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RICHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1908,
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SUMMARY OF DAY'S NEWS.
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t THE WEATHER,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Forecast ?' for
Bunday and Monday:
"Virglnla-Pnrtly cloudy Sunday and
Monday; light, vn.riable winds.
North Carolina?Fair in east: showers in
west, portion Sunday and Monday; fresh
cast winds.
There was a considerable rise In the
temperature yesterday, the mercury which
. had been lingering around 40 and 50 going
up 10 or 15 decrees. Tncre was a rainfall
Inst night, and overcast skies arc expect?
ed to-day.
STATE OF THE THERMOMETER.
f> A. M.'..5?.
12 M. .-.g
$ P. M." ??
fi P. M. "
? P. M. . 61
12 midnight .???.?'? m
Averago
611-3
Highest temperature yesterday. (0
Jyowest temperature yesterday.?
Moan temperature yesterday.5y
Normal temperature for October.l-i
Departure from normal temperature... Oo
Precipitation during past 24 hours.00
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Novmeber I. 1?B.
6un rises.6:38 | HIGH TIDE.
Bun sets.6:12 j Morn ng.1:2a
Moon sots.2:52 | Evening.2.01
November 2. 1003.
Sun risen.f>^ I HIGH TIDE.
Stiii nets.5:11 Morning.2:20
Moon seta.3:50 | Evenirtg.-:?
RICHMOND.
A warm finish to the campaign in Hen?
rico county-?City election Tuesday to be
ajuiet-Chairman Doherty's call-Demo?
crats to sweep the State-Police patrol
wagon damaged rind driver hurt-Wil?
liam and Mary College foot-ball team
beaten by Randolph-Macon-The bond
Issue plan of President Sol Bloomberg
A brisk week In realty-Republican
nominees in tho States-Bourke Cockran
to speak hero soon?,?Common Council to
meet to-morrow night-Coming mar?
riages-New librarian begins his term of
office-Convicts are tried and resentenc?
ed-Daring feat of a painter?-Winners
in the qualifying round for tho golf tour?
nament-Negro man is dangerously
wounded-New hooksof rule-> of tho Po
lice Department-Olwervnnce of Hal- I
low/e'en-Richmond man In wrock near
Indianapolis-Prof. Mitchell to speak on
the race problem-Way to Increase the
value of the country's apple export trade
-Official lnsi>e(.-tton of St. Andrew s
Commandery to-morrow night??Albe?
marle Club ends Its season-Boy ? arm
broken In a foot-ball game?Some largo
property transfers-A Todd meeting in
Henrico". MANCHESTER-Ladles ot
the Maeonlc Bazaar returns thanks-No
?mere developments In alleged &W"""'
.-ase-Street Improvements-Police
Commissioners to meet to-morrow night
-Doings of the police force during'the
month-Council committees-The corn?
ing marriage of Miss Brandts-An enjoy
able dance at the McRne mansion-A
reception to be held at Balnbrldge-Stroet
Baptist Church parsonage-Joseph E.
Johnson Camp to complete arrangements
for the trip to the Crater reunion to-mor?
row night. ___
VlFtGINIA.
Sensational ending of tha Confederate
reunion; Hampton's Mayor personally
punishes heavily a,navy man who pulls
down and insults the Confederate flag at
the closine bat"-The Ua?l*BS)lp Maine
leave. Newport News for No*- York?
The collier Mnrcelles to go to tho Norfolk
vard for repairs; torpedo-boat destroyers
in dry-dock; the Baltimore sails for San
Domingo?-The programme for the Crater
reunion issued by A. P. Hill Camp; Im?
pressive arrangements for celebrating the
battle with veterans and mllltary^~-Run
nwaya from Chester find good friends; one
stows homesick, ihe other to be.adopted
by his new-found friend-fcorest nres
cover the mountains In Pulaski county?
Fire destroys farm bandings In King AA II
llam county-Several of a gang of car
robbers arrested at Newport News?A
hobv boy attacked by a vicious dog In
AVlrichester saved by his negro mammy.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Governor Aycock receives a warm wel?
come In South Carolina-Conference of
leading negro educators express gratitude
for the education afforded the race by the
State and commended the- Governor's at?
titude; tho Southern Education Board
v-ay the teachers' fare to Raleigh?-To?
bacco shipments at Winston large Increase
over last vear-Spencor shops close on
account of lack of appropriation-Old
Richmond newspaper man opens news
hureau In Salisbury-Safe crackers make
n big haul at Mullln's Postofflco-Twen?
ty years given AV111 Headen for murder
in second degree?Children die at AVil
julngton from drinking wntrr from a
painted roof.
