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ftnrl flftcr Iho rlfUc of tho prlmnry was
rhnngod nl 1.1s ('ei|llcst.
Tl... BtftlPniOTt of Col.inrl >4iittoti 4V??=
fully coirobornlPd by Mr. lrvlii P. W.hltfc.
fcwul. .Mr. Ivchols estlmaled thnt Cnptftln
Ople would not fecelvo over flfty volMi
iii AuRiisift. hl? lirttii'o courily. Momb-Ta
of the fonnnlttei- from other Cfrarmcij of
the district dld "?t lolnk lhat liidept-iident
' catididale would hftVO follo44-li)R In th_
(.iiiillw,
informal Ktaloincnts ns to Ihe Mlua
tion iu other dlstrletA wcNs mii.le by Mt.
15, S. (.'. scotl for the Thlrd; Mr. A. 1>.
Wntklns. for tlio Kniiilh; Hou. 11. A.
James. fnr Ihe Kiflh; McSsrB. Jordoli nnd
Oirriiistm., for tho Slxth; Jtidgo DtlUe.
for iho Swntli, nnd .tuduo McCno-i for
the Klgbth. . '.
Tho matler i.f h.'irly org.inizntl'm ln
Ihe coiitesU'd alilrict*. and nf ppenkcrs
for the rnmpalgn and vaHous other de
tnlls were dlsetisscd. Tho meetlng was so
hnrmonious thnt it 4vns innu:. belng tlo
VOld of any of llie fnrlloilrtl miiimroiiIsiii
thnt have n.Ided P.cfll nnd In.leotod splilt
ift the nieetiiiBS lwld for tho past. two
ylnrs. There was nol n ripi>1o ->r. dls
cbvd nor a Jar ot factloiuVlsni on tho
s.rfaco.
?Tho commlttee rose about lOtoO lo mert
aj.ain -U.ject Lo Iho call of tho cl.-alr
jnhn.
IN THE AACE
(('011111111011 from First r.-ige.)
liominiition to ho made next year and tbnt
liorotofore, hls rumored candldacy had
not been the -ti.bjcct <>t any nuthorized
dcclaratlom
j Tiis unttjiilvocnl 'cspresslon from tne
Governor rcllovrs the. sltuailon of nll
doubt so fnr as hls caiidlilacy is eoncorn
cd and verltlcs the provnlent supposltlon
that he and Senator Mnrtln wlll bo eon
tcf-tants In what promlscf to b? an Intcr
ceting polltical strugglc?
Helping National Ticket.
When rpqiiesled hy the newspnpor
man to outllno the Issues whlch may be
expected to play a part in tho contest, tho
Governor sald:
"I think nothlng should(now be sald
to distract attentlon from the presl
dcntlal campalgn, whlch should engage
the unlted effort* of the party; In
deed. I should not have sald thla
much save to answer a great many
Inqulrles as to whether or not I would
be a candldate," but aft the proper
tlme my vlews wlll be placed before
all the Demoera_o peoplo of Vlrginla
ln as thorough a manner as I know
how to do It."
Means Vigorous Fight.
This last sentence wns uttcred Hy the
Go4-ernor wlth nn pnrncstness thnt was
qulte nnmlstakablo to indlcatc thnt ho
wlll -wago a campalgn that will be merri
orablo in tho hlstory of the State. lt
left no doubt upon tho mind of hls quos
tkner. that nt tho.proper timo ho meant
to go Into every portlon of tho Common
?wcalth and tell tho people'4vhut ho stunds
for and what aro hls vlews upon the
public quosUoiis of the day.
The poKitlvc annoimcoment that Gover?
nor Montngne will contest 4vllh Senator
Martin for tho exnltcd sent In tho Senate
row and for nearly twelve years held by.
the latter, 4vlll causo no surpriae In polt
tioal eircles and cspeclally among tho
Governor's friends, for it has been known
in a general way for somo months .lhat
he 4vas contempluti'ng enterlng tho raco
at an early dutc.
All Democrats to Vote.
The nomlnation will bc mado In n gen?
eral primary electlon -io bo held in all tho
preclncts of the State ou the same day,
and lt ls llkcl>7Ui.U tbe commlttee wlll-4
a'rrnrigo lo liflve.'tfie voto takch somo
tlme during next summor, when nll can
dldatcs for 8tale offleers wlll bo noml?
na ted.
It beglns to lnol< now as if Senator
Martlri and Governor Monlaguo wlll bo
the only candldatea ln tho race and thero
oan be no doubt of Un: 4v|dcspread inter?
est such a -contest wlll arouso, among
the. Democratlc votcrs of the Stnto.
Tho two men aro looked upon as tlio
Ipglcal oiipb lo light tho battlo oui, lf
there is to be fl haUlc for thoy aro tlio
respectlvc ioadersi of the two 4vings of
tho party In Vlrginla,. 4vhlch bave nol
"flopped togetlior';" In years, save when
tho common cii'omy 4vas belng fought as
is the caso at >his partleular tlme.
Will Never Grow Dull.
When the contest r'e'ally opons up af?
ter the fall elpctlons nro ever, or rathe'r
about the first of next year, a vigorous
and attractlve stnmp panvass ls expected
from-tho start and lt, is likely to he ono
of these whlch 4Vi|tf not^grOvv dull ns it
?wcara on to itsj. ol/tso-, *
Both the candldates are loyal 'Doiiiocrnts
and. bave been ln tho harncsa for their
party for two seoio years and P more.
Senator Martlti hfls been looked upon as
a po4ver belilnd the throne ln many sharp
contests, whilo tho Governor? eloquont
vuico has been heard on every hustlng
from tho seaboard to beyond tho ninun
talns, pleading W"tth tho peoplo to snp
port tbe candldates nnd prlnclplcs of tlie
Domocralic party.
Both Helping Parker.
The frionds of both candldates are al?
ready quictly at work nnd. 4Vhen tlio
Bmoko of tho November baUlO shall havo
cleared away, s.nno stlrrlng limes are
expected as a, reslilt of tho actlvity of
tho senatorlar-aspirftnts nnd thelr friends.
Both the Governor and Senator Mttrtln
aro actlvely pngyrged nt present reudor
Ing all possible asaistance to the IJono.
cratic ticket to be voted for In tho No?
vember eleotloiiH. The former has already
entcred the Vlrginla campalgn and Is
belng earnestly besought to mnke spoech
es in other States, 4Vhilo Um latter is
lendlng hls eoiiiiHPl and nd4-lce lo the
Natlonal Kxecutlve Conimltli'e of 44'hlch
he Ib a member.
(C'oniinufd from l'lrst PageO
of ihe l5emocratla Natluual Coimnlttee,
to-iiigbt gave' oui thn nanien of a Inin
died or more Democrats ivho wlll, he
states, take tlie sliimp in Iho -0-called
'doubtful states. during Iho coniinti .-uu
paign. Jt is pald that tlie?o -pet?ljern 4\ill
be asslgned t" hegln work during the Ilual
week of Hcpt'-mb.i-.
