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WHOLE NUMBER 16.581.
RICHMOND, VA., FR?DAY, JULY 1,1004
PRICE TWO CENTS,
;UMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS
f The Weather.
WASHING-TON. June ??.-Forecast for
Friday anil Saturday!
Virginia?Thunderstorma Friday; Satur?
day lair; fresh wan ?? northwnat winds,
North Carolina?Showers Friday, Satur?
day partly cloudy; ?rosh southwest to
northwest winds.
Rain fell eovoral times during yester?
day, und tini day was oloso and "sticky"
> In the extremo.
RANO-E OF THIS THERMOMETER,
fl ?. M. ?0
12 M.,. SI
" It P. M. . M
G F. M? ..?_?. Kl
11 P. M. ..'. V!)
12 midnight .? fU
Average . "?D'A
?Highest temperature yesterday.-, 84
??woBt temperature yesterday.71
Alean temperature yesterday. 78
Normnl temperature for Juno.74
"Departure, ft-om normal temperatura., 01
Precipitation during pant 34 hours. ?
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
July 1, 100-1.
Bun rises.4:54 ? HIGH TIDE.
Bun sots.7:'t3 ] Morning.?!:'*8
Moon rise?....10:04 | Evening.?:-!?
Richmond.
Police Iftspoctpr John F. Sblnbt-rgcr shot
down by unknown negro and seriously In?
jured, hall entering right'Bide and coming
out at" tho back-Richmond people who
go on the boards In Petersburg much per?
plexed over the unexplained absence of
their manager, and ?lay Ima been nus
nenUcU* hotel people consider themselves
?aft), ,as players .are nil well-to-do und
well connected?-Homo for Needy Con?
federato Women opens to-nlglil with ap?
propriate exercises; Governor, Mayor
elect .-.uni other? to ?peale-?School Board
drops well known book from list b^iuse
of sentence considered offensive to Kotuh
orn peoplo-Finance Commltteo udonts
report of subcommittee providing a plan
tor conatructlon of a free orldge on the site
of the Maya's Bridge-This month near?
ly two and one-half million dollar? In
dividends will be paid out by Richmond
firms. MANCHESTER-Dalmo flClan
m?fia to-night-Rocky Ridge Council.
Jr. O. U. ?. M., elected officer?-Launch?
ing trip this afternoon?-Manchester
"Furniture Company opens up aguln
Negro loses eighteen chickens by theft
Commltteo meetings to-night-Death of
two-year-old son pf Edward Taylor.
Virginia.
Dr. Alderman takes hie departure from
the University and promises to give Ills
decision by next Wednesday-Ashley
Moseley, car Inapeclor, decapitated by a
freight train at Alexandria yesterday
Rev, AA'. D. Smith, of Frederlcksburg,
Va., declines onice of archdeacon-AA',,
O. W?lklii3 secures large verdict against
tho Richmond ami Petersburg Electric
Railway-J"ohn -MeBrlde, alleged tramp,
captured in Petersburg, identified as a
danRnroUB crook-Negro preacher ur*.*5r
urrpst In Petersburg for stealing a cow
-Negro girl In lysulaa. charged, "by boy
under arrest In Newport New?? with In?
fanticide, taken in custody ,n Louisa
county and placed In Jail-After two
days' session the coroner's Jury givo a
verdict that Miss Bollng wo? murdered
by some person unknqwn-Lightning
destroys the warehouse of the Suffolk
Fuel njid Feed Company in Suffolk. Va.
??Negro under arrest in ?a*??a>? for a
murder committed thirty years ago
? City*attorney of Norfolk decides that the
Council no??.* m power cannot elrct city
' officer.?? for ?ho coming year.
North Carolina.
Captain R. B. Glenn, nominee for Gov?
ernor, looks for tlie defeat of Roosevelt
for President-AVlnston-Salem sells a
largely Increased ? mount of tobacco for
the fiscal year-Savingsbanks In Dur?
ham consojldato.
General.
Russians being driven back at every
point along the line: Japs capture another
town and nre now con ce ? tra tin g ou Hal
Cheng; Vladivostok squadron shells port
on Korean coast; Russian officials satis?
fied with situation; Kuropatkin report?
