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RICHMOND, V?.? TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1903.
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SUMMARY OF_DAY'S NEWS.
The Weather.
?tVARlIINaTON, Nov. D.-ForecoM for
Turiday nnd Wednesday;
Virginia?Warmer end partlv oloudv
Tuesday; rain end ooolor Tuesday night
and Wednesday; fieili to brisk Bjutlt
winds.
North Carollna^r-Wrirmer Tu?*di>y, with
?howers near the 'const; probablv shower*
Wednesday! Iresh east winds.
The cold spell seems deat nnd to be of
brief duration. Yesterday the tempera?
ture modified considerably, although early
In the morning wee very cold, ami a frost
fell that resembled snow. To-day and to?
morrow will likely ho much warmer.
'? STATE OF THE THERCvtOMETETt.
? ?. M.,.M
12 M.!....".. 47
8 P. M. ?8
? P. M'.,-....->.. G?
? P. M..'.?,,*. 47
IS midnight -j. ?t
Avorago .-. 471??
Highest 'temperature yesterday.-..63
Lowest temperature yesterday.19
Mean temperature yesterday.44
Normal temperature for November.... 54
Departure from normal temperature.... in
Precipitation,during punt ?4 hour?.00
? MINIATURE ALM?NA.C.
Bun rises.6i45 | HIGH TIDE.
Hun eels. ."?:<?3 | Morning.
Moon rises.10:27 I Evening.?l.a
Richmond.
Ministerial Union declines to endorse
Joint . evangelical services?Hen ico
grand Jur y decides to begin next
Monday to Investigate die rtcont
election; some well knowu witnesses ???.?
moncd-?Strung effort to keep Kov.
George H. Wiley here-Miniature to leave
for Methodist : Conference-Advance
guard of Legislature hero-Many Invi?
t?t one to tho Governor to deliver ad?
dresses-The work of tbe revisers of tl.e
Consti.utlon explained-Ex-Govern r Rod
Taylor to open the ?. M. C. A. oourso
A cine to the Scott murder mystery; ijis
tol found in ? well In tho rear ut nls house
-State Supreme Court to convene to?
day-U. S. Court resombles a cooper's
shop-Baptist under.ake to solve the
negro problem-Scottish Rite Masons at
work in tnu Temple-Hank Johnson to
bo tried to-day?-Charters ?ranted by tho
Corporation Commission-Meeting of the
Howitzer Association-Royal Tr.-oe of
Joseph ? holds a maee-meetlng-Three
bl?hopa speak In Richmond-?Charlottcs
vlllo, Cincinnati and Clifton Forgo after
tho Chesapeake and Ohio gener.il off.ci*:
Vice-President Axtell eays the matter of
removal la not a new one-?Daughters of
the Confederacy lo convene In Charleston,
K. C-, to-morrow-Board of State Can?
vassers to meet to-day-Board of Alder?
men to-night?-All' the men discharged
from the Street-Cloan'ng .Department are
reinstated-State property damaged by a
tiro on lower Franklin Street. . MAN?
CHESTER?Elke to have a home In the
old Mlddendorf house-Application for a
liquor licence refused-L-ases set -for
trial-Nothing yet hear'* from P. F.
DeF-cjreat-Two arrests modo-Funeral
of Mrs. Galloway-Farewell. ser-?on of
Rev. A. C. B(/ryman-7-An autumn tea.
Virginia.
Presbyterian ministers In conference de?
plore, but Justify. lyncMnx under exls'lns;
conditions-A girl missing from Norfo k'
believed to be under the nypnotlo U.flu
ence of another gdrU?Bush work ?.??
ships at the Norfolk navy-yard-Kuroor
ed sale of Venable Snuf? Company in Po
tereburg to Amer?cAn, Bnutt U> npeny-?
J, Lawrence Campbell'announce??.himself
a candidate for Ut? ion? senatorial tiene
?The circus decided early,,ln th?'morn?
ing not to show In Danville; and the aJl
d?y prayer against it was held afterwards
?-A student made to leave the Uplver
Wty on account ?f-urigentlehianly'conduct
-?.Valuable sulphur..mine, discovered ?
Orange and gold quarta ??? the stiuurts
of Roanoke?Miss Mathew* badly burn?
ed In Petoi-sburg l>v her clothes catching
fire-Annual conference o? the Apos
lolic Church In Roanoke-Colonel Go ,de
gives his annual contribution to Confed?
erate veterans- -Tho battleship Maire
cools orr record time at Newport News
and puts out for the Isthmus of Pana, ..a
-Newport News newt-paper reporter Is?
sues mandamus agnlnet city treasurer to
force him to take hie capltitlon tax r-o
that he can vote-Charlottesvlilo also
moving to secure the Chesapeake and
Ohio offices-?The murderers of Lillian
Bhaw, who killed, quartered and burned
their victim, arrested near Bristol-Car
robbers piead guilty at Willlamsburg aJid
ere sentenced to the penitentiary.
