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RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Id, 1U08.
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SUMMARY OF-THE PAY'S NEWS
The Weather.,
WASHINGTON, Deo. 16,-Foroc?'?t for
Wednesday and Thurndayi
Virginia?Fuir, continued cold Wednos
tlay;, Thursday partly cloudy, not-*o eulil;
light northwest winde, becoming" var?a
North Carolina?Fair, Wednesday rind
Thursday;/warmer Thursday In went por?
tion; ,fresh north to northwest winds,
' Cool and pleasant woathor prevailed all
eay yesterday, arid the mercury iavmii
down noar .thr?. freezing point. It was
Ideal . ante-Christmas woathor, , and the
stretta wero crowded oil.day.
?. STATE OF THE THERMOMETER. '
? A. M...1?
12, M........M
? ?P. M.?
?:p. m..".'.yi ,
IP. M..?.?.83 '
U Midnight .....?.....'.... CO
Average.,33 1,?'
Highest tompcraturo yesterday .44
Lowest torn pe rain re yesterday.?O
Mean temperature yesterday .RU
..Normal temperature for Decomber...... 40
Departure from normal temperature,,,."4
frepipitutlon during past L'i hours..,. 0
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
D.ocomoor ill. .i?03.
Bun rises.7:20 I HIGH TIDE.
? Buri sets.1:52 I Morning.2:30
Moon ricen.4:69 | Evunlng...:..,??:M
Richmond.
jlousc adds Important amendments to
tho Barksdale pure elections bill and. or?
ders it engrossed?Fight! beginn on ,the
?aylor (-survey bill?Measure to appr.v
Brlato ???,??? for a State building at the
t. ixiithi Exposition Is approved??Real
?tstato mon lorm un association, and ad?
journ to meet ugaln In February?Stu
oenta of Univers.ty? College ?r Medicine
determino to tako un extended Chrlstraos
holiday?Rise in Virginia-Carolina com?
mon stock-Spirited diseuBS.on of bill
compelling telephone companies to con?
nect-Statue of Dr. MoGuIro to bo im
. vol lud January 5th?Fund? for the pub
. lie schools?'Annual lepori of 'the Slate
? Board of Fleherins-?Another soup kit?
chen at tho Methodist Institute?fool
tournament heVo to-morrow night?
Charters Klnntcd yesterday?A new in?
surance company-Anderson cap?tol en?
largement bill to bo nllowed to ?lecp-^?
The Fulton riot cases are dismissed?
Condition or Mr. T. J. T. Melton Im?
proves-Will probably be seven thousand
voters-Llentenant-Governor Willard to
entertain 'the Senate-1?.Salaries of city
juagea raised; Board, of Aldermen in?
structs tho Finance Commlttco to borrow
money necessary to meet bonds. ????"
Chbtffi.H-aoriOw because of tho deatli
o? Auditor John.AV, Hall-Board of Al?
dermen adjourns In honor of his memory;
limerai from Balnbrldgo Street Church
this afternoon at 3 o'clock-Joseph K.
ilCihnston. Camp .names pallbearers?Im?
portance of Mr. Hall's position renders it
necessary to /ill tho vacancy as soon as
possible?1?Dr.. John Hannon-to epeak?
?Manchester Pyihlans to cntortain thoso
Horn HichmonaY
Virginia.
The Trehey ? faction in Norfolk matte
demand on the Dey faction for a review
of the primary election tally sheets, tin?!
lias boen refused; they wil) ,??/er tho
mutier W tho ? Siate ComMitfttif?j udg?'
Jtaac H. Christian, who wns parallzod, m
much bette??-Seuboarcl Medical? Associa?
tion meet in JNprj'uiki Dr.'? Giwalthhiey
s|JnaK3 on minder by. suggestion-?Lahor
unions a.d slik mill strikers, in Norfolk,
and request Hon. .Charlee T.- Bland to
piesent a new child labor bill-Whtto
public school teachers of Caroline to meet
,at Bowling Grcon?Mnn found dead In
the ' woods with his crushed skull, in
Wythe county, was easily" tracked by
blood; his wife found washing up blood
stains on the lloor, and she and a man
arrested on suspicion-Tho Ministerial
.?siiociaiion, of Winchester, tako
action against long funerals and
lavish display?Colonel R. ' C. Lee,
brother of General Fltzhugh i.eo,
dies in Frcderlcksburg-R. E. "Canoa,
of Winchester, declines invitation? to be?