Iu addllion to these arn named many
rays. "lhat Jhdgo Parker, former l'r.sl
li.-nt ??levrliiiul am] Wllllam .1. liiymi 44III
c-ach take .part in lh? cailipHlgn."
iu addllion H> llicso an: mnnil may
pioniiiieut DeiiiocralK who nlll spt-uk,
jsoino of 44'1i?iii are: I-'oiiihi- S... ritary m
the Tytut-uvy J'.bu (i. i 'ai li.-lc, innn.-i
rjecrotary ot Klate ftlchiinl Olhoy, I.l'-u
lcii-,ii)t-ijeii*rul NeUon A, .Mii.-.-, fpnnor
heiiatnr C'|iarIo? A", 'J'ownv, Coi)_re-Binau
AV. Houtki) <'uckian. Arthur Puc <;..r
>i-.an. J"b? rlhaip 4Vllll.u)n-. Unltrd h'lai.-s
Hi'liatoi-s ,l08cpli C. 'lllai'liliui ii an.l .luin.-s
fi. alcOeary. nt, Kfiiincky; Bt-njaniln lt,
Tlllinun, Of fjolilh Caiolli.a; isadoi fiuy.
hei-, of M:?rylaiidf-A. ll. I..iiii,i.-i-. of
Mnutli Carollpa; A. ,\. - MiU-uuin and
liiiiifindo p. ..aoney, ..(' MI*?lH?lppl; Jo
?,.-|ih W, llalley und Clfu'rle* A. CullM'i
fi.n, pf 1'eiOM', Ai'igu;-tiih Baeoii und AW?
ander K. Q'lay, of (horgla, Willi.i.. .1
fjtojjfi and Fi-.H'-Ih Sl. i'oc|ii.-ll. ..f MIs.
iiiur); John VY, UanltJ und Thoirms tl.
Hero nre tho new shoes that
younfi men will appreciate,
calf-skin?broa^solos?the toes
rather polnted.
Tan shoes -went out with tho
hot weather.
Patent leathons aro on the
wane.
Every new shnpe Is here?
and all the comfortable stand
bys.
$0.60. _
Of eourse, lf you'vo worn
Hanan's, you want nothing
else. To bo had only of us.
OHBERRY&CO:
MEN A B0YS' OUTFITTCftS.
Mni-tln, of A'lrglnln; Henry M. Tcllcr nnd
Thomaa M. Pattorson. oC Colorado; Krnn-1
cls C. Nftwlnnds, or Ncvndn, nnd Stophcn
Mallory und J. P. Tnlllnforro, of Florlda;
forincr Senator Dnvld B. Hlll, of New
York; Bdward M. Shcpard, ot Brooklyn;
Mnyor Goorgo B. McClellan, of New
York; Oovernor Bdwin Wnrfleld, of
Murylnnd; Ctiptnln Rlehmond Pchrson
Hobson, of Alabamn; formor Senntor
Janien K. Joiios, ot Arknnsus; Mnyor
Cnrtcr. II. HaiTlson, ot Chlcugo, nnd
former St'crotury of tho Interiov Hoko
Smlth, of Georgia. , )
RESULTS IN MAINE.
Republican Majority Will Prob?
ably be Only 27,000.
(By Assoclated Press.)
PORTLAND. MI!.-. Sept. 13,-Rcturiia
from tho small towna ln distiint pavta
of tho State to-tlny nnd a caroful re
vision of last nlght's llgures plnco tho
Republican plurality in yeslerituy'B Stalo
electlon nt nbout' 27,000. Roturns from -150
cltlos, towna and plilnlatlons out, of 550
give AVIlllnm T. Cobb, Republican, 75,
931; CyruH AV. ?' Davls,.. Dcmacrnl, .50,017.
The samo plnces ln IDOO grnvc Hlll. Ropub
llciin, 72,511; Lord, Demooral, 39,711. .The
Republlcaii gaiti over 1W)0 Is now ostlmnt
ed nt ii per cent.; tho Domocratic galn
nt 21 per cent.
Ne.U year'a Sohato will probably stnnd
27 RepuhllciuiH nnd four Democrats, ns
against 2(1 RepubHciins and one Demo
crnt in tlio last LCBlslatitro.lt ls estl
ltiuu'd t.liat the Houso will be 121 Ropub
llcans nnd 'M Democnits. Tho last Houso
stood lol Republicuns nnd twenty Dcmo
cmis.
COMPLETES LETTER.
Senator Davis.-Gives Finishing
, Touches to. Acceptance.'.
(By1 AsSoVlatetl ? I'rr-s*.) " '
NKAV YORK, Sept. j:i.?Formor Senator
Hfiitry G. Davls' to-day completed llie
flrst driift of hls letter, aircoptlng tho
Democratlc iionilnutlbn for the ' Vlee
Presldency. Mr, Davla canio. lo' 'New
York to eonfer wltli "thn londcrs- nf hls
party regardlng this documoiit, nnd Sona
lor Gorinun, o? Mnryland, who urrivi'd
lioro last nlglit, cumo oh'the srune erriind.
Chairman Tuggarl, of the National Coiti
liiittee, nnd Chuirman-She.cL'itn, of'the
Kxecutlvo Coininittee, nnd former Senn?
tor C. A. 'iV.wno ,hr.ve. |heei). .consnlted In
this connection, 'The'7draft or tlio letter
complotcil to-ilny will'bo revised lo-mor
row nnd tiie iliinl touehbs luld'od .Tliurs
duy, when Mr. Diivls oxpo'cts to leave fnr
Klklns, AV. 'V11. The letter will noi. ho
mado pul.lic untll after the foriniil nccop
Inhco of Judgo Parker has heen ptib
llshed.
Senator Gorniah will romalii in New
York for somo time. Jlo' |s to give hls
cotinscl freely to tho Dcniocriitlc loud
ors, nlthough he will havo 110 ofllclal posi?
tlon or eonnectlou with tlio Domocratic
National Comnilttbo. Senator Gormun to-r
day oxp're.sscd gieut coiillclflnce ,'regnrdjng
tiie condltion In Alaryland from a Demo?
cratlc stiindpolnt.
IN THE NINTH.
National Committee Interested
in the Contest in Virginia.
(From Our Regular Corrcspondont,)
WASIIIINGTON. li. C, Hcplember 13,
An cffblu't will be mii.le hooii lo havo
tlio Dcmoaratic Nullonal Conunlttoo tako
n hiinil dh-eclly in tlio cainpnlgn in tho
Ninth Vfrginla District, Tlio nttontloii
of tbe ctuiunlttoo hns boon citllod to
the contest ln tlio district, nnd It is
known thut t'hnirniiin Tnggurt wiiuts to
give Mr. \\ry?or every powslblai nsslstun.ee
ln tho greal flslit I10 ls making to ro
aleein the Nliilh?thq only dhilrlot in tho
fitiuej wlilch Ia rcprcaeuted iu Congresa
by 11 Repuhllciin.
Rovo'l'lll liifliu-iillnl Ileinoi-r,-.ls of Vlr
glnlri coiiteinplnt.i golllg to New York
M.im ami firranglllg to have boiuo sptak
pis of niilloiiiil rcpiitntlon go Into ihe
Ninth District und do some work for Mr,
AVysor, There ls rcnaon (0 liollnve tluil
tiie coiiunlllre will aond tiie spe.-ikers.