North Carolina
T)ie prohibition election In Salisbury
postponed becniuso it ,wai found ? W
statute had not been complied wlth
? fire in Salisbury burns a grocery sipre
with heavy loss-A line subscription
taken at Greenshoro Sunday for the Fe?
male College?Tho Secretary of State la?
me? several new charters-A farmer at
Greensboro adopts noval plan of saving
bis money from robbers.
General.
General stock market Is slupglsh and
unimportant, despite new low records for
nnd heavy dealings In the stocks aid
honda of the United States Stoni Cor?
poration-Session of tho Fifty-eighth
Congress opens with large attendance and
crowded galleries a?d corridors: floral of?
ferings in ootli upper and lower house
ere on more magnificent scale than ever
before-Minister of the new republic of
Panama writes a letter to Senator Mor?
gan, making an appeal to him to support
the Panama Canal project, hut tbe Sena?
tor save that when he needs advice, w 11
not take It from a Frenchman who is in?
terested !n the canal-Prominent' dentist
fearing tho approach of Insanity kills hla
wife, daughter and himself and leaves a
request that non poet-mortem be held
Another day of great activity on the cot?
ton market In New York and prices drop
many points, rally and drop again??
??-ny thousands of acres of the Dismal
Swamp to be reclaimed and put under
cultivation-Emperor William, who w-je
operated on Sunday for a growth In nls
larynx. Is doing well-Pone Pius holde
first secret consistory and does not niflke
nn American cardinal, although two now
cardinals are created-RumT^d tint Co?
lombia will offer concessions to Germany
If that nation will come to her rid
against the United states in resisting the
recogn tlon of the new republic of Pana?
ma^-Senator Hanna may succeed Sena?
tor Morgan as the chairman of the Caml
Committee-President Roosevelt urnes
Senator Hanpa to retain the cnar^n ? ?
of the R&supllcan Committee and to give
the party the benefit of his leadersmp in
next year's campaign,
THE" NOBLEST ROMAN. ~
Col. Goode's Splendid Generosity
Inspires Earnest Gratitude.
(Special to The TIrees-Dlspatch.)
CHASE CITY, VA-, Nov. 8.?The annual
contribution of $1.000 has been- sent to
tho chairman of the Board of Supervisors
by Colonel Thomas V. Goode, of Meck?
lenburg, to he distnibuted on the 23d ln
ntunt among the Confederate soldiers of
this county on the pension list who have
J?st a limb or oye and the widows of de?
ceased Confederates on the pension rolls.
This la a supplement to the State allow?
ance. It will be ? most opportuno and ac
ciptablo Thnnlisglvins donation to these
old and needy people.
This magnanimity of Colonel Goode has
never been equalled by any other of Vir?
ginia's sons, and will be a memorial to
bis philanthropy and sympathy for the
unfortunate, lie Is the noblest Roman
of them all. Long may he live and pros?
per to enjoy tho fruition of' his hopea
?uid aspirations to do good to others.
Tom Callahan Defeated.
(By Associated. Press.1
NEW OHLEANR. Nov. ?.--Kid Broad
dcteated Tom Callaban, In a ten roiiucl
??out before tbe Souii/ru AlUelU? Club
, ? .. ?* ; ? F.r { ?? ?-.
PASTORS
UNABLE
TOJNITE
A Warm Discussion in
the Ministerial Union.
NOT TO HOLD
JOINT MEETINGS
It Was Deemed Better That
Each Should Go Their
Separate Way.
THE STAND TAKEN
BY REV. DR. STRANGE
Said He Had Gone Into Joint
Evangelistic Meetings Before
and Always Found That He
Had Thereafter to Ex?
cuse Himself or His
People.
A division of Eentlment, hopelessly Ir?
reconcilable, developed yesterday when
the Ministerial Union of Richmond
plunged Into a long and lively discussion
of the question of holding a series of
Interdenominational evangelistic servlooi
in the city.
In the courpe of the debate, which
sprang up somewhat -unexpectedly, one or
two of the ministers flatly refused to
unite In the proposed movement, which
had already progressed to a certain ex?
tent, while a long list of others concurred
In the statement that for varous reasons
It was inadvisable at this time to engage
In the work suggested. An onslaught was
mode by the debaters upon the much
affected giant revivals under the leader?
ship of some outsider; the*}- were spec?
tacular, but no appreciable effect. It woe
said; they were a bubble, which, when
pricked, -left nothing but thin air. ?
warm defense was made, and the die
cusslon jrent merrily otv brisk and ani?
mated to a. high degre*.
