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RICHMOND, VA.. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1008.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY DFDAY'S NEWS.
THE WEATHER.
Washington, Ont, 19.?t'orccaet for
Tuesday and Wcdnoudnyi
virglhln, North and South Carolina?
Kuli- ;?nrJ warmer Tuesday und Wcdncs?
Uii.v; fresh south to ?|,i, wind.-.
Alihough slightly warmer, yesterday
was an exceedingly pleasant day out of
door?, In marked contrast to the cIIr
agreeable weather which marked the end
ot last week. Pair mid warmer is the
?ohcdule for to-day and lorrtorrtiw.
, STATE OF THF, T*IBRMOMETEll.
? ?. M. IS
1.9 M.S3
a ?, m.ss
fi P. M.CO
9 ?, M.51
12 midnight .M
Average
M 2-3
.... &9
Highest temperature yesterday...
Lowest temperatura ye?tordo y.???
Mean temperature yesterday. ir?
Normal temperature fon October.81
Departure form norimat temperature.';. I"
Precipitation during past "4 hours.io
MINIATURE ??-????G.
October. "0, IMS.
Son rispn.OlM I III'.IH TIDE.
?uti sots.5127 I Morriltig.4:00
?ocn risos.8:14 | livening.|iu
RICHMOND.
Four persons aio killed In a he,:id-on
collision on the Southern Railway near
Keysvlllr- enrly yesterday morning; the
victims mostly residents of Richmond and
Manchester?Portion of a train plunges
through the long hr'dgi? near Washington
?Mr. Thomiib Pondloton, who was struck
by a tr.-i!n nt Ashland, died yesterday?
Donation to the Stuart monument from
a Northern admirer of the dashing cav?
alry officer-Lively scene at n meeting
In the City Hull yesterday-Hon. Bnurko
Cockran to speak here-State Demo?
cratic Committee to extend active aid to
Treasurer \V, 11. Brauer, of 11 en rico
Services In Fulton Sunday run twelve
hours?Profits from the Horse Show; I
.'?mounts received by the various prize- ?
winner.?-Erroneous report that Con?
gressman H. D. Flood was killed In wreck
yesterday?A new director for the Wed?
nesday Club-No Richmond Institutions
. affected by the failures In Baltimon
Excellent game of foot-bull between
Richmond College and W?shington and
Loo?The. Presbyterian ?ynod to incoiai
Ablngdon tOrday-Methodists to provide
Or the orjniunage?Credit?/' of J. h.
Williams ? Sons agree to extension of
lime aiked-Important meeting of the
Stuart Monument Committee-Hoard of
Aldermen meets to-night-Many charters
granted by the Corporation Commission
-Judge Ingrato decides a, very uniuue
case-Interesting meeting of military
held-Nothing yet done on electrolysis
matter-Plckett Camp veterans sing war
songs. MANCHESTER?^Governor Mon?
tague opens bazaar Iti M;inchester;?
Man ?Ivon thlrtv days for takln? a watch
-Grand Jury not able to discover any
gambling places?t-Bo?V.ot, Entrtnoer At
Well brought home-Fitzgerald case to
come up to-morrow; Judge/Gregory ap?
pointed to conduct the prosecution-Mar?
riage this afternoon-Cuses soi-for trial
In the Corporation Court-Bupcrvlsor
Bo wen to resign.
VIRGINIA.
The search for young Wcntz in Wise
county continues undo.!? 'the sUmulue? ot
?2j.i?l reward without result; thy father
and mother at Bristol; an arrest to be
mafie?Richmond girl desperately Hi ?nil
In need in Petersburg^-^^nipromlse In
S. A. Pay's liquor case.in Amhers.t; chief
of robber band on? t/i!-Judge White,
of Norfolk, gives searching instructions
a? to social clubs?The ' committee of
Si.itj county declares the primary there ?
Irregular, and a free, light for all will fol?
low?Congressman Soiiihall . meets, .the ;
independent candidate for the State Senate
In Joint debate, in RarmWlIe*. the Mann
bill attacked and defended-The tine
schooner .1. B. Holden, wltos? -captain re
fused assistance, It Is said now will be
a total loss-Portsmouth business men
and truckers amalgamate under name of
Merchants' and Farmers' Chamber of
?Ommerce-A general meeting of rail?
way and steamship lines <o bo held at Old
Point In the interest of the Jamestown
Exposition-Virginia Junior Order con?
venes at Newport News to-day-Mr.