Dcinocri.ts nre noi in the le.-.sl 1111
easy nboul nny dlatrlcl In A'lrglnln suvc
thi. Ninth, nnd 11 ia udmltleil thut thero
ilnnger lh.it 11 Kcpubllenn will hq rr
iiirnr-d fn.in lhal, Alr. Slbnip snw'to
it iiioillhs ngo thut Iho poll lax nf every
Ri'publifiiu voler Iu the district wus pald,
which insurcs the caaiing of iho full Rc
publlcun vote. li ls r-;.i<l tluil many Dmn
,1'rata I'i.lk-il t" pay iht-lr poll laxes. Hut
)einocr,i|s nra. hopeful of being ahle. lo
linlii.-a- n.iinv Republlcans to voio thn
i-li.orralic. ticket.
Affairs Iu th" Tenth District me not
wl.nll.v Hatlsfiu'tury. of cmirir.it, l.ul llu-io
i.s noi Ihe Hligbl.'sl npp.vl.enslni. of lll.'
riault, Mr, Flood wo.ild Iwiv.* I.ecn elecl
i-il l.v an (.vi-rwhi-lliillig iii.ijan-iiy if only
tli. 'hi-iMihllc.iii' caii.ll.lal.-, Mr. lii'vcr
i-i....li. had heen Iu Ihe fl'-l-l. Tl... volo,
Willt'll will lio iiolici by Canliiin Oplo,
llie liid(-|icn.lciil iiandiiiiile, will ln- v.-i-y
siniill, liiHlgl)iflcant iu fnot, even Iu lilt.
..wi. .-II..I1I.V. Ol' 1.rao, i.is ciamll
.li.a-y will r.'.liu-f thn ])i'i\iocratia- iiiajoii
IV, nnd will hti'.-nglli.-n llie rliaiu-es of Ihe
lii|.'i.l.l|c.iu.."Mi.(ll(li.le. Mr. li'jood will lie
n 'l''l'-.| hy a iiiiij'ality i.i'i.iiiili.K up
liilu Ihe lIuiuaKiiil.,
Telephonc Meeting.
(.-;..-i-i.'ai i>. i'i.a. i'imi s- Jli.ipnli'h.l
.\|...V|TLUK.K. VA.. Sr.pl. la. - -Ai, ln
iii. ?.?1I1.8 iiiC'i llng nf ih<- 'I'i lejaliDiie ('om
;..... i\a- lia lal 1..-I'.. Sat.inlay ufli-n.oo.i
lll [llllliu Mi -lii...i airai.gei.ionts for ll.a
? .1 i| |. t|(..|| <?! II.?? iu \v t'-lij'iiono line
.- roush II1I1 placo.
Mr. I'l-'j.i , iiii^gi'isi waa iin'dw.i fidiu
lifk buggy aii.i la.-i.ily 1.11.1, iiii. a-iiaaiiiaier
bqn^ aii.-|.,. .u'.-d ;.u.U citlici w Jl-l- injured.
CRATIFIED
AT RESULT
But Democrats Do Not Atl.ich
Great Importance to
? Vote in Maiile.
THE STATEMENT OF PARKER
Said That the Jutlgc Will Short
ly Issue an Important
Doctfmcnt.
(From Our Regulnr Corrospoiidonl.1
WASHINGTON. ?>. ti/, pcplcmber 13.?
Dorneci'dt. are not dlsposcu to nttnch
great Importftiicc lo tho result of tlio
eleetiona ln Mnllio yeslorday, though
gratlficd that they havo i?uoccedcd in re?
duclng tho Republiean ,piuraiity so ma
torlnlly. , ' ?''????
"I havo never thougbi Iho electlons ln
Mnlno nnd Verlrioitt 4vcro off'any valuo
ns gtlides in prognostlctitlng tho result
of a prosldontlnl electlon," wild Kecre
tnry KdwOrds, of the Congressloiinl Com
mltlee. "For instancc, In 1RS0, tho Dcm
ocinls of 141 a llie elected Plalsted Gov?
ernor, hut tho sntiio year Garfleld was
elected lo .... prosidency. It mav bo tliat
tho reductlon of tho Ropublicar) plurnll
ly Indlcales somethlng, but I do not
elulm that It doos."
There cnii bo no question, h04Vovcr, that
Democrats gencrally^especlftlly^.those who
4vere disposed lo bo depresscd by the ln?
creased Republiean piuraiity In Vermoiit,
wlll bc clntcd by tho reductlon of the
Mnlno plurallly. Democrats havo said nll
along thal If Iho rtcpubllcinis did not
succeod ln getthig a piuraiity ot 33,834,
it would bo a dlstlnot gnln for the Doin
ocrals. Cobb, tho ?Ropubllcpjv candldatc,
dld not get 4Vithi?>.'l,0tKJ votea of tho pltt
rnlity reeelved Vby-lh$ ReifiihiTcan can
d'.daio four yeataffgo. TwiS 'bf^ tho four
Republiean reprosentnth-cs aro returned
to Congress by about tlio same mujorl
lica reeelved boforo nnd l4vo aro return?
ed by rcduced majorltles. Congressmnn
Powers, in tho Fourth District, reeelved
over 2,000 voles less than ho reeelved in
tho last electlon. , '
Workingmen Revolt.
Democrats wlll feel speela.lly encour
ifgcd by rcason of tho fact that the gains
in Maino -were mado in tho cltlea, among
tbe workingmen.^ lt goos to show that
tho men who got thoh* wngos^ovcry. Snt
urday nlght nre fc*ling the greatly ln?
creased cost of tho nccossaries of llfe nn-,
dor tho Republiean rulo,' and that they
want a change. Democrats have some
right to hopo tliat tlie men of the cntlro
country who enrn thelr llvlng by duily
labor, are thlnklng, and wlll roall-C, tho
great Increase in the cost of llvlng ,in
the coursc of the past flve years, -with?
out any corrospondlng Inoroaso ln wagqs.
. But Democrats aro rendcrod even more
hopoful by tho news that comes to-dny
from natlonal headciuarlers, to the of
t'ect that Natlonal Chalrman Taggart
wlll go West at once and .take charge of
tho campalgn ln that section, leuvlng
N04V York nnd tho Kast to tho rexeeutlve
Committoo, and by the further announcc
ment lhat Judge Parker will arouse hlni
self and come to N04V Y/ork and ussumo
an'activo part ln tho dlreetlon of tho
cnmpalgn. It has all along appeared
fnollsh for .Mr. Taggart to nttempt lo
tell tho old seasoned campiilgnors of Now
York ho4V to carry thnt. State,- and now
that ho Is soon to-bo hack: in indlana,
evory polltical foot of. 4vhlch he knoivs
by lieart, Democrats will bo moro hopo?
ful of tho result in that State. They
havo llttle fcar of tho result in NC4V
York. . , ;, .,,,.,-.' ?
Organizing New York.