CAN NEVER UNITE.
Finally the. -union agreed to disagree.
"It's a sad thing,'.' said Dr. J. ? Haw
thorno, o? Grove-Avenue, "that this con?
ference can never unite on anything that
looks like aggressive work. We can never
agree on anything." Then he, with the
others, voted, because he had no option,
for a resoluton declaring it to be Inad?
visable at this time to attempt the union
meeUnge.
Hot Discussion.
At' the October moetlnp- of the union ?
committee, consisting of .>r. Hawthorne,
Rev. Jame? E. Cook, of Hoge Memorial,
and Mr. 8. K. McKce, of tho Young Men?
Chrlstlnn Association, was appointed to
consider the advisability of holding a
series of meetings to be conducted by
pome great evnngellst, Munhall, Chap?
man or some other, and to be actively
pndorsed by all the ministers of Rich?
mond. The committee proceeded on the
assumption that It was the wish of the
union that the meetings be held, and It
went on to correspond with some of the
great evangelists aforesaid. When the
committee met yesterday It merely re?
ported "progress."
Then the roctor of ?St. Paul's, Rev. Rob?
ert Strange, D. D., arose to ask for Infor?
mation. From this point the discussion
began.
Dr. Strange refused to engage In the
proposed work.
Ho spoke twice, the second time because
"a certain brother" had looked at him as
If he was the cause of all the fuss. He
declared at the outset"that he muet not
be understood as being opposed to unity.
No man would be quicker than he to
unite with his brethren In the work of
winning souIb. But In the Providence of
God ho was convinced that this work
should be performed In a certain way,
and he did not believo the proposed meet?
ings to be the right wiy. He had gone
into such tilings before, and had always
had In tho end to excuse himself to his
church on account of different things
that would happen. He respected the
convictions of others, but he demanded
a similar respect for his own. If the
other brethren wanted to go Into a series,
of meetings, with some evangelist to
conduct them, they could do so.
"But why do you want to force me
Into It, too?" asked the rector of Bt.
Paul's. "Lot ench denomination do Its
work. L for one, refuse to do anything
for which I shall afterwards have to
HIS CONDUCT A
CLASS MATTER
Made to Leave the University
on Account of Ungentle
manly Conduct.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
CHARLOTTESVILM?, VA., November
9.?For alleged ungentlemanly language
and conduct to the landlady of one of tue
most exclusive boarding houses at the
University of Virginia, T. Edwards Col?
lins, a flrst-year student In the law de?
partment of that Institution, has been
compelled to leave collego,
T|io affair occurred at an early hour
Sunday morning, and the circumstances
bocomlng known, a committee, headed by
tho president ?if the law class, waited
upon the young man last night at one of
the clty'e hotels and told him he would
have to leave the University or stand the
consequences.
After telling the committee that be had
already decided upon tho former courue,
he immediately took the train for his
home In Washington.
The uiifoi-tiii.?le occurrence line beni
the source of much comment at the Uu
excuse myself to my own people. * * *
My conception of this union la that It
shall not take a vote upon any matter.
W? can meet and mingle heart and
heart and hand and hand and go forth
more Inspired und botter prepared for
the work God has given us to do. But I
shall always refuse to stand for any
measure for which any other brother
cannot conscientiously find himself able
to vote."
The Other Side.
A strong defense wos made by Dr.
Hawthorne, Rev. James E. Cook, and
others.
"The brethren ere going back on re?
vivals," said Dr. Hawthorne. "They are
repudiating some of the most glorious
chapters In the history of tho church. All
the great rellglou? awakenings have bean
accomplished under the leadership of euch
me nas Wesley and Whltfleld, and Dwlght
I?, Moody. There are, I admit, some
peripatetic parvenues and upstart* with
side shows, but I pay no attention to
them. What I want Is a great dignified
revival such as we would have under
Chapman.
Lamentable Decline.
A little Incident, by the way, wes of
some Interest, Dr. Hawthorne declared
that there was a lamentable falling off
In church attendance. Dr. Jone? said he
didn't believe It and the two minister?
discussed tho point for awhile. The matter
ended by having the conference to enter?
tain a proposition that the Business Com-,
mltteo give the church statistics for the
city of Richmond.
CAPTAIN HOBSON
SOUGHT A WARRANT
I -
(By Associated Press.)
NEW Y.ORK. November 9.?Captain
Richmond Pearson Hobson appeared In
the Jefferson Market Police Court to-day
to apply for a search warrant In a house
in West Thirty-eighth Street, which Is
a sanitarium. Ho told Magistrate Mayo
that his sister, ' Margaret Hobson, who
has been attondong an older sister there,
who Is suffering from nervous prostraUon,
lost a purse containing $68 and a gold
medal, studded, with thirty-eight dia?
monds, worth U.<X?. Captain Hobson said
this medal was presented to him by, a
Southern society and he prized it highly.
