
Mr Aldeinian. tho prnclp.il of tho Inst.
tuto has what tho doctors say is yellow
fever To-day it waa reported that no
was deaflj whiln thls was untiue, It is
satd that he can't Hve through to-nlght.
Many of our pupils ptopped school to
day ' I do not expecl to have a handrul
to-morrow. People are gottlng away
from town ns rapklly as powjipje.! I r.m
unwllllng tn leavo my l'f'?t, but I ?|ll
yery anxlou's for Mabcl and the teach
ers'to go to Soltlllo. Thoy retuse to go
withuut me. I ii-rn in a <|iiandary. Mabcl
has not been very well, hcnce I' do not
want her to run any rlak, yet- I cannot
get my consent to leave unless \ see thftt
1 oatl he of no smvIco here. Brotherti
Klng atul Cobb tiro golng to seud tholr
faintl'es to-mnrrow."
bater repqrts etate that Prof. Alder
man, of the Christian school, has dlert.
In a more recent Jettcr Prof. Camnbiili
aaya further: "Undcr tho advice of both
American and Mexlcan phyaio ana I
closed tho school to awoit developments
The discase Is rapldly spreadlng In Slon
toroy. Gur ncxt door neighbor, Mr. W.l
llam Eucas, dled wltM it. Carlos Agullos,
ona of our Bltola school boya. !h sick with
what Is suppoaed to bo yellow fever. Bo
far overy caae haa been fata.l. Tp-night'a
traln la the last ono'that wlll carry pas
sengers,' from Mexlco to the Unlted
States."
Special Collcctions.
Frora .all sectlona of the Vlrglnla Con
fercnce praye.ro wlll go.up for tho safety
of the lieloved ones .ln Mexlco. Further
lettora are expected by iMr. Kerns to-day.
A special communlcatlon from the For
clgn Mlsslon Board at' NashviUe yeatcr?
day salrt: "We havo no late a.nd definlte
news from Monterey. All our work there
is pretty well broken up."
At stated above, the:. mlsslon is badly,
ln need of finaneial aid. A :.peclal col
lectlon wlll be lafcen up amoug the Rose
buda and contrlbutlona: from any aourco
wlll be aoceptable. Uncle Larry haa Is
sued an appeaJ to the childron aad tha
penniea are beglnning to pour in. The
money. as faat aa lt ia recelvcd, will -bo
promptly forwarded to Mexico. ?
MEETING OF CITIZENS
CALLED T9>R0TEST
(By AssoctatocT Pregs.).
BOSTON. JIASS., Oct. H.?The Chinese
vlco-consul io Boston. Colonel Stephen
W. NIckcrsan, has called an Indlgnation
moetlng, to be held ln Faneuil Hall next
Frlday, to -protcst against the treatment
of ChinCse residents of Boston last Sun
day by the polfce.
The protest prows out of a general
raid made by the pollce to get hold of
Chinese who .could *iot aliow Immlgration
certiflcatcs, as a result of reccnt alleged
"Hlgh-blnder" dolncs in Boston's Chlnese
nuarter. About :$50 arreats were made
Sunday, but all but seventy-flve of thoso
taken i'nto custody were rolenaed by
Monday. nlght.
CHILDREN PLAY TRUANT:
PARENTS TO BE FINED
(By Assoclatod Prcss.)
' TOPEKA, KAS., Oct. 14.?E. T. Gagn.
truanev offlcer, to-day notified the clty
suporlntendent that there aro 5,000 chll
dren of school ago who aro not attending
the clty schoola. The truancy law re
nulres all children between the agos of
elght and flfteen to bo sont to HChool.
A Ust of the mlsslng children la in the
handa of the oflleers. and the parcnts of
I the children who play "hookcy" wlll
I be flned.
?
NON-UNION WORKmEIM
WERE FIRED UPON
(By ABnorlntoil PrPBS.)
NEW ORLEANS. EA.. Oct. .]?.?A num
ber of non-union eoal wheelers were flred
upon bv strlker.i to-day as they v\e:e
about to land from a tug. A nogro wna
fatally wounded, but no others were In
Jured. I
HAYWOOD FOUND
NOT GUILTY
The Jury Out Only Flfteen
MInutes?Hlstory of
Gase.
