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WHOLE NUMBER I6?417?
RICHMOND; yA.,TitUHSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS,
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS1
, The Weather.
WASHINGTON, Dec. O.-Forccnst for
Thursday and Frldiiy: /? .
virginla-r-Hnln or snpw Thursday; fresh
ro brisk westerly WIikIh; Friday, fair,
C<NIrth Carollna-Raln or snow Thursday;
tresh to brisk westerly winds; Friday
lair, '
anow foil rapidiy'ToTa while yesterday.
But tho temperature wan considerably
above freezing point, and but IItMM'tf
Becey BUbstance adhorod to tho/groupa.
itain or snow Is exposed, to-day, and
lair, colder weather to-morrow.
STATE OF THETHERMOMETER. *
I A. M.?. J2
^P%r-::::::;:::::v:::::::::v;::'."?
Ji Midnight.?.' 4U
Average.?*?? *'J*3
Highest temperaturo yotAardajr..60
i.owcst temperaturo ? yesterday.^i
Mean temperature yosteraayWt....?
Normal temperaturo totJVWuMm^f.. ?
Departure-Horn normal tcrnpciature.... u
precipitation during past J4 hours. ?
miniaturITai^ianac.
- December 10th. 100?.
KLln ..ipcB.7:10 I - HIGH TIDE.
bun sots .:::.,l:?0- I Morn ng.OJM
Moon rises....11:43 | Evening.9 JO
Richmond.
Henrico Justices uphold "'O.-.BwkwlAlJ
.law. and convict ono man; 'Squire friend
refuses to sli longer with his brother
magistrates?House passes the Leako
amendment, providing for the Investiga?
tion of all-elections?Habitual drunkard
bill defeated-Jordan oyster bill sot tot
next Tuesday?Supreme Court-holds that
all servants employed by Major Glnter
at he time of his (loath arc- entitled to
bequests left In his will?-Supreme court
lakes a recess until next ml nth?-News?
paper expresses, Its opinion of Prof. Bns
t'.et't-separation 'of tho whites and
Hacks urged again?George Bannister,
lined ror Keeping his bar open Sunday,
but charge of selling liquor \?????to&
taincd-Chief Of Police Howard replies
to intimations that he will be Investigated
on tho charge- of falling to do his duty?;?
Pedestal for tho McGulrc monument ar?
rives-Legislature receives a unique let1
tcr on retrenchment?Move to approuri
? toa hundred arid-Mty thousand;dollars
additional to Improve the Capitol build?
ing-Davis monument design not toilM
changed noon-A plea that the Norfoln
ease be decided on its rnciito?-Another
attack on tho "Four Hundred ?Ai far
rorablo report on the bill creating a bu?
reau of Insurance-No news from miss?
ing minister-Social clubVblll under spn
Kldcratlon-Llyely meeting of C. Ry
Council: Police Board criticised: salaries
of. Judges: bond Issue matter discussed,
but no decision reached-Tho mission
boat Lapsloy to bo rebuilt-?A narrow
*scapo from asphyxiation. MANCHhU
TEK?Wedding of Miss Smith and Mr.
'Davis-Common Council to meet to-mor?
row " night-Preparations for Christmas
-(";huroh entertainment-?Manchester
? Royal Arch Chapter moots 'to-night?
Funeral of Mrs. 'Barwager-Housowarm
lng this afternoon. ?
; Virginia.
new J. Cioycland Hall,, of. Danville., es
capea ; contempt punishment by satisfy?
ing tho Jury that,they could get the infor?
mation from others that thoy-were de?
manding from him; ? number, of liquor
Kellers indicted; B. F. Prullt acquitted pf
murder-Miss. Helen uguld assist? ;4n
YM.C. A. dedication at 'Fort Monroe
and then goes to ..Norfolk; Mr. Lllyson
/.he of'the BP'eaktri?2-r-Aleclt:-HfldKM .on.