Jefferson Wallace to deliver the memorial
address at the Pythian memorial service
in Newport New? Sunday-New lines of
telephone and local exchange for Fartn
vUie?Confederate reunion barbecue and
; peaking In Charles City county-T.he
ficea ? breite over bench on Eastern Shore
during the late storm and ruined oyster
grounds-J. Peter Holland. Of Franklin.
elected Democratic chairman of South?
ampton county-The Ov*ter Commission
survey Puquoso'n Hiver; Mr, Card well tells
of their plans; Mr. Jordan an expert
tongman.
and
she
?led
NORTH CAROLINA.
Sensational shooting near Kinston
farmer and his divorced ?vife lire
wound each other; (ho woman claims
was followed on the road and woun
with a shotgun-The State Fair opens
Raleigh to-day and a record-breaking
tendance is expected; the programm?
A remarkable railroad accident
Greensboro-Pennsylvania Steel Cc
pany cancel lease on Iron ore property!
Dr. Jay tells the story of the awfol m
der of his children;
GENERAL
The Baltimore, and Union Trust Com?
panies, two of the largest financial Insti?
tutions, arid the latter largely Interested
in a big Southwest Virginia enterprise, go
into hands of receivers, cruising great
excitement-Great weakness shown In
the New York market, partly due to the
?heavy failures in Baltimore-(living way
of a guy rope to ? hridtro being built at
Pittsburg causes the falling of a heavy
crane, which plunges nearly ? dozen
workmen to their death-Joe Gans has
decidedly the best of Joe Grim, tho
Pallan, but falls to knock lilin out-Hon.
.1 unes D. Richardson. addressing the
Scottish Bile Masons, declares ho will re
tire from volitici; after his prosent term
?Gordon McKay, the millionaire inven?
tor of shoe-making machinery, dies, leav?
ing large lioo.ue-.is to Harvard-Murphy,
Tammany's leader, denies damaging re?
ports, and declares the. "up-State, graf?
ters" will lose?Japanese' legation In
London attaches no Importance to war
rumors, but they continue to be grave;
negotiations sold lo be at standstill
The large rullro'uls of the Northwest
?threatened with the use of dvnamlto??
Hampton Instinto to re?oive Sl.eW under
win of Elizabeth li. C)app?CyqsootiH
lowers the world's trottln? record, heal?
in? both Don nillnn and M'.lor Delmar?
Cases Involving suffrage nlauxo of Ala?
bama's Constitution consolidated by Su?
preme Court-investigations ~*
.. .if Bureau
of immigration show xvstemntlc and ??
?tonslvo violation Of the contract labor
]uw?Canadian coinmls'lonors declino to
sign the decision reached by Alaskan
Boimdarv < '".ninK-lon; terms or the paper
-?Unione ll"ht over effort to secure ro
ft'olvor for hi" bfinlflpg concern at Mev?
|,.,-,-Hon. John Morlcv returns to polli
lies and falls In l'ne nwaln?t nroteetlonlst
pnjloy?Dr. Dowle
New York, ond
dwindles rapidly.
.. ens .'ils ni .
his great audience
THPIR OPINIONS AGMEE
IN POSTAL ?"WUDCASrS
(By Associated press,)
WASHINGTON. I>. ("'., October IH.-.
?President Roosevelt to-nlyht authorized
the Statement that there Is no truth what
pver In the rumors of differences of
rplnion between himself und Secretary
Shaw, or among members pf the Cabiind.
growing out of the reports that have beau
?? a. d.0 to him iiy (.'hurles II. Bonn parte.
!'iid Holmes Conrad of their investiga?
tions, inn, charges airccllui; Hie postal tor
trlc?.
FOUR KILLED
IN THE CRASH
Fearful Result of Head
On Collision.
AN ENGINEER DEAD;
ANOTHER INJURED
One from Richmond: the
Other from Manchester.
THE FLAGMAN AND
FIREMAN INJURED
Failure of the Southbound Train to
Take the Siding at Meherrin Cause
of the Wreck-? Road Blocked by
Ruins for Number of Hcurs.
Report of Another Wreck
Who.ly Unfounded.
THE KILLED.
ENGINEER E. H. ATWELL, of
Manchester, on train 18.
FIREMAN PINCHION (colored), of
No. 18; home, Richmond.
FLAGMAN LOUIS S. DILLON, on
train 18; home, Ke,avllle.
POSTAL CLERK N. E. WILLIAMS,
of Davidson county, N. C, on No. 11.
