W S^a^^-^nV^'ii... WHOLE NUMBER 17,857. RICHMOND, VA., HATURDAV, MARCH 7, 1908. PRICE TWO CENT& EACH IV GET E Deadlock Will Probably Be Broken in Conference by Compromisc of This Sort. IMPORTANT HEALTH BILL IS PASSED Sharp Talk EnJiverta Sessions of Both Branches, Members Call? ing One Another to Task. Apprbpriation for Agri cultiiral Schools. Busy Day. Important Bills Passed Yesterday IIOUSB. To tatal.llah H normnl achool at Frede*rlckr.biirs. To ratsbllah the legal evldence ot a publlc road. ?To amend the charter of the ellv of Norfolk. SEN ATH. ?For the appointment of a Stnle Rc.arct of Ilieiltli. 'I.i rclutlnu to thc rniac-teniiKnl of lands. ?For coinpulaury hcIiooI ntl.-nil mirr. In rrlntlon to Statr deponltorlcii. f.e-nrn.I approprlation blll. "Illll-t mnrked ? huve alrendr pi.-*..'.l tlie- otlier l.e.tint* nnd non' l.r i'iihii- Invin uulc-m vetocd by tho Governor, HY LEWIS II. SIACHEN*. TIIE Lcglsluture was a busy body yesterday. In the Senate the proceed? ings, beyond tlic passage of the Senate approprlation blll and a few others, were unoventful. The House, bowever, was stormy most of the day, snd, at times. even turbulent. Per sonalltles wero freely exclianged and ?ncbunters were narrowly averted. Important il.-i.Hli Blll. I'erhaps the most slgnltlcant act of the day was Ihe passage by the Sciiat": of tli _ Buker Board of Health blU, whlch had prevlOUSly passed tlie House. The salient feature of the blll is the wurfare which tl inauguratea agalnst lubcrculosls. Methods of preventlon un.! cure are to be studled and sultable camps establlshed. Hy thc meetlng of the next General Assembly it ls hoped that lnformation will be gathered and reports will be made whlch will result in far-rvachlng nie-asure-s for checklng the ravages of thls devastatlng plague. The Pago compulsory education blll. whlch went through tlie House on j Tuesday. wuu pas Bed by tlie Senate at j lnst nlght's session. Though optlonal ; wlth the cltles and countles, It Ih be? lieved by many experlenced educatorsl to be of great value as puttlng ai wcapon Inlo the hands of local authorl- i tles to punish neglect of pchool dutles! through the Indlfference of chlldren I end of ;;arents. II..uie* the Itiiitl.-ure.an.l. The House was the buttle.-ground of | the forcea contendlng for the locatlon of the proposed new normal achool, and right , valluntly and voclferously ?was the issuo fought over for some houra. The contest flnally narrowed down to a struggle between Harrlson? burg, whlch had been selected by thc Senate, and Fredericksburg. Tlie latter won by practlcally a two to'one ma? jorlty. Applause and sliouts greeted tho announcement of the vote. The debate waa earnest and at In tervals eloquent. though not at all , tlrne3 entirely relevant. Much hlstory of the War between thc States was dwclt upon, and strong appeals were based upon it. Brictly stated, the ar? guments of some apparently were tli at tho school should be establlshed at or near tho polnt where the greatest num-! ber of battles were fought ln the alx ties, and aroun.l whlch clung the most Insplrlng memorles. As the school Is, not to be a mllltary one, nor even prl- | l'turilj a hlstorlcal one, it would seem that more practical conslderatlons might have controlled, and possibly dld control. Certainly, the good old town of Fredericksburg deserved all , that was sald of it, though Harrlson? burg had able advocutes also. IntcreatluB- Situation. There was notlceable, however, a cer- ' taln lndlfference ln the ranks of the supporters of the Valley town. which Indlcated a serene contldence that, no matter what happened in the House, i Harrlsonburg would get the school. ! lf but one should bo establlshed, and ono of the schools, if thero should be two. Now, the situation tn regard to thls ?n-iutter Is more than Interesting. The I Benate has wrltten Harrlsonburg Into the approprlation blll passed yesterday by that body. The House, by its ac- j tion yesterday, in effeet wrote Freder? lcksburg into its approprlation blll. | Nelther branch will rocedo fVom its actlon in the matter, and therefore tho controvorsy must be fought out in con? ference. Tho conferees, or a majorlty of them, are suspected of belng favor? able to Harrlsonburg. Th0 Senato will accept thelr roport, but tho House prob? ably will not. In that event there would be another committee appolnted, Wlth tho samo result. Some conference report must be ac eepted, or tho $11,000,000 