GENERAL )
Bank statement falls to have convincing
effect on stock market and prices sag
Fifteen porsons killed and titty or more
Injured In wreck on Big Four road, caused
by collision of freight train with one
loaded with foot-ball team and college
?undents-Many foot-ball games. played
yesterday; A'nle by persistent .iohhuUh In
the second half piles up u score of twenty
live to nothing against Columbia; Harvard
barely defeats the Carlisle Indians, the
latter working a remarkable trick to se?
cure a touchdown-An infernal machine
tent to the editor of Young Armenia, In
Boston, is intercepted by his landlady .and
turned over to tho police-Campaign
doses In New York with both sides ex?
pressing confidence In the result, but to
nn outsider It would seem that both Dem
' ocsrata and Republicans are fearful of de?
feat-Republicans close Marylland cam?
paign with a whoop-Out lu Ohio the
usual claims of confidence are made by
l?oth sides and great interest is being
taken In the contest, which hns been one
principally between Senator ilanua and
Tonj 1., Johnson?Lux casta wins Bay
vlow Handicap at Aqueduct track in a
driving finish .from . Ahumada?Noted
iiuthor, Israel Zaugwlll. Is soon lo marry
-John Mitchell Is 111 nnd doctors dis?
agree aa to whether or not h? has appen?
dicitis-Lord Roberts Is to resign, as
commander-in-chief of the British army,
nnd it" is believed that tho King will try
? to force his brother, the Duke of Con
naught, on tho country as the successor
of the great soldier.
DAILEY QUARTETTE
TO GIVE CONCERT
Under tho auspices of the Ladles' Aid
Society the Pulley Quartette will give a
concert at the, Third Presbyterian Church
at S o'clock to-morrow night. It will bo
woll worth heating. ,
. Car-Robbers Arrested. /
(Special to The Tltr^s-Dlspalch.)
SVU.l.lAMSlU.'UG, VA? Oct. ai.~Twn
men, charged with robbing a car of tlio
Chesapeake and Ohio Hallway ut Touno,
September 9th, were lodged in jail hero
this morning. Tim arrest wus made In
Newport News by 0111 cor 0, D. Duke, ot
tho Chesapeake und Ohio Railroad. It
is believed that llio mult belong to a
Kting who have been operating along tho
lint of the Chcaaucftke and Ohio for
nme time.
m ?
His Collar-Bono Broken.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatoh;)
KEAVPORT NKAVB. VA., October 31.?
At tho Sbldlero' Grounds to-day the Old
Point Comfort College team won a game
ol foot-ball from the .training ship Buf.
lalo's eleven. The score stood 17 to 0,
Tiulguid, quarterback for the ' Buffalo'
team, had Ids collar buna broken In
?erlmrna'se
LIST OF
DEAD MAY
REACH 20
Fatal Collision on Big
Four Railway.
FOOTBALL PLAYERS .
CRUSHED TO DEATH
Over Fifty Students Injured,
Some Fatally. ,
PASSENGER CAR
IS DEMOLISHED
Over Sixty Persons Buried Beneath
Tons of Wreckage, and Many Were
Dead When They Were Taken
Out?The Wreckage Caught
Fire, but was Fortun?
ately Extinguished.
(By Associated Press.)
INDIANAPULIB, IND., Oct. 3i.-Fif-.
teen persons were killed and over fifty
Injured, some fatally, this morning by a
collision between a ?peoial passenger)
train on the Big Four Railroad and a
freight engine drawing coal cars. The
accident happened In the edge of this city.
The passenger train of twelve coaches
was carrying ?6* persons, nearly all of
whom were students of Purdue Univer?
sity and tKelr friends, from Lafayette
to Indianapolis, for the annual foot?
ball game between the Purdue team and
the Indiana University squad for the State
champlon&ldp, which was to have been
fought this afternoon.