?rial for jmurdor'at.Rocky-Mount, Va,-~*
~~V ? &: county-gltl r.wcnt? and marries
' nvi l?an sV- liaVarreraed for persecuting,
r.ar??Dtvory burns at Blacksburg,. kr.d
V. P. I:,cadets will. ha,ve. to; walk'.'.whoM
thoy Mart home- for> Christmas?The
Btato Female Normal- Bchool elects anotn.
or teacher-Covlngto'n lady temporarily
Demented, evades searching paitlcs.und
.spends tne 'day hiding- in the woods-?A
retired officer of. tho Prussian .army dies
in Petersburg?The submarine boat
Moccasin still o'n snoreTit Currituck?No
arrests made In tho political rioting at
Berkley Tuesday night-Stralghtouts
justify their attack on account of coral -
uona-^?Tho steamer Tourist to make ini?
tial ? trip.Monday between Petersburg' mid
Norfolk-Governor Montague will havo
to appoint a Judge for Princess Anne
nev. S. H. Tnompson, of Farmville, .
eelves a call to Blueileld-?Charlotte
.-ounty farmer faints In his burning dwell?
ing, and. Is saved by tho heroism of his
wite^?.New hunt club organized at
Charlottesville and ofllcers elected-?
Varmvllle cltlzens'to hold a mass meeting
in interest of future welfare of-the tarm
villo military company-Lumber plant of
the McKenncy Manufacturing Company,
in Dinwiddle county, destroyed by fire?
Hank of Floyd county organized Wltu
twenty thousand dollars capital.
.North Carolina
\ real gold brick worth a thousand
(.hipped from Greensboro?Raleigh deje
gates to tho Baptist Convention leave for
Churlotto In a special car?-Judge Georgo
L. Christian, author of the Confederate
r.lstow report, wherein claims of North
caiollha were challenged, meets Judge
Clark, champion o? said claims?Major
*tedman makes strong claims of support
<if. his cnhdldacy for Governor-Whole.
halo grocery house chartered at States
vine?-Young woman's club .opened , at
Greensboro,
General.
Colombian troops reported.to be march?
ing on Panama In great numbers; united
.suites army and nnvy ready ? to meet
them and will not permit them to remain
on' Isthmus??Democratic. National Com?
mittee called to meot in,Washington Jan?
uary 12th lo fix time and place for holdlngr
Din j-'residential convention; thought
chairman-Jones may resign, and he be
Miccecded by- Gorman?Republicans
gutherlng In Washington for the meeting
of 'their National Committee to-morrow;
convention likely to be held in Chicago
Senators. Toller and Morgan make vigor
ohs speeches against Cuban reciprocity
hill, and tho Alabama senator says we are
practically nt war with. Colombia; Foi
olgn Relations Committee.-of House, given
jurisdiction over Cuban affairs?Senator
Nelson .Introduces currency bill, patterned
srter tho Aldrlch measure?-Congressman
Glass offers great number of bills of In?
terest to Virginia, people?John H. Pul?
sion, tho rival of Dowlc, stranded In
Now' York-?-Professor H. H. White, of
Kentucky University, dead?Colonel Pet?
ers, of Texas, Issues letter to cotton
growers, urging them hold crop for higher
market,?An, Alabama murderer who
killed a murderef- convicted on testlnyuiy
oi .five .other murde.ers-Tho lie passag
between counsel lii tho shipbuilding hear,
nig?i-Lapipoon nnrl McKcrma winning
lavorltes at. New Orleans-Colonel Ed,
ward Butler, convicted of offering a bribe,
given now trial and set. free-R. H, Bur?
ton' convicted Iri Georgia ? of billing his
ton?'Rushlu benomes aggressive and
threatens to march on-capital of Coreo;
Japan remains .firm In her demands-?
Cotton market continues oxcltcd?North?
ern and. Southern Presbyterians will npt
J mite? Governor of Beirut puts blame.
brAlexandrtftta incident to consul Davis
?-?Missouri student studies too nurd and.
Commits suicide?-Kls'hlneff massacio.be.
Ib? investigated.
m^--??-____??
THE ANNUAL DINNER
OF SOIUTHERN SOCIETY
, ? . (By .Associated Press.).. <
NEW YORK, December 9.?Tho eight?
eenth annual dinner of the Southern So
clol.v was held' ib-nlght at the Waldorf
Aiitorla. ''
The speake'-K of the evening wore,Rob?
ert h. VJairla n, president of the society;
Dr. Wood row Wilson, president of Prince?
ton University: Dr. Hamilton W. Mablo
and Thomas Nelson Page, who spoke In
the place of -former Uplted Statos Senator
Charles.Towie, who was unable to bo
present. ,.
A mong the guests wore Barr $ fiwo,
secretary of tho Pennsylvania Society,,
and John Mat (.hall, foiifutar of (tip. New
Xwk Sout.hein..&V9lety, ......
ONLY ONE
CONVICTED
IN HENRICO
W. P. Terry First Victim
of the Barksdale Law.