come president of national organization
ti> fight mosquitoes?M.ssing boy's skull
and bones found In ruins of burned bnrn,
near Harred, Va.-Rev. T. Ryland vui?
lord accepts call to Arvon Baptist Church
?.Nansemond county grand jury (lads
r-ix .? Indictments against lightning-rod
agent; woman burglar sentenced?Tho
steamer Tourist has trouble on her initial
trip to Petersburg on account of sand
bar?-Big barn burned In Norfolk coun
? ty, and And stock perished In the flames
>?Rev. James W. Flshbutn, negro
preacher who duped Petersburg negroes,
making a stiff fight in New Jersey agalnit
wxtrad.tlon-A Norfolk Jeweler shot |n
billiard room by man who was his friend
-Cnlef Engineer Farley, of Petersburg,
who was accldeually shot several days
ago, is Improving rapidly.1
..'. . North Carolina.
Judge Boyd suggests Roosevelt and W.
b'. ??3. Robinson ns a presidential ticket
tor a. unique reason-Governor Aycock
ttturns from his hunting- trip. with.largu
variety of game?A Greensboro police?
man makes quick work of a thief,-who
covered him with a pistol?Mill owner,
while on a trip to inspect big tract of
timber lands, loses two mills by Uro?
Freight wreck on Atlantic and North
carolina; ono brakesman killed nnd an?
other hurt; onglno crew stick to locomo?
tive and oro not seriously hurt.
General.
? Dealings In stocks small except In otto
or two issues, and pilcos fell below level
of-day bet?re, and close was' hureiy
t'teady at the recession-Attorney Uen
cral ???? concludes vory oble argument
ir presentation of the government'?) side.
n| tho Seourlt.es Company cast?Vurio
tv of su ejects. Including rural 'delivery
n'nd reciprocity with Canuda, are d.seusKCd
In House-Senato continues discussion
ni' the Cuban bill, a number of ?pece?o.??
iphiB made during the day?D?mocratie
senators agree to ubldo by action of cau?
cus when two-th.rds vote Is secured on a
niousuro?Assistant Secretary of Stato
. Loomi? makes address in Now York on
the birth of tho now republic of Panama
-More Motlng In Korea, where 'Rus?
sian Influence Is apparently unshaken, ile
'splto pressura hroyght to bear by othor
r;ountr.es-Coal operators will ask mi?
nors to consent to a cut in wages In order
ll;ut cost of coal mny bn decreased und
the trado stiinulntod?Democrats' win an
overwhelming victory In tho municipal
elpotion in (ho city of Boston, Mayor
t.'olhns being re-olected by the largest
majority ovor returned for a mayoralty
tandiato in the Hub City- ?Two favor-,
lies only win on the Crescent City track.
ANOTHER SOUP KITCHEN
AT.METHODIST INSTITUTE
There will bo another soup kitchen at
tho Methodist Institute iiguln this year,
provided 'ho charitably disposed will help
multo uri tho amall filini necessary.,
"Ves, I propose to open tho soup kitchen
again this winter, and will, of course, bu
governed as to tho amount given out ?y
whot cornos In," said - Mr. Wlloy, tho
superintendent of the Methodist Mission.
"Last winter we put out about'3,000 quarts
und wont to litorenso the. quantity this
year if wo con to B.OOO quarts.
"I ' have never attempted any charity
that I have been moro pletisod with, be
cause It saved tho fuel of tho poor nnd
gave them a better food than they, could
make themselves. We were careful to
distribute the tickets through reli?t?!?'
workers. Of coureo, wo had.no thought of
denominational lines in the' distribution
of the tickets. This Is true of nil tho work
we 'do at? our mission. The soup we make
Is from good, beef, cabbage, potatoes, to
watoea, etc,?*',,
ADVERTISE
STATE OF
The Real Estate Men
Form an Association.
MANY STIRRING
ADDRESSES MADE
Governor. Montague Struck
Responsive Chord in His
'Audience. .
LEADING MEN ARE
ELECTED AS OFFICERS
The AYork Completed Last Night
and an Adjournment Taken
Until February?The Names
?of" Those Who Are
Enrolled as Mem?
bers.
"With? ernenn parUcuIarly kind1 the "Vir?
ginia R?at Estato Association" had It* be?
ginning In this ety yesterday.
If the commendablo movement started
yesterday bo but followed up will oven a
port of the zeal and enthusiasm, which
characterized the sessions of yesterday,
tho ?uccpsa of the organization at,1 a
power In tho mutcrlnl development of tho
Stato is assured.