In the first coach back of the engine
were tne Purdue foot-ball team, sua>
stltuto players and managers. Three
players, the assistant coach, trainer and
seven suostitute players of the Univer?
sity team were killed and .every one of
the fifty-three other persona In the car
were either fatally or seriously injured.
The Dead.
The following Is the list of lie dead:
CHABXES GRUBB, Butler, Ind.. sub?
stitute player.
CHARLES FURR, Veedersburg, Ind.,
guard.
E*. C. ROBERTSON. Indianapolis, as?
sistant coach and captain ot the team two
years ago.
? WALTER L. ROUSH. Pittsburg. Pa.,
substitute.
R. J. POWELL, Corpus Christ!, Texas,
end player.
XV. D. HA-iULTON, Lafayette, center
rush.
GABRIEL DROLLINGER, Lafayette,
Ind., substitute.
SAMUEL SgUIBB, Lawrence-burg, Ind..
substitute. >?
JAY HAMiUTON, Huntington, Ind.."
substitute.
. N. R. HOWARD, Lafayetto, president
of the Indiana Laundrymen's Association.
PATRICK ju OLAIR, Chicago, trainer.
SAMUEL TRU1TT, Noblesville, Ind.,
substitute.
G. L. SHAW. Uafayette, Ind.
BERT PRICE. Spencer, Ind., substitute.
J. C. COATS, Berwln. Pa.
Pile of Wr'Cka^e.
From the twelve coaches were coming
the Joyous cries of a thousand rooters
for Purdue, clad In gala dress, with col?
ors streaming, w.hlle in the front coach I
sat twenty muscular fellows, trained to
tho hour, on whom the hopes of a bril?
liant victory on tho gridiron were confi?
dently placed.
Around a curve at the Eighteenth Street
cut, Engineer Schumaker found directly
in front of him the freight engine and
ccal cars moving slowly from a switch
leading to a gravel, pit. He reversed his
engine and jumped.
The crash hurled the passenger engine
and three front coaches against the steel
freight cars loaded with coal, that
ploughed their way through and burled
under a pile of wreckage weighing many
tons fully sixty human beings.
Tho first car, In which were that play?
ers, was completely demolished, the roof
being torn away and landing across
car of coal, while tho body of' the car
was reduced to kindling wood against the
side of tho steel freight cars. Th* seo
ond coach, containing. the band of musi?
cians, was partly elescoped, while the
third coach was overturned and hurled
down a fifteen-foot.embankment.
Vvork 01 Rescue.
i The other coaches did not leave the
tiaok. President Stone, of the University,
with his family, was In' the fifth coach,
and was not injured. Immediately after
the shock, the passengers, men and wo?
men, began the work of tearing away the
wreckage and pulling out dead and dying
classmates and fraternity brothers. The
.young women performed herolo work.
Though the bodies. were In several in?
stances horribly mangled?one completely
arid one partially beheaded?they took
upon their laps the heads of the dying
and Injured, and soothed - their sufferings
as best they could until the surgeons ar?
rived! i
? A general alarm was sounded and
every . assistance ? the city could afford
was rushed to the wreck, which was three
miles from the business , center.: While
tl.e dead and Injured were being carrie I
to the morgues and hospitals the work
of-tearing away the wreck and rescuing
those ; pinned, beneath went on. Big,
muscular students wept aloud aa they
stood over the bodies of their dead
friends and fellow-workers or'gazed help
?lcse upon the-sufferings of their college
mates writhing In pain. ? To add to the
horror, , the wreckage caught fire, but
the flames were extinguished by the
students after a' h'ard'fight.',.
DEATH LIST MAY GROW.
. There were many; thrilling-escapes and
experiences. Among those who had ,al
?mbst-miraculous escapes were Robert
Wilson, Asbury Park, N. J.; XV. L. Rob?
inson, Danville, Va.;" N. T. Hlxton, Louis?
ville. Ky.; D. Hanson, Fairbury, and.W.
J. O'Brien, of Helena, Ark. Tho Injured
are, In at least, twenty .cases, in very
serious condition. A dozen or more have:
broken bones and In several cases there
are compound fracturee_o? two and even
three limbs. The death list is" expected
to grow.' Two/of'the Injured died affair,
being taken to the hospitals.
C. O. Tansman, of Cincinnati, Is prob?
ably fatally* Injured^ He'Is being cared'
for at the home of ? Dr. Cunningham.