THE INJURED.
Engineer Charles D. Farmer, of
train 11, fracture of left leo, ankle
dislocated, shoulder badly bruised and
scalp wound.
J. Dor&tty Tyler, a passenger on
train-18, painfully bruised and scalded.
Fireman W. J. Jackson (colored),
of No. 11, Injured about the head and
body; will probably die.
W. T. Bedford, a passenger on No.
18, arm broken anc badly bruised
about head and body.
Mrs. W. J. Rudd, a passenger on
No. 18, slightly bruised.
In the grim dawn of yesterday morning
two passenger tr?ini; of Ilio Southern
Railway, laden with precious I'm mari lives
and rurinj'; ; ai a rato of about thirty
miles per hour, crashed h?ad-on lut? j
c?ci] other with terrific force at the sei?- !
enty-one mile post, on the Richmond and
Danville line, killing four men of the
crews of the colliding trains, injuring five
others and entailing a property loss ex- |
CCed'ng forty thousand dollars. Fortu?
nately none of the passengers was killed,
and hut one Borlouslj Injured.
The scene of the disastrous collision
was about half way between Meherrin
and Keysvllle, and the time of the dread?
ful crash about 6:15'. The trains in colli?
sion were southbound passenger train No.
11, and northbound local train from Ivcys
ville to Richmond, known as No. IS.
The scene of the wreck, in a deep cut,
having a sharp curie In it. was horrible
beyond description, Immediately after the
wreck. Persons who saw the great mass
of debris In the early hours of the morn?
ing will never forget the harrowing ex?
perience. After Jtlw awful impact and
amid the escaping steam and the groans
of the dead and dying, it was discerned
that the engine of No. 11 had climbed
entirely upon the top of the dismantled
arid demolished locomotive of No. IS,
Heaped upon tills confuseli mass of twist?
ed and distorted metal and broken and
shattered wood were the wreckage of the
baggage and express and mail cars, with
mall partially burned or scattered m
every direction. Amid the noise of the
lllBsIllg steam and above Its din could be
(Continued on Second 1'age.)
EXPRESS MESSENGER
STFIKEM0R3 SERIOUS
(By Associated Press.)
DAI,I.AS. TEX., Oct. 19.?The strike
of tho Pacifi? Express Messengers is as?
suming a more serious phase. The. hag
gagemon to-day refused to handle cx.
prosa matter and It Is reported that they
rind other trainmen may strike In sym?
pathy. At Taylor, Texas, the American
Express Company discharged four men
for refusing to handle Pacifie Express
matter.
CRESCEOUS LOWERS
WORLD'S RECORD
Goes a Mile In 1:59 3-4.
Beat:ni] Both Lou Dillon .
and Major Del mar.
(By Associated Press?)
WICHITA. KAN'.. October G.?.?Oiesreus
broke tile world's trotting record for a
mili?, this afternoon, going the distance
in l:."!iK?, beating the previous record
hehl by Uoi| Dillon and Major Delmar
by a tiuarter of a second.
The day was Ideal and tho ? rack could
no! lia ??? been bel tir. Mr. Ketcham
worked th>? horse oui before the final
test in 'J:l? and then sent him for the
record, do broke when lu? llrst started,
but un tin?. ;,c;ct. attempt was suit off,
going the (list quarter ?? ::?" ?|;?>? There
was ? cheer, when he reached the half
In :.V,ia?. and when the Ihrec-quurtor pole
was passed In I ?80 th'? chver became an
uproar. Just before he. reached the wire
Cresceus broke and it Ik said lost fully
three-quarters of a second. Ho caught
hamIlly and Mashed under the wire In
?;5(v>?, No wind, shields were used. Orc,?
jtous was paced by Mike the Tramp.
D
THROUGH THE
LONG BRIDGE
Tender and Baggage Car Go
Down Together.
ONE MAN IS MISSING
Assistant Draw-Tender Believed to
Have Lost His Life, and Three
Tramps Are Not Accounted for.
Line Not Open.
Through traffic over the Chesapeake
and Olilo and Southern Railway and otlior
lines from the South to and from Wash?
ington was interrupted yesterday by an
aoeidtfnt to south bound Chesapeake
and Ohio train No. 3 Sunday night,
whereby an empty or "dead" baggage
car plunged through the end of the draw
! near the Virginia end of the long bridge
over the Potomac, connecting Washing?
ton with tho Virginia shore. Tho engine
had Just gotten upon the draw when
the end of it Just behind the locomo?
tive crashed In and precipitated the
tender and the "dead" baggage car into
the water.