Tho morning session was devoted to
hearing addressee designed to show the
need of such an association in the State.
Somo of tho. weak spots of tho Stato
wc-ro pointed out with great elenrness by
tho Governor, by the Commissioner of
Agriculture, by representatives' of lead?
ing ' railroads traveling tho State, and
others. ? ,
In tho afternoon tho practical work of
organization wae undertaken with. such
success. that the organization-starti) out
with spio nd Id men at tho helm. Tho fath?, i
?r of tho movement and ?naturally oneof
it* most cnorgotlo supporter?,' Js prcs'i
aont. This is Mr. A. P. Bibb, of Chaf
lottesvllle, one of tho most successful
agents In Ilio Hiato. Tho gentlemen
closely associated with Mr. Bibb In fos?
tering the ldoa, Judgo J. O. Shepherd,
of Palmyra. 'Is chairman of Uio Legisla?
tive Committee. All of tho ehartor ofllcors
cf tho Association aro mon.of Influence
In their sections with enviable reputations
us men who carry every movement to
success with which they aro associated.
The Morning Session.
The morning session was called to order
In one of tho assembly rooms of tho an?
nex of Murphy's Hotel by Mr. Bibb, a few
m'nutes after 11 o'clock. .Judge Shep?
herd was modo temporary chairman and
Colonel Cary It. Randolph temporary
secretar}'? The attendance at .this time
was excellent and was increased In a few
minutes by many others, until nearly a
hundred wero. present, the overwhelming
majority of whom wero visitors to tho
city. . .
Judgo Shepherd asked Mr. Bibb to ex?
plain the purpose for calling together at
this time Virginia's real estato' men. This
tho gentleman from Charlottesvlllo did
with great exceptance. Ho said In part:
We belong' to a. calling second only to
the Christian minister. He points up?
ward and leads the" ^way to tho Celes?
tini home, wo direct tho wenry und-caro
worn homo-seeker to the sheltering arms
of tho Mother of States and Statesmen.
Wo of the Charlottesvlllo dclegaUon
come from a. section'of the State whero
well nigh every rock nnd rill, every
vaio and hill, is fragrant with history.
Under the shadow of a spreading oak,
a short distance from my home, was
once soon talking Thomns Jefferson,
James Madison, James Monroe, Chief
Justice Marshall und Andrew Stevenson?
surely a group of mon whose grand In?
tellects recalls tho expression, "There
wero giants In those days."
We should have a motto for our or?
ganization, and I suggest that It bo
"Send out the truth," and it will provo
tho light to guide many restless, homo
seckorn to .poacoful and happy homes.
(Continued on Seventh Pago.)
SHORT IN ACCOUNTS
HE KILLS HIMSELF
Trusted Cashier Greets Bank
Examiner and Then Puts
End to His Own Life.
(By Associated Press,)
NEW HAVKN, CONN., Doo, 15.?Aftor
Greeting a bapk examiner who hnd ?como
unannounced to examine his accounts,
Asa C Bushnoll, cashier of tho Yule
National Bunk, In 'this city ,went Into
the basement of the bank to-day and shot
himself, death ensuing soon after.
A statement given out by ISdwin S.
Oreeley, president of tho bank, end by
John T, Manson, the vice-president, this
aftornaon said that an investigation of
tho books Indicated that the cashier was
indebted to the bank for between ?12,UX)
and $15,000, and thnt lie had' been specu?
lating In etoclts to a limited extent.
President Oreeley sold thnt Bushnoll
had l?oij with the bank twouty-one years?
and that he wan the last man who would
have beeii suspected of speculation, na
hl?- personal habits seemed to bo above
reproach and free from extravagance. '
i
KNOX ENDS
MASTERLY
Arraigns Northern Secu
itles Comp'y in Court.
IS MENACE TO
FREE GOVERNMENT
Trans:Missouri and Joint Traffic
Cases Cited by Attorney
General.
GREAT INTEREST
IN THE SPEECHES
The Court-Room Crowded With
La\vyers and Others, Who
Listen With Closest Atten?
tion to the Argument
of the Attorney
General.
(By Associated Press,)
WASHINGTON, P. O., December 15.
Argumcnt In the Northern Securities case
was resumed In the United States Su?
premo Court to-day, and again the court?
room was crowded by attorneys? and oth?
ers? interested in the case.