As Captain Hobson was unable to state
that the purse had been stolen, the mag-'
latrate Informed him that It would be In?
advisable to Issue a search warrant, and
Issued three summons for the manager
of the sanitarium and two colored ser?
vants to appear in court Wednesday.-Cap?
tain Hobeon also notified police head?
quarters of his lose.
CAMPBELL CANDIDATE
FOR THE LONG TERM
(Special to Th? Tlmee-Dlspatch.y
BEDFORD CITY, Nov. 9.?Mr. Lawrence
Campbell, elected to the senatorial short
term for Bedford county, to-day an?
nounces 'he will be a candidai?? for the
long term for the counties of Bedford and
Rockbrldge to succeed Judge Calloway
Brown, where death occurred two. days
nfter his election to that honor.by an un?
precedented majority.
?On Uie, death-of Judge Brown; Mr.
Campbell was regarded an the logical suc?
cessor, and friends from every part of the
county urged him to allow .the
use of his name. Owing to his legal du?
ties, Mr, Campbell did not think he could
be absent from his pracUce for so long
a time, and It was only this morning?that
he answered definitely his decision to
stand for the position. Mr. Campben In
Mayor of Bedford City, chairman'of the
Board of Supervisors and a lawyer of
experience and ablUty. .
TO RECLAIM LARGE
PART OF DISMAL SWAMP
(By Associated Press.)
???????,?, TENN.. Nov. ?.?Five
thousand acres of Dismal Swamp lands
near Norfolk, Va., are to bo reclaimed by
tho Franklin Land and Lumber Com?
pany, composed of Ohio men. John B.
Lewis, of Somerset, Ky., agent and fore?
man for the company, who passed
through KnoxvIIle to-day, said the land
was bought originally for Its timber, but
since It has been cleared It has been
found to be very fertile. The work of
ditching and draining the land has be?
gun already, and hundreds of the men
are to be put to work. It la the Inten?
tion of the company to raise all kind? of
vegetables and later to engage In cattle
raising on an extensive scale.
A CLUE IN SCOTT
MURDERJYSTERY
Pistol Found in a Well Near the
Store in Which Killing
Occurred.
Yesterday brought a development which
may or may not mean much in the solu?
tion In the Scott murder mystery.
Policeman Hughes and others, looking
in every conceivable place for the pistol
used In the murder, found one yesterday
afternoon In a well In the rear of the
Scott store. Whether or not tils pistol
was that used in killing Junlus A. Scott
Is now a question .which the police are
directing all their efforts to solve. It le
noUoeable that none are Inclined to at?
tach much importance to the supposed
development at present. Under the di?
rection and instructions of Captain Shln
berger, In whose dletrlot the murder oc?
curred, every Inch of space on the prem?
ises and near by has been searched by
police officers. Until yesterday no pistol
was found. On this square are two wells,
one almost directly behind the Scott
property and the other nearer Twenty
seventh Street. As a last resort Captain
Shlnberger ordered these to be searched.
In the first nothing suspicious or hav?
ing any possible bearing on the case was
found. In that nearer Twenty-sevonth
Street a email pistol was found by Offi?
cer Hughes, of the First District. It le
an old-fashioned affair, single action,
,32 calibre, and wan entirely empty.
One point against the theory that It
wus used to murder Mr. Bcott Is that
no cartridges are found lu the chambers.
The police would attach much more Im?
portance to the find, they eay, if but
one chamber wae empty.
One argument In support of the sup?
position U that apparently the pistol
was not long In the water.
The coroner, Dr. Taylor, yesterday af?
ternoon, gave the bull which was taken
from Mr. Scott's head to Captain Tom
llnson. who wished to see If It would
fit the pistol found. The bullet Is bat?
tered out of r?cognition, but It la easy
to determine the calibre by weighing It.
The building occupied by the Scotts
et the time of the killing ie now vacant.
1*?.& la e.4VMU?*4 ios nst,./
INQUIRE
INTO THE
Grand Jury Will Investi?
gate Henrico County.
GET TO WORK
ON MONDAY NEXT
Ten Witnesses to be Summoned
to Tell What They Know
About the Matter.
SUPT. FUSSELL IS
AMONG THE NUMBER
Jury Goes Into the Case Without
Any Instructions From the
Court?Will : Ask for Infor?
mation Regarding the
*on of. the Rose
negk ijrcwcry.
Wage
At the close of a long and wearisome
session yesterday, the grand Jury of Hen?
rico, of Jtsown moUon and Independently
of any suggestion from the court,' an?
nounced Its determination of Instituting
an Investigation into certain alleged vio?
lations of the law' by candidates In the
recenUy held election In the county.