whlch the blll provldes for running the State _overnment for two years cannot be tippropriated. To avold this calamltous result, *i>r ?ome other dlstasteful to on0 or tlie olher of tho branches of tho General Assembly, it Is likely that a compro BnlHO wlli bo reached. Two schools may be establlshed, one at Fredcricksburff and the other at Harrlsonburg. The approprlation may be divided between them; or, if It ls not sufflcient to divide, the one which |s weaker in conference may concode tho whole amount to the stronger, ?nd contont itself, for Ula present, wlth securlng tho locatlon. Thon evoryhody will bo happy, oxcept tho representatlvos of the towns whose clalmB shall not havo gono to confer (Contlnued on Thh'd Pago.) ? | HATRED OF GERMANY I'iMRiish Public Aroused iit Letter nf Kinpcrnr Wlllliiin to Tilcetlmoiith. ; I-ONDON. iMurch 0.?An outburst of | angcr agalnst Emperor Wllllam on tlio part of Un Brltlsh publlc, cqunllng tlm*. i catlsefj hy the Gernian Emperor's fn | mous letter to President KrugPr. nt tlie | beglnnlng of the Boor War, hns fol? lowed tho announcement made thls mornlng by The Tlmen lhat Emperor Wllllam had nttempted to Influence the Brltlsh nawil policy by a secret corre? spondence wlth fxird Tweedmnttth, Flrst Lord of the Aelmlrnlty. The Oermano phobe pnrty, whlch never was stronger than now. Irnmndlntely Jumped lo the concluslon thnt Emperor Wllllam wns trylng to meddle |n the most vltal mat? ter Iii Oreat Brltaln's national Inter ??ts hy Underliand methods. The mal Iter w.in .-ouHldereel so serious thnt I.ord Tweedmouth broke his customnry retl cence, linwtonin-r to sny: "The letter from the German Em? peror Is purely n periOI.nl communl? catlon, and there ls no reference In it to the Brltlsh naval estlmato." Purely Personal Correspondence. j Lord Tweedmouth vlsited tlm House of Lomrnons thls afternoon and eon Kerred wlth the Llberal leaders. The Cabinet met nfterward. Mr. Asqulth .appeared In the Ilmise of Cornmons at , the close of Its slttlng and mnde a . lrirf stntemont. "It Is a faet," etn i--larert ?h<- Chancellor, "that on Feb? ruary ISth. l/ird Tweedmouth received | n letter from the German Emperor. lt was h purely personal and prlvate. ? cornniunlcatlori. e-once|ved ln an cn . Hiely frlendly splrlt. My noble frlend's answer was equally prlvate and In fermal. and neither tho letter nor Itn ,nnswcr was known or communlcated lo the Cabinet. X may add, in view of certaln suggeptlons whlch have heen rnade. that before tho letter arrlved : the Cabinet hnd como to Its flnal de ; clslon wlth regard lo thc naval cstl , matei for thls year." Thn explnnatlons only Btlmulato curl ;oslty and erltlrlsrn. nnd a strong de . nsn.| Is heard cvnrvwhore for the pub? llcation of ilm letters. The onlv blnls Irrgardlng tho nnture of Kmperor Wil llam'l letter whlch have leakcd frnm .tne Inner i-lrcln nre thnt It was on at Itcmpt to refute frequent assertloriH In , loadlng Bngllsh newspapers that tlie I (b-rinan naval program wns nnlmnted wholly by hostlllty to Great Brltaln. Itclatlunn Strained. If the rolatlems between Grent Brlt? aln snel Germany were rlot so Htralned ' the actlon In wriling tlie letter would j bc consldered merely a teehnical inis | tako or an Informallty; but Germany [ ls u buabear to a larjre proportlon of i the Brltlsh people, who flrmly believe I she la dellherately plannlng war. nud la trylng t.i soothe Brltlsh susplclons untll she Is r<-adv. AFTER THE LIQUOR SELLERS Jlrlsto] i.rniul Jury Trylng lo Flnd Out Wlio They Are. [Speclal to The Times-Dlspatch.J Blll.STOL. VA., March 6.?Because he decllned to tell the grand Jury from wlmiii he had purchased whlskoy slnce I saloons were abollshed In Brlstol, Harry Sumpter. a young man. was ilned $50 nnd sent to Jall for ten days by ! Judge Prlce. of the Corporation Court. Charlle Massie, another young man, whose memory seemed to have failed hlm ln thc same partlcular. was sent [to Jull. Three hunelred wltnesses were before ! the grand Jury here thls week as a means of loi-atlng Uig. dealers in whis? key who are carrylng oh their busines? in vlolatlon of the law. Ilt-er nnd ?Whiskey f-'Iow. | Special to The Tlmes-Dlapatch.] BRISTOL, VA.. March 6.?The Inter? nal revenue forces ln Southwest Vir? ginia have been busy in the mountaln countles for two weeks. As a result, twelve illlcit sttlls In Buchanan county and one in Dickenson county have been ralded und destroyed. and twenty-one men. charged wlth being engaged in the lltlclt mantlfacture of whiskey and beer, are under arrest. Ten thousand gallons of beer was poured out and luO gallons of whiskey selzed. COFFIN FOR THE CORONER "Vou Xe.