A Dcniocrat,' who has reeenlly spent
niucii tlmo-at 'niiilQiial". headquuvlers in
NP4V Yorli, clty, sald lo-day that there
4Viis scarccly tho shadow of a clianco
lhat tho Republlcaiis would''.'enrry New
York this fall.' Tho Democrats nro get
tUig a superb organization ln tho State,
nnd 1)0 hellevod that IC nothlng more 4voro
di.no lo perfect It, II 44-ould bo su'fl'lcient
for tlio 4vork ot carrylng tho Stato for
I'nrker and Davls. Jlo sald thnt Iho
DtmocratH at lieadquarters were as liopjir
ful of the result.in. Indlana a? thoy .4VC.ro
of New York, ? Ot'.ri .??.?<i-.nl; uiitti-m
JiHiiann Republlcaiis have-lost ton thou
sand votes alnce the laat pre_identlHl;oIec
llon, Naturnl gas. tho dlscovery of whleh
caused tho uphulldlng of - Hovoral largo
t04vns Iu tho Stuto, has glven out wlthln
tho past two years, and the largo miiiui
t'actorlcs opemlcd hy the gns havo beon
rcmoved chlefly to Kansas, 4vhoro gas has
been lately discoverod. Nearly nll tho
workliigmon omployed ln these factorles
Wero Republlcaiis. ? ?? '? ?
lt Is also sald. that the lhoiisunds;-of
Quakors, Tunkers and'Mennonltes ln In?
dlana, wlll vote almost ns ...ono . man
iiguiiisi .Mr. Roosevelt ;hecauso> .of his
(locluratioi) lhat-siich-.pr.oplo,- 4vho uro. op
posed lo 4var, aro as dnngevous to tho
ooiiniiunlty us duollsts. Tho Doniocrnts
havo seen lo lt that the vIonvs of tho
Presldont have enmo lo the kno4vledso
oi' thl.i class ln liulliiim.
Parker to Make Statemeht.
Thero aro other-slgn's thnt mattors in
liiillnnii are not bb thoy should be, if tlie
Republli-niiH aro lo carry. Iho Btalo, The
dVowa, puhllshPd al ilwVluniipplhV f?.'$
SUPIXU'llllB Um. RcpilhUcMh Uekot, lliaile
n hllter ultaok on Iho"PreEddeiU's lfl
ter of aeceptiiiicf- . yeslerduy aHorhoou.
Tho odltorlul ls belng inui'li tnlked .of,
couiing as it doea from tho personal or
gnil of Senator I'alrbnnks, R hut
HlrongthPliK tlio optiilon of those 4Vho
bave been contendlng all along lhat Iho
support 4vhlch the paper wns glvlng tho
natloivil ticket was only nomlnul, uud
that hud not an lndltii'.u man been noml
DMtei^ for the vico.presldency it. would
liave supported iho Democratlc natlonal
tlokot.
t>no or t4vo of tho New York piipeis
to-dny suy lhat .lliilge l'arker wlll gll'O
oul a stntemoiil of great lniportanro
soon, liPt'orc hls letter of ui-ceptaiico Is
piililished, and lliero ls much specula
iion nnioiig DeniocralB li'ero us ? to Iho
piobnblo nature of the iloeumont, Of
i-ourt-c. thei-e can be iio accurucy In such
speculatloiis, and guess work ls us of
llttle vnliii- Iu a polllleal canipiiiBn as
any whero eise.
In Wes^ Virginia.
rleni.li.r l''alibailKs will opcu tho Re
|Hil.|l.-aii cnnipiilgn ln West 'Vlrginla nexl
Saiuiday,. by inaklng u spoeihat I'ark
cisliuig. Tlm pegroes i\n: geltlns iho
npperlii'iid of the 4vhlto Ropublleans Iu
BOtne illstrlctM or the State, ti. tho greal
Hiiiipynnco "f Ihe more. resppctahle 44'hlio
R.-publlchns. At tho iionvenUon of tho
Ripiiblicrus of Jefferson county, ln tlie
pcconi) liisirli'l . lasi Saliirday, tho ne
giooa i-aii evurytliliig, and whlle Hepuh
ll.aus li-fI the hull In disgust. All ol' ||||s.
in eiicouraging Ui Ihe Ifpil. fSt04vart W'alk
er, a flght ing Denioerst, who Is Iryhig
to dofeat Alshiu u. ^njton for re-elcc,
Rluii lo Congress,
Mamifftcl.urcd nre rarely lo ho found
anywhers clao thnn In n fnclory
employlng tho Jilghest class of mft
ohnnlcs. Wliera thla Is so nnd only,
tho best materials used, then ymt
know whnt tho outpi.t nf such fnc
lorlr-s ititist bn; and so lt ls ln Ihe
Plnno fnetortes whoso gooda- we
sell. In the
Steinway, Weber,
Knabe, Hardman,
Kimball, Haines,
Standard,
Wheelock v;
factorles, you flnd tho. wqVttme.n
hnppy nnd conlcnted becatise they
got tho right treatment and recelve
tbe bestWages. Don't bo talked
Into biiying- a oheap Plnno, for you
will surely. aeo the day when you
will regret It. Buy of us and your
satlsfnctlon ls gunranteed. AAro have
somo sllgrhtly used Planns comlng
ln from our Hiunmer season ..tjent,:..
crs, which you cnn securo.j-atv qulte
a large, snvlng nnd In somo_enses
they nre as ROrirt as now. 'Our
prlces are right and terms mado to
miit the customer.
Thi Largcst Shipment of
Talking Records
EVER MADE -;:
to a house in the South waa.
received Inst week. All tho lat-.
est popular lilts among them.
lf you haven't a A'lctor then you
aro behlnd the tlmes. They nro
tho best and glvo perfect satls
factlon all tho time.
.1
PIANOLAS
are the only X'lano Playcrs that
rendcr all nit'isic like aii nrllst.
Let us demonslrntc them to
you. No trouble to show them.
AVe havo two slightly used
that wo exchanged last week
for tho latest Motrostyle. You
can save money hy calllng qtiioU,
103 East Broad Straet.
RICHMOND, VA,
Oldest Mu8lo Housa ln Virginla,
MANY LEADERS HERE.
Senator Martin Not Surprised at
Governor's Candidacy.
Sonator Thomas S. Martin is' at tlio
AVcstiiiorelaiid' Club, havlng oomo to the
clty to attend Iho meetings ol' tho Stato
Qontral and ISxeciitivo CommittuoH nnd
to meet frlends here. Whlle In tho clty'
ho has been called upon by "ma'ni* p'er
sonal and polltical frlondsi aiid waV the
center of ,-in iiilcreslcd gt-oitf) on tha
brldgo at Murpliy's Hotel last night whlle
the.commlttces wero In sesslon.
The Junior senator wns InCormed yes?
terday of Governor Montuguo's aniiounco
moiit of hls candjdaoy for tho Sonatc,
biit nieroly HinHed after the miinner'of n.
man wlio had Just heen told that tlio ex?
pected had occurred, Ho wns askod If ho
cured to say anything as to Iho acnatorlnl
campalgn, but replled; "Thero ls nothing
to sny except that I am n caiidldato for
re-eloctlon, and overybody Ii'ngws UiaL
Of course, T expect to conllnim'- io be a
canrlldate," lie added. Furllior tinjivthii.t
ho did not diacuss tho matter. Tho isoha'
tor waa npp;ircnt|y,iiH placln as'lf lie lmcl:
Just been Informed thal the Odyiulioi'
had atiiioiinced that hu "would not be
a candldulo. '?*
Spoaking nf tho presldcntial contest,
Senator Martin Slnted that tho situiitlon
lookod encourngiiig froiii iho Hiaiidpolnt
of tho Denidcrnts, und thnt cvoi-ywjioro
thero wus hopefuhicss of vlctoi'y. llc
would indulge in uo prcdlctlpns aii tn tlio
dnubtful Stntfs, however, luoi'oly.'.Htntijig
thnt thn outlook waa hopeftil-for Parkmv
Ile dld liol rcgnid |he fcaulls ^m ia\I:iiii-i?