(By A.ssociated Pressj
RALElCIll, N, C, Oot, J-t.?Aftor botpg
out for flfteen inlnutes to-day, tho Jury
In tho trlal of iirnoat Hriywood for the
inurrier of Eudlow Skluner, rclurned a
vtrdlcl of not gullty. There waa no
dornonstration, but amllos ot tlolight were
on tho fae'ea of Hoywopd, hls counaet
and hls threo brothers, who havo oon
stanlly been with hltn.
Ilaywood slioolc handa with hls counsol,
nn.d when ho was dlachargod wont at onoo
I to tho jury box and shook handa with
| oaoh Juror. roturnhig thanks. Next ho
i wont to Judge Pcebles and dld tho aanio.
I Colonn] T. G. Argo cloaefl for tho do
fonso tlila mornlng, tirglng solf.dofense
for Ilaywood and poisocutlon of him
' nnd tho wltnesses for the dcfoiise. Judge
I pceblos next commontod on tho eyldence
and charged iho Jury. It was a chargo
very fayorablo to tha dnfondanl.
Ilaywood atlOt and kllh'd Skluner In
front of Iho poatollbe hero on Fehruary
i'trt. I'ri llminaiy hoarlng waa walved,
and at the Murch torhi tho trlal was
' r.oatponod on plaa of abaont wltnesaea.
I At a habeas corpus the flrat of June,
I Haywond wa.s r^lo.isfd on tcu thousaud
I dollara1 hall.
In tho caso pevmi lawyers appearcd for
the dofenao and flvo for tho Htato. An
actlng sollcitor W88 otnployed, aa the
I Rolloitdr decllnoil tf1 ni"t bocaiiso of hls
lelatlonshlp to Ilaywood. Tho dofon
dant dld not tosllly. but eolf-defenso \vas
l.ls plfa. rlaiming to havo heen titruck
by Bklnner, who then tried lo druw h's
Plstol. /
HOW SCHWAB
WRECKED IT
Dresser Testifles Further in
Case of Shipbullding Co.
WAS KEPT IN THE DARK
Did Not Know Constituent Companios
Were Laden With Debt, and Found
OutOnlyWhen Prospectus Was
Issued?Cause of Disaster.
(By Assoclated Press.)
NEW YORK, Oct.. 14.?The Inqulry be
Btranded shlp-bullding combination, at the
instance o? tho Bondholdera' Protectivo
Asaoclatlon, waa resumed to-day. and
productlve of fresh developmants that
will claim the attention ol.the fiiiancial
world, and those who follow lts fbrtiinea.
It developed that ycsterday, D. I.eroy
Dresser, late president of the Trust Com
pany of the Republic, who laat week
d^'tilged much of tho inner hlstory of
tho formatlon of the combine, made an
effort to communlcate wlth Charles M.
Schwab with a view to obtainlng somo !
concessions as to the Bethlehem steel .
woras, that. would ronder easler the!
schemo for rehabiliating the partly wreck
ed concem. The mesage of Mr. Dresaer
wna delivered to Mr. Schwab by Mr.
Harrls, of the brokerage houae of Har
ria, Gates & Co., whlch marketcd part
of the ahlp-bulldlng stock, but Mr.
Schwab decllned to bco Mr. Dresser.
W.-D. Guthrlo, counsel for Mr. Schwab,
brought the facts of the incldent Otlt
at the hoarlng In a serles of quoHtlons
directed to Mr. Dressor. H1b aim was
to ahow that Mr. Dreaser had aought to
plead wlth Mr. Schwab and had throat
ened to make certain diaclosures when
recallod to the atand that would roflect
upon Mr. Schwab. Mr. Dresaer denied
that he had gone to plead wlth Mr.
Schwab or to tlireaten hlm, for- he had
no addltlonal informatlon to dlvulge, but
had Bought to appronch hlm in the hope
that somethlng mlght be done to aavo
the ahlp-bulldlng company,
How it Was Wrecked.
Mr. Dresaer aasorted that the shlp-bui]d
Ing company had beon wreeked bocauso
Mr. Schwab had withheld tho profits of
tho Bethlehem Steel Company.
Thls declaratlon he twico splrltfidly re
peated when at the end o? the cross-ox
amlnatlon by Mr. Guthrlo he was given
an opportunlty to explnln.