'SQUIRE FRIEND
LEFT IN DISGUST
He Was Displeased With the
Rulings of His Two , '
Associates.
UPHELD EXISTENCE
OF BARKSDALE LAW
'Squires Friend and Lewis De?
clare it in Effect?The Cases*
Against Messrs. Bryant and
. Childrey Dismissed?That
of Mr. Stumpf Quashed.
The Brauer Trial.
But for one little Incident of more than
passing note, the Henrico election trials
?of yojiterday were utterly. devoid of
sensationalism, though from beginning
to end they abounded in an Interest not
a little heightened by another string of
legal entanglements mado to enmesh and
retard any procedure under tho much
belabored Burksdalo law. - ? ?
. At tho stage of the trials In point of
rovlow a rather remarkable situation pre?
sented Itself. In the very'midst'of an ar?
gument to quash one, of the warrants,
tho court Intervened and announced Its
decision upon the mattor .then being
discussed. It was gently suggested to the
court by the Commonwealth's attorney
that live defense had a right to be-heard
and tho court mncie haste to state that it
m?ant no discourtesy to the attorneys,
but acted under the assumption that' they
had done with their speech. The argu?
ment was allowed to proceed., and of ao
brilliant and able a character was It
that at tr* close the court reversed Us
former ruliig. uustained the motioni for
dismissal and discharged. I bo prisoner..
Not so Squire Friend, tho Varina magis?
trate, who liad, drawn up the warrant,
and In whotio district the alleged offense
occurred. Ho dissented from .tlio opinion.,
of his two colleagues and refused to sit
calmly under the majority ruling. He
rose, disgusted, and after shaking-hand*
with a few friends, marched out of tho
court-room In high displeasure.
"I am disgusted." he said to some of
the bystanders, by way of explaining UIsj
position. "What's tho use of having laws
on tho books if you don't abide by them?
I refuse to be tricked by a lawyer. Thp
othei two nigl3tratea will have to try
the remainder of the cases; I .refuse to
sit with them any longer."
Tho irate maplrtrate thereupon left for
his far-awav Varina home. The trials
proceeded, but only two magistrates sat
thereafter?Thomas and l^ewls.
Three Dismissed; One Convic?
tion.
As for the eatoKithemselves. the testi?
mony was of n very dry and unsensn
tlonal sort. The warrant against Sena?
tor Bryant wai. tried, and under the law
and the evidence there was plainly no
ground for the charge against him. Ho
was at once discharged. ' The testimony
fnlled to substantiate tho charge against
Childrey, and ho. too. was declared a
free man. Tho warrant against Joseph
Stumpf was (plashed, slnco the charge
It convoyed did not in the eyes of the
existing laws constitute an offense. \V.
P Terrv was found guilty, and the case
Is Interesting in that It Is tho first con?
viction under the Barksdalo law. Ho was
fined 1100 fa- using money to Influence
votes, took ?.i appeal, and announces that
he will light the casoto the end. The
Brauer warrants and the case against
Pat McDonnell were postponed until Sat?
urday next. -
This constituted the day's work, Insofar
ns the warrants themselves were con?
cerned. The legal questions involved were
again brought to the front. Tho question
of whether 01 not the Barksdalo law is
(Continued on Tenth Page.)
NEW TRIAL FOR BUTLER,
WHO NOW GOES FREE
(By Associated Press.)
JEFFERSON CITY, MO? Dec. 0.?The
Supremo Court to-day reversed the de?
cision of tho lower court In tho case of
Colonel Edward Butter, of Bt. Louis, con?
victed at Columbia, Mo., In October, 1902,
of attempted bribery and discharged the
prlsonor. Tho specific chargo against But?
ler was that ho offorcd a. brlbo of $2,500
lo Dr. Henry M. Chapman, a member of
the St. Louis Board of Health, to in?
duce Chapman to uso his influence in hav?
ing tho'board award tho garbage contract
to a company, in which Butler was Inter?
ested,
KILLED SON IN ANGER
AND FATHER CONVICTED
(By Associated Press.)