Attorney-Ger?eral Knox was recognized
almost immediately after the court carao
in, and resumed his argument at the point
at which he left oft when court adjourned
yesterday. Ho delcared that by the union
of tho Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern in the.Northern Securities Cora-(
pany, two competing Interstate rallroadsj
have been brought into such relations that?
their Independence, as competitive fac-'?
tors in interstate commorce, is destroyed.
The thing that has been dono was de-'
clared' illegal, he said, when brought
about by the methods pursued in the
Joint. Traffic ' and Trans-MlssourL cases.
Thees were cases of contracts or agree-,
menta between Independent and compet?
ing . lines of raUroad for the regulation
of ,trart)c, ?.charges.-. Tho government
charged that'these agreements ro'stra'nie~d~
interstate t??mraerce, and this courut sus?
tained that contention.
Position Stated.
The Attorney-General said that It was
not his Intention to reargue any of tho
propositions settled by the Trans-Missouri
and Joint Traillo cases, but do what ho
could to show their applications to the
facts of this ? case. He, however, mado
the following statement of the questions
settled by the court in those cases:
"First?That-to shut out the operation
of tho general law of competition between
competing Interstate railroads Is to re?
strain interstate commerce.
"Second?That to bring tho operations
of two or more competing interstate rail?
roads under the control of a single body
shuts out the operation of the general law
of competition and constitutes a restraint
upon Interstate commerce.
"Third?That Congress Is competent to
forbid any management or combination
among companies competing for inter?
state commerce which restrains commerce
among the States by shutting out the op?
eration of tho general law of competi?
tion. ?
"Fourth?That In order to maintain a
suit the government Is not obliged to
show an intent to restrain commerce,, if
such restraint is the nautral and necessary
effect of .the/arrangement."
Testimony Conclusive.
He then said: "Tho testimony shows
conclusively, 1 think, that as a matter
of fact nnd law, the thing which these
gentlemen did was to create a combina?
tion In the form of trust, the form spe?
cifically prohibited by the act of Con?
gress, if it restrained interstate com?
merce; and also that tho Northern Se?
curities Comapny wns formed for the
purposo of taking over tho control of the
Great Northern and Northern Paclllo
Kaliroads, and actually took over the
control, and with that control absolute
power over botu roads, the thing, which
your honors havo said constitutes such
restraint under circumstances, substan?
tially tho same as those of this case."
Mr, Knox discussed tho ond accom?
plished by the merger of the railroad
interests, saying: "Tho devlco resorted to
in this caso, if sustained, dolents the pol?
icy of tho law, as it accomplishes all and
more In.the way of effectual destruction
of competition than was accomplished in
the Truns-Mlssourl and Joint Trafilo cases.
You mhy call it a merger, a combina?
tion, a pool, a conspiracy, a consolida?
tion, a contract, a securities company,
or what you liko. Tho thing it accom?
plishes is not varied by a variation In
name or manner of ? bringing It about."
Tho great object of Congross was to de
clare a policy against which no arrange?
ment'could stand by which tho part.es
fully equipped thomselvcs with tho powor
to defeat Us purpose.
Competition Destroyed.
Ho declared that the power io suppress
competition had beun exercised, lie as?
serted that they executed that power
and uetuully. suppressed and .destroyed
competition the moment thoy parted with
the legul title to their segregated holdings
and vested them In the Northern Secur?
ities Company, This, ho contended, uotu.
ally destroyed' competition botwoon tho
two roads, and in support of this ^talc
mont ho luid down the following general
proposition:
"To bo competition thero must be com?
petitors in d/nerent interests."
"Any'act which eliminates tho competi?
tors or uniti?.'? tho intorests destroys
competition.
"There Is no competition whore tho not
results of operation goes into a common
purse.
"Thero may be rivalry between tho dif?
ferent departments, or ugenclos as to
which will contribute tho most to the
common fund, na to which is the most
economically administered or operateti,
but so long as ail are interested in the
operations of each by sharing a fixed
proportion, of a common fund, unaffected
by the proportion contributed by each,
thero is no competition."
Summing Up.
Mr? Knox then eummofl up his points
Continued on Second l'ugej
A LITTLE FICTION AND MUCH FACT.
Professor ?tMa?jory Thinks He
Has Found Cause of Scarlet
Fever? at Last.