nnd Venuont ua .slgnlfloniil-or iuiyi<Iiliigi
hut na moro lavm-ablo to iiio puniocnifs
i than to Iho itepublleans, lf it hl'ul any
I slgnlficaiice. lln ihought. that a lini.l
slido Iu favor of olthor eancHiiule mlglit
.have (ndlciited Bomcthlnrr, bul that tho
I facl thal tho rolniivn atrengtJi of tho op
poslng pnities wns suhstantlally un
clinligo.l uftcr the Ropubllciins had! mado
nn iictlvo eanvnss wns rallicr cnciiiirug
Iug to tho Democrats than tb. tiie llc
publlcans. , ,' ' ] ''? '''?'.,' -? [
Tho jtnilor senntor .sluted.llifi'. ho. had
noLifled Stato Chalrmun Bllygon thnt-htv
would nitilco speeclioa |n the campalgn
\ iu (hls. aSlalo whonqivoi' doslred arid lifa'
other eiigagemeiits a.s a.'iiie,iitl>.>r of. tlio
National Campiiign C'omtnlttcu would por
mlt,
Congi-essiuan Claiule A. Swaiis.'iri, of
tlio Flflh Distiici, js among llinse who
catno ln the clty to attend tha> f-itaio
Coininlttee and lo eonfer wllli hla I'l-iemiH
hore. Ho wns iiiixl.yi atuoiig Iho pcui>|q
nl the f'omniittee meetlng and ln Iho
hotel lobhlea, nnd worn "thn ainilo thnt
won't eome off." lndeod, ho Is usiinily
clieeiful and expressea hlm,-i;elf ri* f.-el-'
Ing so with regard to hls prospocts foi
Ihe g.ihernutorlal noiuinnlloii nexl''your.
ile i.uK not euteri'il aelivrly on hls i-iini
pitigu for llie guberiiatorlal iioiuliiatiou
ya;i, howover, nial will not do so, uiilil
thn national?caiiipulgn is dlspoM-ii of.
Ho ia vlsitlng varlous seetlons f.f llm
State wlu'iiiver oppoi'lunity ol'fri'M, una|
re.-eutly wei.J'to llic Kualern Sliorn uf
A'iigllila, wlu-ri- he atleiideil u arainiy
fttll' ain1 shook haiids wllli many frlondu.
Spenklng rif tlio irani))iilgn iu hls own
distilct, Mr. .fjwnnsoii ? espio.ae.1 Ihg
^Ciiinioii thal ho wuuld bo elected by
nboul Iho normal malorlty or groatrr.
The oppoRlllon Is not ns strong tllero ai
ln years paat, Ihe new snffrago plati hav
Ing rodiired tho Republiean ntretiglh In
somo of tho eottntlGS, Hls opponent tt
Mr. J. R. Stovall, a deputy c.olleetor of
intornal l-eveiiun. foi* Vtfferft itciive In dlfl
ll'lol polltlcs. Mt*. Blovall's'roeord in tho
days when Ihe llepubllcan pftrty wns
moro 'formldnbtn innkes blm a W-ss dn'ft
goroim rlvnl ihflii many others 4Vho
mlght have boen hrtttifid.
llqn. Rohnrt O, Smithatl, of Amelln,
who, hag just. been rcnomln.itod frfriCon-.
gross by Fourth Dlslrlct Detno6t*Mfe.v wAs\;
ln tho clty last nlght, nnd wrfs thH r?-'
clplent of many ooiumi.tnlftll.nnn oli hls
renomliiallon ovor Judge T.? D. Yarrell.
Mr. Southfill .fclaled lnst nlght that tha
Indlciillnnu worn that - hls mn.forlty liv
tho district would ho about $60 ln a to
tal vnlo of abnut 3.500. Mr. Soiithnll
hns no opposltlon Tor pIpoIIoii, and hls.
rotiirn to Congress la tltorcfore assurp.d.
Urst'nlght nfter llu? <?oninilttoev nie.otliiS7>
W, filrjfti^wlth n. numboi" of fricnVlfi;nl
:tlt4 lUfUiTloiid. ' ? ''v'^ ,
? Hon. P. P. Rt, cittlr. of GIUs. ehalr
m/tn of tho Nlnlh Dlstrlot Demooratlo
commlttne, stated lhat Mr. Wysor, thft
Dotfiooratlo tiomlnee, 'hfirt a. fnlr-pros
peot of dlcctlon and expressed tho l>?*
llef thnt.he would dnfoat Colonel. Blemp,
tho Republlcnn, Ho deciared that the
statemont lhal the Republiean* hnd been
moro ncMvo lhan Iho Democrats ln so
curlng thn pnynient' of poll tnxes- and
qiinllfylng pnrty men to yoto wna not true;
that ono pnrty wns nbout riiwell #ltii(tU>4
us tho other In that matter.
! Mr, Sl. Clolr stated that Mr. Stemp
rccognlzed that ha had a linrd flght on
nnd that he wns. promtslng.patro-wyje m
ihe. I'VCbt of re-elnctloi) ns nn Induce
mont tb ne.llvlty ln hls bol.nlf on tlio part
of tho porson promlsed. He Htnted that
It wns currently..reported that Colonel
Slemp had promlsed Mr. A, V. Stt-other,
of Ollesi' Marshnl S,' Brown Alleii's Job
In tho eveiit crf hls (Slemp's) eleetloji. Ho
hnd reason tobellcvo that.atmllnr promisca
44.er4.'alielng mad. lo otlur*. .
??Mcshrsf R. H. Ragby and Gcorgo Und.
siy.of Ncifolk rounty, bolli of-4vhO)n aro
alll.*d wlth tho Fuslon fnct'oi. Of Norfolk
county pollllfc, were ln nttendanco on the
Demoerntlc Commltteo moetlng last
nlght. Who- nnsk.Pd If -that Interminablo
contest wars. comlng up. they apswi'icd
in Ihe ntgittlve, stallng that Ihey had
nothlng to nsk sttho handa of ffie Stite'
Commltteo.
A foellng of hopefulnats- na regnrds the
result hf tho genorarelcctlon Ih Novein
bci-ls pbiirucleri-lng nearly all tho, mem?
bera of .the State Democratlo Commltteo.
Jlany of tl.em adinlt that thoy havo not
violted tiny-of tha doubtful States, but
?from what they hear they are very hopeful
of Dcmocralio vlctory. t
ABINGDON NOTES.
Fem_le Colleges Open With a
Good Atteridance.
(Special to Tho Times-Dispntch.)
ABINGDON, VA.. Sept. 13.?.Mrs. Barr,
the aged widow nf the IRto Dr. W. I>.
?Barr. for many years oulto n dlstlngulshed
phvsicliin of this to4vn. fnll. a few oye
nlngB ago whlle walklng ln her .arden
alid dlslocated a slniuldcr.
nlortha Washington College .mav prac?
tlcally eall this her opening day for the
fnll session. Prospeets aro not yet fully
developed iff course, but tho ontlook for
a large attendance ls exoollent.
Stonowall Jackson Inslitute ls much
elatcd over Its prospocts for n large at?
tendance, the oppnlng day for the fall
term belng next Thursdny.
II. Is regrottablo lhat tho old Ablngdon
Acndemj'. whlch a,-fe4v yenr.* ngo wns tu
opened nfter a long Hlumber by Pr_fe_S0r
B. R. Smlth. of Mlsslssippi. bnsiiad 10
elose down for wnht of pntronage. Pro
fossor Smlth ls a brllllant edueator and
db-ciplhiitilan.- but Ihe ? imlltlplleity ? of
Slaie in.itltutioiis wns too much for nlaln
uendomles. suj)ported moagerly hy prlvate
mi'ims, nnd Profossor Smlth no4v takes
the Ablngdon public freo school in chargo.