?COLUMBUS, QA., Dec. 0.?In the Su
corlor Court horo to-night, a jury re?
turned a verdict of voluntary manslaugh?
ter against R, H. Burton, who was on
trial for killing his seventeen-year-old
son. The killing occurred In. this city,
September 5, 1903. Tho father alleged
'tliat tho son cursed him and threatened
to. kill him and that before he knew wnnt
he was doing, ho had drawn his knife
and stabbed his hoy to death. James
Burton, another son, was a prosecuting
witness In. tho case,
TILLMAN ASKS*STATUS
OF WOOD AND CRUM
fBv Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D..C, Dec. O.-Sena
tnr Tillman has prepared a resolution
directing the Judiciary Committee to
inquire as to-the status of nominations
that foiled in tho last session-and were
renewed at' the beginning of the present
session of- Congress. Tho Inquiry Is for
tho purpose of-developing tho present.po?
rtion of General Wood In the army and
rrum as collector of the port of Char*
Io&ton, S. C. ' .
READY FOR
AN INQUIRY
Chief of Police Howard Has no
; Objection, "He Says, to .Be-':.'.
ing Investigated. :
NO CHARGES YET BROUGHT
Major Howard Explains His. Po
. siiidn'in' the Matter?Mr." Irv- -.;
?V'-'ing .Campbell's Statement. . ..
Chief of PolJco Howard says he is not
at all disturbed about the suggestion that
charges'" are to be preferred against'him.
H6 was seen by a* Times-Dispatch man
last night in reference to the-, matter
that was hinted at by Witness Hill,'.on
the stand, in tho Bannister case yester?
day, in tho Police Court.
Hill, while under fire on cross-examina?
tion, snldAhat the chief of police had not
clone his duty In assisting in tho prose
cutlon of violators of the Sunday laws,
ano It was intimated that charges would
be preferred -against the chief on this
ground, as well as upon the ground that
Major Howard had refused to aldthose
who were working up tho case, by de?
tailing Officer Wyatt to help them;
BEADY FOR INQUIRY.
Major Howard said last night that he.
wan not conscious of having dono any?
thing that mUlht warrant Investigation.
"But If any one thinks I am a sub?
ject for Investigation," ho said, "1 am
willing to> stand *or it.. .
"When the gentlemen, who worked up
the two Sunday cases, camo to me to
make the report.! gave them all tho as
piKtanco In my power. Thoy had worltod
the cases up, they believed, and they
sought my aid In getting them In court.
I detailed Policeman Robins to got the
blank warrants; they were filled In, and
then 1 sent them to Justice.Crutchfleld.
at his home, to hove them signed, and
they were served that samo afternoon
by Mr. Robins. ,
"Mr., Walker asked mo to lot Pollce
man Wyatt sorve tho papers. I saw no
reason for such procedure, and did not
comply with the request. Mr. Wyatt was
on duty in another section of the city,
and Mr. Robins is detnllcd at hoadquar
ters for Just such duties. The cases, hart
been Worked up by the Baldwin dotoc
' {Continued on Fourth rage.)
BML WON
MMJSE
Grand Juries to Investi?
gate All Elections.
ANGRY DEBATE
PRECEDES PASSAGE
Messrs. 'Leake- aiid Allen En?
gage in a. f^Very Acrimont- .
oils'Controversy,
HABITUAL DRUNKARD
BILL IS DEFEATED
Missed Passing the Senate by a
Very Narrow*''Margin?Bill to
Provide, an Additional $150,
,000 for ..Improvement of
' Capitol Building?Dcatlb
for Kidnappers.
The features, of'tbe session of the Gon
oral Assombly yeste.t-day were iho adop?
tion by. the HouHe'of, Deiogates by a vole
of 42 .to. 30'.of the; Leake amendment to
the Barksdalc punf' elections, law, requir?
ing special grand :'Jury investigations af?
ter regular,and-priinary elections, and the
Introduction in. thie Senate by Mr. An?
derson,' of Richmond city, of a bill ap?
propriating the sum of $150,000 in addition
to tho' ?106,000" ,'ai ready appropriated,
for tho renovation, Improvement and
enlargement' of' -the State Capitol,
and placing the *work In the charge
of . of the Joint committee of tSo-two,
houses, .ami theTG^verjior ns chairman;'
? The paasago-;ot "tfte. Leake 'omciidment
to. the Barksdalo law followed oncoj
the-*harpest debates'of the session, in the
ooursepf>which Mr.^Leake and Mr.'Allen,
of .Botetourt became Involved .in
-coUoquy-whlcb at'o'ho time threatened to.
strain the relatlon'l': of tho ,?two. gentle?
men If npt provoker-personal olteroailon^
Mr. Allen .denounoia;' -as 1 .unqualifiedly
false-a-statoulerrt rfc attrfbuted'to 'Mr.
