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ispatch THK T1MB8 FOUNDBD Ifltt. TIIB DtaPATOH HOUNDED 11*0. WHOLE NUMBER 17,787. RICHMOND, VA,, SUN DAY, JANUARY' 31, 1909. WBATIIBin TO-DAT-lfalr and Colde*. PRICE FIVE CENTtS. IDD 3 STORIES10 L Directors Decidc to Carry Out Original Plan for Great Skyscraper. ' TO OOMPLEXB WORK , BY OCTOBER NEXT Demand" for. Koom.s Mifnly Rc sponsible for JMaking StrUctun! Twelve Stories> High Instearl ol Nine?ConstrucLion Xot to rntcrfere Witli Tenants. all ot tne mntcriai win uo froin tlio alley on Nlnth . hole -iv UI bc cut In thc roof HEAVY! (Jemunil for addltlonal of? flco space. couplcd witli the prcBcnt excellent condltlons for tmlMlng. led the board ot dlrectora of thc Mutual,Assurance .Soclely of Vlr glnlu at a meetlng yosterday noon to carry out the original plan of. making tho Mutual Kitlldlng twelve Instead of nino storles hlgh. Already the hlghest bulldlng ln the clty, tho Mutual wlll tlien.be a Kcnuitie . bkyscraper, wlth 100 moro room;> than at present. No defitiltu plans for the ?ddltloiiB have yet bceki niade. Mr. Edwln A. Palmer, princlpal agent for the soclety, drafted a letter to tho archltect:: asking for plans Immedlately after tho meetlng. Ho raid laat nlght that ac eoon as these wero recelved bld:: would be ad? vertised for and thc work begun. He thinks that the constructlon will be under way certainly by Murch lst, and that the offices wlll bc ready for oe vupancy by October. ?Won't Botber Occupnute. Tho material to oo used wlll bc th rame as that of the nlnth story?brlc and terra. cotta, -wlth steel posts an glrdcrs. The lower storlca are Ytonc, but liavc Iron Instead of etco posts Thc erectlon ot thc now work wll ln'no way - Intcrfcro with thc prescn i.ccupanU: of the bulldlng, Mr.'Pahnb nays, ao all ot tho material -wlll b olevat'd Btreet.P A hol ufid a hugc derrlck placed upon ? one of the'corner postr.. Thls wlll llft'all tlio material and f?'lpg it to'thc far eorner'a of. tfie roof.. After the com? pletlon of the work tho building will not look different, c.v;cpt that it wlll bc thrt*: rtorp:: hljthcr. Tho" eorntco whlch 1' ihiw aro'ind the nlnth floor Wlll bc talyn off and placed around the loo" aml the Krcat Kt;-u<ji.urc will bc as high a* it can be bulit, as tbe foundfctionn wero mado for twelve Ktoric:;. About tho last work to be done Svilt bc the raising of the pa&Ke'n H$r elovators. VTvi-n thls, Mr. Palmer said. wlll cause tho occupanta of tho bulldlng but llttle lnconvcnience. The new machinery wlll be Installed on the twelfth etory, and one by one the cars wlll be stopped, so aa to havo the cable.s lengthened uud the drums and tnolurs cniarged. Before the last one ls stopped for the necessary repalrs the othors wlll be runnlng hljjher than uny ln thc clty of Richmond over ran. Wlll .Vot I'lunist: Appearance. Thc rooms in the new part of the bulldlng wlll be tlu- same in arrungc ment and tlnlsh as thoso below, but wlll bo tllghtly smaller. Though the plans for the e.ttra storles were not drawn al thu tlme the bulldlng waa ereeted. the owners had them-ln view, and then llecitled tliat whcn they were added the structure. b'otli aa to Interlor and cxtorlor. _ should ,bc Just as though lt had all bceri ereeted at'the same tliue. Work on the foundutluhs of the Mu? tual Hullding wus begun in Fcbruary, 1903,] and Itwas turned over to the owners* completed as lt now stands, iu August, 190-1- H was built by John T. Wilgon & Co.-. of this clty. Tho archl teots, who wlll also draw up tho plans apd, speciticntlons for tho ?addltlbns, wero Cllnton & Hussoll. oi Is'ew York. They arr; BP'eciallsta ou tho eoiistructlon ot oltlco liuildlngs. Xo estimate of the eust can be uiadu untll after an uiit-wcr ls recblved to.Jlf, Y'almer's .letter. Thc Alutuul haavbecn a paylng propositlon ever slnce it was opened. and ft ls ex? peeted that the tlucu uciv storles wlll render it stlll niore of a moucy-maker. These.rooms wlll bc quite ns deslrublu a? uny of thc others, on -account of thc cxeullcnv clcvatoi-siirtace uud tho'fac that tl". bulldlng la practlcally llre pruof INTO RAVINE Slreet Cnr lu l lueiuunti I'lunscn. hui! SeoreM Are Hurt. CINCINNATI, 0.. January 30."?lf 1& belleved that two llves wlll be lust as ii-result of a trolley car accldent here to-day; in .whlch severtil persons were burt. A enow-fitbrm and tlippery rails are glven as causes for the mlsliap. A College Hill main line car. with thirty-seven paffeengers, Jumped the rails on Clifton Avenue and tumbled down a steep embankment, landing at tlio bottom of a ravine, wlth a mass of shrieklng, flghtiner men, women and chlldren caught under it or hurled from platform or through wlndows. Moro than a- scoro of passcngeru wero lnjured. some seriously. The motorman, Joseph H. Jiulllgan. is belleved to be dying. Lieutenant Poppe, Chlef of Detectives, who brave ' ly tried to help the motorman re galn' control of the car, ls also. prob? ably fatally hurt, Poppe was work? ing the brake when the car jumped the track- Both he and' Motorman MulUgan stuck to the car till the last. Poppe was formerly ln the regular ?army,--'havlng'been awarded a medal tor. bravery Jn Indlan,warfare. and ls wldely known. IVJAY BE CLEAN SWEEP < nblurl Siicculatiun Tm A'mv Tnkjiig Ot ' >"* ; Some Hellnlti' Ku'rin, AYAHII1NC1TON, T>. .