Mr, Untormyor, in bohalf of the bond?
holdera, producod two of the reaident dl
rectora ohtalned in Ncw Jersey formal
ly to carry on tho affalrs of the ship?
bullding company, but only finlshed his
exanilnatlon of one of them. He clalmud
that they wore moroly dummy dlrectors,
who votod upon questlons irwolvlng mll
llons of dollars of tho socurltles of the
company wlthout other Informatlon or
Inqulry than tho orders of the lawycra of
thn corporatlon.
Georgo P. Dayley, one of tho Now Jer?
sey dlrectors, could not tell whoro the
Bath Iron Works.la located, and could
not tell who pald for a alnglo ahare of
atock placed ln his namo that he mlght
quallfy as a dlrootor.
Some In eresting Fiejures.
Thore was prnduced as evldence a mem
orandum sald to have been prepared by
Colonel McConk and given by hlm to
Mr, Dresser, It cnntalnod the flgurflfi
upon whlch tho Trust Company of the
Ropublic uhdortook tho underwrltlng of
the shlp-bulldlng company, and whllo Ita
puipoao was not explalned, It Ia sald that
it will cut an Importnnt flgure at a later
stngo of tho proecedlngs. It l? sald thnt
hesldca tho divlsinu of stock dotallad last
week by Mr. Dresaer, Ihere was an
addltlonal dlvlalon of money. Tho memo
raudum showa an allowanco for "ox
pensea" of $200,000 ca-sh. $300,000 |n bouds,
jriOO.OOO in preferred stock and $500,000 In
coninion stock.
Replylng to a questlun by Mr. Un
termyer, the wltneas sald that slx weeka
ago he saw Mr. Gates and told hlm thnt
if Mr. Schwab would tako hla grlp o(T
Bethlehem. tho ahlp-bulldlng company
WOllld be "II rlght. "I wnnt to tho offlco
of Harrls, Gates <fc Co., he said. "In tho
Intereats of thn shlp-bulldlng company.
Mr. Schwab has takc-n thls means of
puttlng U beforo tho publlc to shnw that
I waa thore to plead with hlrn. I wnnt
thero not to pload wlth hlm. but to ask
hlm to tako his grlp off Methlehem, and
that If he dld so It would inalte the shlp
Viullrilns company all rlght. 1 sald that
If ho would gh'e ua any docent plau of
retaganizatlon and not the conflscatlon
plan that had been proposed. the com
Cuiitlnued on Thlrd Paael
HORSESHOW EVENTS
TO-DAYANDNIGHT.
11 A. M.?Concert at the Amphl
theatre by tho Artlllery Post Band of
Fortrosa Monroe, whleh wlll alao play
at nlght, shoutd the Marlne Band not
return from Waahlngton In tlme.
8:00 P. M.?Judglng ' Palrs Harnesa
Hories.
8:20 P. M,?Judglng Roadsters.
8:40 P. M.?Judglng Unlcorn Teama.
9:00 P. M.?Judglng Ladles' Turnout.
9:20 P. M.?Judglng Ponles In Har
neas't
9:40 P. M.?Judglng Palrs of Hunt
era.
10:10 P. M.?Judglng Quallfled Hunt
era (llght welght).
10:45 P. M.?Judglng Quallfled Hunt
era (heavy welght).
THE BOXES
WERE FILLED
Soclety Well Represented at
the Horse Show.
BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES
Description of a Number of tho Gowns
Worn by Well-Known Ladies.
Somo of Those Who
Occupied Boxes.
A big "crowd fllied the boxes and the
tiers or seats in the Horse Show bulld
ing laat nlght.
There was no packlng or crowdlng.
Bverybody was comfortable, and tho
promenado around the boxes could bo
taken wRhout undue Jostllng. Tho brlght
lights shone on boautlfully dresaed wo
lnen; tho mualc was gay and anlmating
and cverybody looked happy, ready to bo
amused and full of intorest.
Occupants of boxes exchangod amll
lng salutatlona and vlalted wfth thclr
fricnda in dflfferont parts of the houao.
Invltatlona'woro glvon and rccelved and
many pleaaant engagemonta were on
tered Into.