T. A. Bailey, 'of Richmond, Ind., also
is in a critical condition.
While the work of vr'escue was going .on
there .arrived. In the city over nine, hun?
dred cheering followers' df the red1 and
white of Indiana University , at. Bloom
Ington. As. the .happy and excited stu?
dents .poured from the train news of the
tragedy to tne black and gold of Pur
duo was received. Instantly all was
sadness and sympathy. The throng
melted Into sorrowing groups that sepa?
rated- to. search morgue and) hospital for
friends, or' took cars for the acene of;
the wreck, to lend any possible aid.
Burgeons are still working over, the
Injured, and It is believed' the death
list will be swelled to twenty.
CHILDREN KILLED BY
DRINKING PAJNT IN WATER
(Special to Tne. Times-Dispatch.)'
WILMINGTON, N. C. O.ct 11.-As a
result of drlpklnr water which was pois?
oned by paint, the four-year-old daugh?
ter of Mr. Charles MoMillen. a. prominent
architect, of this city, died this morning,
and an Infant son lies at the point of
death. Rain water running off a.freshly
painted roof and emptying into a cistern,
which furnished the supply of drinking
water for the family, was the cause cf,
the trouble. Tbe children drank the water
and It caused Inflammation of the stom?
ach Medical skill was powerless to re?
lieve the Intense suffering of the chil?
dren. The boy cannot recover.
PERRY HEATH SAFE
FROM PROSECUTION
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.).
WINCHESTER. VA? Oct, SI.?Major
Holmes Conrad, of this city, one of the
special attorneys for - the ? government,
when asked .to-day 'as to the truth of
the dispatch concerning the proseooUsn
of Perry Heath, said that he was not at
liberty to say anything for publication.
If Heath was guilty of any offenses, said
Major Conrad, his prosecution is barred
by the statute of limitation. This is all
he would say on the subject.
CHILDREN TOOK
TOWN LAST NIGHT
Hallowe'en was heartily enjoyed by the
children in various parte of the city last
night. Arrayed in various disguises, they
made raids on the premises of their neigh?
bors, and indulged in all sorts of antics.
THE TODD
The Counsel for Brauer
Wanted to Hear.
DIDN'T ENDORSE
WHAT WAS SAID
Victors Wlslied That to Be
Plainly (Understood.
CONSIDER SPEECH
klr TODD MILD
But Others Declared it Was Made in
His Usual Vigorous Manner?De?
nied Having Said State Com
i, mittee Wait Soaited. With
Liquor?Button Anec? .
dote Not Repeated.
It is a subject for much comment among;
the Henrico politljita-ps thai a party ot \
Brauer people, . numbering four, and In?
cluding Mr. AVllliajn H. Sands,,attorney
and friend.of the-tifeasurer, were conspic?
uous among the audience that listened to
the Todd speeches^, made last night at
Ridge 'Churqh,' onej'.ot the outlying pre?
cincts in the county;
During -the campaign now nearing Its
close Mr. Bands has' been- the objective,
poln^; for a galling lire frbra"Mr...Todd,
who has used his name frequently In hla
speeches. In company, with' those' 'of sev
eial.others, notablyTMr. Clyde Saunders,
Mr. BarkBdale aJid'Slr. Button.'Tho at?
torney has made ai hot dontat of the as?
sertions of the candidate, and. no later
than Friday night, yrhen the stand ;from
which he spoke wusi stoned, declared them
to b?| untrue. I V ??? ' ,.
MR. BAN3DS; THERE, '
Last night, having to;attend no meeting
of his own, :Mr. 8airidV>went to.the place
announced-for a To* speaking. It was
some seven or eightm- e? out, but a party
of four filled a caxrlamr And took; the drive;
?In-tha' parity were IM- Sanftsy Mr. John
Jeter. Mr. Tucket.;iBant'.i,|Mjd 'Mr. Hugh
C. Davis, a.aourltt-^.w-iffr. Brauer.
?''&"tM'-~fe-^]te?ii*&QUjfil wis ouricernba'
the party 'carje ah* !?V8ivC "Mr. Sands
listened to the speech of Mr. Todd anil
tJfcn, with $il'e otlrers, left, after one, of
them;'had Indicated tq Chairman 'Ruflln
that their presence must", npt 'be token.',
to Indicate that they in anyi way ac?
quiesced In what was said; Major Sands
declared after the meeting that he was
Simply curious to hear what- Mr. Todd
was MayirtK: about 1dm. He thought his
speecp lost-night was very mild. One
of the Todd speakers, In the other hand,
declared- that the! candidate attacked
Mr.' Sands .in bis usual vigorous fashion,
and that Mr. Sands looked at the celling
moat of -the time.