(.'., .Innuary ,10.? '1'he dollnlto - statoiiient oun lie madii lhat .lames 11. Gartlold,-Secrotary of tho "J'ntorlor, Wlll not be u inombor- of the Cablnot of the noxt. ndnilnlslratlon; nolthor ,williho bo an ainbii.sstidor to a l'or'elgn country. Hn wlll roturii to hhi homo iu Ohio nnd tako up Uie prabtloo of law, Thore ls nlniost us- yroud uu thority for saylng' thut ??tliere wilf bo ti c|ean'stvcep of tho presont Cablnot, unless dt-should bo Socretary of Agri oiilturo Wllson nmV I'ostinastor-CJencrjl Me.voi-. Thore Io r?ulii to bo riiueh lioubt. ,'(a tu' Mr, Wllson. No etateniont hus borae ffcuii TUr^Vlt:!,. but lo nu Asso ?.uaiod Prc-jt- f'efiresfnttftlvd ho admliiml t?liat 'lif'wiVuidnifit'bf in' tb? noxt ciabi W . ' . CAT IS. OUT Aiittmrllntlip Mittctnenf Cnncemlnir 'Libel Suit AKnlumt tlie World. rSpoclal to Tlio Tlmen-DInpatch.] NEW YORK, January 30.?Much of tho mystery that haa velled the gov eriitnoiit's proceduro In tbe World libel i:ase now undor conslderatlon by tlie Fedoral grand jurlcs In thls city and ln Washlngton, waB cleared. up to-day Iit a ntnlcmont mado through u Federal ofllnlut source. It Is now for tho Ilrst tlme*deflnltely stated that tho govern? ment Is relylng entlrely on neptlon 3301 of tho Unitod Statea revised .rtatulCH undor thn provlslonn of whlch lhe govornment can bring actlon for orlmlnnl libel whon thn alleged Hbellanl lirta dellvered of his own Inl tlatlve, the, alleged llbellous I matter Jrito a Foderal terrltory or dlstrlct. Such actlon for arlmlnal .libel is 'brought under tho laws of thc Stato ln whlch lho Federal district or tcrrljory it; located. Jn the preaent case ono of the offensos alleged to heve beon cora mlttej Ib the daily delivery of twenty nlne copies of the World under date of October 8d, -1 th, 6th, 6th, -7th, lUh, l*Jtli, 17th, 10th and 2Sd, 100S. withln 'bo governmont reservutlon at "Wost Polnt. , It Is not nccessiiry for tho govern? nient fo natne any othor complalnant than tho Unlted Statee, and, lf actlon Ik. brought, the title of tho caso wlll be tho Unlted Statee against the Press Publishlng Company ct als. Tho wlt-. uesses summoned to testlfy before tho Federal grand Jury mlght be consld f-red In tne llght of coinplaltmnts. but no names of Indlviduals as such are requlred to bo used, nor wlll any ho ueed. , Tho proc^jdlng3 now pendlng here und ln Washlngton wlll continue ro gardlefs of any action that Is belng taken br may bo taken hy DIstslct At? torney Jerome. Tho only reason glven for a slmul? taneous conslderatlon of tho "World caso by tho two grand jurles here and ln Washlngton ls thu theory that a dual Investlgation will doublo the chances V>f actlon favorable to the government. It was glvon out ln addltlon that the princlpal cause of Irrltation glven by the World statementn to the goverti ment Is tho pernlclous effect upon the mind of the cadets toward those Whom they should respect. TO HEAR ARGUMENT Cnnc of Sherlff *hlpp. of Teune**eF, iu Supreme Court. WASHINGTON, D. C. January 30.? The argument stage tn tho contempt case against Sherlff John F. Shlpp. of Hamllton county, Tenn., and nine others, pendlng ln the Supreme Court of thc Unlted States, will be reached in a llttle more than a month. When lt flrst came into exlatcnce In 1305 the caj?e attracted conslderable Interest. The caso orlgiuatcd ln tho lynchlng ln Chattanooga, Tenn. in ."March. 190,",, of a negro named Ed Johnson. who had.been found gullty of crirninal as? sault by tho Stato courts and scnteneed to the dcath penalty. At the ifis'ta-nce of Justice Harlau, the Supreni" '"oun. took oognlzance of Johnson's eas*1. and the announcement. ot the far.t lhat it ?had doue -f?> was foUowvd that rrlght by thc hanging of thu negro by a. mob, whlch took hlni from thc. county jall. A_n investigation of the crime by tho Departmeht of Justice resulted in ooh tempt. proceedlngs against the sherlff and twenty-six other persons, some accused of actual partlclpation in tlie lynchlng and others accuslng the^ sherlff of eomplicity in faillng to take ett-ps to prevont ll*. . Deputy Clerk Maher, of the Supreme Court, itfas appointed a commlsslonor to take testlmony In the case, and upon his representatious seventeen of the mon against whom the original charge w-aa mado were dlscharged a few weeks ago. This actlon by the court left only ton defendants-, Including the sherlff. Th?j case wlll bo argued for the government by Sollcitor-Goneral Hoyt.'aud it is .understood tliat most of the varlous defendants wlll be rep? resented by separato counsel. WAR BALLO0NS ilouae rlui'llj' 1'ussen Appropriotiou After Much DIbcusmIou. . AVASHINGTON, D. C. January 30.? Aeronautlcs occupled much of the tline of the House of Iteprcsentatlvos to do.y in connection wlth the considoj:a tion of tho army appropriation bill to whlch $500,000'was added fur balloons. TIki- advlsabllity of-uppropriatfng for army balloons was flrst considered. The burden of thc arguments in sup? port