Somewhat of a sensation was created
by. this pronouncement from the twelve
men.' The attitude of the court,, contrary
to general expectation, had no obvious .
bearing upon the ?jection ? scandale, and
the/charge of 'the Judge contained no word
that bore directly, upon the- issue.,In a,
dozen Incisive sentences he indicated-to
the Jurymen the power vested in,them
by law, but stated tljat beyond the mat-,
tors to be brought''-to their attftnUon by
the Commonwealth's', attorney the court
was. happy to lnfoiin'.the gentlemen that
It was. aware ?f no. ?pe/dal ^violations, ?f
the statute. The Ju;vyrgVjretl in due- or?
der",' ' and * the "Comm?njw?aUh's.' atto ami'
with them. Several, ordinary orlmlnal
cases were laid before tbem, but the
Commonwealth has no suggestion to make
about the election.
The-irrand Jury filed back some hours
lattx-and Indicated that they hadsnmo
Uilng up. their sleeves. Tho Judge, gave
them certain InstrucUons and sent them
?back to the r.oom. When they returned,
for the second and final time they an?
nounced that they would meet again next
Monday and go Into the election and
examine .several witnesses, a list .of
which : the foreman handed to the clerk.
" ' ' Charge to the Jury.
The gTand Jury met at 11 o'clock with
every, member present as follows: .Geo,
Wrttt,'Jr., foreman: R. T. Moncure, R. T.
Wilson; H. H. ChrlsUan, M. F. Burton.
J. M. Fourquean, L. B. Quarles, T. T.
Dabney, S. ,C. Duval, J. ?. Scott (col?
ored), Wash WHInms (colored), and John
Burton (colored)
It was nearly 3:30 o'clock when the Jury
rapped and announced that it wanted
some Instructions from the Judge,
The foreman stated that they were
about through with the Indictments, But
there was another matter. Mr. Watt
mentioned something about "the election
Just held." Necks were strained'. At?
tention was close and profound.
Tho foreman went on to say that ?
genUeraan of hlch standing In the coun?
ty was authority for the statement that
one of the candidates had been spend?
ing money. Besides this, two of the grand
Jurymen of which two he (Watt) was
one, knew of such occurrences. The judge
told the foreman that the spending of
money was certainly a. violation of the
law and that It was the duty of tho Jury
to Investigate If there hod been any such
violations. He sont the Jury back to Ite
room to decide something.
About half an hour elapsed and then
the Jurymen came back. They announced
that they had concluded the regular busi?
ness before them and presented a series of
Indictments Tho desks were clear. Then
the foreman said the jury had decided
to adjourn until Monday e-t U o'clock,
when they would go Into the election mat?
ter. A list of witnesses had beany pre?
pared. It read as follows:
John K. russell.
George E. Anderson.
Walter FusselL
James M. Sones.
Joseph Stumpf.
AW. B. Frayser.
Ashby Frayser.
Roeenegk; Parson'e store.
Thomas Marable.
John Carrlngton. Jr.
Phil Houston.
Foreman Watt asked If the Jury could
between now and Wednesday look around
for Itself and supplement the list of wit?
nesses with other?, which would be hand?
ed to the Commonwealth's attorney. Tha
Judge sa!d that tlie Jury would have to act
as a body. The members could do nil the
Investigating they would, but they could
take no action until they met as a
grand Jury again. Then they could auk
for any other witnesses they wanted.
What It Means.
So far as can he gathered tho treas
urershlp mattor Is the chief thing Involved
In the Investigation. Charges aro minio
against both Brauer and Todi] of spend?
ing money, and tlio witnesses are to tes?
tify lu this connection. hieroglyphic
"Uosenegk; Parson's store," Inscription
meune that Mr. lioeeiiugk'a bruwory
wugon full of beer wa? ueen standing In
front of Parson's store In Varlna Dis?
trict on election day. The granii. Jury
summons the keepers of the store to find
out If this was simply au accident or the
result of business truueactiona, or what.
Child Badly Burned.
(Bpecial to The Times-Dispatch.)
BBlDFOItD CITI', VA-, November 9
Tlils morning little .Tosephlnn, the throe
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. C.
' Bell, wai? dangerously burned wall? ?U??
}?it( la Hie Ar? with, ?od* ?**??*
CONGRESS CONVENES
IN EXTRA SESSION
LAWMAKERS
MEET TO-DAY
The Adjourned Session of the
General Assembly Will
Begin at Noon.
A STRUGGLE AT THE OUTSET
Shall the Report of the Revision
Committee on Oyster Legis?
lation Come Up, First.