' THE MEETING-. ?
The meeting Is described by Chairman
liuffln -"as ?* being an enthusiastic Todd
affair. There were a half a hundred
people present. Addresses were made by
Chairman Ttuflln,. Mr. Coolter and M*
Todd. Dr. I* P. Michaels presided. Mr;
Ruffln nnd Mr. Coalter spoke-along the
usual lines
Mr. Todd said It was untrue that he
had declared the State Committee to have
been ''soaked'" with whiskey: He reitera?
ted hie statement, | however, that the j
Brauer people had a jlobby room, and that '
he saw members of ithe committee going ?
into it. He further sakMhat he had been I
Informed that there was some whiskey in I
the ro^om. Six-members of the committeo
told 1dm they had gotten a drink of It.
Mr. Todd did not useithe little story about
Bill and Pete and the Button.
Another attack was made.on Senator
Barksdale. It' was charged that be had
become affrighted and run back home to
Halifax. A telegrann was received last
night from Mr. Barksdale, however, say- i
lhg" that he would be In the field1 again I
Monday night In Barton Heights, Todd's !
home district. )
PATROL WAGON
STRUCK A SNAG
On Its Way After a Norwe?
gian Sailor When It Hit a
Pole?Driver Hurt
It took three husky policemen of the
First District to subdue and place In
durance vile a drunken Norwegian- sailor
named Gustave Sandwich. It happened
last night betweon Twenty-second and
Main Streets, and the First Station.
And thereby hangs a tnlo, for when
Driver George Isaacs, of the patrol wagon
was dashing his horse tp the scene, the
horso Bagged Into an electric light pole
at Eleventh and Broad Streets, and
everything cnino to a sudden halt,
Mr. Isaacs picked himself up from the
ground, and ho found the cross-bar ot
the wagon was broken. IIo, too, waa
bruised. When the outfit got back to the
Second Station Mr. Isaacs wont home for
treatment! and I ho other patrol wagon
waa put Into u?o .wltli Driver Drake In
chui?e. In il??- meantime, however, a,
street cur going duwn Broad Street, could
not stop quick enough when it reached
the damaged w?gon, und a little more
damage was done both tho front of tho
ear nnd the wagon.
The.total damages wore comparatively
light,
liy thiH time the Norwegian sailor had
been placed In a cell at the First Station,
whore he swore himself to sleep l|ko a
pallor.
INFERNAL MACHINE
SENT TO AN EDITOR
Landlady Intercepted Con?
trivance and It Was Given
to the Police.
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON. MASS.. Oct. 31.?An Infer?
nal machine, addressed to Peter ICure
ghlan, the editor of Young Armenia, was
Intercepted by the landlady of the house
where the editor lives, and has been
turned over to the police.
The package containing the contrivance
was loft at Kureghlnn's houso. the po?
lice say, last evening by a man, who,
from his description, is Judged to bo an
Armenian. The woman wus auspicious
of the handle, and summoned a police?
man, who, on opening the package, found
an appliance consisting of copper wlrts.
a time clock and some carbons, ronuootod
with a heap of steel Mings and gun?
powder. A dial on tho clack showed that
it was tlxod to explode at D o'clock, two
hours after it was left at the Ituroghlun
house,
The police believe that the Incident is
an outcome of tho assassination of Sug
uto] Saguunl In London this week.
?- .. ,, t
MAYOR M'LANE IS TO
HUNT IN VIRGINIA
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
HAl/VlMORE, MD.. Oct. 31,-Mayor Mc
Laue will on next Tuesday start on tho
first vacation tie. has had since his In?
duction into olhoe. Ho will spend a few
days with City Solicitor W. Cabell Bruce
at the home of the latter's mother at
Staunton Hill, Oharlottn county, Vu,
iTbey will hunt partridges.