of the. balloon provlslon was that balloons had now becomo a part of an cillcicnt army, while some of tho opponents 'maintalned that balloon3 were ijot'.uaed in the Russo-Japanese War, the Spanlsh-American War 'aiul the Boer -Wur. Mr. Macon Insietrd that balloons had played no consider ablf pnrt.ln warfuiv. His Ktatement was controVerldd by ?Ir. Cpdltran. New Vork, who said that i>. balloon p'-rforbiod u slgnal part ln tli- war between France and Ctarmany. wlicn Al. tianii.ettii escaped- froin -Parls by such means und organlzed the na? tional defcuse. Mr. Mumi, of Illinois. in favbrlng the balloon provlsloni polnted to thc sink? lng ot tbc -Republic, and sald that no orto could havo citcd ten davs ago nrt'v ctisc whero wlreless telegraphy had saved hundreds of llves through" ship wrcek. "Tlu.- time for cdttng tho ..-ate ln referenee to balloons:." ho 3?ki, "will ,;Vnlc.mlter t]?.?y, ,',"lve :"avpa hundreds of millions oCtdOllars and maybe hun? dreds of thousands of llves and possl bly a great deal more." By a vote of 73 ta 35 the Hull amendment providing for the baHoon appropriation was adopted, the "an? nouncement being greeted with ap? plo use. " ' Except with resneet.to the approprl? atlon tor aeronautieal experimentation the bill was not amended-in anv im? portant partlcular. It still was 'pend? lng' when' the I-Iouse adjourned. SCHOONER ASH0RE Crew. landed ou Massaehusette Coast by Breeches Buoy, SITUA.TE. MASS., Jan. SO.-The large three-masted schooner Helena, lumber laden, went ashore off the Fourth Cllft, thls town, early to-day.*-? She Is-'reported to be In a bad posjtlon. The crew oi eight has been Jamjed by ald of the breeches buoy. The'Helena salled from Savnnna|i, Jan. IS, bj Portland, Me, com manUod by Captain Cummlngs. Tfio Helena Is of 501 toils wno bullt iu Bath, Me., In ,1000, and her homo port Is New York. . . '. , J i regulateTshipments HUI VriYvlricH .I.liiuita Slum He Dellvered t<> tllK t.UIINl|?Uei*. AYASHIN'OTON. 1>. C\, January !!<>.--. Tlio delivery oi' a packago oon'tnlnlng lntdxlcattng llqtiorli to any person but the oonslgneo Is '.prohibited by lho provisions of u blll Introduced vostor da.y by Ttopreisetilatlvo Mlller,. oC ICan sas. , ? . A Huc of not rnqfro than ^r.,000 nor Imprisonment. I'or Wo years ls. flxod ?'ia a. pemifty for a'tis yjolatloi'i.j Tho bill appllcs' ouly lo'ihteistBlo ?hip menta, j I GET BID OF State Says That Is Attitude of Defense in the Cooper Cases. SHARP COLLOQUY ? OVER SICK JUROR Matrs Wife Writes Court, Ask? ing That He Bc Not Removed, Except at His Request. Judge Hart Will. Iri vestigate All of Charges. NASHVILLE; TENN,, January 30.? Tho tenth day of the trlal of Col? onel Duncan B. Cooper, Kobln J. Cooper and John D. Sharpe, lor tho murder of. former Senator E, W. Car? mack. opened thla morning wlth less than 100 ot the 305 talesmen summoned ln court. Tho jury box now containv hlne men, ono of whom lt ts considered certaln wlll be released because of hle health. Judge XV. 11. Hart had an? nounced fhat he would not hold ses slono on Saturday, but because of tho presence of talesmen In the clty do clded to violate hls own ordor untll af? ter the Jury la Becured Most of the talesmen yot to be examined on the thlrd venlfe of 600 men are citizens of Nashvllle, most of whom have read tho testlmony of tho witnesses at the hearlng for bond, and who aro thuq dlstiuallfled for Jury servlce under the Tennessee lawsJ S'ew V'enlre Ordered. The llst was quickly exhausted with? out securlng a juror. A new venlre of 500 was ordered to report Tuesday. Judge Hart then called Juror Vvmi worth, at thc request of the i-late, and Attorney-General McCarn asked hlm euncernlng hla. health. The Juror said he waa feellng pretty well. Tho State hislnted thut he remaln on the Jury. Judgo Hart said: "I do not want to take any chances of a mlstrlal because of lllness of a juror. A man who has urganh; disease ib more Iiable to he 111 thnn any other irutn," Get Hlrt of Wbltworth. , At this polnt Attorney Garner, for tin .-rt.-ite, declared: "For some reason Your Honor wlil apprectato. the word haa gono ont that \\ Itltworth mufet be gottrn <jft" that jury-- There is a scheme to get. tlio man off. Now, i? he ls In competcnt,I'.proye lt. But we hear that rh'-n cvi-iV went to Mrs. Whitworth nnd told her that her husband was ln a procaVlous condition la order to csi.uo her feari." "If there Is any thing like tjils gotug on the court wants. tc(. .know," saia Judge Hart sharply. Tbe attorneys tor' the defense wero on thelr feet instantly, clatnoring to be heard, and denounclng bittorly any lnsinuatlons that they wero gullty of undorhand practices. Tho prosccutors denled they attrlbuled tho plan or even the knowledge of lt to counsel for tlio defenso; but lnsistod upon an Investl? gation. "It certainly wlll bo investigated," was the court's ernphatic comment. Then Attorney Garner remarked: "Thls is only lnformatlon. you under? stand. Wc do uot know as to lts truth ur falslty. Hut wo understand that Mrs. Whitworth has sent a. second let? ter to your limor, saylng sho dld not wlsh her husband removed. from the jury' wlthout-bio consont." Wlll InTCMtigUlc. "Aa you Know of the note," said tho court, "you mlght tell mo whero il is. I haa lt here and proposed to brtng it to your attention, but sopiebdy haa taken lt from thc bench and saved mo thc . iroutjle." Thc Vtato clalmed it got its Infor matioii from the man to whom .Mrs. Wi.itworth gave tho note, and was CNouerated. "Those charges aro serlous," said Judge Hart. "Thls court will not per? mlt chieanery. It proposos to see tliat everj- one gets a squaro deal. If, how? ever. tho court finds that Mr. 