?harp lighting-Prominent politicians
forco Bryan to agree t? support Cleveland
If nominated. an_ boom for ex-President
Is gathering force; Field for second plac*:
Hearst s?j?_i ho will stand by action of
party; Muy.ihy declares he is booming
no candidate, but believes Cleveland Is
strongest rpun; Gorman calls conference
of Eastern political leaders In AA'ashington
to-day; National Chairman Jones says
Bryan won't bolt J.? Parker Is nominated
.?Vaio wins fresjmeu'a by a quarter
length; great crowd present; 'A'arsity
fours and eights postponed until to-day
-Negro Hlai'er of McGee lynched by a_
mob-Dowle roaches Chicago after cir?
cling the glolie; spurns dirt of Windy City
?Baron von Sternberg spi'iiks at Uni?
versity of the Somit-Threo killed in ina
ploslon of a boiler-Tobacco men enlist
services of Secretary of Stato In opposing
now English tax on strips; Cabinet to
take matter up to-day-Prohibitionists
nominato Silas W. Swallow, of Harrls
burg, Pa., for President, .Miles having de?
clined honor; Swallow may not bo able to
accept-Walthour, champion bicycler,
thrown headlong during fast raco
After being pursued for thirteen years
Henry Rodgera, under many Indictments,
now In Jail In Mobile-Educators at St.
Louis elect officers and make AA'. K.
Biiixwell, of Now York, president.
JUMPED FROM WINDOW
OF RAPIDLY MOVING TRAIN
(By Associated Press,)
MOBILE, ALA., June 30.?T, F. Brun
son, a passenger on the north-bound
Lotilsvlllo anil Nashville train, attempted
suicido,, by jumping out of a window near
G rand buy whllo tho train wus running
about forty miles tin hour., Tho man
was found in an unconecioi? condition
and was brought to Mobile. Ho boarded
tho train nt New Orleans and wuh tick?
eted for Enterprise, Alabama. "Ho will
recover.
WAS MURDERED AND
THROWN INTO RIVER
(By Associated Press.)
MIAMI. FLA., Jun? 30.?Tho body of
XV. A. McQueen was. found floating In
the liver at the old bridge tills morning.
Judgo Hill empaneled coroner's Jury. On
McQueen's head there is an ugly bruise
and ilio theory by somo Is advancod
Ihat ho was murdered and his body
thrown Into tho river.
WANT
Help
TO-DAY,
The ?0 u-vortlsoinonts for holp pub?
liulio? in to-day's Tliuos-DlspitLuu on
litigo S aio ab follows:
4 Oi?ce Help, 2 Agents.
8 Miso?lluuecms. 2 Teachers.
3 Pomestics. 1 Salesman.
This not only Interests those out of
work, but those desiring to improve
their position? iw welL
THESPIANS
SHIFT FOR
THEMSELVES
Thirteen R ? c hmonders
Left by Their Manager
ARE AT TWO HOTELS
IN COCKADE CITY
In Meantime John Fa ? Palmer
Is Said to be in New
York.
POWHATAN HOTEL SAYS
PALMER OWES BILL THERE
Ho Impressed Every Ohe He
Met Most Favorably?Rich
monders Are Awaiting De?
velopments in Peters?
burg?-Their Baggage
at the Hotels.
Fifteen Thesplane, of Blclunond, are
now ln Petersburg? In an embarrassing
situation, their? manager, John Fay Pal?
mer, having gone away without letting
them knojsv anything of his plans, anc
they say, without having paid them off.
Tho lilchmondors who compose tho or?
ganization arc: .Miss Louis Cole, R. B.
Walnon, wlfo and child. Miss Graco
Lewis, Miss ?. B. RodgerB, Mrs. Bertha
A. Bowers, Mrs. Emma Tollodd; Messrs.
A? Terry, Paul Jones, Norbert Cangley,
or Charle? Powell and . T. Pulrs.
It is reported that Palmer came to
Richmond June ?Oth and registered at
the Powhatan Hotel Ho placed adver
Usements In both of the papers for ama?
teurs and professionals to Join his
theatrical troop, and many young people
of the city replied, thirteen of them hav?
ing signed contracts with him. Each one
of them, according to the reported plan,
was Invited to place twenty-five dollars
with him. which was to be the capital
stock of the company. After rehearsing
for several days the troop departed for
Petersburg and was billed to show there
on Monday night last.