VIRQINIA
BRIEFS
fSpeclal to The T'mes-DIspaloh.)
ARINGDON. VA.. Sept. 13.?Col. John
C Summers, ho tvell known as a merffnor
of iho late Constltutlonal Conventlon,
though nulto recently paralyzed for the
thlrd tlme, ls unoxpcetedly convaleselng.
ADBXANDRIA. VA.-Conductor Myers.
of tho WflBhlngt'on. Aloxaildrla and Mount
Vernon IClectr e Ralhvay, 44-as seriously
hurt tWs nftcrnoon by falllng from hls
car bct4veon here anfl Mount Vernon. It
Im thoughl that his back waa broken by
the car backlng np nn .hlm.
DANVU.l..rO. VA.?Tho jury was out
onlv threo inlmites before returnlng a
vordlct of not gullty in the enso of thn
negro ? Roy Senls, allas Roy Clnlborno,
cliargod vv-ltli tlie murcler of Flagman
Jan)es D. Arms, of tho Southern Rail
way. The murder, whleh was comniltled
about 3 o'.clock Frlday mornlng of July
;irr,-Htlll irejiiains a mystery so fnr as tho
pollce .ha4'0 been nble to ascertaln or the
genoral, puhlie knows.
. FRlQDKRlClvSUURG; VA.?The dend
body of Eloauni-. Jackson. a young colorod
4vomnn, 4vns .found under a grnpe nrbor
ln a vacant lot hern to-day. As far as
kn'oivn, no ono had seeri hor slncn Siit
urday nlght and ilenth Is "supposed t6
liave. occurred oither Snturdjiy nlght or
Sunday mornlng. Tlio eauso " of tho wo
mnn's. death ls a mystery. A cproner'n
jury 44'as summoned, but^ad.Iourneti wlth
oiil rcachlng a verdlct. ? Foui play ls
i-nispeetod', and tho offleers ?re slftlng
tijp. matter. ^ ? .
I GI^ApFSBORO, VA.-Beeauso thr? pas
tor of llin l.nurcl I''ork, .(Unrdr.hell Bnp
tisl) ' in" Cnrrnll county, refnsod (o ' allow
jtlic Bfila of molons on the day nppointcd
(o\\ proaehhig, mallelous persons gathored
nt.nlght, lore tho wlpflows out of the
chure.ii and otlverwlso dnmaged il.
SIJF.F01.IC, \rA,-Aci'iiseil of robblng
tho Southern Fxpress CompnoT^i offlco,
af Drlver, Va., Joli'ifniid J.minii La4v
l-eiiee,' nllns Benlly, 4vho say they nro
innrried and nro from Tronton, N J
to-day, wero held without ball for' i.ho
graiiil jury, Thoy eoiifessed to hreaklng
ln und- stenllng merllclne, elothlng. books
uuilfslioon, .'Thn pnllee tblnk Dawrenco Ih
ii ilesertor from thn navy.
. i i-?-, ? , .
iiit With a Bottle.
' Mnrv'-.-'MllchPll, cQlored, was -sli'lt'ln
bed.', ?'Aii'otlier bolored jvpi)ian , passed
flloug and -towsod a bottlo ln. Iho 4vlndow.'
It siriiek .Mary on tho- head,' and Dr '
Mereo; hud tn tako some stltelics.
MOTHffifATIJER
;g||P|f||jN 4AIL
M'a'ii "a.m.l Wife. Charged Wiili'
nfcaking Into Compfiny Store' ?
at Ciayton Mincs.
Alonzo Collrell find hls 4vlfo, Slatlle Cot
Irell, yre'ro nrresled yesterday by polleo
man Rraiicli.on a- 4v.irninl rharelng tliom i
wlth bi-Piiklug Into Ihe eoinpuiiy. stounat
tho (luyton mliiPH, a nd aro pow <;fnitliietl
iu iho llenr'ko Jull uwaltlng a. prolliiilriiary
tl-laj. > '.. ,.?-,:..? ... ' . f ..... ,?:,
The robbery oceurrnd op Ihe rilgh) of
?liily 30th. and a larg.e <|iiaiitlty of-elnlh
ing and other nierohaudlso ivati eiTrVled '
invny, ii largi' poi'ilnn of 4Vhleh has been
i-ecovered aud idenlllled.. -Tho ? WHrrant
4vas lssued by 'flqiilrp l.UtBg. of Uio loiin
ly, and the nvri prisoners Wlll bo glvpn'?
u lienrfpg bofore hlln' to-day. A largo
niiiiil.er of wituesKOs 4VI11 ? lestll'y Iu tlio
ea.se.
Cotlrell aad. |i's 4vifo huyo uno chlld, a
llttle boy, i4ho ?ie(oiii|iaiiled hls inyortu- .
11.Ip pjiroiii.s to iho Juil." Tho pi-oporiy
4v|ij..h wu.s r.-eoveied liail beoii Bold.'- '
Mr. P. T. |'V)gi4rlVi nl'The Al?tl)ti*sat
Ruhher f'oniruiny. of Raltjmo.rp, ls.la tho ?
cay, ^.allhiy on Iflcnila. '' '
LOST AGAIN
The BroAvnies Took the Sccond
^ At-fSfttriCril^oni the South- :
';?: ' sitle Boys.
LAST OF SERIES HERE TO-DAY
Manchestcr .WHI Taclcle the.
{;Br6'iv?iics 'To-niorroAv
-..: j .;: Afternoon.
By 46fOAtinir Pctersnurg yesteruny. Iho
BrownlM tnku'tho chnmplon.ihlp ot> Iho
South, no far an ncml-profes*lonftl cl'uhs
go. Th? Brdwnlos have won gnhies from
sonifc of ' tho atrongest tcamri 'ln tho
Btute, ?.nd are now on the hlgh road lo
thcchamplonshlp for tho season. v
The settlomnnt will bri mado on Sntur
day, whon tho fine Bnrton Hetghta tciim
comen .up ngulnat Iho Brownics ln thelr
l??t game of l.he ohsmplonshlp serles, Less
tliuii 60 polnta now i-emn'tis botweett tho
tenma ln t.ho Brownles favor.
The Brownles mado two ritns' ln yes
tcrrtny's Katno ln tho ilrst innlng. Rose
witlked, stota nnd scored on McKvoy s
lilt. Tho latter-nllpped aroiind to, aecond
on Knowlca'a ulngle. Tho noXt'-Tiin waa
mndb'ln the thlrd. HlcksUlnglcd, awlpcd
aecond, *nd scorod on. Facbo's hlt.
Broadwell madft tho flrst ran for Pot
orsbul'sr iu.llio flflh; on ohnneos ho got
fiiound to thlrd, and scored oti-Brooks's
hlt, Tlpton aiso SdOred on cliolcea ami
the hlt," but both men got to nrat on
onvm..
Tho aerle* will closo to-day, when Hul
eMr will pltch for tlio Brownlea ? und
Heath for Petersburg. . The game to
morrow afternoon will he bntwecn Mnn
chcater And the tlrownle*. when a post
poned game will ho played, and tbe
regular- season tlckets will berocognlzcd
at tho gate, Tho scoro tells tho-talas .