Leake, but which :tho laiter denied hav?
ing- made. Tho'dlsputo ,wSs amicably ad?
justed.
The.-Senate voted down the bill in re?
lation to habitual drunkards, after brief
debate, and by the narrow margin of 15
to TG.-' .
.Both houses passed a number of local
and..general bills on tho calendars,'and
did a-good day's work, tho Sonato almost
finishing the volume of revision bills.
The Senate, mado the Jordan bill to
break tho Baylor survey a special and
continuing order for next Tuesday, De?
cember 15th. at 11 A. M.. but did not limit
debate on tho bill.
The Senate.
The Senate' convened at H A. M. Lieu?
tenant-Governor Wiliard presiding. There
was no prayer. ?
A communication from tho House of
Delegates announced the passage of a
large number of Senate bills with amend?
ments and House bills. These were re?
ferred to tho Committee for Courts of
Justice.
Senate bill 445, with House amendment,
to amend section 2501, In relation to cer?
tificates of acknowledgment was laid be?
fore the Senate. On motion of Mr. Oplo,,
tho House amendment voih concurred In.
Senate pill M>2- t0 Provide for the pub?
lication of the general statutes, was taken
up on tho calendar and passed.
? Houno bill 413, on tho calendar, and en?
titled an act to permit persons moro than
nineteen years of ago to take the Stnto
bar examination for a llconso to practice
law was taken up and pussed.
Also House bill 429, to permit the Com?
missioner of Agriculture to collect speci?
mens of natural history, wns passed with?
out objection. The 1)111 carries no appro?
priation.
OYSTER BILL SET.
House bill 437, known as tho Jordan
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
THE COLOHBIANS ARE
MARCHING ON PANAMA
The President?"Please don't open that door, Mr. Gorman!"
MR. GLASS MAKES RECORD
FOR INTRODUCING BILLS
TO FIX TIME
Chairman . Jones Calls Demo?
cratic- National Committee
for January 12th.
GORMAN MAY BE AT HEAD
Thought He Will be Made
Chairman in Event Senator
Jones Asks to Retire.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
W'ASHij rJGTON, . Dec. U.rJamsa K.
Jones, chairman of the Democratic Na
tionaL Committee, to-day issued a call
tor. tho committee, to meet at the Shore
ham Hotel; In this city, Tuesday, Janu?
ary 12th, for the. purpose of deciding upon
the tlmo and placo of holding the Demo?
cratic National Convention. The text of
Chairman Jones' call Is as follows:
"Thoro will bo a meeting of the
.Democratic. Natlpnnl Committee at
tho. Wibreliam Hotel, in Washington
city, on Tuesday, the 12th day of Jan?
uary, at 12 M., to fix the tlmo and place
of holding tho .Democratic National
Convention for nominating of candi?
dates'for President and Vice-President
or the- United. States, and for such
other 'business as may come beforo
the committee." .
Chairman. Jones . Iioh appointed Ldwin
fc'eefton assistant socretary of tho com?
mittee.
Gorman May be Chairman.
It is not known that there .will bo any
mattors of great importance before tho
cornmlttoo beyond tho s'olcctloh of tho
place and tlmo of holding tho convention.
It Is thought very probable, however,
that ex-Senator Jones will resign the
chairmanship of tho cornmlttoo, in which
event a successor would ho chosen. Mr,
Jones was never satisfactory to tho groat
mo?B of tho party as national chairman,
(Continued on Third Page.)
A . Tobacco. Dealer Gets a Big
' Bill; for DiHy..'on Returned
'_,';' Shipment.
THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
Southern Members . Worked Up
Over Proposition to Curtail
Their /Representation.
(From a Staff Correspondent.) ?
?WASHINGTON,' D- C.'i pec.' ni-Repro-'
scntative Glass', of the' Sixth'Virginia
District,-had not offered- but. one bill this
year 1 until I to-day, .wlien ho Introduced
forty-one of Interest to tho people OC his
district, The bills by ' title aro as fol?
lows: ,.-,'-', . ? ?
(For a public building at Radford, to
cost 'loO.OOO. ' - '
For a public building at South Boston,
to cost $50,000. '. . ?'? ' ';.'
For a public building at Bedford City,
to cost $50,000.' ,??
For enlarging tho public building at
Roanoke,
For enlarging the public building at
Lynchburg.
To pay the 'Methodist Protestant Church
$50,000 for the destruction of college build?
ings and ?s(iulpmont at Lynchburg.