"GO?1.V FIRST NIGHT."
Tlie first night's performance came off
successfully, and the piece presented was
tho "Siege of the Crops." \
On Tuesday evenlnpr rain Interfered with'
tho production, and there was no show.
Un yesterday morning the various mem?
bers of t??? company were Informed that
their manager had left the city. Inquiry
elicited the information that he ha?i|
bought ? through t'eket to New York.
Tho adtors who were under contract
with lilm nre still at the Imperial, and
Prospect Hotels, awaiting further devel?
opments.
Palmer registered at The Powhatan
on the l-th of June and was assigned to
mom No. 138. While there the manage?
ment was confident he was a perfectly
reliable man. Ho was neat In appearance
und pleasant of address.
On last Sunday he Informed the clerk
that he would go to Petersburg, hut
would return the next day.
Hotel Confidences.
Yesterday morning the Petersburg ho?
tel people Informed the Powhatan man?
agement of the man's absence from the
city and B. W. Ford, of the hotel com?
pany, took a train for Norfolk, where It
was told him tho man had gone from
Petersburg. The theatrical man Is debtor
to The PowiritMi to the extent of ?20.
The Richmond players are waiting In
Petersburg for further developments and
It Is understood that they will get out
an attachment for the scenery owned by
Palmer, at Fermiate Park. AH the mem?
bers of the outfit aro weil known In Rich?
mond.
PROMINENT POLITICIAN
ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY
(By Assooluted Press.) .
ST, LOUIS, Juno 30.?Colonel Edward
Butler, ?? prominent, local polltlclun, came
Into court this afternoon ln answer to a
bench warrant, charging him with brib?
ing a witness. Ho was released on a
bond of 110,000, with John 3. OlBrlen tut
surety. ?
A warrnnt wan Issued this afternoon by
Judgo Taylor, at tho request of Circuit
Attorney Folk, as tho result, It Is be?
lieved, of recent disclosure? ?inde to tho
grand jury by Charles F. Kelly and -
Charles Gutke, former members of tho
House of Delegates, convicted of bribery.
Tho witness lo whom Butler Is supposed
to hilve hrUwi. Is Charlen F. ICoJly, former
Speaker ot the House of Delogntes.
OPERATIONS WILL BE
SUSPENDED THIS MORNING
(By Associated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., June 80.?The
furnace operators and United Mine
Workers have mado apparently, little or
no progress towards getting together on
? wago scale, but to-day the majority
of tho commercial operator? signed the
old seule awarded by Judgo George Gray
us arbitrator, a year ?go. The scalo ex?
pires to-night, which moans that mining
operations by the furnace companies will
he suspended July 1st. Out of twelve or
thirteen thousand union miners in this
district, about three, thousand nre em?
ployed by the commercial concerns, The
Iron men aro holding out for forty cents
minimum. ' Tho old scale provides for
forty-seven and one-half dents minimum,
and fifty-seven cents maximum.
MURDERED
BY UNKNOWN
Terrible End That Befell Miss
Bol ing Destined to Re?
main a Mystery.
JURY'S LENGTHY SESSION
! ifn ,,?
'.Many Witnesses Examined and
| the Evidence Taken Steno- ?
graphically.
? (Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
j TRUITT, VA? Juno 30.?Tho coroner's
? Inquest In the caso of Miss Annie Bollng
, tho young woman whose body was found
In the woods near here last Sunday
? morning, and which was postponed un
1 til Tuesday, ln order that the Common?
j wealth's attorney of Sussex county could
i be notified, was begun that day at 2
: o'clock, at the residence of. Mr. ChaHes
' Stuart? Miss Boling's home at the time of
j her death. Before Coroner T. J. Hill and
j.after_n early. ,twof -foot, -rit- tedlo.i3~?M,drilre
j some examining of the many witnesses,
| the Jury came to the conclusion that the
unfortunate woman came to her death
at the hands of some unknown person.