'Whit worlh - really ls a vlctlm of Brlgnt'a disease ho wlll be excused, and this in Itself will dlsprove the charges. To this eml Dr. Brower will examine Mr. Whitworth agaln and report to the court on Momlay. At that; time, then, \ve wiil investigato the charges made by the State's attorneys." The court then adjourned ? utitil Monday at 11 A. M.. IS IN SAVANNAH ' Ur. Hull Arrlve* In KxccIIeiit Conill ilitloil l-'rom .luiirm-.i. 1 Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.] SAVANNAH, GA.. Junuary 30.?Dr. Wllliu.ni Bull, the noted New York surgeon, who la suffering with cancer. reached the city thls afternoon over the Seaboard Air Line. He came from New Tork ln the private car of H. il Atkinson, president of the Atlanta, Blrmingham and Atlantlc Rallroad The patient was taken from the car on a cot, placed ln a private ambu? lance and the start was made for Wimbly. tho home of the late Col? onel J. H Esttll. Despite the cold and penetratins weather here, Dr. Bull made the trlp to Isle of Hope ln feood shape. He took much Interest ln hls surroundings, Dr. "Walker authorlzed the statement that Dr. Bull has not been glven a treatment of lymph or serum for six weeks. He dld not know whether the treatment would be resumed or not here. FIRE IN WINNIPEG Alexandrla Block, hurseat InOltT.n.. Wtroycd?Lom i? i|U5O,O00. ' WINNIPEG, MAN.; January 30.?PIro ln tlio town of Emerson, Manitoba' last night dcatroyod tho Alexandrla Block tho largest iu town; loss J150.000. The buslhoss | portion of tho town of Helirllior, Ont., a dlvision point on tho Canadlan Pucltlc Ttallroad, waa wlped uut by llre lust night. Tho flromon had a hard llght,'as tho moroury reglstered 85 degrees.below zero. | residencFburns XV ildliui",!, lionio of AsNcmblyuinn IVrUliii, I'ri-j- lo I Iniii.H. NEW tOltlv, Janunry 30_Durlng tho absence of formor Assomblymun Kandolph Perklns hls handsome vllla, "AVi^lhui-flt," at Woodcllff Lake, N. J., was to-day almoat entlrely destroyed by nre, causing a.loss of $100,000. The .houso contalned mauy ralnabln paln^ss i and fln? tajie^trle*. NOT TO PROSECUTE ComnilaaloBcr of Corporntlnn* jjoea yot Gtt tnformiitlou for That Purpose. WASHINGTON*, D.C., January 30.? Incldental to the .testlmony beforo tho Senate Commltteo on Judiciary rolatlve to tho Tonhessea Coal and Iron Com? pany abaorptlon, Commlsslonor Herhort Knox Smlth, of tho Hureau of Corpora? tlons. told something of Investlgatlons whlch ure proceodlngs under hla dlrec? tlon Into tho affairo of soveral of llie great corporatlons and alleged trusts. Concornlng the TTnltcd States Steol i Corporatlon, CommlBswiior Smlth sald j the Inquiry thus far was coriflned to inn luviatlgatlon of prices, profita and cost ot productlon. fi'ot lo Prosecule. Thla lnformatlon ls belng gathered, hn sald, not wlth a view lo prosecution. "Wo do not conslder that our duty ts that ln any way of a proBceutlng agent," eald Mr. Smlth. Respondlng to rpicstloris by Senator Culbcrtson, Mr. Smlth says that he had Investigated the creation of tho Standard Oll Company, und that all of the facts obtalned by hlm had been publlshed by order of tho Prealdent.' Sugar Noi luventlKflted. The sugar trust haw not been probnd, accordlng to Mr. Smlth, except that thls concern has been consldored brlef ly In connection wlth other work. Aa to the tobacco .trust, he sald: "Wo are working on . tliat now, not. from tho ctandpolnt of tbe legallty of tho cor? poration, but of facto connected wlth Ha conduct of buslness." Numerous lnvestlgationa are proceedlng at the request of Congress. Among these Mr. Smlth mentioned the oll Industry, lum? ber Industry, Internatlonal Harvestor trust and cotton exchanges. BATTLE OF AUTHORS Wolff and Vlerlek Sow Sue Strlnger, Cliarglnc Libel. [Special toiThe Tlmes-Dispatch.] NEW YORK, January 30.?Tho sec? ond round of tho battle of the authors, whlch started when Arthur Strlnger nald Gerald Wolff and George Sylvester Vlerlek hud stolen the story of "The Vamplre." thelr psychological drarna. from hlm. took place thls afternoon ln the offlce of Frederlck W. Sperllng, a lawyer. whcn Messrs. Wolff and Vlerlek lnstructed hlm to begin a suit for 5100,000 for libel against Mr. Strlnger. Mr. Strlnger charged Messrs. Wolff and Vlerlek wlth taklng tho Idea for "The Vajnplro" from a novel of his, "The Silver PoppsV publlshed some years ngo. Strangely enough, tho otory of '-The Vamplro" is that of a man who, by s'ome curious mental process, filchee tho ldeaa of others and puts them out an hlH own. Tho authors cdnt'erid that It I* dono by a fairly fimple natural lnw?the law of thought