PROTOZOA FOUND IN SKIN
Interesting Paper Read Before
-the Boston Society of. Medi?
cal Sciences,
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, Deo. 15.-i-At a mooting of the
Boston Society of?, Medical Sciences held
? this. evonlng . at the , .Harvard . Medioo|
School, Dr. F,B..Malori, -associate pro?
fessor of pathology/je?ia ?. paper'on scar?
let fever. Ho Btatcd that in?, the skin of
four, cases of the disease whl?lvdlcd In
the>oruptlve stage, ho had found a1?series
of bodies which closely resembled the va?
rious development stages of a protozoa,
?In the courso of his paper. Dr. Mallor?
said: "While many of the common In?
fectious diseases are duo to bacteria, tho
lowest form of vogetable life, a certain
number are duo to protozoa., tho lowest
form of animal life. Of the latter diseases,
the best known and the most studied are
tho malarial fever, of which threo dis- j
tlnct varieties are recognized. In these
malarial diseases the protozoa Ilvo and
develop In tho blood. Hero thoy pass
through, however, only an a sexual de?
velopment." Tho bodies found In scarlet
fever resemble the different ?atge* of
tho -:sexua4 development of the malarial
organ, bat do not live in the blood. In?
stead the'y live in the epithelial ceils, of
the skin and tongue.
Like the malarial parasites they multi?
ply by forming segmenting bodlea or ro?
sette!
The Importance of finding these bodies
In scarlet fever lies In tho fact that up
to .the prosont time absolutely nothhig
has beon known In regard to the cause of
tho disease. Dr. Mallory concluded with
the statement that while ho positively be?
lieved that tho bodies wore protozoa, and
wero tho causo of scarlet fever, ho was far
from claiming that such a relation had
been proved.
CHEMICAL, COMMON,
MUCH TALKED OF
Rise of Eight Points in a Few
Days Exciting Everybody's
Curiosity.
Owners of ohomlcal stock, common,
dealers in stocks, und that far larger
class of citizens who uro Interested In
tho success of the Vlrglnlu-Carollna
Chemical Company, us an Institution pri?
marily of Virginia, have been greatly in?
terested In a rocent rise of tho common
stock from 20 to 2S on yesterday.
Ofcourse, many are Inquiring tho rea?
son for this stonily lucroaso In values,
but so inr no satisfactory rosponso has
been received, Suggestions wldoly differ?
ing have been made. Nono soom to bo
conclusive, Many are Inclined to bollove
that tho unusually lino business tho Choni
leal Company Is doing now has much to
do with It. That this has some bourhii;
and some Influence, if not a great doni,
thore Is no doubt.
As many know, Ilio Chemical Company
has a large {looting debt, which must bo
provided for. What means will bo udopt
ed to moot this aio unknown. It Is talked
nbout, however, (hut tho plan proposed Is
of such a naturo that tho holders of
common stock will derive bonoilt there?
from? Whntover muy ho the < cause,
the fact Is exceedingly Interesting, and Is
exciting much pleasant comment.
MARINES SUFFICIENT
FOR PRESENT PURPOSE
lliy Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, 1). C!., Doc. 18.~Rc
gardlng tho various reports nbout tho'dls
patch of troopH to tho Jstlunus of Pana?
ma, tho Associated 1'i'ons Is enabled to
make1 this statement:
"Until the Sonate shtijl hny_o ratified tho
Jlay-Bunau-Varllla treaty tho adminis?
tration will look lo tho marines to pro
tVv'l tho Isthmus and keep order thvr? I
unless in the meantime It Is learned that
a considerable force of Colombian troops
arc to attack Panama. In tho latter
event, the. protection of the republic could
bp h?.?tt riprim'iillphcd? by tho army and
troops would supplant the marines. It
muy bo stated, however, that this gov?
ernment does not expect sur.lv an emer?
gency to.arlso at present and has pre?
pared to retain tho presont force of ma?
rines In isthmian waters until after the
ratification of. the ' canal treaty.
IMPORTANT BILLS
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
(By Associated; Press.)
WASHINGTON. ' Dec. . 16,-vRopresenta
.tlvo Williams, of Mississippi; Introduced
the.following bills to-d?y:
To put upon the' freo list when coming
from countries which permit identical pro?
ducts of ours to enter free, hides of oil
animals, leathor of all sorts, boots, shoes,
.saddles and harness. .,';,'?
To. prevent Individuals, or corporations
engaged in. Interstate commerce from
making It a condition of the sale of their
'products that the .purchaser shall not
?sell or deal in the products of any other
persons, firms or corporations.