Some eighteen or twenty witnesses were
! examined, tho examination being con?
ducted mainly hy Mr. William B. Cocke,
? Commonwealth's . attorney of Sussex
county.
8TRANGJ3 MYSTERY.
This Is one of the strangest and most
I mysterious cases that has happened In
this community for many years and one
that has stirred the citizens to a high
pitch of excitement. A large crowd at
. tended the hearing both days and paid
j tho closest attention to every word ot
' the testimony of each witness, and It Is
the Individual opinion of nil that it is a
clear case of murder, as there was noth?
ing whatever to show that the woman
committed suicide, nothing being found
near where tho body lay that she could
have possibly'taken her life with, and the
fact of tho body having been burned at
a place where It was, made It a matter
of Impossibility for a fire to have start?
ed without some one setting It on Are,
go??s to show that the body was Burned
with the purpose of hiding the crime.
HER HAIR.
Her hair, ^fter having been cut from
her head, was found directly on the
ground and cinders where the Are had
recently burned over, showing plainly that
It was put there by some one after the
fire had done its work. The young
lady's mother lives In Brunswick county,
near Barrow's Store postoffice, and, it Is
said, was quite wealthy at ono time. Miss
Bollng had lived with Mr. Charles Stuart
for the past threo years, he being lier ?
first cousin.
The testimony of all . tho 'witnesses ?
was taken down In writing, word for .
word, and Is In the hands of the Common- ?
wealth's attornoy for future Investigation, '
who will leave no stone unturned in en?
deavoring to bring tho guilty one to Jus- 1
tice for this dastardly crime.
RUSSIANS
NOW BEING
DR1VENBACK
To-Mucheng Captured
by Japanese.
NOW MOVING
ON HAI-CHENG
The Russian Fleet Issues From
Vladivostok and Shells
Gen San.
KUROPATKIN DECIDES
TO RETIRE FURTHER
St. Petersburg Officials Declare
That' They Are Eminently
Satisfied ' With Situation.
/ Togo's Reports Much
Exaggerated?With
oft Gives Fight.
(Special Cable to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.
Copyright, 1904.)
LONDON, Juno 30.?Dispatches from the
far East saV Uiat the Russian Vladivo?
stok fleet Is again active, and bombarded
the Korean coast yesterday, sinking two
vessels.
The Russians are being driven back
all along the line. Simu-Cheng or To
Mucheng has been'captured toy the Jap?
anese. The town Is fourteen miles east
of Hal-Cheng on the road to Feng-Wang
Cheng, and is ten miles from Fen-Shul
Fase, which was earned on the 27th. The
Russian flank was again turned and for?
tifications captured.
Slowly Closing.In.
The division of General Kurokl's army,
which drove the Russians out of Mono?
Tien Pass, Is marching towards Llao
larig to cut off General . Kuropatkln's
forces from communication with Llao
Tang and Mukden. This would also
throw a barrier m tho way of Russian
communication, with New Chwiing and
? rvlslu dou'.;:... .-The--? Jni>?inees,laiaiJ".,.eIow,ly,,
closing In on Port Arthur. The Russian,
arsenal at ?Cronst?dt was partially wreck?
ed by the explosion of twenty whltehead
torpedoes, caused by a fire, believed to
have been the work of Incendiarles.
Tokio advices say a rumor is current
that the Vladivostok fleet has at last
been cornered by Admiral Kami'mura,?
but this report cannot be verified. An?
other interesting report comes from Che
Foo, to the effect that several of the
Russian ships have escaped from Port
Arthur, and are on their way to Join
the Vladivostok fleet. Although this
story Is eomowhat doubtful. It ts con?
ceded by experts that the junction of the
two fleets and a combined attack on
Togo, who, evidently has not more than
enough vessels to blockade Port Arthur,
would be the wisest move the Russians
could make.
Railroad Said to be Useless.
In- St. Petersburg the officials profess
to be greatly encouraged by the latest
reports, and claim that the Port Arthur
fleet sustained very sight damage In
the recent engagement, and that strength
of the blockoders has been materially
weakened. The military situation, they
declare, to be entirely satisfactory, but
it Is stated on very good authority that
tho transportation of troops and muni?
tions has been greatly hampered by the
choking up of the railroad, which, It Is
said, is at present, when most urgently
needed, entirely useless, and unequal to
the demands made upon it. '
Kuropatkin Withdraws.