Kept on the Track.
Fortunately the weight of the engine
on one. side of the break in tho bridge
and that of the. passenger coaches and
three heavy Pullman cars on the other
side withstood tho wrench of the part?
ing car and tender, and did not follow
them through the break. Many alarm?
ing rumors spread abroad, but all proved
to be groundless, tl'C.ro being no loss of
life, so far as can bo ascertained, and
no other damage than that stated.
The worst feature of the accident is the
blocking of traffic to and from the South
by reason of the break In the old bridge.
Passengers were transferred by trolley
cars over the Aqueduct bridge and
thence to a south bound train at one end
and a north hound train at the other,
somewhat delaying, but not seriously In?
conveniencing, them. The brlilge was
old, and a. new one is building, but had ?
not been completed. At the Chesapeake
and Ohio ofticcs in this city yesterday it
TViis stated that Ute line would bft open
before or by night.
Ro d N-t Yet O-en.
.The following special from Washington
last night indicates that trafile will bo
interrupted for several days, and Indi?
cates that there may have been some
loss of life:
"Railroad traffic will not be resumed
for some days on the Long bridge, the
structure spanning the Potomac River
that gave way under the weight of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Limited last night,
and the Southern Railway has hired the
steamboat Samuel J. Pentz to transport
its passengers between Washington and
Alexandria. A temporary railroad tres?
tle will be constructed to replace tho
collapsed section.
"Richard Eckhard', assistant draw
tender of the bridge. Is missing, and is
believed to have lost his life, and three
or four tramps who were seen riding on
the front end of the blind baggage are
unaccounted for."
HIS LIFELESS BODY
FOUND IM HIS ROOM
(By Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, MO.. Oct. IfJ.-Tho li f?les?
body of a man who registered as "J. I.
Myers, of New York, at the Portland;
'was found In bla room to-day. He was
about forty years old. fashionably dress?
ed and carried letters to J. B. Moors, of
an East St. Louis firm of horsedealers,
and Colonel L. Kenneth Fahnestock, of
Governor Peabbdy's staff, president of the
court. From other letter? found. It is
believed that the mum is J. Shefford
Moore, of ershaw, S. C, Moore's face
and neck were discolored, and tho au?
thorities believed that he committed sui?
cide.
THE DEATH OF FORMER
GOV. PETER TURNEY
(By Associated Press.)
WINCHESTER. TICNN., Oct. 10.?For?
mer Governor of Tennessee, Peter Tur?
ney, died here to-day after an Illness of
considerable duration.
RICHMOND GIRL
DESPERATELY ILL
Kindly People In Petersburg
Take Contributions in
Her Aid.
(.Special to The Times-Pispa ich.)
PETEHSUURfl, VA., Oct. 18.?Miss
Rose Edwards, a young lady about
eighteen years old, reached Petersburg
from Richmond several days ago In search
of employment and is now desperate?
ly III at Mrs. Berry's bouidlng-liouso, on
BtJlH Street, In this city. Several young
ladles In Petersburg, who have taken an
interest In the matter, have requested
cliurltahlo persons to leave contributions
at the olllco of the afternoon pu-per In
tills city for th? young lady, who is en?
tirely without means.
ALL FORMER MAYORS
ARE FINE FARMERS
(Special to The Tlmes-Dispatcb.)
AVINCHEBTEH, VA-, Oct.. 10.?Mayor
W. C. (Iralchcn to-day paid $17.000 for ?
farm of SOU acres. Nearly all of Win?
chester's ex-inuyor'a own lino forms.
A SPICY
TALK
CITY BONDS
Capt. M'Cartliy Again
the Central Figure
HE PROVED VERY
HARD TO CHECK
Sharp Colloquy Between Hi m
and Members.
STIRRING SCENES f
LAST EVENING
Mr. Crenshaw Prcssn's a New Plan for
Bond Issue, Which Will Be Printed
and Taken Up at Meeting to Be
'Held Next Monday?Vexed
Questions Seems Near?
ly Settled.
There was another ?ploy joint session
of tho Committee on Finance and the
Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners
yesterday afternoon, In which City Ac?
countant Carlton McCarthy was the cen?
tral figure. The body had up the old
question of bond Issue again, and after
discussing it at some length, adjourned
without taking any action, to meet again
next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The "live wire." shot sparks in every
direction, and It was \vlth creat diffi?
culty that the cnmpiittee could hold htm
In check.