traimferance. Mr. Sperllng dellcately denlod that the suit waa" a scheme to advertise "Tlio Varnptre." He sald tho muddlo wlll hurt the play Instead of helplng lt, and that' lt wlll probably have a bad eftcct upon She mlnds of some projudiced managers. Tho papers wlll be served on Mr. Strlnger as soon as hc can ? bo l'ound. STATEHOOD BILL Arlieiin ood Auiv Mexlco Again Knock Ing *or Artinlttanee. WAJUINGTON. I>. C January 30.? '? Au einnibus blll provi-llnc,. s-iparu'.e I atatehooU for thc Territorlca of Js'uw 1 Mcj.Ico and Arlzona' wa - Introduced lu j tho?HuuEC'io-day- tH^Rcprertmwitlve | Ilumllton, of Miynigarf*iekaiVmtin ol tlie j House Commfttfco-ori Tetritorjes.'The j blll was framed' by the Republlcan ! members of the commltteo' and sub? mitted to th6 mlnorlty members, who have approved lt. New Mexico ls glven two represrnta tives in the.Hoiise of P.epresentatlvea j to bo elected at large, and the city i of Santo Fe is designated Us'the capltal j of the State untll 1920. j For Arlzona, Phoeuix is designated ap the capltal untll 1920. Arlzona Is glven,one Repsesentatlvo ln thc House J of r.epresentativeE. Hearlngs on the blll wlll be held by the Committee on TerritorJes next week, and it probably wlll be reported before the end of tho week. WAKE HIM A R0MAN Trlbuuo I'roposes C'ltl/.enshlti Ur C'on fcrrcd on Prealdent Houaevclt, ROME, January 30.?Thc Trlbu'na proposes' that Rontan cltizenship bo conferred upon President Roosevelt us ii manlfestatlon of gratitude for the help glven by thc Unlted States on the occasion of tho earthquake. Tho Tri buna says? . "We cunnot glve any thing else. but it Is Impossible to glve mure. Thls gi gantie foreigner deserves to be- a Ro man cltlzen, whlle such an. act, truly Roinan, comlng from tho lmmortal capltal, would be the seal of renewe'd frieiidship betweon the great, anclen atid modern peoples." A. C. L BUYS ROAD ncporlcd to Hnve Purchased tUc licx Jngtou nnd r.aMeru. LEXINGTON, KY- January 30_It Ia reported that the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Compnny has purchased the Lexington and Ku.storu Railway,' lead? ing from here to Jackson, Brcathltt county, a distance of nlnety miles. ! whicii penetrates rich coal'and timber territory. lt la sald the purchase price wos $500;000. It ls reported that the road will be i extended to Big Stono Gap, Va., 'and ! thfough to Tidewater by tho new pur '? uhasora. Thls would give the Atlantlc Coast Line control of tho richost coal JHiul tlmber lands lu tho South. SEA DQGsTo RIDE Henr Admlral Goodrich Xotlfleo Naval Gfticers to Joln Clnb. ? fSpaclal to Th6 Ttmes-DUpatch.J NEW YORK, january 80.?Rear Ad? mlral Goodrich, commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard. has notlfled the naval ofheers attached to tho yard that they must enroll themselves ih a horse? back rlding c^ass, which- Is" to report i for practlce once or twice a week at tlie Brooklyn K*dlng and'Drivlng Club. Tho naval offlcers hava all been en rolied as es-ofllcio members of the club, and Harry Taylor, lts rlding Mas? ter, haa volunteered to glve all neces? sary Instructions. { C0L0NIZE OPPRESSEDt' Russian Jews !M?y '''Ind a Haven !n Chllmahua. ' CHIHUAHTJA, MEX? January 30.? Gqggenhelm brothers and Joseph Fel?, a Philadelphla philanthroplst, have taken up with Governor Enrlque Creel the posslblllty of securlng; land ln Northern Chlhuahua for tho coloulza tlon of opproSHOd Jows from Europo. Thoy say they cnn bring 25,000 from Russla alone. Oovernor-. Creel ap? proved tho plan, and wlll nld It. TOWN WIPED OUT V-ite. StartM lu SkullnK Hlnk and Wlnd I'iiii.m llie Hiuui'n. JOHNSTOWK PA? January' 30_ Fanned by a hlgh wind, Uro practl ually wlped. out the town of Patton, Soninr^ot-county, - oarly to-day. 'T'he flroowag discovered' In a ekating rlnk and quickly cornnumlcated to the.Cen? tral Hotel. There waa coushlerablo. excitement nmong' twenty guests, but all escaped unlnjurod. ? The lous ' la estlmated. at ?ZWiOOt. ???'.'.. ALL BLAME RESTS WITH THE HIB If War Occurs Bulgaria Claims 4o I-tave Put Herself Right. BRITISH GUNNERS MAKE HIGH-SCORES Tlie Admiralty Makes Report for 1908, Nofiing "With Satisfac tion Further lmprovement in Results as Compared With Those of 1907." [tiptclai Cable to Tha Thncs-Disp 1 - ;...' PAiUS, January 30.?The Llbete'a correspondent at Soflu saya mat tho Bulgarlan forolgn offlce haa jus< made publlo tho following docla ralion: s "Bulgaria offered three mouths ago ?20,oOl),000 to Turkey. Thla offer re? malned wlthout reply, and Turkey visioly protlted by the delay to haaten Ita _ armament. To-day counter proposltlono aro made, whlch wo juugo are acceptablo. Wo should bo withln our rlghts ln wlthdrawlng the flrst propositlon. Wo consent ln the Interest ot peace to maintain them. But, hencerorth they are unchangeable. We demand further the Immedlate recognltlon of our lndeprtidence by Turkey. The govornment and people are ln accord to accept all tho con sequences of thla reaolutlon, whlch Kurope must conslder unchangeable." The reproscntatlvea of tlio powers at Sofla wlll have another intervlew wlth rTime .Mlnister Alohnoff this evening, but