?.By Associated Press,) ?
BERLIN, July 1.?The Ta-Tche-Klao
correspondent of the Leek Lokal Anzeiger,
in a dispatch. June 30th, 3:40 P. M., says
he has had an interview with General
Kuropatkin regarding the,military situa?
tion, and declares that the Russian gon
orai has decided to withdraw to Hal
Continued on Second JPage.
INSPECTOR SHINBERGER IS
SHOT DOWN BY DESPERADO
POLICE INSPECTOR JOHN F. SHINBERGER,
Shot Down Last Night By An Unknown Negro.
FORCED INTO LINE;
TO SUPPORT NOMINEE
Reported That Bryan Will Sup?
port Cle\'cland if Nom
;*?*-. I,. . *. ..... s -,? - - - -. ...
\ "mated."
SOME VERY PLAIN TALKING
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
NEW YORK, June 30.?It was au?
thentically stated hero to-day that AV.
J. Bryan has tacitly promised that If
ex-President Cleveland Is nominated at
St. Louis, he will not bolt the tli.kct.
Several days ago men of great promi?
nence tn the conservativo Democracy
waited upon Mr. Bryan, or sent repre?
sentatives to hltn, and told him that
<t was not among the improbable things
of the convention that Cleveland would
be nominated, and asked-what he would
j do. At first ho made threats and said
he would never support, tho?former Pres
I ldent under any circumstances. Then the
I representative of the conservatives began
?to work upon him. ; They told him in
! plain terms that the conservative Demo
' crats would control the coming, conven?
tion with great ease, and that they would
control the party In the future,".as they
had ? done up to the time of .tho first
' nomination of Bryan. They would like to
1 got along amicably with tho Nebraska
man, lfhe would permit,.but If he wish?
ed to,bolt and make a. fight, they would
furnish him with assurances that if ho
ever attempted to aspire to office again,
they would guarantee that what thoy
would do ito him would be sufficient to
last him for a lifetime. They' would i
withdraw support of every kind, includ- |
Ing financial, from him for any efforts
he might make In Nebraska to como ?
to tho United States Senate this year, or',
any other year, and would watch every
opportunity to dofcat him whenever he
showed his head. They told him thnt
they had supported him eight and four |
years 'ago, and expected him to do tho
some thing for thoit* friend thla year,
Continued on Second JPago.
Hearst Says. He Will Accept
the Action of the Con
'"'ve?i?on. """ '
BURY PERSONAL AMBITION
(From Our Rogular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 30.?With
the Democratic National Convention only
six days off, tho Honorable William R.
Hearst, fresh from an hour's lntervlow,
with John R. McLean, said here to-day
than he and his friends would cheerfully
abide by tho decision of the St. Louis
convention nnd enthusiastically support
the Democratic nominees for Presluent
and Vice-President. He declared that
the supreme duty of all Democrats should
be to elect a truly Democratic Presi?
dent and'that Democratic leaders should
be controlled by their reason and not
by their resentments, and should subordi?
nate every personal ambition, in the ef?
fort to wlrt victory. Finally, Mr.' Hearst
said h? was confident that the St. Louis
convention would nominate a ticket and
adopt a platform that would appeal con?
vincingly to tho Intelligence and the con?
science of the country nnd restore tho
Democratic party to power.
Extremely Complaiscant.
Mr. Hearst, accompanied ? by Mrs.
Hearst, arrived hero this morning from
Chicago, and were driven nt once to the
Now, Willard Hotel. The Now York con?
gressman, who Is a cnndltlate for the
hlglijit honor in the gift of his party, I?
looking- exceedingly well. His spirit is
cheerful, and he greeted his friends here
to-jia? buoyantly and. seemed extremely
complaisant rogardlng the political situa?
tion.
At noon to-day an automobile rolled up
in front of the New-WUlnrd Hotel. In It
were young McLean, tho son of the Oh!i?
(Continued on Socond Pago)
NOT BOOMING
ANY CANDIDATE
But Murphy Says Again Cleve?
land Is the Strongest
Man.