The General Assembly of Virginia will
convene in adjourned session.at the State
Capitol nt noon to-day. This la the third
session of this Assembly, which has been
sitting at Intervals for two years, having
hnd its life prolonged by the Constitu?
tional Convention of 1901-?3, in order that
it might have opportunity to conform the
statutes to the new organic law.
Many changes have occurred etnee the
body began Its sittings. Several member?
have died, others have resigned and some
are detained at home by reason of feeble
health- "... .
The' members of the two houses were
coming In very slowly last night, there be?
ing less than a quorum of either body In
town. |It Is expected that sufficient mem
, bars of both houses will be In .their seat?
I to-day to enable them to transact busi?
ness.
r Those who had arrived last nicht, so far
as could be ascertained, were: Speaker
John'F. Ryan, of the House; Senator?
8. R. Donohoo and W. P. Barksdolo: Del?
egates, L?ate, Furdy, Goodwin, Stearnes,
OrgaJn. Boas, Jennings, Lion, Read,. E
C. Jordan, "Mathews, Heermane, Turpln,
Snead and settle. There were also Clerk
John W. Williams, of the House; Joseph
Button, of the Senate; T. A. Lynch,, of
the Senate; B. C. Banks,;-John.T. Loving;
John J. Burli?. . Sergeant-it-Arm? Frank.
B. Watklns. .of the Senate, and Door?
keeper S. M. Donald; of the "same body.
There will be a strugglo nt the very
opening of the session as to whether tho
two bouses, shall take up and give pre?
cedence to the roport of the Joint Com
mttt'eo 'oh 'Revision of the Stattutes, or
lay this aside and. dispose of the report
of the Special Joint Committee on Oyster
.Legislation . and" other special matter
.first Mr.' Boaz, member of the Revision
Committee and others will fight for the
consideration of that report first. Tho
Albeinnrle member, who is one of tho
most .Influential members.of either body,
said last night, that, the revision report
embraced much matter which It was Im?
perative the General Assembly should
dispose of Immediately. Among other
matters, he cited, was the legislation, put?
ting the new system of circuit courts into
effect and superseding tho old county
court system. This Is loft almost wholly
to the General Assembly, and unless
these statutes are passed the State may
be left for months without courts of any
kind.
The more sanguine members expresB
the hope that tho session will adjourn
sine die about December 20tlr", but others
say that if a prolonged fight on the oys?
ter question ensues the session may run
up to the limit, that Is to say nearly to
the middle of January, 1004.
FEAR OF INSANITY
CAUSE OF CRIME
Prominent Dentist Kills His
Wife, Daughter and Him?
self?Left Letters.
(By Associated Tress.
SAGINAW. MICH-, Nov. 8,-Dr. B. W.
Light, a prominent dentist of this elry,
committed suicida Sunday night at his
borne here, after fatally shooting his wife
und daughter, Ruby, a young girl of
eighteen. The tragedy was not discovered
until noon to-day.
A friend In Bay City, alarmed by a
Jetter he received to-day from Dr- Light,
?written yesterday, came here and entered
the Light honre. Mrs. Light wae found
on hor bed with a bullet through her
bead, but not quite dead, while the daugh.
ter had escaped In her night dress as far
ap the kitchen, where Bhe was shot down
r.nd killed at the door. Dr. Light had
then returned upstairs and committed
suicide, though by what means is uot
determined, as no wounds of any kind
were found on his body.
He left lettore behind, In which he con?
fesses the Intended crimp, ami asks that
no Inquest or poatniortem ho bold, nnd
that the bodies, he not laken from the
lionise until the funeral, threatening in
Hanlty to t host) who acted I'oulniry lo his
Wishes, He ututo?! lu lile luttera that ho
felt insanity coming one, and that lie
dreaded being -shut up und leaving lila
loved ones unprotected.
PICKETT CAMP TO
ATTEND A SMOKER
1'ickett Camp lu'ld its regular meeting
last night, with -Commander Winston pre?
siding nnd Adjutant Nurtbou ai hi?
desk.
Tho ?imp received an Invitation from
tho Howitzers' Halteiy to attend their
smoker at their armory to-night. It was
accepted. Many expressions of apprecia?
tion wein heard pi th? kind treatment:
received m l'?lur*t>ui'K last Frldiiy. When
the rounlim of um? Crater K'tiou" was
?tivld, '
ALL THE MEN
TAKEN BACK
Health Committee Reverses Su?
perintendent Henry
Cohen.
THE LATTER WAS LENIENT
Said He Had Not Enforced the
Rules Out of Kindness
to the Men.
The investigation Into the affairs of
the Street Clean! nsr Department ceun? to
an abrupt and unexpected end last night
before the Health Committee, by the
unanimous adoption of a resolution of?
fered by Mr. Satterfleld, of Marshall
Ward, reinstating the elx men discharged
by Superintendent Cohn,' upon the latter*?
statement that he hod not enforced the
rules of the department etrlcUy In their
cases. There wer? lome spicy scene?, but
they were all brief, and the entire meet?
ing did not consume over .thirty min?
utes. ?