Mr. Bloomberg had spoken at some
length in favor-?G a plan suggested by
himself, and then Mr. Crenshaw offered
one which was agreeable to Mr. Bloom
FLAGMAN LOUIS S. DILLON,
Killed In Wreck Yesterday.
berg, and the latter not having offered his
in writing, but. simply outlined it ver?
bally, the only tangible thing before the
committee was the pian of Mr. Crenshaw.
This scheme was different from that of
the City Accountant, and as Messrs.
Bloomberg and Crenshaw spoke the for?
mer was industriously engaged in making
notes.
When he finally arose to reply he cro
nted almost a scene in the committee.
Ilia first brush was with President Bloom
(Continued "on Second Page.)
HE DIED FROM
HIS INJURIES
Mr. Thomas C. Pendleton
Passes Away at His Home
in Ashland.
As tho result of Injuries sustained
Thursday night from a Seaboard Air Line
tiain, ???? the station, Mr. Thomae C.
Pendleton died at 10 o'clock yesterday
mornlng at his home in Ashland.
Mr. Pendleton was going around the
plank guard to take the HOUthbound train
for Richmond, when li" was struck by
the engine. Ills Injurias were very seri?
ous, and lor the past few days Mr. Pen?
dleton bad suffered agonies. Coiislunt at?
tention from several skilled physician?,
Including his uncle, Dr. Eugene Pendle??
ton, wan unavailing, and ho gradually
sank.
For sruriR time past Mr. Pendleton had
held a responsible position with tho Vir?
ginia Fire und Marino Insurance Com?
pany, of this city. He was exceedingly
well known about town, and as a young
man of estimable chara. 1er and pleasant
address, just ordering ul"'n ,l successful
business career; he won a host of friends,
who will sincerely mourn his death. Ho
Is survived by his liaient s, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles K, Pondloton, formerly of i.ouisa,
and the following brolheis ami sisters:
Mr. M. ri? Pendleton, Wien Mary Wash?
ington Pendleton, MlBH Klizabeth K, IVn
dletOll, M'? Charles K. Pendleton, Jr.,
and Mr. Harry beigli Feuilleton.
Mr. Peiidleton's hod)' will be Iahen to?
day to the family homo. "Tim ilcrmi
lago," in Louisa couuly. lor burial in the
family eeotjon thorq. Mr. Fundici?n was
tho grandson of Hr. Madison Pendleton
and Ills wll'o, Hlbsaheth Barrett. "The
Hermitage' stood lor many years as Ilio
syiionym for all that was best In South?
ern 1?1? ??in! hospltullty, ?nul Is IdcntillvJ
I will) tho Pcadklon uutne.
TEN KILLED
BY BIO ROPE
" GIVING WAY
Accident at New Bridge
at Pittsburg.
DOZEN WORKMEN
HURLED TO DEATH
Movable Crane is Borne to
River 100 Feet Below.
CARELESS HOISTING
CAUSES THE DISASTER
This the Opinion of the Coroner?Two
Inch Steel Cable Pul,s Loose. Allow?
ing Tons of Iron to Crash Down
on the Crane?Many Had
Narrow Escapes in the
Terrible Catastrophe.
(By Associated Preps.)
PITTSBURG, PA.. Oct. 19.?By the giv?
ing way of the ropo securing five beams
to their iKisiUon, letting the tons of Iron
fall upon the morablc crane at the Pitts?
burg end of the new Wabash bridge being
built by the American Bridge. Company,
over the Monongahela River, almost a
dozen workmen were hurled to death by
a fall of more than 100 feet, striking the
water and two barges beneath. Ten of
the dead have been recovered. Five are
seriously Injured. Several bodies arc yet
pinned under th,? wrecked barge. The
part of the bridge, extending out wer
tho rlvor from the Water Street side is
a total wrcel?. The casualties follow:
Dead:
W. j. M'LEOD.
GEORGE WELLS.
G. W. KE1T LINGER.
WILLIAM KJurtlPTOX.
C L. FLEMING.
FRED, SALLINGEK. .
FRANK DA LBV.
.1. CAMPBELL.
EDWARD MORRIS.
JAMES SIMMONS.
The injured :
Adolph Vosburg. of Duq?esne; frac?
tures below left elbow and of left femur.
Frank Hoover. Allegheny; Injured inter?
nally; recovery doubtful.