(By Associated Press,)
NBAV YORK, Juno 30.--Charlos F.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, mudo
U stutemctit to-day as to his attitude with
reference to tho National Democratic Con?
vention. Ho said:
"1 would like to say In view of tho re?
ports that I am booming a candidate for
tho National Convention, that I am boom?
ing no candidato. I um instructed for
Pnrkor, hut I havo not changed from
my original position. I still hold thut
Cleveland Is tho strongest man that can
be nominated." ,
"Tammany delegates being Instructed
for Parker, how can they go to St.
I/Oiils and work for Cleveland?" Ml?
Murphy waa ? n.skcti.
"I tun instructed for Parker," was the
reply. "That's all I havo to say about
that."
'.'Is thero any possibility that the Tam?
many delegation may bo releused from
Us Instruction after the mat ballot'?"*?
? etm't suy anything uh to that."
SECURES DIVORCE FROM
DUKE OF VALENCAY
PARIS. Juno 30.?Tho Duchess of Va
lencuy, who was Helen Morton,.daughter
Of Levi ?, Morton, before hor marrlago,
was lo-du.v grunted a divorce from the
Duku of Vulenciiy. Tlie charges against
tho Duke wore 111 treatment nnd lu-gk-et.
One of tho consequences of the deci?
sion under a recent -judgment of the
French courts is that the wife elmll aban.
hor husband's name and title.
SLAYER OF M'GEE
LYNCHED BY MOB
Taeu From Train After Scuffle
With the Sheriff's
Deputies?
(By Associated Press.)
CHARLESTON, B. C, June 30.?Cairo
Williams, the negro who killed Thurs
ton 0. McGoo (whlto), at Bcrnnton, ln
Wllllumsburg county, hist February, was
taken from tho Atlantlo Coast Line train j
at Soranton this evening and lynched,
Williams narrowly 'escaped lynching lm
mudliituly after tho killing.nnd was spirit?
ed off to the penitentiary In Columbia for
wife-keeping und the mob was greatly
enraged theront, Lust Monday, Williams
was brought from Columbia Jo King's
Tree, tho county seat, for trial. The re?
sult was a mistrial and tho sheriff
thought |t safe to send him hack to Co?
lumbia for Hafo-keoplng. As the train
approached Soranton, a miA) of lynchers
with blackened finies, and wearing masks
flagged It with u red flag und searched,
the train for the pegro, to the great ter?
ror of tho passagers. i'ln.aJly tliey found
Williams and ordered the sheriff's depu?
ties to deliver him up. This waa refused
and a scuffle ensued In whloh tho deputies
woro much bruised, Tho mob then took
the negro ,-iwny, saying that ho would ho
dead lu Ilvo minutes, and tliut was his
fute, although the Uo.u.ls uru not, avail?
able. .
PURSUED FOR
THIRTEEN YEARS
Henry Rodgers, Under Numer?
ous Indictments, Noav in
Jail in Mobile.
(By Associated Press.)
MOBILE, AIjA,, June 30.?Pursued by
government ofllcors for thirteen ycare,
during whloh time he visited Kugland,
Franco and Afrlqn, and returned to the
United Btntes and located In Indian Ter?
ritory, Honry Rodgers, alias Frank
Thomas, Is behind jail bars hero Wifh
numerous indictments against him.
Qn May 23, 1801, Roilgors held up Reuben
S. MeCreary, a mall carrier on a atar
route between fjvergreen and Turnbull,
Alabama, rifled tho mall pouch, threw the
mail matter Into a' oreek, and robbed tho
carrier of money and *i gold watch,
.After his return from abroad Rodgors,
under tlio name of Thomas, located In
Indian Territory, where he wan arresici,
tried und convicted on ? charge of selling
liquor without a license. He was sen?
tenced to serve two years in the Federal
prison ut Atlanta. It is stated he mado
a confosslon In prison, and at tho ex?
piration of his term a requisition for
hla return to Alabama wat? honored j-y
(ho Governor o? Gwr_.a~
THREE KILLED IN
AN EXPLOSION
Boiler Lifted Off Truck and
Hurled Into the
Woods.