-nt." the Hntlicr Forblddlng Messnge left Wlth tbe Casket. BIRMiNGHAM. ALA., March 6. When Coroner Parls, of thls county, arrlved at his oillce at the courthouse thls mornlng, he discovered a coflln there, wlth thc following note tacked on It: "To Coroner Paris: You next." The ualliffs ? and custodlan of the courthouse state that two men, who had tho appearance of being express men, brought the coffln to the court? house last night. A picture of a hand was on the coffln. The coroner Is at a loss to flgure out tlie signlfionnce of the placlng of the coflln ln hls offlce. SCOUTS IDEA OF WAR Wu Fnnjg Says If Chlnn Is In Error She Wlll ApoloRlxe; Thnt's All. CHICAGO, March 6.?Wu Tlng Fang. the new mlnlster from Chlna. with hls retlnuo. consisting of twonty-seven Orlentals. arrlved here to-day over tho Chlcago anel Xorthwestcrn Itallroad. The minister scouted the Idea of war between Chlna and Japan, saylng: "Thero is nothlng ln such reports. China and Japan are on the most fr.lendly terms. Thls llttle breach wlll amount to nothlng. It only remalns to bc s;een Just whoro und to whom the goods on thf-t seia^d boat wero golng, and then if It ls found that Chlna ls in thn wrong. nntl apology is due, it will eloubtless be gi/en. Such cases as this happen over there. frequently. All tulk of ware ls grounelless."' FL00DS IN MICHIGAN Rnllrond nnd Street Car Traffic Stopped, Track Washed Away nnd Cities Unrlt. 1DETROIT, M1CII., March 6.?Flood condltlons aro reported to-nlght from many polnts ln Michigan, The Knlu massoo, Lake Shore and Chlcago Rall? road to-nlght announcod the ubandon ment of all tralns untll Monday, and othor roads and interurban electrlc llnes, especlally, aro greatly hindered. Near Erle. on the l**ike bnore and Michigan Southern Ballrond, 1,100 feet of track was undermlned and washed away. Brooklyn, Michigan, ls ln dark ness to-nlght. tho electrlc plant thero bolng flooded. At lona, tho wlnd un roofed a factory building 100 foot long, and at Bay Clty a wlnd veloclty of forty mllos an hour was reported. SHE TURNS0NTHE GAS Norfolk Woiniiu, Fcnrlng Result of An Operatlon, Coinmlta Suiclde. [Speclal lo The Tlmes-~t?liatoh,] NORFOLK, VA., March 6.?Mrs. Charles N. .Nelson, aged twenty-flve, resldlng at No. 706 West Brambleton Avenuo, in bad health and facing tha probabllity of an operatlon, commlttod suiclde to-nlght by turnlng on tho gas from a radlatpr, Tho fumes attractod the attention of hor sovon-year-old son, but physlcians workod ln valn to save her life. lt ls thought that the deed wns commlttid early ln the afternoon,: whon no ono was at home. j Tl ULLEY 6HUGES Committee Adviscs Investi? gation and House ls Prompt to Order It. WILL LEARN WHETHER UNDUE INFLUENCE USED Report of Committee Does Xot Rcveal Knowledge of Any Such Evidence?Bill Increasing Army Pay Passes?Mr. Jones Figlits Church Claim in Vain. WASHINGTON, D. C? March B.? A resolution provldlng for an Investigation of tli(! charges made: by Mr. Lllley, of Con nectlcut, that members of i the Naval Affairs Committee had been unduly Influenced ln recommending ; certaln submarine torpedo boats waa reported to tho House of Representa | tlves to-day by Mr. Dalzell, of Pcnn | sylvanla, from thc Committee on Rules, and adopted by the House. The sub? ject had been under considcratlon by the committee for t,wo weeks. Will IInr.llR.ite*. Tho resolution follows: "Whereas Mr. George L. Lllley, a representative from the State of Conncctlcut, on hls responsi? bility as a member of thls Houso, before thn Committee on Rules, has. among other tlilngs. stated In sub stanco that the Electric Boat Com? pany of New Jersey and their pre deccssors, thc Holland Boat Com? pany, have been engaged In efforts to exert u corrupting influence on certaln members of Congress in tholr legislative capacltles, and huve, In fact, oxerted such corrupt? ing intluence; '"Therefore, be it resolved, that a committee of flve members be ap? polnted to investlgate the charges made by sald George I* Lllley of corrupt practlces on the part of the sald company and of members of Congress wlth respect to legis? latlon, and that sald committee shall have authorlty to send fot persons and papers and tu tako testimony ln Washington or else where, elther before the