For the relief Of James D. Hanklns,
of Halifax county;
For the relief of Dr. R. G. Simmons,
of Ronnbko city, for services during tho
Spanish war.
i For the relief of VV. S. Rodden, of Hall,
fax county, for storeB taken by tho Fod
oral army.
For the relief of Albert F. May, for
horso taken by Federal cavalry.
For tho relief of. J, W. Chandler, of
Halifax county. .
For the relief of John B. Ferguson, for
horse taken by .Foderal troops.
To pension 8. Phimmor Morton.
For the rollef of Mrs. Susan A. Dinwid?
dle, of Campbell county.
To complete the ninth article of tho
treaty of 1810 between the United Statos
and- Spain.
For the relief of Elizah Poaguo, of
Roanoke county,
For the relief of Susan Sloan, of Roan
(Contlnued on Third Pago.)
CLAIMED MERGER
ENTIRELY LAWFUL
Brief Filed in Behalf of J. P.
Morgan on Northern Se?
curities Company,
'(I3y Associated Press,)
WASHINGTON, Dec. n.-A brief In bo
half of J. PJerpont Morgan, Robert Bacon
and Daniel S. Lament, appellants, with
others. In tho case of the United States
vs. Northern Securities Company, was
filed in the'United States Supreme Court
to-duy by Attorneys Francis Lynda Stet?
son and David Wilcox. They claim on
behalf of their clients that tho so-called
merger was entirely lawful, and nay:
?'Those- transactions huvo consisted
moroly in the organization of a lawful
corporation of New Jersey, and in I ho
rale to and purchase by it, of property
lawfully salable, The legal effect of
tho transaction has been that tho owner
of tho stock In ?no Pf l|,Q rullwny com-',
panics has sold the same to the Securities
Company, which company owns the stock
not merely of one of tho railway com?
panies, but tho stock of both. So that
eacr. Individual who Im-s transferred hla
property to tho Securities Company has
obtained therefor something entirely dlf
lerent?namely, an interest In a company
holding slock of the other railway com
puny ns well.. It |o manifest that In tho
fullest possible sense this constituted a
aale uf tlw property.". ...
THE NEW PROPHET
IS IN HARD LINES
The Rival of Dpwie Stranded in
New York and May Not
Get Away,
(Special to The Times.DlBpotch.)
NEW YORK, Dec, !(.?New Vorlc Is a
hard placo for prophets, John H. Ral
sion, who camo hero from tho South to
preach the doctrines of tho Mission Com?
pany of tho Loud 'cry and Third Annual
Message, who Is a rival of Dowle, In tho
South, is hero stranded. Apostle Rul
iitort Is In worse shape than tho 'SSIon
City apostle. , ,
? "Elijah", wont hack home In a private
car und sent his wife to Europe first
lIuss. Tho Loud Cry npostlo and his
wlfo may not gut back homo at all,
unless they walk.
Unlike Dowle, RaUton does not claim
tho distinction of any Bpeolal lino of
biblical descent, nor does ho claim any
titular distinction. But, ho does -claim
?.hat he Is In eloso communion with saints
ami that revelations ure frequently made
to him '? dreams.
__-?
Central Georgia Changes.
(Special to Tho Timos-Dlsputch.)
SAVANNAH, OA- Peo, O.-Tlicoj oro
n. Kline, general manager of tho Con
trul Railway, has upnrninced the follow ne
appointments, offoctlvo December 151h:
FV S. Jctto, assistant general manager,
ht'ud(iuaricrn Savannah: J. T- Johnson,
superintendent of first division, headquar.
ters Savannah; H. H- Crawford, suponn.
tendent fourth division, headquarters at
^Columbyp,
WENTZ AT HOME;
MIND AFFECTED
Telegram from Bristol Says lie
Was Rescued From Kidnap?
pers in Desperate Fight,
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.?A Bris?
tol (Va.) special says:
'"Kidnapped Edward Wentz
has been rescued, and is in the
hands of his friends. But his
mind is seriously affected by his
terrible experience while in the
hands of bandits.
''It developed to-day that in a
desperate, midnight encounter
with outlaws in the heart of the
Black Mountains,, where Vir?
ginia, West Virginia and Ken?
tucky join, friends of the missing
Philadelphia millionaire, who dis?
appeared from the Wentz estate
in Southeast Virginia on Octo?
ber 14th, rescued him fifteen 'days'
ago. They hurried across the
country t? Cincinnati, where he
is now slowly recovering.