In the end there -tras a. sort of a. love
feast. In which everybody seemed sat?
isfied, and a resolution was finally adopt?
ed, calling on the Council to pay the man
for the time they had loet.
CALLED TO ORDER.
The committee was called to order at 8
o'clock by Chairman Hobson, and Coun?
cilman David : Bottom gave notice
that he appeared as counsel - for'
Mr. J. C. Robinson, one of the
discharged men, by. whom be) oc?
cupied a seat near, the table. Superinten?
dent Cohn was present to look after his'
own case, and Mr. Satterfleld, after the
rules of the department had been read,
asked Mr. Cohn had he ? applied them
strictly In the esses of the six mea die
charged.
Mr. Donahue made strenuous objection,
and declared that the committee ime call?
ed to try the'accused'men, and not'Mr.
Cohn. He was ruled out of order by the
Chair,:and Mr. Batterfietd's question-wast
answered In the negative by Mr. Cohn.
The Marshall Ward Alderman then moved
that all the men be reinstated, and said
he did so upon, the superintendence own
statement that he had failed to enforce
the'rules. Messrs, O'Nell, Shea and Curtis
heartily seconded Mr. Satterflold's mo?
tion.
CAPTAIN CURTIS SPEAKS.
Mr. Curtis sold be was satisfied that Mr.
Cohrt had failed to do his duty, as well aa
had the men, end that on his own state?
ment, all the men should be at once re?
instated, and he gave It as his opinion
that they could get their pay for their
lost time,
Mr. Bottom spoke briefly and said the
men should understand that Mr. Cohn
was In authority, and that his orders
should be obeyed.
Here Mr. Cohn declared that he had not
enforced the rules rigidly out of kind?
ness for the men. He welcomed thorn
hack, and declared that he had taken the
action which brought the matter up In
good faith.
Then a love feast followed, and Cap?
tain Curtis and others compii men ted the
superintendent, and said they were always
willing to stand by him where they
thought he was within the scope of his
authority.
The motion of Mr. Satterfleld was upon
roll call unanimously adopted, and the
commute? decided to oak the Council to
pay the six men for the Urne they have
lost since they were put oft on rTovember
1st.
PASSENGER AGENTS
GO TO NEW ORLEANS
(By Associated Press.)
PKN8ACOLA, FLA., Nov. ?.-Nearly
five hundred members of the TraveUng
Passenger Agents' Association left here
to-night on two specials for New Orleans,
where the association will hold Ita an?
nual meeting. The party? arrived to-day
and were the guejjte of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company. They were
given an excursion on the Oulf, and on
their return a dinner was served on the
beach at thft Salita Rosa Llfe-Bavlng Sta?
uen.
TEN THOUSAND MEN
OUT ON STRIKE
Colorado Miners Demand Eight
Hour Day, Increase in Wages
and Other Concessions,
(By Associated Prose.)
DENVER, COL., Nov. O.-Moro than
1 ywo coal miners In Colorado went on
6irlke to-day for an eight-hour day. in?
creased wages and other concessions.
The strike was ordered by the National
Esecutivo otllcere uf the United Mine
Workers of Amerloa after the coal com
punies refused to confer with union rep?
resentatives concernine the demanda of
tin num. Of the Idle men 8,000 are In the
Southern coal nelds, 2.000 lu the Northern
ccul Holds and l.SOO In Fremuut county.
Ono hundred mines have been closed
down. A few Independent proportion in
tho Northern coal fields und elsewhere)
Will not atop work, tiluce (he operators
have ugreed to concede the eight-hour
dn> and also Increased wngea. l^ns tUun
i 000 minors will remain ut work, aooord*
iiiK to reports from the utTectud districts.
Tim announcement comes that 6CO men
have gone out In Cot fax county, N. M.
The others In that territory are now ne?
gotiating with the mine owners, fctate
mllltla, I? held In readiness (o be dl?
patched (o thi: coal ivginns at the first
call from Um nherlfL'a of the tuuuuoj
U&icted,
Convenes at Noon to
Legislate for Cuba.
NEW SPEAKER IS
WARMLY GREETED
Is Graciously Introduced by Mr*
.Williams, the Leader of
Democratic Majority, i
GRACEFUL SPEECH
TO HOUSE MEMBERS
Gallerie? Crowded With Crowd
of Men and Women, Whet
Came to See Opening of the
Extraordinary Session of ,.. .
Fifty-eighth Congres?; ! j
Little Business Don?.
Times-Dispatch Bnrema, -
Boom 21?, Colorado Bide., Uth and O 8ta*j
Washington. D. C., Not. ?. '?