PULLED DOWN THE
CONFEDERATE FLAG
Prompt Punishment Inflicted
by a Worthy Champion
Upon the Violator.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.).
NEWPORT NEWS) VA., Oct. 31.-The
entire city is talking to-day about a
sensational Incident j which practically
closed, the Virginia Grand Camp's re?
union here,
It ocpurred early this morning In the
Commercial Hotel, Just after the Con?
federate ball.
Andrew OUscn, a gmnner |n tho navy,
stationed at the shtpiyurd', after making
several Insulting remarks In regard to
the South, pulled dwwn a Confederate
flag from the wall, threw It on the floor
and placed his foot upon It. Mayor Thorn?
ton Jones, (it Hampton, immediately
knocked tho man down. Ollson regained
his feet, but the Infuriated southerner
Btrecthed him on tliif floor again, and
then attain. Finally thp gunner could rise
no more, then Mayori Jones ptckod him
up and knocked him down,again,,
Ollsen, Is a Swodo by j birth. .The men are
about the same slue and Weigh over SOD
pounds each." The Htori* was widely cir?
culated this afternoon, und "Three cheers
for Jones" were given more tintu oneo
on the street corners. I
Practically all of thd veterans ace gono
now, und the city looks deserted.
TO FIGHT THE CRATER
BATTLE OVER AGMN
GENEEAL WILLIAM MAHOiNE.
Deathly Episode; of a Bloody War to Be Represented by the
Survivors of fllahone's Brigade. Assisted by the Virginia
..,. Soldjery^-A parade March to the Grounds, the
Sham Battle, and then a Reunion. "
(SpeciaMo'The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
PETERSBURG, VA.. October SI.?Pe?
tersburg, so often' called "the City of tbe
Crater,'/.'Is .to", entertain next..week the
.surviving, .participants in that ? frightful
and deathly-episode, which occurred dur?
ing the' long'siege "of the city In the last
day* of ttie.warof !C1 and 'fiij, when ftvo
hundred-kegs of powder .we're.' exploded
under the Confederate works, near this
cltyv blowing-up''the'-earth'with an explo?
sion that made; the., trembling, of- tlLe^ earth
feel'like the shock .of an earthquake for
many miles.
Hundreds of bouIb w?re sent to their
last.account by- tills terrible blast; and
many, of the men who. escaped from the
gaping earth were' maimed for, life.
THE BATTLE.
Major R. XV. Jones, M. A., LL. D.. of
the University of- Mississippi, writing of
the "Battle of the Crater," gives the fol?
lowing interesting details: .
"At this.time'Mn hone's Brigade was oc?
cupying the front Confederate lines as
they passed' through' the Wilcox farm.
For some time I had been In command of
the Twelfth Virginia Regiment.' On the
29th ot July there was no Indication of
anything unusual. That day I got per?
mission to. spend the night In the city
with some, members of my family, who
had come from home In GroenesvlUe coun?
ty to see mo. About ' daybreak on the
morning of ? the 30th of'July wo were
awakened by a terrific explosion. The
house shook"bb If by dn' earthquake
There followed very quickly a heavy can?
nonading; some of the.honses near us
were struck-by shot. Evidently a very
unusual and afifrul occurrence had taken
place. I, hastily placed the ladles of my
family in the cellar, so as to protect them
frcm the' flying shells, and started with
all possible haste to Join my regiment.
SHELLS FLYING.
When I 'passed over-a ridge between
the city and our position the shells were
flying and bursting and striking tho
ground. In such rapidity that It seemed
Impossible to escape destruction; but I
was a soldier, ond It was my duty to ro
port at my command; therefore, oh I
rnn, and thanks to a merciful Providence,
I reached my destination uninjured. Or?
der* had.Just been received quietly and
without observation of tho enemy to
vacate our places. In the trenches and
form a line In the rear.
I took charge of the regiment just: as
this movement waa about to begin. XVa
marched by the flank northward for
quite a distance, and come to where
General Mahone was; he had dismounted
and walked along some , distance with
us, using "this opportunity to talk with
some of the officers of tho brigade. I
Inferred - that he had been to the place,
where we \ytrtt to make the attack, and
that he was Informed of tho topography.
When he found how we wore marching
he gave.orders to have the brigade coun?
termarched by regiments. He was with
us -when we turned to the right from
covered way and. passed along the ravine.