full com? mittee or any subcommlttee there? of. Sald committee shall report as specdily as possible, wlth such recommendation, ij* any, as to the committee shall seem meet," Accompanying tlie resolution was a report declarlng it to be dua to tho Hou-ee and its members that an in vtstigatiun t-hould be made. Speaker Cannon announced the fol? lowlng as the committee to conduct the Investigation: Messrs. Boutell, Illlnois; Stevens, Minnesota; Olmsted, Pennsylvania; Howard, Georgla, and Broussard, Loulslana. Wlthout a dlssentlng voice the reso? lution was adopted. Mr. Lllley was present, but made no remarks. G'ommlttec's Xteport. The committee report by Mr. Dalzell, accompanying tlie resolution, says, re ferrlng to the resolution of Inquiry ln? troduced by Mr. Lllley: "There was nothlng on the face bf ti.e resolution that charged corrupt or even lmproper methods on the part *f the Electric Boat Company In connec? tion with legislatlon or proposed legis? latlon," but that on the next and suc ceedlug days newspaper articles ap? peared, in which Mr. Lllley wns quotetj as cliarging corrupt practlces, aud "thoreafter numerous alleged lntcr vlews wlth Mr. Lllley appeared ln cer? taln newspapers of the country, coup llng the names of members of tne House wlth the Electric Boat Company and leglslation In lts Interest. Follow? ing upon these publlcatlons Mr. Lllley, at his own instance. appeared before ti.e committee on Rules and admitted the authenticity of an intervlew ln the Washlngton j.-ost, but repudiated all others, and made a statement, whlch is submltted herewlth as a part of this report. "In that statement charges are made of corrupt practlces on the part of the Electric Boat Company, Infiuencln-; members of Congress and leglslation, and of sucli character, taken as a whole, as to lead your committee to conclude that lt ls due to the maln tenance of tlie dlgnlty and integrity of the House and lts members that an investigation into the charges made by Mr. Lllley should be had." Get to Work nt Onee. Shortly before the adjournment of the House, Chalrman Boutell got hls committee together and partly organ? lzed lt. He sald afterward that the organlzation would De completed at a meetlng to be held to-morrow, when the question of whether to make the commlttse's sesslons publlc or private would be declded. A report that Representative Lllley was greatly lncensed by the actlon of Speaker Cannon In not maklng hlm a member ot the committee. and that he had expected, to, be named as lts chalr? man, galned circulation, nnd became a toplc of discusslon after the committee asslgnment had been announced. Mr. Lilley hlmself refused to dlscuss the situation. EXAMINE MANY OFFICERS Grcnt Numb'er Yet to lle Henrd In N'nvtil (iiiiHlrui.Ue.il Inc.iilry. WASHINGTON, March C?,In re sponse to a request from Sonator Hale, chnlrman of the Sonate Committee on Naval Affairs, Secretary Motcnl* h" forwnrded to tho committee a llst of llfteen oflicers. nll of whom will be ox amlned regardlng various phases of battleshlp construction before tho closo of the pending Inquiry. They lncliule Roar-A,dmlrals Rcmroy (retired), Goodlrch, Clarke (retlred), Captaln Cameron Wlnslow, Commander Gleavos, Poundstono and Key, Lleu tenant-Commanders Plunkett, Brad? shaw, Clark. Crank. Reovos nnd Scott and Lleutenants Falconer and White. WII.I. HE UNA1H.E TO IHO UNDER EIGUT-HOUR I?\*v WASHINGTON, March fi.--Represen? tatives ot the New York Slilp Bulldlng Company, of Camden, N. J., aiul of the Union Iron Works, of San Erane-tse-o, to-day informed tlia IJouse Committee on Labor that lf tho Gardner ?lght hour blll becomes u law they wlli havo to elr-slst from blddlng on gov? ernment contracts. CARRIED OUT HIS THREAT I Well-Klllinn t'MI/en ?f th- ? nlley j Cdmmltft Snlelile ln Ihe Wooila. [Hpeelal to The Tlrheii-bliipateii MARRIStiNMUIlG, VA.. March ?".? Sniniiel t-'IIHh. a wcll-k'"'wn H'U-: f Iinyton. wlio ellsappearcd from hls homo on Tuesday last. was tnls afternoon ItMscovered dead on a cllff nenr HrlilRe , *vnter, anel m>m all Indlcat.Ions he had been dead two dnys. Tuesday after? noon he hnd a sllght domestic qiinrrel and Mr. Ftigh left home snylntr he would never return nllve. Nothlny was ? liought of the. matter. but when he i failed to return that nlght hls famlly nnd frlends began senrclilng f..r hlm. Whon they found hls body It. wni Iv : lng In a bed of leaves. and by lils islrie wns nn ompty ounce-hottle mark? ed Inudntium. Besielcn thls the dead I mnn had opened arterles In hls arms ln seven ellfferetit plnces. A rope wns also around hls neck. but. If he Intend ' ed Jumplng over the cllff the drug I overpowered Mm before he |,,,t hls Ipiirpone lnto rffft'l. He wns 11 ? ex Confederate- soldler, slxty-three yoars of ago, anel ls survlved by a wldow and nlno children, seven daughters and two sons. THREE TRAMPS KILLED 1 Two Men nnd n W'ontnn l.oae Tbe|r Llves In ,>*. nnil W. Wreck. [Hpeelal to The Tlmea-Dlspate ii 1 TAZEWELL, VA.. March 6.