tho lmpresslon In diplomatlc clr? clea la pesslmistic. BrltUh Gunncry. LONDON. January 30.?The admir? alty haa Issued a report of tho gun nery of the Orltish navy for 100S, noting "wlth eatlsfactlon 'further lm? provement ln results as compared with those of 1907." As regards the heavy guns, ten flects or squadrons woro concerned, wlth 117 shlps and 1,277 men firlng, The average polnta ?co'red per man were 15.775. as compared wlth 36.SS1 ln 1907. The China squadron comes out- best. with six shlps and aeyentjr four then flrinjy. Tho polnts wero Gl.SS?. The best shlp was tlio King AJfred, wiib a scoro Ot 71.1?. The bigx^st fleet was tho Iwyij |nd the flfth cruiscr squadron. whlch 'wHi fourth ln order of merit, wllh' thlrty eight shlps and 39-i mon flring, 'and making 4S". 121 polnts per mau. Thu best shlp was tho Argonaut, wlth a ccore of 79.14. The sccoti'il placo was taken by the second blgg'est fleet, the Channel, with the flrst crulser squadron, twenty shlps and 2SI men firlng. Tho polnts per man wero 50.981. The best shlp was the Good Hope, wlth a scoro ot S1.33, whlch waa the hlghest score of any in? dlvldual shlp. Thc report on the qulcls firlng twelve-pounder guns covers nim flcets and squadrons. Thc Chlua fle.et ia again flrst, wlth four shlps and thlrty-stx men firlng. Tho hlts pet mlnute wero 6.939, tho best shlp was tho King Alfred, wlth 6.515 per mlnute. Tho home ship was thlrd, wlth 0.-1-1G per mlnute. Tho best shlp was the ?Blake, wlth 1.67 hlts, whlch ls the best ship's record. . In all tlui t'leets, altogether seventy slx shlps were concerned, with StK) men flring. The average hits per mln? ute were 5.319. Wlth tho six-poundor guns the China fleet was again first. Elghty-slx shlps lu .?.U woro curi 'cerned, tho averago . hits per miti ute belng 1.507. In the results or' thc battlo practlce, wlth torpedo boata and destroyers the China fleet was again flrst. In all 139 shlps wero concerned, wlth 701 men flring. Thc .avo'rago polnts per man waa 73.156. Who AVould Urcnk.Inf [Special Cablo to THe Tlmes-Dlapatch.] PARIS, January 30.?The following advertlEftment was brought tu-day to the Sun offlco and refused, but possl bly the publlclty that could not be glven for payment may bo oftorcd gra tultously: "Ono of tho oldest names ln the Almanach do Gotha, a young dl vorcee, ugod twcnty-elght, born a bar oness, would accept matrimony wlth a rlch Amerlcan." Carrie Wos Thorc. [Special Cablo to Tlio Tlmes-Dlspatch.] LONDON, January 30.?Tho appear? ance of Carrie Natlou at tlio Woman's Fredom Loaguo astonlshed tho suffra gettes. Mrs. Nation took a placo ln the front row and listenod gravoly to the proceedings. When invited to mako a. few re? marks. she offered her congratulations and sympathy to her slster suffrag ettea, saylng she was a. milltant suf fragette herself. and. whlle not be? lleving that lt w&s- wopian's place to be behlnd a bar helplng to draw Uquor, she did believe lt was her place to be at the ballot box helplng men to protect themselves. Her remarks W6re recelved wlth eheers from the milltant ones. FreparaUono for the suffragette demonstratlon at the openlng of Par liament continue. Several promlnent members ? of the local organization calmly proceed to go to the Holloway 'jail, ao sure are they of arrest. When the. leaders tried to secure Albert Hall f.or a meetlng, whlch is to be held shortly, the secretary wrote asking that no cablnet mlnister appear on the platform. MiirrluKeis, DealUa, Iltrtha. [Spoclal Cablo to Tho Tlmes-Dlapatch.] LONDON, Januury 30.?Moro mar rlagos, fowor births and fewor deaths are recorded in tho annual roport of the roglstrar-general, In Kngland ahd Walea during 1907 the marriagOB num he'reit 27<l,-12l, a rate of 4S.3 per 1.00U of .tho population of marriagoablo per? sons. Thls is the largest rate lu many years. Wldows had a small aharo ln the (ncreaae. Their rate was 13 por cent., while that of hachelors waa 51 and apinat.ors 63, There was a marked falling off ln tbe number of remarrlages of dlvorced persops. Tho total numbar of dlvorced tContinutd ont I??J(? TlKOtf?*?olumft, t,> TO CROSS THE BRINE Clerk Dropi In I.lno nnd flltiKS ofCup tnln Vnlentlne. [Hpeelal to Tha Tlm?s-Dljnateh.| NEW YORK, January 30.?Tho Amerlcan hlnor New York, whlch sttllod to-day for Plymouth, Clierbourg nnd Southampton, carrled an ttnusually largo quantity of mail?2,236 sacks? whjch her ordinary force of clerks? threo?was unable to handlo. six moro clerka were put aboard, and the Now York'n commander sald ho had no doubt that all tho mail would bo ready for llstrlbutloti whon the snlp arrlved off PI#mouth. It was sald that somo of tho extra mail was dun to tho noarnesa of fr't. Vnlentlno's Day. Ono of tho clerkn was lnaplred to mako theso remarks: , "I owe thls trlp acrosa tho brlno To thee, O Captaln Valentine, And bo tho weather foul or fine, Lot Noptune wlth hls trlplo tlno Pltch waves abovo tho horlron Une, I positively wlll decllno To glve up thla good shlp of thlne. Valentine, Captaln Valentine, Here's to tho mnscs, all tho nino, That help Insplre Valentine - To flll mail stilpa of overy llno. Here'a to the only ealnt of mlne: I drlnk to hlm ln ono huge steln, Or, better, Ehn of bubbllng wlne. He'3 nobler than ho waa langsyno, Is Val. excuso mo, Valentine." LEWIS WINS VICTORY His Charges Agalnvt OffltfMg of Mlnera Go In Record. [Sp?clal to Th?