The opening .scenes, of . tbe extr* .M?? i
slon of the Fifty-eighth Congress were of
the usual character?tbe crush of humus?!
Ity to see the-law-maker? assemble and
the hundreds who went. away, dlsa-JH.
pointed, for never yet have the gallerie*
been able to accommodate the crowd*
of the first day of the session?the. flow*?
ere which turned the desks of member?
of tho Senate Into fioriste" sUnds?the
general handshaking and felicitation??
the routine of organization?-and then
adjournment,'with.nothing done save the
'preparation for work.
The throng which came to the-Capitol
to-day was; as great as on the first.day
;ofany regular session. . Admission1??
the galleries was entirely by card. The
galleries of the House wlU'.aci?ramoa??teJ
'seven hundred people, There were-'tbjitfc
many waiUng for seats at ll( o'clock; and
many times that many w?ntaway with?
out getting any further than the ??tG
dors surrounding; the House,floor;'ThreeC
fourths of . the people In the gollerltyi
we're .women; ,. ?.-'?" - ; ,'?. '"'.'?"?.- .
' The House. '
?WASHINGTON. D. C-, November 9.?
The House of Representatives convened
at noon to-day In extraordinary1 session
Long before the hour of noon, when?the
gavel fell, the galleries were filled,: the
ladies being largely. In. the. majority. .'.?
Many familiar figures of the pant Con?
gress were missed .to-day. Galusha \U-.
Grow, the veteran member from Penn
sylv?na, nnd a former Speaker,; ^waa
among the absent _ones.
Tho Democrats to-day rallied around" ?
new leader, Mr. William? (of MIsslssIppD
having been chosen to take the'-place of
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, who retired
from the leadership of the minority.
A roll call by States developing a-quo?
rum, 3>50 having answered, the clerk called
for nominations for Speaker.' Mr. Hep?
burn, of Iowa, chairman of the Republi?
can caucus, formally nominated Mr. Can?
non.
Mr. Hay, of Virginia, chairman of-the
Democratic caucus, nominated Mr. Wil?
liams, of Mississippi. No speeches '.wer?
made In making the nominations.
The mention of Mr. Cannon's name wa?
recolvod with applause on the Republi?
can side, and the naming of Mr. Williams
as the minority candidate was likewise
greeted on the Democratic elde.
The roll wan then called, resultng.Ju
1S8 votes for Mr. Cannon and 166 for Mr.
Williams, Mr. Cannon was then declared
duly elected Spoaker of the House.
Mr. WUUams, of Mississippi, and Mr.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, were appointed *
committee to notify Mr- Cannon of hi*
election and to escort htm to the Speak?
er's chair.
Greeted Cordially.
As Mr. Cannon entered! the north door
with Mr. Williams and Mr. Groeveoor
the applause, beginning with > s-lpple.
grew In Its intensity as be approached
the Speaker's desk. Members of both
sides of the chamber arose and joined In
the ovaUon to the newly-elected Speaker.
Mr. WUUaros Introduced Mr, Cannon,
saying!
"Gentlemen of the House of Represen?
tatives, It Is a high honor to present a
Speaker of the House of Repreeenta
Uves?the greatest parliamentary body
on the surface of the earth. It la an es?
pecial honor to present this house this
particular Speaker.
"I think the majority have selected
their best type, and I am satisfied th*
minority will be given a full measure of
fairness and ImparUallty from him. (Ap?
plause.)
"I have the honor to present your
Sneaker, the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, of
Illinois." (Continued applause on both
sides of the chamber.)
Mr. Cannon, In a brief response, said;
"Gentlemen, members of the House. I
appreciate the honor you confer In ?h<*$
lnsr mo as tho presiding officer of the
House. After twenty-eight years' ser?
vice In the House, such an expression
of your confliiMice touches me pro?
foundly. I thank you. In the perform?
ance of the duties of the office, I bring
to tho service a sincere dealre to naquit
nivself with courtesy, efficiency and fair?
ness.
"If I err, It will be an error of the head,
not ?if the heart.
"The con tests on the floor touching
policies that abound In partisanship will
he spirited and earnest. The majority
determines. I nm ciulte sure tliat In the
consideration of the people's business,
l.owiivnr sharp may be our difference?,
we will not forget that c-ourtesy and
demeanor which should al-rays obtain
between manly opponents, who honestly
differ.
"In the performance of the dutiet of
Speaker, I bespeak the kindly co-opera?
tion of each member of the House."
Mr. Blngham, of Pennsylvania, upen
whom fall? the titular honor of "father
of tho House." bestowed, by reason of
his having seen the longest coatlououi
service, in accordance with custom,
administered the octtli to th? Speakur. Th?
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