(By Associated Press.)
JOHNSTOWN, PA.. Juno 30.-A loco?
motive boiler exploded on tho Pennsyl?
vania Railroad whilo going up the moun?
tain fifty yards from Ehrenfold Suition
to-day, killing three men, Injuring two
others, ono of them fatally.
The dead:
JOHN W1SSINOK1?, engineer, Cono
mnuffh, aged forty-five.
D. C. CROUCH, fireman, Concinaugh,
aged twenty-eight.
WALTER ROSS, flagman, East Taylor
Townshlji, aged twenty-one.
The Injured;
Conductor Archibald Boyle, Cono
maugh: cannot recover.
nr.-tki'iiitiii J. U Smith, seriously hurt.
Thu exploding boiler belonged to a lo?
comotive that was helping a freight train
y'j the mountain. It let go without
warning, lifting ihe boiler clour off tho
trucks and hurling It luto the woods
by the side of the track.
The thr.e.e, men killed wore In tho cab of.
the locomotive, while ilio Injured wero in
the caboose ,,f the freight train Just
Ahead, ???
CONFERENCE'TO-DAY
IN WASHINGTON
Gorman Invites Eastern Politi?
cal Leaders to Meet
With Him.
(Spoclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.}
BALTIMORE-, MD., Juno 30.?Senator
Gorman has invited a number of tlio
custom political Isadora and delegates to
tlio Democratic Convention to meet him
lu Washington to-morrow for a linai coti
foranee before tho departure for St. Louis
of the eastern Democrats.
At this conference It is expected a num?
ber of Important mutters whloh have
been In nbeyniteu will be definitely set?
tled, Including tho part thu Maryland
di-legatus aro in piny in the (?treat gather?
ing. It Is generally conceded that tlio
position of tho Murylaudors will bo a
delicato one, lu view of tlio fact that
Senator Gorman Is not as yet an avowed
candidate and will probably not have his
nimio submitted tm the convention at
Die time when tho regular nominations;
ure made.
Tlio Maryland delegates will do exact
ly as Senator Quima,)? wishes and have
.so far had no (ui'in.il iii?etllig to discuss
plans. They have been waiting upon
tho Senator un?l will, probably not khow'
until after they reaclt St, Louis exactly
wh.it ho want?",
Another tiling to bo settled to-morrow
i Is 'tha chairmanship of Hie ???.tnmltt.es,
and tini ?piostion of a presiding officer..?.
It is expoi'tvid now that Senator ("urni'iu
will be the candidine for the conservative
element for tho chairmanship of thu t.'oui- ,
vUU?u on. Ros>cluilg?8,
Was Trying to Arrest the
Negro Murderer.
BULLET WENT THRO*
OFFICER'S BODY
Entered on Right Side, Passing
Out Between Eleventh and
Twelfth Ribs.
ASSAILANT ESCAPES,
LEAVING TRAIL OF BLOOD
Wounded Officer Says 'He Be?
lieves He Struck Man Who
Shot Him Unawares?Ope?
ration May be Necessary.
Patient May be Re?
moved to Hospital.*
Police Inspector John F. Shlnberarer
lies at tho home of Superintendent
Davis, adjoining the City Hospital, hav?
ing boen dangerously shot last night by
a negro supposed to be tho name who
killed the negro, Richard Fox, at Eight?
eenth and Franklin Streets last Saturday
night.
The wound waa made by a ,32-callbre
bullet, probably from a Colt's revolver.
It entered the right breast about two
inches to the loft of tho nipple, and
came out between the eleventh and
twlfth ribs, about three Inches right of
the spinal column.
Drs. C. W. P. Brock, J. T. TrovllHan.
Hugh Taylor and Resident Physician
Ferklns attended the sufferer.
Inspector Shfnberger displayed the
greatest nerve under the trying circum?
stance, and never for a moment lost,
consciousness. , He spoke of the shooting
as naturally as though nothing had hap-V
pened, his voice being as strong as over.
He even smiled as the physicians ex-,
timlned him. At a late hour tho doctors
reported that the, wounded man's condi?
tion was most favorable, aud that every
indication, pointed to the probability of
reooVii.\y. The lajury,.'^however, Is very?.
serious.