--Two ne ' (rro men and one negro womnn were kllled in a., wrock of an eastbemnel frelght traln at Balley's Swltch, fiftcen miles east of here. early thls mornlng. i The, persons kllled were hoboes, and I wero beating thelr way on the frelght. The woman kllled was traveling ln a hox car. and was sald to havo heen from Rlchlands, thls county. Thelr names could not bo learned. The wreck was caused by a sllde In a deep cut. Tho two onglnes cleared the sllde. hut the first coal car wns caught nni eight others wero plled ln a heap. There ls ln tho cut 400 tons of coal. and lt Is said that It cannot bo clenred for several days. It Is reported that two "Uie r hoboea are under tho large plle ot r.os!. Nono of thn crew of the traln wns scrlnvsly injured. HONOR SENATOR PROCTOR Thoiisiinils StnrJd In the- Snow W'Bh Ilnred HeniU ns Corten;e Pnasea. PROCTOR. VT.. March 6.?Nearly in.. 000 persons from all sectlons of Ver? mont came hero to-day to pay respect to the memory of the late Redfleld Proctor. Unlted States Senator lrom Vermont. whose funeral wns held at the Proctor Union Chureh at 3 o'clock thls afternoon. A special iraln beui ing the body of the lutc Senator reach eel here at -:45 P. M. x.ie party at once proceeded to the chureh. The schools and stores and all Industrial es tabllshments were closed out of respect to the Senator's memory anel flags at half-staff wero displayea throughout the town. Tho servlces were conducted by Rev. Br. II. Hi Heaver. of Rutland. and were of the simplest character. Tho caske.t and the pulplt were hldden from slght under Immense mounds of flowers. The party proceeded from the chureh to the Proctor mausoleum In the ceme? tery. about three-quarters of a mlle elistant. Although a drlvlng snow-storm was raglng, 10,000 persons. nearly a third of whom were employes of the Vermont Marble. Company. lined tlie road and stood wlth bared heads as thc procession passed. FINDS FRIEND THROUGH BOOK t nlon Veteran Iteuriv* Acqunlnlance Wlth Confederate Who Helped Iliin. [Speclal to The Tlmes-Dispatch.] PITT.SBURG. PA., March 6.?Davld Klng, of Plttsburg, a veteran of the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Wduntecrs. has renewed hls acquaintanco wlth J. XV. Green, n Confederate veteran, wlio did him a klndness when he was wound? ed near the close of the war. Recently King secured a hlstorv of the Forty-thlrel Virginia Battallon ln tho Carnegla Llbrary, and found tlie name of Green, of Amosvllle, Va.. in the roster. Wrlting to him. Klng promptly received the followlng re? ply^ "Yes: I am the man that carried you from Parls to Culpeper uourthouse, and gave you both lunches and one of vou rode my hor.se. 1 was very much sur prlsed to hear from you. and glad to know wc are llvlng. but I am right old now. I then llved at Amosvllle, Va. and It was at my home, where I stop? ped and got you a lunch. ..ell, I hope we are both true Atnercans now." The letter was sent from Uppervllle \a., where Mr. Green now llves. VOTE ON LOCAL OPTION An Klcction Ordered in West Polnt for Aprll fltb, and Flght Openlng Lp. [Spaclal lo The Times-Dlspatch.1 WEST POINT, VA., March 6.?In re. sponse to a petltlon from the cltizens of West Polnt. Judge C. B. Jones has called an election for local optlon, look? ing to thc abolition of tlie saloons in West Polnt, for Aprll 6th. Tho day followlng, Aprll 7th, Klng Williatn court convenes, at whlcli tlme the liquor dealers hope to renew licenses for the ensulng year. Tha only saloons In Klng Wllliarn county aro In West Polnt, numberlng flve. The contest wlll be interesting and wlll in a few days he at Its helght, The drys wlll have line speakers. The wets are dolng thelr own speaklng. CHICAGO BANKERS PROTEST I'nssnKe of Bllls AiTcctlUfr Denlliig In Futures Would Be Dlsastrous. WASHINGTON, March 6.?Chicago bankers have protested vehemcntly against tho passage of tho bllls |n. troduced by Senators Horo and Davis