: To'prevent'tho over lssuo of stock by
corporations or; corr?binations of corpora?
tions/,, and defining .stjoh..'over Issue as
"public cheating," Requiring the_ payment
of'Interest on pubi lo "funds' d'eposlt?B wltli'
banks. '?/;?'- '. . "'' ' '. '
CUT IN WAGES OF
THOUSANDS OF MEN
(3y Associated Press.)
CONNE?BSVILLE,' PA.-. Deo. .1G?.?A re?
duction In wages averaging 17 per cent.,
and affecting' thirty thousand men in
tho Connellsvllle coke regions, was an?
nounced 'to-dny 'Tho II. C. Frlck Coko
Company tak-es tho initiative in this, tho
first.' reduction since the great strike of
the early'nineties, and to-day posted no?
tice at air their, plant's announcing the
reductions. Simultaneously with the an?
nouncement of a reduction in wages, the
Union .Supply Company,: the owner of all
tho company stores at the plants of tho
I'rlck and allied companies, announced
a general cut In the price of goods.
PLEASURE YACHT
WRECKED IN GALE
(By Associated Press.)
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA., Dee. 15.?
The Bunker, a ploasuro yacht, which loft
Jacksonville' yesterday, was wrecked off
North Beach, one mile from town, last
night In a' vory high wind.' The boat Is
almost a complete wreck, and Is Hooded
with water. No Uves waro lost, but four
men on board had a thrilling experience.
The men wero rescued by parties from
this city. Tho boat was en route to
Duytona, and was owned by F. D. Casey,
of that pinco.
HIS LONG LIFE WAS
FULL OF INCIDENT
(By ' Associated Press.)
JOHNSON CITI'. T.ENN.; Dec. 15.?
Major William M. Garland, aged ninety
four years, Is dead at tho National Sol?
diers' Homo here. He had shaken hand?
with every President of tho United States
except Washington. He was on the navnl
cutlet, detail that welcomed Lafayette on
tho second visit to America In 1S24, and
he at one time conversed with Napoleon
on the island of St. Helena. Major Gar?
land's wife and children wero drowned
In tho Evansvlllo (Ind.) flood In 1881. He
was for many years a Baptist minister.
BOY KILLED BY
HIS COMPANION
(By Associatoti Press.)
ATLANTA, CIA., December 15,-Fretl
Bradshaw, a fourteen-year-old hoy, was
shot and instantly killed In a suburb to?
day by1? Jos. Doan, a slxtoon-year-old com?
panion, with whom ho had been hunti'ng.
Doan, who was taken In custody by tho
police, claims that tho shooting was ac?
cidental, and that Brudshuw had recolved
tho shot Intended for a bird. It Is under?
stood? that the boys wore friends.
WERE RESCUED BY
PASSING COAST STEAMER
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, December 15.-A private
telegram received horo to-day stated ihut
T. Jenkins llallis, son of Uonoral Peier
C. Halns, United Sta.tes army, who, w'lth
his wife mid ono sailor, was eu route to
tho Bahamas In a llilrty-ftiot sloop, was
caught in a heavy gole off tho coast of
Georgia yesterday. Tho sloop capsized,
but Mr. and Mrs, Halns woro picked ui.
by a coast steamer and landed at Bruns?
wick, Ga. The futo of the sailor Is un?
known.
SPEYER & CO, ARE
THE ONLY BIDDERS
(Bv Associateti Pruss.)
NEW YOftK, Dee. 15.?Tho assets of the
Consolidated Lako Superior Company held
by Speyer & Co. for a loan of $5,(60,0?
woro bought in at pub'13 auction bv
Speyer & Co, to-day fo?? Jl.?OO.OOO, Theirs
was tho only bid, Tho sulo was held In
spite of several protests by representa?
tives of other creditore.
JUDGES GET
MORE MONEY
Salaries Ordinance Concurred in
by the Board of Alder?
men.
QUESTION OF BOND ISSUE
President Turpiti Submits Some
Warm Remarks and Board
Passes Resolution.
There wero several spicy features
the session o? the Board of Aldornton
lost .night. . . ? ?
?- ' ' ? ' 1 . '
The chief one was-the speech of Presi?
dent ? Turpln', on _ tli? rbond' issue Questi?ni
in which he took" strong; ground "for'the
McCarthy.plan, and against .touching, a*
dollar now in-the sinking fund, for- meet?
ing tho bonds about to fall due. The re?
marks of Mr.' Turpln wero carefully pre?
pared and read to tho Board. . . ?,
Aredolutlon* carrying oufthe McCarthy
plan :and]directing the Finance Commit?
tee to borrow, tho entire amount noces
sary for meeting tho bonds waa adopted
without discussion. ;
Another1 feature of the sessloh -was the
fight qvor Uie-ordinance Increasing tho
salaries of- the 'four city .Judges. It was
made-by President Turpln,, but tho ma?
jority after many efforts succeeded in
having the ordinance concurred in. It now
goes'to-the Mayor for his approval. The
ordlnanco' fixes the' salaries of tho fou.i
city Judges at $4,000 instead of 13,200 oach
as at present. * ?