Mr. H. D. Flood was the host of a de
ligb,tful post-Hhow aupper, given laat
evenlng at tho Westmoreland Club.
Mr. Flood's Guests.
Among Mr. Flood's guoats were Mlsa
Gertrudo Camm,' Mra. M. 13. Olmstoad,
Mlsa Grace Day, of Smlthfiold, Va.j the
sistor of Mra. Thomas Martln; Mra. Rlch
ard Evelyn Byrd, Mra. J. R. A. Hobaon.
Meaara. Joseph Button. Alec. Weddell,
Douglas Gordon and others.
? ? ?
Mra. R. T. Hunter chaporoned a supper
given alao Jit tho Weatmoreland, in
honor of Mlas Kllao Watklna and Mlss
Beaafe Hunter. The club's attractlvn
appearanoe haa made It a most doslrable
resort durlng tho woek. Tho muslo in
the' afternoons and evenlngs. tho floral
decoratlons and the apacous apartments
aro all polnts to commond lt to vlsltors
and RIchmondora.
Indeod. the Horse Show featuro of yes
terday and last evenlng were tho num?
ber of matlnee and box partle3 glvon,
and the auppers whfch followed at the
Jefferaon Hotel and the Westmoreland
and Commonwoalth Cluba.
In Mr. Hal. D. Flood's box at the
matineo woro: Mlsa Gortrudo Camm,
Mra. M. E. Olmstoad. of Waahlngton,
D. C.'i Mrs. J. R. A. Hohson, of Bavan
nah, Ga.; Mra. Rlchard Evelyn Byrd,'of
tVlnchestcr, Va.; Messra. Dopglas Gor?
don, Archer Anderson, Alec. Wedidoll and
H. D. Flood.
Mlss Camm woro a ohnrmlng gown of
eleotrlo blue clotn and a black plcturo
Contlnued on Thlrd Page.)
LADY HUNG BY
HANK OF THREAD
Placed It Around Her Neck
and Jumped From
Bureau.
(Special to Tho Tlmea-Elapatch.)
BRISTOE, VA., Oct. 14.-Mra. Davld H.
Bmlth, forty-slx years of age and hlghly
connocted, oommltted sulclde at her home
a fow mfles weat of Brlatol yostorday by
hanglng. Sho attac.hed a hank of thread
bo a Jolat In the upper Btory of tho houwe
and with It about har neck leapod from
a bureau. Reatll followed frotn strangu
latlon.
Mrs. Bmlth la survlvad by her huaband.
a subatantlal cltUon of the county, and
nine children, tho youngest buing a babe
of tdx mnnths.
'i'h? funeraj took placa to-da.v, whon
the home was a soene of great glooin.
Mrs. Stnith Is fcaid to hava been tnmpo
rurlly Insaue.
A Day of Enttiusiasm at
the Amphitheatre.
A FALL SUSTAINED
BY MISS SKELTON
HurtsWere Slight and She,
Pluckily Remounted.
THE ARTILLERY POST
BAND PLAYS TO-DAYl
Takcs the Place Tomporarily of tho)'
Marine Band ? Dr, Woodend's
Teams Do Excellent Work?H1&
Four-In-Hand Takes the
Blue Riobon?Story of
the Day and Night.
THE WINNERS OF
PR1ZES YESTERDAY
NIGHT WINNERS.
Class 5?Horses In Harness?G. Trow
brldgs Holllster's Fasclnatlon.
Class 28?Saddle Horses?Dr. W. E.
Woodend's Maple- Leaf.
Class 23?Glg Horses?Mrs. John Ger
ken's Newsboy.
Class 17?Park Four-ln-Handsr-Dr.
W. E. Woodend's team flrst.'
Class 41?Ladles* Hunters?Charles
Pflzer's Your Fellow, his rlder, MIss
Belle Beach, recelvlng the sllwer
cup.
Class 39?Thoroughbred Hunters?L.
D, Passano's Colleon t)awn.
MATINEE WINNERS.
Class 25?Horse and Runabout?J.'
Kerr Branh's Rosedale won.
Class 48?Ponles Undar Saddle?Dr.
W. E. Woodend's Melody.
Class 49?Horses In Harness?Thomas
DsFord's Whlte - Stocklng and
Mother.