and Represontative Hepburn, of Iowa' or other measures interfering wlth the operatlon of the stock exchanges of the country, or wlth the selling of commoditles for future dollvery. A petltlon was presented in the Sen? ate to-day by Senator iJullom. Jt as serts that tho passage of any blll of this character would be dlsastrous to commercial, -igricultuiiil and flnancial Interests. Tho bankers say they aro flrtnly convlnced tliat such a law would Infllc; loss sulte out of propor? tlon to the evlls sought to be cradl cated, because such a law would Inter fere wlth the making of loans on Krain and provisions. a PRIMITIVE BAPTIST I'llEACHER KILI.EU IN BOW OVER HE.XT TROV, ALA.. Mnrch 6.-?News has reached here of tlie kllllng to-dav of ttlder L. T. Wells, a Primitive Bap [ Ust preacher, by Rlley Odom, nt I Searight, Crenshnw county. The klll ' lng ls sald tn havo heen the result of a dlfflculty over a houso Odom rentcd from Wells's dnughter-dn-law. h -? Norfolk Voulli .lllsslng. [Su ii io ? ii" ? iuH-5-Diiiputeli ] NORFOI.K, VA., Mnrch G.?James II. Mountcastle, Jr.. fourteen yoars of age, dlsappeared from homo eleven days ago, and careful searoh Iiuh failed to dlsedoso hls whereabouts. It. ls foared that ho wus drowned, nnd lt ls parents are greatly ellsturbed. WEATHER Fair and eolder. IDLEHMIHEFS AS FUnp PASS Hardly a Dry Eye ih Collin? wood as Victims of Holo? caust Are Borne Away. (TTLECORPSESSILENCE MUKMUR AT IANITOR Muttcring Crowd (iathers About llirter's Ilomc, but When the Bodies of His Dead Are Borne Out, Throng Opcns the Way. CLEVELAND, O., March 6.?Col? linwood to-day e-anif, to a full icallziitlon e.f her woe. Slowly and dolemnly the proccs-dons ? >f death begnn to wend thelr [way toward the reineterles, hearlng the | battered and charred remalns of somo of the 167 chlldren whose lives were | snuffed out ln Wednesday mornlng's I cataitrophe ln thn Lake Vlew school. ; From 9 o'clock ln the mornlng until Idusk there was no cessatlon ln the I funoral corteges. Those who had no idead to mourn as a personal loss stood j ln the streets wlth bared heads as thc ? grlm procesMons passed. Ultle Oorpaea Sllence Miinnurn. j Thcrc was scarceiy a dry eye ln 'Collinwood. One of the sad funerals was that of the three chlldren of Janl tor Hlrter. held Jolntly with the ser? vices for three other llttlo ones. Mut itcrltigs agalnst the Janitor could be heard about the village, as grlcf-crazod parents sought an object upon whlch | to wreak vengeance, forgettlng ns they ;dld thal Hlrter hlmself was wnlklng wlth bow-eel head aiul broken heart be |lilnd the blers nf three of hls beloved. A detail of police was placed about I the Hlrter home when the hour for the j ftine/al came. Fully 500 persons had | gathered. but when the cofflns were carried to the doorway the crowd spread and opened the way for them without protest or cxpresslon of hos tlllty. Altogether there were flfty burlals to-day, and to-morrow the gruesome task will be repeaied. Sunday will wltness the last of the indlvidual bur? lals, and on Monday the remalns of all those wlio are unldentltled will be lald I to rest wlth one funeral. To-night thore are_- twenty-elght of these bundles of flesh that await claimants. Mad Ituii. to Drath. Testimony descrlblng the mad rush to death of the school chlldren was given <.o-day at the sesslou of the coroner'a lnquest. Storles of heroism on tlie part of the women teachers wero recited. F. P. Whitney. super Intendent of the Collinwood schools, stated his bellef to be that no flre de? partment could have done any effectlve work after the iire had started. Two of tlie teachers told of their unavalling attempts to open one of the double doors at the rear, whlch they sald was locked. The lnquest also dovel oped the fact that after the wlld rush for the door |t was beyond human posslblllty to ald or save those whom the tongues of flre were devourlng ln the charnel house. The lnquest wlU be resumed Monday. In a statement to-day. Chlef Wnl? laee, of the Cleveland Flre Department, after an examination of the rulns of the Collinwood school. sald It was hls oplnlon that thc loss of llfe would not have been so great had there been no partltlons at the sldes of the storm doors at tho rear entrance. Two feet eight inches had been taken off elther slde of the hall for the partitions. Hls examination developed that the doors opened outward. Chief Wallace doubtless wlli be a wltness before the