William Jay. aged twenty-six. of Beaver
Palls; bruised, not dangerously hurt.
?, M. Fowler, aged twenty-eight, of
Pnterson, N. J.; left foot crushed; ampu?
tation may be. necessary.
Earl Older, Allegheny; hurt about
head.
Where the Elame Rests.
Deputy Coroner L. C. Huchel, made an
investigation ?it the scene of the disaster.
Ile believes the blame rests on whoever
had charge of the hoisting and fastening
of the beams. He says that a failure to
properly secure one derrick load, caused
the breaking strain to fall on the crane
The accident was caused by the flying
way of a two Inch steel cable, which
was used as one of the guys to support
the big crane. This cabio vvae tested to
heur a strain of pin tons, nnd |t is said
thai it did not break, hut pulled loose
from Its fnstcning.
There were thirty-four men at work on
the. superstructure of the bridge and In tlie
barge below, from which the beams were
helng hoisted by the crane. ?7? feot above
the river level, when tho boom collapsed.
Of the men who were in the barge, some
escaped with their lives by jumping into
the river the moment they heard ? tic
crush above. Some of the men on the
superstructure who were engaged in
riveting and handling the bar? tlvvt were
lifted from the barge also got off unin?
jured.
Thousands visited the scone of the dis?
aster during the morning, and at lunch
timo the wharf was ero\yloil with men,
women and children. They watched the
workmen mi the sunken barge with In?
tense Interest, and sought every point of
vantage from which they could got a
view. It will take some Unto to clear away
the wreckage and rocaver the missing
bodies.
GIVE UP POLITICS
STICK TO MASONS
Congressman Richardson In
Addressing Supreme Coun?
ni 1 So Declares.
(fly Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, f?? C? Oct. 10.?The
Supremo Council of the Thirty-third ne?
greo of Ancient and Accept,?d Scottish
Hile Masons of the southern jurisdiction
met here today in biennial session.
.lames 1). Richardson, of Tennessee, grand
pommandor, prosified. Ilia biennial allo?
cution, lu which he declared hi?
Intention of retiring from politice af?
ter his present term in Congress and
devoting hjpieoli to his Musoni.? obliga?
tions, was the prlnclpnj featuvo of tin?
day.
In this ;idnre? Mr. Mlclm rdsnn said
the Masonic order was tlie -trenuous
eniny of inhullsm. socialism, nunniunltun
and auaivlil.-ou o nil lin s ? who ec ; to breed
revolts anil outbreaks against law and
order. He strongly urged tin- d'srontlii
uunco of the us,? of Intoxicant? at the
public banquet* and functions of the
unuiL'il, and ilio au of .-ubuiJn.utc bodies.
BIG FAILURE5
IN ? ALT
THE OYSTER
COMMISSION
Complete Inspsction of York
kiver.
PLAN TO CHANGE SURVEY
W. D. Cardwell Explains the Situation
? .and Declares Fairness Will Be
Done to All?E. C. Jordan
an Expert Tongman.
'Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
YORKTOUN, VA.. Oct. 10.?The Vir?
ginia, oyster navy's police boat Accomac,
with the State Oyster Commission aboard
arrived here the latter part of tho past
week, and completed the inspection of
the public rocks of York Hiver on Fri?
day, devoting Saturday to Poquason
River and its tributaries. The chairman
of the board, Hon. ?\'. D. Cardwell, says
that the York Hi ver survey was aston?
ishingly correct, more so than any other
natural rock which they have examined.
Only a few odd points and corners will
be eliminated from the original survey,
these portions Iwlng parts of the natu?
ral rocks which have become sunken or.
covered with mud, and non-productive
of seed or natural growth. This Ih par?
ticularly valuable ground to the plant?
er as It only requires a light coating of
shells to resurrect the original produc?
tiveness or propagating value.
TO BIS THROWN OPEN*.
"When pressed for Information, the ge?
nial-gentleman courteously replied "that
without a shadow of doubt part of the
bottoms now within the Baylor survey
will lie thrown ,open to tho public for
use as planting grounds. Ho ?.asures
tlie Virginia tongmerr that nooning will
be done to ha.r mthem that his commis?
sion can correct.
"As a matter of fact," the gentleman
went on to say. "the time Is rapidly np
proac.h'ng and not very far distant elth
i er. that the vocation which the. tongman
now follows will b? a thing of the past
| and I earnestly advise all of our people
who follow the talcing of oyster? for a
living to rent a. picco of ground, a small
piece. If they can do no better and be?
come planters as speedily as possible,"
"The Baylor eurvey," says he, "eon
tains an unlimited number of cutirles and
turns in almost all tho surveys of the
natural rock, representing a streak of
lightning more than anything else.