A number of other ordinances of more
or less Importance wore disposed of,
great mass'of routine business having
been transacted. Tho resignation of Cap?
tain Cunningham Hal] as a mombej- of
the body was received and accoptcd,
THE BOARD MEETS.
The Board was called to order at 8:15
P. M. by President William M. Turpln,
nnd a quorum of members answered to
their hamos.
A number of committee reports wore
taken up and disposed of, but the mattor
In them for tho most part related to
routine business of the various depart?
ments. .'-.
The ordinance raising the salary of
tho Janitor of tho Chancery Court $14
per 'month was conourred In, as was a
resolution to ref.ir the application of
Superintendent Honry Conn, of tho street
cleaning department, for Inoreased salary'
to the Health Committee for Information.
Tho body also concurred In an ordl?
nanco allowing the Bijou Theatre Com?
pany to erect a flro escape on their
building nt Eighth and Brond Streets.
Tho ordinance appropriating $3,500 to
the gas department from the contingent
fund was concurred in, as wero a largo
number ot others of less Interest. Thnt
to givo $2,000 for coal for tho relief of
tho poor recelvod tho unanimous en
(Contlnued on Third Page,)
WILL ASK MINERS
TO ACCEPT A CUT
Coal Operators Hope to Stimu?
late Trade by Decreasing?
the Price of the Fuel.
(By Associated Press.).
CLEVEUVND, OHIO, Decomber 15.
Tho two days' conference of Ohio, Pennsyl?
vania and Wont Virginia coal operators
adjourned tills afternoon to moot again,
probably in this city, next Tuesday or
Wednesday. At tho adjourned meeting.
It Is understood, moro defluito plans will
ho formulated to bo presented to u Joint
?onferonco at Indianapolis in January.
It l'a said to bo the intention of tho
operators to nsiv tho miners to accept a
reduction In wages fur ??? good effect It
will havo on tho coal trade us early as
two months before the expiration of the
wage contract on April 1st. Tho demand
for coal now Is said to "o sluggish; tho
expected demand for coal following the
reduction in. the prlco of coal made pos?
sible by the lessening of the- cost of pi.i
ductlon will stimulate the demand for
fuel and liuve u. bepeilcltil effect pn man?
ufacturing generally.
BARKSDALE
BILL WAS
AMENDED
Pay Speakers and Make
Partv Contributions.
BAYLOR SURVEY
BILL UNDER FIR? j
? ? '' '. ' '.Mi
Senator ' C. Harding Walkfff'i
Opened His Batteries on ?:'','.
it Yesterday, ,'"
THE DEBATE IS TO
BE CONTINUED TO-DAYR
Arguments Adduced Why? Saetti
an Important Matter Shalt Not'?*.
be Acted Upon Hastily?Tho ' '
House Passes Bill for'Stat<3
Building at St. Louis " "
Exposition.'
The,Genomi 'Assembly of Virginia; .'jwAi;
In a hard day's, work yesterday and the ?
House accomplished a great deal. The I
Eenato held but one session, giving platee j
to a very Important meeting of the Com* !
mittee for Courts of Justice lrt the often. ??
noon. The House had another, double-?
header. session, sltUng for nearly, si* !
hours. . |
Practically all tho time of the Senate?;
session -was consumed in the debate.ovep.?
tilo Jordan-Card weir oyster bill.. But', one? i
specoli was made, Mr. "Walker, of .West-, I
morolnnd, advocating the, report of th*',{
committee, and tho dismissal of. tho Jotv '
tlan bill in a speech of an.hour and *?
half; after which the . Sonate adjourned?'.
until to-day.