eoroner. Cleveland Taken Wnrnlug. Drastic steps were taken to-day by the Cleveland School Board to place all the Cleveland educational buildings in a condltlon that will preclude any loss of life from tlres. Basements wtll be llreproofeel and speclal llre escapes In t-losed ln towers lnstalled. Inner doors in vestlbutes also will be removed. With the approprlation of $25,000 to-day by the Ohlo Leglslature and the funds subscrlbee" locally, thero will be plenty of financial rellef for Ihe strick? en famllles. T0 SETTLE WAGE ISSUE Medlutor* to Meet Eniplnyex nml Ofll? cer* of SeiuthiTll Tiie-MeliiY. WASHINC.TON, March ti.?Chalrman Knapp, of the Interstate Commerco Commlssion and Commissioner Nelll, who, under the l"rdman law. ore to act as mediators between tho ofllcials of the Southern Rallway unel thelr em? ployes, will begln thelr work lu thls city next Tuesday. It Is likely tho conferen.-es between the mediators and the ofllcials and employes of the road will bo iie*ld at the Interstate Commerco Commlssion. Tho conference will be private, and It is saiel by the mediators that no statement concernlng them will be made until a detlnlte conclu? slon has l>e*en reached. Tho conference wlli lu.'olve purely the question of wages. Represetilotlves of all the orgnnlza tjo'ns ?f railroad and trainmen will appear before tho mediators, nnd they will bo affordeel amplo opportunlty to ellsc'uss fully thelr posltion. Tho samo opportunlty will be nfforded the offi? cials of the rallway. Tho mediators wlU not sit as a board of arbltratlon. but will nct merely as conclliators. lt will be thelr purpose to brlng the em ployers and employes to an amleablc understandlng and agreement, nnd they express strong hope of a successtu! Issue of thelr endenvors. FIIUS DESTHOYS NE.Mli.V HAI.F -OP JAl'ANBSB HREWI.MJ TOWN TOKIO. March 6.?A serlous flro took placo thls mornlng at Noda Soy. a browing town near Toklo. Four hun? dred out of 1.000 houses In the town woro destroyed. Tln*. elamago Is estl? mated at nbout S'.'.iiOO.OOO. GAI.E OFF liniTISH l.'OAST* MANV LIVES ARE LOS'*' LONDON, March ?.?A vlolent gnlo has swopt tho coasta of British lalos to-day. Thore have beon nuinercius WreokS Of smftll craft. Most of them woro on the east count of irelniul. Al? together about twenty lives luive boen laat. NEGRO KILLS A WOMAN Then I'lrr* ii Tlullrl Tlirmitch Hla Own |."nrr. fH|ie*rlril In The Tlmi.--DI?pateh.l SUFFOLK, VA., March ?.?At Ileld'-e Ferry last nlc-ht Cliarlos Mltchcll, a ncKro twonty-slx years of agk!yn' Mlnneapolls andCo umb a anel the transport Dixle nnd the Adams. whlch is belng convertea for a schoo ship are at the yard Nair Brooklyn. Some of the money will al"o be used on the Idaho. now fielng built at Cramp's shlp yard. NEGRO SHOT BY FARMER rt Simmons, Bndly Woun.Ud, ?c portM Hnvlnts n.*en Fired Upon. __[Sneclal to The Tline-e-Dls ?.?? . -.vim off,oer ha* left hore to arrest Williamson, "irest murderIFfairfax Hon Maddox Killed Whlle Trvl?K ,,, i-, . J~ ' ' ho Tlmos-nisi.atrh I FAIRFAX C. H? VA.. March 6,-Ed e^,i'r,ul,ithlr r,vt'ni?ff wued r..u Ma.ido.*, whllo tho latter was attemoting te. en. roroe tlio payment of somo money whieh Maddox claims wa.s duo hlm Polancl struck Maddox wlth nn Iron cotipllng pln and he never gulned con sciousness. Ho dled In two hours. Sunday Office Hours Tlie Tlnien-l*iUpntelt lluslnesu OHIcc, No. met Ettst Mulu Street, wlli hereufter bc opruecl ou .Suii duya front 11 A. M, lo tt A. !?!., and trom 1 P, M. to T P. M. SE Minnesota State Committee Present the Name of Their Governor for President. BRYAN MEN FIGHT, BUT ARE OUTVOTED Fail Both in Sccnring Declaration for Nebraskan and Preventing One for Johnson?Organize Voluntccrs, and Will Work for Dclc- , gates. ST. PAUL, MINN.. Maroh ??-To? Democratlc Stato Commlttee of Minnesota thls afternoon adopt? ed a resolutlon Indorslng Gov? ernor John A. Johnson, of Min? nesota, fot tho Democratlc presldentlal nomlnatlon. and recommended that he be nameel by the national conventlon at Denver next July. As the meeting of the commltteo was preslded over by Frank A. Day, prl? vate secretary to tho Governor, and as Jlr. Day voted for tho Johnson reso? lutlon on every test and on the flnal bnllot, tho actlon of tho commlttee thls afternoon Is held by polltlcal leaders ai placing the Governor formally In the raco for tho Democratlc presldentlal nomlnatlon. Hryun Forces Are llenten. The Johnson resolutlon was carried by a vote of 68 