.-The Incident that led up to tho mur- ,
derous assault upon tho inspector began ?
with the shooting of the negro, Fox, last',
Saturday night by another negro named]]
Jim Goode.? : The murderer escaped I'm-, '"
Mediately after the shooting. His ident-|
tty was learned, and ev?r since then th?
detectives and police have bee.i search/
ing for hfm. Inspector Shlnberger huji
been tireless in his efforts to land
fugitive.
Negro In Hiding.
Last night he had reason to bellet
that the negro was In hiding in the hori*
No. 1308 North Second Street, occupied f?*
a negro woman named Lavinia ?lchtjni
He summoned Detectives Gibson /
McMahon, and Officers Matten, Waj{??
and Stockmar, and the party repalreiVlin ?
the house In question. The ' house ?ffjj
entered from tho front by Detects ,
Gibson and McMahon, and Inspt/e";?
Shlnberger took up a position at the ??^?j
gate. jTajri
Two negro men were found -n>flF. /
house, one giving tho namo of jf /
Johnson, alias "Bellow," the otheiCLS
name of General Randolph, alias "r? (
hall." Tho negro woman Nlchol?i()
also there. JAr
The detectives went Into the houf j
up the stairs. On the second floqWj
found Johnson, whom they bollefrA?.
bo Goode. He was taken hi? chaitLis.
In tho meantime another aeg?Li-?w
seen attempting to make off out t,fej
way and through the yard toffi'
gate that stood open, und whlel??,
Into a large flold. Tho offleers ?,'**<?..>..,^
at the back window saw tho F'Lfl'r'MJuB
figure. He wus demanded to ??'? but
run toward the open gato all tliU.'aster.
The moon had gone bohlnd a cloud and '
the yard wns wrapped in gloorrt. Tha
fleeing figure could be but dimly seen.
Volley of Shot?.
"Halt!" ngnln cried the voice from tha
window. Then a volley o'f pistol shots
wns fired down at tho figure. ,
With a great bound, tho negro reached
the back gate. Inspoetor Shlnberger
heard him coming. He stooped slightly
and called out: "Who Is that?"
Tho only nnswor wns tho crack of a ,
revolver, us the negro's ilguro appeared
within a fow feet of the officer. Ho was
on ? dead run. Inspector Shlnberger re?
plied ln kind, but the negro dushrd past
him. doubled tho corner of the fence, van
swiftly nloiiK the sido of the homo to
Second Street, ran down that street to
Uncoil und turned west.
As the negro brushed past the Inspea- ?
tor. tho latter realized that ho was shot.
He grew weak and culled to his officers
thnt he was wounded.
Thoy run down through the yard to his
assistance and helped him Just across
tho street, a few hundred yards, to th/*
City Hospital, where he wns placed on u
cot ln Superintendent Davls's hack par?
lor.
When tho officers saw that their com?
rado was lu comfortable (iimrturs. they
started out again. A genTiil uhirm wns
sent to the station houses, to tho chief's
home, und to Dr. Hrock's office. In a
very short while details of policemen
were hi Ihe vicinity from both station
houses. Drs. ltrock. Trovllllan and Tay?
lor rushed to th" hospital ?? relieve Dr.
l'orkiiiH, tho resident physician, who had
nitido Inspector Shlnberger comfortable.
in the meantime tho "bottom" at the
foot of the bill and along tho lino of
the Sonbonrd Air Line tracks was being
scoured by officers und citizens and ?very
effort wns being inailo to captino tbe
in?ii?i who shot Inapeo.or Shlnberger.
Freight cars on sido tracks weie in?
spected, bushes were searched and ?
cordon was placed around the botinm.
Determined policemen crept along in dark
places, hoping to Hnd lho negro 1.. hid?
ing. The (search seemed hopeless in th?
iliii-k and daylight was longed for with
tut etamestness that Indicated what tt
u nsiou lay beneath the surface.
Hut two perlons were found who saw,
tho fleeing negro ?tfUr th?. shooting, ?no
of them wus a seaboard Air Lino watch
iuun. wUi- ntiiA h?. k?w Ida ruus?pg <Ji>nva