TO STRAIGHTEN SURVEY.
All the member? of the commission are
a unit on tho Idea of straightening out
these linos, and, as a consequence, con?
siderable ground will be thrown out In
th's way also. As an Instance of the vast
change In tho condition of tho bottoms,
I'd refer you to those in Mobjack Buy,
which probnby contain ten of thousands
of acres which In years agone were quite
productive, as Ilio blue stato of sbolls
lying Just below the mud Ir very evident.
Nowadays tongineii can scarcely ciCeh |
any at nil, and, as far hs enn be learned,
no efforts aro made to do any oysterlng.
We have had nul te an undertaking on
our hands and have always fully real?
ized the weight of responsibility resting
on us.
We leave for Norfolk this (Saturday)
evening, and Monday morning we com?
mence tho inspection of the seaside
grounds of the. Eastern Shore, startlrg
at "Oyster," the particular point at which
the ocean side Industry, now In its in?
fancy, 1ms attained the greatest growth,
with, by tho way, the brightest prospects
heforo It for a big Innovation in -t>he oys?
ter business and astonishing results."
Those of the commission aboard were
Representatives W. D. Cardwell and R. !
(.'. Jordan and Senator Asa D. Wat
kins and Julian Bryant, The I bin. K. I
Wllkins Matthews was detained at homo
s'ek and joins th?1 commission In Nor- |
folle to-dav.
JORDAN A TONQMAN,
When the attention of Mr. Card well I
was called to the dislike which Tidewater !
people generally have for Hon. IS, C, ?
Jordan, the natron of the fumons Jordan
hill, he replied: "Mr. Jordan Is one of
the fairest men I over met In my life.
Of an Intensely vigorous mind and body,
he throws his whole energy Into any
cause which he may espouse. Wherever
we havo gone on one of the rocks, we
have endeavored! to have as many tong
men as possible turne to us and givo a
(Continued on Third Page.?)
THE CANADIANS
REFUSE TO SIGN
Not Only Will Not Affix Signa?
tures, but Leave the Room
Before Others Sign
(By Associated Press.)
l.ONUON, Oct. lit.?A draft of (lie de?
cisi?n reached by Hie Alaskan Boundary
Comwjleptpiiers, us ^nnouncod by the
Associated Press, was signed by n ma?
jority of the commlinslonora thi* oven?
llg. Messrs. Ayles worth and .Ielle, ? he.
Canadian commissioners* rofueed to
sign.
'l'ho decision grants all the American
contentions wit li tho exception of the
? me relating to the Portland panal. The
signatories were bord Chief Justice A't'of.
pione and Senator Lodge, Senator Turner
and Secretary Hoot, the American com?
lliisslor.ers. They constituted a majority
and ensured finality. Messrs, A.vlisw.nth
and Jette, carried their Outspoken d.h?
api?rovai of the iloclslon to the point ft'
refusing to sign even Hun section ,.i il.,?
decision giving the Portland Canal
lo Canada, and they empiitisi zed
their altitude hv walking .ml of
. I
ILi'iitlmivd im tfcM-uUi Vqgi-, \
Two Trust Companies in
Receivers' Hands.
RUMORS AFLOAT;
THE CITY EXCITED
No More Failures Likely
Unless Heavy Runs.
MARYLAND AND UMON
HAVE TO CLOSE UP
Embarrassment of the Former Duo to
Investments in Mexican Securities)
and That of Ihe Latter to Its
I nability to Place the Securi?
ties of South and VVest
Virginia Railroad.
(By Associated Pros*.)
BALTIMORE, MD., October 10.-Thl?
has been a day of marked excitement and
subdued anxiety in the financial and bus?
iness circles of Baltimore?a. day full of
iuomentous events nml of wild, irrespon?
sible, damaging rumors In the street?
and marts given over to monetary trons
iictions. Fully a dosseff "reports, well cal?
colatori to provoke a wholesale run on
banks, got no further than the precincts
of South and German Streets, Baltimore's
AVnll Street district, nml did not reach
the groat army of depositors throughout
the city, thus giving ample time for tho
conservative leaders of business to nllny*
popular apprehension before It reached
dangerous proportions.