BROAVNIKS.
Players, AB. R. Jt.'O. A. E.
Rose. ef.. :t 10 4 0 0
McEvoy. 3b..1 112 0 2
HICkH, Bfl., . 3 110 6 1
Eaoho. 2b.4 0 1 8 3 0
KnowleH, rf. "..1 0 110 0
Jones, lf.4 0 0 0 0 0
Mlles, lb. a 0 0 I'J 0 1
McLoavy, c. ? 0 0 fi o i
Fltz, p. '.3 0 0 0 2 .1
TotSls. II 3 4 27 11 6
PISTHRSBURO. '
Ptrayers. ABl R. IT,' O. A. 33.
Holiand, cf,.i 0 0 2 0 0
Blankenshlp,' rf.4 0 0 2 0 0
Jennlnga. ab.4. 0 1 2 l 0
Heath, 1b...4 0 0 H o.O
Alikln, ir..a.... 3 0 0 10 J
Brockwell, 2b.3 1 0 l B 0
Tlpton, p8..3 10 2 7 0
Bcasley, c.3 0 . ?. i -1 0
Brooks, p.3 0 2 1 3. 0
Totals. 31 2 3 27 17 1
The scoro by Innlngn: R.
Brownles .',"?',;.2 0 l 0 0 0 0 0 0?.1
Petci'Hburg. .o o 0 0 2 0 o o 0-2
Summnry: Stolen busos?Rose, McKvoy,
3; Hlcks. ? Kliowles. Itollaiul. Brooks,
Baio on. bn 11s?Brooks, 4. Struck out?by
Fltzpatrick, 5; by Knowlos. 1. Tlme of
game, 1:45. Hmplre, X'aul -Bcnrler. At
icndancc, 1.000.
DAY ON THE DIAMOND.
Results of Games Yesterday in
the Big Leagues. ?*
AMERICAN LEAGUE.'
'. Scores Yesterday.
Phlladelphla. 0: Boston, 0 (called,' scv
cntli innlng, dnrk),
St. J-ouls-Dotrolt (raln).
Chlcngo-Cloveiand (raln).
Where They Play To-day.
New York at BostoVi.
AVnsliington at Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs. ,
Clubs. AVon. Lost. I'.C
Boston . 7(1 rt Ml
New Yorlc.1 '? -blfi
Phlladelphla . fiO Kl .W0
Chlcago . 73 Gfi .fxjfi
Cleveland . I? KL ^1
St. Louls.?. Kl "2 .-(21
Detroit .:. 02 74, .41.1
AVashlngton. 31 06' .-'11'
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Scores Yesterday.
Cinclnnatl. 2-4; Ptttsburg. 1-2.
New York, 3-0; Boston, 1-2,
Brooklyn, 5; Ph.Iadolphla, 2.
Where They Play To-day.
Plttsburg at Cinclnnatl,
New York al Boston,
. Phlladelphla at Brooklyn.
Standing of the Clubs.
Clubs. Won Lost P.C.
New York. 3ll 31 .7315
Chicago .78 , 52 .hV,\
Plttsburg . 75 62 ..ifl!)
Cinclnnatl . 73 M .:>T0
St. Louls.. (tf '15 .r.00
Brooklyn . 4<5 - Sl . ..%'-'
Boston . 49 84 .3..H
??iilludelphia ...v.... 3S 91 .2!>u
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Scores Yesterday.
At Atlanta (flrst gnmo)?Menmhls,. 3;
Atlanta, 2. ...,-?
Socond game?Atlanln, fi; Memphls, 2.
At Blrmlngham?Bliimlnghnm. 3; Now
Oi'leans. 2.
At Nashvilla?Nashvillo. 7; Rhreveport, 3.
Al Montgomory?Montgomery, 2; JJtlla
Rouk, 5,
?.
Staunton, 51 Martinsburg, a.
'SDeclal to Tfio TimCB-DlspiilchO
HTAUNTON, VA., Hrpt. !?.?Klniinton rto
fculed Martinsburg-, AV. " A'n., tlila evenlni;
lll Iho second of a perles of tiiren games. by
5 to ??.
a . *'
; Staunton, u; Martinsburg, i. .
<sn.'<-ifil to Th* Tlinos-Dlspatcii.)
XJ3TA1JNT0N. yA., aSnpl, 13.~Siaiuiton.do-.
fealrt 'MorllnnliiirK. AA'. Va., hero tliis nveil',
illg lll the nrat of a sorios nf tlirpo gaiuen
SOLDIERS AT A FEAST.
Membefs of Co. F. Enjoy Ban
quet as Guests of Officers,
' Compahy^'F. of the Seventlnth' Hegl
m.ent,- assemhlicl at the armory last nlgbt
for drlll, thoilli'st to bfj hold slneo tho reg
Inl'snt's retur|i from Mnnaasas, Tho lioys
dld,not drlll long,; for thn n/akers hod a
ti-o.it i|u store, 'lyid Ihw rupalred 10
ffparlts'nnd Blnck'a, whsre'n ilallghUu!
supper ..waa- asrved. Tho evenfng wnB:
pleaHilntlv spent %i talklng ovor oxperi
ences apd Incldents of the manoauvros.
" Cnptnm Stone oonuneiided his mon for
tho spirit thoy showed durlng Iho weok '
ln thn fiel.l nnfi for thelr brtlllanl work.
lt was a l.ito hour when the uompnny wbb
dlsinissed, much ta Iho rogrel of thase
preseiit. . 4
KILLEiTi'BY A PLANK.
Knocketi TJoiv'n by a Train and
. .Badly Hurt
(Speelni'to Tho Tlnies-pisputcliO
AVIihiDON.-N- C? Bepl, 13.-Mr. Puul
A'. Tillery, of TlUery, wiio wus injiircu
by bohig ulruck' ln the stomacli by j? pleco
of plunk at hls shlnglo mlll.u day or so
hro'," dled of hla iii.nirles this morning.
Ho was a splendld fttrnieivaiut a fn?'*l
excellent man. Ho loaves ... wlf" and ?*ev
ctrtl children .?nd- muny' reiatlyes,
? Kiy, ..Friuik wrlgh.t, of Northninploii
eoiinly; who' Was knor-ked down by a sp.i
lMiard Alrr Liin: 'pass.lnger iralh 011 'tiio
bi'lOeo aoAHW-.lloanoho'Rlver-here Sut'ur
duv, hus -boc-ii sent to his home. Two of
his; ,-ihs wero. broken and' hn wns bad ly.
Lru:;i.-a uboul the body ami anns.
"We ha4'e killed tho snrpont
Whlch rosp, S4velled 4vllh yiolson,
. . from- tho wwamp.'.'.
?Srhlller.
. .A'on cnn hlll the serpent of 4vant
Whleh mny nrlse when Iho day* of
prospprlty' nfn finat, by exerolsltig
earn In Invpstlng ymir surplus dol?
lars. Wo pny
3% PER ANNUM,
whlch Is good Interest on your
money coupled -wlth' tho nbsolute
protr-ctlon 4vhlch governmetil sti.
pervlslon Insurrs.
For poffect safety. togother wlth
n fnlr Intorpst, our savlngs bank
dppnrtment Is unonunlled.
You cnn deposit wlth us even If
you nrft hundredH of mllea away,
iising the malldi Wrlto us about lt.