Class ?)?Roadsters?E. A. Saunderi,
Jr.'s Alert.
Class 14?Tandems?Dr. W. E. Wood;
end's Santos, Shamrock, Brbwn
Baron and Baron Brown,
Class 36?Heavy Welght Green Hunt?
ers?J. Stewart Bryan's Elevator.
Class 40?High Jump, Greatest Helght
5 Feet 6 InhCs?Charles Pflzer's'
Your Fellow.
Enthuslaam was the featuro of tho
ovenlng at the Horao Show last night.
Thoro waa some lack of It for the flrst
half hour hecauae the crowd was not
there. But beforo the aecond event had
endqd, the' box.es and tho aeats. and the
ringslde promenade were fllled and every
man, woman, and ohlld nmong the spec
tators seemed poBsessed of a dealre to
manlfoat In some extraordlnary way ap
proval of the performances on the tan
bark.
What a crowd It was! Every box wa*
fllled. Every scat Was ocoupied. Th?
promenado waa a Jam throughout th*
evonlng. One could help but wonder how
great tho crush would be were It not
for tho refreshment room In the rear of
the bulldlng. whoro drlnks, hard?hard
est?and soft wero belng dlspensed. and
emoklng was poaalble. "No Smoklng" in
glnring black, Is a algn displayed at every
tuni In the amphitheatre.
Increased Attendance.
There were several hundred rnore peopje
present last night than at the perform?
ances on Tueaday night. The eventa wera
probably more interestlng. There wera
two hlgh-Jumping eventa". and the ap
plause they oxclted would have caused
that of a polltical conventlon to pale Into
uttcr Insignlflcanco. And then there wai
tho four-ln-hand event?and the horn
blowlng. Tho glltterlng equlpages, th?
gloaay-coated croaUiroa that apurned that
tanbark, tho magnlflcent handllng of tha
rlbbona, excited atorma of applauso. but
tho wlndlng of those horns, the rlas and
fall of tho notea of old conchlng tujje,s,
wlth whlch are connected so much thnt
la romantlo In Engllah aong and storj.
ia what will llnger In the meniory of th<?
thouaanda who crowded the amphitheatre
last night. Dr. Woodend's team won ?>
well desori-od vlctory, carrylng off t|i?
bhte rlhbon. Mnnloy, ln acarlet coat and
gray coaohman'a hat, soundlng at fr?~
quent Intervals hla long sllvern horn, waa
tho foatnro of the turnout, Wlth many a
mlsplnced h Manley tella tho strangc
that ho Is tho champlon, hornblowor of
England, and nfter his performance last
night It was easy to helleve he spoka thn
truth.
The crowd gnthered vory slowly. Tha
hnnd worked hard for half an hour be
t'oro tho flrst event to make tho interlor
of thn amphitheatre aeem ?a llvely as
tho gorgeous colorlng and -tho rndianca
of tho llghta suggested, but all In valnl
Tho boxes wero desorted and tha ro?
perved scats wero generally vacant.
Pniinptly at 8 o'clock the flrst of tho
alxteon horsea In harness duahed lnto>
the rlng, followed by flfteen competltora.
Tho bcautlful anltnals und flno drivtng
created tremendous applause.
Thus far thore has been no botter drlv
Ing of horsea In slngle hamesa than that
donn by Mrs. W*. 8. O. W'llllams. Her
handllng of the llnes over Tarquln., h'er
prottv hrown geldtng. caused great ap?
pltiiiso. It was hard to say that her
drlvlng excclled that of Mrs. John Ger?
kon, who was showlng N'ewsboy. }lr.
Monry Fa'rfax drovo Chlqulta, Mrs. John
Stewart Ilryan's ehestnut geldlng. fc'u*
0. Trowhrldge Holllster's Pa*cl?fttlon
won tho rlhbon. after prolonged dolay on
tho part of th? Judges. But Nowsbotf
won ln the glg horse class.
r/iss Ske'ton'a Pluck.
Mlfg Oertrude Skelton. on Mr. Johtt
Btewart Bryan's Elevator, got d fall
whlle showlng th? btg ?ray ovf>r tpa
jumps. But she was not hurt. and r*-?
mouuUd In a hurry ani1 carried off Ifct