, Tho House ordered Iho bill, fixing th? ;
terms nnd Umos of. Circuit Courts.'toit?';{?
engrossment after refusing to.reduce the
number of court terms allotted to Frin-'.j
cess Anne county by tho committee.; The? ;
bill was ordered to ongross:nent: sub-,i
slo,ntinJly as passed: , V" '?"'?;?'.' ' .v"
'. The House also passed the bill' appro*.
lirlatlng'$10,000'doV,i,tlfe";'?t:ectIofi 'of a'V?r^' '
giitla-.bulldlng at.the St.'-?ouierExp?slUoTj?;
and tho bill, 'was communicate^ t'd'?the .??:
eenato. Immediately after that the HoWe;
with barely, the necessary number ?'?of:'
votes, passed the bill .appropriating;'$30.'-',?
000 for tho. constrUotloh: of additional
wards at the University of Virginia Hoti- ,
pitali ?
The remalndor of the time of the' House
session was token up with consideration '
of the committeo and other amendments
to tho Bnrksdale pure elections law,: ami
the bill was finally amended so Jas to'
permit contributions to defray campaign
expenses, the same to ' be disbursed'by
tho' local party authorities,' and-an?th?r
amendment permitting the payment of. ex?
penses of speakors going to adJolnlnR.
counties. Tho bill,? as amended,; was
then engrossed, and the House adjourned.,
Mr. Barksdaie favors the amendments to ,.
tho hill, and will endeavor to secure tliei*
pussnge by the House.
The Senate.
When, tho Senate'of Virglna convened'
nt.JO A..? M. yesterday, thero was a fair-; \
ly good attendance of members, ' riot?
withstanding the earlier hour of assemb?
ling.' Later on, ns the. hour of 11, set
lor taking up and debating the Jordan
Cardwell bill to break the Baylor survey. ?
and lease tho barren'or depleted oyste>
rook therein, arrived, the attendance, both .
of members and of visitors,' began to.ap?
preciably increase, and, when the special
order was called for, the attendance of
visitors was tho largest of the session. '
Not only was tho visitors* section filled,
but the seats of many of the member?
were shared by members? of the House
and distinguished visitors. ?
Among those on the floor.of the Ben
n te wore Congressman Carter Glass,'.State./
Treasurer Harman, Rev. A. E. Dtckln-','?.;
son, D. D., Captain John A. Curtis, foi*<:
mer member of the State Board of Fish?
eries; Judge A. Brown Evans, ot-Mld-.-:
dlesox: Air. Henry AL Tyler, member of ..
tho State Board of Fisheries; ex-Senatotr
R. E. Boykln, of Smlthfleld; o*-Delegat?
IS. C. Madison, of Warwick; Delegato K.
C. Jordan, author of the pending ' bill; ?
Delegates Cardwoll, S. wtlldne Mathews,'
Heermnns, Edwards, Walter Jordan, Not-.
tlugham and others. Thero were.also
many ladles present.
? number of Houso bills were report?
ed to the Senate by the Committee for
Counties, Cities and Towns, . Commlttot?
for Courts of Justice, and. others, and '.
wero placod on the calendar. Some of ?
these were afterwards taken up and pass- -
etl, but thoso were local bills, to which
thoro was, no objection.
After tho routine business of the morn- ,
Ing hour, Mr. Anderson, of Richmond, of?
fered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the previous question 1'?
oidorccl on Houso bill 137 (the oyster bill)
ut'l.'SO 3*. M. Wednesday, Decembor Wth,
VOLUME OP BUSINESS. ....
Mr. Andorson explained that he did
not desire to cut off debuto against the
wish of any member, but was Impelled
to offer tho resolution by a realisation
of tho vast volumo of Imperative legisla?
tion, demanding the attention of tho
Senate, and the limited time before the
end of the session, and doslred merely to
expedite action on the measure pending
in order that these Important matters bo .
disposed of.
Mr. Sears, o? Mnthows, suggested that
tlio pending bill bo Indefinitely postponed. ?
It was unfair to the opponente of ?
measure of this importance to requlr?
that it be disposed of between ?.lion and
1:30 r>. M. Wednesday.
Mr, Hoars did not press his suggestion
ns a sub?*uuto for the Anderson resolu?
tion, and v>. J? iho expected test vote of
the strength of tho udvocates and on-,
ponente of tho bill was avoided, or as
least postponed.
Tim Anderson resolution was voted down
without illvlslun. and with It ended all
oll'ort to limit debate on the bill.
Tho bit) was then laid bufere the Sen
ale for Its aollun, and. the argumeut be?
gun. Mr. Walker was the only tpeaker of
tha day, consuming ail tho remainder o?;;
tho sosslon In his argument for th*. r?-?'a
port of the Committee on Fish and Otun?,
which, was'adverse lo the pending*bill.
Owing to an Important tne?t?n of ih*