CHURCHES CANNOT
GET TOGETHER
Letter From Southern to" the
Northern. Presbyterian
Church,
(Uy Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Ueoomber fi.-A Joint pom
niltteo o'f reprtseniatives of four branches
of tho f'rosbyterjnn faith met hero to-day
to (IIscush tho question of church unity,
in accordance with u resolution passed
by tho General 'Synod of tho Reformed
Presbyterian' CI urch at- Philadelphia last
A letter was lead stating thai the body
neutrally known lis the Presbyterian
Church, South, had ilocllned the. invitation
tu tako part l'n the conference. The let?
ter was from the Rev. Dp, \Y. A. Ales,
nnder. of Clulvsvllle. Tunn.. Stale 'clerk
of the Southern General -Assembly.. In his
letter Pr, Al?\ander said;
"The General Assembly of tho Southern
Church. oxpr?--sfc?--s Its fraternal regards
for the branch of the Reformed Church
Inaugurating the- union movement, and Its
.sympathy with" the spirit that desires
closer fellowship among Presbyterian
bodies, but declines to uppolnt tho corn?
mlttoo naked for, because (hero Is no evi?
dence In slg.U to Justify tho assembly
in hoping tint tho object proposed may
hu gained In this wuy."
,-1
Adolph von Hawsemann Dead.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN,- December 0.-Adolf von
Huusoinupn, heud of the Dlsconto Ues
!#llschaft, is .dcjid
STUDIED TOO HARD;
KILLED HIMSELF
Suicide of the Son of a Promi?
nent Man at Michigan
University.
(By Asuoelatod Press.)
ANN ARBOR, MICH.. Doc. 9.?Russoll
II, 'MoWllllams, of Kansas City, Mo., a
Junior literary student at tho University
of Mlchlgna, commlUod suicldo to-day at
I ho Sigma Alpha IBpisloin House, of
Wlilcit fraternity ho was a member,
McWIIllams slept In a room with E. W.
Button. Sutton was awakened by a shot
and rushed over to MoWllllams' bed uiul
found him dead with a bullet through hla
heart. Sutton could glvo no reason for his
olmm'H act, except that ho hud seemed
somewhat moroso the lust two days.
KANSAS CITY. MO,, Doc, D.-Young
McWIUIams wus tho son of Harry Mi'
Williams, a member ??' local wholesale
dry goods firm, and one of the mosr
proininoul men In the city. .Mr. MoWll?
llams suys that his sou's act was un?
doubtedly tho result of oyorstudy. Tho
boy entered the University'at Ann Arbor
at tho uge of fifteen,
-,?
The Loss $30,000.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, L.V, December 0.
pire burned the third -floor of tho big gro?
cery store of J. and M. Sehwahusoher,
Llmltoc}, to-day, and .water considerably
damsgod the other floors. The loss is
450,000, fully inau:ed.
Converging on the Isth?
mus From AH Parts. ;
FRENCH VESSEL
BRINGS REPORTS
Eleven Hundred <Said to Haver
Landed Near the'Gulf of ; ,
Darien.
UNITED STATES ARMY
AND NAVY ARE READY! I
No Troops from Colombia-Will'
be Permitted to Remain, on "the"!!
Isthmus;?Gen. Reyes Has ?":
Received no Information
of Reported Movement', '-.
From Colombia. ' ??',.
(By Associated Press.) r\r,
DAGUAYRA. ZENEZUELA. Dec. %.-i\J
The French steamer'- Versailles,- whjotf j:
ha 8 arrived here from Savanllla, report*.
that7the Colombian steamers, have lanfl?j.'
ed 1,100 mon from Cartagena., near; tb?jv
mouth of A trato River (Gulf of Darleri), <-,
to opon a way over trio Darien Moun?t
tains Into Panama. Other troops' froitft.;
tho department of Cauca, Colombia, ar%j.
said to bo converging on Panama, and >.
Irom all parts of Colombia troops a??j'
reported to be marching, or awaiting"pii'.1
the result of tho,General Reyes'.mlssloi>'i,';
to "Washington. ,- . r i'
Without Authority. ; ?
WASHINGTON,' D. C.,. Dcci. ;0.-Dr?;
Horran, the Colombian charge d'affaires,/:
to-day authorized'the statement /that if.
troops from Cartagena, have landed.niill ,;
tho mouth of tlio, Atrato? River, as >e-;,<
ported by, the French, steamer, .whie'tt;
lias ' arrived at' LaGuayra, R la - 'direct-';.