> Tlmes-Dlspatch.: INDIANAPOLIS, January CO?'Pres? ident Tom Lowls, of tho United Mlne Workors, won a victory ln tho na? tional conventlon to-day ovor the offl? cera of tho Illinois and Western Penn? sylvanla mlners. The conventlon ac? cepted and approved the statement mado In hls annual addross that offl? cers of the Westorn Pennsylvanla and tho Illinois mlnes had stood ln the way ot hls successful efforts to rehabllltate the ijolnt Interstate relationa wlth the operators last year, Presidents Francis Fehan, of West? ern Pennsylvanla, and John H. Waller, of Illlnola, and other offlcers oC those dlstricts, made long arguments to dls prove hls assertlons, and when the voto was called for ratiflcatlon or re jcctlon of Lewis's.statement they had a good voto against acceptance of It Eul lhe Lowls vote was greater and hls statement. or charge, was placed In thc records by a good majority. Evans and Pasco, of Jillhols, both voted wlth the Uewts factlon, thus breaking tho Illlnola llno of opposi? tlon. BINNS IS MODEST Decllues Mmrc oi'frri, and WIU Gn Bnrk to Work. [Special to Tho Tlmon-DIspatcb.]^ NEW YORK. January 30.?Captaln Koalby, Second Offlcer Wllliams and Jack Blnns, the wlreless operator ol lho sunken Whito Star steamship Re? public, sailed to-day for Livorpool aboard tho Whito Star llner Baltic, tc teetlfy at the lnqulry into t'he colli elon between. tho Ropubllc and the "PloHda and tho founderlng of tho for? mer. Tho Baltic also takes away ?91 other membern iofvtho Republic's crew ahd four passengers, who set sall iu her. Binns tald.he would not accept tht Offers of any showmen to go Into vaudevillo; that ho appreclated the fleeting naturo of the publlcity that ho had achleved; that ho "dld not care to bo mado a tin god of," and would go back to the work of runnlng a wlreless plant just as soon as ho was usslgned to a shlp. EDUCATOR DEAD Suuiucl Wnrdivell Klnuey. of Dnltltnore, Dles nt I'nrcnts* llnnie. (Siiuclnl to The Tlmes-Dlapatch.] UT1CA, N, Y., ' Januury 30.?Samuel Wardwull Klnnev, headmaster of tho tchpol t'or boys at Baltlmore, Md., antl a wldely known cducator, dled at tho homo ? ol' hla pat'imts ln Itome, N. Y., to-day. aged thirty-alx yeara following a ten Weeks' lllness. He gradttatod from Prlnceton in 1591, was a graiiuato atudent In ;12ng lish froin Johns Hopkinu Unlvnrsllv iy9l-'Ou: student In tho University o"t I'arls. lS!i&-'96: graduato student ln Kngllsh, Harvard University, lH!)ti-'D8; M. A. Harvard Unlvorslty. 1897: in structor in English, Hobart College, 189S-1901. , Professor Ktnnoy had boen conuoct ed wlth tho school tor boya ut Baltl? more since 1902. COMPETITIVE TEST General Crozler Would Know Who Mnkca lle.it AmmuniUon. WASHINGTON, D. C, January 30.? To stimulalo tho manufaeture uf war matorlala hy private concorns and ro ascertain who makes tho best, Brlga dler-Generai Crozldr, chlef of ordnaucu of the army, has asked permlsslou of the Socretary- of War, at. tho suggos tlon of tho national board for tlie prj ruotlon' of rlflo practlce, to havo 5,000. 000 rounds of. ammunltion manufac? tured for experimcntul use during tho sesslon of practico whlch occurs beforo tho next national match. Ho proposes that tho Frankfort ar? senal mako 1.000,000 rounds and four prlvato concerns manufaeture 1,000, 000 rounds each. .The cost of manu? faeture at Frankfort ls gradually be? ing reduced, and Is soon expeeted to reach $28 per 1,000, FOUND DEAD Body ot Prealdent of Iron Compan? Discovered ln PIttsburar Hotel. PITTSBURG, PA,, January 30.?Her? bert Burroughs. forty-flve years old, of Provtdence. R I.. treasurer of the Builders' Tron Foundry of that clty, was found dead in bed at the Fort Pltt Hotel here to-day. The polico are Investlgatlng. Deputy Coroner Laldley went to the hotel whep the manager reported Mr. Burroughs's death to the pollce. It was learned heart disease waa respon slble. Llttle could be ascertained regard? ing Mr. Burroughs's sudden demlse, ex? cept that Pittsburg frlends had Im? medlately notlfled a local undertaker, who at once took charge of the body. T0 INCREASE C0~RP$ lllrera and Iliirtwr* Imprnvcinents XecessL tntc More Army Englneers. WASHINffrON, D. C Janunry 39.?Mem? bers of tho Rlvors and Uarboru Commlttoo of tho Houae to-day pntd an offlelal vlalt to tha Flouiie Committee on Milltary Affairs for. tho purpoae of dLscusalwr tho atlvlsabli IU of Inoreaslnir tho eugtnoera oorpg of tho nrn-.y, Chalnnan Hurtnn. of the farmar commlttoo, In addresshiK tha milltary com? misslon dwelt upon tha groat t/omands nt' the river and harbor Improvomonta (ur mere ortlcer* to Inspect tho work and to lioston tho complatlon of the prq.leots under conatruotlon, , ?? !s pr.>bab!? that a bil! wll! bo intro duced ?Ither at thla aesalon or early'ln tho nex? to liiwrea?o th? eorpu. Hest SertU'e to Cslifornln VU WashhiBton-Sunset Route. Tourl.u *I?ep?r b?r?b, IS.SO, Offlm. ?!