IN THE RAVINE.
As soon as we marched Into the ra?
vine we saw the enemy in the works
which had been constructed by, us and
out of which-our men had been blown
by the explosion of the mine. They
were very numerous; there was a very
large number of flags, considering the
space covered, We could see that some
i of them were negroes; the men seemed
I to be moving sideways In tho trenches,
I and some moved out of the trenches to
I ward us; .some were placed In what
I we found afterwards to bo traverses.
j Mahone's brigade formed In the ravine
I and the. men wore ordored to lie down
! until all'our dispositions were made.
j After receiving instructions as a regl
| mental commander. I went In front of
| my regiment nnd commandod atten?
tion.
. I ordered the men to fix bayonets and
to see that their guns were in order for
lm media to use.
I further Instructed them that outline
of Infantry was the only barrier at that
point between the enemy nnd Peters?
burg. I told them that at tha command
^Forward" every man must go at a run,
reserving his fire until he reached the
fortifications now occupied by the ene?
my, I stated that If wo moved rapidly
and with vigor and spirit, tho enemy
rould fire but one volley at us before
wo would bo on them, and then we
should deliver on them a plunging fire
(Continued on Second Page.)
MXLELLAND LEADS
BY GOOD BIG VOTE
Canvasses Made by New York
Dailies Point to Victory
for the Democrats
(Speolal to The Tlmes-Dlspatoh.)
NEW TORK, Oct. 81.?The American's
canvass glvos McClellan a majority of
51,06$. The World In a canvass of 137,91?
votes, gives MeClollan a lead of 2,033
votes, U declares?tho "drift" of v.itt
voters indloate a mnjorlty for Low in,
Brooklyn of 86,000 and lu Mnnhuttan. tho
majority will not bo moro than 10,-o
either way. Tmniiumy ulalUls tut JIO
Clollan a plurality ot 97.860. Fusion
claims tor lxiw a plurality of 33.WO.
Tho Brooklyn Dally Englo a canvass
indtcatos that McClellan wilt carry the
city by about 4S.01O plurality. In Man?
hattanand.tho Bronx and lu Queens, his
pluralities are forecasted its Vt.Qi'A and
lW respectively, while Uiw, U Is in?
dicated, wul carry Brooklyn by a plu?
rality of 1.U18, and Richmond by-667.
Devery's vote, according to tho Eagle's
figures, will be IS.tiO, of which nearly all
ivlll come from Manliultau
MAN THOUGHT TO
BE WENTZ ESCAPED
Boarded Train Ostensibly for
New York, and Mystery
is Unsolved
? (Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
TOCCOA, GA? October 31.?Whether the
man who registered here as "C. L. Hume,
New York," and who was thought to be
! tho missing E. T* Wonts, Is really the
j missing Philadelphia^ la an unsettled
j question, as he boarded tho northbound
! train ut 3:!U) this morning, ostensibly for
' Now York.
j The woman who was here with the man,
j and who waa registered as "Mrs. Hume,"
I wan driven across country to Clarksvillo
? before midnight, where, It Is understood,
; sliu also took a train, Toceoa chief of
i police bellavea that "llumo" u Wenta,
| as he answers the description of the nilas
' lug millionaire.
The chief Intended to detain the couple
until they could tja Identified, hut they
eluded him. While here tho parties re?
mained In their room ut the hotel, aveu
taking their inualu Uiera
UNABLE TO
PREDICT
RESULT
Both Sides, in New York
Claim Confidence.
NONE CAN TELL
WHO WILL WIN
It Is Known Only That Each
Side Makes Claims.
SAME CONDITIONS
OBTAIN IN OHIO
There the Contest Has Been Really
One Betwaen Senator Hanna and
Tom L. Johnson, Though Thay
Are Not Candidates tor the
Same Office?Great In?
terest Manifested.
(By Associated Press,)
NEW YORK. Oct. 31.-Three days be
fore the municipal eection 'of 1903, well
Informed men on either side of the strug?
gle dnd themselves unable to predict th*
result of Tuesday's election. It seems
probable that the election will be .very,
close and that a few thousand votea will
decide whether Seth Low or George B.:
McClellan will be at the'head,of the oltys
government for the next two yearm 'Wil?
liam S. Devery, who is running tndepend-'
ently, is not regarded seriously as a, can?
didate.