,ly.ln opposition to the advice'of''both
'himself and . General Reyes.. .General/'
Reyes stated-that "the.LaGUayra dispatch,;:
was tho, first Information .ho "had. Vre'-:J
eolved. of the. reported movement bf-.Co*".
lomblnn troops. Ho declared, 'however;;:
that if R. Is-true, as stated. ;that;s'uoh_;?
movement has., taken".place, it .was .with-',.''
out. uny orders from him. ,
, Upon. coming,'to.i-.Washington, - the.. sp?^v
clul representative of: the Colombian ;gpvy
ornment, General Reycsi temjJofarlly. re*.-;
hriqulshod. -thW. command, bf" tho -CoVnn-''!
olan army, tiro. duties falling.upon' Gen?
eral Castro, second In command. .
General Reyes, confirmed ,tho statement
ldcentiy made by Admiral Coghland In
u report to tho Navy Doparttnont'.-that
prior to his departuro f6r Washington"
ho had given Instructions to-tho Colom-',
Uian troops to make no hostile ? demon?
stration until ho was heard .from, and.
said, that these troops wore now .await?
ing orders, .which* however, would'not'
cu'mo from .him .direct, but from' the
government,nt Bogota.', , .
United States Backs Panama,
The General has been fully 'informed
by tho President himself as to tho ?In?
tentions of tho government of-tho United"
States respecting the Isthmus.. Ho was
told by the President that, as was ,601,
out In tho latter'a messago t.o Congress,'.;-.
that tho United States, had determined to
maintain the Independence of the now...
pepubllo of Panama, against all comers. -'
While this guarantee Is contained In a,:
tieaty, now pending before the United J
States Senate,, and as yot unratlfiedi th*j
administration has for some time past
been acting upon the thoory that the un?'.
derstandlng Is In full; force. Therefore,
all necessary , preparations ha.ve been
mado to exort whatever physical force
may bo necessary to protect the ..IsUf
minn transit. No Colombian troops, will
bo.nllowed to cross tho.frontier Into Pan*
amii; or, If they cross,;they will bo eject?
ed In duo time, ? " I
Tho policy of the. NaVy Department.
with respect to tho entry of Colombian)
troops Into Panama,'was said' to-day to |
bo to provent a conflict before It com- i
mencod. To this end tho naval command*
ors in tho those waters have been given, j
instructions to keep the Colombian,,troppa j
at a greater distance from tno Csthmui?.
at points where a fight with tho Pana-'
man troops Is llkoly - to-pecur. ?
In all naval operations, It. may be
stated on authority, tho department si'
mill guided by tho treaty of 18-16 under,
which the United Stulos guarantees to',
kiop transit across, the Isthmus ' open. ?
A broader Interpretation of tho duties
and responsibilities of the government In'
this respect has* now been given to this ?
treaty, by which tho prqtoctton of th'a
United States will not alono be. confined
to the canal strip, but. to any part of.
tho territory nf Panama,
War Department Ready.
When seen to-day Lleutenant-General
Young, chief of staff, authorized the'
statomont to bo mado that the War De?
partment was ready, to dispatch troops, to
tho Isthmus on short notice, should their
presence be demanded. Although the
statement heretofore has been denied, i
It Is learned that tho department has
taken notice of tho repoated reports that
Colombian troops were assembling at
different points with tho avowed purpose*
of making hooille demonstration against
Punama, and has porefected all ml?ta:y
plans to repel such an Invasion. Gen?
eral young said that should h? bo called
upon to assist the navy It would not
be necessary to ?ond to the Isthmuu more
than a icglnient or two.
Although none of tho member* of th?
Joint army ami navy board, which
mei to-day, would admit that the Isth?
mian situation was under discussion. It U
known su?h was tho case, and that both
army and navy aro now in a stato^of
preparedness for any conflict with i~o
lonibla, which might arise.
Cruiser on Watch.
COLON, Dec. 9.?The Uulted Bute*
cruiser Atlanta Is still patrolling the eudt
orn end of the San Was coast, and keep?
ing an outlook for any attempt on .the
part of Colombian government to tand
troops on the Isthmus, which ths Atlanta
would prevent. The Atlanta 1$ also en?
deavoring to usewtalu If the In*|Un?
know anything- of the movement!* ut
troops from the Interior across 1h? fron?
tier, and 1??W seekli% Woi mutton ???"'