Planters Nationa! Bank*
Savlngs^ Department,
Richmond, Vn.
Capltal, Surplus and Proflts,
,; '11,125.900.00.
AFRICANDER
THE WINNER
Captures Cup Preliminary at
Brighton in Slow Timc
of 2 :34. ?
(By Aaaoelnlod PrDM.)
NEW YORK, Sept. lS.-Afrlcatider, last
year's Suburban llandlcap wlnner, to-dny
4Von the Cup Preliminary, ono and a half
mlles, at Brlghlon Bertch. He 4vas rjuotcd
at tho good prlce of 30 to 1. but hitd
to be hard.rlddea at Iho cn'd/to wlirby
a head.from McChesney.' Euecnla; Burch
4vas thlrd, half a Icngtli away. Tho tlme,
2:3-1, was slow. Summarios:
First raco?solllng, slx furlongs?Mcm
pliis (30 to 1) lirst, Phanlom <fi to I) sec?
ond, Water Pansv (1 to 1) third, Tlme,
1:14. *?
Second race?ono mlle und a slxteenth?
First Muson (8 lo r>) lirst, Ormondcs Right
(5 lo i). gcepnd, Gay Roy tl.' to lj thlrd.
Tlme. ms, _-5.
Thlrd race?slx furlongs-Bolle Strofne
(11 lo 20) lirst, Diiixlellon (:i to 1) socond.
1'nisa.lehu (.'. to 1) Ihlrd. Tlme. 1:12.
| Fourth-race? the Cnp Preliminary, ..mije
and * half-rAfrlcandor (20 (o D first, Mc?
Chesney Cl to 2) second. Dugenla Bureii
(7 to 1) thlrd. Timc, 2:31.
'Flflh race?sPllllig, one mllo nnd a slx
tocnth-.DIck Bernurd (3 to 1) lirst, Can
laoii tti to I) sec'ond. Btolen Moinents (5
lo l) third. Tlme, 1:15 3-5.
5lxlh raco?Uvc furlongs?Fancy Drcart
(3 lo .) lirst, Long Duys (5 to 1) aecond,
Duty Young (30 to i) thlrd. Tlme, 1:00 3-i,
The Hawthorne Running..
(By Assbejuted Press.)
CIIICAGO, lDI... Sept. 13.-Rcsults at
HaWlhomu:
First race?llvo rurlongs?Bono Br.ike
(6 -to 1) first, Happy Jack (10.to t) soc?
ond, Togo (I to 1) thlrd.. Tlme, 1103...
Second race?llve und a half furlongs?
JanoUn. (l lo r.) lirst, lluiidy Blll (1- to 2)
second, .talpli Recse (13 to i) ihlrd. Timc,
1:10...
Thlrd race?mllo and. an elgbtb?Bon
Chunco.Gl to fu. lirst. Diingannon (3 to l)
second, Dida. bclb 120 to U third. Tlme,
1:57.
Fourth race?inllo nnd soventy yards?
Fellpc Lugo (1 to t,) lirst. Boinbardier
(1 to 1) second. Tlme, 11-17.
Fifth race?llve and u. half furlongs?
Dulciirlnn. (? lo 1) lirst, LTsefUl Dady (3 to
1) .second, Dixello (.15 to 1). thlrd. Timc,
1:10 1-5.
Slxth race?one mlle?Bweetle (3 to Ji)
first, Dangford James (20 to 1) socond, s
The F0_am (7 to 1) thlrd. Tlme, 1:12.3-3.
MUSIC AT BALL PARK.
Waifs' Paradise Band to Giv?
Concert at Game This Afternoon.
Tho "Waifs' Paradise". Company wlll-"
be in evldenco at the ball park this after?
noon, 4Vhen Petersburg wlll essuy to laka
a gamn from tho Brownles.
Tho mombors of tho company, tncludlng
Mr. Mall nnd Manager Pierson, and the
oihcr momberB, wlll occupy soats on th.
grand stand. ? ;...
Tho fumous boys band wlll play be
t4veen tho Innlngs und 4vlll give & bulcony
concert before tho gnnio.
All ladlse uro inviled tobo present
to onjoy the music und tho guine, 4vhicU
will bo cnlled ul 1:30 o'clock..
The Readyille Races,
(By As.ioo'aiod Press,) ?
RI5ADVIDU0, MASR., . Sept. 13.-AI1
four of tho ruces at tuo Autumn meet?
lng at the Reiidnvlllo traek to.dny went
oxira hoals and ihe last ono remalned
uiilinlslied, Summarios:
?2:17 pneo, jiurso $1,000?Nancy II., 4von
fourth, fifth and slxth heats and the raco;
JOdgur Boy, lli'Ht anil seeond heats,- sec?
ond; Owhyho, thlrd ? hent, thlrd. Best
tlme, 2:0$ a-4.
2:14 trot, purso $1,000, unflnlshed?Sonoto
won tirst and fleoonrl'lioatB; Albertu, thlrd
beat, Best tlme, 3:12 1-1. ?
2:21 trotj purso $1,000? Malnln-nd won
second, fourth und llft.h hoals and raco;
F.tbel Wyn, Ihlrd beal, socond!. Mary
Sleole, lirst hent, thlrd. Best tlme, 2:13
1-4. , .-?-?
2:.0ii .trot, purso $l,0OO-.CnBplun wonflrBt
nin1 .(aurth heats and. tlie raco; Hinv
Ihonie, socond hent, socond; MoKlnlOy,
t.uli'tf'Tlo-V thlrd. Best lime, 2:08 l-_.
???? ;- ?? i. _
::,;. Wins'McAlpir?'Trbphy>v
.(?'?' fl ? tPy A??oeiatM.'"I1'rPBSO
NBW YOUiK. Sept.' 13,?The iveather
eoiidltlons of the soeond day of tlie full
rlfle. oarblne, plstol ?mi rcvnlvpr meoilng ?
al tho Creeibiioor Riuign woro' uiifavora
ble, but tho military mnrksmefi 4vorked
v.lih vlm untll dusk. Tlio prlnclpal ovent
of the dny, nnd Iho only ono in whloli .a
lOiieliiHlou 4vaB'reaeliod. .was iho McAlp'n
trophy inn'tcli, whlch '4vas won by Jh?
jeam reprosonting ihe Sljita of Now York,
with a totiil oC 1,018 out of a possible 1,200,
Tho Unlted Hlates Mnrfno Corps Wttin
i'inishod second, wlth 1170.,:
Deaths in Hanover. ;
.(Special. tn.Tho Tlmcs'-nispatch:)
MONTl'P.lUKR, VA.. Kept, 13.--Mra,
Hanover Moody, 4vlfo of. Mr. John, Mopdy,.
Si-./dled at her liuiiie liere. yetilerday
mornlng of pnnilyHls. .uged slxty-elght
yuiii'B,, Inlcrmenl iu the; famll.4' burylng
j;rouiii! iiearhy. Sho leaves elght, clill
ilren, four sons and fnur ilnughters.
Mr. \\'ll|lam Bariletie,. jig.eit olghlyTtwo
yf.-.'rs, d|ed yt the hu.mo of )il? so"> Mr. >
Junliis liurtletlo, ti few d).iys i|go,
tiioirifi* l.e'ivlnfiuit i<o,i).of Thomaa and
Faniiia Buuglmi), dled Sunday raorning.