To-night the campaign practically closed
with the hundred or more political meet?
ings on either side.
All the leaders to-day. issued estimates'
of, large, raajorltiea .'.. for their ticket*.,
Charles F, Murphy, claiming the >election'
of, the Democratic ticket ? by., 100,000. it. -
Lynn Bruce.and R. Fulton CuftTng. tie-.
clare that a-,ow will be elected/by about:
32,000. as many as in 1801 or perhaps more.'
and^even uavery said' his'' election :is
certain. It is known, however, that none
of them has confidence In his published,
estimates and that' -either side- looks' for
the'ejection of its candidate by a small
plurality. The fate of minor candidates,
for comptroller and pres.derit*.. of toe
Board of Aldermen, especially, is even
more in doubt.
A Democratic, majority in Manhattan
Is generally regarded as probable and the
Fusionists are expected to carry Brook?
lyn, the'other boroughs being In'doub't.'
In Brooklyn the Fusionists are claiming
forty thousand majority, but It is known
tnat the more conservative estimates
place it at w.OOO to 20,000. Murphy, the
leader of Tammany Hall, has issued an
estimate of 82,000 plurality in Manhat?
tan,' but it is understood that he does not
count on mora i,ian 80,000' to 38,000. The
combined result promises to be "so close
that the votes Devery may pe able to
draw from tho Tammany strength !n
Manhattan may decide the election one
way or the other.
Not only trie return of the Democrat*'
to the control of the pity's governmen?., '
but also tue leadership -of Murphy, in
Tammany Hall Is Involved In the strug?
gle. Murpny, it is generally believed, was'
placed in the leadership by Richard
Croker and It is thought that defeat
would mean his deposition.
The campaign has been conducted by
the Fusionists on the record of the Low
administration and the principle of nou
partlsanshlp in municipal elections with
"stand pat" and "keep the grafters out"
as war cries.
The Democrats have attacked the Low
administration for extravagance and In?
competency and called for a "business
admlln.'stration," urging the Importance
of this election upon the coming States
and presidential elections as a cause for
the return of all Democrats to the party.
Devery has made'a bid for labor votes
by his support of Parks, the walking dele?
gate, convicted of extortion and giving
a number of alleged disclosures ahout
methods in tho Police Department and
city administration during his Incum-,
bency. v. nat votes he draws will detract
from tho Tammany strength.
The existence of wholesale colonisation
in a number of assembly dlstrlots lu
Manhattan and the Bronss was revealed
to-day by the examination of more than
1,000 witnesses, who were summoned to
various police stations on subpoenas Is?
sued by Stato Superintendent of Elec
lons Morgan. From the tcslmony of these
witnesses it appeared that the illegal
registration amounted to several hundred.
No less than 350 cases were discovered In
the Fifteenth Assembly District alone, In
which six hundred witnesses wore exam?
ined by one of the superintendent's depu?
ties.
URGE DEMOCRATS TO
VOTE STRAIGHT TICKET
(By Associated Press.)
NEW VOKK, Oct. 31.?Letters from
several Democrats of natlonul promi?
nence. Including Chairman L. A. Rosing,
of the Minnesota State Democratic Com?
mit too, former Uovernor, and Congress?
man Benton MJc|Vltllan. of Tennessee;
Unltoil Btutos Senator Patterson, of Col?
orado; t-'laik Howell, editor of the At?
lanta Constitution; Congressman M. J.
Wade, of Iowa, and C. M. Uaker, dt
Cincinnati, urging Democrats of this city
to adhere to past allegiance and vote
the DemocratIq ticket in the election
Tuesday, wero made publlo at Deinuerullc
campaign headquarters to-day.
'- OHIO CAMPAIGN
Full Stato Ticket and Members of Leg?
islature 1o Be Chosen,
(By Awaclitod ?'r#?j.)
CINCINNATI. OHIO, October 31.?The
campaign In Ohio practically closed to?
night with rallies everywhere.
The election Tuesday Is for a full State
tmkot and members of tha Legislature
that select** the successor of Senator Hsn
im. Far the first time lu Ohio the two
parties have had nominees tor Senator.
Jchn H. Clarke, of Cleveland, and Sena?
tor Hanna have canvassed the entire
State tor Suunus, and the Senatorial