to 23 after the Bryan ndherents had forced tw0 test votes, on both of whlch they were defeated. Tha Bryan men lnslsted on a roll call on every vote. and gave notlce In thelr .speeches on the orlglnal resolutlon that they would not be bound by the actlon of tho Stato commlttee, but wouhl make a 11kht throughout the State for a dclegation from Minnesota to the national e-onventlon instructed ror Bryan. Moreover a meeting of Bryan ad herents held at the Ryan Hotel Imme dlately nfter tho adjournment ot th-i State Commlttee, formed a Bryan or? ganlzatlon. whlch proposes to carry the contest agalnst Johnson into every pro clnct of the Stnte. Tho State commlttee. besldes adopt ing the Johnson reso.utions, voted that the State conventlon to elect delegates to the national conventlon, should oo held ln St. raul on May 14th. T'ie matter ot calling a conventlon to noml nato Stato offlcers was left to a cotn mlttce of five. to be appolnted by State Chalrman Day. The meeting of the commlttee to day was tlie most largely attended iu the hlstory of the Democratlc partv tn Minnesota, word havlng boen sent to all members that a resolutlon in? dorslng Johnson woul.l probably bo offered. Of the 111 members, 92 wero present or were represented by proxy. Several proxles were thrown out on u, technlcal polnt, though on only ono proxy contest was there any Indlc.t non of the Johnson-Bryan flght. Thls was on thc proxy held by James Mana han, of St. Paul, a personal friend of Mr. Bryan, and recognlzed as one of the Bryan leaders iu thls Stato. He came to the commlttee holdlng a proxy for the member front Itasca county. which lie had recoived from T. T. Hucl so.i, of Duluth. of the Democratlc Na? tional Commlttee.. Mr. Hudson hud received the proxy by wire from tne* Itasca county ni^iji ber. The commlttee on proxles ruled that a proxy could not be transferred. Thus Mr. taanaliari W?x preventedVfroin taklng part ln the meeting. The Stato committee was cnlled :oi order thls afternoon by Chalrman Dny, who made a brlef speech congratulat ing the Democrats of Minnesota on recent vlctories In the Stato, closing wlth tlie statement that in splte of feuds and jealousies all Democrats would abldo by the actlon of the party. Reaolution Indorslng Johnson. Martln O'Brlen. of Crookston, who was a member of the Popullst State Commlttee ln 1S96, offered a resolution lnelorsing Govornor Johnson for the presldeney. The resolutlon follows: "Governor John A. Johnson has twlco brougnt vlctory to the De? mocracy In Minnesota. During hls Incumbency of the ofllce of Gover? nor more reforms havo been Instl tuted nnd moro remedial leglslation adopted than during any equal perlod of tlme ln the hlstory of our State. lle hns been eontrolled only by the publlc Interests. Hls mentnllty. restless energy and sound judgment. unlted wlth his unlmpeachable Integrlty, make hlm the embotllment of tho best splrlt e.f the West. an ldeal Amerlcnn clt Izen. "Conflelently holleving that hi; nomlnatlon as the candldate of the party for the presleleney woulel brlng to our support the electorato votes of nll the Statos wlthln tbe the Mlssissippi Valley. and thus secure a national trlumph. we re? spectfully present te>. the De? mocracy of tho natlon the name of the Hon. John A. Johnson as a can eildatn for President of the Unlted States, aml reeeimmend to the Domocrats of Minnesota that they cause hls name tn be presented to the national conventlon at Denver for nomlnatlon." Would Not Imlorse Hryan, The presontatlon of V.m resolutlot preclpltated a contest, aml the Bryan adherents lnslsted on flghtlng every lnch of tho way. After a long and. at times, acrlmonlous debate. tho Bryan supportors forced u voto on two reso? lutlons. One was to lay the O'Brlen reaolu? tion on tho tahle, and tho other ln elorsod the candlelncy ot Wllllam J. Bryan for Presldont. Theso motlons were overwhelmlngly defeated. The Bryan adheronts mado tho memberB of the commlttee go on record by Insist lng on n roll eall, not only on the O'Brlen resolutlon, but on the two othor mlnor resolutlons. On the motlon to lay the O'Brlen resolutlon on the tablo the vote wns yeaa 21, noea 68. On the resolutlon Indorslng Bryan the. vote was yeas 19, noes 06. The debato was opened on the O'Brlen resolutlon by Jay La Due, of Rock county, who suld that as a friend ot Governor Johnsou's he deslred to save tlie Govornor from the results of tbe adoption of tlie reso.'.utlon, whlch would