>> Bv Mnln m. IE LAST FROLIC ITTHE President Roospvelt and Vlce-' President Fairbanks Takc Their Leave. MIRTH AND SONG MARK THE BANQUET TO THEM Skils Enacted on Secret Service, Tariff Revision and Uplifting ? thc Farmer?New President Is fiistalled and Three ? Xcw Members Are Taken In. ISpecial to Tha Tlmsi-Dlopatch.) WASHINGTON. January 30.?Presi? dent Roosevelt and tho Qrld Iron Club sald good-uy to each other to-nlght. The occasion was the annual wlnter dlnner of thn club at the New Willard Hotel, and lt was attended by Mr. Roosevelt anrl many men of note. In saylng farewell to the club, Presldont Roosevelt wa? presented wlth a large gold gridtron. lnscrlbed to "Thaodoro Roosevelt. Prosldent. of tho Unlted 8tates,. from the Grldlron Club. Washlngton, T), C, January 30, 1900." President Henry Hall, of tho Club, told President Roosevelt that the Grld? lron mlght bo of uso durlng hln trlp to Afrlca on whlch to broll Uon steak? or rhlnoceros chops. Another golden grldlron slmilar to that given to thf President n-us presented au a farewell glft to Vlce-Presldont Fairbanks. Scott C. Bonc, vlce-presldent of the club, In making thc presentatlon, eatd that when Mr. Falrbank3 roturned tn Indiana thls llttlo souvonlr might provo of uso to hlm In hls lonetlness and when ha had to preparo an early beneflt. Thc Farewell Songs. ? Songs wero sung at the expense oC. tho rctlring President and Vlce-Presl? dent. Thero was a lot of splrlt In tho rcfrain of the Roosevelt farevell. tt went thia way: "Roosovelt, JlooBcvelf, a very good Dutch name, Rdosevelt, Roosevelt, a name for tha Hall of Fame. Big stlck, you i know of it? Oh, my. we say good-by: Thorc never wua a man named Koose velt? That wasn't n fine President.'' The farewell to tho Vlce-Presldent v.as aung to tho tune or "On.the Banks of the Wabash Far Away," wlth a chorus that went as follows: "Oh, the cocktails, they are crowing" ln tlio morning, ? And the buthormllk Is flowlng through tho hay; Thoy are waltlng lho return df Mr. Fairbanks On .tho banks of the Wabash far away." A'ew President luauguratcd. Tho two hundred and moro peoplo who att?nded tho dlnner dld not ha.u much chanco for social conversatlon, for when tho courses woro not belng acrvod somethins; was dolng ln thi: way oC fun-maklng. Thc new president of tho club, Mr. Hall, had to be duly luaugurateil, hnd the outgolng presi? dent, James S. Ilenry, oillclatod. A presontatlon of the blg stick wat> tho inaugural cltmax, tifUl tho new Prosldent was asked to pledge him? self to perpetuate tho policies of tho old udministratlon, to rldo uinety-elght miles h day, keep tho Auaulas Club ln a flourishlng condition, and see that: Congress vlld not stray off, its own reservation. The new President wav'ed hls predecessor asido and announced brusciuely. that he would pursue poli? cies of.. his own, regardless of any down-and-out suggestions, The Secret Scrvice Men. Suddenly tho llghts went out and thoro was shivcry muslc oi^-the piano. Tn tho darkness wots heard the shuffle of feet and ln rhyuhm to the muslc a sh-sh-sh. Tho secrot servlce sleuths wero approachlng. When tho llghts . wont up and tho dinars saw a blg po? llceman, a stage detectlve, aaid other ! mystertous looking boings arrayed in I ovenlng clothes and high hats, and jwcarlng black masks. The stage'de? tectlve announced thut ho was Bllnk erton and that thc sleuths wero try? ing to flnd out what Congressmen did with their $7,000 a your salary. "Chief Bilkio," said Blinkerton, "have you detected any countcrfelterat" "No," was the reply, "but I havo dls? covetyjtl a fow t'our-t'lushers." "Aml you. Monsieur hecoq. have you found any socond-story men In Con? gress?" "No." was the answer. "They are telling tho same old stories." The detectlvea sang a song about: Congressman Tawney, of Sllnnesota, who haa been combatting the effort* to secure larger approprlatlons for secret servlce work, , and there waa another song to the alr of the pollce. man's dltty in the "Plrates of Pen aance," ln which the audienae was told what "our great executlve" dld when ha was "executin'." After slnglng some more songs the secret servlcs* men had to go away to do their work?r one of th6m to find out whether Wil; Iiam Loeb. Jr., was trying to brealc Into the Cabinet and seveTaV of them to protect i the letter boxes to keep Senator TlUman from franking a gramj plano. Fllng at tne Tarlff. There was a meetlng of the Ways and Moans Committee, ut whlch An? drew Carnegle was a witness. Reproi sentatlvos Payno aiul Ualzuil trlod to assuult Mr. Carnegle, who was ueaily dressed In kllts, when he. declared for free trado tn everythlng. "What reason ls there for a tarlff on atoel, now that I have got out of buslness?'':nsked Mr, Cnrnoglo. "Any person who eitn't get along wlthout a tarlff ought to go our or business, tu l dld." A doiegatioii of Southernars appeared to denounen "tho pernleiouo pollcy of protection," but a Toxaii among them danHl the committo tn revlse tht? -luti on hhlK.-. an.! thf FlorWtf dolugatnts li si.sted ou ,) t.t111.' i?;i citroiis trolta. Whpri it wns appurent that *ll Ui?a? Ppiiioi-trit.i iii'li-M-d in ihi prlnclpl* <\t