The day began with the announcement
ol the failure of the Maryland Trust
Company, and except to only an Initiated]
lew tho news came lihe a holt out'of ti
clear sky, spreading consternation In all
directions. To these few It was known
that the Maryland Trust Company had
long boen struggling with undigested se?
curities; that it sustained heavy with*
diawals of deposits, and that, finally, on
Saturday last, It had .failed in its su?
preme effort to bridge over the yawning
chasm by negotiating a. ??.OOO.OOO. lonn In
London;
Ur ion Trust Compary Suspends.
While the bankers In their offices, and.
brokers in clusters on the street corners,
and money dealers generally, and busi
\ noss men In the exchanges were still ex?
citedly discussing the coilapso of the
Maryland Company, there ramo another
bolt out of a transnprent sky?tho sus?
pension of tho Union Trust Company, and
it was this latter event, which happened
at a lato hour In the day, that gave
Impetus to a varied number of baseless
lumots as to other financial Institutions
which might well have created a panic
bad they been given currency earlier In
the day. .
One of these rumors, however, assumed
a more definite shape than the others, and
it is 'well known that nt the request of
annulier trust company, the name of
I which was freely bandied about, the clerk
of tho Circuit Court kept his office open
an hour later than the accustomed timo
? to accommodate one more applicant for
j a receivership, But the applicant did not
; materializo, and the day ended with only'
j two suspensions to Its credit, and with
j the assurance of the cool-headed llnan
clers of the city that all peril of a panic
had passed, and to-morrow would noto
the dissipation of every sign and por?
tend of further trouble.
A hading banker, perhaps the most
prominent in Baltimore said: "It all de?
pends upon how lb? people of Ha Itimi, co
act. If they do not lose their heads the
trouble will blow over In time and nobody
will he hurt, but if they become panic
stricken tho consequences will bo seri?
ons. This is a time to uso calm Judg?
ment."
Are Heavy Failures.
The pliiln facts In to-day's history arvs
tlicse: Two trust compnnles closed their
doors?tho Maryland Trust Company was
tho first to nnnounco this suspension:
tills was followed a few hours ,l? top by
tho closing of tho doors of the l.'nloo
Trust Company, Allan Mci.ane, tlilrl
vice-president of the Maryland Trust
Company, was nppo'ntecl to take cbai^??
of (ho affairs of that company. .Mil?-.-.
White Jr., of the Union Trust Company,
v.as appointed receiver of that company.
Mr. Mcl.iine gave bond In the sum of {*.
ooo.noo and M r.Whllo ?aw bond in lb?
sum of $1,000,000,
The lost statement of the Murylurid
Trust Company, Issifil June 1st, Showed
capital stork of $3,126,000, surplus SJ.flT,
600, and undivided profits of S677.9PS.?IT.
The company has demanded time doppelt ?
amounting to $5.773.?7.l5.' The Uplpji
Trust Company al tlio .lose o( business.
March 31. 1003 hod a capital stock ol
?1,000,000. surplus of J25O.OO0 und uud'vhled
profits of *1S!?,0S7.55, The Union Tr\\tt
Company has deposita amounting to
nearly fcs.000.000.
Liabilities Over Ten ?????-,
The til Im; of the lirst applications foc
receiver? for the embarrassed compatii? ?
was followed by petHtJpns for ???? *
polver?i for both companies. The total (In
binile? of the two companies eve-,..;
Sio,.,000, Tho two failures Ilo up over
$7,000.000 deposits.
The Maryland Trust Company's fa'!"
uro was duo to the Investment? in Mex?
ican securities, which could not be mar?
keted, '''''e Union Trust company failed
because of a run upon Its banking F
?,,,-???p?. about ?<WWQ ?Wim berti
withdrawn by depositor? to-day But
tl?. real troubles o? tit* eumoun* ?' ?
their origin in the pveanlitntloii o? II e
South p ml Western Railroad |n V|r
lniQ (? which a papll ilu.itlon of
iboiii $11 O?0.0?Q was i'oiit..-'iiplat.d. Tic
Union Company was ihe ilscd agent o?
ti?. virglt?!? .nicrpri-e ami the Marylaml
' """" "v tullroad.
Mexlc
Tho
Uiurcs folloJweti
?lu-ely. It can bQ slateil ? ?
authority that ilo-r.? \v.'.
? whatever between the two.
id Trust Company and tin
jointly
inloresuij In an;." "
t'inoli Trot L'OIIIIHIIK ?un
In utiy in . ? !?:??.?, so th.it
U no direct bear